18 Mar 05
Tell Me Where It Hurts
Learn how to write and distribute diagnostic tests that let your application do it’s own first-level support.more...
14 Mar 05
In the Lap of Monitoring Luxury
Too many X10 devices to choose from and not enough serial ports? CCScrape puts you in the lap of monitoring luxury.more...
09 Mar 05
OSCON 2005
Mike Clark is scheduled to give an automation with Ruby talk at the O’Reilly Open Source Convention (OSCON) in August.more...
08 Mar 05
Ant 1.6 Goody: <macrodef>
If you’re using Ant but have yet to upgrade to Ant 1.6, then you’re missing out. Here’s a quick example of the new <macrodef> task.more...
24 Feb 05
Ant 1.6 Goody: <import>
If you’re using Ant but have yet to upgrade to Ant 1.6, then you’re missing out. Here’s a quick example of the new <import> task.more...
21 Feb 05
Cobertura Announced
SAS has forked jcoverage to create Cobertura: a free code coverage tool for Java projects.more...
15 Feb 05
The Return of Bobzilla
Inspired by Bobzilla, Fred McCann has started the open source BugReport Appender project.more...
11 Feb 05
Two-Way Feedback
Jon Udell draws an insightful analogy between automating software and teaching a kid to ride a bike.more...
04 Feb 05
Subversion: It's What's For Dinner
Mike Mason’s book Pragmatic Version Control with Subversion is now on sale.more...
04 Feb 05
Need an Ant Map?
Many are the build explorers who have hacked their way through the tangled undergrowth of Ant build files in search of target dependencies. The Ant Script Visualizer draws a map of target dependencies so you don’t disappear into the Ant 1.6 jungle.more...
02 Feb 05
CruiseControl 2.2.1 Released
The latest release of the CruiseControl includes several new and notable features, and fixes galore.more...
30 Jan 05
Off the Treadmill, Onto the Rails
David Heinemeier Hansson, creator of Ruby on Rails, talks with Mike Clark about the automation aspects of Rails.more...
23 Jan 05
CruiseControl Action Movie
Every time I have an opportunity to talk to a group about continuous integration, I just fire up CruiseControl and act out a project episode. Here’s a 2-minute screen video of that demo.more...
19 Jan 05
Making RSS Feeds Out of CruiseControl Log Files
Where’s the XSLT stylesheet mentioned in the book? Well, it’s available on the book’s web site, but slightly hidden. Here’s where to find it, and what to do with it when you do.more...
