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Georgia Tech Drupal Users Group - Local Drupal Development
The document outlines local development environments for Drupal websites, highlighting three main options: Acquia Dev Desktop, AMP (LAMP/MAMP/WAMP) stacks, and custom rollouts. Acquia Dev Desktop is noted as the easiest option for creating and maintaining local Drupal websites, while AMP stacks provide more versatility for custom configurations. Custom rollouts offer fine-tuned control over AMP components but require more technical setup.
Georgia Tech Drupal Users Group - Local Drupal Development
- 1. Local Dev Environments Building Drupalwebsites in a local environment. Eric Scott Sembrat Georgia Institute of Technology
- 2. Game Plan • What isa local development environment? • Local development environments: • Acquia Dev Desktop • LAMP/MAMP/WAMP • Old School Roll Outs • Resource Links • Questions, Comments? Eric Scott Sembrat Georgia Institute of Technology
- 3. Introduction Local environment? Eric ScottSembrat Georgia Institute of Technology
- 4. What is ‘Local’? •Local is a web development environment that exists only on your computer. • Not accessible from any other computer • All files are stored on your computer • All settings are set from your computer Eric Scott Sembrat Georgia Institute of Technology
- 5. Benefits (1) • Local WebDevelopment is ideal for: • Module and theme creation and editing • Proof-of-concept websites • Early website development • Testing new functionality • Testing changes Eric Scott Sembrat Georgia Institute of Technology
- 6. Benefits (2) something goeswrong, you can simply delete the development website on your machine and start over! • If Eric Scott Sembrat Georgia Institute of Technology
- 7. Local Environment local environmentis composed of four primary components: •A • Files and folders (Windows, Mac, or Linux) • Server application (Apache) • Database • PHP application (MySQL) programming language (PHP) ! • The combination of these environments is known as a WAMP/MAMP/LAMP stack. Eric Scott Sembrat Georgia Institute of Technology
- 8. Server • The server applicationacts as: • Gatekeeper for who gets permissions to specific folders and files • Enabling and disabling of modules • Caching • PHP ! • Commonly Eric Scott Sembrat Georgia Institute of Technology used application is Apache
- 9. Database • The database applicationacts as: • Gatekeeper for settings and variables for web applications like Drupal ! • Commonly Eric Scott Sembrat Georgia Institute of Technology used application is MySQL
- 10. PHP • PHP acts as: •Programming language to build web application such as Drupal Eric Scott Sembrat Georgia Institute of Technology
- 11. Files and Folders •The files and folders act as: • The Eric Scott Sembrat Georgia Institute of Technology ‘content’ of your website
- 12. Local Dev Options Threeoptions, ordered from ease-of-use Eric Scott Sembrat Georgia Institute of Technology
- 13. 1 Acquia Dev Desktop Byfar the easiest to use for local Drupal development Eric Scott Sembrat Georgia Institute of Technology
- 14. Acquia Dev Desktop •Acquia Dev Desktop is a free application for creating and maintaining local Drupal websites. • Runs on Windows and Mac • Regularly updated and maintained ! Dev Desktop is the easiest WAMP/MAMP stack to set up, configure, and use for Drupal websites. • Acquia Eric Scott Sembrat Georgia Institute of Technology
- 15. Ideal Uses • Acquia •Easy Dev Desktop is ideal for: one-click Drupal website creation and deletion • Basic (default) database and server configuration Eric Scott Sembrat Georgia Institute of Technology
- 16. Screenshot Eric Scott Sembrat GeorgiaInstitute of Technology
- 17. 2 LAMP/MAMP/WAMP More versatile environmentsfor local Drupal development Eric Scott Sembrat Georgia Institute of Technology
- 18. AMP Stacks • AMP Stacksare preconfigured applications for your operating system (Windows, Mac, Linux) that automatically install and configure a database, web server, and PHP. • Does not automatically install Drupal • Allows for more flexibility and configuration options Eric Scott Sembrat Georgia Institute of Technology
- 19. Ideal Uses • AMPs areideal for: • Custom configuration web servers running Drupal • e.g. Drupal + ImageMagick • Web server concurrently running multiple services • e.g. Wordpress and Drupal Eric Scott Sembrat Georgia Institute of Technology
- 20. Suggested Apps • Windows •? • Mac • MAMP • Linux •? Eric Scott Sembrat Georgia Institute of Technology & MAMP Pro
- 21. 3 Custom Rollout Going old-school,huh? Eric Scott Sembrat Georgia Institute of Technology
- 22. Custom • Custom rollouts allowfine-tune control over the choice of AMP components and their configuration options. • Involves setting up each of the pieces of a AMP piecemeal ! • Usually involves building a virtual machine (VM) to house the AMP Eric Scott Sembrat Georgia Institute of Technology
- 23. Ideal Uses • Custom rolloutsare ideal for: • Non-traditional web applications • Porting to a non-traditional web server • Niche (or picky) web applications Eric Scott Sembrat Georgia Institute of Technology
- 24. Demo Using Acquia DevDesktop Eric Scott Sembrat Georgia Institute of Technology
- 25. Resources Want to learnmore? Eric Scott Sembrat Georgia Institute of Technology
- 26. Drupal Links • https://drupal.org/node/157602 •https://drupal.org/documentation/install • https://drupal.org/documentation/install/beginners • http://www.acquia.com/products-services/dev- desktop Eric Scott Sembrat Georgia Institute of Technology
- 27. General Links • http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Apache %E2%80%93MySQL%E2%80%93PHP_packages •http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ LAMP_(software_bundle) Eric Scott Sembrat Georgia Institute of Technology
- 28. Questions? Comments? Concerns? Eric ScottSembrat Georgia Institute of Technology