I recently wrote a blog on setting up a local environment in macosx to develop locally. Although this is great and a good alternative the the web servers out there as it is faster, it is not ideal if you need to run different versions of php and also doesn't truly reflect the set up of the linux servers that you are...
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Drupal Development with Virtual Box
I often use Virtual Box to do cross browser testing. It became an issue for me as a web developer to boot up into another operating system and then discover that I had theming issues. To be able to develop against this os I needed to make changes in it (therefore duplicating my code) and providing inconsistencies...
Drush for Drupal on Ubuntu
Drush for Drupal is a great tool and something anyone using Drupal should look into. It can make life so much easier. It is a standalone module so doesn't require you to install it in your Drupal installation to work. It is fairly straightforward installing it in Windows but as usual in a Linux OSX it is so much...
Install Drupal on Xampp Linux Ubuntu
Use this guide if you already have XAMPP installed in your Linux OSX or follow my previous blog here. Keep reading here for an easy to follow process of getting a Drupal basic installation onto XAMPP and up and running for you to get going with as soon as possible.
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Install XAMPP Ubuntu Linux
After trawling through a few methods on how to get Drupal up and running in Linux (Ubuntu) and patching together pieces from each. I decided to write a method to get XAMPP installed in one easy to follow guide. With this you can install and develop your Drupal websites locally on any linux osx.
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