Do Magento developers prefer Capistrano?
Yes, many Magento developers prefer Capistrano for deploying Magento as it ensures minimal site downtime and doing zero-down deployments. To use Capistrano for deploying Magento you can take a look at this detailed guide here https://davidalger.com/posts/deploying-magento2-using-capistrano/.There are other alternatives to Capistrano such as Fabric, Shipit, Chef, Ansible, and Docker.
Can I migrate Magento 1 to Magento 2 on the localhost?
Yes, you can migrate your website from Magento 1 to Magento 2 on the localhost.Follow these steps.
- Step 1 => Review extensions on your current site
- Step 2 => Build and prepare the Magento 2 store for migration Install Magento 2.x (with all modules of this release) and the Data Migration Tool on a system that meets the Magento system requirements
- Step 3 => Copy your Magento 1 store to a staging server Fully migrate the replicated Magento 1 store to Magento 2 Thoroughly test your new store
- Step 4 => Start your migration
- Step 5 => Make changes to the migrated data
For more detailed information reach out to https://www.emizentech.com/magento2-migration.html