Virtual Machines question?
May 21, 2017 at 8:48pm
I am new to programming and just finished year 1 at uni studying computer science. My question is a bit of a noob one. Can anyone recommend should I use a virtual machine for programming in future or is it wise not to?
May 21, 2017 at 9:14pm
If you want, let's say, make programs for mobile phones, it's quite common to set up an environment that replicates for example an Android system on your desktop.
A program under development usually needs to be tested extensively, and copying it into a real phone after every tweaking session would be exhausting, I suppose.
Sorry, did I misunderstood your question?
A program under development usually needs to be tested extensively, and copying it into a real phone after every tweaking session would be exhausting, I suppose.
Sorry, did I misunderstood your question?
May 21, 2017 at 9:53pm
Basically I found that in my first year of uni my OS has corrupted twice which has not happened before. The only thing I think it could be is using the huge dev software packaged such as virtual studio etc. and the fact i am a learning programmer makes me wonder if virtual machines may be a better way to go.
May 21, 2017 at 10:08pm
vms are nice when used for some things, as noted testing is a good one.. but they make you go thru at least 2 OS (real os and virtual one) and are sluggish because of it. They protect you from damage to a real machine, if you need that, for example if your code deletes files and you mess that up...
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