For a while I tried to run node in a VM (Virtual Box with Ubuntu server), with the code shared in my Dropbox, so I could easily move between my two machines (one OSX, one Windows 7) and edit in OSX/Windows. It nearly worked until I ran into some Virtual Box bugs (No matter how I configured them, the shared Dropbox folders never showed up correctly in Ubuntu). I didn't insist as it wasn't an absolute necessity for me, but hopefully these bugs have been fixed now and that could be a viable (simple) setup.
On 22 October 2012 01:22, John Scott <[email protected]> wrote: > I was running Node on my Windows 7 64bit laptop until I installed a module > that wouldn't compile. > > So since I am deploying to a linux production server, I decided to setup a > linux development server with VirtualBox. I run these tools on Windows : > > * WebStorm from JetBrains http://www.jetbrains.com/webstorm/ which has > awesome support for Node and JavaScript development in general. I love the > GitHub support and its `always sync` remote deployment feature means that > file changes are instantly pushed to your local VM instance of linux running > Node. > > * Git for Windows http://msysgit.github.com/ includes msysGit which doubles > as a great command-line Git client as well as a great Bash shell. You can > right-click on a folder to `Git Bash here` which starts a bash sell at that > directory. You can also connect to your VM instance via ssh like this : > > > $ ssh user@<localip> > > > This setup which has the following pros / cons : > > Local development on the same platform as production is sensible and > pragmatic - but you get to keep running your development tools on Windows > (which I really like). Issues you will encounter in production are likely > encountered first in development. > > VirtualBox's `snapshots` feature let you try things on your development > server at little risk because you can revert to a previous snapshot if you > screw things up. I often pre-flight major changes to my production server > this way too. > > You need at least 1GB of RAM to dedicate to a linux VM i found. > > > On 22 October 2012 06:46, mgutz <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> You're best bet is Xubuntu if you want GUI or plain Ubuntu/Debian server >> on VirtualBox (or even better VMware for its simple networking). That way >> you don't have any gotchas when deploying your node app to production. >> >> On Windows I use Chrome + SecureShell add-on to to connect to my virtual >> machines. I use tmux and vim from terminal. My colleagues map a samba share >> from the virtual machine and they edit the files in Windows using Sublime. >> That works surprisingly well. An Ubuntu server with node, redis and mongodb >> run just fine in 512MB. >> >> On Friday, October 19, 2012 7:23:05 AM UTC-7, jerome wrote: >>> >>> Hi All, >>> >>> For various reasons, I may be switching to a Windows PC at home, but >>> would like to continue playing with Node. >>> >>> I've been on a Mac for years. Am I likely to encounter any pitfalls or >>> gotchas doing node dev on Windows? >>> >>> A buddy of mine reminded me that some of the add ons require a C >>> compiler. What are my options? >>> >>> -- >>> Regards, >>> Jerome >>> Music || Web Dev >>> >>> >> -- >> Job Board: http://jobs.nodejs.org/ >> Posting guidelines: >> https://github.com/joyent/node/wiki/Mailing-List-Posting-Guidelines >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >> Groups "nodejs" group. >> To post to this group, send email to [email protected] >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> [email protected] >> For more options, visit this group at >> http://groups.google.com/group/nodejs?hl=en?hl=en > > > > > -- > Regards, > > John Scott > > -- > Job Board: http://jobs.nodejs.org/ > Posting guidelines: > https://github.com/joyent/node/wiki/Mailing-List-Posting-Guidelines > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > Groups "nodejs" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected] > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected] > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/nodejs?hl=en?hl=en -- Job Board: http://jobs.nodejs.org/ Posting guidelines: https://github.com/joyent/node/wiki/Mailing-List-Posting-Guidelines You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "nodejs" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/nodejs?hl=en?hl=en
