Hot to integrate Kiwi with Redmine? - redmine

We're using Kiwi TCMS, we're able to create test cases and bugs in Kiwi but we are not clear on how to integrate with our Redmine.
It would be great if someone can guide us on how to link both platforms, in order to track or update the bugs/test cases from each tool.
The Kiwi documentation is not very clear about it, please we need a clear step-by-step on how to integrate Redmine<>Kiwi TCMS
Thanks a lot!

The Kiwi documentation is not very clear about it, please we need a clear step-by-step on how to integrate Redmine<>Kiwi TCMS
You have to be more precise than that. What exactly is not clear to you ? What is it that you are trying to achieve ?
From https://kiwitcms.readthedocs.io/en/latest/admin.html#configure-external-bug-trackers:
The extent of integration with 3rd party bug tracking systems is documented in https://kiwitcms.readthedocs.io/en/latest/modules/tcms.issuetracker.html#module-tcms.issuetracker aka scope definition for integration
Important: Details on what each field means can be found at tcms.testcases.models.BugSystem. Integration details for supported bug trackers can be found at tcms.issuetracker.types! Please read these sections carefully before configuring integration with external bug tracking systems! Module names in the original documentation are links to other documentation pages which describe the meaning of each field and what values go into them.
Given all of this information if you are asking for help you need to ask a more specific question or describe a more specific scenario which isn't working for you. Otherwise nobody can help you.

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google talk / libjingle developer forum

Does anyone know if there is a libjingle developer forum?
The link provided at https://developers.google.com/talk/libjingle/index under "Support" throws a "You do not have permission to access this group. (#418)" error.
Other places I could find are http://code.google.com/p/libjingle/issues/list, but that is only for bugs. And the activity at Stackoverflow seems low.
I was going to ask the same question, and this question has been open for 2 months, which makes me think the answer is no. Also, I'll add that the link to google talk help center on the google talk blog goes to archive.org! I searched for other google groups that cover libjingle and they are filled with spam.
Moreover, the current compilation instructions for Mac OS X require a lot of work (I documented this here: http://blog.bjornroche.com/2012/09/compiling-libjingle-on-os-x.html). So I'm guessing this means google is quietly reducing their level of support for libjingle.
I think the best place to get support is right here.
I mailed one of the google developers and he told me that libjingle does not have a specific forum. He suggested we try the WebRTC mailing list instead
https://groups.google.com/forum/?fromgroups#!forum/discuss-webrtc
Since libjingle is effectively a subset of WebRTC, and WebRTC has a more active community.
Although if you have an issue, you can add the issue to:
http://code.google.com/p/libjingle/issues/list

Is csUnit dead? If so, what are the living alternatives?

I'm trying to find out how to get csUnit and VS2010/.NET 4 to play nice together. There's no mention of .NET 4 in the csUnit FAQ, which also seems very much out of date. I checked out the Yahoo user group, but can't find any user posts past March 2008 there.
Am I correct in assuming that csUnit is dead? In that case, what test framework have the users moved on to?
In addition to Matthew Vines answer (NUnit and MbUnit), I think xUnit.Net is the 3rd active open source UnitTesting solution.
Consider Moq, Rhino.Mocks and FakeItEasy as active Open Source Mocking frameworks.
I would think that nUnit and MbUnit would be the big ones right now.
But here is a reasonably extensive list of options:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_unit_testing_frameworks#.NET_programming_languages

Where is a good place for a code review?

A few colleagues and I created a simple packet capturing application based on libpcap, GTK+ and sqlite as a project for a Networks Engineering course at our university. While it (mostly) works, I am trying to improve my programming skills and would appreciate it if members of the community could look at what we've put together.
Is this a good place to ask for such a review? If not, what are good sites I can throw this question up on? The source code is hosted by Google Code (http://code.google.com/p/nbfm-sniffer) and an executable is available for download (Windows only, though it does compile on Linux and should compile on OS X Leopard as well provided one has gtk+ SDK installed).
Thanks, everyone!
-Carlos Nunez
UPDATE: Thanks for the great feedback, everyone. The code is completely open-source and modifiable (licensed under Apache License 2.0). I was hoping to get more holistic feedback, considering that my postings would still be very lengthy.
As sheepsimulator mentioned, GitHub is good. I would also recommend posting your project on SourceForge.net and/or FreshMeat.net. Both are active developer communities where people often peruse projects like yours. The best thing for your code would be if someone found it useful and decided to extend it. Then, you'd probably end up with plenty of bug fixes and constructive criticism.
You might get some mileage by posting the code out in the public space (through github or some other open-posting forum), putting a link here on SO, and seeing what happens.
You could also make it an open-source project, and see if people find it and use it.
Probably your best bet is to talk to your prof/classmates, find some professional programmers willing to devote their time, and have them review the code. Like American Idol-esque judging, but for your software...
As #Noah states, this is not the site for code review. You may present problems and what you did to overcome those problems, asking if a given solution would be the best.
I found a neat little website that might be what you are looking for: Cplusplus.com

