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Tech Roundup for the Week of September 12

Daniel Schutzsmith

September 15, 2022

Fresh off the heels of WordCamp US, here’s a glimpse of what’s going on in the world of design and development in the WordPress space. There were several fantastic talks about design, accessibility, WP-CLI, blocks, and FSE at the event. We’re looking forward to highlighting some videos once they’re online.

Taylor Lovett posted on the 10up…

Brian Krogsgard

May 5, 2017

Taylor Lovett posted on the 10up blog the release of WP Docker, an open source Docker configuration optimized for local WordPress development. WP Docker is meant to address shortcomings of running multiple VVV and Vagrant instances while providing greater flexibility…

Varying Vagrant Vagrants has released version…

Brian Krogsgard

March 15, 2017

Varying Vagrant Vagrants has released version 2.0.0, and this official release post goes into some of the new bits. There's a new method for configuring VVV, including the ability to choose PHP 5.6, 7.0, or 7.1 for your project and…

Tom J Nowell, VIP Wrangler at…

Dan Knauss

March 3, 2017

Tom J Nowell, VIP Wrangler at WordPress.com VIP for Automattic, covers what's new in Varying Vagrant Vagrants (version 2.0). Tom states that it's "undergone a small transformation for the better" and i would agree. The provisioning system for VVV has…

Gilbert Pellegrom compares local development with…

January 18, 2016

Gilbert Pellegrom compares local development with Vagrant versus Docker. He concludes that while Docker is interesting, Vagrant is a bit easier to get going, and I quite agree. There are also more mature and well developed tools for WordPress with…

Use Vagrant. No, use Docker. No,…

Brian Krogsgard

September 30, 2015

Use Vagrant. No, use Docker. No, Docker requires Vagrant for most people. No, Otto is the new Vagrant that uses Vagrant and does what Docker does but is less complicated. Sounds complicated. Call me when you get it figured out.

Local WordPress development strategies and transparency in business — Draft podcast

Katie Richards

September 19, 2015

BusinessDraft

Post Status Draft is a podcast about WordPress news and events hosted by Brian Krogsgard and Joe Hoyle. This week we discuss strategies for working locally, Underscore.js templating, and transparency in WordPress businesses.

Takeaways from interviewing 13 great WordPress developers

Fred Meyer

August 10, 2015

Development

After interviewing thirteen WordPress developers for a book on getting up and running with WordPress development, I have some key takeaways that I'd like to share with you.

Tips for local WordPress development with Varying Vagrant Vagrants (VVV)

Jason Resnick

July 11, 2014

DevelopmentPlanet

I’ve used local development environments for as long as I can remember. They’ve always been a fluid part of being a developer. The biggest pain point was keeping everything upgraded at all times and switching from one stack to another.…

Hyper-VVV on Windows

Brian Krogsgard

May 5, 2014

Development

Believe it or not, some WordPress developers code on Windows. This can cause problems with Varying Vagrant Vagrants (VVV) using VirtualBox if Hyper-V is also enabled. I've taken the time to implement a VVV setup on top of Hyper-V to reap…