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Install Entando on Netbeans

2011-12-23T08:21:00.000-08:00

Hi to all,
yes again here speaking about Entando, after installing it with maven (First step with Entando ), now we go to install Entando using NetBeans 7.01

prerequisites:
java, postgresql, tomcat, NetBeans 7.01 are all present on the PC.
a postgresql user agile with password agile is configured
Step:
1. Start Netbeans
2. Create New Project
3. Select Maven - Project From Archetype click Next

4. Select Archetypes from Remote Repository
5. Select Entando: Archetype For Generic Portal (the version number can be different)

6. Click next and complete the form

yes we've just create a project based on Entando (whow very simple and fast).

Another few important steps
1. create the db:
1.1 in your project expand the build.xml file

1.2 execute PG-db-full-update this task create the db used by the project

2. run the project
2.1 click on run project select your webapp server I suggest tomcat 6.xx

if all it's ok you'll see this page

Fine yes?
Simple poprtal with no plugin so next question is How can I insert a plugin in my project/portal?
Answer:
first read the entando guide:
How to add some Plugins to my own portal based on mavenized Entando on GitHub

Read it?
Ok, go back to NetBeans
stop tomcat and open pom.xml file
insert the code you find in the entando guide and your pom.xml will look like this

pay attention to change the version (here we have 0.0.1-SNAPSHOT) to the last one, how? easy select 0.0.1-SNAPSHOT and click ctrlspacebar and Netbeans will suggest you the last number version.
Save the pom.xml file, clean and build your project.

Now it's time to update the db to be compliant with the plugin inserted in the project, so expand the build.xml file and execute the task PG-db-restore-plugins

Run the projcet, login and you can see the plugin in the list.

et voilà, very simple and easy.

Now it's Christmas time so
Happy Christmas to all

Rinaldo

First step with Entando

2011-12-16T09:08:00.000-08:00

The new version of Entando is out and as reported in the following post "Enter Maven and GitHub" mMven and GitHub are used.

mmm ... Maven?
question: how do I install / use the new version of Entando?
answer: ?????

So I started studying a bit of Maven, read the blog posts, wikis, tested,...

So the result is I can install and deploy a portal based on Entando in a few minutes
prerequisites:
java, postgresql, tomcat are all present on the PC.
a postgresql user agile with password agile is configured .
Steps:
1. Install maven
2. open a terminal
3. create a directory for the project you want to create
3. cd into the directory you just created
4. type mvn archetype: generate-Dfilter = entando
5. answer the following questions:
5.1 Choose archetype:
1: remote -> org.entando.entando: entando-archetype-plugin-generic (Generic Archetype Plugin for Entando: an agile, modern and user-centric open source portal platform.)
2: remote -> org.entando.entando: entando-generic-portal-archetype (Archetype for Entando Generic Portal: an agile, modern and user-centric open source portal platform.)
Choose a number or apply filter (format: [groupId:] artifactId, contains case sensitive):
choose 2

Choose org.entando.entando: entando-portal-archetype-generic version:
1: 2.4.0.1
2: 2.4.0
Choose a number: 2:
choose 1
Define value for property 'groupId':: it.testentando
Define value for property 'artifactId':: testentando
Define value for property 'version': 1.0-SNAPSHOT: (accept default)
Define value for property 'package': it.testentando: (accept default)
displays the list of choices if you run press Y otherwise press N and repeat from step 5.1
That's all now we have a folder containing the created project (in this case testentando).
6.Populate the db
6.1 Configure the buildProperties.xml for your Operatin System
6.2 open a terminal and type
cd testentando
ant PG-db-full-update
7. last step:
in the folder src/main/filters check the properties file to ensure that the configurations of Tomcat and the postgresql password is correct (in case you doesn't use agile/agile).

Now you're ready to start the portal.
mvn clean jetty:run

http://localhost:8080/testentando/

et voilà Entando is running

Links:
The Entando wiki on GitHub
Entando download

Replication stars

2011-12-14T05:06:00.000-08:00

Datacharmer post:
Working with replication, you come across many topologies, some of them sound and established, some of them less so, and some of them still in the realm of the hopeless wishes. I have been working with replication for almost 10 years now, and my wish list grew quite big during this time. In the last 12 months, though, while working at Continuent, some of the topologies that I wanted to work with have moved from the cloud of wishful thinking to the firm land of things that happen. My quest for star replication starts with the most common topology. One master, many slaves (...)

