Extremely Powerful Local WordPress Development with Vagrant and Friends

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
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
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.
44. More Tips and Tricks • Anything you do that’s repetitive, script it! • Learn to love ‘vagrant provision’