Eclipse Timesavers

More than 1 workspace per installation ?
Make links, each with a wokspace set (‘data’) and activate showlocation, so you know where you are in (when having multiple eclipses open)!
c:\...\eclipse.exe    -data c:\eclipse-workspaces\workspace1   -showlocation

Limit RAM usage:

c:\...\eclipse.exe    -vmargs -Xms256M -Xmx256M

Reuse preferences in  another installation:
File->Export->Preferences + import

More timesavers:
Eclipse Tips
Eclipse Navigations Shortcuts

Blocking Adblock

In my opinion there are 2 simple solution to people using adblock etc techniques(apart from blocking firefox which is ridiculus).

  • 1 put all your pictures into a folder call ‘advertisement’, so anyone with adblock activated will only see half a page
  • 2 use js to hide all content when a ad script is not loaded(and displaying some message eg. please disable adblock and reload this page)
  • 2(more extreme) deliver only content with display:none, use js to show the content, so by blocking your js they get an empty page

Code Review Analyzed 1 book to 1 page

Short summary of a cisco case study (pdf):

“The largest case study ever done on lightweight
code review process; data and lessons”

We believe our results allow us to conclude the following:

  • LOC under review should be under 200, not to exceed 400. Anything larger overwhelms reviewers and defects are not uncovered.
  • Inspection rates less than 300 LOC/hour result in best defect detection. Rates under 500 are still good; expect to miss significant percentage of defects if faster than that.
  • Authors who prepare the review with annotations and explanations have far fewer defects than those that do not. We presume the cause to be that authors are forced to self-review the code.
  • Total review time should be less than 60 minutes, not exceed 90. Defect detection rates plummet after that time.
  • Expect defect rates around 15 per hour. Can be higher only with less than 175 LOC under review.
  • Left to their own devices, reviewers’ inspection rate will vary widely, even with similar authors, reviewers, files, and size of the review.