Hopefully this article was somewhat informative. I'll try to keep
this updated as emails and questions arise (here).
One thing to remember is that their are installation programs available that
allow you to automatically install all of these tools at one time - this is a
good thing, but doing it the long way as described in this article will give you
more knowledge on how things are really set up and allow you to advance at a
much faster rate in the long run. And I think that's about it.
Jeffrey Hill is a freelance web developer from Boulder, Colorado. He specializes in creating and developing dynamic database driven Flash content, applications, and content management systems. Specialty's include SQL, PHP, Perl, XML, web services, and Flash clients for web services.