June 25, 2008

Shell Scripting - List all the variables that starts with a particular pattern

Ofcourse `env | grep "pattern"` would work if the variables are exported. But you will have to run 2 commands in pipe and export the variable. Simpler and smarter way to do it? ! and * for the rescue. $>var1="asterix"... 

June 18, 2008

Shell Scripting - Trick2 (2 special shell variables)

Bash has many inbuilt variables most of which are well known. But there are few, which many are not aware of. These turn out to be very handy when you are scripting. $_ : $_ will hold the value of... 

June 9, 2008

Shell Scripting - Trick1(Generating all combinations of 2 sets of characters)

Thought I will start sharing a few bash scripting tips and tricks I learnt and use in my day to day life. Here is my first one... $> echo {a,b}:{1,4} a:1 a:4 b:1 b:4 $> echo {asterix,obelix}\ {911,143} asterix 911... 

December 20, 2007

TestGen4Web Tutorial Series - Using simple conditions

"Using Simple Conditions with TestGen4Web" Prompted by a post on the forums, here comes the 2nd video tutorial demonstrating creating a "simple condition" with testen4web. There was one other video tutorial before this. Find all the links here: http://developer.spikesource.com/wiki/index.php/Projects:TestGen4WebDocs#Tutorials... 

New Video Tutorial Series - Using csv files to load data with TestGen4Web

First a little introduction for those who don't know what TestGen4Web is: TestGen4Web is a 2 part tool. 1. A firefox extension where you can capture your navigation on the webpage and play it back. 2. A Unit Test generator... 

December 19, 2007

SpikeWAMP works on Windows Server 2008 RC0

I tried SpikeWAMP today on a virtual image (VMWare) of Windows Server 2008 RC0 and it worked fine. Windows Server 2008 RC1 (which is the latest one out there) seems to have some problem with Cygwin. The stack installation got... 

Continue reading "SpikeWAMP works on Windows Server 2008 RC0" »

December 18, 2007

SpikeWAMP: Issues with Vista? Here's a solution

If you are using Vista and having problems with the SpikeWAMP stack we released recently, you should be able to fix the problem manually.... 

Continue reading "SpikeWAMP: Issues with Vista? Here's a solution" »

December 12, 2007

Released a free WAMP stack

We released a new free WAMP stack today on our developer site. SpikeWAMP, as we call it, is a free stack containing Apache HTTPD, MySQL, and PHP among other components. It works on several flavors of Windows including XP, Vista... 

Continue reading "Released a free WAMP stack" »

December 3, 2007

Read this before you pitch in!

1. The problems are stated below as distinct entries in random order. 2. More than one problem can be attempted. Each problem carries a reward. 3. Only the submissions that are done within the deadline (i.e. End of FOSS) will... 

VFS for Firefox

Implement a Virtual File System (VFS) for offline storage in firefox. The VFS should be capable of efficiently managing the contents (web pages, etc) fetched from the web server or simply mirror the web server's file system. And this VFS... 

Cross platform Log Manager

Develop a cross platform Log manager that can a. Collect and parse logs b. Filter on time and/or priority c. Alert high priority events (like send a mail) d. Rotate logs... 

WYSIWYG Editor for MediaWiki

TinyMCE is an editor for generating HTML files. Extend this editor for generating Mediawiki syntax. [Beware of hacks on the net!]... 

November 5, 2007

[citation] Linus Torvalds on Open Source: 'A Much Better Way to Do Things'

"Linux really wouldn't have gone anywhere interesting at all if it hadn't been released as an open source product. I also think that the change to the GPLv2 from my original 'no money' license was important, because the commercial interests... 

October 22, 2007

Announcing JSBlend 0.8.2

A new version of JSBlend is now released. The most important enhancement in this release is the support for editing both the files. I hope that this brings the tool even closer to a general-purpose diff editor. I have also... 

October 4, 2007

Java Consumer JRE - two chances to make a first impression

There were several announcements this week about the Consumer JRE, essentially a developer release as a preview for a lighter, faster Java for non-developers to use in their browser. However it couldn't be further from a consumer release if you...