Rainmeter and HUD.Vision weather plugin update

for those having problems getting their weather plugin working, here's an update to the weather.ini file:

you can change the XOAP in the URL for XML

Example:
From this:

CODE: SELECT ALL

Url=http://xoap.weather.com/weather/local/#dest#?cc=*&unit=#SCALE#&dayf=10

to this

CODE: SELECT ALL

Url=http://xml.weather.com/weather/local/#dest#?cc=*&unit=#SCALE#&dayf=10

source: http://www.rainmeter.net/forum/viewtopic.php?f=4&t=622#p4214

robust architecture pointers

From our point of view, there are three fundamental characteristics of design you need to remember every day to build flexible architectures: understandable, loosely coupled and free of redundance. There are many well-known design principles that helps you to build such systems. Keep them in mind, build loosely coupled components, think about good APIs between them - and you are on the right track to build flexible applications and flexible architectures.

my first python app in GAE

check this out!

it's so easy it's just like stealing candy from a baby :p

to agile or not to agile

for those folks who are zealous about adopting/advocating agile/XP in their workplace, just a couple of reminders here.

Java - the new language to run on top of GAE

ever wanted to deploy a webapp written in Java but can't find any reliable and cheap hosting companies?

today, i saw the clouds parted and rays of light shine down on earth!!!

well, not exactly :p Java geeks can now deploy Java applications on top of the "Cloud" aka Google App Engine baby!



here's the announcement of GAE's blog:
http://googleappengine.blogspot.com/2009/04/seriously-this-time-new-language-on-app.html

maven and selenium in linux

i'm currently coding selenium scripts for automating our tests for a portal application.

here are the pom.xml customizations for using selenium server and client

   4.0.0
   com.spongeduke.tws.portal.webtests
   com.spongeduke.tws.portal.webtests
   jar
   1.0-SNAPSHOT
   com.spongeduke.tws.portal.webtests
   http://maven.apache.org

   
       1.0-beta-1
       2.5.6
       4.4
   


   

       
           org.openqa.selenium.client-drivers
           selenium-java-client-driver
           ${selenium.version}
           test
       
       
           org.springframework
           spring
           ${spring.version}
           test
       
       
           junit
           junit
           ${junit.version}
           test
       

   

   
       

           
               maven-compiler-plugin
               
                   1.5
                   1.5
               
           

           
               org.codehaus.mojo
               selenium-maven-plugin
               
                   
                   
                       xvfb
                       pre-integration-test
                       
                           xvfb
                       
                       
                           :1
                       
                   

                   
                       pre-integration-test
                       
                           start-server
                       
                       
                           4447
                           true
                       
                   
               
           

           
               org.apache.maven.plugins
               maven-surefire-plugin
               
                   
                   true
               
               
                   
                       integration-test
                       
                           test
                       
                       
                           false
                       
                   
               
           

       
   

   
       
           openqa-releases
           Openqa Release Repository
           http://nexus.openqa.org/content/repositories/releases
           default
           
               false
           
           
               true
           
       
       
           openqa-snapshots
           Openqa Snapshot Repository
           http://nexus.openqa.org/content/repositories/snapshots
           default
           
               true
               daily
               ignore
           
           
               false
           
       
   

and here's the sample unit test:

/**
 * spongeduke (c) 2009
 */
package com.spongeduke.tws.portal.webtests;

import com.thoughtworks.selenium.DefaultSelenium;
import com.thoughtworks.selenium.SeleneseTestCase;
import com.thoughtworks.selenium.Selenium;

/**
 * Sample Selenium Test
 * 
 * @author ctract2
 */
public class SampleSeleniumTest extends SeleneseTestCase {

    private Selenium selenium;

    public void setUp() {
        selenium = new DefaultSelenium("localhost", 4447, "*firefox", "http://localhost:8080");
        selenium.start();
    }

    public void testShouldShowWelcomePage() throws InterruptedException {
        selenium.open("/portal");
        selenium.waitForPageToLoad("5000");
        verifyEquals("spongeduke DevPortal", selenium.getTitle());
        verifyTrue(selenium.isTextPresent("spongeduke"));
    }

    public void tearDown() {
        selenium.stop();
    }

}

two ways of running the test:

1. using maven
$ mvn integration-test

2. using JUnit Runner in eclipse:
a. start Selenium Server: java -jar selenium-server.jar -port 4447
b. run Selenium Unit Test in eclipse using JUnit Runner

required selenium distribution: selenium-remote-control-1.0-beta-2-dist.zip
and can be downloaded from http://seleniumhq.org/download/

that's all folks!

export command not found

if the command export is not installed in your linux machine, try this:

1. edit .personal file

2. edit and add the following at the end of the file

setenv M2_HOME /usr/share/apache-maven-2.1.0

alias mvn '$M2_HOME/bin/mvn'

3. save the file and launch a new terminal session