Hey, I'ld like to know your opinion and experiences with tools to install wordpress locally when developing a site.
I work on windows and I use Xamp, but since it was time to update it I thought to look around and I found out there are many solutions now that are more specific or easier for wordpress.
WordPress developer's guide now suggests Local, DDEV, Lando. (i had to remove links to these services because of automoderation)
Local is owned by WPE and I fear it would force their environment. that they make difficult to migrate.
DDEV is using Docker and I'm afraid it could be a bit too technical. it seems to require to run commands in a CLI? Same goes with Lando. it's not that i'm afraid of using a CLI but it still needs a learning curve since I'm not used to.
Laragon? seems easy enough, similar to Xamp for setup and with the added benefit of easier portability.
What are your experiences?
Local. It’s extremely simple to use. There’s no issue with it being owned by WPEngine. It runs locally. You don’t need to use their hosting service (flywheel) to deploy your site – you can migrate the site anywhere when you’re ready to go live, using any migration plugin.