Windows XP Home Edition question

[Avatarp]

If I develop business Software for my company on a Laptop that has Windows XP Home edition instead of Windows XP Pro is there a problem ?

[Hack]

It depends on what your application might need from the OS.

Anything you develop on XP Home "should" run on XP Pro, but many of the features of XP Pro are, of course, not available on XP Home. Most notable of these features are the networking capability.

Once finished and prior to rolling it out, however, I would definately test the heck out of it under XP Pro.

[Avatarp]

Thanks Hack. I guess it is best to use XP Pro then as anything developed on Pro should work on the Home edition. Correct?

[ComputerJy]

Thanks Hack. I guess it is best to use XP Pro then as anything developed on Pro should work on the Home edition. Correct?

Anything that runs on the Home-Edition runs on the professional, if you develop on Pro there is a chance that your code won't run on the Home-Edition

[Avatarp]

So I should develop my application in XP Home Edition? What is the difference between those 2 Operating Systems specifically when it comes to developing Applications that use a network database backend.

[penagate]

There is no serious difference.

XP Home has limited built in file share and network connectivity features. But the code base is exactly the same.

If both Pro and Home are platforms you intend to support then you should test on both anyway so the one you pick to develop on is immaterial.

[mendhak]

For web development, you'd need XP Professional, or better Windows 2003, which supports multiple websites.