Setup a local Joomla 1.6 Test Server

Turn your PC Into a test server and you will greatly speedup the development process.  It is amazingly efficient to be able to make changes on your computer rather than relying on the hassles of FTP to transfer files back and forth.  In this tutorial, we will look at using XAMPP for our test server.

Joomla Test Server Video Tutorial - Part 1

Now that we have XAMPP installed on your computer we can get the Joomla 1.6 part of the installation.