1. Local Development
John Dorner
@jdorner

2. What is a Local Development Environment?
A web server on your computer.
A LAMP stack (Linux, Apache, MySql and PHP)
http://developer.wordpress.org/themes/getting-started/setting-up-
a-development-environment

3. Integrated Development Environment
Source code editor
Build automation tools
Debugger
Intelligent code completion
Version Control
Debugging
Visual Studio
Eclipse
Vim
NetBeans
Xcode
Sublime Text
Komodo

4. Why do you need to develop locally?
Test changes before you push them to the live
server
Have a copy or versions of your website stored on your
computer
Work offline
PLAY

5. What are your options?
XAMPP
MAMP
Free for 1; $59 for unlimited
DesktopServer (serverpress.com)
Free for < 4; $99.95 for unlimited
WAMP

6. What are your options?
Vagrant
Varying Vagrant Vagrants (VVV)
Trellis (https://roots.io/trellis/)
PuPHPet https://puphpet.com/
Manually install apache, php, MySql…
Others...

7. Which should you choose?
ServerPress
Easiest
Automatically installs WP
$99.95 for more than 3
MAMP
Easy to install
Best GUI
XAMPP
Easy to install
Learning
FREE
Vagrant and VVV
Easy on Mac
Not as easy on Windows
Multiple environments
Best for developers

23. Windows IIS is running

30. Mac Version

33. Mac structure is a little different

36. Configuring Virtual Hosts
C:XAMPPapacheconfhttpd.conf
/Applications/XAMPP/etc/httpd.conf
Use Notepad++,
TextWrangler or
any other text editor
Remove # sign

37. Configuring Virtual Hosts
Windows:
C:xamppapacheconfextra
httpd-vhosts.conf
Mac:
/Applications/XAMPP/etc/extra/
httpd-vhosts.conf
<VirtualHost *:80>
DocumentRoot "C:/xampp/htdocs/"
ServerName localhost
</VirtualHost>
<VirtualHost *:80>
DocumentRoot "C:/xampp/htdocs/wcavl"
ServerName wcavl.local
</VirtualHost>
<VirtualHost *:80>
DocumentRoot "/Applications/XAMPP/xamppfiles/htdocs/"
ServerName localhost
</VirtualHost>
<VirtualHost *:80>
DocumentRoot "/Applications/XAMPP/xamppfiles/htdocs/wcavl"
ServerName wcavl.local
</VirtualHost>

42. MAMP Configuration
To create virtual hosts in MAMP:
Edit C:MAMPconfapachehttpd.conf
Remove comment before "Include conf/extra/httpd-vhosts.conf"
# Virtual hosts
# Include conf/extra/httpd-vhosts.conf

50. Which should you choose?
ServerPress
Easiest
Automatically installs WP
$99.95 for more than 3
MAMP
Easy to install
Best GUI
XAMPP
Easy to install
Learning
FREE
Vagrant and VVV
Easy on Mac
Not as easy on Windows
Multiple environments
Best for developers

51. Vagrant
Create and configure lightweight, reproducible, and portable
development environments.

52. Installing Vagrant
Follow instructions at: https://github.com/Varying-Vagrant-Vagrants/VVV
When running step 6, install Xcode

53. https://www.virtualbox.org/wiki/Downloads

54. Windows 10 issues
You may have to remove antivirus program.
Avira and probably Kapersky
You may have to download and install Git
https://git-scm.com/

55. Download Virtual Box
https://www.virtualbox.org/wiki/Downloads

57. Should install GIT
On Windows… before step 6
From git bash or use
git GUI