 |
 |
We do a lot of our development within virtual machines. So VirtualBox is a great free solution in that area www.virtualbox.org and then to make new VM setup and deployment easier we use Vagrant http://vagrantup.com/ -Joseph -- Joseph Rhoads Digital Repository Manager Brown University Library On Fri, Nov 2, 2012 at 2:35 PM, Mita Williams <[log in to unmask]>wrote: > That reminds me of how I got started with Drupal. I was so scared of > botching up an install on a "server" that I ran XAMPP and ran my first > Drupal install on a USB key! > > > On Fri, Nov 2, 2012 at 2:31 PM, Joe Hourcle > <[log in to unmask]>wrote: > > > On Nov 2, 2012, at 2:09 PM, Mita Williams wrote: > > > > > +1 to web-hosting as it gives the ability install one's own software on > > > one's domain (which feels great) *and* easy access to shell. > > > > > > And when web-hosting feels like too much of a barrier to access, sites > > like > > > jsfiddle where you can immediately start adding *and* sharing code is > > key. > > > IMHO the initial appeal of Code Academy was that it removed all > barriers > > to > > > getting started. Getting a laptop's localhost set up is too daunting > > for a > > > first step, I think. > > > > If that's a problem for people, it might be worth looking at the various > > *AMP (LAMP, WAMP, MAMP) stacks for an easy install of Apache, mySQL + > perl > > / python / php. > > > > We're probably moving away from locally hosted services towards 'the > cloud' > > for the most part (remember when they used to be called 'service > > providers'?) > > but it's still useful to learn a little something about configuring a > > webserver / database / etc. > > > > And it's generally more locked down in the various *AMP stacks than if > > you went and installed them individually, so there aren't quite the > > same level of problems w/ security. > > > > -Joe > > >