Local Development

Noun · Development

Definitions

  1. The practice of running, building, and testing an application on a developer's own machine rather than in a remote or cloud environment. Typically involves local databases, mock services, and tools like Docker Compose to replicate the production stack.

    In plain English: Running and testing software on your own computer before deploying it to a real server.

    Example: "The local development setup takes 20 minutes to bootstrap because you need Postgres, Redis, and three microservices running in Docker."

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