the chrisgmyer.com article described how to sync the htdocs and mysql datafiles with dropbox.
On Thu, Nov 29, 2012 at 11:45 AM, Cameron Childress <[email protected]> wrote: > > I googled a bit about it too, and may have read some of these. I'll look > through them all to make sure. My biggest concerns are around Railo, > Apache, and MySQL. > > -Cameron > > On Thu, Nov 29, 2012 at 11:43 AM, Larry C. Lyons <[email protected]>wrote: > >> I've heard about people synching their htdocs or web folders with >> dropbox haven't tried it though. That said I did a quick web search >> and came up with more than a few hits on this. >> >> This one is a step by step guide for syncing your htdocs folder >> between computers using dropbox. Most of them refer to MAMP, bu tthe >> process should be the same. >> >> >> http://kevchapman.co.uk/development/use-dropbox-to-sync-to-osx-apache-sites-folder/ >> https://forums.dropbox.com/topic.php?id=31381 >> http://www.dropboxwiki.com/Sync_Other_Folders#Mac_OS_X >> http://www.chrisgmyr.com/2012/11/sync-htdocs-and-mysql-data-with-dropbox/ >> http://www.jaygeorge.co.uk/4-setting-up-mamp-dropbox/ >> >> >> http://thenextweb.com/apps/2011/09/21/how-to-use-dropbox-to-sync-your-documents-folder-between-macs-for-free/ >> >> >> On Thu, Nov 29, 2012 at 10:54 AM, Cameron Childress <[email protected]> >> wrote: >> > >> > I'm considering upgrading / replacing my current development environment >> > with a dual development MacBook + iMac setup. Why? The new iMacs are so >> > damn sexy, and you can get so much more RAM and power for a much lower >> > price. Currently I use a laptop and just take it with me everywhere. >> When >> > I'm at work I plug it into a dual monitor + external keyboard/mouse >> setup. >> > >> > What I'm considering is buying an iMac for the office, which would become >> > my primary workhorse for routine work. This gives me the option of >> adding a >> > second Thuderbolt display, and going to 32 gigs of RAM. But I do >> > development often enough on my laptop, and I don't want to totally get >> rid >> > of it, and I don't want to have to maintain both development >> > environments separately So I am looking at ways to mirror my entire >> > development environment across both machines... >> > >> > I've thought about using DropBox or a similar service to mirror parts of >> > the drives. I *think* I can get Railo running entirely this way, and I >> > think I can have Apache's config files point to a location in DropBox as >> > well. The database files might even be okay in there. I do have the >> 100Gig >> > plan on Dropbox, so there's plenty of room. >> > >> > Anyone tried anything like this? Experiences? >> > >> > -Cameron >> > >> > -- >> > Cameron Childress >> > -- >> > p: 678.637.5072 >> > im: cameroncf >> > facebook <http://www.facebook.com/cameroncf> | >> > twitter<http://twitter.com/cameronc> | >> > google+ <https://profiles.google.com/u/0/117829379451708140985> >> > >> > >> > >> >> > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:358834 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
