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I want to switch my OS from Windows XP to but as a software developer I am worried about that will I able to install/run the development tool successfully [Software like: Visual Studio, Sql Server, PHP ... other related tool].
Which OS will be the best subsitute for the Microsoft Windows XP/7, from a developer point of view?
This really depends what platform you want to develop the software for. If you are writing Windows programs, Microsoft makes great developer tools which of course run on Windows. The effective tools to develop Mac software are (no surprise) available on Macs. So there's really only a choice if you're targeting cross-platform or Linux. You can use virtual machines to construct whatever testing environments you need, so the main choice is your preference.
Since you sound like you are interested in experimenting with new environments, I would suggest you try Linux. I primarily use Emacs with GNU Global and GDB in Linux to do all my development, and I have benefited from other tools like strace and Valgrind. Eclipse is also available, and I hear it's nice. Since you're used to MS tools, I'll warn you that the open-source stuff isn't as polished or as integrated as MS's stuff appears to be, but it's certainly capable.
Well, if you need Microsoft-based software, such as Visual Studio and SQL Server, the best choice of OS will probably be a Microsoft one...
After that, you might want to run some Virtual Machines, for PHP / Linux development.
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PostgreSQL 11 works more efficiently in debian or redhat. Accordingly, I will choose a server and plan training. What are the advantages and disadvantages. Which operating system does the Postgres committee like?
There is no PostgreSQL committee. There is core, but they don't determine which operating systems are supported.
From the documentation (you probably read that):
A platform (that is, a CPU architecture and operating system combination) is considered supported by the PostgreSQL development community if the code contains provisions to work on that platform and it has recently been verified to build and pass its regression tests on that platform. Currently, most testing of platform compatibility is done automatically by test machines in the PostgreSQL Build Farm. If you are interested in using PostgreSQL on a platform that is not represented in the build farm, but on which the code works or can be made to work, you are strongly encouraged to set up a build farm member machine so that continued compatibility can be assured.
In general, PostgreSQL can be expected to work on these CPU architectures: x86, x86_64, IA64, PowerPC, PowerPC 64, S/390, S/390x, Sparc, Sparc 64, ARM, MIPS, MIPSEL, and PA-RISC. Code support exists for M68K, M32R, and VAX, but these architectures are not known to have been tested recently. It is often possible to build on an unsupported CPU type by configuring with --disable-spinlocks, but performance will be poor.
PostgreSQL can be expected to work on these operating systems: Linux (all recent distributions), Windows (Win2000 SP4 and later), FreeBSD, OpenBSD, NetBSD, macOS, AIX, HP/UX, and Solaris. Other Unix-like systems may also work but are not currently being tested. In most cases, all CPU architectures supported by a given operating system will work.
The majority of hackers use Linux, but there are people who develop on FreeBSD, MacOS or Windows.
If you know that PostgreSQL works most efficiently on certain Linux distributions, you know more than I do.
When choosing an operating system for PostgreSQL, I would proceed like this:
List the operating systems you are familiar with (or for which your organization has skilled administrators).
Exclude all operating systems for which there is not more than one animal in the buildfarm.
Exclude Windows.
Then pick any of these.
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I am using TeamCity to build and prepare a Windows Forms application. I've got a few projects in the solution, one of these being the .isproj which is an Installshield Project. I'm using the free developer version that Installshield so nicely provide for us.
However, TeamCity obviously can't build this, because the box doesn't have Installshield installed.
I can't install the same version because it requires Visual Studio, which is a bit of a pain.
Does anyone know if there is a free version that we could use on our Build Server to generate the artefacts for release?
I am not sure if InstallShield LE is available in the VS Express edition, which you could install on your build machine.
Another alternative would be to use another tool, for example Advanced Installer also has integration with VS and full command line support, so you can integrate it in your build machine. Also, you can install it separately on the build machine, without any edition of VS. It has the "Simple" project in the free edition, any other project types require a commercial license.
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I'm maintaining a simple web site written in Perl in my copious free time, and I don't want do my coding on the live website any more, instead checking if the changes work on a local machine first.
As far as I can tell, the web site runs on apache.
Should I install apache on my local machine, or are there simpler (but well documented!) options more suited to a development box?
Related question: How can I run Perl on web servers? , but seems to be talking about a production box, not a development box.
XAMPP is an excellent package for precisely this purpose. It includes Apache, MySQL, PHP, Perl, and other tools, all pre-configured to run on your local machine. I use it for WordPress, but I expect that it would be equally good for Perl CGI development.
I use it on Windows. It is also available for Linux and Mac.
Hat tip to Kenosis, who mentioned XAMPP first. I didn't see that at the time.
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Chrome OS has vim preinstalled. I would like to add Emacs in terminal mode. I have not found any leads by searching the internet. My question is:
How I can Install software locally on Chrome OS?
ChromeOS is not derived from Ubuntu.
I don't think you can install any software on it unless it's a pure web app.
