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noreply@blogger.com (Jose) — Mon, 22 Feb 2010 21:04:00 +0000

Emulators

There will be another UI element in DevRiot command set. A combo box that will allow the user which emulators are available to use given the current project. If a project is a smartphone one, then only smartphone SDK emulators will populate the combo box.

noreply@blogger.com (Jose) — Wed, 10 Feb 2010 17:39:00 +0000

Moving to VS 2008

Adding support to the different devices that exist in the Compact and Micro Frameworks is forcing us to move development to VS 2008 from VS 2005 it seems a doable task in a short period of time :-}

noreply@blogger.com (Jose) — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 21:01:00 +0000

Starting on .Net Compact and Micro Frameworks!

This afternoon we started the wiring of DevRiot to the .Net Compact and Micro Framework emulators.

Some considerations:

The execution speed will not be as good as DevRiot is on the Desktop Framework. Those are resource constrained frameworks.
There will be an smaller amount of threads available to the Load & Stress Engine.
The maximum number of tests will not be affected.

noreply@blogger.com (Jose) — Wed, 03 Feb 2010 22:30:00 +0000

Available!

We are happy to announce that DevRiot for Visual Studio 200X(Beta) is available for downloading at:

http://efekctive.com/beta_public/

The documentation can be found at:

http://efekctive.com/docs/

Don't forget you will need a working email address, a working internet connection, and a SQL Server instance available to install and use DevRiot (the email address is required during setup only)

We hope you find it useful and worth the time to try it! If you have any questions please contact us at this address: beta at efekctive dot com.

noreply@blogger.com (Jose) — Mon, 01 Feb 2010 18:57:00 +0000

Just waiting...

Everything is just waiting for a final delivery hurdle to clear and the beta will be available....

noreply@blogger.com (Jose) — Sun, 24 Jan 2010 17:56:00 +0000

Moving!!

We will move the twitterfeed account from my personal twitter account to http://twitter.com/efeKctive in the next couple of days. Thanks!

noreply@blogger.com (Jose) — Sat, 23 Jan 2010 22:30:00 +0000

Almost there...

The obfuscator has been selected. Building + obfuscating + packaging + installing + monkey testing. In short, making sure it works before actually buying it...

noreply@blogger.com (Jose) — Sun, 17 Jan 2010 21:42:00 +0000

Advice

We are evaluating .Net Obfuscation products. Any input is welcome here or @: beta At efeKctive dot com.

Thanks a lot in advance!

noreply@blogger.com (Jose) — Wed, 13 Jan 2010 16:56:00 +0000

Documented

The documentation is "done". It needs editing to polish my written "spanglish". The setup needs changing to avoid a random identification failure while installing a final round of "monkey testing" and beta should be ready to go!

noreply@blogger.com (Jose) — Mon, 11 Jan 2010 23:17:00 +0000

Wiking!!

For the last few days we have been putting together a simple documentation for this beta. It can be found at: http://www dot efekctive dot com/docs.

noreply@blogger.com (Jose) — Tue, 05 Jan 2010 22:17:00 +0000

Mild and off-target...

After a harmless hack attempt at the wrong site, it was suggested by my isp to harden the site logic. We did so it is robust enough to avoid the easy gotchas, we believe.

Now off to put a little documentation together with the previous images and posts and it should be ready for the public to break...

noreply@blogger.com (Jose) — Mon, 04 Jan 2010 00:30:00 +0000

Deployment is steady...

Well deployment of the engine is steady, as well as registering and unregistering. A few runs of these three together and some poking around the engine to make sure one last time and it should be ready to be downloaded! Happy new year!!

noreply@blogger.com (Jose) — Mon, 28 Dec 2009 21:17:00 +0000

Registration is there...

The first part of deployment is ready, or almost ready. Tomorrow we will start on deployment of the engine itself. Happy Holidays!

noreply@blogger.com (Jose) — Sun, 13 Dec 2009 21:35:00 +0000

Shallow waters

Finally we packaged a shallow/dummy version of DevRiot for .Net. The goal is to make sure the installers work correctly and package the resources needed by the tool to work. No functionality yet.

We are working on the full deployment logic.

