September 22, 2022 — Learn more about local WordPress development including options, setup, and recommended practices.

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October 11, 2021 — DDEV es una herramienta open source basada en Docker que permite implementar entornos de desarrollo locales para PHP de forma simple. WordPress es uno de los muchos proyectos soportados. En esta charla presentaremos cómo utilizar DDEV para montar un sitio WordPress desde cero. También se mostrará cómo restaurar y exportar base de datos, importar archivos y ejecutar WP CLI para administrar el sitio web. Finalmente, hablaremos de otras opciones que brinda la herramienta como depuración de código, análisis de rendimiento, e integración con plataformas de alojamiento.

October 10, 2021 — Una buena práctica en el desarrollo web es contar con un flujo de trabajo que incluya varios ambientes, por ejemplo: local, desarrollo, y producción.

En esta charla vamos a hablar de que herramientas para desarrollo local podemos utilizar al trabajar con WordPress que nos ayudarán a hacer más fácil el flujo de trabajo y el despliegue a producción.

Entre ellas Local de Flywheel, DevKinsta, Lando y Xampp.

March 27, 2021 — Many developers know to never make changes directly to a live site because of the risk of breaking the website.

But what if you don’t have access to a staging or development environment? Or even if you do, what happens if you are in a situation where you do not have reliable internet access!

Local development environments to the rescue!

October 3, 2020 — This talk explains the importance and advantages of using a local development environment. The examples in the talk happen on (Apple) macOS, but the talk also includes discussion about similar local environments for Linux and Windows. Learn about tools and how to use a local environment in your development workflow.

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June 27, 2020 — This is the third of a three-session WordPress 101 series that covers intermediate-level topics including WordPress multisite, site backup, child themes vs. custom themes, local development, plugin development; tools and workflow.

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July 26, 2019 — In this talk, I will introduce several tools and best practices for developing WordPress sites in a local environment. I will compare the most popular options and show a quick 5 minute tutorial on how to use each of the top 3 (Local by Flywheel, Desktop Server and MAMP)

November 20, 2018 — In past 14 years I have seen many technological shift in WordPress.

I would share with example and best use guide what I feel the best Local Development Environment for WordPress in 2018.

This will be a very helpful session anybody looking to drive deep into WordPress and who are already working in WordPress, they will be able to explore other better ways to improve their workflow.

December 2, 2017 — Optimierungstipps für die lokale WordPress Installation unter besonderer Berücksichtigung das man zwischen vielen installationen/Projekten ständig umschalten muss.

October 30, 2017 — As a containerization platform, Docker offers a fast and powerful way to boost your local development workflow. By presenting our company’s DevOps strategy and sharing the tools we’ve built to efficiently manage over 100 WordPress sites, I explore various aspects of Docker-based WordPress development, from running your own GitLab instance to synchronizing your sites with a production server.