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WordPress Setup Your Local Development Environment

Soon Han Ooi
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Soon Han Ooi
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Soon Han Ooi
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Nothing was mentioned about downloading or installing text editor. Can i get a link to that video?

Nothing was mentioned about downloading or installing text editor. Can i get a link to that video?

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Margaux Flores
Margaux Flores
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You can use any text editor of your preference - Atom and Sublime Text being two of the most popular ones out there. But if you're looking specifically for the editor used in this video, then I believe that's Atom which you can download at https://atom.io/ :)

Soon Han Ooi
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Soon Han Ooi
Soon Han Ooi
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Thank you. But how will the text editor link/sync with the MMAP?

Soon Han Ooi
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Soon Han Ooi
Soon Han Ooi
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Hi, how will downloading a third party text editor sync with MMAP?

Margaux Flores
Margaux Flores
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I haven’t really taken this course so I’m just responding from what I know but I don’t think it’s synced to MAMP or anything like that.

When you edit files directly and save them and refresh your site, you’re just able to see changes on the fly - because you directly edited the file inside the root folder (as in the folder that your server is hosting). That root folder is something you set in the document root section of MAMP under Preferences.

MAMP Screenshot

Jacob Mishkin
Jacob Mishkin
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To do this choose a text editor, I use VS code, Atom is solid as well. Then in the text editor open the same folder structure as you have with MAMP and then you are good to go editing your site. MAMP is just showing you the files in a web server, the text editor is where you can make changes to the files themselves.