Ask HN: Do you use windows for development?

Posted by mohitmun on Thursday July 19, 2018 @02:22AM
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Is it still part of your development workflow?

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Re:Ask HN: Do you use windows for development? by CyberFonic on Thursday July 19, 2018 @04:20AM (#17564628)

Noooo!

Dev desktop runs Ubuntu, MacBook Pro with OS X when on the road. Deploy everything as WebApps on hosted servers/services on both AWS and Google Cloud.

Before cloud hosting, I used to roll-in servers running HP-UX and AIX into clients' data centers. My support costs were a tiny fraction of those of my competitors using Windows server, etc.

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Re:Ask HN: Do you use windows for development? by muriithi on Thursday July 19, 2018 @02:47AM (#17564351)

Yes. I develop on both Ubuntu and Windows.

I mostly do Node.js and Android development so I can work exclusively in Linux but some of my customers install my software on Windows. Always good to see whether everything works on Windows.

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Re:Ask HN: Do you use windows for development? by mohitmun on Thursday July 19, 2018 @03:33AM (#17564478)

How do switch between both? Do you dual-boot or use VM or something similar?

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Re:Ask HN: Do you use windows for development? by chrisbennet on Thursday July 19, 2018 @07:05AM (#17565244)

Yes. I can iterate quickly. If the end product is embedded, I port it to Linux once I’ve got the algorithms working.

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Re:Ask HN: Do you use windows for development? by sheldor on Thursday July 19, 2018 @02:38AM (#17564318)

Sadly yes. Too many apps still in old .net pre-core versions.

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