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I swear by Vagrant for development environments. With that as a base, any config tool can setup the environment, my preference is for shell scripts, or config

I swear by Vagrant for development environments. With that as a base, any config tool can setup the environment, my preference is for shell scripts, or config packages if youre invested enough in a single platform (eg using debathena config-package-dev for debian environments)

simplegeek 9y ago
Thank you for your reply and insights, appreciate it. Before I'm able to convince the team on migrating to Vagrant, do you suggest shell scripts as a short term solution?
- stephenr 9y ago
  If what youre doing now is running commands/placing files, then sure shell scripts can definitely be a quick win.
  - PaulHoule 9y ago
    If you use Vagrant you might wind up doing all the heavy lifting in shell scripts anyway.
    - stephenr 9y ago
      Its definitely an option, yep. Key is to think portable when writing them. Target /bin/sh not bash, don't asusme library paths, etc.