Setting up local testing server

Question

Hi,
I am in the process of setting up a local server to test web sites with AJAX calls, and am wondering what are some of the more common and easier tools/resources to use to do this...I have seen MAMP and XAMPP are very common...I recently up-graded to Yosemite so hopefully this will not be a problem to configure a local server...!?
Thanks very much for any direction or feedback.

Answer 1

Ah. I see the problem. I will update that user tip when Yosemite is released. For now, you can try this:
Enable mod_userdir and include the configuration file
In the mod_userdir configuration file, include user-specific configuration files
In said user-specific configuration files, add new some stuff to make Apache 2.4 happy. Specifically, you will need:
    Require all granted
because Apache just needs that now.
And you will need
    AddLanguage en .en
    LanguagePriority en fr de
    ForceLanguagePriority Fallback
if you want to use Multiviews as per the User Tip.
After a sudo apachectl graceful, it should work.
However, I should caution anyone considering this that I haven't used Apache in some time. Things have progressed since I first wrote that user tip. These days, I would recommend using nginx, Tomcat, or Node. I also probably wouldn't even recommend using a Mac. Use Vagrant on your Mac instead and set everything up on Linux. Everyone, including Apple, uses Linux for servers these days. Plus, in today's world of security-enhanced Linux, you are going to have a mess trying to port something from a Mac to Linux. The resemblances are getting more and more superficial. You haven't lived until you have been screaming insults at selinux for hours on end. Even with Apple's recent drop in software quality (and I'm not the only one that says that), you aren't likely to scream insults at your Mac for more than 30 minutes or so until you figure out how to work around the latest bugset. With modern tools like selinux and Gradle, you aren't going to get anything done without reading a few hundred pages of manual first - assuming you can find the manual.
Bottom line - use your Mac to track down the documentation and read it, get Vagrant running, and just use Linux.