BTW, if you wish to have a nice editor to write code try cloud9 (or some other online editors/IDE that gives you powerful options to develop).
Here is a short post I've wrote on the options we have today in ChromeOS: http://greenido.wordpress.com/2011/07/04/web-developers-and-the-new-chromebook/
#Ido It is not Ubuntu, but I do believe it is derived from Ubuntu. It is definitely Linux, and follows a lot of the Ubuntu/Debian conventions. Supposedly you can install qemacs on a chrome os device with the following steps.
Boot into developer mode.
Get to the console with cntl-alt-f2.
"sudo su -" to become super user.
Run "dev_install", which will install the portage package management tools.
Run "emerge qemacs" to install emacs.
That's the theory, anyway. There appear to be some unresolved bugs with dev_install.
ymacs.org looks promising to me
I think the best way to achieve this is with crouton by installing ubuntu itself in your chromebook without a graphical desktop, so you can run ubuntu/emacs/whatever in a regular google chrome tab.
That is:
turn on developer mode
get crouton : https://github.com/dnschneid/crouton
install ubuntu raring without X (follow the blog instructions)
install emacs
sudo apt-get install emacs
NB: Give this no-X thing a try, it's much better to swipe between tabs than to switch screens every time you want to use emacs.
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I consider myself fairly versatile when it comes to O/S selection. I have used DOS/Windows PC's all my life, switched my main laptop to Mac two years ago, and have used numerous flavors of Unix/Linux/BSD while studying for my Comp.Sci. degree.
However, as I'm trying to improve my development environment, I'm starting to wonder if I'd be better off scrapping the Macbook for a PC with a different O/S flavor (to support a different set of tools and IDEs).
What O/S do you prefer for (web) development, and why? (prefer answers from people who have real-world experience coding on multiple platforms)
(Note: I am aware of this question discussing client vs. server O/S - what I'm interested is the whole development environment, and not limited to the 'Windows crowd')
It's really going to depend on the type of web development you want to do. If you are doing PHP (or LAMP, Perl, Python, Ruby), then Linux is probably the best way to go. If you are looking at doing .Net development, then Windows would be your best bet. I think if you're on Java, then Windows or Linux would be equally good.
For LAMP development on Linux, you are probably best going with Netbeans or Eclipse for your IDE. Personally I prefer Netbeans, but it depends on which you are more comfortable with. If you want to pay for an IDE, Zend is one of the better options. As far as distros go, any popular distro should be fine. I hear Ubuntu is pretty popular although my personal favourite is Mandriva.
You don't need to scrap your Macbook to use different operating systems. Many developers run multiple OSs without giving up the Macbook experience.
I prefer my Macbook and despise the fact that I have to go to work and use a Windows environment (I keep hitting the ALT key looking for COMMAND!). Ruby and rails development is easier because most of the developers are using OSX and therefore any help you need is tailored for your development environment, it just doesn't work as smoothly or as fast on Windows.
I haven't run into anything I've got in my work environment (Emacs, IntelliJ etc.) that I can't get for Mac and it even looks a whole lot better. Ubuntu even looks better and is a lot more reliable than any Windows system I've ever used.
If you're locked into the .Net world, then Windows is really the only choice.
Otherwise, the "big name" web environments (Apache, Tomcat, Spring, Glassfish, Rails, JBoss, Grails, Weblogic, ...) are all commonly deployed on some flavor of *nix. A Linux-based laptop gets you max geek cred; OSX gets you a full-fledged Unix environment with a very polished UI and less do-it-yourself maintenance.
If you're doing Java, then Eclipse, NetBeans, and IntelliJ will run on all of the above (Windows, Linux, Max), so you can choose based on what else you want to have in your environment.
I got 3 systems,
Windows XP, Windows 7 RC, Ubuntu 9.04
Windows Vista
Mac OS X
Mac OS X would be my choise, since you can get good enivroment to work on. I got Adobe Create Suit and Textmate, they aren't free. Free alternatives GIMP/Inkscape and many free text editors are available for mac.
LINUX is fine but Adobe suit doesn't work on it, you have to use GIMP and Inkscape, obviously they are nowhere near Adobe Photoshop and Illustrator. Although if you aren't interested in using Adobe CS you can use Ubuntu distro which is easier than other LINUX distro and quiet popular, so you won't have any problem finding solution. Eclipse would be my text editor if I use LINUX.
Windows is another good choise if you are familier with Windows but risk of losing important files which took you hours to develop ;-) , you know its main problem is Virus and spywares. If you can get decent Anti-Virus (like free Avast ect) you can live with it.
In my opinion, there is "nearly" no reason to choose Linux over OSX for web development. OSX is unix'ish, so you can run almost any server on OSX almost the same way as on Linux.
One big reason to choose OSX is the accessibility and comfort. I do not know any other operating systems that are nearly as enjoyable to work with, as OSX.
And no, I'm not an Apple fanboy. :)