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Thursday, 27 August 2009

Git resources

Source code / binaries / GUI

• Git - Fast Version Control System
• msysgit - Git on Windows
• TortoiseGit
• Git-Cheetah
• Git Extensions

Setting up Git server

• Git Server: Gitosis and Cygwin on Windows
• Hosting Git repositories, The Easy (and Secure) Way
• Installing Git on a server (Ubuntu or Debian)
• Remote Git Repos on Ubuntu: The Right Way
• From subversion to git (part3 - gitosis)
• Deploying a Git Repository Server in Ubuntu
• Adding a New Repository to Git/Gitosis
• Scripts for gitosis
• Installing a git server using gitosis
• Install (Set Up) Git and Gitosis on Ubuntu
• Gitosis - Git repository
• Setting up a new remote git repository
• 8 ways to share your git repository
• How to use HTTP Basic Authentication with git new
• Setting up a Msysgit Server with copSSH on Windows new
• Making git work properly from cygwin new
• Setting up a Git server with Windows Server 2008 new
• Setting up Gitosis with Windows Server 2008 new
• On git, gitosis, and python issues on Windows Vista new

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• Posted by alexandrul at 17:11:46 in DVCS, Git
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Build virtual machine configuration files to use with VMware Player

VMware Player 3.0 can create new virtual machines, but older versions are only running existing virtual machines.

Tutorials

• VMWare Player Image Creation
• Using VMware Player to Create Images for New Virtual Machines
• How to use VMware Player to create your own images
• How-to: VMware player modification new

VMX configuration generators

• EasyVMX!: Virtual Machine Creator
• VMBuilder
• VMX Builder
• VMX-builder

• Posted by alexandrul at 14:54:57 in VMware

Sunday, 3 May 2009

Updated templates for xUnit.net in ASP.NET MVC RTM

Environment:

• Visual Studio 2008 Pro
• xUnit.net v1.5 (build 1.5.0.1479)

xUnit.net has very few tests by default, so I have adapted the standard Visual Studio tests generated for ASP.NET MVC web applications. This resulted in two files: AccountControllerTests.cs and HomeControllerTests.cs (the last one is similar with HomeControllerFacts.cs)

The xUnit.net template for ASP.NET MVC unit testing can be found on the following location:

%VS2008%Common7IDEProjectTemplatesCSharpTestXunitMvcTestProjectTemplate.cs.zip

After unpacking the content of the template to a temp folder, we must place the new files in the Controllers folder, and update the content of MvcTemplate.csproj and MyTemplate.vstemplate:
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• Posted by alexandrul at 13:52:44 in ASP.NET MVC, xUnit.net

Setup xUnit.net for unit testing in ASP.NET MVC RTM

Environment:

• Visual Studio 2008 Pro
• xUnit.net v1.5 (build 1.5.0.1479)

If you are using a zip file downloaded from the Source Code section of their site, extract it on a temp folder and move the binaries from the Samplesxunit folder to your destination of choice. If you are using the zipped binaries from their downloads page, simply extract them to your desired location.

The next step is running xunit.installer.exe and enabling support for ASP.NET MVC. The result should look like this:

If the installer throws an exception like this one:

then you should create manually the folder specified in the error message (usually the Test folders).
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• Posted by alexandrul at 10:12:57 in ASP.NET MVC, xUnit.net

Friday, 1 May 2009

Schimb de carti - programare

• Posted by alexandrul at 15:41:39 in Schimb de carti

Wednesday, 1 April 2009

SharePoint Designer 2007 Trial Version - or free version

Today was released a new version of SharePoint Designer 2007 - it can be downloaded from Microsoft Download Center, and up to 5 registration keys can be obtained from MSDN Evaluation Center.

Today was released the free version of SharePoint Designer 2007. You can download it from Microsoft Download Center.

