Upgrading your local development environment with DDEV

Upgrading your local development environment with DDEV

Looking to move your local development environment to a more modern solution? This workshop will introduce students to , a Docker-powered local development environment built on modern principles and designed to be flexible, customizable, and powerful.

The workshop will include hands-on exercises for installing DDEV and its prerequisites on both Mac OS X and Windows 10 Pro, the basics of getting both new sites and existing sites up-and-running, as well as basic, day-to-day DDEV commands.

The goal is for students to be proficient and confident in using DDEV in their day-to-day professional Drupal work at the conclusion of the workshop.

Students will also be provided access to a 10-page handout and 12 screencasts demonstrating various DDEV functionality, created specifically for this workshop.

 

About The Trainer

Mike Anello (@ultimike) is co-founder and vice president of DrupalEasy, a Drupal training and consulting firm based in Central Florida. Mike has been one of the main organizers of the Florida Drupal Users' Group and Florida DrupalCamps for over nine years, is a member of the Drupal Community Working Group, and also helps manage the Drupal Association's Community Cultivation Grants program.

Michael has been developing Drupal sites for over 12 years specializing in module development, theming, and general site-building with a strong focus on best practices and sustainable development. Michael is also the lead trainer and curriculum developer for DrupalEasy's intensive, 12-week Drupal Career Online (DCO) and 6-week "Mastering Drupal 8 Development Workflows with Pantheon" training programs.

He can be heard interviewing fellow Drupal community members, talking about current Drupal news, and highlighting new and upcoming modules on the twice-monthly DrupalEasy Podcast. He is an Acquia Certified Developer and a Drupal 8 core contributor.