Portable Development 101 - 001

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As part of my teaching, learning and comms,   
I am doing this as part of my personal logs, 

So what is Portable Development 101
(Development without any admin rights - 
I have no admin rights to my office notebook)

I will kick start with the installation of various languages.
The following is a quick depict on what may be upcoming, 
but I have not decided whether I am covering all of them 
and I may add in some others languages as I see fit.


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