Sunday, April 27, 2014

Developing Android Apps Using Python

Linux Journal Article: "Python for Android" (lot's of tips)
http://www.linuxjournal.com/article/10940?page=0,0

PyCon PL 2013 "Developing Android Applications with Python"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CWyUgn8oAaQ

Presentation: "Writing Standalone Qt & Python Applications for Android
http://www.modrana.org/pyconpl2013/python_and_qt_for_android.pdf

Python Download Site:
https://www.python.org/download


Thursday, April 17, 2014

Garmin Nuvi 2555 Stuff (esp GPX files)

Editor for GPX files
http://sourceforge.net/projects/gpxeditor/

Extracting Track Log (gpx) from Garmin
http://home.comcast.net/~ghayman3/garmin.gps/page6.htm

GPX files are in the following location on this Garmin: Internal Storage\GPX

More generalized, useful conversion (GPSBabel)
http://www.gpsbabel.org/

Thursday, April 10, 2014

Tuesday, April 08, 2014

Tuesday, February 11, 2014

GPSD Links

GPSD home page:
http://www.catb.org/gpsd/

Tuesday, January 28, 2014

Vector Links (CANoe, RP1210)

Abstract Syntax Notation (ASN.1)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ASN.1

NMEA 0183 reference
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NMEA_0183

Vector (CANoe environment):
http://vector.com/vi_canoe_en.html
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CANoe (Wikipedia reference)

Vector Reference:
http://vector.com/vi_rp1210_api_en.html

Monday, January 20, 2014

Friday, January 17, 2014

Additional Test Automation Tools - Jan 2014

Earth Bridge (designed to bridge gap between GPS receiver and Google Earth)
http://mboffin.com/earthbridge/

Relish (primary author - PN employee)
http://sourceforge.net/projects/relish/

Monday, January 13, 2014

Friday, January 10, 2014

MSFT To Android Porting Tools

iFactr (commercial solution)
http://ifactr.com/

Monocross
http://monocross.net/

Monocross - What is it?
http://objectiveme.com/monocross-part-1/

MvvmCross
https://github.com/MvvmCross

Thursday, January 09, 2014

Cloud Information

Amazon Web Services (AWS) and Python
http://aws.amazon.com/articles/Amazon-S3/3998

Amazon Web Services (AWS) and Python "boto" Interface
http://docs.pythonboto.org/en/latest/

Amazon Web Services (AWS) and Relational Database Service (RDS)
http://aws.amazon.com/rds/

Monday, December 23, 2013

Mobile Application Test Automation

Google: "Mobile Application Test Automation"
http://automationtestingblog.blogspot.com/2013/01/mobile-application-test-automation.html

EggPlant (scripting language: "senseTalk")
http://www.testplant.com/eggPlant

M-eux (Jamosolutions, supports Resco for .NET Compact Frameworks)
http://www.jamosolutions.com

Resco Toolkit:
http://www.resco.net/mobileformstoolkit/

Sikuli (can use Python as a scripting language, makes use of Jython technology)
http://www.sikuli.org/
http://doc.sikuli.org/                   (Documentation)
https://github.com/sikuli/sikuli     (GitHub site)
https://launchpad.net/sikuli         (Sikuli Base Site, "launchpad")

Sikuli vs Eggplant:
http://testwarriors.blogspot.com/2012/04/comparison-report-sikuli-vs-eggplant.html

SOTI - MobiControl
http://www.soti.net/mobicontrol/


Splunk

Dig into Splunk
http://www.splunk.com/

Tuesday, November 26, 2013

Chess Dot Com Accts


  1. iamnotmagnus  / chess(subs)(magic)(bang)
  2. iamnotmagnusreally / sameasabove

Wednesday, November 06, 2013

Wednesday, October 09, 2013

Monday, September 02, 2013

VPN Links

Good article:
http://www.smallbusinesscomputing.com/webmaster/how-to-connect-multiple-offices-with-vpn.html

SoftEther VPN Project:
http://www.softether.org/

Consider using:
For one-off situations.



Thursday, July 04, 2013

OpenVPN Links

OpenVPN (Related Projects Link)
https://community.openvpn.net/openvpn/wiki/RelatedProjects

OpenVPN (Wikipedia)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Openvpn

Saturday, January 12, 2013

Saturday, June 23, 2012

Instant Appraisal

Are there sites for: coins, comics, stamps, etc. ?

