Local By Flywheel
by Tom Carney
Who am I??
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A freelance front-end developer
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From the Philly burbs.
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A WordPress developer for 9 years building themes and plugins
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Using MAMP/WAMP, Vagrant and Docker for my local environments with developing WordPress projects.
What is a
Server Environment??
Local
A server that is hosted locally on your own computer. Files that are contained on one of your drives or folders.
Remote
hosted away from your computer - a server that you have to connect to. A common example - a paid hosting option like A1 Hosting, WPEngine or Flywheel.
Server Environments
Why use a Local Server Environment?
Advantages:
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Less pressure on making mistakes on edits and updates to the live site.
- Doesn't effect other team members who are also working on the site.
- Don't need the internet to work on the some of the code