Setting up a Local Web Development Environment

This screencast is a back to basics tutorial on how to set up your own local development environment so that you can develop and test scripts locally on your computer

[vegasvato]

I love your tutorials and they have been a big help in my journey through the cyber universe, but the challenge that I am facing at this point is how to be able to access a local server from other computers on my home network... 
There are a lot of good tutorials on how to remotely access my home server from the public side of my modem/router, but I am not finding any tutorials or information to how to access my local WAMPP, XAMPP, or IIS local server from my Desktop or Laptop  on the same LAN.
I am trying to set up a home office environment that will centrally handle my FTP, And Web Development as well as My Databases for my home based Office/Business, and I hope you can offer some help with this problem???

[einsteinsboi]

Make sure that all services are running, i.e. Apache, PHP, and MySQL. Also, what version of Windows and Wamp are you using?

[cedrickojo]

Hi, when I click localhost from the WAMP tray, I get a bank firefox page, even with a services on. Do you know why this may be?

Also, does the writing of code take place in a text editor like eclipse?

Thanks for your help