J1939 Simulator Research

Dafulai Electronics
http://www.dafulaielectronics.com

Ozen Elektronik
https://www.ozenelektronik.com/j1939-obd-ecu-simulator-p.html

DHC - REST/HTTP API Client

DHC - REST/HTTP API Client
https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/dhc-resthttp-api-client/aejoelaoggembcahagimdiliamlcdmfm

Vehicle PI (like PN PMG)

Vehicle PI (like PN PMG)
http://www.vehiclepi.com/

VirtualHere - remotely use USB devices as if connected locally

VirtualHere - remotely use USB devices as if connected locally

http://www.virtualhere.com/

Node.js Related

Express (minimalist web framework for Node.js)
http://expressjs.com/

Node.js Home Page
https://nodejs.org/

Raspberry Pi

Raspberry Pi (Base Link)
http://www.raspberrypi.org/

Firebase

Firebase
https://www.firebase.com/how-it-works.html

Adding Custom JARs To A Maven Project

Mkyong - How To Include Custom Library Into Maven Local Repository?
(seems like one of the easiest techniques)
http://www.mkyong.com/maven/how-to-include-library-manully-into-maven-local-repository/

Guide to installing 3rd party JARs (Apache Maven Project)
http://maven.apache.org/guides/mini/guide-3rd-party-jars-local.html

Maven External Dependencies (another valid technique)
http://www.tutorialspoint.com/maven/maven_external_dependencies.htm

Stackoverflow Link:
http://stackoverflow.com/questions/5692256/maven-best-way-of-linking-custom-external-jar-to-my-project

Adding external/custom jars into Maven project
Excellent link, especially "Installing jar into local Maven repository".
http://softwarecave.org/2014/06/14/adding-external-jars-into-maven-project/
In case content changes, screenshot of important snippet here:

Virtual Hard Disk Link(s)

Virtual Hard Disk - Backup Emphasis
http://www.pcworld.com/article/2465848/virtual-hard-drives-the-it-pro-trick-that-lets-you-back-up-your-data-for-free.html

Virtual Hard Disk (VHD) File Format (WikiPedia)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/VHD_(file_format)

Windows 7 - How To Create a VHD of a Physical Hard Disk
http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/213652-vhd-create-physical-hard-disk.html

Docker

Docker
https://docs.docker.com/

Docker User Guide
https://docs.docker.com/userguide/

Docker YouTube Channel
https://www.youtube.com/user/dockerrun

Quoting from the Docker website:
https://www.docker.com/whatisdocker/

"Docker is an open platform for developers and sysadmins to build, ship, and run distributed applications."

WikiPedia Docker Entry
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Docker_(software)

YouTube Docker Networking
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uq8ZEYEYk1Q

GIT Workflow Links

"A successful Git branching model" by Vincent Driessen
http://nvie.com/posts/a-successful-git-branching-model/

Excellent Article by "End Point"
http://blog.endpoint.com/2014/05/git-workflows-that-work.html

Encryption For Business (e.g. Medical Billing)

7-Zip (can also AES encrypt files)
http://www.7-zip.org/

AES Crypt (individual files)
https://www.aescrypt.com/

GNU Privacy Guard
https://www.gnupg.org/

List Of Top 24 Free Tools For Data Encryption
http://www.gfi.com/blog/the-top-24-free-tools-for-data-encryption/

TrueCrypt Final Release Repository
https://www.grc.com/misc/truecrypt/truecrypt.htm

Running Cucumber-JVM Tests From CLI Without JUnit Test Wrapper

Seems like good technique:
http://grokbase.com/t/gg/cukes/135bwv0z23/cucumber-jvm-best-way-to-run-from-command-line-with-groovy-glue

Some Dynamic Java Class Loading Links

Dynamic Class Loading Links

http://viralpatel.net/blogs/java-dynamic-class-loading-java-reflection-api/

http://www-h.eng.cam.ac.uk/help/tpl/languages/java/javaplugins.html

http://www.javaworld.com/article/2071777/design-patterns/add-dynamic-java-code-to-your-application.html

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

The Upcoming Year (2015) Of The Java Ecosystem With Test Automation

Tools:

• JDK
• Maven (consider transitioning to Gradle)
• Git / GitHub
• IntelliJ (JetBrains)
• Cucumber
• Jenkins (?)

Gradle Links

Gradle Documentation
http://www.gradle.org/documentation

Gradle Home Link
http://www.gradle.org/

Gradle Wikipedia Link
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gradle

Cassandra Links

Cassandra Query Language (CQL) v3.1.7
https://cassandra.apache.org/doc/cql3/CQL.html

Cassandra Wiki (Client Options)
https://wiki.apache.org/cassandra/ClientOptions

Datastax Cassandra Ruby Driver (As of 20141209, this is current Ruby driver to use)
https://github.com/datastax/ruby-driver

Datastax Cassandra Ruby Driver Documentation
http://datastax.github.io/ruby-driver/

Up and Running With Cassandra (like Google's BigTable)
http://blog.evanweaver.com/2009/07/06/up-and-running-with-cassandra/

Ruby IDEs

RubyMine (by JetBrains)
https://www.jetbrains.com/ruby/

Ruby MQTT Resources

Pure Ruby Gem
https://github.com/njh/ruby-mqtt

https://rubygems.org/gems/mqtt

http://www.rubydoc.info/gems/mqtt/frames  (better doc presentation)

Install: gem install mqtt

Capybara - (Ruby Library)

Capybara (Ruby Library) -- Something to look into:

http://jnicklas.github.io/capybara/

SitePrism -- is used to supply a Page Object Model that can be used with Capybara.

https://github.com/natritmeyer/site_prism