What does the word "environment" mean? - ide

if someone asks me what kind of environment I developed in, does that mean what kind of IDE I used? Like Eclipse, Xcode, etc..?
sorry, i'm new to this.

Yes the ide as well as what kind of OS you are using such as windows or linux.

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Is it possible to replace a WebView with Chromium (CefBrowser) in an existing XCode project (OS X)?

I have to switch from a normal WebView to Chromium because this solution is said to work much better with a special database.
I downloaded the CefSimpleSample and I think I understand how it works.
I included the used libraries but I can't get the project working as it's supposed to be.
Does anybody have experience with Cef in an OS X - XCode - Application?
Cheers
Perhaps the Crosswalk project is something you can try. It uses a dedicated CEF runtime:

How do I run Mono on Windows?

How can I create applications with Mono on Windows, I installed it, but all there is is a Command Prompt interface. I want to know the location of the IDE, or at least how to install it. Thanks
Open Xamarin Studios, click start building apps, new, select your programming type, done. Maybe I'm missing something but that seems fairly standard? Good luck!

Cross platform software development (Mac, Window) language suggestion

I need to develop a software which works for both windows and Mac OS.
The requirement are follows:
User can view flash file, make the selection and software print out the user selected flash file list.
I have experience in .net and windows platform but no experience in Mac OS. What is best development language and tool for my current situation.
I may be a bit biased on this, but you should use Qt because it will make your code portable on Windows, Mac OS X, Linux and even some mobile platforms. I don't really understand your requirement but Qt is pretty much the all-round cross-platform solution. It's C++ based, but easy as such (no memory management hassle, Qt takes care of it all).
On one hand you could use Java, it's fully compatible with Windows, Mac and Linux, also the language is similar to C# so you could adapt without too much trouble, if you used .net with C#.
On the other hand you could use your knowledge in .net and use Mono. It's an open source library for running .net code in other platforms, It's not equal to .net (doesn't include all the libraries) but could solve your problem.
Hope my answer helps you.
Xojo is pretty easy to use and lets you make native Windows and Mac apps from a single source project so you might want to take a look at it.

Can anyone provide any tips regarding a development environment for SilverStripe?

I'm pretty new to developing with SilverStripe. At the moment I'm using Firefox / Kate for development on the new platform.
I was wondering what other people use? Has anyone used Eclipse with any success? Are there any other IDEs / environments / approaches that work well with SilverStripe?
Try using Netbeans for PHP-development, works great for me.
I'm using Aptana, an Eclipse based IDE.
I'd recommend searching on here for PHP IDEs for a better answer.
I use Zend Studio 5.5 which is no longer distributed since they replaced their custom app with a Eclipse variant. I would go with Aptana Studio if you think about going with an Eclipse variant.
Just make sure that you can syntax highlight .ss files like .php and you are fine with any that let you see your whole project as you will jump to/from /mysite and /themes folders quite often.
The Silverstripe documentation recommends the PHP Development Tools PDT for Eclipse amongst others: http://doc.silverstripe.org/tools

Is there a Mac emulator or Objective-C environment I can run on Windows?

I'm in the process of learning Objective-c but would like to run code snippets via some sort of emulator on Windows — preferably web based.
I want to understand Objective-C syntax and walk through common code examples, probably via some sort of console. I would probably leave any framework type learning for when I get onto my MacBook, at home.
I have done a quick Google with no success.
It depends what you mean. Objective-C can be compiled by GCC, so you can happily create Objective-C test apps on Windows. If you are talking about the frameworks though, which contain most of the power when developing on OSX then it's a no unfortunately. You can get libraries compatible with SOME parts from gnustep.org (and run them on Linux/BSD), but it's still not the full OSX "stack".
You can get OS X running in VMWare, but it's illegal, so you best bet is to pickup a cheap Mac that can run Tiger/Leopard and use that.
Looked at GNUStep?
Another possibility is to use Cappuccino.
http://cappuccino.org
It is a cocoa-like framework for javascript, and looks very similar to objective-c.
The language is called objective-j.
AFAIK you can use the GNU compiler to compile Objective-C, so that should be usable on Windows too. This should be sufficient to get you started with programming the language.
For Mac OS X however the language is only part of the equation, you will want to program against the libraries of Mac OS X, and for that you will really need a machine running it.
I'm not sure which libraries are present and which are not but you can run OS X Server in a VM (providing you have an OS X Server license of course). This would allow you to have a virtual Mac environment on your Windows system.
As has been mentioned above, there's no way to achieve what you want natively within Windows as the underlying system is obviously different.
Good luck.
There also is The Cocotron.