Comments on: The Mac/PC dev/QA environment http://solyoung.com/2008/02/17/the-macpc-devqa-environment/ Out In His Elements Sat, 27 Feb 2010 01:16:04 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: dionzimic http://solyoung.com/2008/02/17/the-macpc-devqa-environment/comment-page-1/#comment-2802 dionzimic Tue, 12 Jan 2010 01:00:46 +0000 http://solyoung.com/2008/02/17/the-macpc-devqa-environment/#comment-2802 I've been looking for about this tutorial. Very informative post. Thanks a lot.<br><br><a href="http://www.unitedgadget.com" rel="nofollow">Laptop Computers</a> I've been looking for about this tutorial. Very informative post. Thanks a lot.

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]]> By: Sol Young http://solyoung.com/2008/02/17/the-macpc-devqa-environment/comment-page-1/#comment-2779 Sol Young Tue, 01 Sep 2009 15:02:02 +0000 http://solyoung.com/2008/02/17/the-macpc-devqa-environment/#comment-2779 I've gone back and forth between a single codebase on my machine. I never<br>had a problem with speed, but for SVN repositories it became a bit<br>cumbersome. What I did to get around it was to only handle checkouts and<br>commits on the Mac. Originally I was trying to do this on the PC, too, and<br>was having trouble.<br>Let me know how it goes.... I've gone back and forth between a single codebase on my machine. I never
had a problem with speed, but for SVN repositories it became a bit
cumbersome. What I did to get around it was to only handle checkouts and
commits on the Mac. Originally I was trying to do this on the PC, too, and
was having trouble.
Let me know how it goes….

]]> By: chw http://solyoung.com/2008/02/17/the-macpc-devqa-environment/comment-page-1/#comment-2778 chw Tue, 01 Sep 2009 13:15:29 +0000 http://solyoung.com/2008/02/17/the-macpc-devqa-environment/#comment-2778 sol, thanks for the prompt feedback. as i said, i tried it a long while ago and i haven't tested all the scenarios you mention. but it does have several hundreds of files that change a lot (collaborative env, automatic codegen) and we use incredibuild. it was my ideal scenario to maintain only a single code base on the mac, but the slow compile killed that effort then. i may revisit this approach. sol, thanks for the prompt feedback. as i said, i tried it a long while ago and i haven't tested all the scenarios you mention. but it does have several hundreds of files that change a lot (collaborative env, automatic codegen) and we use incredibuild. it was my ideal scenario to maintain only a single code base on the mac, but the slow compile killed that effort then. i may revisit this approach.

]]> By: Sol Young http://solyoung.com/2008/02/17/the-macpc-devqa-environment/comment-page-1/#comment-2777 Sol Young Tue, 01 Sep 2009 12:51:02 +0000 http://solyoung.com/2008/02/17/the-macpc-devqa-environment/#comment-2777 I find it faster than a mapped network drive, but slower than if the<br>files were on a local virtual disk. It's noticible for a major<br>project, but only on the first build or a clean and build.<br><br>Even for medium sized projects it works very well fe me without a<br>significant delay. What kind of delays are you seeing?<br><br>On Tuesday, September 1, 2009, Disqus I find it faster than a mapped network drive, but slower than if the
files were on a local virtual disk. It's noticible for a major
project, but only on the first build or a clean and build.

Even for medium sized projects it works very well fe me without a
significant delay. What kind of delays are you seeing?

On Tuesday, September 1, 2009, Disqus

]]> By: chw http://solyoung.com/2008/02/17/the-macpc-devqa-environment/comment-page-1/#comment-2776 chw Tue, 01 Sep 2009 11:42:41 +0000 http://solyoung.com/2008/02/17/the-macpc-devqa-environment/#comment-2776 can you comment of build time overhead when building tons of small files residing in shared folders? when i tried it a while ago, it was significantly slower. can you comment of build time overhead when building tons of small files residing in shared folders? when i tried it a while ago, it was significantly slower.

]]> By: go green http://solyoung.com/2008/02/17/the-macpc-devqa-environment/comment-page-1/#comment-2662 go green Tue, 03 Feb 2009 22:56:09 +0000 http://solyoung.com/2008/02/17/the-macpc-devqa-environment/#comment-2662 thanks for the post thanks for the post

]]> By: How to virtualize Windows on an Ubuntu host for an optimized dev / qa environment http://solyoung.com/2008/02/17/the-macpc-devqa-environment/comment-page-1/#comment-262 How to virtualize Windows on an Ubuntu host for an optimized dev / qa environment Sun, 11 May 2008 05:37:55 +0000 http://solyoung.com/2008/02/17/the-macpc-devqa-environment/#comment-262 [...] converting my MacBook Pro in to a Windows developer dream, I wanted to have the same experience on a more portable, commodity hardware unit. Virtualizing [...] [...] converting my MacBook Pro in to a Windows developer dream, I wanted to have the same experience on a more portable, commodity hardware unit. Virtualizing [...]

