Awesome Development Platform In The Cloud For Free!

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Hey Everyone,

I found a really cool development platform that I would like to tell you all about and it is totally free or I wouldn't be using it myself Cloud 9. The website is https://c9.io and is a cloud based development platform based on one of your git clones (Github or BitBucket). All you do is sign-up and then clone one of your repositories. The cloud development environment then creates a small vps (virtual private server) for you to use as a development platform. The vps includes a project workspace front-end that includes a pretty cool code editor that supports many different coding languages, terminal access to your vps that you can sudo and control, point and click file access and browser access. You have several options to choose from for vps platform software, I am developing Prestashop so I chose the LAMP(Ubuntu). The vps that is created is a (1CPU, 1G-RAM, 5G-HDD) perfect for module and theme development. This is all offered for free forever and they even state that very same thing (free/forever). There doesn't appear to be any advertising either (at least not at this time). You are limited to one private workspace for free but you you can have unlimited public workspaces. You can upgrade your account and have unlimited private workspaces (vps development machines), I'm sticking with the free forever as I am only working on one project at a time and currently that is Prestashop Add-on development.

 

To get an ideal take a look at the two screen shots that I have provided.

Remember if you need access to Prestashop's Class Documentation please see http://api.gmp.business/prestashop/
If interested check out Cloud 9 - development environment in the cloud https://c9.io I think you'll be impressed.

Just to let you know I am not affiliated with Cloud 9 in any way. I have been trying for quite some time to put together a development environment that is integrated and addresses all my needs. I think I found what I am looking for with thee Cloud 9 development platform and wanted to share my find with you.

Jimmy Warren Jr.
GMP Prestashop Division
Domain Technician