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Comment on Hosted Issue Tracker Prices by Kevinsamuel

Kevinsamuel — Wed, 30 May 2012 19:32:17 +0000

Hey Andy, That's a pretty good list of issue tracker tools. You can also add HappyFox to your list. Its intuitive user interface and powerful automation features have helped us track our issues more efficiently. The monthly pricing plan also makes it an affordable tool.

Comment on Considering Visual Diff/Merge Tools by Andy

Andy — Tue, 21 Jul 2009 23:52:38 +0000

I went with yet another choice – Deltawalker from http://www.deltopia.com/ because they had a 50% off promo at WWDC and put flyers out on all the wired tables. Normal price is $76 for the Personal version with 3-way merge. I really liked the clean look even though it’s a Java tool.

Comment on Attaching Validators by JasonSchluter

JasonSchluter — Thu, 04 Jun 2009 14:33:11 +0000

Hey Nameexcapesmeatthemomentsorry,

Saw your blog mentioned while at the SDDN online chat. What’s your email?

Silverlight guy,

Jason Schluter

Comment on Yes, REALbasic strings can be nil (or behave like they are) by charles

charles — Thu, 14 May 2009 16:32:26 +0000

On the contrary — you can also pass foo = “” directly and still see that foo is nil. v is auto-converted to the non-nil String “” when passed to TestString.

Comment on Flying one wing low by Andy

Andy — Wed, 29 Apr 2009 13:54:45 +0000

After a scary (lump in the arm) ultrasound result and MRI to investigate further, I have a nice medical bill and the information that despite the presence of an “atavistic muscle” – an anconeus epitrochlearis which is
present in 11% of people, according to this excerpt:

http://tinyurl.com/d8orcv

and treatment is partial or total excision of the muscle according to
this one

http://tinyurl.com/ccc9as

the neurologist said he recommends against surgery, just 4 months of bend the arm as little as possible

Comment on Platform-specific web plugin? Oh My! by Andy

Andy — Thu, 09 Apr 2009 19:48:35 +0000

Fair point about the requirements. I guess I was all “oooh ooh’ bouncing up and down with excitement (I sit on a Swiss ball) until I realised that the web deployment was so limited.

Comment on Platform-specific web plugin? Oh My! by kirkgray

kirkgray — Thu, 09 Apr 2009 19:41:23 +0000

I don’t know how many times I’ve visited sites investigating some software, where they NEVER mention that it is Windows Only. You only find out when you buy/download it.

In GameSalad’s defense, all the screen shots are obviously taken from OS X. And the system requirements are right there on their home page.

Comment on Seeking Virtue Through Test Quantity by Andy

Andy — Tue, 24 Mar 2009 02:37:57 +0000

I didn't bother with rbUnit until Introspection was added to RB. I'm using v3 as much as possible, adding tests for new features at Inforge and it has been very helpful pulling out small bits of the architecture for rbrw. It depends where your logic resides - I tend to have lots of helper classes and move things out of windows, so I have pieces that are easily testable.

Comment on Seeking Virtue Through Test Quantity by charles

charles — Tue, 24 Mar 2009 01:22:27 +0000

I went to have a look at the discussion, and I found this response reflected my experience with unit testing and REALbasic.

Comment on Hosted Issue Tracker Prices by thedanielmay

thedanielmay — Sun, 22 Mar 2009 23:56:28 +0000

Hi Andy,

Our team used an externally hosted Sharepoint service, and built customised issue (and other) tracking lists with it. It’s good because you have the flexibility of customisation, but it is a *platform* so requires someone with a bit of experience. Also good to be able to set up user accounts and expand it for various usage.

Have also looked at more “quick and dirty” solutions like combination Google Sites, Google Docs tor replicate list and other tracking, wikis, etc. Would have just gone for lists in Google Sites except for the limited list capability/customisation.

Best,
Daniel