Comments for Test Early http://www.testearly.com Thought Leaders in helping development teams optimizing Agile software production Thu, 07 Aug 2008 19:44:28 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.2 Comment on Visual Documentation of Ant Dependencies in 3 Simple Steps by Test Early » NetBeans 6.5 M1 - The Good, The Bad, & The Ugly http://www.testearly.com/2008/07/25/visual-documentation-of-ant-dependencies-in-3-simple-steps/#comment-38996 Mon, 04 Aug 2008 18:52:52 +0000 http://www.testearly.com/2008/07/25/visual-documentation-of-ant-dependencies-in-3-simple-steps/#comment-38996 [...] I said a lot of things that are good and that need some improvement, so you may ask what is it that I find so ugly within the IDE. If you are writing enterprise Java application, in many cases Ant stands as the universal build platform. NetBeans by default creates all the build files for compiling, testing, deploying, undeploying and running your application. However, even after using Ant for several years now, I had serious trouble using these build files. I did use a tool called Grand and Vizant to generate visual documentation of the build files to understand them better and here is what I was able to get from them. The build files need heavy refactoring for anyone to continue to use within their enterprise applications. [...] […] I said a lot of things that are good and that need some improvement, so you may ask what is it that I find so ugly within the IDE. If you are writing enterprise Java application, in many cases Ant stands as the universal build platform. NetBeans by default creates all the build files for compiling, testing, deploying, undeploying and running your application. However, even after using Ant for several years now, I had serious trouble using these build files. I did use a tool called Grand and Vizant to generate visual documentation of the build files to understand them better and here is what I was able to get from them. The build files need heavy refactoring for anyone to continue to use within their enterprise applications. […]

]]> Comment on 10 Bad Build Practices - Part I by Toby http://www.testearly.com/2006/07/20/10-bad-build-practices-part-i/#comment-38975 Mon, 04 Aug 2008 16:10:58 +0000 http://www.testearly.com/2006/07/20/10-bad-build-practices-part-i/#comment-38975 I agree and disagree with bad practice one. Setting a base directory is a very very good idea but over parameterisation can make the value unreadable. You then have to look up each parameter and construct the whole. eg: If the parameter is only used one then there is little point in making it a parameter. I also think that if it doesn't change much it is better to have a readable build file than a flexible one. I have also seen pointless parameterisation eg SOURCE=source or my fav WEBINF=WEB-INF Like the java standard is going to change sometime soon I agree and disagree with bad practice one. Setting a base directory is a very very good idea but over parameterisation can make the value unreadable. You then have to look up each parameter and construct the whole.
eg:

If the parameter is only used one then there is little point in making it a parameter. I also think that if it doesn’t change much it is better to have a readable build file than a flexible one.
I have also seen pointless parameterisation
eg
SOURCE=source
or my fav
WEBINF=WEB-INF
Like the java standard is going to change sometime soon

]]> Comment on Grails vs. Rails - First Impressions by Josh Nichols http://www.testearly.com/2008/07/23/grails-vs-rails-first-impressions/#comment-38663 Sat, 02 Aug 2008 15:32:14 +0000 http://www.testearly.com/2008/07/23/grails-vs-rails-first-impressions/#comment-38663 Instead of firing up MySQL to see what fields a class has, you can look at db/schema.rb. It's basically a sum of all the migrations you have run. Also, you could take a look at the annotate_models plugin, which will add comments to your model with the fields and whatnot. http://agilewebdevelopment.com/plugins/annotate_models Instead of firing up MySQL to see what fields a class has, you can look at db/schema.rb. It’s basically a sum of all the migrations you have run.

Also, you could take a look at the annotate_models plugin, which will add comments to your model with the fields and whatnot.

http://agilewebdevelopment.com/plugins/annotate_models

]]> Comment on Staged builds with CruiseControl by Timo Meinen http://www.testearly.com/2007/04/25/staged-builds-with-cruisecontrol/#comment-38478 Fri, 01 Aug 2008 09:58:59 +0000 http://www.testearly.com/2007/04/25/staged-builds-with-cruisecontrol/#comment-38478 Thank you for the dependency-tip. We will try this, too. Small hint: As Subversion uses atomic commits, the quietperiod should be set to 0 as supposed by the cruisecontrol manual. Best regards, Timo Thank you for the dependency-tip. We will try this, too. Small hint: As Subversion uses atomic commits, the quietperiod should be set to 0 as supposed by the cruisecontrol manual.

