It seems like a no-brainer to experienced Web developers and Website developers that there is a need for a development environment which is utilized to check the progress and test the development. This type of environment is also commonly known as test site or staging website. Let's just refer to it simply as an environment from now on.
Regardless of the name, this approach is absolutely essential for a streamlined Website development process. In many cases such environment is setup as a sub-directory ( e.g. /new-site ) within the live Website. This is not a very good idea and it is extremely limiting for many reasons like problems with paths to site assets and CSS files for example.
Perhaps the best way to setup a development environment is to create a parallel website with a unique URL and treat it as a completely separate site. Then, it is possible for the entire development team to access the site via browser, connect to it and manage the files. Even better idea is to have the development environment setup on a completely different server alltogether. This protects the actual real LIVE server from going down when the development team is experimenting with functionality on the development site.
At newline Creations we felt that this is one of the most important parts of streamlined website development process so we seamlessly integrated the entire concept into the WebAssemblyLine™ Managed Website Infrastructure.
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