I have a couple of questions related to working while mobile. I often have to take my daughter to some class and need to work while she's in the class. I'd like to reduce my dependency on having a good internet connection, as this is often quite flaky. I have been remoting into my computer, as my laptop isn't up to actually running a database and VS etc. This isn't much fun, especially when the connection starts going south... I now have a brand, spanking new Dell XPS M1730 with enough horsepower to allow me to develop without remoting. However, there are still some issues relative to being connected that I'd like to address:
- Connection to the StrataFrame database. I've discovered that if I'm not connected to this database, that form development is extremely slow. Could I have a "dummy" StrataFrame database that I can connect to while offline? What are the ramifications? Of course, I'm sure I wouldn't be able to use the BO Mapper or security, as all their meta data is in the SF database. What about localization? I'm not using it currently, but does it work like security, were I make changes that are saved in the SF database, then need to deploy (I should probably know the answer to this...
)? Any other ideas about this scenario?
- Having the database I used to build the tables in the BO mapper available. In a slightly more connected environment, I might have connection to the SF database, but not to my local dev database, were all the BOs were mapped to. I've already had some fun (*sarcasm*) dealing with this when my db machine took a dive. If I do need to do some work in the BO mapper, how do I deal with not having that exact database available?
Thanks for any thoughts on this!