A brief overview of the benefits of creating a local instance of Drupal, called a "sandbox", and how to create a working version quickly using the Drupal Quickstart project. See http://wp.me/p2FI0z-nO for related blog post.

1. ed marsh
drupal northern nj (nnj) user group
new jersey institute of technology (njit)

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ed marsh
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technical writer
content strategist
drupal enthusiast
homebrewer
▪ mmm beer
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edmarsh.com
@edmarsh
http://www.linkedin.com/in/edmarsh/
http://www.slideshare.net/theedmarsh/

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virtualbox
http://virtualbox.org
drupal quickstart
https://drupal.org/project/quickstart
optional:
 sass/scss/compass – css preprocessors
 firebug/chrome web dev tools
 make file generator – customized drupal builds

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worry-free way to learn drupal
 easy to set up
 learn to manage a server
 if you mess it up, delete it and start over!
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runs on any OS – no need to config
mac/windows
 no MAMP/WAMP/XAMPP/CAMP/STAMP needed
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all open source – just like drupal
can push to production site when ready
no bandwidth issues
 zero dollars

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LAMP stack pre-configured
 linux (ubuntu)/apache/mySQL/PHP
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drush (DRUpal SHell – command line interface)
sample make files
sample drupal 6/7 sites already up and running
netbeans code editor
gitg version control
user(me)
 = lazy;
 = busy;
 != dev;

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http://drushmake.me/
select:
 drupal version
 modules
 themes
 libraries (jQuery, etc)
 modules folder
 go!

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control your entire site through a command
line interface (CLI)
download modules/themes:
 drush dl projectname
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enable downloaded items
 drush en projectname

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open virtualbox
import appliance quickstart .ova
start vm
open terminal
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cd websites
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drush quickstartcreate sitename
makefile.make
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magic!
 automatically creates drupal
site with name you specify
 downloads selected
modules/themes from make
file
 configs mysql db instance
 creates cron job (run on
timer)

10. virtualbox:
http://virtualbox.org
 drupal quickstart:
https://drupal.org/project/quickstart
 drush make file generator:
http://drushmake.me/
 drush command reference:
https://groups.drupal.org/node/28088
 g.d.o
http://groups.drupal.org
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