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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