Preparing for Development

When setting up a new Macbook, I use the following tools to help me create WordPress websites.

Required

• Visual Studio Code – this is your code editor
• DDEV – this lets your computer act as a web server so you can work on websites “locally” on your computer instead of having to edit files on a remote web server
• FileZilla – for accessing remote web servers when needed
• Homebrew – package manager for the command line, this will let you quickly install programs like Node, Gulp, etc. and all the other third party packages needed for web dev work
• Github Copilot – AI tooling that helps you code, I would say at this point it’s required to keep up with other devs