In Part 1 of this series we discussed getting an initial Zenoss environment checked out and running on a Mac OS X or Ubuntu system. In Part 2 we discussed how to configure Eclipse to use the Zenoss source. In this part, we’ll discuss how to handle day-to-day operations such as branch management and working …
In Part 1 of this series we discussed getting an initial Zenoss environment checked out and running on a Mac OS X or Ubuntu system. In this part, we’ll discuss configuring Eclipse to use this environment. Mac OS X Prerequisites Install Eclipse Classic 3.5.x Mac Cocoa 32-bit. Ubuntu Prerequisites Install the Sun Java JDK. Why? …
Over the past 18 months the developers at Zenoss have used a variety of development environments and methods to productively work with Zenoss, but there are a lot of best practices that have emerged out of this diversity. I develop Zenoss primarily on Mac OS X, with some work done on Ubuntu when necessary. I …
One of the exciting features of the upcoming iPhone 3.0 operating system is the ability for a device to receive a notification message from your own application that is relayed by Apple’s network cloud. This feature allows the iPhone to channel all out-of-band communication into a narrow channel that is low impact on the device …
Yesterday marked my one-year anniversary at Zenoss. When I decided to take the job at Zenoss I knew it would be a challenging position, and time has proven this assumption correct. The new (to me, anyway) technology, the remote work environment and the realities of a startup company with limited resources have all added their …