Comments for AFTERSHOX http://aftershox.com Tariq Ahmed on Technology :: Management :: Business Tue, 15 May 2012 05:52:55 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 Comment on Exception occurred when setting up mail server parameters by Tariq Ahmed http://aftershox.com/2012/05/14/exception-occurred-when-setting-up-mail-server-parameters/#comment-192 Tariq Ahmed Tue, 15 May 2012 05:52:55 +0000 http://aftershox.com/?p=263#comment-192 @Dominic: Totally. Ya I'm not a big fan of McAfee, tends to be resource intensive at times. @Dominic: Totally. Ya I’m not a big fan of McAfee, tends to be resource intensive at times.

]]> Comment on Exception occurred when setting up mail server parameters by Dominic Watson http://aftershox.com/2012/05/14/exception-occurred-when-setting-up-mail-server-parameters/#comment-191 Dominic Watson Mon, 14 May 2012 12:18:54 +0000 http://aftershox.com/?p=263#comment-191 We had a very similar problem a few years back where McAfee would basically take down our ColdFusion server(s) periodically. Had to really fight with our hosts to convince them that this was the case and resolve by putting directory and file type ignore rules in place. Having on-access scans running across an entire server seems to be a really bad idea. Perhaps better is to have it off by default and turned *on* for specific folders, if at all. We had a very similar problem a few years back where McAfee would basically take down our ColdFusion server(s) periodically. Had to really fight with our hosts to convince them that this was the case and resolve by putting directory and file type ignore rules in place. Having on-access scans running across an entire server seems to be a really bad idea. Perhaps better is to have it off by default and turned *on* for specific folders, if at all.

]]> Comment on Dealing with the tight supply of CF developers and CF jobs by Tariq Ahmed http://aftershox.com/2012/04/27/dealing-with-the-tight-supply-of-cf-developers-and-cf-jobs/#comment-190 Tariq Ahmed Sun, 29 Apr 2012 15:58:02 +0000 http://aftershox.com/?p=257#comment-190 @Jim & @Sami; Thanks! @Jim & @Sami; Thanks!

]]> Comment on Dealing with the tight supply of CF developers and CF jobs by Sami Hoda http://aftershox.com/2012/04/27/dealing-with-the-tight-supply-of-cf-developers-and-cf-jobs/#comment-189 Sami Hoda Sat, 28 Apr 2012 15:16:43 +0000 http://aftershox.com/?p=257#comment-189 I think I must have interviewed over 500 CF folks over the years. I was just thinking the other day to blog about my experiences and what tactics I employ -and my approach. Good stuff! I think I must have interviewed over 500 CF folks over the years. I was just thinking the other day to blog about my experiences and what tactics I employ -and my approach. Good stuff!

]]> Comment on Dealing with the tight supply of CF developers and CF jobs by Jim Jurista http://aftershox.com/2012/04/27/dealing-with-the-tight-supply-of-cf-developers-and-cf-jobs/#comment-188 Jim Jurista Fri, 27 Apr 2012 13:30:06 +0000 http://aftershox.com/?p=257#comment-188 These are good tips, indeed. I'm grateful to an employee who sent me here (thanks, Isaac). As a business owner perpetually looking for good developers, I affirm the "tips for employers" you list, particularly the first item: "As employers, we need to be looking for strong developers in general. At Amcom Technology, we’ve found people who have a strong understanding of programming fundamentals and software design, strong problem solving abilities, and are quick learners are the key." In an agile, consultative environment like the one at Ravenglass, adaptability is another core trait. We've refined our hiring process to include a skills assessment activity, with the goals of identifying aptitude with the basics and the ability to adapt to changing demands from customers, suppliers, and within the team itself. We've been fortunate to find some really great people over the years, only two of whom came to the company with significant ColdFusion experience. Our investment in training staff, including having veteran CF developers mentor new arrivals on our technology portfolio and client needs, has borne fruit and built a collaborative, cooperative, and appropriately competitive team culture that makes all of us better. I look forward to reading your other posts, I wish you luck in your own hiring process, and I repeat your call for resumes. :) Jim These are good tips, indeed. I’m grateful to an employee who sent me here (thanks, Isaac).

