Restricted permissions workstations and development platforms/IDE's.
10 06 Jan 2016 18:51 by u/GreedoGrindhouse
Hey yall,
I normally use Netbeans or Visual Studio for my coding assignments and personal projects. I have a lot of downtime at work and would like a nice platform to mess around with Java, C++, and Python but I don't have administrator privileges. Although my supervisor would be cool with it requesting the department delegate a sys admin to install it or any attempts at a hack are a no-no. Right now I'm just using Putty to access the university's dedicated engineering server but I can't do anything involving GUI's with JFrame, Jpanel etc... .
Are there any web based services you could use or workarounds you can think of? Or anything not requiring an install from an executable?
Thanks
Edit: Update, just found out Netbeans is runable from a USB drive. I'll try that out but would still love to hear about other options you all might use.
6 comments
2 u/UeOO41dt 06 Jan 2016 19:19
I use koding.com for just this reason.
2 u/TheDude2 06 Jan 2016 20:01
Be a man and use notepad.
1 u/elcob32 06 Jan 2016 20:36
I preferred Notepad++ when I was on windows, but your comment made me laugh out loud so thanks for that.
1 u/express-o 07 Jan 2016 03:40
Cloud9, for realz.
1 u/ThisIsMyRealName 07 Jan 2016 17:44
You're using Putty, so the engineering server runs a Unix-alike OS? See if X11 is installed. If so, you can configure Putty to allow GUI windows from the engineering server to open on your desktop. You will also need Xming installed and running on your local machine. Not sure if you need admin privileges to install that.
1 u/IllIllI 08 Jan 2016 11:17
What you're looking for is Cloud 9 (http://c9.io). A cloud-based system running an IDE for your coding enjoyment.