Extremely Powerful Local WordPress Development with Vagrant and Friends

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1. (and it has some real neat friends)

2. I’m Brad Parbs • Developer @ WebDevStudios • Push code

   to http://github.com/bradp • http://brad.party

3. Let’s talk about local development environments.

4. Let’s talk about local development environments.

5. Let’s talk about local development environments.

6. So, what’s Vagrant? Create and configure lightweight, reproducible, and portable

   development environments.

7. I ♥ Vagrant & friends. Vagrant VVV VV

8. I ♥ Vagrant & friends. • Easy WPCLI • Setting

   up sites super fast • Always up-to-date • No more MAMP • Keeps your system clean

9. wp cli

10. What can you do with WPCLI? $ wp core update

    $ wp plugin install logout-roulette $ wp scaffold post-type books

11. Setting up and managing sites super easily!

12. Scripting site setup • Auto-create Sublime project • Add to

    SourceTree • Open in Chrome • Anything you can imagine

13. Installing Vagrant

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16. Installing Vagrant • Any OS works! • Install VirtualBox (4.2.x

    or 4.3.6 recommended by VVV) • Install Vagrant http://www.vagrantup.com/downloads.html https://www.virtualbox.org/wiki/Downloads

17. How does it actually work though? • VirtualBox runs a

    VM • Vagrant manages it

18. How to use • Clone a box • Start up

    a virtual machine • Use it! • Pause / Destroy it anytime

19. Commands $ vagrant init $ vagrant up $ vagrant halt

    $ vagrant destroy $ vagrant provision $ vagrant ssh
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21. Varying Vagrant Vagrants “Varying Vagrant Vagrants is an evolving Vagrant

    configuration focused on WordPress development.”

22. Installation $ vagrant plugin install vagrant-hostsupdater $ git clone git://github.com/Varying-Vagrant-Vagrants/VVV.git

    $ cd VVV $ vagrant up

23. How VVV works • Uses Ubuntu+Nginx • Automatic provisioning script

    for WP updates • Keeps database on host filesystem • Easy to modify / configure

24. Sites VVV creates for you

25. http://local.wordpress.dev/ for WordPress stable

26. http://local.wordpress-trunk.dev/ for WordPress trunk

27. http://src.wordpress-develop.dev/ for trunk WordPress development files

28. http://build.wordpress-develop.dev/ for the version of those development files built with

    Grunt

29. http://vvv.dev/ Default dashboard containing several useful tools: PHPmyAdmin, OPCache, links

    to all sites, etc

30. VV http://vvv.dev/ Default dashboard containing several useful tools: PHPmyAdmin, OPCache,

    links to all sites, etc https://github.com/leogopal/VVV-Dashboard

31. Helpful aliases $ alias v=vagrant $ alias vp="vagrant provision" $

    alias vup="vagrant up --provision && vagrant ssh"

32. Other things • Prefer Apache? https://github.com/ericmann/vvv-apache

33. Scripting Site Setup https://github.com/varying-vagrant-vagrants/vvv/wiki/Auto-site-Setup

34. VV https://github.com/bradp/vv

35. Installation • $ brew install bradp/vv/vv

36. How does it work? Gives you a super helpful “$

    vv” command

37. How does it work? Gives you a super helpful “$

    vv” command

38. Commands • $ vv create • $ vv delete •

    $ vv list

39. Advanced Commands • $ vv --deployment-create • $ vv --blueprint-init

    • $ vv -v up

40. Developer Workflow (live demo ?)

41. Speeding up Vagrant Provision • VVV looks for custom-provision.sh in

    provision folder. • You can remove the WP updates and apt-get updates for more speed.
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44. More Tips and Tricks • Anything you do that’s repetitive,

    script it! • Learn to love ‘vagrant provision’
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