If you don't want to bother with VMs and other Windows workarounds, I can suggest signing up for http://action.io http://action.io and getting a basic developme

If you don't want to bother with VMs and other Windows workarounds, I can suggest signing up for http://action.io http://action.io and getting a basic development server. You can then use PuTTY or their own web IDE to connect to the machine and start developing.