The Raspberry Pi (RPi) is a great strong device to play with. It is definiately not the perfect gadget to run resource hungry IDE, and develop c, c++, web… or Java applications on. Use your own laptop or desktop computer to build your code, test it and debug it while the code is running on the device. NetBeans for Mac (and Windows) is a reliable IDE with remote testing and deployment options.
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Assign static ip address to Raspberry Pi
We usually want to develop and deploy applications and work with the Raspberry Pi (RPi) from a laptop or desktop computer. Use an external keyboard and an extra monitor only when there is no network access to the device. Your computer and RPi is likely connected to the same office or home network by using LAN connections or a WiFi router. The best way is to assign an ip address to the RPi to make sure it’ll always have an ip address that we know to be able to use SSH, remote desktop and application deployment tools. We have two popular options.
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Question
As a newbie I am planning to play with a Raspberry Pi 2 (RPi). I am a seasoned c++, c#, objective-c and java programmer. Can I manage projects from my MacBook Pro? Can I control RPi remotely from the Mac without using extra monitor and keyboard? What programming languages and SDK do you recommend? Can I use Xcode, Eclipse or NetBeans? How to debug and deploy a Raspberry Pi application?
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