As a business owner perpetually looking for good developers, I affirm the “tips for employers” you list, particularly the first item: “As employers, we need to be looking for strong developers in general. At Amcom Technology, we’ve found people who have a strong understanding of programming fundamentals and software design, strong problem solving abilities, and are quick learners are the key.”

In an agile, consultative environment like the one at Ravenglass, adaptability is another core trait. We’ve refined our hiring process to include a skills assessment activity, with the goals of identifying aptitude with the basics and the ability to adapt to changing demands from customers, suppliers, and within the team itself.

We’ve been fortunate to find some really great people over the years, only two of whom came to the company with significant ColdFusion experience. Our investment in training staff, including having veteran CF developers mentor new arrivals on our technology portfolio and client needs, has borne fruit and built a collaborative, cooperative, and appropriately competitive team culture that makes all of us better.

I look forward to reading your other posts, I wish you luck in your own hiring process, and I repeat your call for resumes. :)

Jim

]]> Comment on Sizing up the business perspective on Groovy, Scala, and other JVM languages by Jejaka http://aftershox.com/2011/10/30/sizing-up-the-business-perspective-on-groovy-scala-and-other-jvm-languages/#comment-186 Jejaka Sat, 07 Apr 2012 13:58:07 +0000 http://aftershox.com/?p=160#comment-186 Can you paste the output of set' onammcd somewhere(e.g. rafb.net/paste) and provide the link here? Open the onammcd prompt and run the set onammcd in it. I am pasting part of the output generated on my machine. Notice the paths set for JAVA_HOME, GROOVY_HOME, GRAILS_HOME and also the paths included in PATH variable.C:\> setALLUSERSPROFILE=C:\ProgramDataAPPDATA=C:\Users\tabrez\AppData\RoamingAPR_ICONV_PATH=C:\Program Files (x86)\Subversion\CLASSPATH=.;C:\Program Files (x86)\Java\jdk1.6.0_6)\Java\jre1.6.0_06\lib\ext\QTJava.zipCommonProgramFiles=C:\Program Files\Common FilesCommonProgramFiles(x86)=C:\Program Files (x86)\CoCOMPUTERNAME=TABREZ-PCComSpec=C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exeDFSTRACINGON=FALSEFP_NO_HOST_CHECK=NOGRAILS_HOME=c:\grailsGROOVY_HOME=C:\groovyHOMEDRIVE=C:HOMEPATH=\Users\tabrezJAVA_HOME=C:\Program Files (x86)\Java\jdk1.6.0_06[...]Path=c:\ruby\bin;C:\Windows\system32;C:\Program Files (x86)\MySQL\MySQL Server 5.0\bin;C:\Program Files (x86)\Subversion\bin;C:\Program Files (x86)\Java\jdk1.6.0_06\bin;C:\groovy\bin;c:\grails\bin;You can also try to see if proper version information is printed by running java -v, groovy -v and grails -v onammcds. If all the paths are set properly, what error do you get when you try to create a grails application? Can you paste the output of set’ onammcd somewhere(e.g. rafb.net/paste) and provide the link here? Open the onammcd prompt and run the set onammcd in it. I am pasting part of the output generated on my machine. Notice the paths set for JAVA_HOME, GROOVY_HOME, GRAILS_HOME and also the paths included in PATH variable.C:\> setALLUSERSPROFILE=C:\ProgramDataAPPDATA=C:\Users\tabrez\AppData\RoamingAPR_ICONV_PATH=C:\Program Files (x86)\Subversion\CLASSPATH=.;C:\Program Files (x86)\Java\jdk1.6.0_6)\Java\jre1.6.0_06\lib\ext\QTJava.zipCommonProgramFiles=C:\Program Files\Common FilesCommonProgramFiles(x86)=C:\Program Files (x86)\CoCOMPUTERNAME=TABREZ-PCComSpec=C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exeDFSTRACINGON=FALSEFP_NO_HOST_CHECK=NOGRAILS_HOME=c:\grailsGROOVY_HOME=C:\groovyHOMEDRIVE=C:HOMEPATH=\Users\tabrezJAVA_HOME=C:\Program Files (x86)\Java\jdk1.6.0_06[...]Path=c:\ruby\bin;C:\Windows\system32;C:\Program Files (x86)\MySQL\MySQL Server 5.0\bin;C:\Program Files (x86)\Subversion\bin;C:\Program Files (x86)\Java\jdk1.6.0_06\bin;C:\groovy\bin;c:\grails\bin;You can also try to see if proper version information is printed by running java -v, groovy -v and grails -v onammcds. If all the paths are set properly, what error do you get when you try to create a grails application?

