If you're going to work in modern web development, one of the key ingredients is a local development environment that doesn't rely on anything but your local machine to run.

But, even just in the Laravel world, there are so many options to choose from!

In this episode, three guests will talk us through the pros and cons of Laravel Valet, Laravel Homestead, and Docker-based solutions like Laradock and Vessel.

Chris’s Twitter: https://twitter.com/DrByteZC
Joses’ Twitter: https://twitter.com/josecanhelp
Joe’s Twitter: https://twitter.com/JoePFerguson
Valet: https://laravel.com/docs/7.x/valet
Homestead: https://laravel.com/docs/7.x/homestead
Docker: https://www.docker.com/
Laradock: https://laradock.io/
Vessel: https://vessel.shippingdocker.com/
Jose on Twenty Percent Time: https://twentypercenttime.simplecast.com/episodes/jose-soto-docker-for-local-development-P7pz7_EJ
Jose on Laracasts: https://laracasts.com/series/guest-spotlight/episodes/2
Jose's Docker Site: https://daytodaydocker.com/
Valet Diagnoses Command: https://github.com/laravel/valet/issues/936
HyperV: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/virtualization/hyper-v-on-windows/about/
VirtualBox: https://www.virtualbox.org/
VMWare: https://www.vmware.com/

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Editing sponsored by Tighten; transcript sponsored by Larajobs.

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