remote-working

Tools for Remote Pair Programming

Me and a friend are working on a side-project where most of the development is done with both of us sitting on the same machine. We will soon be based in different locations but would like to continue working in a similar manner. What tools would you use to enable such an environment? EDIT: This includes not only collaborative editing, ...

How to check remote server time via psexec

I tried command like below. But can't see server time. psexec \\SERVER_NAME -i -u USERNAME -p PWD "C:\WINDOWS\system32\cmd.exe /c time /t" Or is there any alternative? Thanks. ...

Need to remotely create an ODBC connection to a SQl server.

I have an Access 2007 database with a table in it that is linked to a SQL server. I need to roll this version of the database out to approximately 10 people in different states. In order to do that, they need an ODBC connection to the SQL server installed on their machines. I am looking for a way to do this remotely. Either through VBA i...

Developer using offshoring

*I have been thinking of doing projects with offshore help. The idea is to use it to be able to do projects where I don't have much experience - say iPhone. Also I am looking for some of the same benefits as XP pair programming. Generally being dynamic, trying to do everything as cost-efficient as possible: I will be involved in all...

I want to copy and run .exe file to a remote computer?

i have copied the exe file and it was no problem, useing the following code, but now i want to run it, can anyboyd help me on this. NOTE: i have the access to servers through remote desktop, but cant do this manually, coz there are dozens of them, cant get a program running on it like psex or whatever. WindowsIdentity wi = new WindowsI...

backgrounds tasks by swingworkers become sequential

Hi, I am using SwingWorkers to make my GUI responsive. But I can not understand the following: I have a remote method I want to call from the GUI as the user presses a button. I have inside the action of the button (short for presentation of problem): //in action of button SwingWorker worker = new SwingWorker<boolean,Void>(){ @Over...

SVN error when trying to commit to remote host

I'm using svn on OS X, and am able to check items out of the repository of an svn server on my university campus (I am at home). I am now trying to commit files from my local working directory. I use the following command: svn commit -m "First commit" file://hostname.ac.uk/directory/project/ where hostname is the same as I use to succ...

Is there a way to use the CPU of a remote machine to convert in ffmpeg?

My site is built in PHP. I have a WWW server, where all the uploads end up for processing, and then they get rsynced to one of the 4 media servers. If there is a slow and steady stream of uploads, the WWW server converts them all reasonably quickly, but if a bunch of people upload something at the same time, they queue up, and it may tak...

Remote Development Practices/Tools

I'm looking for some advice regarding remote development/programming and any advice that people who are currently doing this have. I'm specifically looking for what you think is/are the most effective practice or set of practices. I think the following are important: Remote code reviews with a tool such as Crucible* Good connection f...