In the following article, we shed light on the most popular solutions for local Magento 2 development. Below, you can find an official recommendation on how to create an optimal development environment as well as a bunch of alternative solutions.
Since Magento 2 requires MySQL 5.6, there are a lot of problems with running Magento 2 in environments such as MAMP and XAMPP with MySQL 5.5 support. If you are going to switch between Magento 1 and 2 projects the issue can turn into a serious headache. In this post, we’ve gathered information about solving the versions problem with the help of Magento 2 virtualization.
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There are a lot of all possible tools that simplify the development of Node.js projects. Different IDEs, frameworks, debuggers, CMS, and even whole ecommerce systems are tightly connected with the popular technology. So, In the following post, we shed light on building a complete Node.js development environment from scratch. Below, you will find the most popular approaches approved by specialists. Continue Reading
By using , you can easily package an app with all its dependencies into a virtual container and run it on any Linux server. Thereby, you achieve flexibility and portability impossible without containerization. As a result, the app can run nearly everywhere: on premises, bare metal, public or private clouds. While similar functionality has been available for years, a revolution in the world of software containers was caused only after the appearance of Docker in 2013. In the following post, I describe the nature of this software solution; shed light on its benefits; compare Docker with other container software; and provide a list of hosting solutions, optimized for containerization. Continue Reading
Below, I’d like to introduce you to software containers – isolated user-space instances utilized in an operating-system-level approach to virtualization. Containers separate apps from the OS and their physical infrastructure used for connecting to the network. Thus, it is possible to run multiple virtual containers on the same carnel.
Probably, you might have heard of Docker, which appeared several years ago and caused a lot of excitement among IT specialists. It is the most striking example of container software, but there are some other noteworthy solutions. I’ve described the most prominent platforms further in this blog post, but let’s start with their nature and usage.
Containers solve a bunch of problems which occur when software is moved from one computing environment to another. A staging environment, a physical machine, a developer’s computer, a data center, or a public cloud probably offer different conditions. Therefore, by using code containers, you prevent your projects from problems related to dissimilar environments. Please note that even a distinct network topology or security policies might be a reason of conflicts and limitations. But how does container software help to solve multiple problems? Continue Reading