]]> Comment on Sizing up the business perspective on Groovy, Scala, and other JVM languages by Adelia http://aftershox.com/2011/10/30/sizing-up-the-business-perspective-on-groovy-scala-and-other-jvm-languages/#comment-185 Adelia Sat, 07 Apr 2012 13:49:25 +0000 http://aftershox.com/?p=160#comment-185 Hey, i tried to go through your emaxples but come across this issue:No signature of method: static org.codehaus.groovy.grails.validation.ConstrainedProperty.registerNewConstraint() is applicable for argument typesthis happens when i add:org.codehaus.groovy.grails.validation.ConstrainedProperty.registerNewConstraint(PhoneNumberConstraint.PHONE_NUMBER_CONSTRAINT, PhoneNumberConstraint.class) to the Config.groovy class. Any idea how i could get past it ?thanks! Hey, i tried to go through your emaxples but come across this issue:No signature of method: static org.codehaus.groovy.grails.validation.ConstrainedProperty.registerNewConstraint() is applicable for argument typesthis happens when i add:org.codehaus.groovy.grails.validation.ConstrainedProperty.registerNewConstraint(PhoneNumberConstraint.PHONE_NUMBER_CONSTRAINT, PhoneNumberConstraint.class) to the Config.groovy class. Any idea how i could get past it ?thanks!

]]> Comment on ColdFusion vs. IIS7.5 – Application Pool by Nane http://aftershox.com/2012/01/17/coldfusion-vs-iis7-5-application-pool/#comment-184 Nane Sat, 07 Apr 2012 00:02:46 +0000 http://aftershox.com/?p=193#comment-184 Hey Nate,Thanks for the kind words. I'm looking frwarod to the release of your new DateTime object and hopefully we'll be able to get the DST issue broken down as well. Hey Nate,Thanks for the kind words. I’m looking frwarod to the release of your new DateTime object and hopefully we’ll be able to get the DST issue broken down as well.

]]> Comment on Installing weceem cms by Carmen http://aftershox.com/2011/12/06/installing-weceem-cms/#comment-183 Carmen Fri, 06 Apr 2012 18:52:43 +0000 http://aftershox.com/?p=185#comment-183 All of my code is within the Grails app moudle, so can't say I've come across that.One thing that comes to mind is whether IDEA is generating a jar file for your Java moudle, and placing it within the grails app.. IDEA probably delegates to the grails run-app' command, and probably requires all of the classes/jars to be available on the filesystem in the standard grails app structure. All of my code is within the Grails app moudle, so can’t say I’ve come across that.One thing that comes to mind is whether IDEA is generating a jar file for your Java moudle, and placing it within the grails app.. IDEA probably delegates to the grails run-app’ command, and probably requires all of the classes/jars to be available on the filesystem in the standard grails app structure.

]]> Comment on Installing weceem cms by Tea http://aftershox.com/2011/12/06/installing-weceem-cms/#comment-182 Tea Fri, 06 Apr 2012 15:46:45 +0000 http://aftershox.com/?p=185#comment-182 What kind of compilation borplems did you run into before? I am currently using IDEA 8.1.3 #9886 with its JetGroovy plugin, Grails 1.1.1. I created a Grails module which depends on existing Java modules in the same project. However, when I try to run the Grails application (run-app), the depending Java modules jars are not on the classpath, thus my Java code can't compile in groovyc steps.Do you have any ideas? Thanks What kind of compilation borplems did you run into before? I am currently using IDEA 8.1.3 #9886 with its JetGroovy plugin, Grails 1.1.1. I created a Grails module which depends on existing Java modules in the same project. However, when I try to run the Grails application (run-app), the depending Java modules jars are not on the classpath, thus my Java code can’t compile in groovyc steps.Do you have any ideas? Thanks

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