All well and good but what about those of us who spend their work days in the Windows trenches? So what does that mean to those of us working on the Windows platform with Spoon? Simply by running some commands from the command line. If you can install your application and use the command line, you can create a container. What are some of the benefits for isolating your virtual applications with Spoon, why even bother?
By isolating your applications, you ensure you keep your testing machine in a pristine state. When you have multiple applications that are isolated, you ensure they can run side by side without any conflicts, for example a conflict due to requiring a different version of a shared DLL. You can containerize Java and use the specific version you desire for any application. Ensuring they can work side by side on a given machine.
This is not possible with a traditional install. For example, you can add a layer for your primary application, add another layer for some runtime requirements, you might also have another layer which sets some of your application preferences e.
Theme settings. A really cool introduction with this layering method is the fact you can also add an image layer. With Docker, the containers you create can include some Linux OS components. At this point you might be saying to yourself; Yeah, this sounds interesting, but how much does this service on Spoon.
They offer the use of their framework for your developers to use. A central portal for uploading their application up to, a knowledge base complete with their scripts, documentation, whatever they may have. Whilst this is free, there are some other perks which are on offer if you pay a subscription. For example, you can quickly and easily create your own browsers, completely isolated and perfect for testing, you can tailor them for your exact needs e. You want Chrome version 21 with Java 1.
Net 2. For more on this, check this article out HERE , something else you can get is unlimited Selenium Testing, which is pretty unique, in the way Spoon offer this as a service. With Traditional Selenium testing, as was the case for a previous employer I worked for, you may require an expensive infrastructure to provide multiple virtual machines to your users and storage for many different snapshots etc.
Which is costly. By submitting your email, you agree to the Terms of Use and Privacy Policy. There are various online apps available — like Google Docs — but Spoon. Here, rather than working with apps that have been re-written or specially designed for cloud usage, you are able to choose from programs you know and love — everything from web browsers and image editors to media players and games.
The service is not entirely cloud-based; it is not possible to run all of these apps in your web browser. Instead you will need to download a copy of the Spoon. To download the software you will need to provide your name and email address and choose a password. These serve as the details for your Spoon. Once you log into your account you can access the app through a system tray icon.
This works much like Start menu in pre-8 versions of Windows and all of the available apps are neatly categorized so they are easy to find.
There is also a search option that lets you track down apps you may want to use — just start typing and results will be displayed on the fly. Apps can take a little while to load, but this is largely dependent on the speed of your internet connection. Should you use an app more than once, you will find that it has been buffered at that subsequent launches are noticeably faster. The fact that these are full apps means that not only are you not missing out on any features, but also that you are able to interact with cloud apps in exactly the same way as those you have installed on your PC.
This means that you can Alt-Tab your way between apps, resize and move windows — basically anything you may want to do with a program. Visit your account on the web and you have another way in which to browse through the list of online titles.
In many respects this is actually an easier way to look through the collection, particularly if you want to read descriptions and compare different apps.
However, there is another, arguably more interesting side to things. The ability to set up sandboxed machines with Spoon. There are a number of pre-configured sandboxes for you to work with — remote access tools, web browser, email utilities and many more — and using these is a great way to try out software without having to consider security. So what could you use Spoon for? The apps are updated on a frequently so it gives you a great way to try out new releases without having to worry about the potential side-effects they could have on your system.
There are a number of pre-configured sandboxes for you to work with — remote access tools, web browser, email utilities and many more — and using these is a great way to try out software without having to consider security. So what could you use Spoon for? The apps are updated on a frequently so it gives you a great way to try out new releases without having to worry about the potential side-effects they could have on your system.
Being able to work with older versions of a web browser is something that might come in handy from time to time. The fact that your cloud-based system is essentially sandboxed means that you are free to do things that you might not ordinarily consider safe on your mission-critical PC.
If you want to be able to work with the likes of Microsoft Office or Adobe Creative Suite, you will have to part with some cash for a Spoon Studio license.
You can use an isolated browser to visit some of those sites that you might not trust, and web developers can check to see how their sites look in different browsers — including mobile versions — without having to access countless platforms or install numerous programs. How many folds do you think it would take to reach the moon? You just might be surprised! Most browsers are moving towards a minimalist approach and are consolidating menus, toolbars, and other program elements.
I tried to run it in WINE, but it did not work. It would be great if somebody implemented the required features for it to run. Thanks, I'm using linux.
Tried the newest versions of chrome and firefox. Both failed. I left the site. I assume this only works on IE which I dont have on my mac. Worked perfectly on Chrome for me. Isn't this the same group that years ago had downloadable virtualized copies of all the major browsers?
I'm curious if they are technically allowed to distribute IE though. I still have the old versions saved that did not need any of their "library" installed which leads me to believe that this new approach is just a control mechanism to make you visit their site.
It's a shame their IE9 doesn't work on XP though, that would be a real coup. I remember using the xenocode sandbox It was incredibly useful for web development. Apparently they found a better business model with this, or so I assume.
I've been using spoon. It's a decent product, but remarkably unstable. It's very common by the middle of the day that you I be able to launch an app from within Spoon, and if I look in the task manager, there is around 8 spoon. YMMV, but I've had this on many separate installs.
To be honest, this situation has gotten bad enough that most of the time I just run separate machines with different IE versions and access them via RDP. When it works, however, it is very impressive.
I have no idea how that came out so wrong. I am running IE6, 7 and 8 in parallel on the same windows install. Properly, without IETester and its glitches.
As a web developer, this is a pretty awesome find. Basically, it means that instead of needing to run 3 VirtualBoxes 4, soon , one for each version of IE, I can now run just one, thus saving me a gig of RAM and a lot of performance.
Just be careful. Had to use MS own virtual IE6 for a more proper rendering. Awesome service.
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