Questions tagged [development-environment]

A development environment is an integrated set of programming tools, usually centered around a text editor.

A development environment is a preconfigured used during development lifecycle. Preferably hidden from the end user.

Key tools includes a text editor, commonly extended with other tools for , , automating tools, database access or project management features. Such an editor called . Commonly configured for seamless tool usage.
Compared to the stability, performance and backup creation may be sacrificed in favor of more logging, easier bug detection or rapid iterations.

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specific config by environment in Scala

What is a good way to set up a project in Scala which uses different configuration depending on environments. I need to specifically have different databases for development, test and production environment (similar to what is done in Rails)
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How does one create an enthusiastic development team?

If you have a room full of capable developers, what can be done to encourage those developers to become excited and enthusiastic about software and software development? No gimmicks, but a genuine move to create an environment where people want to…
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Specify Vagrantfile path explicity, if not plugin

Is there any way to explicity specify the path of a Vagrantfile? My company wants to do something like this: For testing on a confluence machine, type a command like vagrant spinup confluence, and then point that to a Vagrantfile in a different…
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Docker multiple environments

I'm trying to wrap my head around Docker, but I'm having a hard time figuring it out. I tried to implement it in my small project (MERN stack), and I was thinking how do you distinct between development, (maybe staging), and production…
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One DB per developer or not?

In a corporate development environment writing mostly administrative software, should every developer use their own database instance, or should they use a central database instance during development? What are the advantages and disadvantages of…
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Intellij: Search console output

Up until version 10, intellij enabled searching text in the console window. From version 11 this option is not available anymore. Is there any configuration to enable that? A plugin maybe? This is very useful for me and I miss this function... --…
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local development of microservices, methods and tools to work efficiently

I work with teams members to develop a microservices architecture but I have a problem with the way to work. Indeed, I have too many microservices and when I run them during my development, it consumes too memory even with a good workstation. So I…
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How to set NODE_ENV from package.json for react

I am trying to target multiple environments from local while executing React app. 1. Development 2. Staging 3. Production I am also trying to test for offline mode in any of the environments. So, the scripts what I have configured is as follows: …
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Node.js, express, and using development versus production in app.configure

What is the easiest method to let express know what environment I am in? E.g. I want do do the below to make a connection to redis depending on what env I am in. Can this be done from the command line? app.configure('development', function(){ …
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What are the advantages of IntelliJ over Eclipse?

I have been working with Eclipse for quite some time and recently got several recommendations to use IntelliJ. As I just saw that questions of the format of "Which IDE is better?" are frowned upon (not without a good reason) - I wanted to know…
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Xcode iPhone "digest is missing"

"The digest is missing" in xcode organizer for iPhone 4S. Anybody knows what this means? I have used the iPhone for testing/development before without problems, and my other iPhone is working just fine... I formatted the MacBook Pro, and everything…
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PC equivalent of Coda?

Can any one recommend a good all-in-one web development tool for Windows. Something on par with Coda, which is only available for Mac OS X?
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Rails console is not outputting SQL Statements to my Development Log

When I access my Webrick server via the localhost, or when I run rails migrations, my development.log is correctly written to. However, when I bootup my rails console with "rails c" and then try and create a new database object and save it via a…
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Windows Subsystem for Linux not recognizing JAVA_HOME Environmental Variable

I'm trying to get WSL to recognize my windows installed environmental variable of JAVA_HOME. I attached of what I have in my bashrc and what I have in my windows environmental variables along with outputs from cmd and bash. What's at the end of my…
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Best setup for Linux development from Windows?

What's the best setup for developing Linux apps from a Windows workstation? Right now I'm connected via SSH to our Linux development server and am using Eclipse, forwarded over SSH via PuTTY, to the public domain version of Xming running on my…
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