# A Craft CMS Plugin Local Development Environment

DevFeed: [A Craft CMS Plugin Local Development Environment](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/a-craft-cms-plugin-local-development-environment-31232.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://nystudio107.com/blog/a-craft-cms-plugin-local-development-environment>)

Author: andrew@nystudio107.com (Andrew Welch)

Published: 2021-04-21T04:00:00Z

Content type: tutorial

Language: en

Sources: [nystudio107 | Articles on modern web development.](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/nystudio107-articles-on-modern-web-development.md>)

Topics: [Content Management System](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/cms.md>), [Docker](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/docker.md>), [PHP](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/php.md>), [Development](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/development.md>), [Testing](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/testing.md>), [phpstorm](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/phpstorm.md>), [MySQL](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/mysql.md>), [Database](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/database.md>), [Front end](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/frontend.md>)

Tags: [article](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/article.md>), [cms](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/cms.md>), [composer](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/composer.md>), [containerized](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/containerized.md>), [craft](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/craft.md>), [debug](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/debug.md>), [details](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/details.md>), [develop](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/develop.md>), [development](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/development.md>), [docker](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/docker.md>), [ease](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/ease.md>), [environment](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/environment.md>), [frontend](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/frontend.md>), [insights](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/insights.md>), [local](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/local.md>), [mysql](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/mysql.md>), [php](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/php.md>), [phpstorm](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/phpstorm.md>), [plugin](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/plugin.md>), [plugin-development](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/plugin-development.md>), [plugins](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/plugins.md>), [postgres](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/postgres.md>), [test](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/test.md>)

## AI overview

This tutorial presents a portable, cross-platform Docker development environment for building, debugging, and testing Craft CMS plugins. It covers preconfigured PHP and database environments, testing content, PhpStorm and XDebug support, and plugin development setup.

## Source excerpt

This article details a containerized local development environment that you can use to develop, debug, and test Craft CMS plugins with ease