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Laravel Homestead vs Red Hat Codeready Workspaces: What are the differences?
What is Laravel Homestead? The official Laravel local development environment (Vagrant box). Laravel Homestead is an official, pre-packaged Vagrant "box" that provides you a wonderful development environment without requiring you to install PHP, HHVM, a web server, and any other server software on your local machine. Homestead runs on any Windows, Mac, or Linux system, and includes the Nginx web server, PHP 5.6, MySQL, Postgres, Redis, Memcached, and all of the other goodies you need to develop amazing Laravel applications.
What is Red Hat Codeready Workspaces? An in-browser IDE for rapid cloud application development (Previously known as Codenvy). Built on the open Eclipse Che project, Red Hat CodeReady Workspaces provides developer workspaces, which include all the tools and the dependencies that are needed to code, build, test, run, and debug applications.
Laravel Homestead belongs to "Virtual Machine" category of the tech stack, while Red Hat Codeready Workspaces can be primarily classified under "Cloud IDE".
Some of the features offered by Laravel Homestead are:
- Ubuntu 14.04
- PHP 5.6
- HHVM
On the other hand, Red Hat Codeready Workspaces provides the following key features:
- Portable Developer Workspaces
- Multi-Tenant
- Workspace as Code
"Easy to setup" is the primary reason why developers consider Laravel Homestead over the competitors, whereas "Anywhere coding" was stated as the key factor in picking Red Hat Codeready Workspaces.
Laravel Homestead is an open source tool with 3.67K GitHub stars and 1.46K GitHub forks. Here's a link to Laravel Homestead's open source repository on GitHub.
According to the StackShare community, Red Hat Codeready Workspaces has a broader approval, being mentioned in 17 company stacks & 323 developers stacks; compared to Laravel Homestead, which is listed in 31 company stacks and 229 developer stacks.
Pros of Laravel Homestead
- Easy to setup19
- Native enviroment13
- Cool if you finally get it set up 4 Win10 by night Devs1
Pros of Red Hat Codeready Workspaces
- Anywhere coding101
- Open source and free for use87
- Java support82
- Cloud development69
- Coding google cloud applications on my chromebook43
- Easy to use42
- I can use it on my chromebook41
- Tools integration40
- Developer collaboration38
- Support for angularjs template application27
- Time saver19
- Easy setup18
- Work on your projects from anywhere14
- Best cloud IDE14
- AutoComplete14
- It's so portable13
- C++ support12
- Maven10
- Easy to bootstrap10
- It's free and fast7
- Great usability6
- Great work6
- Love having the ability to code from any of my machines6
- So fast5
- Gihub Integration, Code Anywhere and Everywhere5
- Open Source, All in One Cloud Based IDE4
- Portable4
- Hassle-free4
- Interface is pleasing to the eye, a lot of features4
- easy setup, agile, fast4
- Lots of frameworks4
- I like using it on my chromebook4
- Powerful cloud IDE3
- GitHub support3
- GitHub integration3
- Code Anytime Anywhere3
- Best Cloud IDE For Rapid Deployment3
- In the cloud and easy to use3
- Fast and simple2
- Easy to set up, and works from my desktop or chromebook2
- Incredibly convenient2
- Easy to use and was able to instantly start a project2
- Takes hassle out of setting up cloud enviroment2
- Omnipresent, easy to use , collaboration support2
- Code Completion2
- I absolutely love the collaboration features,2
- Easy to develop and test protoypes to production grade2
- It's all in one and surprisingly very easy to use2
- New to coding, having free-anywhere access suits me2
- Great for chromebook2
- Easy setup and open source2
- I love codenvey2
- Open Source andFree for use2
- I can use it on my chromebook2
- Great customer support1
- Because using it as a chrome extension is awesome and e1
- Great to use any where1
- Makes me money1
- Learn anywhere usability1
- It's really fast and very usefull1
- Docker support1
- easy setup, docker support, agile, fast, code anywhere1
- Easy use1
- High development standards1
- I love it because of many futures it offers. an dis sim1
- Github integraation1
- I use it with my chromebook1
- Really great support1
- Focus on code, keep set up away1
- It works with Java on a Chromebook1
- Sexy interface1
- No need to install other software to code a program1
- Don't have to deal with IDE's1
- Works hand-in-hand with a cloud workflow1
- Great integration1
- C++1
- Portability1
- A well-dev'ed platform for learning is really great1
- Chromebook (CB) Dev1
- Having java support is great1
- Don't have to worry about local dependencies anymore1
- Great way to learn coding through my chromebook1
- No need to install locally, good for chromebooks etc1
- Amazing and simple design1
- Very nice portable coding platform, great speed as well1
- Openshift integration1
- On the fly development1
- Flexibility as a student1
- Github integration, quick, robust, attractive ide1
- Its a great ide, with support for many languages1
- Codeenvy is a great platform to develop applications1
- Easy setup, Cloud development1
- Fast, versatile, intuitive containment1
- Easy to develop, test and CM code from anywhere1
- Great UX1
- I can code anywhere even I don't have my laptop with me1
- Excellent integration and free to use1
- Easy virtualization1
- Exceptional SaaS and PaaS service1
- The best way to code on my chromebook1
