diff --git a/_posts/01-05-01-Windows-Setup.md b/_posts/01-05-01-Windows-Setup.md index 5d32e19..503eed3 100644 --- a/_posts/01-05-01-Windows-Setup.md +++ b/_posts/01-05-01-Windows-Setup.md @@ -12,18 +12,21 @@ configuring it. If you would like an "all-in-one" which includes a full-blown we as the [Web Platform Installer][wpi], [XAMPP][xampp], [EasyPHP][easyphp], [OpenServer][openserver] and [WAMP][wamp] will help get a Windows development environment up and running fast. That said, these tools will be a little different from production so be careful of environment differences if you are working on Windows and deploying to Linux. - + If you need to run your production system on Windows then IIS7 will give you the most stable and best performance. You can use [phpmanager][phpmanager] (a GUI plugin for IIS7) to make configuring and managing PHP simple. IIS7 comes with FastCGI built in and ready to go, you just need to configure PHP as a handler. For support and additional resources there is a [dedicated area on iis.net][php-iis] for PHP. -Chris Tankersley has a very helpful blog post on what tools he uses to do [PHP development using Windows][windows-tools]. +Generally running your application on different environment in development and production can lead to strange bugs popping up when you go +live. If you are developing on Windows and deploying to Linux (or anything non-Windows) then you should consider using a [Virtual Machine](/#virtualization_title). +Chris Tankersley has a very helpful blog post on what tools he uses to do [PHP development using Windows][windows-tools]. + +[easyphp]: http://www.easyphp.org/ [phpmanager]: http://phpmanager.codeplex.com/ [openserver]: http://open-server.ru/ -[easyphp]: http://www.easyphp.org/ -[wamp]: http://www.wampserver.com/en/ +[wamp]: http://www.wampserver.com/en/ [php-downloads]: http://windows.php.net/download/ [php-iis]: http://php.iis.net// [windows-path]: http://www.windows-commandline.com/set-path-command-line/