My Ramblings

Changing default Google App Engine port from 8080

Vivek — Thu, 03 Sep 2009 05:34:09 +0000

For those who have installed Tomcat or any other server which runs on 8080, starting GAE server will give some error like this
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Sep 3, 2009 5:25:18 AM com.google.apphosting.utils.jetty.JettyLogger warn
WARNING: failed SelectChannelConnector@127.0.0.1:8080
java.net.BindException: Address already in use: bind
at sun.nio.ch.Net.bind(Native Method)
at sun.nio.ch.ServerSocketChannelImpl.bind(ServerSocketChannelImpl.java:119)
at sun.nio.ch.ServerSocketAdaptor.bind(ServerSocketAdaptor.java:59)
at org.mortbay.jetty.nio.SelectChannelConnector.open(SelectChannelConnector.java:211)
at org.mortbay.jetty.nio.SelectChannelConnector.doStart(SelectChannelConnector.java:309)
at org.mortbay.component.AbstractLifeCycle.start(AbstractLifeCycle.java:40)
at org.mortbay.jetty.Server.doStart(Server.java:228)
at org.mortbay.component.AbstractLifeCycle.start(AbstractLifeCycle.java:40)
at com.google.appengine.tools.development.JettyContainerService.startContainer(JettyContainerService.java:152)
at com.google.appengine.tools.development.AbstractContainerService.startup(AbstractContainerService.java:116)
at com.google.appengine.tools.development.DevAppServerImpl.start(DevAppServerImpl.java:218)
at com.google.appengine.tools.development.DevAppServerMain$StartAction.apply(DevAppServerMain.java:162)
at com.google.appengine.tools.util.Parser$ParseResult.applyArgs(Parser.java:48)
at com.google.appengine.tools.development.DevAppServerMain.(DevAppServerMain.java:113)
at com.google.appengine.tools.development.DevAppServerMain.main(DevAppServerMain.java:89)
Sep 3, 2009 5:25:18 AM com.google.apphosting.utils.jetty.JettyLogger warn
WARNING: failed Server@1a7ddcf
java.net.BindException: Address already in use: bind
at sun.nio.ch.Net.bind(Native Method)
at sun.nio.ch.ServerSocketChannelImpl.bind(ServerSocketChannelImpl.java:119)
at sun.nio.ch.ServerSocketAdaptor.bind(ServerSocketAdaptor.java:59)
at org.mortbay.jetty.nio.SelectChannelConnector.open(SelectChannelConnector.java:211)
at org.mortbay.jetty.nio.SelectChannelConnector.doStart(SelectChannelConnector.java:309)
at org.mortbay.component.AbstractLifeCycle.start(AbstractLifeCycle.java:40)
at org.mortbay.jetty.Server.doStart(Server.java:228)
at org.mortbay.component.AbstractLifeCycle.start(AbstractLifeCycle.java:40)
at com.google.appengine.tools.development.JettyContainerService.startContainer(JettyContainerService.java:152)
at com.google.appengine.tools.development.AbstractContainerService.startup(AbstractContainerService.java:116)
at com.google.appengine.tools.development.DevAppServerImpl.start(DevAppServerImpl.java:218)
at com.google.appengine.tools.development.DevAppServerMain$StartAction.apply(DevAppServerMain.java:162)
at com.google.appengine.tools.util.Parser$ParseResult.applyArgs(Parser.java:48)
at com.google.appengine.tools.development.DevAppServerMain.(DevAppServerMain.java:113)
at com.google.appengine.tools.development.DevAppServerMain.main(DevAppServerMain.java:89)

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Could not open the requested socket: Address already in use: bind
Try overriding –address and/or –port.
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To resolve go to %SDK_HOME%\config\user and update ant-macros.html line 23
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Foe Eclipse users this file is located in

%ECLIPSE_HOME\plugins\com.google.appengine.eclipse.sdkbundle_1.2.2.v200907291526\
appengine-java-sdk-1.2.2\config\user if using SDK 1.2.2

Purely Annotation based webservice using JAX-WS 2.1 on tomcat

Vivek — Sun, 17 May 2009 09:54:49 +0000

In this article i will be discussing how to quickly create a JAX-WS 2.1 based web service using Java Annotations and to get it deployed to tomcat. I am also adding a download link of eclipse project for the same at the bottom of the post.

These kind of web-service’s are quick to develop and deploy. This style does not necessarily need to implement an interface and also there is no need to draw up a wsdl. I would recommend this type of service’s for people who are new to web-service world and for those who want to quickly create a web-service.

