A Complete Guide on WooCommerce Development Environment

A WooCommerce Development Environment is nothing but a collection of tools that enables web development professionals to test their application before they go live. It is essential to create a development environment for seamless website creation and testing.

Whether you're a blogger, or an entrepreneur, you need a well-designed website and you cannot underestimate the significance of having a development environment where you can make changes and modify site features without affecting your live website.

In this blog post we will look into what a development environment is, the two major types and how to get started with both options.

Understanding the WooCommerce Development Environment:

Local Development Environment

To set up a local development environment the infra team needs to set up a server environment directly on the local computer thereby enabling developers to build, test and debug web applications in the local computer before deploying to the live server.

Advantages:

• Speed and Efficiency: Working on a local server removes the need for uploading and downloading code files which results in faster development iterations.

• Offline Accessibility: Developers can also work on their web app development without the need for an internet connection.

• Complete Control: The team has complete control over the server environment such as software configurations, database settings and PHP versions.

Considerations:

• Limited Testing Scope: Local environment is not able to replicate the production server environment which could lead to various compatibility issues when deploying the website.

• Isolation: Also working locally prevents other team members from collaborating. It can be counterproductive for teams that are spread across different locations.

• Resource Intensive: Running a software on the local server environment demands significant system resources which will impact the performance of other applications on the computer.

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