I just discovered how to turn on syntax highlighting by default on Vim. All you have to do is add the following line to your ~/.vimrc file: If you don’t have a .vimrc file, a quick way to add one is by running the following command: I was impressed to find that Vim contains Groovy… [Read more…]
May 7, 2012
I have had a lot of success using JMeter to provide quick performance tests, and this guide will help you get started with JMeter. I have used JMeter with success on web applications, web services and databases, and I find that it works extremely well. I have even used JMeter on .NET projects. This doesn’t… [Read more…]
May 6, 2012
Yesterday I spent some time getting Ruby up and running on my Mac, with the intent of playing with Octopress. Today, I wanted to go back to a Grails app I had been working on, when I realized that Grails was no longer in my PATH. Somehow, my PATH variable had been “hijacked” by the Ruby… [Read more…]
May 5, 2012
I have been wanting to try Octopress for a while, so I decided to spent my Friday night setting it up. Unfortunately, I ran into a few issues installing and getting my environment setup, and I figured I would share my setup issues with everybody else. I started with the instructions from the Octopress website.… [Read more…]
May 4, 2012
A friend recently asked me if I had any advise on how to write user stories. While I don’t claim to be an expert on writing user stories, I knew enough to guide him. Here’s what I came up with. Why User Stories? User stories are a terse requirements format that puts emphasis on conversations… [Read more…]
May 3, 2012
Our current team has decided to adopt Git and some members aren’t familiar with it. I wanted to put together a short introduction to the Git command line for these team members. The goal is to make team members productive immediately, while learning the nuances of Git over time. My introduction assumes that you have… [Read more…]
May 27, 2012
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