I've found employment at a small IT firm in Waikiki that services businesses as their own IT department. It's been a different experience compared to programming. My employers do value my programming background though. They've started to discuss what they would want to build in terms of software tools for the company and also for their clients. One of these projects is a web application that would require a web server and code to drive the service.
I have never worked with servers before. LAMP (Linux, Apache, Mysql, PHP) was unfamiliar to me. I had used PHP, Sql server and Apache before, but never a Linux server. It's been a very interesting experience for me. On one side, I want to dive into the project. But I also need to look at this as a project manager. My co-worker has a more firm mind when it comes to project management. She reminded me that we should look at all the alternatives for the type of server OS to use, as well as the programming language. One of the most promising and cheaper choices, Ubuntu, jumped out at me immediately. I decided to follow my co-workers prudence in researching further to determine the correct tools for this project. Nevertheless, we found some information that confirmed our assumption in using Ubuntu to create a LAMP type of setup.
LAMP is used by many companies to host content and it is also the most widely used open source setup for developers. An even more inviting detail is that Ubuntu bundles all the packages needed to get a LAMP setup going very quickly.
As of today September 18, 2011, we are at a preliminary stage of development. My co-worker and I have both setup stations to work on a LAMP Ubuntu server. Everything is ready for us to start developing.
Since this is my first time in creating an application on this framework, I am still learning the nuances of Linux and also for Mysql. At the same time I am very excited, because this was what I was working toward in college. It feels good to know that despite my overall duties at Analyzer-USA, I am also putting my programming background to use.
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