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Running VirtualBox in Headless Mode 2 years ago

At work I have ReviewBoard running on VirtualBox on one of my development machines.  This has been working great but every once in awhile I accidentally close the VirtualBox console because it’s sitting in my taskbar: I remember reading about a ‘headless’ mode in the VirtualBox …
keywords code, documentation, running, taskbar, virtualbox

VirtualBox Virtual Directories Explained (screencast) 2 years ago

For More Information on Shared Folders (Virtual Directories): VirtualBox documentation on Shared Folders Alternate method of sharing folders Ubuntu docs on shared folders
keywords code, docs, documentation, folders, virtual directories, virtualbox

ColdFusion 9 on VirtualBox 2 years ago

I’ve finally posted my instructions for getting ColdFusion 9 up and running on VirtualBox!  It took me a few times to work through the process and get everything working (and documented) and at one point I forgot the password on the VM image and had to start over again.  …
keywords code, coldfusion, running, virtualbox, wiki

Book Review: Oracle SQL Developer 2.1 2 years ago

I’ve been using Oracle SQL Developer I think since the very first initial betas.  I could never stand the TOAD interface and the few bugs I encountered with SQL Developer were never bothersome enough to stop using the tool. Over the years SQL Developer has matured very nicely and now is …
keywords betas, bugs, code, interface, oracle, oracle sql, reviews, toad, using oracle

CFEclipse 1.3.5 Released – Now with Code Formatting 2 years ago

One of the things I’m most excited about in the latest CFEclipse 1.3.5 release is the new code formatting feature. At work we have a LOT of spaghetti code…  weird indenting, mixed case tags, etc.  With the new code formatter in CFEclipse getting this cleaned up is a matter of a few …
keywords cfeclipse, code, formatting, keystrokes, lot, spaghetti code

Fusebox Fuseactions In Eclipse Outline View 2 years ago

I’m working on an older project written in Fusebox (I’m so happy to be working on something using a framework for a change!) and was struggling to weed through the circuit files. I’m using CFEclipse and editing the XML files using Aptana’s XML editor. My first thought was …
keywords cfeclipse, code, eclipse, first thought, fusebox, outline view, xml, xml editor, xml files

Breaking Bad Habits – Stop Using The Mouse! 2 years ago

Lately I’ve been really trying to avoid using the mouse while coding.  You may not realize it but it’s a huge distraction to: Stop typing Find your mouse Find your cursor Hunt for the icon you need Click the icon Release mouse Resume typing That is a lot of work! And you probably do …
keywords automation, code, distraction, eclipse, resume

Quix – A Super Bookmarklet 2 years ago

I’ve been tinkering around with Quix, a ’super’ bookmarklet that can easily replace several Firefox addins and overall reduce your dependency on your mouse. Installing Quix is a simple matter of visiting the Quix site and dragging the bookmarklet to your toolbar. Since I …
keywords automation, bookmarklet, code, tools

Getting Filename with AutoHotkey 2 years ago

So in my previous post (Authotkey and Eclipse Autocomplete) I was trying to replace a snippet with an AutoHotkey script.  One thing I was lacking was automatically inserting the file name which you can easily do in a snippet by inserting $${CURRENTFILE} into your snippet. Doing this in AutoHotkey …
keywords autohotkey, code, snippet

Authotkey and Eclipse Autocomplete 2 years ago

Yesterday I was trying to write up a quick AutoHotkey script to quickly dump in a Fusedoc snippet into my files. I was tearing my hair out (I don’t have much left!) because I kept getting extraneous characters printing out after the script ran.  After quite a bit of trial and error it …
keywords autocomplete, autohotkey, code, eclipse, snippet, trial and error

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