Pentaho Dynamic setting Y-Axis

2011-12-12T08:54:00.000-08:00

Working on Entando / Pentaho integration, one of the customer request was :
"I needed to be able to change the minimum and maximum Y-axis at run time."

Below the solution I've used:
create reports
insert the chart
open the properties window
in the scripting language choose BeanShell
insert the following script

"
import org.jfree.chart.*;
import org.jfree.chart.axis.NumberAxis;
import java.lang.Double;
data = runtime.getData();
minVal =999999.0;
maxVal = 0.0;
for (int i=0;i latteProd = data.getValueAt(i,2);
if(latteProd < minVal){
minVal = latteProd;
}
if(latteProd > maxVal){
maxVal = latteProd;
}
}
xyPlot = chart.getPlot();
NumberAxis domain = (NumberAxis) xyPlot.getRangeAxis();
domain.setRange((minVal - (minVal*.10)), (maxVal+ (maxVal*.10)));
"

Automating iOS Application Testing: Under the Hood, Capturing and Recording Events

2011-11-23T03:25:00.000-08:00

Stu Stern post on drdobbs.com
"Recording UI events for playback means filtering thousands of data points and condensing them into a single action. With iOS, this can be done with swizziling and other unusual language features of Objective-C."

Read more on drdobbs.com

Dr Dobb's - Fast XML Parsing in Ruby

2011-11-15T12:34:00.000-08:00

Sometimes the fastest way to parse a known XML stream is to write your own lean parser. Even in Ruby, this gives remarkable performance benefits.

Most programming languages have their own XML parser libraries. And many of those use the DOM (Document Object Model) API. DOM is good for general-purpose XML processing: The input is parsed into a tree structure that can be modified and written back out. Often whitespace is preserved so the output is identical to the input if it is not modified. This generality comes at a cost: large memory requirements (often more than double the input size) and slow read and write. For applications that read the XML data for only specific pieces of information, there are better alternatives.

Full post on Dr Dobb's

Creating a Business Intelligence Culture

2011-11-03T10:26:00.000-07:00

From http://www.itbusinessedge.com the last Ann All post

"For some time now there's been a lot of buzz about companies getting business intelligence into the hands of more users, with the aim of getting the right information to the right people at the right time (or words to that effect). The conventional wisdom: Companies are limiting the potential usefulness of BI by making it available only to specialists, who create reports from centralized data and make those reports available only to select decision makers.

Not everyone agrees with this, of course..."

New Case Studies for jAPS 2.0 Entando

2011-11-03T10:17:00.000-07:00

Some examples about how partners, organizations and governments are using jAPS 2.0 Entando platform:

- "Value Added Program" Case Study by TSC Consulting
- An OSS Portal for the Italian Civil Protection Department
- Prefecture of Catania Case Study by TSC Consulting
- Intramoenia Case Study by MTM-Tech

Matt Casters on Data Integration » Data Modeling

2011-11-03T10:10:00.000-07:00

Very Interesting post from Matt Casters about data modeling
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jAPS 2.0 Entando Released "GisContent": the new jAPS 2.0 Entando community plugin to manage geographic information

2011-10-27T03:22:00.000-07:00

GisContent a new community plugin for the open source web platform jAPS 2.0 Entando has just been released and it is now available to download onsourceforge.net. The new plugin has been developed by CRS4, Center for Advanced Studies, Research and Development in Sardinia, R&D partner of jAPS 2.0 Entando.

GisContent enables geographic information management: it makes possible to couple any type of content in the CMS database with a geographic reference and display it on maps.

more...

A New Way to Visualize Big Data | CIO Blogs

2011-10-24T09:26:00.000-07:00

Big data is an ocean of data flowing around us. It comes from social media, e-commerce, financial exchanges, supply chains, streaming video, twitter and the clickstream of two billion (soon to be four billion) people surfing the web and talking to each other at any given moment.

Social Sentiment Plugin Analyzes Twitter, Facebook in Real Time

2011-10-24T00:24:00.000-07:00

From CmsWire:

Have you ever wanted to analyze the sentiment of your Twitter or Facebook content without having to employe some clunky, expensive application or widget? Look no further than ViralHeat’s new plugin for Chrome.

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Pentaho tutorial

2011-10-21T06:15:00.000-07:00

Working on the Entando/Pentaho integration I found this etl-tools tutorials pages with a lot of real-life examples

InfoQ: Test automation and Continuous Delivery

2011-10-21T06:11:00.000-07:00

InfoQ: Test automation and Continuous Delivery:
Software testing and verification needs a careful and diligent process of impersonating an end user, trying various usages and input scenarios, comparing and asserting expected behaviors. Directly, the words "careful and diligent" invoke the idea of letting a computer program do the job. Automating certain programmable aspects of your test suite thus can help software delivery massively...

