Along these lines, I'll point out that Shannon Hicks has an ongoing series he started last month on the very subject of moving to Mac as a CFer. Check out the dozen or so he's done to this point at:
http://www.iotashan.com/blog/index.cfm/Mac /charlie From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Derrick Peavy Sent: Friday, April 11, 2008 1:09 PM To: discussion@acfug.org Subject: Re: [ACFUG Discuss] Doing CF development on a MAC Don't know about the license switch - if you can, that's freaking awesome! In short, I see no draw back to developing on the mac for any language aside from ASP (simply because you can't run and IIS/ASP server on your mac natively). The mac even has Ruby, PHP, MySQL, Apache, Python, Perl ready to use out of the box. I believe the basic OS comes with developer tools as well (X Code), though I might be wrong there. I agree with the comments here and based on experience in helping other switch - run it all on the native OS you are switching too. Makes the most sense and trust me - the gain you get in productivity far outweighs any costs. Some app tips - best text editor hands down is BBEdit. If you actually know the language you are coding in, you probably like a good text editor anyway. What may throw you however, is that when you first launch it it looks like a simple, plain blank document and you wonder, WTF? But the program, like the Mac OS follows a philosophy of getting everything out of your way except for the document. So, it's up to you to decide which palates you want to show on a regular basis, etc., Best FTP - Transmit. Yes, it costs $30 (I think). But nothing on mac or Windows can touch it. _____________ Derrick Peavy 404-786-5036 Sales and Web Services CollegeClassifieds.com http://www.collegeclassifieds.com A Service of Universal Advertising, inc. ___________________________________ On Apr 11, 2008, at 12:55 PM, Dusty Hale wrote: Derrick yes that is exactly the kind of information I need. My hope was that I would not have to run all the Adobe software on the Windows OS and it sounds like that is the case but I guess I need to get the Mac version of all the software. So the question might be can I upgrade my CS2 products to Mac Version CS3 products? Andrew's response indicated I might be able to do that so I am going to do more research and/or contact Adobe about that today. I'll share the outcome. Dusty _____ From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Derrick Peavy Sent: 04/11/2008 12:44 PM To: discussion@acfug.org Subject: Re: [ACFUG Discuss] Doing CF development on a MAC Dusty: The software will NOT install on both. You can run it all under Windows through VMWare, but it sounds like what you will end up doing is running everything on the PC and nothing on the mac. I develop on a mac. I use BBEdit (text editor) for code, safari/firefox for browser testing, and either 1) upload CFM files to stage server (mimic of production server) or 2) Run locally under CF or Blue Dragon. So, where is the need for the PC? (BTW - that's not flame bait, that's just my approach). _____________ Derrick Peavy Sales and Web Services CollegeClassifieds.com http://www.collegeclassifieds.com A Service of Universal Advertising, inc. ___________________________________ On Apr 11, 2008, at 12:26 PM, Dusty Hale wrote: OK this is probably a good question for Dean! I am now highly considering getting a mac to further develop the creative aspects of what I do. I understand that some developers have moved to Mac and use the VMWare to run windows applications. My questions are: If developing on a Mac would I install things like Photoshop and Illustrator on the Mac OS or would I be doing it through the VMWare on Windows. I currently have the Adobe CS2 Web Bundle suite running on my pc under Win XP so I am not even sure yet that the software I have will run on the Mac OS (I have to check on that). I plan to upgrade to the full Adobe Master Collection with all the great new CS3 tools so I wonder if I have to order it for Mac or Windows or if the software package will install on either. I am hoping either :-) ... I am researching now but would appreciate any quick answers if any one has time. 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