Title: localhost VS developement server
Last modified: August 20, 2016

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# localhost VS developement server

 *  [m3xs](https://wordpress.org/support/users/m3xs/)
 * (@m3xs)
 * [14 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/localhost-vs-developement-server/)
 * Instead of building my site on my iMac, I build it on a virtual server, I don’t
   even need a real domain name. I do this via my iMac’s host file:
 * sudo nano /etc/hosts
    <ip_address> <domain name I am developing for>
 * example:
 * 55.555.555.555 mytestdomain.com
 * I prefer this method of hosting it myself so I can see the speed online and don’t
   have to worry about a bunch of software to install on my iMac.

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 *  [thereformation](https://wordpress.org/support/users/thereformation/)
 * (@thereformation)
 * [14 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/localhost-vs-developement-server/#post-2466308)
 * I do the same type of thing to my hosts file, but I create URLs that resolve 
   locally to folders within my users/sites folder.
 * I’ve found its always faster to develop locally with no network lag than it is
   to develop on a remote server.

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