Extremely Powerful Local WordPress Development with Vagrant and Friends

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   (and it has some real neat friends)

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

   to http://github.com/bradp • http://brad.party
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   Let’s talk about local development environments.

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   Let’s talk about local development environments.

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   Let’s talk about local development environments.

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

   development environments.
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   I ♥ Vagrant & friends. Vagrant VVV VV

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   I ♥ Vagrant & friends. • Easy WPCLI • Setting

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

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    What can you do with WPCLI? $ wp core update

    $ wp plugin install logout-roulette $ wp scaffold post-type books
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    Setting up and managing sites super easily!

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

    SourceTree • Open in Chrome • Anything you can imagine
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    Installing Vagrant

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    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
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    How does it actually work though? • VirtualBox runs a

    VM • Vagrant manages it
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    How to use • Clone a box • Start up

    a virtual machine • Use it! • Pause / Destroy it anytime
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    Commands $ vagrant init $ vagrant up $ vagrant halt

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

    configuration focused on WordPress development.”
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    Installation $ vagrant plugin install vagrant-hostsupdater $ git clone git://github.com/Varying-Vagrant-Vagrants/VVV.git

    $ cd VVV $ vagrant up
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    How VVV works • Uses Ubuntu+Nginx • Automatic provisioning script

    for WP updates • Keeps database on host filesystem • Easy to modify / configure
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    Sites VVV creates for you

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

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

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

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

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

    to all sites, etc
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    VV http://vvv.dev/ Default dashboard containing several useful tools: PHPmyAdmin, OPCache,

    links to all sites, etc https://github.com/leogopal/VVV-Dashboard
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    Helpful aliases $ alias v=vagrant $ alias vp="vagrant provision" $

    alias vup="vagrant up --provision && vagrant ssh"
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    Other things • Prefer Apache? https://github.com/ericmann/vvv-apache

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

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

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    Installation • $ brew install bradp/vv/vv

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

    vv” command
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    How does it work? Gives you a super helpful “$

    vv” command
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    Commands • $ vv create • $ vv delete •

    $ vv list
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    Advanced Commands • $ vv --deployment-create • $ vv --blueprint-init

    • $ vv -v up
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    Developer Workflow (live demo ?)

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    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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    More Tips and Tricks • Anything you do that’s repetitive,

    script it! • Learn to love ‘vagrant provision’
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