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| PRODUCTIVITY | Local env + IDE | Acquia Cloud IDE |
|---|---|---|
| Time required to be productive | A few hours to several weeks | 5-15mn |
| Optimized Drupal environment | Manual | Yes |
| Optimized AWS networking | X | Yes |
| Dedicated hardware per IDE | X | Yes |
| Firewall exceptions | Manual | Not Needed |
| Non-admin access sufficient | X | Yes |
| Low bandwidth requirements | X | Yes |
| DEVELOPMENT TOOLS | ||
| Source code editor & IDE | Yes | Yes |
|---|---|---|
| Git / Git UI integration | Yes | Yes |
| PHP Code Sniffer | Manual | Yes |
| Composer / Composer 2 | Manual | Yes |
| Drush Launcher | Manual | Yes |
| Preconfigured Xdebug | Manual | Yes |
| Node.js / NPM / NVM | Manual | Yes |
| Ruby / RVM | Manual | Yes |
| Preconfigured Chromedriver | Manual | Yes |
| Built-in site preview & terminal | Yes | Yes |
| Preinstalled Drupal Plugins | Yes | Yes |
| SECURITY | ||
| Environment isolation | Manual | Yes |
|---|---|---|
| Role-based access | X | Yes |
| Automated user data sanitization | X | Yes |
| Single sign-on | X | Yes |
| ACQUIA INTEGRATIONS | ||
| Code, database and files synchronization | Manual | Yes |
|---|---|---|
| Prod-matched PHP configuration | X | Yes |
| Customizable PHP & MySQL | Yes | Yes |
| Acquia CLI | Manual | Yes |
| Preconfigured Drupal best practices | Manual | Yes |
| Auto-configured database connection | Manual | Yes |