Install Ruby+Devkit from rubyinstaller.org/downloads Install Visual Studio Code at code.visualstudio.com Navigate in PowerShell to the directory you have your Ruby project folder in and run gem install ruby-debug-ide. Open Visual Studio Code and install the Ruby plugin by Peng Lv. Once you have opened your project folder in Visual Studio Code, open one of your… Continue reading How to get a Ruby Debug Environment working in Windows with Visual Studio Code

Step 1: Create your site backup using Duplicator. Follow step two at this website. Step 2: Import your WordPress site to your local computer. Create a folder for your WordPress site under C:\xampp\htdocs. I called mine mywordpresstest. Step 3: Create a database on your local computer. Step 4: Start the duplicator migration process In your… Continue reading How to create a local test environment of a WordPress website using the Duplicator plugin and XAMPP

Backing up your website/blog is extremely important and should be done outside your hosting provider’s network. You don’t want to be victim of the hosting company having server outages and restoring a several day old version of your site. For WordPress sites such as this, doing backups how I have chosen, is very affordable. Sites… Continue reading Importance of backing up your website/blog