Correct way to set up development and production environments for Craft?

Question

I'm setting up a new site using Craft and would like to know what's the best way to manage dev and production environments? For instance, keeping entries/fields/ and control panels configurations sane across both environments?

Answer 1

I'd recommend you take a look at the excellent existing threads on this:

• Git Workflow and Multi Environment - how to approach
• What's the best practice for handling data migration and organization across development environments?

as well as the official documentation on Multi-Environment Configs