[Tutor] OT: (Continuous) integration testing: Can a solo developer with very limited resources truly do this?

[boB Stepp]

On Sat, Mar 12, 2016 at 2:02 PM, Alan Gauld <alan.gauld at btinternet.com> wrote:
> On 12/03/16 18:10, boB Stepp wrote:


> Virtual machines, eg VirtualBox.
> You can install all of the required OS on a single physical machine
> (assuming the same hardware of course). For example, on my
> Linux Mint box I have 2 versions of Windows(XP and Win 8.1)
> plus Ubuntu and Mandriva Linux virtual machines ready to run.
> It only takes a few seconds to start/stop each one.
>
> It might be possible to run an intel based MacOS in a virtual
> machine too but I've not tried that and limit my Apple testing
> to my ancient G3 based iBook...

Does one need to already have installation media for each OS to be
used, or are they pre-loaded?  If the first, for Windows that could
potentially be a chunk of money!

boB