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What Does 'What Stack Do You Work In?' Mean in Web Development?

And, more specifically, what is a 'Stack' in web development?

alloy
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    The term refers to things like the base server operating system, the web server, the server-side programming language, and the persistent storage system (database). – Pointy Nov 30 '14 at 18:15
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    http://www.webopedia.com/TERM/W/Web_stack.html – Hans Passant Nov 30 '14 at 19:00
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    I don't get why this question was closed as 'opinion-based', it's asking for the definition of a commonly used term. – Joshua Snider Apr 02 '15 at 22:12

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Not sure what this has to do with the agile tag but, here's what I understand your question to mean:

I know of three stacks. WAMP, WIMP and LAMP

  • LAMP - Linux, Apache, MySQL, PHP (I think this is the most common and best known)

  • WIMP - Windows, IIS, MS SQL Server, PHP (Bizarrely - you'd think it would be .NET or MVC)

  • WAMP - Windows, Apache, MySQL / MS SQL Server, PHP

Derek Davidson PST CST
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