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

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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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          SQLite could work from a stick if I recall correctly.

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          OriginalGriff
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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.

            Bad command or file name. Bad, bad command! Sit! Stay! Staaaay...

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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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                    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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                    PIEBALDconsult
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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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                      • D dandy72

                        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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