Installation Instruction Links
Note: There should be cause for concern if the version number shown in the screenshots is lower than the installer versions actually downloaded.
Git
Use the installer
Execute the downloaded installer.
If the User Account Control dialog shows up, click Yes.
Click Next.
Let the destination location be in C:\Program Files\Git and click Next.
Do not change the default selected components and click Next.
Allow the installer to create a Start Menu folder and click Next.
Do not change the default editor to be used by Git and click Next.
Allow Git to be used in command-line and from 3rd party software then click Next.
Do not change the HTTPS transport backend to be used and click Next.
Do not change the default line ending conversion configuration and click Next.
Do not change the default terminal emulator for Git bash and click Next.
Do not change the configuration of extra options and click Install.
Wait for the installer to finish.
Uncheck View Release Notes and click Next to close the installer window.
Verify installation
To verify installation of Git, press Windows Key + R then type cmd to open a command prompt.
Inside the command prompt, type git –version to output the version of the installed program.
Sublime Text 4
Use the installer
Execute the downloaded installer.
If the User Account Control dialog shows up, click Yes.
Let the destination location be in C:\Program Files\Sublime Text 3 and click Next.
Leave the Add to explorer context menu unchecked and click Next.
Confirm installation settings by clicking Install.
Wait for the installer to finish.
Click Finish to close the installer window.
Verify installation
Open the Start Menu and scroll down on the installed programs to find Sublime Text.
Python
Use the installer
Execute the downloaded installer.
A pop-up menu will appear asking permission to run the installer, click on Run. If another pop-up menu appears asking to allow the installer to make changes to the device click on Yes.
Click on the Add Python to Path checkbox to include the terminal command path during installation and click on the Install Now option once the installation window appears and wait for the installation to finish.
Once the installation has finished, click on the Close button and complete the installation.
Verify installation
To verify the installation of Python, open a terminal window and trigger the command python –version to check the currently installed version of Python.
XAMPP
Use the installer
Execute the downloaded installer.
If the link to the installer in the download link section provided above does not work, you may download the installer here.
The link provided above will redirect you to a list of installers. Press Ctrl + F on your keyboard to open the find in page menu.
Look for the installer (xampp-windows-x64-8.1.25-0-VS16-installer) with the exact same name as provided in the screenshot above.
Click the link to download the installer.
If the User Account Control dialog shows up, click Yes.
If the following warning shows up, continue by clicking Ok.
Click Next to continue.
Select all components and click Next.
Set the installation folder to C:\XAMPP then click Next.
Click Next to start with the installation.
Wait for the installer to finish.
During the installation, a Windows Security Alert will show. Click Allow access to continue.
Make sure that Do you want to start the Control Panel now? is checked and click Finish.
Click Start on both Apache and MySQL to start their servers.
When starting the MySQL server for the first time, a Windows Security Alert will show up. Click Allow access to continue.
The interface should look like this after starting the servers.
Open Google Chrome and go to localhost/phpmyadmin to confirm that the phpMyAdmin web program works properly.
PHP and MySQL from CMD
Open command prompt and issue the command set PATH=%PATH%;C:\XAMPP\php.
After that, try using the php command by typing php -v to output the current PHP version.
Next, issue the command set PATH=%PATH%;C:\XAMPP\mysql\bin.
After that, try accessing the MySQL server by typing mysql -u root.
Django
Instructions
To install Django, run the command python -m pip install Django. This will install the latest version of Django on your device.
Verify installation
To verify the installation of Django, run the command python -m django –version. This will print out in the terminal the current version of Django installed on your device.
Postman
Use the installer
Execute the downloaded installer.
Wait for the installer to finish.
After installation, the Postman window will open. Close it afterwards.
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