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A portable virtual development environment

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  • K Keviniano Gayo

    yes there are plenty of portable IDE or source code editor. But the local server, and database setup, things like that. :-)

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    I'm pretty sure that you can't run SQL Server from a stick - it's a set of services, and AFAIK they have to be installed into the system. You could always create a VM with all your "favourites" loaded and put that on the stick?

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    • OriginalGriffO OriginalGriff

      Looks like it exists (from a very quick Google) SharpDevelop[^] apparently runs from a USB stick.

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      Oshtri Deka
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      Sharp develop is excellent IDE, but I wouldn't dub it development environment.

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      • OriginalGriffO OriginalGriff

        I'm pretty sure that you can't run SQL Server from a stick - it's a set of services, and AFAIK they have to be installed into the system. You could always create a VM with all your "favourites" loaded and put that on the stick?

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        Jorgen Andersson
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        SQLite could work from a stick if I recall correctly.

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        • O Oshtri Deka

          Sharp develop is excellent IDE, but I wouldn't dub it development environment.

          Mislim, dakle jeo sam.

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          Freak30
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          You may want to think about that statement again, considering that IDE means Integrated Development Environment. :-D

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          • OriginalGriffO OriginalGriff

            I'm pretty sure that you can't run SQL Server from a stick - it's a set of services, and AFAIK they have to be installed into the system. You could always create a VM with all your "favourites" loaded and put that on the stick?

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            Brisingr Aerowing
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            MySQL, MariaDB, PostgreSQL all run portably. I have done that with MySQL ( X| ) and MariaDB ( :) ).

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            • J Jorgen Andersson

              SQLite could work from a stick if I recall correctly.

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              SQLite will - but it's a single user system, not multiuser. Access and SQL CE will work from a stick as well.

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              • OriginalGriffO OriginalGriff

                SQLite will - but it's a single user system, not multiuser. Access and SQL CE will work from a stick as well.

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                Jorgen Andersson
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                A matter of definition, it works with multiple users and is generally thread safe, but it uses file locking when writing, so it's not very useful doing so. I would never run a multi user system from a stick in any case.

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                • K Keviniano Gayo

                  I am just wondering. Would it be nice to have a virtual development environment? like a portable all development tools(Database, IDE, local server, etc.) that you can insert in your USB, plugin to different computer and you don't have to setup everthing.

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                  Rutvik Dave
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                  Semi-portable: Setup a virtual box image on a USB drive and run it from any computer (which has virtual box installed) Semi-performance: Setup a VM on AWS, Azure or VPS. And Remote Desktop to it from any computer. .... or get a laptop and carry it around everywhere :laugh:

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                  • K Keviniano Gayo

                    I am just wondering. Would it be nice to have a virtual development environment? like a portable all development tools(Database, IDE, local server, etc.) that you can insert in your USB, plugin to different computer and you don't have to setup everthing.

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                    dandy72
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                    Depending on your definition of "portable", that's what VMs are for. I've been running nothing but VMs here at home for a few years now (Hyper-V, specifically). Those VMs have gone through host OS upgrades (2008 R2 -> 2012 -> 2012 R2), changed host machines, swapped motherboards, migrated to a RAID setup, migrated to SSD, all without having to reinstall any of my dev apps/tools/utilities/SDKs/etc.

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                    • K Keviniano Gayo

                      I am just wondering. Would it be nice to have a virtual development environment? like a portable all development tools(Database, IDE, local server, etc.) that you can insert in your USB, plugin to different computer and you don't have to setup everthing.

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                      PIEBALDconsult
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                      Yes. But you can just learn to use Notepad and the command-line.

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                      • R Rage

                        I could not find on the site, but isn'T SharpDevelop something created by a feloow CPian ? I am not 100% positive, but IIRC one of us was pretty obsessed by portable IDE at some point of time...

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                        Unsure if you mean @leppie[^] and his xacc.ide . He was pretty active, but it looks like he's posted only one message in nearly two years. His reputation has started to flat-line.

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                        • J Jorgen Andersson

                          A matter of definition, it works with multiple users and is generally thread safe, but it uses file locking when writing, so it's not very useful doing so. I would never run a multi user system from a stick in any case.

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                          Keviniano Gayo
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                          Single user would work fine as you are working locally for development purposes.. for testing or simulating production workload that would require a dedicated server/computer. :) that is a great suggestion. thanks

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                            Depending on your definition of "portable", that's what VMs are for. I've been running nothing but VMs here at home for a few years now (Hyper-V, specifically). Those VMs have gone through host OS upgrades (2008 R2 -> 2012 -> 2012 R2), changed host machines, swapped motherboards, migrated to a RAID setup, migrated to SSD, all without having to reinstall any of my dev apps/tools/utilities/SDKs/etc.

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                            Keviniano Gayo
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                            Nice! I've been thinking to setup VM. If only VM would run in USB then just pluggin in a computer that would probably require kind of a VM launcher. That is really nice then you can take a backup of your usb in case of a failure..

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                              Semi-portable: Setup a virtual box image on a USB drive and run it from any computer (which has virtual box installed) Semi-performance: Setup a VM on AWS, Azure or VPS. And Remote Desktop to it from any computer. .... or get a laptop and carry it around everywhere :laugh:

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                              Keviniano Gayo
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                              Yup! I setup a virtual VM in then just do the remote if incase i am away of my laptop/computer at work. I just uploaded the source code in GitHub.. The only problem if i can take a Database repository too that would be great service.. GitHub for database..? :)

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                              • K Keviniano Gayo

                                Nice! I've been thinking to setup VM. If only VM would run in USB then just pluggin in a computer that would probably require kind of a VM launcher. That is really nice then you can take a backup of your usb in case of a failure..

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                                dandy72
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                                Hyper-V doesn't really care where the VHD is. Create a new VM, and point it to the existing .VHD file, whether it's across a LAN, on a USB stick or an external hard drive. Performance would probably be what you could reasonably expect though.

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