Local test environment (was: [TxMt] Re: SVN?)

[Allan Odgaard]

On 30. Mar 2007, at 18:52, Constantinos Neophytou ♎ wrote:

> [...] As for 'changing files directly on the server', I'm 100%  
> against that. If you really want to monitor the changes as they  
> happen (which you should), set up a local environment [...]

While a local testing environment definitely has advantages such as  
being able to work offline, having zero network delays while testing,  
etc. I also find it is a good exercise in how many dependencies you  
have.

I.e. if setting up a local testing environment is a pain because you  
have lots of dependencies and no good view of them, or you require  
all sorts of setup and whatnot, well, then you probably should  
migrate to a simpler architecture, it might just be that one day you  
want to move your site from Linux to BSD, from one hosting service to  
another, or maybe you want to wrap up your code and sell it, start it  
on another server, etc.