I'm using apache and the Eclipse development IDE during air/rail travels. Consider take Omnihttpd (windows only) when you have less experience.
use apache-tomcat 6.0 or 4.0... u may also use apache.. I have worked on it,u may contact me in future also..
I don't really enjoy Xampp... Wamp/Mamp is much simpler and gets the job done quickly. You can set it up on your computer, define a working folder and start developing !
um, lamp just refers to Linux, Apache, MySQL and PHP... Anyways, that what I use too.... Also sometimes use IIS on windows when I'm maintaining ASP pages