Left-click on the WAMP icon and click on 'Localhost'. Now that WAMP is running, let see if it is working. Each menu can be accessed either by left-click button or right-click button on the icon in the taskbar. WAMP has two menus for config, settings and tools.

Green icon means it is currently running.

You know WAMP is running because you will see another icon in your taskbar When installation is completed, you will have a shortcut icon on your desktop Click this to run WAMP. Follow the install steps and choose the following settings: If you are not sure if your machine is 64bit or 32bit, you check on your PC by going to control panel -> system and security -> system. Choose the installer package which matches your machine and operating system. As of writing this article, the version i downloaded was Wampserver 3.2.0 64 bit 圆4 (for Windows 10 64bit machine). If you want to skip filling out the form, just click on the link that says, 'you can download it directly'). Installing WAMPĭownload WAMP at (Note: the download link will take you to a page to ask you to fill in a form. If you have decided to go with WAMP, read on.īefore we begin, if you haven't installed Notepad++ I recommend you do. So here is a good article you can read up and i do recommend you read it if you are a beginner. It would take too long to explain what WAMP and XAMPP is and the pros and cons. WAMP also comes with a UI to manage your vhost which can be a time saver (though it is a shame you cannot delete vhost from the UI). I tested both WAMP and XAMPP briefly, and settled on using WAMP as i found XAMPP had too many server applications that i did not need and seems a bit more buggy than WAMP. Both softwares are self-installed packages that will install a full AMP (Apache, MySQL and PHP) for you. You could use XAMPP or WAMP which will setup the same server environment without the hassle of doing everything manually. Manually installing each application would become very tedious.

Manually install and configure each application ( Apache, MySQL or MariaDB and PHP).There are multiple of ways to setup a development server on MS Windows:

Install wamp on usb stick