The Best Development Status Board Ever!

see http://www.panic.com/blog/2010/03/the-panic-status-board/

Some interesting links…

• To Comment or Not to Comment
• Lean Development & Kanban: Einführungsartikel zu Kanban von Stefan Roock
• How To Market Your Mobile Application
• PaperC: Plattform zum kostenlosen Lesen von Fachbüchern im Internet
• Don’t Hash Secrets
• VersionControlTools (Martin Fowler)
• Hg Init: a Mercurial tutorial

webOS by Example: Sorting Thoughts

My slides about my experience with webOS and the development of Sorting Thoughts for webOS:

XWiki Enterprise 2.0 & Beyond

My last test installation of XWiki was three years ago and after reading the current feature list of XWiki Enterprise I’m really impressed. I think I have a new entry for my task list: “Installing XWiki and test it”.

Links

• click for more details about the sildes
• XWiki

Platform check in Eclipse 3.5

To check the running platform in an Eclipse 3.5 plugin or RCP app use this:

org.eclipse.jface/src/org/eclipse/jface/util/Util.java

...
        /**
	 * Note: this may be made internal in 3.5
	 * @return true for windows platforms
	 * @since 3.5
	 */
	public static final boolean isWindows() {
		final String ws = SWT.getPlatform();
		return WS_WIN32.equals(ws) || WS_WPF.equals(ws);
	}

	/**
	 * Note: this may be made internal in 3.5
	 * @return true for mac platforms
	 * @since 3.5
	 */
	public static final boolean isMac() {
		final String ws = SWT.getPlatform();
		return WS_CARBON.equals(ws) || WS_COCOA.equals(ws);
	}
…

5 short Eclipse 3.5 links

• Eclipse 3.5 - New and Noteworthy
• Ten Tips for Installing Plugins in Eclipse Galileo
• Eclipse RCP - Tutorial with Eclipse 3.5 (Galileo)
• Memory analysis with Eclipse 3.5
• Open Eclipse 3.5 Bugs

Backlog Tool Overview

If you search for a backlog tool, take a look on http://www.userstories.com/products.

For example, a simple and good backlog tool is eXPlainPMT

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Presentation about “Clean Code”

Here are my slides about Robert C. Martins great book “Clean Code: A Handbook of Agile Software Craftsmanship“:

How-to: Eclipse Commands

If you searching for good eclipse commads instructions, see here…

Six good articles by Prakash G.R.:

• Commands Part 1: Actions Vs Commands
• Commands Part 2: Selection and Enablement of IHandlers
• Commands Part 3: Parameters for Commands
• Commands Part 4: Misc items …
• Commands Part 5: Authentication in RCP applications
• Commands Part 6: Toggle & Radio menu contributions.

Other articles:

• Using advanced features in Eclipse popup menus
• Advanced features in Eclipse popup menus – Take 2: The new API
• Commands in die Toolbar einfügen

and the standard set of references:

• Platform Command Framework
• Command Core Expressions
• Menu Contribution
• Menus Extension Mapping

Pony Meeting

This refers to a story Lopp told earlier in the session, in which he described the process of a senior manager outlining what they wanted from any new application: “I want WYSIWYG… I want it to support major browsers… I want it to reflect the spirit of the company.” Or, as Lopp put it: “I want a pony!” He added: “Who doesn’t? A pony is gorgeous!” The problem, he said, is that these people are describing what they think they want. And even if they’re misguided, they, as the ones signing the checks, really cannot be ignored.

Apple’s design process