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TBH mine was a slightly biased choice because I saw the 'W' in WAMP and thought: "Well it's made specifically for Windows, so that one must fit my requirements best, right?" 
. Had a go at EasyPHP before, found it somewhat complicated (that's 3 years back). Never tried XAMPP (I should), might be good.
Some limited research revealed:
http://stackoverflow.com/questions/55803...lternative
http://forums.serif.com/showthread.php?t=140337
http://lexfridman.com/blogs/research/201...3-edition/
http://www.designerstalk.com/forums/web-...ampps.html
http://stackoverflow.com/questions/10554...s-the-best
Basically I guess it's primarily a matter of preference/habit.
. Had a go at EasyPHP before, found it somewhat complicated (that's 3 years back). Never tried XAMPP (I should), might be good.Some limited research revealed:
- XAMPP: pretty feature-packed, mostly good. Updates wouldn't (reportedly) be very frequent. One minor setback: if you have Skype or another app using the default port
:80, you must change the port in XAMPP (or that app). Reportedly XAMPP also automatically makes your local server available to the network, whereas WAMP does not.
- WAMP: less feature-packed, mostly good. Particular asset: dead-easy to change the server's PHP/ Apache version (I can confirm this, great for plugin dev). Some reports of not getting it to work. Can also confirm updates are not very frequent. Note: If you go for this & need to test PHP 5.3-, take Wamp 2.2 (not 2.5, incompatible).
- EasyPHP: hard to find accurate info about. Pro: lightweight, con: less intuitive UI than 2 previous ones (reportedly).
http://stackoverflow.com/questions/55803...lternative
http://forums.serif.com/showthread.php?t=140337
http://lexfridman.com/blogs/research/201...3-edition/
http://www.designerstalk.com/forums/web-...ampps.html
http://stackoverflow.com/questions/10554...s-the-best
Basically I guess it's primarily a matter of preference/habit.
