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The Poignant Guide to Ruby
I love wacky things (not sure if I love wacky people, but that’s another problem). I love programming. Oh, and I love books, too. Put the three together and you get: “I love wacky books about programming”. It’s true! I … Continue reading
Back from AgileOpen France 2008
I just returned from AgileOpen France, an Open Space Technology conference organized by Bernard Notarianni, Raphaël Pierquin and Emmanuel Gaillot, in the footsteps of AgileOpen Europe. All in all, it has been a good conference.
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AgileOpen France is the day after tomorrow
The AgileOpen France conference is opening this Wednesday for 3 days, and I am going with my colleagues Etienne and Yannick.
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What builds are set up on my Continuous Integration tool
On projects that I see, most are using a Continuous Integration tool. Many, however, still do not use those tools to their fullest. Here is what I typically set up on projects that I have control on.
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Skipping tests with Maven
The Maven Surefire page explains that -DskipTests and -Dmaven.test.skip=true can both be used to avoid running tests. If you use an old-ish version of Surefire (pre-2.4) or even if you use the latest version (2.4.2 as of February 21th, 2008), … Continue reading
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Paris JUG is alive!
I was there! Last Tuesday, I witnessed the first meeting of the first Paris Java User Group. At long last, more than 10 years after the creation of the first JUGs, after the creation of dozens of JUGs at our … Continue reading
CITCON 2008: Register to Denver and Melbourne
CITCON, the conference on Continuous Integration & Testing, is coming to Denver, April 4 & 5. Seats are limited (but free!) and registration has been going briskly (probably the fastest of all CITCON events). Register now!
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Hudson in French
I have finally been able to make some progress towards translating Hudson in French. The latest version (1.181) will now display automatically in French if your web browser is appropriately configured.
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How to handle bugs in the Sprint Backlog
During the Scrum trainings I give at Valtech Training, I often get asked how the bugs should be estimated. Sometimes, the question is about various architecture tasks or GUI updates.
Join the presenters at Agile 2008
Things are starting to take shape for Agile 2008. Submissions are starting to come in. We are at 10 for the Breaking Acts stage, which is pretty good at this point. Considering that the deadline is February 25th, now is … Continue reading
2007: a mini personal retrospective
Wow, what a year.
BarCampParis15: video!
01Net, a French magazine, has just released a video they made on the BarCamp last Saturday (in French). You can see me a couple of time, though not hear me.
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Paris on Rails
With my colleagues Jean-Christophe, Yannick, Julien, and Etienne, we attended the Paris on Rails conference yesterday, the only conference related to Ruby and Rails in France.
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BarCampParis15: Tools 2.0
I have long wanted to attend a BarCamp but it’s not easy to get yourself to attend a conference on a Saturday after a whole week of work. I was also turned off by an impression that the crowd was … Continue reading
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Using Hudson as a Continuous Integration tool for Python
On a project I’m involved in, we are programming both in Java and Python. The Java part has been written TDD-style, with Hudson as the CI tool from the beginning. I’ve tried to promote unit testing and CI for the … Continue reading
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