Working in HarmonyOptimize development and content workflows

Agenda

• Your team

• Working in Harmony

• Development tools

• Development workflow

• Deployment

• Content workflow

Who’s On Your Team

Dev Content

PM AM QA

Working Together

• No one works alone

• Development Workflow/Best Practices

• Content Workflow

Local Dev Environment

Local Dev Environment

• MAMP/XAMPP

• Local Server

• Vagrant

• Docker

Dev

MAMP/XAMPP

• Installs a web server on your machine

• Relies on OS

• May conflict with apps already installed

Dev

Vagrant

• Creates virtual machine

• Automated install

• Quick and simple to setup

• All devs working with the same system

Dev

Docker

• Uses containers

• Many containers on one VM

• Automated install

Dev

Developer Tools

Dev Starting Point

• The same tools/plugins

• The same environment

• The same workflow

Dev

Plugins

• Dev/Debug tools

• Environment Indicators

• Demo Content Creator

• User Switching

Dev

Local Dev Tools

• Git-flow

• WP-CLI

• Scheduled local backup

• Copy production content to local

Dev

Automation

• When tasks become repetitive

• SASS Compiling

• Minification

Dev

Task Automation

SASS Compile Minify ReloadCSS

Front end developer automation workflow

Dev

Code Management

• Central repository for code

• Branching workflow

Dev

Git Branches

Dev

Stage Feature Master

Git-Flow

Dev

DevelopFeature Release Master Hotfix

Dependency Management

Dev

Plugin

Theme

Plugin

WP Core

Dependency Management

• Composer

• Keep versions in sync for team

• Manage plugin, themes

Dev

WordPress Packagist

• Mirror of WordPress Plugins, Themes and Core

• Composer repository

• Not all plugins/themes available on wpackigist

Development Workflow

Why Use Tiers?

•Do not work on live production environment

• Schedule releases, features, bug fixes

• Limit access

•Code changes won’t interfere with content staging

Tiers for development

.local

.dev

.stage

.prod

.qa

.testDev

production

local

stage

Production Tier

Dev

Staging Tier

Dev

Development Tier

Dev

Deployment

Central Repo

• Manage code for a group of developers

• Set access control

• Merge pull requests

• Push to multiple servers

Dev

Deployment

Origin Production

Staging

Dev

Deployment

Dev

Content Workflow

Tiers for content creators

• qa

• staging

• production

Content

production

local

stage

How Can I Stage Content?

• Export/import via WordPress core functionality

• Raw database export

• Database management plugins

Content

Content Staging Systems

• Content Deployment Plugins/Systems

• Backup Plugins

• Platform/Host Based Solutions

Content

Content Staging Plugin

• Batch Deploy Content

• Preflight Check

• Push custom posts, media

Content

Content Wishlist

• History/Audit Trail

• Two way sync/merging changes for conflict resolution

• Multi tier deploy

• push to staging, QA

• pull new content to dev

Content

Content Best Practices

• No content changes on production!

• Use staging for review, approval process

• Push content live when ready

Content

Questions

edmund.turbin@wpengine.com

@spicecadet

www.edmundturbin.com

Content