portable-applications

Having MSDN on a usb key

Is there a way to have msdn documentation on a usb key ? either web or the MSDN Library program. i've been setting up my usbkey with portableapps stuff. ...

Portable Ruby on Rails environment

I got myself a new 8 gig USB key and I'm looking for a decent solution to have a portable RoR environment to learn on. I did the google on it and found a few possibilities, but I'm curious to hear some real life experiences and opinions. Thanks! ...

Did anyone try Portable Python ?

I have recently discovered Portable Python as a very interesting tool. I am a linux user, and I am frutstrated when I come to machines that does not come "battery included". This is cool because it's non obtrusive : I don't want to install Python in any windows that passed in my hands... But I don't know if it's reliable. If I make a ...

How can I have a portable Emacs?

Is there a way run Emacs from a USB drive? I am a Windows user and I would like to be able use it on any PC without an Emacs install. ...

How to run MSVC++ 6.0 off a USB drive as a portable app

Without using any third party program to do this (i.e. without VMware ThinApp, U3 or MojoPac etc.) How to move MSVC++ 6.0 from from its install on C: over to a USB drive? So that it can be used on different PCs with no admin rights and without installing anything on the host PC? Even if it's only usable as a console application would be ...

What development tools do you carry on your USB drive?

I've just bought a new 4GB USB thumb drive and I'm trying to decide what to put on it. I'm thinking about one of the webserver on a stick packages, a C/C++ IDE (leaning toward Code::Blocks; had Dev-C++ on my old USB drive) and Python. What development related tools do you carry around with you on yours? Update I've added categories. ...

static html blog/cms to run on a USB stick?

What are the options for having a simple blog, content management system that will deploy the full site as static html over FTP/SFTP and any blog API? I am aware of Thingamablog but it hasn't been updated in more than a year so i guess is dead now. What are my alternatives that must export at least static HTML to a FTP server? It would...

Portable USB Webserver

I have project that I'm working on that is going to require a webserver. The webserver will be used to remotely control a presentation using a mobile device. I see there are quite a few options out there and I'm wondering if someone could provide some recommendations. My criteria include: Portable, fits on a USB key Easy to run. A...

Portable Programming IDE

Frequently I'm brainstormed with programming ideas that I would like to directly code. More or less like "Wow, that algorithm will rock! I need to write it now!". For this kind of "impulse" to write, I use http://www.jarte.com/ that is a cool portable text editor. If I'm near a cybecafe or a friend computer, I just plug the usb pen driv...

Free portable database

Hi I am developing desktop portable free application and I`m looking for portable database: free without install up to 20K records standalone application supports encryption (optional) SQL92 spec thanks for advice can you write some advantages and disadvangtages? ...

How to set the profile directory for xulrunner apps using a custom relative path?

Is there an easy way to create a cross platform portable Xulrunner application? By "portable" I mean what the guys on http://portableapps.com/ do, but in addition I would like to be able to put on the flash stick whatever platform runtime I need. For example If I want my application to run on Linux, I put the linux build of Xulrunner a...

Making a windows program thumbdrive portable

I am currently trying to make an application portable. Where are the common places that an application puts its settings in a windows machine? do you know know of any other places besides -registry -Currentuser/Application Data -app folder ? ...

Are there any USB stick runnable, no-install, cross platform software frameworks (with GUI)?

Does anyone know of a good software development framework or similar that has the following properties? Cross platform: it should be runnable on XP, Vista, OSX and common versions of Linux (such as Ubuntu and Kubuntu). No installation: Be able to run the software from a USB stick without having to copy anything to the host machine. Hav...

Is there a portable Perl?

Is there a portable Perl along the lines of portable Python? Something I could use (while learning the stuff) from my thumb drive? Oh, and I'm talking about Window XP. ...

Recommend portable source control setup?

Since I have a couple of mid-sized personal projects and a lots of code snippets, sample programs, libraries which usage is demonstrated using unit tests, I want to have this whole lump of code available all the time - at home, at work, when using my laptop, etc. The most logical step is to have this codebase under the source control, s...

How do you replicate your developer PC setup on multiple machines?

Let's say I have a development PC at my work, another development PC at my home, and a tiny netbook PC that I often carry with me. Since these PCs have the same operating systems, the problem of portability doesn't exist. But...with a similar setup, how do you manage to keep the installed applications the same or nearly the same on these...

Tricking programs in C

Say I launch a program from the program I make. Is it possible to trick the launched program into thinking the windows directory is in a different place? ...

Making an application launcher

Okay so I want to make an application that launches other applications. However, the goal here is to make the app "portable" in that I can go from one windows desktop to another while using the same application from a usb drive. So here is a different rundown of what I mean: I have aplication X. I use it on machine 1 and I want to us...

Test printf implementation

Hi I would like to have a portable implemenation of my application. However, I have heard that there are some issues with printf from the stdlib on certain machines where it does not behave as intended. For instance, when using the conversion specifier %f then it can happen that on certain architectures the printf implementation includ...

PortableApps deployment project in visual studio

I have a WinForms project that I want to distribute as a portable version using PortableApps. I am looking for a deployment project template to embed in my visual studio for this purpose. ...