LAMP

LAMP stacks are used for developing, hosting, and maintaining web content, and are highly popular among developers. Most websites we see use this software stack.

LAMP is popular due to these reasons:

  • Being open source, these technologies can be used without licensing fees; they can be downloaded for free, bringing down the cost of web development.
  • As it is a tried-and-tested solution for web development, developers can quickly finish building applications without resorting to intensive framework, tool, or library testing.
  • Software programmers contribute to developing the LAMP stack constantly, maintaining and updating the technologies to ensure their security and relevance.
  • The LAMP community is large and they provide support on public forums; they upload plugins, exemplary codes, and more, which newbie developers can use.
  • It’s a very reliable and flexible stack, and developers can play around with software components for different layers. For example, using another OS apart from Linux.

 

LAMP stack is used to develop the server side or backend. The backend of an application is the software that runs in the background and is not seen by users. They comprise a database, business logic, data processing software, and an API to communicate with other apps. Both static and dynamic web content can be created using LAMP stack.