management

Books about performance management

I'm currently working on performance management for a bigger application. The application itself is written in Java, but it is clear that our performance problems lay not only in Java alone. I would like to read about managing the performance of a whole system, not only the database or Java on the application server. I have found some n...

Managing web and app configs in MANY environment

WE are a MS shop (yes, we have TFS 2K8 and 10). I am the system administrator, not developer, so my POV is a bit different than most articles on deployment and config pre/post build tasks. I need to manage about 40 different applications/site, each with its own config settings, but within 2-3 concurrently operating dev, 2-3 concurrently...

Why install a CMS for clients?

I am a beginner freelancer eagerly trying to get my first client but I am wondering is having a CMS for a website really that important? Before I thought about this question I thought that it goes without saying that the client would benefit from having a CMS for their website, that they would love to be able to edit their content on the...

Attached files rights for Drupal

hello, on my website i have two types of files that end users can download - one of them are available for all visitors, and second is only for registered users (users that are logged in). setting of drupal allows to set only if files are available for all users or only for users that are logged in. how can i achieve that some files a...

How do you respond to the argument "No time to test/develop clean code, because of the deadline"?

Ok, I think this question is at the wrong place and I'll head over to http://programmers.stackexchange.com/ to read/ask about it. Thanks all for your answers up to this point. :) apologies ;) I'm sorry if this question is a little bit subjective, but I can not come up with a better title. I'll correct it if you know something better. ...

How to release object passed to protocol or delegate method in Objective-c?

How and when is released IndexPath object which is returned in UITableViewDelegate? let's imagine code: //my method in my object { NSNumber *number=[[NSNumber alloc] init]; number=[[self methodreturningnumber] retain]; [delegate didSelectItemAtIndex:number]; } in my delegate I have method: -(void)didSelectItemAtIndex:(N...

Communication with Management, realistic expectations, growth pains for a small software team - need advice

I work for a mid sized Architecture and Engineering firm, our sub group focusses on developing tech solutions for engineers, mappers and technical managers. So we're heavy on desktop based apps for GIS and Civil/Env Engineering (some web). The company sells the services that our Engineers and mappers produce and our team develops tools t...

Can the Microsoft Direct X SDK be put into SVN?

Hi folks, I'd like to put the inflated copy of the Direct X SDK into SVN (so that projects can reference the include/libraries as an external) however I'm kind of unsure as to whether this is allowed in the licence. The only relevant line seems to be: BACKUP COPY. You may make one backup copy of the software. You may use it onl...

Annual goals for programmers in IT company

As programming IT managers, what are some of the goals do you set for the programmers on your team? ...

Checking a maven project's repository portability.

Is there any way to check all dependencies are downloadable from at least one listed repository? I was once omitted a required repository from my pom.xml. But maven didn't complain because those dependencies already had been installed in my local repository (~/.m2/repository). That could be a problem for CI or on another fresh machine....

Professional tips on dealing with non technical managers?

So here in the wonderful world of "La-la Land", I lead a team of data and software devs. Great, super. I report to someone who is a Project Manager by trade but wants oh so badly to be thought of as a technical person. In fairness, this person does TRY, but this person gives out totally incorrect information to the business units as w...

Cannot use vaiable with Get-User -Filter in Exchange Management Console

I cannot seem to use variable in the situation below. [PS] C:\>Get-User -Filter {SamAccountName -eq "Test.Smith"} Name RecipientType ---- ------------- Test Smith UserMailbox [P...

Manipulating pointers using C

Hi, While working with pointers in C, I have been experiencing a very incosistent result, I am working with a token which is a byte string which i need to make a directory path. a token consists of the date as a prefix in the format of 20101129(2010-oct-29) and then a 20byte string follows, thus a token would look like 20101102A2D8B328CX...

What resources/references exist for package management within an organization

I would like to have a custom package system of mostly open source software to deploy within my organization on at least two systems: RHEL and Fedora >=13. Possibly also Mac OS. What blogs/books or other references are relevant? If you have specific tips, this would also be most welcome. Thanks, SetJmp ...

Linux Kernel Process Management

Hi All, First, i admit all the things i will ask are about our homework but i assure you i am not asking without struggling at least two hours. Description: We are supposed to add a field called max_cpu_percent to task_struct data type and manipulate process scheduling algorithm so that processes can not use an higher percentage of th...