Re: [WDSCI-L] Developing software from within a virtual machine

[David Gibbs <david@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Jeff Berman wrote:
> I just received a new Windows PC at work and am in the process of
> installing RDi, iSeries Navigator, and some other apps.  It occurred
> to me that it might be nice to install VMWare and then install the
> entire development environment inside of the virtual machine.  I
> can't completely articulate to myself exactly *why* this is a good
> idea (other than it being kind of neat), but it somehow seems
> "cleaner".  I like the thought of creating a clean environment free
> from our corporate IT dept's control.  For example, due to a
> particular web app that we run, we are held back from upgrading past
> Internet Explorer 6.  Inside of VMWare, however, I could run IE 8 as
> well as Firefox.

While I don't do primary development in a VMWare instance ... mainly due to performance ... I do all of the install testing, for my WDSC / RDI plugin, in VMWare.
   
The ability to snapshot & revert the instance is invaluable.

david