The host is the operating system you're using right now such as Windows, Mac OS X, or Linux. Look for the section that mentions different platform packages. This will take you to the Downloads page. On their website, click on the giant button that says 'Download VirtualBox'. Let's get started.įirst, you'll need to download a virtualization software such as VirtualBox. Luckily, Microsoft provides a free virtual machine (VM) image for us to use. As web developers still supporting Internet Explorer, we need a way to test our websites on this old browser. It's now 2020, and most new computers, whether they are PCs running Windows 10, or Macbooks running MacOS Catalina, can't run Internet Explorer natively (no surprise there for Macbooks 😂). It's unfortunate, but that is the reality. I hope now you understand that IE is still relevant in certain companies as of the time of this writing. Another question to think about is: what are the costs to hire contractors or use existing developer resources to rebuild and redesign the applications? So many big questions managers usually have to worry about 😄.

Perhaps, Microsoft would fix urgent issues if they impacted your business enough, and they were compensated 💰. If any bugs or security vulnerabilities creep up in IE, no one will be there to fix them anymore 😱. The end of IE support means that every company needs to re-evaluate how to continue supporting their own software that depended on IE. Unfortunately, it was difficult to predict that even Microsoft would stop supporting IE. The software development industry changes very rapidly. Interestingly enough, there's been a recent demand for Cobol developers in New Jersey.Ĭreating software is always a big investment of money and/or time. I've seen software applications still running on old programming languages like COBOL because of how expensive it is to migrate them to modern technology stacks. It could take several years and millions of dollars to change the software depending on how intricate it is. Upgrading or rewriting this software may not be an easy feat. A lot of old companies developed enterprise applications built on proprietary Microsoft software that were only supported in IE. IE still has around a 2.82% market share value in the United States as of the time of this writing according to StatCounter. In this article, we will discuss how to run websites in IE 11, specifically, since that's the latest version of Internet Explorer and the most widely supported. Modern evergreen browsers such as Google Chrome are so much nicer than IE and are worth more of your time. If you want to skip this article, I don't blame you. Yes, it's time to talk about Internet Explorer 🤢. Something that will hopefully be eradicated within a few years. Something so painful to continue supporting, it makes me restless at night. Greetings, friends! Today I'll talk about something most developers dread.

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