Cloudomation Cloud Development Environments vs. Local Development Environments
Why switch from Local Development Environments to a Cloud Development Environments (CDEs)? Find out now.
Standardise Processes
Share the same development environment across the enterprise and deploy it instantly when needed. Compatibility issues or configuration mismatches are a thing of the past.
Reduce Costs
Less time spent on troubleshooting, as maintenance of the development environment is performed centrally. Developers do not need expensive laptops, as computationally intensive activities are performed remotely.
Avoid Security Issues
No source code ends up on the laptop. Effectively protect the company’s intellectual property.
Standardise Processes
Share the same development environment across the enterprise and deploy it instantly when needed. Compatibility issues or configuration mismatches are a thing of the past.
Reduce Costs
Less time spent on troubleshooting, as maintenance of the development environment is performed centrally. Developers do not need expensive laptops, as computationally intensive activities are performed remotely.
Avoid Security Issues
No source code ends up on the laptop. Effectively protect the company’s intellectual property.
Setting up the local development environment takes time. Continuous maintenance lead to productivity losses.
Developers waste a lot of time setting up the local development environment and regularly struggle with compatibility issues. Regular troubleshooting is one of the main problems. And not only that: developer tools eat up resources – expensive laptops have to be purchased. The source code is also stored insecurely on the developers’ computers.
With Cloudomation CDEs
- productivity is increased because the development environment is available instantly.
- the development environments are standardized.
- computationally intensive tasks can be taken over by the CDEs.
- broad automation and integration functionality is available.
- your source code is secure, because it isn't stored locally (air-gapped).
Why Cloudomation?
- Also available as an on-premise solution.
- Any number of self-service tools can be added.
- No editor / IDE constraints: developers can continue to work with their personal favorite tools.
- Broad automation options for integration with other tools.
Cloudomation CDEs vs. Local Development Environments
| Task | Cloudomation CDE | Local Development Environment |
|---|---|---|
Setup | Automation of the setup. | Manual configuration for each project |
Onboarding |
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Bug fix / |
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Maintenance of the | Centralized management. | Complex. Individual problem solving |
Securing the source | Secure setup possible (air-gapped). | Risk high because source code |
Automation | Broad and sustainable | Use of proprietary scripts, which |
Work with individually | ||
Selection of equipment | It can be developed on any | Purchase of expensive equipment necessary, |
Compiling, Linting, | Runs on the remote server. | Locally. This can lead to waiting times if you |
Working without an | ||
Cloudomation CDEs vs. Local Development Environments
TASK
Cloudomation CDE
Local Development Environment
Setup
Automation of the setup. Provision of the tools and the proprietary software via one simple click.
Manual configuration for each project
Onboarding
- Install editor
- Start the CDE
- Install Runtimes
- Install Editor
- Configure Git
- Clone Sources
- Install Dependecies / Libraries
- Install Company Software
Bug fix / Version change
- Change to the desired CDE
- Fix bug
- Switch back to the previous CDE
- Pull the branch of the old version
- Set up dependencies
- Make local build wok
- Fix bug
- Troubleshoot local build
- Check bug fix
- Push bug fix
- Push current branch
- Set up dependencies
- Make local build work
Maintenance of the development environment
Centralized management. Troubleshooting for the whole team.
Risk high because source code is located on the computer.
Securing the source code
Secure setup possible (air-gapped). Source code is never stored locally on the computer.
Risk is high because the source code is stored on the computer.
Automation
Broad and sustainable automation is possible.
Use of proprietary scripts, which are difficult to maintain and error-prone.
Work with individually selected tools
Selection of equipment
It can be developed on any device. Less costs for the purchase of equipment.
Purchase of expensive equipment necessary to have the power for all the tools.
Compliling, Linting, Testing, Build
Runs on the remote server. Performance is scaleable.
Locally. This can lead to waiting times if you have old / less powerful equipment.
Working without an internet connection
Sources: https://coder.com/docs/v2/latest/ides, https://coder.com/docs/v2/latest, https://coder.com/pricing, https://coder.com/docs/v1/latest/workspaces/cvms, https://coder.com/docs/v2/latest/enterprise
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