Entries Tagged as “Tools”
Expanding your professional tool kit
This meeting will look at and discuss the wide range of professional tools used by front end web developers and designers to do everything from wire framing to coding and debugging to billing your clients. We will look at subscription based web tools as well as more traditional desktop software. We will discuss some of our favorites from each category as well as how to avoid pitfalls when picking certain tools.
- Date:
- Thursday July 21st 2011
- Time:
- 6:30 PM
- Location:
- The Urban Hive 1931 H Street, Sacramento, CA 95811
Presentation Slides
Additional Tools
Zengobi Curio – Mind Mapping
http://www.zengobi.com/products/curio/
Scadaplan – Project Management
http://www.scadaplan.com/
So1o – Project Management
http://www.thrivesolo.com/
Notable – Project Management
http://www.notableapp.com/
Evernote – Cross Platform Notebook
http://www.evernote.com/
Xmarks – Bookmark Syncing
http://www.xmarks.com/
Espresso – Coding Environment
http://macrabbit.com/espresso/
Textastic – Code Editor for iPad
http://www.textasticapp.com/
Codasaurus – Code Editor for iPad
http://grilledbacon.com/
Lorizzle – Goofy Gangsta Content Generator
http://www.lorizzle.nl/
Blinksale – Billing / Invoicing
http://blinksale.com/
QuoteRobot – Generating Proposals
http://www.quoterobot.com/
Getklock – Time Tracking
http://www.getklok.com/
CashBoard – Time Tracking and Billing
https://www.cashboardapp.com/
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Every Browser on One Computer: Using Virtual Machines to Developing on Multiple Browsers and Devicess
You can finally turn off all your extra test computers and quit borrowing phones and hitting up friends to test your new website. Free virtual machine software and device emulators can run any web browser on any platform you want, right on your normal development computer.
We will be introduce you to virtual machines and show you how to use them to run the most common browsers: WindowsXP (IE7), Windows7 (IE9), OS X (Safari), iOS (Safari for iPhone & iPad), Android (default browser & Opera). We'll also show how to integrate them into your normal design & development process.
Bring your own laptop (Windows, Linux or Mac) and after the presentation we'll take some time to help you setup your own virtual machines. Note: You'll need to bring your own installation discs for Windows or OS X if you want to install IE or Safari! We'll bring free copies of the iOS and Android emulators.
- Date:
- Thursday February 17th 2011
- Time:
- 6:30
- Location:
- The Urban Hive 1931 H Street, Sacramento, CA 95811
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Front-end testing with Selenium IDE & Holiday Potluck Dinner
Hello everyone, The holiday season is here and this meeting I thought it would be great if we did a potluck dinner and a short presentation followed by more merriment. Peter is excited and anxious to give a presentation on Selenium IDE to help you test your websites.
If you have never heard of Selenium before, Selenium IDE is a Firefox add-on that records clicks, typing, and other actions to make a test, which you can play back in the browser.
Potluck Dinner
If your planning to attend and can bring something to the dinner please use the low tech rsvp method and leave a comment stating what you plan to bring. I thought that it might help alleviate to many unnecessary duplicate items.
I am bringing some pasta with marinara, (probably rigatoni or rotini) with a side of meatballs or chicken breast.
- Date:
- Thursday December 16th 2010
- Time:
- 6:30
- Location:
- The Urban Hive 1931 H Street, Sacramento, CA 95811
Meeting Notes
O'Reilly is seeking feedback from users on their video training series. Testers will receive a complimentary copy of the video. A $25 – $150 value! Email me for details. Feedback must be provided by January 4th at the latest.
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Source Control With Subversion
Source control is an important part of building a website. This month Peter Anselmo will walk us through some of the benefits, and options that we have for source control. How to set up a subversion repository. How to use it to commit changes, roll back to an earlier version and much more.
- Date:
- September 15th 2010
- Time:
- 6:30
- Location:
- The Urban Hive 1931 H Street, Sacramento, CA 95811
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Sneaky Web Dev With Firebug
There are few tools in a web developers toolbox more indispensable than Firebug. There is so much power packed into this free utility that Andy Ford will break it down for us into a practical how-to as well as tips and tricks for working with Firebug. You will not want to miss this presentation as it is guaranteed to be indispensable knowledge for web developers of ALL levels.
- Date:
- February 17th 2010
- Time:
- 6:30
- Location:
- The Urban Hive 1931 H Street, Sacramento, CA 95811
- Fee:
- Free – Donations for food appriciated
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