Setting up virtual hosts with XAMPP is very straight forward and could be done in less than 5 minutes. Although, your local XAMPP server will still work even if virtual hosts are not configured. You might want to ask, is there a need for my local XAMPP setup to configure virtual hosts? Apparently, virtual hosts are needed when

        * your on multiple domains
        * your need to test your projects with same configuration with the server
        * test your projects without touching your public server
        * your just organizing your projects into groups
        * or setup a local copy of your blog or website