A pretty handy programming FAQ distilled from posts on programming.reddit.com.
http://www.reddit.com/help/faqs/programmingIt's been a long time since I had to build GUI applications for desktop users. Recently, the subject of desktop applications has come back at work with some questions about 4GL tools for rapid application development.
I think I've found a better path: Python + wxPython + py2exe + Nullsoft Scriptable Install System I can build wxPython applications on my Linux box, create Windows executables with py2exe and provide a nice installer with NSIS. This allows me to be productive in a powerful language I love and not make any unreasonable demands of my non-technical user base. The relevant links are: http://www.py2exe.org/ http://nsis.sourceforge.net/Main_Page http://hmne.sourceforge.net/Comments [0]
A useful how-to on using Git as a centralized repository.
http://toroid.org/ams/git-central-repo-howto This a model we'll likely follow this summer at work to migrate from the current centralized version control system over to DVCS. I think we'll still follow our current model of using feature branches to develop/refactor code while keeping the trunk consistent with the current production codebase. However, using these feature branches will become much less expensive and easier with Git. I've been using Mercurial to do the same types of tasks for almost a year and been totally happy with it.Comments [0]
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