Saturday, May 12, 2012

Open Source Idea: TestResultDB

Must be Open Source:

TestResultDBClient (Java) talks to TestResultDBServer (Java) via RMI

TestResultDBServer talks to RDBMS via JDBC

TestResultDB stores test results, optionally linked to requirements 

Saturday, April 21, 2012

Turnkey Linux Appliances

Turnkey Linux Appliances

http://www.turnkeylinux.org/

Monday, March 12, 2012

Microsoft Project - Comparing Project Sheets

MSFT Project - Comparing Project Sheets
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x2zJ2Rs5G2c

Wednesday, February 15, 2012

Saturday, January 07, 2012

Free Fax Send Services

Free fax send services:

http://faxzero.com/
http://www.gotfreefax.com/

Article about hooking in faxing from Gmail account
http://www.googlefax.org/

David Berger's Internet Fax Guide
http://www.a2.com/telecom/freefax.html

Sunday, November 06, 2011

RegExp Engine for ExpenseTracker

Comparison Of RegExp Engines
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison_of_regular_expression_engines

Java 6 Documentation
http://download.oracle.com/javase/6/docs/api/


Regular Expression Flavors
http://www.regular-expressions.info/refflavors.html

SQLite In ExpenseTracker

Google Comparison of SQLite Wrappers
http://code.google.com/p/sqlite4java/wiki/ComparisonToOtherWrappers

SQLite - Maybe The Easiest To Use
http://www.xerial.org/trac/Xerial/wiki/SQLiteJDBC    
with Example Here

Another Reference
http://code.google.com/p/sqlite-jdbc/

SQLite Tutorial 01
http://www.squidoo.com/sqlitehammer

SQLite Wiki - List of Wrappers
http://www.sqlite.org/cvstrac/wiki?p=SqliteWrappers

Saturday, November 05, 2011

Java Encryption and Decryption in ExpenseTracker

Advanced Encryption Standard (AES)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Advanced_Encryption_Standard

AES Implementations
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AES_implementations

AES Implementation - Bouncy Castle
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bouncy_castle_(cryptography)

AES Implementation - Bouncy Castle Homepage
http://www.bouncycastle.org/

AES - Using From Java
http://java.sun.com/developer/technicalArticles/Security/AES/AES_v1.html

Basic Encryption Of Transaction Information:
http://www.devx.com/java/10MinuteSolution/21385/1954

Blowfish Example In Java
http://jcs.mobile-utopia.com/jcs/2026_BlowfishEncryptor.java

Blowfish Example 02 In Java
http://www.java.happycodings.com/Security/code2.html

Blowfish Example 03 In Java
http://www.java2s.com/Tutorial/Java/0490__Security/ABlowfishexample.htm

Example Of Using The Java Encryption Framework
http://javaboutique.internet.com/resources/books/JavaSec/javasec1_7.html

Excellent Example Of Using Java To Encrypt/Decrypt
http://www.informit.com/articles/article.aspx?p=170967&seqNum=4

Encrypting Very Short Strings
http://stackoverflow.com/questions/102788/what-is-the-best-way-to-encrypt-a-very-short-string-in-php

Good Example Of Java String Encryption:
http://www.idevelopment.info/data/Programming/java/security/java_cryptography_extension/StringEncrypter.java

How To Encrypt and Decrypt Strings (Android Example)
http://www.tutorials-android.com/learn/How_to_encrypt_and_decrypt_strings.rhtml

How To Encrypt User Passwords:
http://www.jasypt.org/howtoencryptuserpasswords.html

Java Cryptography Architecture
http://docs.oracle.com/javase/6/docs/technotes/guides/security/crypto/CryptoSpec.html

Java Cryptography Extension (JCE) Reference Guide
http://download.oracle.com/javase/1.4.2/docs/guide/security/jce/JCERefGuide.html

Java Tips Encryption and Decryption Using Symmetric Keys
http://www.java-tips.org/java-se-tips/javax.crypto/encryption-and-decryption-using-symmetric-2.html

Thursday, October 20, 2011

Eclipse (Galileo Flavor)

Galileo Eclipse Download Area
http://www.eclipse.org/downloads/packages/release/galileo/sr2

Thursday, October 13, 2011

SCons - Open Source S/W Contruction Tool

SCons - Open Source Construction Tool
http://www.scons.org/

SCons Wiki Page
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SCons

Tuesday, October 11, 2011

NetBeans

NetBeans Main Wiki Page
http://wiki.netbeans.org/Main_Page

NetBeans Maven Best Practices
http://wiki.netbeans.org/MavenBestPractices

Saturday, October 08, 2011

Jenkins

Jenkins
http://jenkins-ci.org/

WikiPedia Entree
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jenkins_(software)

Maven

Maven
http://maven.apache.org/

Maven Download Location
http://maven.apache.org/download.html

Maven Repository (Artifactory)
http://www.jfrog.com/products.php

Maven Standard Directory Layout
http://maven.apache.org/guides/introduction/introduction-to-the-standard-directory-layout.html

Tuesday, September 27, 2011

A Little GUI Automation

Use For A Little GUI Automation
http://www.autohotkey.com/

Thursday, September 01, 2011

JATF Technologies

Use simple technologies like:


CSV, Environment Variables, JavaDoc, JSON, and SQLite.

Thursday, August 25, 2011

Tools For Java Class

Crimson Editor
NetBeans
Tutorials Online Link
Of course, JDK installed too.
Other tools not used in class:
Eclipse      IntelliJ       Maven

Thursday, August 04, 2011

Open Services for Lifecycle Collaboration V 2.0

Open Services for Lifecycle Collaboration

Core Specification Version 2.0

Tuesday, August 02, 2011

GVIM file to source in

set shiftwidth=4
set tabstop=4
set expandtab
set autoindent
set number
colorscheme peachpuff

OpenGrok

Excellent tool to use for full-text searching across source code:

OpenGrok

Saturday, July 30, 2011

Learn Hudson/Jenkins and Maven

Jenkins tool.

