Dreamweaver, WordPress, MAMP, VirtualHostX

VirtualHostX – Mac OS X Apache Virtual Hosting
http://clickontyler.com/virtualhostx/

MAMP: Mac, Apache, MySQL, PHP
http://www.mamp.info/en/index.html

Mac web development made easy – Bitbob
http://bitbob.com/mac-web-development-made-easy

Editing a WordPress theme with Dreamweaver CS5 – Part 1: Learning the basics | Adobe Developer Connection
http://www.adobe.com/devnet/dreamweaver/articles/dw_wordpress_pt1.html

“#2006 – MySQL server has gone away”
..\MAMP\bin\startMysql.sh” start up batch file. Add the option ” –max_allowed_packet=268435456″
http://forum.mamp.info/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=14115#p28568