November's Joomla User Group London Monthly Meetup (#JUGL)

First: news about JWC2027

Richard Gosler opens the evening with news about JWC2027. Be there to hear it first.

Joomla development with DDEV

Setting up a reliable local development environment is not always easy. Most of us have juggled PHP versions, wrestled with database configuration, or tried to chase a production bug on a machine that looks nothing like production. Local development should be your safe playground, not another source of frustration.

DDEV is a free, open-source, Docker-based tool that spins up a fully configured local Joomla environment in minutes, on any operating system. No more MAMP, no more XAMPP, no more "it works on my machine".

René gave this talk at JWC26, but the recording came out without sound and was never published. So if you missed it in person, this is your chance to see it live. Want a preview? René's JWC26 slides are here.

René will show how to get started with DDEV for Joomla development, from installation all the way to debugging your code. If you're not afraid of the terminal, this may be the last local setup you need to learn.

About René

René is a returning JUG London speaker whose talks keep coming back to the developer's own workbench: his Visual Studio Code setup for Joomla development, a master and replica database setup with a live failover, running code-server on a VPS to edit and debug in the browser, and working with git and GitHub on the road. DDEV is the natural next step.

Details

Online, via Google Meet.

Schedule — starts 19:00 UTC (19:00 GMT) 17th Nov, runs until 21:00 UTC (21:00 GMT):
19:00 — Introductions, chit-chat, and news
19:10 — Richard Gosler: news about JWC2027
19:20 — René Kreijveld: Joomla development with DDEV
20:15 — Questions
20:30 — General chat — what's on your mind?
20:50 — Wrap-up

The meetup is free and open to everyone, whatever your level. Register here: https://www.joomlalondon.co.uk/jugl

Recordings of previous talks, including René's, are on our YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/c/JoomlalondonUk