Saved my B.U.T.

http://unetbootin.sourceforge.net/

This is a great tool that saved me. I stupidly formatted the drive that had Ubuntu on it and somehow GRUB got messed up.  I used Unetbootin to create a USB boot drive with Super Grub Disk on it and went through the steps to boot straight to Windows.

No worries.  I plan to go back to Ubuntu, but need to get this machine running Windows for work requirements.

Hibernate yes_no

This helped a bunch today!

Scenario:

1. using JSF with some check boxes.
2. Check boxes are stored in the bean as a Boolean
3. Database field is a String (1 character) and stored as “Y” or “N”

Use Hibernate’s type="yes_no" for the property to convert the Boolean value to a String and back again.

Quote of the Day

Dang!!!

Managers are people who do things right, while leaders are people who do the right thing. ~ Warren Bennis

Scmbug | freshmeat.net

Scmbug | freshmeat.net

Interesting project here. I searched for integration with TeamTrack and found one e-mail string. Doesn't surprise me...because Serena just typically has poor tools and people typically don't want to provide extra support for them . Scmbug looks cool.

- How about Hudson's support for Version Manger?

- Ant's support for Version Manager (aka PVCS)?

MyEclipse JavaDoc Editor

Does MyEclipse have a JavaDoc editor similar to NetBeans?  I don’t want to have to remember the available JavaDoc tags, but I want it to be easy to create the comments.

I see that MyEclipse has a JavaDoc view which allows you to see what the JavaDoc will look like after it is generated. 

Comparison of issue tracking systems on Wikipedia

Comparison of issue tracking systems - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Not a lot of pretty Java based bug tracking systems out there. Several are proprietary or "free for non-commercial use". I've heard about JIRA, but in most environments I work in (work/home) I want to use an open source issue tracking system.

So Bugzilla and Mantis are there. I've used Mantis lately due to it's easy setup on a Windows machine. Not too sure I want to dig into Bugzilla yet since there are several steps including ActivePerl setup. Looks kind of crazy and I'm suppose to be getting a new laptop in Q1. :)

Google Chrome Extensions: Blog This! (by Google)

Google Chrome Extensions: Blog This! (by Google):

Nice extension. Works nice with one Install caveat:

"At first, could not install with '4.0.249.43'. Receive error: 'could not move extension directory into profile'. Then goto Wrench->Options->Under the Hood->Downloads and check ON 'Ask where...'. Everything worked then."

Test from ScribeFire

Just want to see if this works from the new ScribeFire plugin I installed in Firefox 3.5.6.

Flush DNS

On a Windows machine (I’m on Windows XP) run the following to flush your DNS cache:

ipconfig /flushdns

Nice to know. At one time I thought you could stop/start a couple of Windows services, but that just causes headaches. :)

Upgrade NetBeans from 6.7.1 to 6.8

 

1. Step 1 - What I’m installing
   1. Basic Java stuff with Sun Glassfish Enterprise Server
      1. not Java ME
      2. not Groovy
      3. not Tomcat (I’ve got other installations on my machine)
         
2. Step 2 – Accept terms
3. Step 3 – Installation Location
   1. I’ve selected C:\DevelopmentTools\NetBeans 6.8 for my install folder
   2. Selected JDK 1.6
      
4. Step 4 – Install Glassfish
   1. Install to C:\DevelopmentTools\glassfish-v3
      
5. Summary
   
6. Press Install and wait for the install.
7. Once complete, I started NetBeans 6.8 from my desktop and imported my settings from 6.7 when prompted.