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[WebDev22]

We have a team that all works remotely and are about to set up a subdomain (beta.domainname.com) to use to a bunch of new development. As I was setting this up, I was wondering how others handle their dev environments. It's faster to develop locally, but then you have to rely on screenshots or screen shares to share information.

[cornishpirate]

XAMPP on local server.

Couldn't do without it!

[WebDev22]

I have and use XAMPP as well, but need to be able to show progress to the team.

[cornishpirate]

I registered another domain just for testing and made it only accessible with username/password.

I prefer to keep ALL testing as far away as possible from my live site!

[kymation]

I have used a separate domain or a subdomain on several projects. Both work well. If you are running your dev domain/subdomain in the same webspace as the main domain, keep all files used by the dev domain separate from the main, and use a separate database as well.

The tricky part is keeping the files synced. Having two team members working on the same file at the same time can be tricky. I don't have a good solution for this.

Regards
Jim