Tag: local development

  • Local Lightning Now in Public Beta with Major Performance Improvements

    Local Lightning Now in Public Beta with Major Performance Improvements

    Flywheel put its new Local Lightning app into public beta this week. The app is an improved version of the company’s local WordPress development tool, formerly known as Pressmatic before Flywheel acquired it from Clay Griffiths and renamed it to “Local by Flywheel.” Since its acquisition in 2016, Local has gained many fans, particularly developers…

  • WP Engine Launches DevKit Open Beta

    WP Engine Launches DevKit Open Beta

    Those who host or manage sites on WP Engine now have a new tool at their disposal. It’s called DevKit, developed by Chris Wiegman and Jason Stallings. DevKit is a WordPress local development environment that includes SSH Gateway access, push and pull deployments to WP Engine, Command Line Interface commands for the Genesis theme framework…

  • DesktopServer 3.8.4 Includes A Gift to the Community

    DesktopServer 3.8.4 Includes A Gift to the Community

    DesktopServer has released version 3.8.4 of its local development software. This version includes a lot of refactored code, setting the foundation for faster updates in the future along with design-time plugins. One of the major changes in 3.8.4 is the use of the .dev.cc top level domain. Due to the latest changes with the .dev…