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Slides from JKI's NIWeek 2012 technical session, "Secret Sauce: Tools to Make You a Better LabVIEW Developer," presented by Justin Goeres. If you could save one hour a day by working smarter, how much more value could you create and how much less stress would you feel? LabVIEW Champion Justin Goeres shows you how to manage your code, projects, and commitments using the same free and low-cost tools JKI engineers use.
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Justin GoeresSenior Engineer & Product Marketing ManagerJKI
PUSHING THE LIMITS OF LABVIEW
Secret Sauce: Tools to Make You a Better LabVIEW Developer
1. Vote with your feet.
2. Please turn on your smartphones.
PUSHING THE LIMITS OF LABVIEW
Rules
I’m watching @JustinGoeres give away @JKISoftware’s secrets at #niweek!
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I Looked This Up...
“How much of your time is spent actually coding?” > 80% – “Senior Developer Rockstar Ninja” 70% – “Project Engineer” 35% – “Group Leader” 20% – “Lead Java Developer” 0-10% – “Lead Architect” “I only code when I know exactly what to code.”
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What’s Going On Here?
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There’s More to Software Than Code
Business-critical Non-development Tasks Bug Tracking File & Document Sharing Building & Releasing Software Task Management Code Reuse / System Deployment & Configuration Screenshots, Recordings, & Documentation Communication, Meetings, Remote Support
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“Your time is worth $1000 an hour, and you need to act accordingly.”
– Jason Cohen, asmartbear.com
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There’s More to Software Than Code
Business-critical Non-development Tasks Bug Tracking File & Document Sharing Building & Releasing Software Task Management Code Reuse / System Deployment & Configuration Screenshots, Recordings, & Documentation Communication, Meetings, Remote Support
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JKI’s Secret Sauces
Business-critical Non-development Tasks Bug Tracking File & Document Sharing Building & Releasing Software Task Management Code Reuse / System Deployment & Configuration Screenshots, Recordings, & Documentation Communication, Meetings, Remote Support
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Bug Tracking
FogBugz – fogbugz.com
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The Fog Creek Bug Tracker Manifesto: Your bug tracker shall not complicate your life. Your bug tracker shall not waste your time. Your bug tracker shall not keep secrets from you. Your bug tracker shall help you make better software.
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Bug Tracking
FogBugz – fogbugz.com Lightweight, super-easy workflow. TSVN & Mercurial integration Agile Project Management Smart estimation, burn-down charts, etc.
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Bug Tracking
FogBugz – fogbugz.com Plugins FogBugz screenshot tool SnagIt integration Dozens of others
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Bug Tracking & Source Code Control
Kiln – fogcreek.com/kiln Mercurial made easy Distributed Version Control (DVCS) Easy branching & merging
API hooks Connect Kiln to almost any web application
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JKI’s Secret Sauces
Business-critical Non-development Tasks Bug Tracking
File & Document Sharing Building & Releasing Software Task Management Code Reuse / System Deployment & Configuration Screenshots, Recordings, & Documentation Communication, Meetings, Remote Support
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File & Document Sharing
Box – box.com Like Dropbox for businesses Share files with partners, clients, vendors Fine-grained permission control Auto-expiring download links Daily activity reports File versioning & comments Desktop syncing (like Dropbox)
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JKI’s Secret Sauces
Business-critical Non-development Tasks Bug Tracking File & Document Sharing
Building & Releasing Software Task Management Code Reuse / System Deployment & Configuration Screenshots, Recordings, & Documentation Communication, Meetings, Remote Support
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Building & Releasing Software
Jenkins – jenkins-ci.org Free & open source Native builds for lots of platforms Active community, tons of plugins
SCC integration Unit testing automation Notifications & reporting
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JKI’s Secret Sauces
Business-critical Non-development Tasks Bug Tracking File & Document Sharing Building & Releasing Software
Task Management Code Reuse / System Deployment & Configuration Screenshots, Recordings, & Documentation Communication, Meetings, Remote Support
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Task Management
Trello – trello.com “Super-powered whiteboard” “Your entire project, in a single glance.”
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JKI’s Secret Sauces
Business-critical Non-development Tasks Bug Tracking File & Document Sharing Building & Releasing Software Task Management
Code Reuse / System Deployment & Configuration
Screenshots, Recordings, & Documentation CommunicationCommunication, Meetings, Remote
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Code Reuse, System Deployment & Configuration
VI Package Manager – jki.net/vipm Reuse code management Project configuration management (VIPC files) System deployment & configuration
VIPM API (new in VIPM 2012!)
VIPM 2012 is included on the LabVIEW 2012 DVD
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JKI’s Secret Sauces
Business-critical Non-development Tasks Bug Tracking File & Document Sharing Building & Releasing Software Task Management Code Reuse / System Deployment & Configuration
Screenshots, Recordings, & Documentation Communication, Meetings, Remote Support
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Screenshots, Recording, Documentation
SnagIt – snagit.com Best screenshot annotation tool ever.
Camtasia – camtasia.com Full-featured screen recorder Non-destructive editing
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JKI’s Secret Sauces
Business-critical Non-development Tasks Bug Tracking File & Document Sharing Building & Releasing Software Task Management Code Reuse / System Deployment & Configuration Screenshots, Recordings, & Documentation Communication, Meetings, Remote Support
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Communication, Meetings, Remote Support
Skype – skype.comJoin.me – join.meTeamViewer – teamviewer.comGoToMeeting – gotomeeting.com
Screen sharing with customers and each other. Remote meetings: multiple webcams, call-in &
computer audio, presentation support. Text & voice chat with video.
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JKI’s Secret Sauces
Business-critical Non-development Tasks Bug Tracking File & Document Sharing Building & Releasing Software Task Management Code Reuse / System Deployment & Configuration Screenshots, Recordings, & Documentation Communication, Meetings, Remote Support
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Questions? Discussion!
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Thanks for coming!
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