Xampp-windows

XAMPP is a software distribution which provides the Apache web server, MySQL database (actually MariaDB), Php and Perl (as command-line executables and Apache modules) all in one package. It is available for Windows, MAC and Linux systems. No configuration is necessary to integrate Php with MySQL.

It is a great fit for this course and provides a relatively painless installation and way to manage the configuration changes. Also provided is PhpMyadmin which gives a GUI tool for managing your MySQL databases.