]]> By: Juan Casares http://solyoung.com/2008/02/17/the-macpc-devqa-environment/comment-page-1/#comment-116 Juan Casares Tue, 18 Mar 2008 04:24:58 +0000 http://solyoung.com/2008/02/17/the-macpc-devqa-environment/#comment-116 VMware Workstation lets you debug directly on your test VMs using Visual Studio or Eclipse. But it is not yet available on the Mac : ( VMware Workstation lets you debug directly on your test VMs using Visual Studio or Eclipse.

But it is not yet available on the Mac : (

]]> By: Steven Johnson http://solyoung.com/2008/02/17/the-macpc-devqa-environment/comment-page-1/#comment-68 Steven Johnson Tue, 26 Feb 2008 22:06:53 +0000 http://solyoung.com/2008/02/17/the-macpc-devqa-environment/#comment-68 I tried using SUBST.EXE but it made no difference. I usually get errors when attempting to create .idb files. I tried using SUBST.EXE but it made no difference. I usually get errors when attempting to create .idb files.

]]> By: Sol Young http://solyoung.com/2008/02/17/the-macpc-devqa-environment/comment-page-1/#comment-67 Sol Young Tue, 26 Feb 2008 20:36:28 +0000 http://solyoung.com/2008/02/17/the-macpc-devqa-environment/#comment-67 Steve St. John's post describes a situation where you're getting build errors because of credentials. This seems to be the case when building a project from a shared location. The idea is that files from that share are actually set to SYSTEM level permissions. This is why you get the build errors, but it probably doesn't seem like it. By running the SUBST.EXE, you alter the permissions your system has given to the project so that they're your own permissions instead of your local SYSTEM's. Steve St. John’s post describes a situation where you’re getting build errors because of credentials. This seems to be the case when building a project from a shared location.

The idea is that files from that share are actually set to SYSTEM level permissions. This is why you get the build errors, but it probably doesn’t seem like it. By running the SUBST.EXE, you alter the permissions your system has given to the project so that they’re your own permissions instead of your local SYSTEM’s.

]]> By: Steven Johnson http://solyoung.com/2008/02/17/the-macpc-devqa-environment/comment-page-1/#comment-66 Steven Johnson Tue, 26 Feb 2008 19:50:16 +0000 http://solyoung.com/2008/02/17/the-macpc-devqa-environment/#comment-66 Hey Sol, thanks for the response, but I don't understand what you mean by "alternate credentials" in this case. Steve St. John's post doesn't seem relevant to what I'm doing. Hey Sol, thanks for the response, but I don’t understand what you mean by “alternate credentials” in this case.

Steve St. John’s post doesn’t seem relevant to what I’m doing.

]]> By: People Over Process » links for 2008-02-20 http://solyoung.com/2008/02/17/the-macpc-devqa-environment/comment-page-1/#comment-47 People Over Process » links for 2008-02-20 Wed, 20 Feb 2008 07:21:28 +0000 http://solyoung.com/2008/02/17/the-macpc-devqa-environment/#comment-47 [...] The Mac/PC dev/QA environment Using Fusion to setup do VisualStudio work in OS X. (tags: fusion vmware xcode .net visualstudio mac virtuallabs development programming) [...] [...] The Mac/PC dev/QA environment Using Fusion to setup do VisualStudio work in OS X. (tags: fusion vmware xcode .net visualstudio mac virtuallabs development programming) [...]

]]> By: Sol Young http://solyoung.com/2008/02/17/the-macpc-devqa-environment/comment-page-1/#comment-46 Sol Young Tue, 19 Feb 2008 22:49:25 +0000 http://solyoung.com/2008/02/17/the-macpc-devqa-environment/#comment-46 <p>I ran in to this too. Running the development environment under alternate credentials resolved this.</p> <p>Also check <a href=http://sstjean.blogspot.com/2006/11/team-build-using-mapped-drives-gives.html rel="nofollow">Steve St. John's post</a> which describes running SUBST.EXE as a solution.</p> I ran in to this too. Running the development environment under alternate credentials resolved this.

Also check Steve St. John’s post which describes running SUBST.EXE as a solution.

]]> By: Steven Johnson http://solyoung.com/2008/02/17/the-macpc-devqa-environment/comment-page-1/#comment-45 Steven Johnson Tue, 19 Feb 2008 22:34:03 +0000 http://solyoung.com/2008/02/17/the-macpc-devqa-environment/#comment-45 I've tried this workflow, but Visual Studio (both 2005 and 2008) seem very unhappy about building projects that are located in Shared Folders... I tend to get lots of bogus error messages that render it unusable. Is there a trick to avoiding this? I’ve tried this workflow, but Visual Studio (both 2005 and 2008) seem very unhappy about building projects that are located in Shared Folders… I tend to get lots of bogus error messages that render it unusable. Is there a trick to avoiding this?

]]> By: Peter Kazanjy http://solyoung.com/2008/02/17/the-macpc-devqa-environment/comment-page-1/#comment-44 Peter Kazanjy Tue, 19 Feb 2008 01:04:32 +0000 http://solyoung.com/2008/02/17/the-macpc-devqa-environment/#comment-44 Great post Sol! I blogged it and sent a trackback. Very cool of you to share. Great post Sol! I blogged it and sent a trackback. Very cool of you to share.

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