WAMP and VVV Installation on Same Computer?

You can install them both at the same time, but may want to only run one at a time depending on how they’re set up.

VVV creates a self-contained server that doesn’t clobber your existing setup. Instead, it acts as a remote server and adds entries to your local hosts file so you can access the sites. You can treat it just like you would a server you set up with a provider, like accessing the server through ssh. The site files live on your computer and are automatically synced to the VVV server.

As I understand it, WAMP adds the server software directly to your computer and runs it as localhost. That means it takes over port 80 on your computer and any other server software running locally has to be shut down. Since VVV isn’t running the server directly on your computer, there shouldn’t be a conflict there.

In short, go ahead and install them both. It shouldn’t hurt anything and you can test them both to see what works best for you.

Sounds good. Thank you!

I came across VVV in the WP handbook and want to give it a try, but if the learning curve is difficult I want to use WAMP as a familiar fallback when I want to spend time developing.

I’ve worked with customizing pre-made themes before and now that I have my web design degree and more time to learn what they don’t teach in school, I want to learn WP theme development starting with the best practices/methods for setting up a development environment the correct way.

I use VVV almost exclusively for my WP development these days (DesktopServer is also a favorite) and found it really easy to get set up and running. I like having the WP files directly on my hard drive (like you do with WAMP) while keeping the server software contained to its own sandbox.

A lot of it comes down to personal preference and what your needs are. Keep playing with them to see what works for you and build great things for people!