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Observer pattern

2011-10-21T04:34:00.000-07:00

The essence of the Observer Pattern is to "Define a one-to-many dependency between objects so that when one object changes state, all its dependents are notified and updated automatically." GoF. Observer pattern is a subset of publish/subscribe pattern which allows a number of observer objects to see an event.

more on Alex Blog

How REST replaced SOAP on the Web: What it means to you

2011-10-20T08:54:00.000-07:00

Its been slowly creeping up on us, creating exciting new possibilities for our applications; APIs are changing the face of the Web. Since 2005 Programmable Web have been tracking SOAP and REST APIs available to the public. In 2005 they tracked 105 APIs, the prominent ones being from Amazon, Google, SalesForce and eBay...
Read more on infoQ

Mass SQL Injection Attack Hits 1 Million Sites - Dark Reading

2011-10-20T07:10:00.000-07:00

A mass-injection attack similar to the highly publicized LizaMoon attacks this past spring has infected more than 1 million ASP.NET Web pages, Armorize researchers said today. According to database security experts, the SQL injection technique used in this attack depends on the same sloppy misconfiguration of website servers and back-end databases that led to LizaMoon's infiltration.

more...

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iPad driving massive growth for iOS in enterprise (survey) | ZDNet

2011-10-20T06:31:00.000-07:00

Despite speculation that iPad 2 sales have been a letdown for Apple, the device is driving growth for iOS in general in the enterprise world.

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Google Analytics Blog: Introducing Flow Visualization: visualizing visitor flow

2011-10-20T06:11:00.000-07:00

Google Analytics Blog: Introducing Flow Visualization: visualizing visitor flow:
At Web 2.0 Summit, Susan Wojcicki & Phil Mui unveiled the release of “Flow Visualization” in Google Analytics, a tool that allows you to analyze site insights graphically, and instantly understand how visitors flow across pages on your site. Starting this week, “Visitors Flow” and “Goal Flow” will be rolling out to all accounts. Other types of visualizers will be coming to Google Analytics in the coming few months, but in the meantime, here’s what you can expect from this initial release.
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The Code of Recommended Practice for Local Authorities on Data Transparency - Local government - Department for Communities and Local Government

2011-10-20T03:46:00.000-07:00

The Code is concerned with enshrining the principles of transparency by asking councils to follow three key principles when publishing data they hold:

responding to public demand
releasing data in open formats available for re-use
releasing data in a timely way.

more...

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4 Tips to Help Define Your Social Media ROI

2011-10-19T02:51:00.000-07:00

If there were a way to know how many Facebook fans or Twitter followers were needed to convert a sale, social media wouldn’t be such a hard sell to companies. Yet, as we know, social media is much more than Twitter and Facebook, and your return on investment is much more than dollars earned.

Business Intelligence in the heads of people: The right tool for the right job - Part 1

2011-10-18T01:38:00.000-07:00

Business Intelligence in the heads of people: The right tool for the right job - Part 1:
You have questions. How do you get your answers? The methods and the tools used to help get those answers to business questions will vary per organization. For those without established BI solutions; using desktop database query and spreadsheet tools are...all too common. And...If there is a BI tool in place...
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Introduction to Cloud Foundry - YouTube

2011-10-18T00:46:00.001-07:00

Introduction to Cloud Foundry - YouTube:

An introduction to Cloud Foundry open Platform as a Service
* What is Cloud Foundry "open PaaS" and why Multi-Cloud is critical
* The Cloud Foundry eco-system - frameworks, services and clouds
* Live demo: CloudFoundry.com, Micro Cloud Foundry, Spring Roo, STS, Ruby, Node.js, MySQL, Postgres, Redis

Presenter: Dekel Tankel, VMware
Recorded on Oct 5, 2011

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10 Smart Enterprise Uses For Twitter

2011-10-17T01:52:00.000-07:00

From The BrainYard - InformationWeek I suggest to have a lokk t this slide show
http://bit.ly/oIwys5

InfoQ: Spring Roo 1.2 M1: Apache Licensed with JPA Repositories, MongoDB and Services Layer

2011-10-12T01:03:00.000-07:00

InfoQ: Spring Roo 1.2 M1: Apache Licensed with JPA Repositories, MongoDB and Services Layer

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