Install wordpress to your local computer! This is a great tip for anyone that is familiar with the wordpress platform and is seriously thinking of getting into web development. With this setup, you are able to host your own internal wordpress installation to develop your applications or sites for your clients (if they aren’t ready to go live).
Setup & run a WAMP server in less than 6 minutes! This tutorial covers installing WAMP and creating a MySQL data base using the import function of phpMyAdmin.