Some Technologies 20101206

Aegis SCM System: http://aegis.sourceforge.net

Perforce: http://www.perforce.com

Quick Python Links

Python 101: http://www.rexx.com/~dkuhlman/python_101/python_101.html Python Beginner Guides: http://wiki.python.org/moin/BeginnersGuide Using sqlite in Python: http://www.devshed.com/c/a/Python/Using-SQLite-in-Python/

Excellent sqlite3 Tutorial: http://www.doughellmann.com/PyMOTW/sqlite3/

Another One: http://souptonuts.sourceforge.net/readme_sqlite_tutorial.html

And Another: http://www.sqlite.org/lang_datefunc.html

AutoIt (GUI Automation Tool)

AutoIt site: http://www.autoitscript.com/autoit3/

AutoIt Wikipedia entry: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AutoIt

AutoIT site: http://www.autoitscript.com/autoit3/

AutoIt Wikipedia entry: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AutoIt

TestPartner (Yet Another GUI Test Tool)

Another GUI Test Tool To Consider

TestPartner (from Wikipedia)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TestPartner

TestPartner (off of microfocus)

http://www.microfocus.com/products/silk/testpartner.aspx

Git Hosting Services

GitHub

Gitorious

Locate Utility On GNU/Linux Systems

Build the database necessary for the "locate" utility:

updatedb &

Automation Dot Com

Automation Dot Com

Python (finally)

What the heck, I might as well learn Python (finally...)
Python docs here.

Because my current gig (@ROK) utilizes it, might as well. Also, from a support standpoint, it doesn't hurt that a bunch of GOOG meisters use it either.

Glanced at Ruby off and on, but Python (finally) seems more pragmatic for me..

On Linux, Mac, and PC --- use Python 2.7.1 as the baseline.

The TIOBE link emphasizes why this is a good choice.
http://www.tiobe.com/index.php/content/paperinfo/tpci/index.html

Also, found out that MIT uses Python heavily.

Google Protocol Buffers

Better than JSON, etc?

Google Protocol Buffers -

"Protocol buffers are a flexible, efficient, automated mechanism for serializing structured data – think XML, but smaller, faster, and simpler."

Language Guide

Donald Knuth

I was reminded of how inspiring he is:

Donald Knuth

Donald Knuth's Standford Home Page

Good Comparison of RDBMS

Love WikiPedia!

Good comparison of RDBMS here:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison_of_relational_database_management_systems

Windows Git S/W

Windows Git Software http://code.google.com/p/msysgit/

Installing Mono 2.6.7 On A CentOS 5.4 VMWare Image

1) Acquire Mono 2.6.7.tar.bz2

2) Extract it:

# tar jxvf mono-2.6.7.tar.bz2

3) Change everything to belong to root:root

# chown -R root:root mono-2.6.7/

4) Change into newly created directory:

# cd mono-2.6.7/

5) Configure, build, and install it:

# ./configure -prefix=/opt/mono; make; make install

6) Add the path to ~/.bash_profile or something as effective.

Since I started out working with a CentOS 5.4 VMWare virtual machine, I had to modify the instructions I found here.

I got my source tar.bz2 from Novell here.

Good link for building Mono for ARM here.

Java Versus .Net Articles

Java Versus C# Programming Languages (Wikipedia)

Java Versus .Net Platforms (Wikipedia)

Generating Ant Buildfile for Eclipse Java Project

Generating Ant Buildfile for Eclipse Java project

Bitvise Tunnelier

Bitvise Tunnelier

Code Review Tool(s)

Reviewboard

Java Object Persistence

Article 01

GlassFish

Tools And Things I Have Used Lately

Ant also Apache Ant Manual

ApTest

CentOS

ClearCase

CodeCollaborator

Dell Inspiron mini

Eclipse

FIT: Framework For Integrated Test

FitNesse

Gallio (just looked at)

JadClipse

Microsoft UI Automation

Mindjet

Mono (Dot Net for GNU/Linux, MacOS, MSFT)

MontaVista Linux and MontaVista Wikipedia Entry

Nant

OSGi

PySide

PyQt

Qt

Scratchbox (cross compilation)

SQLite

SQLite Database Browser

SQLite NET Data Provider

Squish

Thrift and Thrift Whitepaper and Thrift Wiki Page

Visual Build Professional

VMware

ApTest Tool

RA uses ApTest Tool for manual test cases:

http://www.aptest.com/contact.html

Fitnesse Test Framework

http://fitnesse.org/FitNesse.UserGuide.OneMinuteDescription

Good Article 1

Good Article 2

Selenium vs Squish for Web Testing

Link comparing Selenium to Squish (commercial tool) here.

Squish (Froglogic) Link

Selenium Remote Control

Selenium Remote Control (RC) !

WatiN / Watir

Excellent tools:

Web Application Test In .Net

WatiN

WatiN Getting Started and WatiN Test Recorder and Another Helpful Link

Web Application Test In Ruby

watir

More power tools for .NET

Power Tools

One Serial Technique For Two Linux Hosts

Let "A" and "B" be Linux hosts.
Let B be the Linux host we want to grab the serial (console) output from.

1) Run a null modem cable between A and B.
2) Added "console=ttyS0,9600" to the boot line of B.
3) cu -l /dev/ttyS0 | tee console-out-from-b.txt from A. (could use minicom too)
4) Reboot B.
5) Console output from B should be visible on A.