The document discusses using Vagrant and automation tools for WordPress development. It recommends using Vagrant instead of MAMP for local development as Vagrant allows each developer to have an identical virtual development environment. This improves consistency and speeds up setup times. The document also introduces WP Starter, which is a tool that generates a Vagrant configuration along with Ansible automation to simplify WordPress project setup.

1. Next generation WordPress
development… Today!
But really…
How you can save 1 million!
WordCamp Denmark 2014
Andreas Ek, Flowcom

2. Who is this guy?
Andreas Ek, Web Developer, Systems Architect
Flowcom, Västerås, Sweden
1993-2011 Microsoft, 2011- WP / Open Source

3. The evolution of WP dev
Application
platform
Remote dev
(FTP)
Local dev
(MAMP)
Virtual dev
(Vagrant)
WordPress
Web development
Blogging tool CMS

4. Automation is critical in order to
secure high quality delivery
Craftmanship
Structure capital
Automate today
Tasks
Configuration
Fixes

5. Start using Vagrant instead of MAMP

6. Vagrant environment
What is Vagrant?
O
S
Setup scripts
Web server
Database
Synced folders
SSH

7. Production deployment

8. Vagrant - dev and deployment
Vagrant
share
URL

9. Time: Setup / start new project
30 min
15 min
Every setup is
different!
Every setup is
the same!
Skills
required
Customer
value
focused

10. Vagrant for teams
Developer
Copywriter Designer
Project manager
My clone of the
WP-project
My clone of the
WP-project
My clone of the
WP-project
My clone of the
WP-project

11. Web Production Automation - WPA

12. WP Starter
Virtual
Machine
Manage
Virtual
Machine
Automate
Virtual
Machine
Automate
WordPressDev
Boilerplate

13. www.wpstarter.io
The wizard gives you:
❏ Downloadable zip-file
❏ Vagrant configuration
❏ Ansible automation
❏ WordPress setup
❏ Roots Theme
❏ Grunt boilerplate

14. Demo

15. Useful links
➢ http://www.vagrantup.com/
➢ http://10up.com/
➢ http://roots.io/
➢ http://www.ansible.com/
➢ https://www.atlassian.com/git/workflows
➢ http://wp-cli.org/
➢ http://www.wpstarter.io/

16. Thank you!
Questions?
Andreas Ek
@flowcom
www.flowcom.se
Questions
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Class
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