Ollivander Using trial as test runner with zc.buildout I've found a good way to launch tests using Twisted Trial in a zc.buildout enabled project. I was in fear of needing a full-fledged recipe - which I didn't have the time nor the will to code.Luckily, zc.recipe.egg seems good
Ollivander PyCharm, RubyMine and IDEA linux desktop entries UPDATED: IDEA entry.UPDATED: Automatic agent add script.I'm starting to like both PyCharm and RubyMine, two IDEs from IntelliJ, along with IDEAI had some problems while they were both running on Linux using a dock - I like docky - since they're both
Ollivander Building a successful community-driven software project: part 3 This is a multipart post. See part 26. State your missionWhat's your project for? Who should use it? Which platform is designed for? Answer those questions somewhere in your project page. You won't risk people looking for the wrong solution coming to you
Ollivander Building a successful community-driven software project: part 2 This is a multipart article - link to part 13. Make it easy to report issues.Yes, your software is got a bug. Never thought about it, didn't you? And here it is. Now, users shouldn't be forced to climb mountains in order to
Ollivander Building a successful community-driven software project: part 1 There's a lot of buzz about open source software lately. Many projects are supposed to embrace the Bazaar development model, but they really don't, and their leaders just seem to ignore users a lot. This often leads both to wild forking - one new
Ollivander Apple and OpenJDK: was I wrong? Apple has announced it will contribute to the OpenJDK project, so there's probably no risk that MacOS-specific pieces of the current JDK will be lost. Probably the next, Oracle-backed JDK will be just fine on Mac and will probably be released on time.There're
Ollivander Why Apple Should Not Ditch Java I'm not an hardcore Apple user. My first Apple product ever was a Macbook Pro I bought about one year ago.But I fell in love with the Mac platform, and I think its really strong point is that it's versatile. It's got plenty