Virtualization and dual-screen development May 21, 2006
Posted by James Webster in : virtualization, development , trackbackSeth Livingston blogs about the value of
virutalization in development (via VMTN Blog). As Seth points out, it is possible to build up a development VM with all the common tools that have been agreed upon and develop solely within that environment. This is a great idea; especially when you also consider that some tools aren’t the greatest in sharing key bindings, template shortcuts, etc. The most recent version of IntelliJ in particular has this problem; there is no easy way to share Live Templates and additional key bindings via source control without further complications. I would love to be able to develop in a VM for this reason alone. But can my virtual development box also support dual monitors? Unfortunately dual-monitor support for guest OS’s appears to be missing from the VMware Workstation data-sheet.
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You could use something like terminal services to provide a speparate windown/login to the VM. Since it is using the loopback adapter it would be quite quick.