Posts Tagged ‘documentation’

Just Like the Good Ole Days

Monday, July 27th, 2009
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Back when 14.4k baud modems were fast, mice were beige, IBM made PCs, and new software versions were relased annually instead of weekly, software came with useful, intiutive manuals that included tutorials for everything you needed to get up and working.

Other than the ability to take the manual in its binder to the couch to flip through, dog ear and highlight, I was happy to discover a full set of training buried in the doc folder of the Oracle Database install (and many other of  their applications, though location may vary).

Even if you don’t have the full install, the 2 Day DBA and other really useful documents can be found online, too. The 10.2 version is located here:  http://www.oracle.com/pls/db102/portal.all_books.

Latest Developer.com Article

Monday, June 1st, 2009
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When my articles appear on Developer.com, they have 120 days exclusive rights. Rather than have readers wait four months,  I post a link to the article here (when I remember to).

The latest is 10 Things You Should Know About WebLogic Server 10.3, handy if you are considering a move to the latest version of WLS.

Good Reference for Agile On Boarding

Friday, May 8th, 2009
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As the author notes, on boarding is costly in Agile. He presents a nice template to reduce that cost at http://www.the-arm.com/2009/05/project-standards/