Local development

A significant amount of work developing Django takes place locally rather than on an active Platform.sh environment. You want to ensure that the process of local development is as close as possible to a deployed environment.

You can achieve this through various approaches. Each of these examples:

• Creates a local development environment for a Django site.
• Syncs data from the active Platform.sh environment where team review takes place.
• Commits aspects of that local development method to the project so collaborators can replicate configuration to contribute.

If you’re already using Docker Compose, consult the Community guide on using Docker Compose with Django and Platform.sh.

DDEV Set up an environment with Platform.sh’s recommended local development tool, DDEV. Tethered local Connect a locally running Django server directly to active services on a Platform.sh environment.