development-environment

Using include() to load different page content acts differently locally vs hosted

I have a live site that includes different php files depending on what page the user is trying to access. The header and footer are the same, but in the file, if the user requests filename1.php vs filename2.php, a different php is loaded into the content of the page. Basic CMS stuff. On the live site, it works fine. I just set up a loca...

Is Ubuntu a stable development environment, or does it lack support compared to a Mac?

Is Ubuntu a stable development environment, or does it lack support compared to a Mac? ...

Programming environment : Managing windows and monitors on a Mac

What is a good way to "snap" windows into position into multiple monitors? I used to use ultramon on windows. These days, it is pain to manage windows individually, especially with the fact that resizing can only happen on the bottom left. Curious to know what programs and tips everyone has. Thanks! ...

Ruby on Rails App not starting in production mode

Everything works fine in development mode, but when I try to start my app in production mode (RAILS_ENV=production script/server) I get the following error: /opt/ruby1.8/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/searchlogic-2.4.19/lib/searchlogic/named_scopes/conditions.rb:81:in `method_missing': protected method `scope' called for #<Class:0x7f41de524410...

Copying a massive databse for local ruby on rails development?

Hi guys, There is a massive database (GB) that I am working with now and all of the previous development has been done on a slicehost slice. I am trying to get ready for more developers to come in and work so I need each person to be able to setup his own machine for development, which means potentially copying this database. Selecting ...

Which is better for quickly developing small utilities? AutoIt or AutoHotKey?

Which is better for quickly developing small utilities? AutoIt or AutoHotKey or something else? I need to develop some small software for which I think using some professional suite like Visual Studio will be overkill. Most of the macro recording tools like AutoIt or AutoHotKey provide enough power to write decent application. Plus they...

Sharepoint Foundation 2010 development environment installation problems

I'm having problems installing development machine for Sharepoint (Foundation) 2010. This is what I did so far on the same machine: Installed a clean Windows 7 x64 with 4GB of RAM without being part of any domain. Just a simple standalone machine. Enabled IIS related features as described here except IIS6 related ones (two of them) Ins...

Development Infrastructure

What are cost effective VPS solutions for development, build, and deployment needs especially when working in a very iterative environment. I'm not thinking about individual projects but more generally that can be applied to a development shop with agile needs ...

Keeping SQL Server Dev Environment up to date

Hi All, I'm trying to figure out the best way to keep my Development servers synced up to the Production servers. Initially, I was just going to restore the backups from the production environment to the dev environment every week or so, however I realized that this would wipe out any actual development work that had taken place during ...

VS 2010 very slow

I have just upgraded to VS 2010, and I have performance problems which I did not have before (in VS 2008). The most annoying thing is that it freezes while I work in the text editor. Sometimes when it freezes I see that it is saving auto recovery information, but not always. Almost anything I do gives an unacceptable long delay, like s...

Quickest way to run a linux dev-environment inside windows

Hi everyone, I get more and more trouble from running WAMP on my XP computer to solve my local development needs. It feels like as more and more things just go wrong or could not be installed at all to a Windows version of PHP. I have been looking for an alternative and found AndLinux plus this link. Would it be a good idea to get an...

Developing Jquery, jquery ui, php, mysql, ftp, via Dreamweaver?

I'm trying to find a good environment to building and maintain an existing website. Would Adobe's Dreamweaver be a good purchase as far as coding in PHP, html, jquery, with a mysql database? ...

Is there a program devleopment environment similar to visual studios?

I'm getting really tired of working against click-once and I'm wondering if there's a better alternative. I'm looking for a programming environment that preferably does not depend on the .net framework. I'm not sure how much .net does for me exactly (though I have some idea) but I'd like to make my programs as independent of downloading ...

Building a J2EE dev/test setup on a single PC

It's been a while since I did Java work, and even then I was never responsible for starting a large project from the very start... there were test/staging/production systems already running, etc, etc. Now I am looking to start a J2EE project from scratch on my trusty workstation, which has never been used for Java development and runs W...

Ideal dev/test/QA environment for development

I am working to rebuild my company's dev/test/QA environment. We have 10-15 programmers that are involved in a number of projects. They currently all develop locally on their PCs and use the dev environment for testing. We currently do not have a QA environment, so deployments are frequently a pain because bugs are usually found after so...

I have a very long and repetitive python path, where do I look to correct this?

I know it is probably not necessary to paste the whole path, but just for the record I have done so below. Whenever I run a python command, it takes a long time to load this path I suppose. I have checked in .bash_profile and only have these two lines: export PATH=/Users/username/bin:/opt/local/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versio...

Is there another way to develop applications for mobile phones running the Windows Operating System other than Windows Dev Tools?

Is there another way to develop applications for mobile phones running the Windows Operating System for example, the HTC HD2 Mobile Phone (which runs Windows 6.5), other than Windows Dev Tools? ...

How do I nicely manage many localhost web site URIs with IIS7

I'm having trouble setting up a clean development environment with all the web sites I'm working on. I'm working on up to 40 different web sites, and at least 5 of them simultaneously. I need them all to be in a site root, for URL management to work with all CMSes. My first attempt was to use increasing port numbers for them, beginning ...

How is your Mac set up for Windows development?

Hi Guys, I'm looking at buying a MacBook Pro to replace my tiring laptop. My day to day job is as a .NET web developer so I am looking to use VMware Fusion to run VS and SQL server etc. As I've not run my dev environment in a VM before, I would like to know how others are setup. What apps to you have installed? In which environment? Wh...

Distributed development systems

I am interested in a system that allows for distributed development with an authentication piece. What do I mean by that? Ok so lets take SVN, SVN keeps track of revisions and doesn't care who submits, as long as you have the right to submit you can submit, really, to any part in the repository. Where does my system come into play? Bei...