Technical Happenings

GIT – Version Control

I am currently looking into GIT, I have previously used CVS and our current repository of choice is Subversion.  view a Comparison against Subversion.

Git is…

Git is an open source, distributed version control system designed to handle everything from small to very large projects with speed and efficiency.

Every Git clone is a full-fledged repository with complete history and full revision tracking capabilities, not dependent on network access or a central server. Branching and merging are fast and easy to do.

Its highlights include:

• Distributed development.
• Strong support for non-linear development.
• Efficient handling of large projects.
• Cryptographic authentication of history.
• Toolkit design.

Deploy Java EE to Amazon EC2

Cloud Tools is a set of tools for deploying, managing and testing Java EE applications on Amazon’s Elastic Computing Cloud (EC2). There are three main parts to Cloud Tools

• Amazon Machine Images (AMIs) that are configured to run Tomcat and work with EC2Deploy.
• EC2Deploy – the core framework. This framework manages EC2 instances, configures MySQL, Tomcat, Terracotta and Apache and deploys the application.
• Maven and Grails plugins that use EC2Deploy to deploy an application to EC2

Qu-s desktop notes

Qu-s is a simple desktop organistation tool which allows you to keeps what you need at your finger tips but out of your way!

It has some great features usually reserved for word processing applications which allow you to bring better  bring organization to your ideas and your notes.

Features include:

• bullet, check boxes and numbered lists.
• File and internet links with previews.
• A built in browser with capability of zooming web pages.
• An automated system for storing and clearing completed tasks.
• Multiple ways of organizing and displaying information.
• Export content to use with other applications.

I use Qu-s as a Getting Things Done (GTD) tool, as i find it allows me to better organise my tasks than some of the tailored packages you can buy in this area, such as Things.