I’m working on a project with another developer and we’ve decided to create a branch for my changes. Heavy development continues in the trunk as well and I need to frequently merge the trunk into my branch. Being lazy of … Continue reading
I usually have something in my application where I can flip a bit and turn on “maintenance mode” which displays a friendly message to users and allows me to do updates knowing no one is accessing the application. Today we’ll … Continue reading
On Window XP the ability to reliably schedule anything was severely limited and problematic. Tasks wouldn’t run if you were logged out, and if you changed your password tasks would fail with authentication errors unless you remembered to update each … Continue reading
I’ve posted code examples and a detailed ‘handout’ which includes links and more information on all the software I discussed in my presentation. I’ve also included some alternatives and options for non-Windows operating systems. CFUnited 2010 – Digging Into The … Continue reading
Lately I’ve been really trying to avoid using the mouse while coding. You may not realize it but it’s a huge distraction to: Stop typing Find your mouse Find your cursor Hunt for the icon you need Click the icon … Continue reading
I’ve been tinkering around with Quix, a ‘super’ bookmarklet that can easily replace several Firefox addins and overall reduce your dependency on your mouse. Installing Quix is a simple matter of visiting the Quix site and dragging the bookmarklet to … Continue reading
I have a few build scripts that take some time to run and I hate staring at the Eclipse console to see how things are progressing. I’ve heard of Growl before and today decided to see if I could make … Continue reading
In my previous entry Cron For Windows I discussed using cron as a better replacement for Windows Scheduled Task. Today we will look at how easy cron is to configure and look at a few examples that I have configured. … Continue reading