This will make it easy when you need to access your app from Mac OS side. Set up a fixed IP address (read this page for a complete guide) in your Windows 7 virtual machine. So here are some instructions of what you need do:ġ - Set a fixed IP address for Windows VM That’s where I had to do some work to get things going. To get things working from both sides ( host = Mac OS and VM = Windows 7 ) they must see/communicate with each other. The reason I’m writing this post is that things don’t work at first when you try to access in Mac your app that is running in Windows VM. That’s another story that I plan to write in other blog post. I have already ordered 8 GB RAM but am eagerly waiting it arrive from US. I thought 4 GB RAM would suffice but that’s not the case. I only have 4 GB RAM available and I have to share it with both operating systems. I’m running the VM with no visual effects so that I have a somewhat fast VM to do the development.
When the app is accessed from the Mac side, the first difference is mainly visual because my Win 7 VM has all visual effects (clear type) disabled and so things look really simple if compared to Mac OS. This kind of testing allows me to deliver a better user experience. There are certain types of errors that only happen when the end user is using the app in his environment. I also have the chance of seeing how exceptions are being handled. In Mac OS I have the chance of testing it against Safari too. It’s cool to see the app running in a different OS and different web browsers. This is good to test how the app behaves when it’s viewed in a different environment, that is, the perspective/environment of the end user, and not the developer’s perspective/development environment.
One of the things I wanted to do during the development was seeing how the app would look like when viewed in a different OS, in this case, I’d like to see it running in Mac OS as if I were an end user accessing the app.
I discuss more about Parallels Desktop here. This way you have the best of both worlds. Parallels Desktop is the way to go to have a Windows virtual machine running side by side with Mac OS. Today I use Mac OS as my main operating system and since I’m using ASP.NET I also need to use Windows.
This app I’m still developing is a web application that I develop using my "new” computer. I’ll write some blog posts in the near future sharing my experiences with this awesome web framework. About a month ago I started the creation of an ASP.NET MVC 3 app to a buddy.
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