Building a website right on the server is slow. And dangerous. You're always one lost connection away from losing your changes.
By developing locally--right on your Mac on PC--you can safely make all of your changes.
At the conclusion of this video course you will be familiar with five different ways to localhost on OS X and Windows. I walk you through each application--from installation to configuration--so you can find one that works for you and get up and running with a reliable localhosting environment.
Here are the tools you'll learn:
The course is completely free, no strings attached. Just add it to your cart, check out (you pay nothing and don't need to enter payment information) and download from your account page.