Apache, PHP, and MySQL are the fundamental components required for web development. However, installing them individually on your system can be time-consuming, and configuring them can be challenging, especially for beginners. To overcome these difficulties, you can utilize applications like VertrigoServ.

Adobe Flash Builder (formerly called Adobe Flex Builder) is an RIAs (Rich Internet Applications) and cross-platform (Android, iOS, Windows, Mac) desktop applications IDE (Integrated Development Environment) for Windows and Mac, written in Java, built on the Eclipse platform. It was used to build games and applications with the ActionScript language and the open-source Adobe Flex framework.

As a professional Web developer, you must test your Web applications thoroughly before publishing them. Therefore, a highly configurable and fully functional local/web development environment is required. In this case, web developers and programmers can utilize MAMP PRO to easily and quickly install, configure, and manage a local server environment.

Using the three free, open-source and original system components (PHP, MySQL, and phpMyAdmin) to develop, test, and deploy Web applications locally is almost the only best option available at the moment. Thereinto, Apache Web server and PHP hypertext preprocessor are preinstalled on Mac. But they are not enabled by default, and the pre-installed version of PHP lacks many utility features. The MySQL needs to be installed and configured separately. Unless you are able to expertly use command lines in Terminal, installing the one-stop solution MAMP (PRO) is much simpler and more efficient.

For a beginner who just stepped into the development of dynamic website, the construction of Apache + PHP + MySQL environment, as well as its complex configuration process are troublesome, time-consuming and error-prone. Therefore it's an efficient way to choose an integrated web development environment. In this way, you can more quickly finish the installation and configuration of your server environment, thus to concentrate more time and energy in the project development itself.