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)

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

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