Merge pull request #391 from josh-mcq/gh-pages

A few grammar and wording changes.
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Phil Sturgeon
2014-04-24 09:51:13 +01:00

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@@ -10,21 +10,21 @@ popping up when you go live. It's also tricky to keep different development envi
version for all libraries used when working with a team of developers.
If you are developing on Windows and deploying to Linux (or anything non-Windows) or are developing in a team, you
should consider using a virtual machine. This sounds tricky, but using [Vagrant][vagrant] you can set up a simple
should consider using a virtual machine. This sounds tricky, but by using [Vagrant][vagrant] you can set up a simple
virtual machine with only a few steps. These base boxes can then be set up manually, or you can use "provisioning"
software such as [Puppet][puppet] or [Chef][chef] to do this for you. Provisioning the base box is a great way to
ensure that multiple boxes are set up in an identical fashion and removes the need for you to maintain complicated
"set up" command lists. You can also "destroy" your base box and recreate it without many manual steps, making it
easy to create a "fresh" installation.
Vagrant creates shared folders used to share your code between your host and your virtual machine, meaning you can
Vagrant creates folders for sharing your code between your host and your virtual machine, which means that you can
create and edit your files on your host machine and then run the code inside your virtual machine.
### A little help
If you need a little help to start using Vagrant there are three services that might be useful:
- [Rove][rove]: service that allows you to pregenerate typical Vagrant builds, PHP among the options. The
- [Rove][rove]: service that allows you to pre-generate typical Vagrant builds, PHP among the options. The
provisioning is made with Chef.
- [Puphpet][puphpet]: simple GUI to set up virtual machines for PHP development. **Heavily focused in PHP**. Besides
local VMs, can be used to deploy to cloud services as well. The provisioning is made with Puppet.