The beautiful thing about this release is the activation status: I had it installed on two of my PCs, it never asked for a product key and it seems to be already activated:

Activation status:

• Posted by alexandrul at 13:47:21 in Sharepoint

Wednesday, 18 March 2009

ASP.NET MVC 1.0 is RTM

Since RC2, jQuery was updated from 1.3.1 to 1.3.2, and a bug related to Silverlight was solved.

It is available for download here or here, including the source code.

MD5:

376595f661c6152a453c3c3a75602d45 *AspNetMVC1.msi
1034fe23da0e8c6b912e5b3fda483326 *AspNetMvc1.0.Ms-PL.source.zip
e588133ff9d9f0526b47ab9557ba7f4c *ASP.NET MVC - 1.0 Release Notes.doc

The source code can also be downloaded from CodePlex. A quick tutorial about how to use the source code to debug your application can be found on Steve Sanderson's blog.

MD5:

4102d8694a4d7202543010d44fef546e *DataAnnotationsModelBinder.zip
fd472d121b1162a4d91c3ecd57c35972 *Microsoft.Web.Mvc.dll
929f9ad6574bdccfc2c636df59281348 *MVC-RTM.zip
91a2e290a32aba6c128e571360d083e6 *RestForAspNetMvc.zip
8edc414ad4c3c961bc9e2903e81ce11f *T4MVC.zip
dcef1d3e491058593207b432cfbc4f97 *Using the AsyncController.docx

Before ASP.NET MVC installation, it is recommended to install the following updates:

• KB959209 - Microsoft .NET Framework 3.5 SP1 Family Update
• KB963676
• KB958094

• Posted by alexandrul at 07:05:35 in ASP.NET MVC

Saturday, 14 March 2009

Cota TVA aplicata la vama pentru cartile comandate de pe Amazon.com

Dupa lupte seculare si destula munca de lamurire, atasez partea esentiala din chitanta primita luna aceasta de la biroul vamal din Constanta, si unde se vede negru pe alb cota de TVA aplicata cartilor importate, mai precis 9%. Pentru cei care se lupta cu functionari vamali mai incapatanati pot trimite pe mail mai multe detalii.

• Posted by alexandrul at 19:10:56 in Schimb de carti

Thursday, 5 March 2009

Sharepoint 2007 alerts in Outlook 2007

The alerts from Sharepoint 2007 are simply unreadable in Outlook 2007 (RTM or SP1) configured to connect to an Exchange 2003 server.

One workaround was disabling the cached Exchange mode in the mail account properties (not recommended for mobile users).

One other solution involved some Exchange 2003 patches (depending on the mood of the Exchange admins).

The simplest solution is to install the Outlook 2007 February 2009 Cumulative Update (http://support.microsoft.com/kb/961752). The KB article does not mention anything about Sharepoint alerts, but it just works.

• Posted by alexandrul at 15:22:32 in Sharepoint

Sunday, 8 February 2009

About Turbo Delphi

I used to love coding in Delphi, but:

• the only free version of Delphi is Turbo Delphi Explorer 2006, which:
  • is a bit old
  • requires .NET Framework 1.x, in despite of the fact that it can be made independent of any version of .NET Framework (with some limitions in the capabilities of the IDE) or can work just fine with .NET Framework 2.0+
  • it seems to be treated as a bad idea which should not be allowed to exist anymore
• the competition has:
  • free up-to-date versions (Visual Studio 2008 Express editions)
  • 90 days trials (not 14 or 30 days like Delphi)
  • much lower prices: Turbo Delphi Professional 2006 is the least expensive, includes only one language but is more expensive than Visual Studio 2008 Standard which includes 4
• Delphi 8 was unusable, Delphi 2005 wasn't worth his price, Delphi 2006 managed to be allmost ok and after that I switched to C#

IMHO, the marketing managed to snatch defeat from the jaws of victory. Unless they decide to offer free upgrade to Delphi 2009 for all the customers of Delphi 8 or greater, in which case it might regain it's user base.

• Posted by alexandrul at 16:32:45 in Delphi