Mounting an SSH drive of your home directory on the flossclass.com server
Doing this allows us to operate under a universal/coherent/non-unique environment without having to worry about environment setup / software differences / installation issues while still allowing you to develop under your IDE and your operating system of choice.

MAC USERS: Install MacFUSE here. Then install sshfs here.
LINUX USERS: Follow this tutorial.
WINDOWS USERS: Install a trail version of this for now, to get things up and running easily. If you are adventurous, you can try this configuration to avoid having to pay for SftpDrive in six weeks. Another alternative would be to install Ubuntu following these dual-boot directions and then follow the LINUX USERS' tutorial in Ubuntu. DO NOT install Ubuntu via the wubi installer as it seems to be br0ken.

I will give you account (username/password) information in class that will allow you to login to the SSH drive mapping, and give you access to your home directory.
Your account will also give you access to any subdomains you may need access to, for example, project1 (the intermediate class's current project) will be housed here:
/var/www/vhosts/flossclass.com/subdomains/project1/
and accessible via web here (may not be up and running yet when you read this):
project1.flossclass.com

Other subdomains that will be available to you to play around with are:
rails.flossclass.com
django.flossclass.com
cakephp.flossclass.com