I don’t code in C# very frequently, but every once in a while you need to hack something together for a small windows program… The site Java2cs has a nice, fairly usable reference for those of us used to the Java nomenclature and such. Every example includes a complete source file, which can be quite… Continue reading Java 2 CS
Month: October 2007
SQL Server Management Studio
Ah… SQL Server. How I loathe thee. For example, here are all the annoying things that I have to remember. You specify a port number with a comma, not the standard colon: dbserver,1434 char fields return with padded spaces… I imagine I’ll add to this list as I find other things.
JBoss Web Services Console
I found it rather hard to find this thanks to the generic words “web” “services” and “console”, but JBoss has a handy little console for their web services (if you use their implementation). It is available when JBoss is running at — http://{server-name}/jbossws — and can tell you what services are available, how many times… Continue reading JBoss Web Services Console
SVN Backup and Restore
Here’s a quick note to remember how to back up Subversion repositories properly… simply doing a copy of the svnrepos file system folder structure does not exactly work. Here’s how I backup my repository svnadmin dump /data/svnrepos > 2007.10.05-svnrepos.dump gzip -9 2007.10.05-svnrepos.dump Here’s the online docs for backup and for migration that explain svnadmin dump… Continue reading SVN Backup and Restore
WinDirStat
Need to figure out what is taking up so much space on your hard drive? Try WinDirStat (Windows). Pretty pictures…
Personal VPN
I use Hamachi to connect to my computers around various firewalls… and there are plenty of places describing how to set up hamachi as a windows service… I have heard good things about OpenVPN, though I haven’t used it myself. If you do use hamachi and want to move files around, you should get proficient… Continue reading Personal VPN