To start with, i have created a simple java class which has just one public method Hello.
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package helloworld.server;

import javax.jws.WebMethod;
import javax.jws.WebService;

@WebService
public class HelloWorld {

@WebMethod
public String Hello(String name) {
return “Hello ” + name;
}

}
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HelloWorld class has been annotated with @WebService. This marks HelloWorld class as implementing a web-service. Public method HelloWorld has been annotated with @WebMethod which exposes this method as a web-service.

These annotations are processed using apt which is Annotation Processing Tool that comes bundled with Java SDK. Running apt on HelloWorld.java will generate required classes for Web-Service deployment.

Here is build.xml for project.
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This tasks uses additional targets for ivy. Ivy is used here for dependency management via downloading of artifacts from maven/java.net repository. Running resolve target will download all required jars and will place it in WebContent/WEB-INF/lib.

While running this task you may get warning about missing annotation processors. It is safe to ignore these.

[apt] warning: Annotation types without processors: [javax.xml.bind.annotation.XmlRootElement, javax.xml.bind.annotation.XmlAccessorType, javax.xml.bind.annotation.XmlType, javax.xml.bind.annotation.XmlElement]
[apt] 1 warning

For plugging in JAX-WS into this project we need to add one configuration file and update project’s build.xml. Required configuration is stored in sun-jaxws.xml.

sun-jaxws.xml
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This configuration defines a Web-Service endpoint for the implementation done earlier and also provides a url for the service.

A new listener class should be configured in web.xml for parsing sun-jaxws.xml and creating a list of valid endpoints. A JAX-WS request dispatcher is mapped to url provided for the endpoint. This is a class extending HttpServlet. Here is the complete web.xml.

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PurelyAnnotatedWebService

com.sun.xml.ws.transport.http.servlet.WSServletContextListener

JAX-WS endpoint – HelloWorld
HelloWorld
HelloWorldPort
com.sun.xml.ws.transport.http.servlet.WSServlet
1

HelloWorldPort
/hello

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This web project is deployed using Tomcat Plugin for Eclipse. Class files compiled as a part of apt are moved to WebContent/WEB-INF/classes directory. Once the project is deployed, the HelloWorld web-service can be accessed at http://localhost:8080/PurelyAnnotatedWebService/hello?wsdl.

Service Request/Response when tested using SOAPUi :

Eclipse Project Download

Please leave a comment if this was helpful to you.

Google AppEngine for Java SDK Updated

Vivek — Thu, 14 May 2009 10:20:19 +0000

Google AppEngine SDK for Java has been updated to version 1.2.1. Full post on Google AppEngine Official blog is available here. For those who have installed Google Eclipse Plugin and SDK as part of Eclipse, it should be automatically updated.

Creating Soft or Symbolic Link in Windows

Vivek — Wed, 13 May 2009 16:44:22 +0000

While working on my RMI article i tried using a windows directory having a space in its name. It was C:\My DropBox\Projects. I use DropBox to sync my projects between my work and home. As you are reading this you would have suggested changing folder name to eliminate space but DropBox does not allow me to do so. The space in classpath was creating issues while executing the command.

A quick google search landed me to Microsoft Technet Page for Junction. It is a small nifty utility from the sysinternals team to create Symbolic Links.I used to link my project directory inside Dropbox as C:\Projects and happily completed my work.

I really like to use the small utilities from sysinternals in my day to day use. I suggest downloading the full suite and adding it to path in windows. These utilities are good enough to be included as part of core Windows Distribution.

Simple Java RMI based Chat

Vivek — Tue, 12 May 2009 07:13:24 +0000

While experimenting with Java 6 RMI, i have written a small chat server/client application. This examples shows RMI push/pull in action. I am making this application available as an eclipse project which is my favourite Java IDE.

To start with we need to define Interfaces for both Client and Server side. These interfaces should extend java.rmi.Remote and each of the methods must throw java.rmi.RemoteException.

