The document discusses the advantages of using Local by Flywheel for WordPress development, emphasizing the ease of setup and collaboration for web development teams. It contrasts traditional development methods with modern local environments, highlighting their speed, customization, and reduced downtime. Additionally, it outlines various features and tools that enhance productivity and streamline the WordPress development process.

1. PRODUCT BUILD BREAKOUT

2. Make Local WordPress
Development Simple.
Fuss-free dev tools to bring your
team online.
Product Manager
Local
Jack Sellwood
PRODUCT BUILD BREAKOUT

3. Jack Sellwood
Product Manager, Local
Flywheel

4. How are web teams working
together?

5. Web development workflows.
From teams of one to many.
Cowboy coding
Okay for small, solo-dev projects Workable for solo-dev projects Large projects, distributed teams
Cloud-based dev
environment
Local dev environments

6. Cowboy coding.
Okay for small, solo-dev projects.
§ Causes down-time
§ Changes go-live immediately
§ Slow, inefficient
§ Limited to 1 developer
§ Unavailable: advance tools

7. Cloud-based dev.
Workable for solo-dev projects.
§ Slow, inefficient
§ Sandboxed
§ Limited to 1 developer
§ Unavailable: advance tools

8. Local dev.
Large projects, distributed teams.
§ Sandboxed
§ Quickly iterate
§ Many developers
§ Advance tools
§ Requires setup*

9. Modern dev teams use local dev
environments.
Because they’re the fastest way to work.

10. Local dev.
Challenges.
§ Consistency across devs
§ Setup, tooling is undocumented
§ Prone to bugs, challenges
§ Balance developer preference and team norms

11. Local dev options.
From managing your own servers to the latest tech.
VirtualBox
Serious debugging
& tuning, prone to
errors
Valet
Super speedy,
requires advance
setup, challenging
to debug
Docker Desktop
Requires manual
setup, provisioning,
maintenance
MAMP
Customizable, poor
environment
consistency, prone
to bugs
Local
Purpose built for
WordPress, speedy
setup

12. Turnkey dev tools are winning dev tools.

15. Local for the whole team.
WordPress Developers | Advanced Developers

16. Local dev basics.
For WordPress developers.
§ Start a new project
§ Create a blank site
§ Import existing site
§ New site from blueprint
§ Multisite supported
§ Simple, trusted SSL

17. Advanced tools.
For WordPress developers.
§ Custom environments
§ PHP 5.6, 7.3, 7.4
§ MySQL 5.7, 8
§ nginx, apache
§ One-click database management
§ Email catcher & debugger
§ Zero-config wp-cli access
§ Service logging

18. “Holy glorious god…. just tried Local
by @HeyFlywheel after @wesbos
mentioned it a few days back. What
an absolute freakin’ dream to use.
Bye bye MAMP for WordPress dev.”
Matt Litherland, CEO Flytro

19. Jumpstart
your next
WordPress
project.
Stop debugging Local
environments and spend
more time launching
WordPress sites.

20. Launch with confidence.
Rock-solid digital experiences.

21. Local Platform
ManageLaunchBuild

22. Launch with confidence.
Magic formula.
Avoid site errors
§ Fatal PHP errors
§ Broken links
§ Slow page load
§ Review together as a team
§ Daily check-ins
§ Test across different devices
§ Launch quickly
§ Use staging
§ Iterate regularly
Test, review, test again Ship it! Go live

23. Brocken link
checker.
Avoid website face-palms.
§ Quickly recursively crawl through
your entire site
§ Discover broken images, links, and
fatal PHP errors
§ Duplicates removed
§ Fix at the source in wp-admin

24. Image
optimizer.
Boost site performance.
§ Improve page load
§ Completely offline
§ Private, secure
§ Hardware-accelerated

25. MagicSync.
Deep platform integration.
§ Verbose push, pull
§ Quickly iterate
§ Avoid collisions
§ Augments GIT for go-live
§ Supports production, staging, and
development

26. Local for the whole team
Turnkey dev tools
Rock-solid digital
experiences
Launch with
confidence

27. Thank you.
Product Manager, Local
Flywheel
Jack Sellwood