Basic Principles Of LAMP Development
A very popular technical combo LAMP is an acronym for Linux, Apache, MySql and PHP/Perl/Python. This stack proves very powerful for developing web applications. For the characteristic strength of all the four technologies, the combination is unanimously acclaimed as a matchless open source web application development platform.
Let’s glance through the basic principles of LAMP development and why it leads to excellent web development. Linux is an open source OS which is super powerful, Apache is the most availed web server, MySQL being a database server handles the back end effectively and PHP gets high score as an effective server side programming language.
One point worth noting here is that the ‘P’ in LAMP is sometimes changed to Perl or Python depending upon the use of the specific language. Veepal being a revered offshore development firm votes in favor of PHP. Now, the reasons for high popularity of LAMP platform can be summed up as follows:
- Since Linux and PHP are open source there is no licensing fees. With MySQL also, there is a very low licensing fee. This way LAMP proves cost effective.
- With the strong Linux kernel as the base PHP ensures handling heavy traffic without any extra maintenance. Both Linux and PHP are open source but are very secure resulting in safe web development.
- MySQL and PHP offer simple coding style and are thus liked by programmers. MySQL with superb multi version transaction functionality ensures good database management.
- Apache being an extremely good HTTP server runs on diverse OS and thus adds to the overall architecture of the LAMP stack.
With all these four technologies lending specific services, the whole package has become a very big hit and is working successfully.
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