Server Side Interface:
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package com.vivek.core.rmi;

import java.rmi.Remote;
import java.rmi.RemoteException;

public interface HelloWorldServerInterface extends Remote {

/**
* Method is invoked remotely by client to register with server
*
* @param userName
* – Username with which client is registering.
* @param clientObject
* – Client Remote Object.
* @throws RemoteException
*/
public void register(String userName, HelloWorldClientInterface clientObject)
throws RemoteException;

/**
* Method is invoked remotely by client to get a list of users registered
* with server
*
* @return – Array of username’s currently registered.
* @throws RemoteException
*/
public String[] getAllUser() throws RemoteException;

/**
* @param sender
* – Username of user sending the message
* @param userName
* – Username of receiver
* @param message
* – actual message to be sent
* @throws RemoteException
*/
public void sendMessage(String sender, String userName, String message)
throws RemoteException;

}

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Client Side Interface:
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package com.vivek.core.rmi;

import java.rmi.Remote;
import java.rmi.RemoteException;

public interface HelloWorldClientInterface extends Remote {

/**
* Method is invoked remotely by server to notify client of an incoming
* message
*
* @param sender
* – username of user sending message
* @param message
* – actual message
* @throws RemoteException
*/
public void notifyMessage(String sender, String message)
throws RemoteException;

}

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Server Side Implementation:
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package com.vivek.core.rmi.server;

import java.rmi.AlreadyBoundException;
import java.rmi.RemoteException;
import java.rmi.registry.LocateRegistry;
import java.rmi.server.UnicastRemoteObject;
import java.util.Arrays;

import com.vivek.core.rmi.HelloWorldClientInterface;
import com.vivek.core.rmi.HelloWorldServerInterface;

public class HelloWorldServer implements HelloWorldServerInterface {

private UserStore userStore = new UserStore();

public UserStore getUserStore() {
return userStore;
}

public void register(String userName, HelloWorldClientInterface clientObject) {

this.getUserStore().addUser(userName, clientObject);

try {
clientObject.notifyMessage(“Server”, “Welcome ” + userName);
} catch (RemoteException e) {
e.printStackTrace();
}
}

public String[] getAllUser() throws RemoteException {
return this.getUserStore().getAllUsers();
}

public void sendMessage(String sender, String userName, String message)
throws RemoteException {
HelloWorldClientInterface client = this.getUserStore().getClientByName(
userName);
if (client != null) {
client.notifyMessage(sender, message);
}
}

/**
* @param args
*/
public static void main(String[] args) {

HelloWorldServer server = new HelloWorldServer();

try {
HelloWorldServerInterface stub = (HelloWorldServerInterface) UnicastRemoteObject
.exportObject(server, 0);
LocateRegistry.getRegistry().bind(“EchoService”, stub);

System.out.println(“Server binded object successfully”);

while (server.userStore.getAllUsers().length == 0) {
System.out.println(“No Client Registered”);
Thread.sleep(5000);
}

while (true) {
System.out.println(“Users registered : “
+ Arrays.toString(server.userStore.getAllUsers()));
Thread.sleep(15000);
}
} catch (RemoteException e) {
e.printStackTrace();
} catch (AlreadyBoundException e) {
e.printStackTrace();
} catch (InterruptedException e) {
e.printStackTrace();
}
}
}

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Server Implementation also uses another class to maintain a HashMap with username as key and Remote Client Object as value

UserStore Implementation:
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package com.vivek.core.rmi.server;

import java.util.HashMap;

import com.vivek.core.rmi.HelloWorldClientInterface;

public class UserStore {

private HashMap userStore = new HashMap();

public HelloWorldClientInterface getClientByName(String name) {
return this.userStore.get(name);
}

public String[] getAllUsers() {
return this.userStore.keySet().toArray(new String[0]);
}

public void addUser(String user, HelloWorldClientInterface client) {
this.userStore.put(user, client);
}
}

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Client Side Implementation:
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package com.vivek.core.rmi.client;

import java.rmi.NotBoundException;
import java.rmi.RemoteException;
import java.rmi.registry.LocateRegistry;
import java.rmi.registry.Registry;
import java.rmi.server.UnicastRemoteObject;
import java.util.Arrays;
import java.util.Scanner;

import com.vivek.core.rmi.HelloWorldClientInterface;
import com.vivek.core.rmi.HelloWorldServerInterface;

public class HelloWorldClient implements HelloWorldClientInterface {

private static HelloWorldClient instance;

/**
* Export Current Remote to receive incoming calls
*/
public HelloWorldClient() {
try {
UnicastRemoteObject.exportObject(this, 0);
instance = this;
} catch (RemoteException e) {
e.printStackTrace();
}
}

/* (non-Javadoc)
* @see com.vivek.core.rmi.HelloWorldClientInterface#notifyMessage(java.lang.String, java.lang.String)
*/
public void notifyMessage(String sender, String message)
throws RemoteException {
System.out.println(“\n>>>> ” + sender + ” says ” + message);

}

public static void main(String[] args) {
try {
Registry registry = LocateRegistry.getRegistry();

HelloWorldServerInterface remoteObj = (HelloWorldServerInterface) registry
.lookup(“EchoService”);

Scanner scanner = new Scanner(System.in);
System.out.print(“Enter Your User Name : “);
String username = scanner.next();

remoteObj.register(username, new HelloWorldClient());

System.out.println(“Users registered : “
+ Arrays.toString(remoteObj.getAllUser()));
System.out.println(“exit – exit from commandline”);
System.out.println(“list – list all users”);
System.out.println(“chuser – change user”);

String text = “”;
String receiver = null;
boolean userIsRegistered = false;
boolean closeSession = false;

while (!closeSession) {
System.out.print(“>>>> “);
text = scanner.nextLine();

if (text.equalsIgnoreCase(“list”)) {
System.out.println(“Users registered : “
+ Arrays.toString(remoteObj.getAllUser()));
} else if (text.equalsIgnoreCase(“chuser”)) {
userIsRegistered = false;
System.out.print(“>>>> Enter User Name to chat with : “);
receiver = scanner.nextLine();
for (String name : remoteObj.getAllUser()) {
if (receiver.equalsIgnoreCase(name)) {
userIsRegistered = true;
break;
}
}
if (!userIsRegistered) {
System.out.println(“No such user logged in “);
}
} else if (text.equalsIgnoreCase(“exit”)) {
scanner.close();
UnicastRemoteObject.unexportObject(instance, true);
closeSession = true;
} else if (userIsRegistered) {
remoteObj.sendMessage(username, receiver, text);
} else {
System.out.println(“Use chuser to select user.”);
userIsRegistered = false;
}
}
} catch (RemoteException e) {
e.printStackTrace();
} catch (NotBoundException e) {
e.printStackTrace();
}
}

}

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Start RmiRegistry

Start Server : java -cp $path-to-classes$ -Djava.rmi.server.codebase=file:$path-to-classes$\ com.vivek.core.rmi.server.HelloWorldServer

Start Client: java -cp $path-to-classes$ -Djava.rmi.server.codebase=file:$path-to-classes$\ com.vivek.core.rmi.client.HelloWorldClient

Eclipse Project Link

What does Sun/Oracle deal mean for a Developer?

Vivek — Tue, 21 Apr 2009 01:44:39 +0000

Early morning here in India when i checked my feeds, Slashdot had a news about Oracle Corp. buying Sun. Shaken and wondering if this was true, i read through all the comments in Slashdot link. After wards i searched Google for Sun and my fears were confirmed. Yes, Oracle is acquiring Sun and that to at same price around IBM. What does all this mean for a Java Developer like me?

What will the new path of Development for JSE? Will Oracle give a push to JRockit ( from BEA) ahead of Sun’s JRE? Java has perhaps added more features into its new releases for last couple of years. I have seen people saying “oh …. ” when using either Generics or AutoBoxing features of Java 5 when it was released. I hope this innovation will not stop and core Java Development remains unaffected from buyout.

Java Community Process through JSR has been shaping up API’s for Java SE. Drafting a JSR for JAVA 6 JSR involved experts from IBM, Google, Oracle, BEA, SAP, Intel etc which shows that JSR process in completely transparent and involves all major vendors in Java world. Oracle’s acquisition of Sun should not be breaking this process and JSR’s will remain independent and unaffected by who owns Java. Touch Wood !!

Java SE 6 now available with Java Fx 1.1

Vivek — Wed, 15 Apr 2009 04:31:11 +0000

In a further move by Sun Microsystems to give a push to Java FX in RIA market, Java FX 1.1 comes bundled with JDK 6 update 13. Download is available as a massive 115 MB executable from Sun’s Download Site. This SDK is available only for Windows Environment. Java FX has grown a lot since the product was announced in May 2007. This 1.1 release also includes Java FX Mobile, which is aimed at mobile devices. Combined with J2ME, applications written in Java FX Mobile will be able to access handset features like Camera, GPS etc.

JAX WS 2.1 based Web Service on Tomcat 5.5.*

Vivek — Mon, 06 Apr 2009 02:20:07 +0000

I have implemented JAX WS 2.1 based Web Service on Tomcat 5.5.27. This has been done in Eclipse using Apache Ivy for dependency management. I am only publishing the ivy.xml here because dependency resolution was a big headache for me, as artifacts in maven repository are out of sync.

Ivy Descriptor:

Ivy Settings:

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Almost clocked 25k on my bike

Vivek — Sat, 21 Mar 2009 16:33:45 +0000

I reached home and I was hoping that u would have completed silver jubilee riding my bike. That was not the case. Here is the reading.

Google Video and Chat on iphone treats iphone as Power PC Mac

Vivek — Sat, 21 Mar 2009 14:12:19 +0000

Gmail Video & Chat treated my Iphone as Power PC. For once I am happy. I really want to own a Mac.

Junit ignore test cases, classes using @ignore

Vivek — Wed, 17 Dec 2008 11:11:25 +0000

I am a huge fan of Junit 4.5. It is very simple in its approach and test cases are simpler than ever before. I liek the idea of embedding unit test cases within the same class. With junit 4.5 there needs to be a single @Test annotation before the method and thats what is required to run it as a junit test case. I use ant’s junit task to execute my tests.

Recently i ran into a small issue which was related to interfaces, abstract classes and classes with no junit tests present in the source directory. I had an option to include only test classes in a fileset but i preferred using batchtest, both are ant resource collections.

Ant will always return an error in these cases. I found a way around by using @ignore for all classes which ant junit should ignore. Anyone having a better way ?

package com.vivek.design.patterns; import org.junit.Ignore; @Ignore("interface") public interface FlyBehaviour { void fly(); }

Class above is from Head First Design Patterns

Accessing Oracle without Oracle Client Setup using Instant Client (Windows)

Vivek — Fri, 10 Oct 2008 10:47:44 +0000

Oracle Client Installation is required on machines from which access to Oracle Server is required. My work machine has only 1Gb of RAM and i run few more memory intensive applications on it. Currently i am using Oracle Instant Client instead of Oracle Client to access Oracle Database. Setup is minimal and if done in order works fine.

Read more on Instant Client from Oracle’s Website.

Now coming to setup.

Download Instant Client (10.2.0.4) from the link on website above. You will need to register for download if not already registered which i did not like. After download unzip folder in say C:\ and create a folder named oracle. Inside C:\oracle create a folder bin. Move all unzipped files inside bin folder.

Create a folder name network in C:\oracle. Inside C:\oracle\network create a folder named admin.

Create a new file called tnsnames.ora inside C:\oracle\network\admin.

Now there are 3 environment variables which need to be set:

Path=C:\oracle\bin (Add anywhere in Path)
SQL_PATH=C:\oracle
TNS_ADMIN=C:\oracle\network\admin

Fire up TOAD or Oracle SQL Developer and you should be able to connect to all schemas mentioned in tnsnames.ora

Instant Client is avalible for lot of platforms. I have written this post when using InstantClient on Windows XP.

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Windows Command Prompt Replacement

Vivek — Sun, 21 Sep 2008 12:35:28 +0000

MS Command Prompt is perhaps the most ignored application that comes with Windows. Well they launched Powershell but it is more targeted towards Administrators. I was searching for a Windows based command prompt replacement. Tried Console Beta from sourceforge but it turned out to be a memory hog.

These days i am using PowerCmd which is much neater and uses less memory. It did crash when i was using it and that did not kill the prcoess running in console. So i had to use Alt-Ctrl-Del to kill the process. PowerCmd comes with a tabbed interface and allows me to change fonts easily. User Interface is simple and self explaining. I can arrange console in predefined layouts. Copying and Pasting text is much easier. For long console message there is also option to turn Wordwrap on or off. I think default windows console should learn something from its unix counterpart.

Download Here

Java Search Class in Jar. Update – moved to Google Code

Vivek — Sat, 20 Sep 2008 18:28:45 +0000

Working as a Java Developer and working across multiple projects there is one frequent error which i have encounterd is “Exception in thread "main" java.lang.NoClassDefFound Error:". The reason for this error is missing class file from the CLASSPATH.

This sometimes becomes very frustrating when you have to search for missing class in a set of JAR files. To make it bit easier i have written a small java utility which searches for class file in all jar files present in a particular directory.

I am making it available for download below and also a sample of what it can do.

C:UtilsJar Search>java -jar jarSearch.jar C:WorkJar WSDL2Java

Found WSDL2Java as org/apache/axis/wsdl/WSDL2Java.class in C:WorkJaraxis.jar

Time taken 0s

Download Here.

Update: I have moved this project to Google Code. Any new downloads will be available from here. I have also updated utility to work with swt based gui. Please locate platform specific swt.jar from here and put it in same folder as JarSearch.jar. Execute using “java -jar JarSearch.jar”

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3 minutes in Google Chrome, Feel already at home

Vivek — Tue, 02 Sep 2008 19:37:56 +0000

3 minutes before i downloaded Google Chrome and i am already at home. Built on top of webkit and mozilla components this is extremly light and simple. It imported all my bookmarks from Firefox immediately on startup. Since all tabs are individual processes, i opened few tabs and noticed the number of processes running. There is one extra process running in background as 3 tabs = 3 process + 1 more parent process.

Chrome

Infact i am using Google Chrome to write this post. One good thing is the ability to import Firefox bookmarks again and again. Youtube plays well and there is absolutely no issue. I have not been able to crash this browser till now. I changes the default downloads location to Desktop instead of My Documents. Chrome also allows us to restore tabs from previous browsing sessions. Memeory footprint is not high, considering this is a beta release.

Best Feature is the ability to search from within the address bar. Though chrome allows adding a new search provider almost everyone will stick to the default one. Chrome website is offering only the installer which then uses Google Update to download core components.

Good Browser and friendly too.

Only one surprise : Comes with Vista Buttons

How svn helped me fill my timesheets?

Vivek — Sat, 30 Aug 2008 18:31:39 +0000

As a software developer who work in services industry i have to regularly fill timesheets. These are used by management to understand and plot how much time one particular phase of project takes and also if some one is being really lazy. Recently i was so busy in my project delivery that i was unable to file timesheets for one complete month. Here comes my Manager on the last working day and asks for my complete timesheets for full month. 1hr to go for deadline. I had not written down what i have been doing all this month and had no idea how to fill timesheets. Rather than fill timesheets for Ctrl-C, V i decided i will fill what i had actually done.

Using TortoriseSVN i checked history for trunk and then filtered the logs using my user name and dates. After that i looked at the files i had checked in between those dates. I had added well formed comments during checkin. So noting modules in which files were checked-in and dates i was able to pin-point what exactly i had been doing on a particular date.

Well it wont work if you dont checkin any file on a day. One more simple way to maintain time logs personally is using a .txt and adding .LOG in first line. Opening txt file with Notepad or Textpad will add a timestamp of current opening time against which comments can be added like Completed module ABC.

WinPwn or Ziphone ?

Vivek — Tue, 05 Aug 2008 23:34:21 +0000

These days i am torn between my urge to use WinPwn or wait for next release of Ziphone from Zibri. I had used Ziphone 3.0 eariler to be applied on my 1.1.4 iphone. The process then was really a breeze and my phone was unlocked within 5 minutes. With the release of iphone 2.0 SDK apple has applied more control measures around the software. With help from keys published by Zibri, it seems that winpwn team has been successful in developing iphone 2.0 unlocking. This process as of today is not entirely bug free and 100% perfect. Winpwn team is also planning to push winpwn 2.5 in August, 08 which promises to be much simpler and bug free. Ask me i really want to use Ziphone’s next release and this time i am going to donate to him. His work has been exceptional and he must be given recogonition for the same.

Updated: I have subscribed to Ziphone Status and i check it at least once daily. I am paitiently waiting for Ziphone though i am excited to apply WinPwn. The only reason pushing me for WinPwn is the huge number of free apps available in Apple Store. WordPress Iphone App is one of those.

Update : I unlocked my 2G Iphone using QuickPwn. No issues till now.

lazy me

Vivek — Sat, 07 Jun 2008 09:13:57 +0000

this is the second time i am writing a post like this. I have away from wordpress for a long time and it was blog of one of my friend in wordpress which reminded that i have not done anything for last few months. I had almost forgotten my password. lot has changed; i have been away from home, missing India and been busy with work.

lazy me.

Elephants vs Mouse

Vivek — Thu, 06 Dec 2007 22:09:28 +0000

Mythbuster’s is a show aired on discovery in which 2 people try to find reality behind myths. Here they unravel mystery behind a famous one : Are elephants afraid of Mouse?

Funny Prank on Telemarketer

Vivek — Sat, 17 Nov 2007 00:10:21 +0000

While stumbling on web I came across this funny conversation which really put a sales guy on phone is same position when we get a call during a meeting or bad times in a day.

Wish we could do something like this in India