A Short Introduction to Makefiles
Makefiles are really good at one thing, managing dependencies between files. In other words, make makes sure all files that depend on another file are updated when that file changes.…
Android Networking: How to Mock the Internet
Android networking doesn't sound very radical nowadays. Actually, it's hard to find apps that don't have some sort of network dependency. Some of them won't even start without a stable network. Others…
Working Efficiently with Gradle Modules
Gradle has the ability to check if a task is up to date and more importantly skip the task if it finds that the task input is unchanged compared to…
Ubuntu full-disk encrypted, alongside MacOSX
If you, like me, prefer to use Ubuntu on any hardware you use, and want it completely encrypted, this is for you. These are instructions on how to install Ubuntu…
Getting fresh content in Pocket
I sometimes Pocket interesting web pages in order to read them at a later occasion. Shorter articles or blog posts I often read directly on the laptop or phone, but…
Creating self signed certificates with makecert.exe for development
If you’ve ever had the need of creating self signed certificates you may start out feeling like it’s not a straightforward stroll in the park, so here is a blog…
Emulator problem in Windows Phone 8.1
If you have installed the new Windows Phone 8.1 SDK and having problem with some of the emulators your are probably not alone. This message appears for emulator 4.7 and…
Web development environment scripting
Sometimes getting a web project running on your development machine requires a lot more work than simply doing a [crayon-5dae38a50a977104852086/] Inspired by my colleagues Anders Janmyr, who wrote the book…
Working Efficiently with Maven Modules
When working with Java you will sooner or later come across Maven and Maven modules. Before you start developing a new module feature, upstream modules need to be built, and…
Lost in translation?
Today I gave a little thought to the problem of translating apps. Having support for more languages than English provides you than a vastly larger market, and with the modern…
Beta test exploration: Scapple
I stumbled upon another one of those mind mapping applications called Scapple.app. As I am always looking for ways to improve and change ways of working I had to try it out. I regularly use Xmind at the moment for these demands.
As it is in Beta test, I also decided to give it a real test perspective. A short session with recorded notes and a bug list was what came out of it. I hope they can make use of my results.
This is my summary: (more…)
Get your project up and running with giter8
Giter8 is a command line tool that helps you to easily setup your project structure from templates published on github. It is written in Scala and based on sbt, but…
Team Foundation Service and Windows 8
Microsoft has launched a Team Foundation Service (http://tfspreview.com/). It is Team Foundation Server in the cloud. There is source control, continuous builds, test running and agile planning functions. All this…
Working with expectations – Software quality characteristics game
When working with our mission of creating an organization wide test strategy I was thinking about quality related problems we have in some projects. I realized that the expected quality is not explicitly stated anywhere. This means neither customer nor development team are aligned about which level of quality is expected to be delivered when done. I needed something to achieve a better awareness of quality requirements and a light weight way of stating them explicitly. (more…)
Capistrano and Net:SSH with login shell
New to Capistrano? Read my previous and more introductory blog post on Capistrano - Remote builds with Capistrano. Are you using Capistrano and are confused why the user environment, the…