local web server on mac

[Robust]

Coming from a Windows background and not using a Mac much I dunno how to host a web server for XenForo development. How do you do it (assuming you're like me and use a local development server). Preferably not paid.

 

[Chris D]

Mac has Apache built in; then you just need to install MySQL and PHP.

To make it a bit easier, MAMP is what I used originally. Now I know more about Macs I installed nginx and MariaDB manually.

 

[Robust]

I am a system administrator, I can use nginx and stuff if it's basically the same procedure as I do on Debian or my other distros. No experience with Macs though. If it's completely different, MAMP any good? Basically like WAMP? @Chris D

 

[Chris D]

Basically like WAMP yeah. Installs it all for you and provides an interface to manage it all.

 

[Lost]

I use AMPPS on my Macs. Love it!

 

[Dakota Storm]

I am a system administrator, I can use nginx and stuff if it's basically the same procedure as I do on Debian or my other distros. No experience with Macs though. If it's completely different, MAMP any good? Basically like WAMP? @Chris D

Couldn't you install a Linux partition? I did this on my windiws box, specifically for using it as a local server.

 

[Robust]

@TwistedMerlin My disk storage is already quite low and I don't have an external HDD lying around, so I don't think that's a possibility right now.

 

[Aayush]

I've tried AMPPS, but still I use MAMP due to a better interface. But lately I have been encountering issues with MAMP too like random hosts file rewrite and problems with closing on shutdown. So I think I'll be using Vagrant too for XF development soon enough.

 

[Mouth]

I can use nginx and stuff if it's basically the same procedure as I do on Debian

You could install VirtualBox on your Mac, and run a debian server VM when you're wanting to do XF dev.

 

[Robust]

Even with a terrible interface, AMPPS is an amazing tool for this. MAMP was blazing fast but I had too many issues, for one config.php wouldn't update