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      <p>I recently said that <a href="/daily/2024/11/30/using-nix-for-local-application-development">I've been using devenv to run Drupal applications locally</a>.</p>

      <p>Here's the <code>devenv.nix</code> file I used for <a href="/presentations/tdd-test-driven-drupal">my recent talk for the Drupal London meetup</a>:</p>

      <pre><code class="nix">{ pkgs, ... }:

      let
        drupal.root = "web";
      in
      {
        packages = [ pkgs.git ];

        dotenv.disableHint = true;

        languages = {
          php = {
            enable = true;
            version = "8.2";

            ini = ''
              memory_limit = 256M
            '';

            fpm.pools.web = {
              listen = "127.0.0.1:9000";

              settings = {
                "pm" = "dynamic";
                "pm.max_children" = 75;
                "pm.max_requests" = 500;
                "pm.max_spare_servers" = 20;
                "pm.min_spare_servers" = 5;
                "pm.start_servers" = 10;
              };
            };
          };
        };

        processes = { };

        services = {
          caddy = {
            enable = true;

            config = ''
              {
                http_port 8080
              }

              localhost:8080 {
                root * ${drupal.root}
                encode gzip
                php_fastcgi localhost:9000
                file_server
              }
            '';
          };

          mysql = {
            enable = true;
            initialDatabases = [ { name = "drupal_london"; } ];
          };
        };

        enterShell = ''
          if [[ ! -d vendor ]]; then
            composer install
          fi
        '';

        enterTest = ''
          phpunit --testdox
        '';
      }
      </code></pre>

      <p>It installs the required version of PHP for this project, creates a web server (Caddy) and configures MariaDB with a default database.</p>

      <p>I've also added commands to run <code>composer install</code> to download dependencies when entering the shell and <code>phpunit</code> for tests.</p>

      <p>With this approach, there's no need for containers as everything is run locally and I can view the site at <a href="http://localhost:8080">http://localhost:8080</a> (or whatever port is defined).</p>

      <p>All of my current development projects are using this approach and I think it'll be my default method for future projects.</p>

              
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      <p>I recently said that <a href="/daily/2024/11/30/using-nix-for-local-application-development">I've been using devenv to run Drupal applications locally</a>.</p>

      <p>Here's the <code>devenv.nix</code> file I used for <a href="/presentations/tdd-test-driven-drupal">my recent talk for the Drupal London meetup</a>:</p>

      <pre><code class="nix">{ pkgs, ... }:

      let
        drupal.root = "web";
      in
      {
        packages = [ pkgs.git ];

        dotenv.disableHint = true;

        languages = {
          php = {
            enable = true;
            version = "8.2";

            ini = ''
              memory_limit = 256M
            '';

            fpm.pools.web = {
              listen = "127.0.0.1:9000";

              settings = {
                "pm" = "dynamic";
                "pm.max_children" = 75;
                "pm.max_requests" = 500;
                "pm.max_spare_servers" = 20;
                "pm.min_spare_servers" = 5;
                "pm.start_servers" = 10;
              };
            };
          };
        };

        processes = { };

        services = {
          caddy = {
            enable = true;

            config = ''
              {
                http_port 8080
              }

              localhost:8080 {
                root * ${drupal.root}
                encode gzip
                php_fastcgi localhost:9000
                file_server
              }
            '';
          };

          mysql = {
            enable = true;
            initialDatabases = [ { name = "drupal_london"; } ];
          };
        };

        enterShell = ''
          if [[ ! -d vendor ]]; then
            composer install
          fi
        '';

        enterTest = ''
          phpunit --testdox
        '';
      }
      </code></pre>

      <p>It installs the required version of PHP for this project, creates a web server (Caddy) and configures MariaDB with a default database.</p>

      <p>I've also added commands to run <code>composer install</code> to download dependencies when entering the shell and <code>phpunit</code> for tests.</p>

      <p>With this approach, there's no need for containers as everything is run locally and I can view the site at <a href="http://localhost:8080">http://localhost:8080</a> (or whatever port is defined).</p>

      <p>All of my current development projects are using this approach and I think it'll be my default method for future projects.</p>

              
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