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Posted by Jordan Hubbard
Jordan Hubbard
374 Points

A few Questions on Stater Development

Hi I have a few questions about starting up with development.

Is there a good Program for development like html, css, java, C, ect. pretty much like an all in one code editor for windows such as Atom?

Is there another program like Workspaces for Teamtreehouse that I can use?

Is there a way to edit already complied programs like exe or files like dll?

How would I go about setting up a server?

Can I host my own website if I already have a domain?

Thank you, feel free to answer anything above that you would know about you don't have to answer them all xD I know there is a lot. Thanks have a good one!

1 Answer

Nils Garland
Nils Garland
18,416 Points
Nils Garland
Nils Garland
18,416 Points

  1. Yes atom is good but I genrally use it for simply HTML, CSS and js. It basicly just depends on what you are making. If you where to make a game in c# there are game engines such as Unity where you can build them, just as an example.

  2. Not that I know of no, I think workspaces is it.

  3. (not sure, not a sofware guy)

  4. You would idealy need a linux computer simply running a terminal where you would host the server if that is what you are intending. Very tricky stuff though.

  5. There are free web clients that can host .com or any domains that you have for free if thats what you mean, such as http://biz.nf. But hosting your own website is again very tricky but it can be done if that is what you wish.

Hope you got the answers you wanted, kinda xD Keep coding!

Jordan Hubbard
Jordan Hubbard
374 Points

Thanks so much for the help, although I have a few sub questions if you don't mind xD

For question number 1 I was looking as a all around text editor, I do like Atom alot and there are alot of addons, do you know of any packages that you use that might be helpful, not for anything in paticular just to make everything easier or helpful. Also do you know how to setup Atomic-Chrome by any chance?

Next do you know anything about using linux on Hyper-V or setting up Cygwin? Thanks so much for all the help!

Nils Garland
Nils Garland
18,416 Points

no problem

For Atom packages and such I suggest you watch this video. It was very helpful to me when I started using atom and I believe it could be a goog kickstarter https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hPC6keUUiTA

As for linux I'm not so educated on Cygwin but I found a good little article on Hyper-V if you want to check it out. https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-server-docs/compute/hyper-v/supported-linux-and-freebsd-virtual-machines-for-hyper-v-on-windows

(: