Archive for July, 2007

Managing the Java compiler settings in Eclipse

Monday, July 30th, 2007

Recently I had to create a new workspace for my Eclipse. I like using multiple workspaces, it helps me to split the work into
different domains (one workspace for the current trunk, one for maintaining the previous release, one for the internal
tools - basically one workspace for each complex project). After creating the new workspace I [...]

Measuring The Web Page Performance with YSlow

Wednesday, July 25th, 2007

Preface
There is a number of tools (and a growing number!) that allow you to measure the performance of your Web applications. Performance can be defined in various domains: the technical (i.e. network) side, the performance of the client displaying your pages, the effectiveness of your site layout etc. In general it is called “Web Analytics”.
I [...]

Backing up MacBook With RSync

Monday, July 23rd, 2007

Once I have bought a MacBook and accumulated certain amount of information, I have realized that it may be a good idea to organize the backups. Not all the modern hard disks are as reliable as they used to be And burning the DVDs is not a good idea, they are too small.

So, I [...]

Exploring System Internals with lsof and strace

Friday, July 20th, 2007

This article describes various approaches to looking at the processes in you UNIX environment. Unlike other operating systems, most of the UNIX systems allow you to get a lot of information about the state of the system, processes, I/O, networking etc.

Why and when do you need it? There may be endless list of situations that [...]