Modern WordPress Development

WordCamp Ottawa 2014 talk about development workflow with Bedrock.

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1. Modern WordPress
   Development
   

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2. Scott Walkinshaw
   @swalkinshaw
   

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3. Roots
   http://roots.io
   

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4. “Live demos are like Global Thermonuclear War:
   the only way to win is to not do a live demo in
   front of hundreds of strangers in the first place.”
   - speaking.io
   

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5. Tools
   

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6. Bedrock
   + + + +
   WordPress, but better.
   

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7. 1
   Create a new
   Bedrock project
   

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8. * Better folder structure
   * Easier WordPress configuration
   * Dependency Management with Composer
   * Deployments with Capistrano
   

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9. 2
   Create a development
   environment
   

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10. VirtualBox, but better.
    Vagrant
    

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11. dev === prod
    Parity is good.
    

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12. Ansible
    Server configuration automation.
    

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13. 3
    Add a plugin with
    Composer
    

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14. Composer
    Dependency Manager for PHP
    

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15. 4
    Create a production
    server
    

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16. 5
    Deploy to production
    with Capistrano
    

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17. Capistrano
    Remote server automation and deployment tool
    

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