Apache Maven build tool.

Thursday, July 14, 2011

Terminal Emulators For Windows

mintty (terminal emulator for Cygwin)
pterm (included with PuTTy, standalone terminal emulator)

Friday, July 08, 2011

20110708 - technologies

Emulex OneCommand
I/O Verify
MSFT iSCSI Initiator
QLogic SanSurfer
Wireshark

Thursday, July 07, 2011

Uptime in Windows Server 2008 or Windows 7

Seven ways to find uptime in Windows Server 2008 or Windows 7: here

Tuesday, June 07, 2011

Wednesday, May 18, 2011

Video and Screen Capture

Real Time video capture and benchmarking: FRAPS

Monday, April 25, 2011

Friday, April 08, 2011

Zlib

Zlib: http://zlib.net/

Thursday, March 31, 2011

20110331 Tech Exposure

iometer utility

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iometer
http://www.iometer.org/

Friday, March 25, 2011

ExpenseTracker TODOs

Google: "python date validation"

Argparse
http://docs.python.org/dev/library/argparse.html

Thursday, March 24, 2011

S/W QA Test

Nice tool summary:
http://www.softwareqatest.com/ here

Mouse and Keyboard Macro Program

AutoHotkey: http://www.autohotkey.com/
AutoHotkey on WikiPedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AutoHotkey

Tuesday, March 22, 2011

VPN

Revisit OpenVPN
Another Link: Wikipedia

Friday, March 04, 2011

20110303 - Tech Exposure

Inspire (Application)
IntelliTrace
Microsoft Test Manager 2010
MKS Integrity (requirements management)
Ranorex Plug-In For UI Testing
SilkTest (WPF - lacking)
WPF

Monday, February 28, 2011

Wednesday, February 23, 2011

Python HTTPS Web Server Example

Recipe 442473: Simple HTTP server supporting SSL secure communications (Python) by Sebastien Martini

ActiveState Code (http://code.activestate.com/recipes/442473/) at this LINK


Helpful too: http://docs.python.org/library/socketserver.html at this LINK

Helpful too:
http://www.java2s.com/Tutorial/Python/0420__Network/AForkingServer.htm

Friday, February 11, 2011

Serial Communications Related

FabulaTech: http://www.fabulatech.com/

PC Backup / Restore Systems

Re-look at:
>>>> Acronis True Image
>>>> ImageX (Windows Imaging Format)
>>>> Symantec Ghost

If using Windows 7, consider using the native backup/restore software.

Tuesday, February 08, 2011

Nice Editor For XML On A MSFT Machine

Notepad++
This has a good XML diff capability. Try Plugins -> Compare.

Also,
Notepad++ Project Page

XML Notepad 2007 is good too. Has an XML diff capability too. From MSFT.

Saturday, February 05, 2011

Open Source At Apple For MacOSX


http://www.apple.com/opensource/

Thursday, January 13, 2011

Tools And Things I Have Used In 2011

LabSim (in-house simulator) - To drive LIS traffic and 8 DigiBoard ports in parallel.
Protocol - CLSI [1] LIS1-A (aka ASTM E1381-02)
Protocol - CLSI [1] LIS2-A2
Ranorex Automation Framework: http://www.ranorex.com/
SQL Server (MSFT)
Team Foundation Server (TFS) 2010 (MSFT)
TestComplete (for test automation)
Visual Studio 2010 (MSFT)
Westgard Rules: http://www.westgard.com/
Wiki

[1] Clinical and Laboratory Standards Institutue (CLSI)

Tuesday, December 07, 2010

Some Technologies 20101206

Aegis SCM System: http://aegis.sourceforge.net
Perforce: http://www.perforce.com

Monday, November 08, 2010

Wednesday, November 03, 2010

TestPartner (Yet Another GUI Test Tool)

Another GUI Test Tool To Consider

TestPartner (from Wikipedia)

TestPartner (off of microfocus)

Monday, November 01, 2010

Git Hosting Services

Locate Utility On GNU/Linux Systems

Build the database necessary for the "locate" utility:

updatedb &


Monday, October 11, 2010

Tuesday, August 31, 2010

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.

Monday, August 30, 2010

Google Protocol Buffers

Better than JSON, etc?


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

Donald Knuth

I was reminded of how inspiring he is:


Tuesday, July 27, 2010

Thursday, July 22, 2010

Windows Git S/W


Monday, July 19, 2010

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.



Thursday, June 10, 2010

Wednesday, June 09, 2010

Tuesday, May 18, 2010

ApTest Tool

RA uses ApTest Tool for manual test cases:

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

Friday, April 30, 2010

Selenium vs Squish for Web Testing


Link comparing Selenium to Squish (commercial tool) here.

Tuesday, April 06, 2010

Thursday, March 25, 2010

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

Wednesday, January 13, 2010

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.