In this episode, we look at local development, and how that can help your workflow. What options are there for local development, and what do you do with a local site when it's time to deploy.


We examine why you need a local environment in your workflow, and some choices for getting started.


 


Our WordPress panel this week:


 


Jackie D'Elia: https://jackiedelia.com


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Morten Rand-Hendriksen: https://www.lynda.com/


Sallie Goetsch: https://wpfangirl.com


Jonathan Denwood: https://www.wp-tonic.com/


John Locke:  https://www.lockedowndesign.com/


 


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Our episode this week is sponsored by LiquidWeb. Liquid Web is offering a 33% discount for your first 6 months of managed WordPress hosting.


Head over to https://LiquidWeb.com/wordpress and use the code WPTONIC33 at checkout for your discount.


 


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Table of Contents for Episode 188


 


0:00 Podcast intros.


4:08 WordPress News Story #1: Scaling WordPress Image Serving with Tachyon


14:57 WordPress News Story #2: Is The Design Firm an Endangered Species?


28:20 Main Topic: Local Development Environments in WordPress


28:28 Why should you develop locally? What advantages are there by incorporating it into your workflow?


30:50 Use the simplest possible setup for local development when you're getting started.


35:02 The panel has lots of thoughts on different local development setups.


50:28 You should always backup your database when working locally.


57:25 Podcast outros.


 


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Links mentioned during the show:


 


Amazon Web Services by Delicious Brains


Design Thinking (IDEO)


Teehan+Lax Partners Join Facebook Design (2015)


Discussion: The Future of the Digital Design Agency (2015)


"Anyone who influences what the design becomes is the designer."


DesktopServer


Installing and Running WordPress: DesktopServer


Migrate DB Pro


Moving WordPress with WP Migrate DB and DB Pro


Local by Flywheel


Bitnami


Mergebot


MAMP & MAMP Pro


XAMPP


Vagrant


Source Tree


Rethink.fm Schedule


In this episode, we look at local development, and how that can help your workflow. What options are there for local development, and what do you do with a local site when it's time to deploy.


We examine why you need a local environment in your workflow, and some choices for getting started.


 


Our WordPress panel this week:


 


Jackie D'Elia: https://jackiedelia.com


/


Morten Rand-Hendriksen: https://www.lynda.com/


Sallie Goetsch: https://wpfangirl.com


Jonathan Denwood: https://www.wp-tonic.com/


John Locke:  https://www.lockedowndesign.com/


 


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Our episode this week is sponsored by LiquidWeb. Liquid Web is offering a 33% discount for your first 6 months of managed WordPress hosting.


Head over to https://LiquidWeb.com/wordpress and use the code WPTONIC33 at checkout for your discount.


 


==================


 


Table of Contents for Episode 188


 


0:00 Podcast intros.


4:08 WordPress News Story #1: Scaling WordPress Image Serving with Tachyon


14:57 WordPress News Story #2: Is The Design Firm an Endangered Species?


28:20 Main Topic: Local Development Environments in WordPress


28:28 Why should you develop locally? What advantages are there by incorporating it into your workflow?


30:50 Use the simplest possible setup for local development when you're getting started.


35:02 The panel has lots of thoughts on different local development setups.


50:28 You should always backup your database when working locally.


57:25 Podcast outros.


 


==================


 


Links mentioned during the show:


 


Amazon Web Services by Delicious Brains


Design Thinking (IDEO)


Teehan+Lax Partners Join Facebook Design (2015)


Discussion: The Future of the Digital Design Agency (2015)


"Anyone who influences what the design becomes is the designer."


DesktopServer


Installing and Running WordPress: DesktopServer


Migrate DB Pro


Moving WordPress with WP Migrate DB and DB Pro


Local by Flywheel


Bitnami


Mergebot


MAMP & MAMP Pro


XAMPP


Vagrant


Source Tree


Rethink.fm Schedule


WordPress: REST API


East Bay WordPress Meetups


 


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Find bonus content for this episode on the WP-Tonic website:


https://www.wp-tonic.com/podcast/188-local-development-environment-wordpress/


 


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Subscribe to WP-Tonic on iTunes


https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/wp-tonic-wordpress-podcast/id893083124?mt=2


 


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