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Setup the Local Environment
Lab: Data Store – Project Setup
Video Runtime: 07:00
Let’s setup a local environment on your development machine.
- Creating a local project within your favorite localhost tool, e.g. Local by Flywheel, VVV, DesktopServer, etc.
- Open the project in your favorite editor
- Launch the site, switch to https, and set the permalinks
- Install and activate Debug Toolkit plugin
- Add the debug constants to the project’s
config.php
file. You can find the code here in the Help Center or in this gist.
Who needs copy/paste? Right. Writing code from scratch is fun!
Episodes
Total Lab Runtime: 00:46:51
- 1 Setup the Local Environmentpro 07:00
- 2 Fork and Clone Starter Pluginpro 08:07
- 3 Setup Local by Flywheel's Serverpro 05:14
- 4 Install Composer Packagespro 06:06
- 5 Run and Review the Starter Test Suitepro 10:21
- 6 Run and Review WPCSpro 04:07
- 7 Walk Through the Plugin's Codepro 05:56