I'm using iMac at work and MacBook at home. No need for a PC anymore.
--Sam Singer
On Apr 11, 2008, at 12:09 PM, Derrick Peavy wrote:
Don't know about the license switch - if you can, that's freaking
awesome!
In short, I see no draw back to developing on the mac for any
language aside from ASP (simply because you can't run and IIS/ASP
server on your mac natively). The mac even has Ruby, PHP, MySQL,
Apache, Python, Perl ready to use out of the box. I believe the
basic OS comes with developer tools as well (X Code), though I might
be wrong there.
I agree with the comments here and based on experience in helping
other switch - run it all on the native OS you are switching too.
Makes the most sense and trust me - the gain you get in productivity
far outweighs any costs.
Some app tips - best text editor hands down is BBEdit. If you
actually know the language you are coding in, you probably like a
good text editor anyway. What may throw you however, is that when
you first launch it it looks like a simple, plain blank document and
you wonder, WTF? But the program, like the Mac OS follows a
philosophy of getting everything out of your way except for the
document. So, it's up to you to decide which palates you want to
show on a regular basis, etc.,
Best FTP - Transmit. Yes, it costs $30 (I think). But nothing on mac
or Windows can touch it.
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On Apr 11, 2008, at 12:55 PM, Dusty Hale wrote:
Derrick yes that is exactly the kind of information I need. My hope
was that I would not have to run all the Adobe software on the
Windows OS and it sounds like that is the case but I guess I need
to get the Mac version of all the software. So the question might
be can I upgrade my CS2 products to Mac Version CS3 products?
Andrew's response indicated I might be able to do that so I am
going to do more research and/or contact Adobe about that today.
I'll share the outcome.
Dusty
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Subject: Re: [ACFUG Discuss] Doing CF development on a MAC
Dusty:
The software will NOT install on both. You can run it all under
Windows through VMWare, but it sounds like what you will end up
doing is running everything on the PC and nothing on the mac.
I develop on a mac. I use BBEdit (text editor) for code, safari/
firefox for browser testing, and either 1) upload CFM files to
stage server (mimic of production server) or 2) Run locally under
CF or Blue Dragon.
So, where is the need for the PC? (BTW - that's not flame bait,
that's just my approach).
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On Apr 11, 2008, at 12:26 PM, Dusty Hale wrote:
OK this is probably a good question for Dean!
I am now highly considering getting a mac to further develop the
creative aspects of what I do. I understand that some developers
have moved to Mac and use the VMWare to run windows applications.
My questions are:
If developing on a Mac would I install things like Photoshop and
Illustrator on the Mac OS or would I be doing it through the
VMWare on Windows. I currently have the Adobe CS2 Web Bundle suite
running on my pc under Win XP so I am not even sure yet that the
software I have will run on the Mac OS (I have to check on that).
I plan to upgrade to the full Adobe Master Collection with all the
great new CS3 tools so I wonder if I have to order it for Mac or
Windows or if the software package will install on either. I am
hoping either :-) ... I am researching now but would appreciate
any quick answers if any one has time.
Thanks,
Dusty
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