You use Vagrant to set up a development environment (in VirtualBox, for example). There used to be a program called Hobo that made this easier, but it's always seemed non-trivial to me. The benefit is that once you have a Vagrant process (or whatever they are called) set up, you can run it at any time to set up a new instance for other projects, or simply to scrap and reorder the one you're currently using. If you are working with a team, you can also share Vagrant processes so that everyone is using the same development environment.
For me, the game isn't worth the candle. I could have an entire website set up and running by the time I figured out how to get Vagrant working. Your mileage may vary. On Friday, July 20, 2018 at 8:21:41 PM UTC-7, Jean-Christophe Helary wrote: > > > > On Jul 21, 2018, at 0:06, bruce linde <[email protected] <javascript:>> > wrote: > > mamp, git, vagrant. > > i’ve been using mamp forever but my partner pushed me to try vagrant... > i’m now running both. > > > I'm checking Vagrant and I'm not sure how I could use that for Web/PHP > development. Could you develop on that ? > > Jean-Christophe > > > On Jul 20, 2018, at 6:11 AM, Jean-Christophe Helary <[email protected] > <javascript:>> wrote: > > > On Jul 20, 2018, at 22:00, Greg Raven <[email protected] <javascript:>> > wrote: > > > The best way I have found to do this is to have your PHP files in a BBEdit > project, > > > I've created a project for my files (I find projects hard to navigate, > namely no apparent way to move around without having to use the mouse, but > maybe I'm missing something). Basically a bunch of WP files. > > and then set the project settings to open a local website. > > > Can you be more specific ? > > To have a local website, you can use any of a number of methods, including > MAMP, HostBuddy, VirtualHostX, VirtualBox, etc., > > > I'm using MAMP. I have the test site and the "production" site side by > side, both managed under git and I'll be setting up sync to make sure I > have everything under control. Then I need to find a way to sync to the ftp > server (I don't have a clear idea how to do that but I'll get there > eventually...) > > Jean-Christophe > > or you can set up your local Apache server to serve your site locally with > PHP. I just use the built-in Apache with modifications to the httpd.conf, > hosts, and vhosts files. There are a couple of fiddly bits involved when > doing it this way, but you don't have to download and maintain anything and > it works just fine. > > On Thursday, July 19, 2018 at 9:13:42 PM UTC-7, Jean-Christophe Helary > wrote: >> >> >> >> On Jul 20, 2018, at 10:04, Scott in Pollock <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> You'll need a local server running PHP. Google 'MAMP'. >> >> >> Sorry if that was not clear. I do have everything set up already. >> >> I just need BBedit to "preview" my files not by calling file://... but by >> calling http/localhost/... >> >> What's happening now is that I edit/save PHP on BBedit and the switch to >> Safari and reload. That's not practical. Is there a way to do call that >> preview from BBedit directly ? >> > > Jean-Christophe Helary > ----------------------------------------------- > http://mac4translators.blogspot.com @brandelune > > > -- This is the BBEdit Talk public discussion group. If you have a feature request or would like to report a problem, please email "[email protected]" rather than posting to the group. Follow @bbedit on Twitter: <http://www.twitter.com/bbedit> --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "BBEdit Talk" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/bbedit.
