DeveloperEnvironment

Developer Environment

One of the main barrier to entry on an open source is in general the knowledge about setting up a developer environment.

This barrier is even higher when you need a setup to compile C/C++ under different operating systems.

It was a long time coming, but I think I finally wrote something that can help anyone from the total noob to the more experienced dev to setup a sane developer environment.

Even if the end goal is to compile C/C++ to produce Redtamarin executables, I do think those setup can also help for other projects at different level, any comment/feedback welcome.

Main Goal

Use the command line.

• you may not need the Command Line Interface (CLI) now
• you will need the CLI at some point
  as most developer environment use CLI tools
• anything advanced and/or automated
  will require the CLI

Use a POSIX / Bash Shell environment.

• cmd.exe under Windows sucks
• a Bash Shell can be viewed as the
  smallest common denominator
• wether you work under
  Windows, Mac OS X, Linux, BSD, Solaris, etc.
  a bash shell can save your butt

Be able to update/upgrade this environment with new versions or new tools.

• you do not want to waste time clicking GUI
• you do want a package manager on the CLI
• you would want a CLI package manager
  working similarly under Windows, Mac OS X and Linux

Be able to remote control on the command line and the desktop.

• VNC to Linux is slow, RDP is faster
• we want to be able to RDP to anything
• we want to be able to SSH to anything

Have a common workflow (as much as possible) shared between Windows, Mac OS X and Linux.

• command line tools work the same
• package manager work the same
• your build scripts/tools work the same
• easier to move from one system to another
• easier to share with other people
  using different operating systems

The Setup

• under Windows 8.1 pro
  • Cygwin / Mintty
  • Bash shell
  • package manager: $ apt-cyg
• under Mac OS X 10.10 Yosemite
  • Terminal.app
  • Bash shell
  • package manager: $ port
• under Linux Ubuntu 15.10 Wily Werewolf
  • Terminal
  • Bash shell
  • package manager: $ apt-get

Suitable For

Tested

• running bash scripts
• running perl
• running python
• compiling C
  • gcc
  • visual studio
• compiling C++
  • g++
  • visual studio
• running Java
• compiling Java
• compiling the Flex SDK
• compiling Flash applications
• compiling AIR applications
• compiling Redtamarin programs
• running AS3 shell scripts

Not Tested but should work too

• running PHP
• running Ruby
• running Node.js
• etc.