Developing in a local environment

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.

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1. # Developing in a Local Environment ! Allen Moore @creativeallen http://www.allenmoore.me
2. * 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
3. 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
4. * Mac OSX * Text editor * Terminal ## Assumptions for your environment
5. * Local environment = your computer * Outside of the production environment ### What is local development?
6. ### Advantages of local development?
7. * Internet connection not required ### Advantages of local development?
8. * Internet connection not required * Network failures ### Advantages of local development?
9. * Internet connection not required * Network failures * Internet outages ### Advantages of local development?
10. * Internet connection not required * Network failures * Internet outages * Other possible headaches ### Advantages of local development?
11. * Internet connection not required * Network failures * Internet outages * Other possible headaches * Develop from anywhere ### Advantages of local development?
12. * Internet connection not required * Network failures * Internet outages * Other possible headaches * Develop from anywhere * Testing, testing, testing ### Advantages of local development?
13. * 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?
14. * MAMP * Windows: WAMP, AMPPS, XAMPP * SQL pro * Windows: Heidi SQL, PHPMyAdmin #### Installing tools for local development
15. * Mac, Apache, MySQL, PHP * http://www.mamp.info #### MAMP
16. * http://www.sequelpro.com/ #### SQL Pro
17. * Proper configuration of your development tools will leave you with less headaches ##### Configuration of tools
18. * Change server start/stop ##### MAMP Configuration
19. * Apache/MySQl Ports ##### MAMP Configuration
20. * PHP Version ##### MAMP Configuration
21. * Apache ##### MAMP Configuration
22. * Open Terminal and enter the following command sudo pico /etc/apache2/httpd.conf ##### MAMP Configuration
23. * Start MAMP ##### MAMP Configuration
24. * MySQL Server ##### SQL Pro Configuration
25. * Local copy of WordPress * Database ###### Installing WordPress in a local environment
26. * Download WordPress * http://www.wordpress.org ###### Installing WordPress in a local environment
27. * Copy contents of WordPress to your preferred directory ###### Installing WordPress in a local environment
28. * Create a new database in SQL Pro ###### Installing WordPress in a local environment
29. * Edit wp-config-sample.php with database connection info ###### Installing WordPress in a local environment
30. * Edit wp-config-sample.php with WordPress Salt Keys * https://api.wordpress.org/secret-key/1.1/salt/ ###### Installing WordPress in a local environment
31. * Edit wp-config-sample.php $table_prefix with unique prefix ###### Installing WordPress in a local environment
32. * Save wp-config-sample.php as wp-config.php ###### Installing WordPress in a local environment
33. * Navigate to your local install and complete the WordPress setup ###### Installing WordPress in a local environment
34. * WordPress is installed! ###### Installing WordPress in a local environment
35. * Let’s log in! ###### Installing WordPress in a local environment
36. * Virtual Hosts such as: * yourdomain.dev * yourdomain.local * subdomain.yourdomain.dev * WordPress Multisite install * Sub-directory * Sub-domain ####### Additional thoughts and tools
37. * Git or version control * GitHub * Bitbucket * Gitlab * Database Migration * WP Migrate DB (Free & Premium) * Backup Buddy (Premium) * Staging * WPStageCoach.com * WPEngine (Dev Staging Area) * Command Line Tools * WP-CLI - wp-cli.org * PHP Unit - phpunit.de ####### Additional thoughts and tools