Best regards,
Timo

]]> Comment on RESTful Web Services in 60 Seconds by meera.subbarao http://www.testearly.com/2008/07/23/restful-web-services-in-60-seconds/#comment-37904 Sat, 26 Jul 2008 14:06:47 +0000 http://www.testearly.com/2008/07/23/restful-web-services-in-60-seconds/#comment-37904 Hi Josh, Thanks for the same. It was a typo while writing this post. Hi Josh,
Thanks for the same. It was a typo while writing this post.

]]> Comment on RESTful Web Services in 60 Seconds by Josh Juneau http://www.testearly.com/2008/07/23/restful-web-services-in-60-seconds/#comment-37848 Sat, 26 Jul 2008 05:12:54 +0000 http://www.testearly.com/2008/07/23/restful-web-services-in-60-seconds/#comment-37848 Great tutorial. I caught one exception though...you need to add the parentheses to the sayHello method declaration or else the example will not work. Tested and verified with 6.5 M1 and the latest build as of 7/26/2008. Great tutorial. I caught one exception though…you need to add the parentheses to the sayHello method declaration or else the example will not work.

Tested and verified with 6.5 M1 and the latest build as of 7/26/2008.

]]> Comment on Grails development made even simpler using NetBeans IDE 6.5 by Cliff http://www.testearly.com/2008/07/21/grails-development-made-even-simpler-using-netbeans-ide-65/#comment-37713 Thu, 24 Jul 2008 22:47:42 +0000 http://www.testearly.com/2008/07/21/grails-development-made-even-simpler-using-netbeans-ide-65/#comment-37713 IntelliJ's Groovy and Grails is slick, but IntelliJ isn't free... The new NetBeans blows away any GoG options you had with Eclipse. Merlyn might be referring to the fact that the Grails plugin was available in previous NetBeans dev builds. To finally see it on the roadmap for RC inclusion is awesome. It is also way more stable in 6.5M1 than in previous versions. IntelliJ’s Groovy and Grails is slick, but IntelliJ isn’t free…

The new NetBeans blows away any GoG options you had with Eclipse.

Merlyn might be referring to the fact that the Grails plugin was available in previous NetBeans dev builds. To finally see it on the roadmap for RC inclusion is awesome. It is also way more stable in 6.5M1 than in previous versions.

]]> Comment on RESTful Web Services in 60 Seconds by roScripts - Webmaster resources and websites http://www.testearly.com/2008/07/23/restful-web-services-in-60-seconds/#comment-37701 Thu, 24 Jul 2008 18:15:06 +0000 http://www.testearly.com/2008/07/23/restful-web-services-in-60-seconds/#comment-37701 <strong>Test Early &#xBB; RESTful Web Services in 60 Seconds...</strong> Test Early &#xBB; RESTful Web Services in 60 Seconds... Test Early » RESTful Web Services in 60 Seconds…

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]]> Comment on Grails development made even simpler using NetBeans IDE 6.5 by meera.subbarao http://www.testearly.com/2008/07/21/grails-development-made-even-simpler-using-netbeans-ide-65/#comment-37636 Wed, 23 Jul 2008 20:56:06 +0000 http://www.testearly.com/2008/07/21/grails-development-made-even-simpler-using-netbeans-ide-65/#comment-37636 Jesse - I sure will look at IntelliJ IDEA 7. Merlyn Albery-Spreyer - I am a big fan of automation, and don't enjoy working with command prompts or terminals. I like to do everything from within my IDE, and that's what NetBeans allows me to do. Jesse - I sure will look at IntelliJ IDEA 7.

Merlyn Albery-Spreyer - I am a big fan of automation, and don’t enjoy working with command prompts or terminals. I like to do everything from within my IDE, and that’s what NetBeans allows me to do.

]]> Comment on Grails development made even simpler using NetBeans IDE 6.5 by Test Early » RESTful Web Services in 60 Seconds http://www.testearly.com/2008/07/21/grails-development-made-even-simpler-using-netbeans-ide-65/#comment-37612 Wed, 23 Jul 2008 15:21:16 +0000 http://www.testearly.com/2008/07/21/grails-development-made-even-simpler-using-netbeans-ide-65/#comment-37612 [...] Is this even possible? Yes, trust me, if I can do it, so can you. You may ask, from Groovy and Grails in one day, how did I shift gears to web services. It all started while I was reading and working the samples from chapter 9 Web Services of &#8220;Beginning Groovy and Grails from Novice to Professional&#8220;. With the help of the sample provided in the book, I was able to get a RESTful web services for the Grails application. [...] […] Is this even possible? Yes, trust me, if I can do it, so can you. You may ask, from Groovy and Grails in one day, how did I shift gears to web services. It all started while I was reading and working the samples from chapter 9 Web Services of “Beginning Groovy and Grails from Novice to Professional“. With the help of the sample provided in the book, I was able to get a RESTful web services for the Grails application. […]

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