Mohammed obaidan wrote:
webmin has an installer for Windows. Windows is in the supported os list. You can contribute to webmin. Why not just help make the webmin apache module more robust. I use webmin when I feel like it, text editor when I don't. webmin has already done most of the work for you, no need to reinvent the wheel.Hi, OK I am really happy with the replies here and really appreciate your opinions and ideas. Since Apache is used on more UNIX machines than Windows machines, it seems that the audience here are Linux users and are willing to edit the file by a text editor without any helping tool. However, in my point of view, I think when a Windows user want a simple web server will go for IIS because it has a GUI. This will affect Apache usage share, though not that much but at least will have an impact. Regarding the GUI for the modules, I think that every module creator can for example implement a simple plugin for my tool, as you said, since it will needs lots of time and effort. Perhaps I will look at the modules structure and how they work. If there is a possibilty to make a standard plug in for modules that can be easily added to the tool. Regarding installing a basic Apache on Windows, it is not an easy task. It is easy iff you install it from a package like XAMPP. Regarding the users that will use this tool, I think the majority of the users will be Windows users and users who are Windows users but using Linux as a server. I think such a tool will contribute a lot to Apache since it will ease it configuration. I know that most of you are thinking that this tool for Windows users that are so lazy to do it by hand. However I think it will help them and people who are switching to Linux like myself. One final note, I will read about the modules and their structure. Maybe I need more understanding of them to progress. Also, I really appreciate your comments and ideas about this issue and I hope if some experts join our discussion. Regards
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