Setting up Dev Environment

Local Development

Before deploying our code in a production setting, we often use a local VM and/or our laptop for the development. Most Digigov developers choose a linux based distribution (mostly Ubuntu). For a local VM setup, you can use Vagrant to define a development setting that suits your needs and/or your project's needs.

NOTE: In case of Vagrant, you need to have some kind of virtualisation tool installed such as Virtualbox.

Editor

Your code editor is your everyday partner. Choose one that you are familiar with.

Great options include:

• vim
• vscode

Some projects require an editorconfig file to be used in order to enforce same code style across developers. More information available per project.

Docker

We utilize Docker to run our development and/or production environments. We also use docker-compose to manage our environments.

Kubernetes

Some Digigov applications are deployed to a Kubernetes stack. We use kubectl and helm tools to maintain our applications and develop new ones in the kubernetes ecosystem.

In addition, we use minikube to replicate a kubernetes setup locally.