SSD plaatsen in een Macbook Pro

Via de website appletips.nl werd ik gewezen op de mogelijkheid om een Macbok Pro te voorzien van een SSD harde schijf. Ik lees verhalen over een vertienvoudiging van de snelheid.

Howto: Build TIBCO BusinessWorks applications with Hudson and Ant

At my assignment, we use Apache Ant to deploy our TIBCO BusinessWorks applications.
We use the popular Hudson Continuous Integration Server to call our custom Ant build script.

This screenshot shows how the form is configured. The user and build (release) type are required by the Ant build script.

Following screenshot shows how to call the script and how to use the form parameters.

The Ant scripts main tasks are checking out code from Subversion and calling BuildEar.exe to build the TIBCO BW application EARS. Some time later, I will blog the contents of the script.

Edit 2013-04-15:
On request, hereby a small snippet which shows how to use Buildear.exe within your ANT build.xml:

<target name="buildear">
   <exec executable="buildear.exe" dir="${tra.path}" resolveexecutable="true">
      <arg line="-x"/>
      <arg value="-v"/>
      <arg line="-ear /Deployment/application.archive"/>
      <arg line="-o ${build.dir}\application.ear"/>
      <arg line="-p ${export.dir}\project"/>
   </exec>
</target>

The code doesn't tell the whole story

A must-see for developers who need to think about Software Architecture

We all know that writing good code is important and refactoring forces us to think about making methods smaller, more reusable and self-documenting. Some people say that comments are bad and that self-commenting code is what we should strive for.

Despite what you’ll hear though, the code isn’t the documentation. The code tells *a* story, but it doesn't tell the whole story. Join Simon Brown to find out what’s missing and how to create lightweight documentation for your software projects.

Source: http://skillsmatter.com/podcast/open-source-dot-net/code-whole-story 

Watch: "we need a dongle..."

Read: The 5 Principles of a Profound Workday

Leo Babauta (ZenHabits) talks about how to create a profound workday.
These are his principles:

1. Empty: In Silence and Solitude.
2. Slow and Mindful.
3. Profoundly Creative.
4. Simplified.
5. Flexible and Natural.

Read it on: http://zenhabits.net/profound/

Read: The 10 worst ways to communicate with end users

"To be a successful support tech, you have to be a skilled communicator. See if you recognize any of these common communication missteps."

Read on

Toolbox: LAMP evolved

"Writing a web application is not just LAMP any more. There's more to it"

Go to: http://stackparts.com/

Toolbox utility: Generating documentation from a WSDL

"Docorro can make your life easier by helping you document your WSDLs, without mundane copy & paste and without redundancy."

Go to: http://docorro.com/

Watch: SOAP vs REST

I came across this vid a while ago. Trying to understand the differences between these two "styles" of web services.

The Joel Test: 12 Steps to Better Code

This list from Joel Spolsky is my default check if I'm not missing something crucial in a project.

"So I've come up with my own, highly irresponsible, sloppy test to rate the quality of a software team. The great part about it is that it takes about 3 minutes. With all the time you save, you can go to medical school."

Check it out on: http://www.joelonsoftware.com/articles/fog0000000043.html

Toolbox utility: Akeeba backup

"Its mission is simple: create a site backup that can be restored on any Joomla!-capable server."

Time saver! Check out the extensions page: http://extensions.joomla.org/extensions/access-a-security/site-security/backup/1606

How to write good code

From: http://xkcd.com/

Watch: Apple Internal "Ad" - Blue Busters

Read: The Man Who Knows Everything

"Vivek Ranadivé wants to harness the ocean of data in this world. And save civilization."

Read more about the TIBCO CEO: http://www.esquire.com/features/vivek-ranadive-profile-0212#ixzz20dZxr7kf

Toolbox utility: Authoxy

"If your Internet connection requires you to use a proxy which needs a username and password, Authoxy may be the solution to a seamless Internet experience. Authoxy runs locally as a proxy server to intercept HTTP and HTTPS requests, forwarding them on to your regular proxy with authentication details you define in a System Preference Pane. Such a process is required to use many web services (MacHelp, QuickTime, iTunes) behind a proxy requiring authentication."

Download after the jump: http://www.hrsoftworks.net/Products.php#authoxy

Watchlist: GOOD COPY BAD COPY (documentary)

"A documentary about the current state of copyright and culture "

Check it out: http://www.goodcopybadcopy.net/

Toolbox utility: SSMS Tools Pack

"SSMS Tools Pack is an add-in for Microsoft SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS) 2005, 2008, 2008 R2, Denali CTP3 and their respective Express versions. It contains a few upgrades to the SSMS IDE that I thought were missing."

Check it out: http://www.ssmstoolspack.com/

10 programming habits that should be more common

"You learn lots of things when you go to college and get a computer science degree or read a how-to-program book. Unfortunately, a number of good programming habits are either untaught or take a good amount of practice to turn into a way of life. Here are 10 such habits you should cultivate to become a better programmer."

Source: TechRepublic

How Google makes improvements to its search algorithm

Hello World!

:-)