I personally have 2 machines, one is a work machine and the is my personal/sidework machine. I use dropbox as my site root and it keeps things in sync. Apaches setting change so little that doing it in 2 different places has not been a big deal.
As far as MySQL you can make your iMac be the main DB and then do a DB replication. It actually really easy to do in MySQL. Just a quick google will get you there. That way everything is working in the background and you can just sit down to work at either machine. -J.J. On Thu, Nov 29, 2012 at 10:58 AM, Larry C. Lyons <[email protected]> wrote: > > 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:358847 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
