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What doesn't work for Jay and his tribe:
 
What doesn't work for Jay and his tribe:
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Some cool tools don't work on windows
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Other wins:
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* spinning up VMs automatically based on base images.
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* createing env through jira to enforce naming scheme and other conventions that make it all go.
  
 
Open problems:
 
Open problems:

Revision as of 11:23, 17 April 2010

What's worked for Jay and his tribe:

  • homogenous workstation - all windows.
  • self extracting zip, with bat files that install ancillary tools (IDE, JDK, etc)
  • check registry for latest service packs, if not present get them and install.
  • install scripts can also update workspace

What doesn't work for Jay and his tribe: Some cool tools don't work on windows

Other wins:

  • spinning up VMs automatically based on base images.
  • createing env through jira to enforce naming scheme and other conventions that make it all go.

Open problems:

Ideas to pursue:

Tools: