On 23 Mar 2011, at 20:59, thebigdog wrote: > On 3/23/11 6:16 PM, Mac Newbold wrote: >> One disadvantage of a local dev environment is that it is local to >> exactly one computer. If you always develop on that box (i.e. a >> laptop) then it can make sense, but if you have a box at work and a >> different box at home or elsewhere that you sometimes use, or a >> desktop and a laptop, then your dev environment is stranded on the one >> box where it is set up, and when you pick up where you left off on a >> different machine, none of your local changes are there. If it applies >> to you, it's a showstopper though for having one local dev environment >> rather than having a dev environment out in the cloud somewhere. It >> also comes in handy if your local box is more likely to fail or have >> problems or need upgrades etc. than the remote dev environment, which >> in my experience is typically the case >> (desktops and laptops have lower average uptime than a server environment). > > I tend to use a small portable drive that I store my virtual machines on, I > then > carry this drive between my desktop and laptops. This allows me to have > everthing local and have a stable environment that I can take anywhere, > version > the env, share with others and do pretty much whatever I like with it. It does > require the machine to have something like virtualbox installed, that would be > the only draw back. I do like the ability to have it setup for one dev > environment and I dont have to have all that stuff installed on multiple > machines. Kinda best of both worlds. >
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