Submitted by Gerard (not verified) on Fri, 09/12/2008 - 05:02.
I use Xampp, but I think they serve mostly the same purpose. Having a localhost version of multpile Drupal sites is excellent for testing plugins, theme development and doing dummy runs of upgrades. My Xampp server has saved my ass a few times with backups, restores and migrations.
I even managed to do an import from WordPress to Drupal 5.x then migrate to the 6.x version. And if you need portability, Xampp can be installed on a USB drive.
I use Xampp, but I think they serve mostly the same purpose. Having a localhost version of multpile Drupal sites is excellent for testing plugins, theme development and doing dummy runs of upgrades. My Xampp server has saved my ass a few times with backups, restores and migrations.
I even managed to do an import from WordPress to Drupal 5.x then migrate to the 6.x version. And if you need portability, Xampp can be installed on a USB drive.