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Monthly Archives: July 2005
Explaining our build system – Part I
We recently got several questions on how our build system for SmartInspect works and which products we are using. I decided to explain it here so I need to tell it only once .
It might be uncommon but we use a home-grown build solution based on cygwin (in case you don’t know, cygwin provides [...]
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Testing software on multiple platforms
For a welcome change from testing the upcoming SmartInspect release, I decided to write some notes about how we test our software on multiple platforms.
Let’s begin with the simpler part, the SmartInspect Console. Since the tests for the Console are currently not automated, we maintain a large test plan which needs to be executed manually. [...]
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SmartInspect 1.1 test phase begins
The upcoming version of SmartInspect is now feature complete and is about to enter the main test phase.
Due to some fixes and enhancements in the libraries I needed to develop a lot of new unit tests (about 100 tests per library) which are now waiting to be executed on our supported platforms. Especially the new [...]
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Which Delphi blogs do you read?
At the moment, I’m collecting Delphi related blogs for our intranet. We have a list of blogs on our intranet so that we always know what’s happening in the Delphi community. Which Delphi blogs do you know? I would be happy if you could mail me Delphi blogs that you read and like.
I know of [...]
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Python is a great productivity booster
I’m currently learning and using Python for a little internal project here at Gurock Software and so far, I’m really impressed. The language itself is very clean, the source looks well structured, the standard library is comprehensive and well documented and there are nice third-party modules. Because of this, I was able to write a [...]
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Preview: SmartInspect 1.1
For those who are waiting for the next version of SmartInspect, I decided to post a little preview of new features and changes of the upcoming version. Although this posting doesn’t contain the complete list of changes, it should update you on some of the things we are currently working on.
Reset Callstack
One of our customers [...]
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1.0 – And now?
“Once you release the first version of your software product and the marketing machine is starting to roll on, you might think about what to do next. You probably think about all the great features which haven’t made it into the 1.0 and are now waiting to be implemented. You can’t wait to start your [...]
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Selecting the right license strategy for your software
“Choosing an appropriate licensing scheme is crucial for the success of a software product. When choosing the wrong licensing scheme, potential customers don’t even bother licensing your software, even if your product is superior to competitive solutions. Furthermore, an appropriate licensing scheme can pave the way for interesting and successful marketing strategies. So, one can [...]
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SmartInspect Professional review by Mike Gunderloy
Mike Gunderloy, author of numerous books and popular blogger from Larkware, reviewed SmartInspect Professional:
“After playing with it for a while, I’m impressed with how slick this piece of software is, and especially with the depth of information that you can easily log. On the .NET side of the equation, at least, it beats the hell [...]
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Improving the marketing of your software product