188 Local Development Environments in WordPress
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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
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."
Installing and Running WordPress: DesktopServer
Moving WordPress with WP Migrate DB and DB Pro
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/
==================
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.
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Links mentioned during the show:
Amazon Web Services by Delicious Brains
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."
Installing and Running WordPress: DesktopServer
Moving WordPress with WP Migrate DB and DB Pro
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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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