This is a talk given at the Raleigh WordPress Meetup that goes over the basics of developing in a local environment geared specifically toward WordPress Developers.
* Building with WordPress since 2005 * Web Designer at NC State University Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering * Continuing Education Instructor at Wake Technical Community College * 8 years of Contract and Freelance Work prior to NC State ## About me
1. What is local development? 2. Installing tools for local development 3. Configuration of tools 4. Installing WordPress in a local environment 5. Additional thoughts and tools ## Outline
* Internet connection not required * Network failures * Internet outages * Other possible headaches * Develop from anywhere ### Advantages of local development?
* Internet connection not required * Network failures * Internet outages * Other possible headaches * Develop from anywhere * Testing, testing, testing ### Advantages of local development?
* Internet connection not required * Network failures * Internet outages * Other possible headaches * Develop from anywhere * Testing, testing, testing * Upload, test, fix, REPEAT ### Advantages of local development?
* Edit wp-config-sample.php with WordPress Salt Keys * https://api.wordpress.org/secret-key/1.1/salt/ ###### Installing WordPress in a local environment