They can be found here

Feel free to try it and let us know what you think at beta [at] efeKctive dot com

noreply@blogger.com (Jose) — Mon, 07 Dec 2009 02:53:00 +0000

Done.

The generics engine, and the engine in general, is stable enough for somebody else to break it. The install/deploy phase begins. A video with the full shebang of features will come in a few...

noreply@blogger.com (Jose) — Wed, 02 Dec 2009 18:48:00 +0000

One Bug Down...

DevRiot's generics compiler has a couple of bugs that make it behave different from .Net's standard behavior. One is already down. The other should come down soon and deployment start...

noreply@blogger.com (Jose) — Mon, 30 Nov 2009 14:20:00 +0000

Random thoughts

The GUI acts now as it should be (more stable). Just a couple of scenarios/bugs in the GG engine and the deployment phase should start in earnest.

The federal catch 22: labour market is in the doldrums. Stimulus vs. outsourcing? Spend more tax payer money that could be sent overseas in 2/3 years? Black Friday purchases shrunk almost 10% in compared to 2008. Not a seat for the faint of heart.

noreply@blogger.com (Jose) — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 21:03:00 +0000

FormMinder!

Some messy code on our behalf renders DevRiot's GUI unusable. And it looks random so far. Working on it...

noreply@blogger.com (Jose) — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 14:03:00 +0000

Growing times...

These seem to be trying and growing times everywhere. Apparently soccer seems to have a recurring miracle: goals by hand in world cup related matches.

At least American football is willing to try things to make it fairer and more attractive to the public.

Remember when Brady was sacked by the Raiders? The head referee interpreted the rules in such a way that only him and his dog understand. Two years later that rule was modified to avoid another snow-gate.

They use play review in an official fashion.

But "soccer is different". Snake oil.

The same way FIFA changed the rules to make it more attacking minded when soccer's market share was shrinking against other major sports, this time FIFA should be more proactive.

noreply@blogger.com (Jose) — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 16:48:00 +0000

Parlez vous francais?

The average workweek is below 35 hours. The total hours worked are shrinking.

Big companies are announcing more layoffs. Small companies' hiring, the traditional driver of

employment, is MIA.

Fed officials will keep rates near zero because "the job prospects are grim".

Banks are not lending, consumers are up to their necks in debt and reducing their debt levels.

So this is a "rally" where companies are selling to uncle sam?

noreply@blogger.com (Jose) — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 20:23:00 +0000

Short bits...

Holiday season hiring blows. White House economic advisors warn that job market will be horrible for the next 18 months at least. Chicago manufacturing fell in September. JP Morgan warns of significant credit cards losses next year.

And the "rally" is to survive?

noreply@blogger.com (Jose) — Thu, 22 Oct 2009 10:40:00 +0000

Generics Generator getting a life...

We have hit a can of worms, actually a couple of weeks back, that made the automatic recompilation of tests algorithm working for generic types only or non-generic types only. Obviously this was not acceptable.

This algorithm was rewritten and it looks cleaner and working...

noreply@blogger.com (Jose) — Mon, 05 Oct 2009 17:49:00 +0000

Laggard, laggard!!

I am curious about the following: the latest employment numbers in US are horrible. But it is a lagging indicator.

So why not talk about the other indicator that was reported around the same time: factory orders. This is a forward indicator, or at least it's not a lagging indicator.

It came below consensus, in a quarter when people are coming back from summer, classes begin, and Christmas inventories should start to build up.

HSBC moved its headquarters to Hong Kong.

Le's continue talking about the lagging indicator...

noreply@blogger.com (Jose) — Sat, 26 Sep 2009 15:59:00 +0000

Crawling back to deployment

The recompilation process has hit a couple of obstacles while dealing with generic methods but we are working on them. But we have found a clean, simple way of deployment that is worthwhile trying...

noreply@blogger.com (Jose) — Tue, 22 Sep 2009 23:29:00 +0000

Glad to be back!

After a short trip where I broke the only surfboard I had on the first session and was chased out of the line-up by a shark on the third day finding the last changes made to the engine were less than ideal is a piece of cake.

The trouble is already spotted, thoroughly examined, and almost fixed. The deployment logic will have to wait a tiny bit.

It is nice to see how big companies, and big research institutions continue using "Quality Advantage" on a regular basis.