It can't rain forever...

Git Enterprise is now live!

bbossola — Wed, 16 Feb 2011 14:16:14 +0000

Git Enterprise is now open and live for everyone! For a limited amount of time you will be able to get our 1GB/10users free plan, simply signup at gitenterprise.com

Hope we’ll see you soon!

If you’re looking for joinPDF…

bbossola — Thu, 10 Feb 2011 21:18:30 +0000

…it’s here:

http://www.iis.ee.ic.ac.uk/~g.briscoe/

Just in case.
Cheers!

Something got broken, like stolen…

bbossola — Mon, 10 Jan 2011 02:21:47 +0000

Git Enterprise is now in private beta!

bbossola — Mon, 20 Dec 2010 11:44:19 +0000

Git Enterprise private beta is now open! You can request a beta key sending an email at beta2@gitenterprise.com

Git is a fast distributed version control system that can efficently handle small and large projects. It simplifies distributed development and protect investments with its application compatibility features (SVN, CVS). Git Enterprise leverages on Git technical strengths adding advanced enterprise management features. Click here for a full overview of Git Enterprise features!

We are all very excited about this… we can’t wait to get some feedback from you guys, hope we’ll see you soon!

Ubuntu: disable indexing

bbossola — Wed, 08 Dec 2010 08:47:41 +0000

If you are a developer the last thing you want running on your system is an indexing daemon, that keeps the cpu busy and eats precious i/o. If you’re like me, you want to get rid of it as soon as you can! Yes, we all know that the thing is “configurable”, but anyway it keeps eating resources and it will also slow down your desktop (if you have one)
So, just go to synaptic (or apt. if you are a command line guy) and remove “tracker” and related dependencies. Be sure to remove also “beagle”, you may have installed in some previous life

Click tabs on GWT application using Selenium

bbossola — Tue, 23 Nov 2010 12:30:57 +0000

As ordinary selenium “click” method does not work, you can use this sequence:
clickAt //tr[td='tabName'] 0,0 mouseDownAt //tr[td='tabName'] 0,0 mouseUpAt //tr[td='tabName'] 0,0

Credits to my friend Ricardo!

If you need just to click a GWT image button you can check here.

There Will Be Code

bbossola — Fri, 09 Apr 2010 21:48:52 +0000

“Remember that code is really the language in which we ultimately express the requirements. We may create languages that are closer to the requirements. We may create tools that help us parse and assemble those requirements into formal structures. But we will never eliminate necessary precision — so there will always be code.”

Robert C. Martin – Clean Code

Software and conventional engineering

bbossola — Mon, 02 Jun 2008 20:55:00 +0000

“…the analogy to conventional engineering fails because the construction of an oil production platform is materially different from the production of a computer program. The detailed design specification of a program is its code; the actual building of the program is done automatically. One of the goals of almost all programming languages ever developed has been that the code shall be self-documenting. When we look upon it this way, 100% of all programmers do detailed design.”

“Why Programmers Don’t Use Methods And What We Can Do About It”, a column in ObjectEXPERT January 1997 by Trygve Reenskaug

The technology paradox

bbossola — Sat, 24 May 2008 10:52:38 +0000

“…the same technology that simplifies life by providing more functionality … also complicates life by making it hard to learn. This paradox of technology is often used by people as an excuse for poor design…”
Donald A. Norman – The Design of Everyday Things, 1988 (pp. 30-31)

1988… sounds actual? By “technology”, are you thinking, as I’m now doing, about the latest state-of-the-art framework you’ve been using on your last software project? And by “design”, are you thinking about the actual software design of such project?

Think about it.

Don’t judge a book by its cover

bbossola — Fri, 16 May 2008 12:52:32 +0000

This is not a spot. This is a book I’ve been leaving closed because of its cover… what a pity! This is the first book I’ve ever read that actually talks and explain object oriented in an easy and pleasant way. Most experienced programmers will find it not much useful, but for a newbie or an intermediate OO programmer this is a must read.

In case of doubt, just read it It will worth the time you’re going to spend. Definitely. And it’s also quite amusing sometimes!