Setting up for a new developer or new workstation
20 Oct, 2008 | Written by Frank Carver | under Information
Setting up everything needed to get a new developer up to speed, or an old one going on a new workstation can be one of the most irritating aspects of working in software development. I currently use three separate PCs, two of which are now relatively old but largely stable, and one which is newer, faster, and has a slightly strange set of tools.
What I would dearly love is a low-impact (ideally just a single command) way of setting up a new machine to the latest set of agreed tools and configurations, with all repository connections, source code and dependencies in place ready to go. So far we do not have this, but we are working towards it.
For years Frank Carver has been paying attention to the strange world of convergent technology. During that time he has discussed and researched broad subject areas, come to some surprising conclusions, produced and distributed digital media, scattered ideas and opinions like sparks from a firework, and above all consulted for businesses both large and small to help develop and deploy successful systems, services, and products in this highly complex arena.
