Local development environments panel discussion

ricardoamaro
Blanca.Esqueda
geerlingguy
rfay

Local Drupal development can be tricky, especially with so many choices in the Drupalsphere. Having a maintainable environment that works for you and your team is important whether you're a developer, tester, designer, or any other sort of stakeholder.

This panel includes maintainers of several top tools who know the ins and outs of local development in Drupal.

We will:

  • Review a few of the tools available, especially Docksal, Lando, Drupal VM, and DDEV-Local
  • Talk about similarities and differences between the tools
  • Explain why Docker is important and what it means in these tools
  • Cover the advantages and disadvantages of Docker-based solutions

 

The panel is an experienced team, and we will welcome your questions and be able to talk about topics like these:

  • Drush and Drupal Console support
  • Pre-made configurations
  • Custom configurations
  • Integration with services like Apache Solr and Memcached
  • Tool support
  • Custom web server configuration
  • Documentation
  • PHP configuration
  • Windows, MacOS, Linux support
  • Integration with hosting platforms like Pantheon, Platform.sh and DDEV-Live
  • Resurrecting ancient websites for migration reasons

Learning Objectives

At the end of this session, attendees will be able to have a better overview of what local development environments they can use for their project needs.

Target Audience

  • Anyone who works or wants to work on projects on a local machine
  • Developers who want to understand the landscape of tools available

Prerequisites

Attendees will get the most out of this session by being familiar with best practices surrounding software development and testing. Whether you already work with a local environment or are just getting started, this session is for you.

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Track

DevOps & Infrastructure

Tags

back-end development
devops
front-end development
project management

Experience Level

Beginner

When & Where

Time: 
Wednesday, 15 July, 2020 - 15:15 to 16:00
Room: 
Hopin Sessions

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