ABAP Unit Test Classes - Good References

I'm looking for good reference material regarding the use of ABAP Unit Test Classes.
I'm interested in any of the following:
Documentation on the functionality
Best Practises
"How To Guides"
Blogs/Books on people's experience in using test-driven development in a SAP environment, particularly what sort of scenarios leans themselves to test-driven development & how you get around the dependency of SAP on business data.
There is some documentation in sap.com.
Also, there is a German PDF (see here) that may be helpful if you know some German ;-) At least it contains a few email addresses of people that may be able to help. Not sure because the PDF is from a conference in 2003, so the contact info may not be too up to date.
Lastly. there seems to be a German book (on Amazon Germany) .. again not sure if that helps you.
Wondering if you'd checked these links...
https://wiki.sdn.sap.com/wiki/display/ABAP/ABAP+Unit
https://wiki.sdn.sap.com/wiki/display/ABAP/ABAP+Test+and+Analysis+Tools
Thanks.
I recently wrote a blog article on my experiences here: Adopting Test Driven Development using ABAP Unit
There is some documentation in SE24 for class CL_AUNIT_ASSERT. Doing a where-used on the class gives an indication of how it is meant to be used.
There also is a 5 part blog series on SAP SDN
UPDATE: There is now also an excellent course on ABAP Unit on OpenSAP.com. It is called
Writing Testable Code for ABAP
The URL for the course is: https://open.sap.com/courses/wtc1

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I was recently put in charge of the wiki for the development team. The wiki is still in its infancy, so I have a lot of room to work with. It goal is to house internal to the development team. Currently, the main piece of information that the wiki holds is Coding Standards.
What are some best practices your dev team uses for its internal wiki?
What information is important to have on a dev wiki?
If you were to go to the wiki for your dev team what information would you expect to see?
Is there some information that shouldn't go on the wiki even though it seems like a good idea?
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Also, is there a good way to organize the information? ( such as by layer ( data, ui), by porject, or other)
Introduction to the source base for new programmers
General documentation (not the API documentation per-se, but more tutorial like things)
Lists of staff / who's doing what and how to reach them
Notes / resources / articles that explain concepts used in the software
Documentation of the build process and the filesystem layout of the codebase
Other things I usually put up there are
Planning / todo lists
Information that is interesting for others to read
Everything else that I feel should be shared
We had a development wiki and it was a great tool. We used it for everything!
When brainstorming new ideas, we'd capture them on the wiki. The low friction nature of the wiki made it easy for anyone in the organization (we were a small startup) to add ideas as they thought of them. We had a high level "brainstorming" page which linked to detailed pages containing a thorough description of each idea.
For each iteration, we'd "move" feature idea items from the "brainstorming" list to the feature list for that iteration. The details of the feature were flushed out to include design and implementation details.
As features were completed, the iteration page became our release notes page - which also included the release tag from our version control system.
We had a bug page that worked very similar to the feature pages. Bug fixes were added to the iteration/release pages as they were worked on/complete.
We also created our user documentation on the wiki and exported those pages it with the release.
As time went on. This tool was viewed more and more valuable. We wound up creating new wikis for different the products the company was working on.
I hope you find your development wiki as useful as we did!
Wikipatterns is a website dedicated to documenting best wiki practices. They also describe anti-patterns and talk about ways to deal with them. I read their book and it was a great asset for me to get a wiki off the ground in a 150+ person organization.
One thing that we stress on our dev wiki is that it is updated when things change.
We don't want our wiki that is intended to provide information and be a central source of collected knowledge to become so out of date that it is useless. As the code is updated, developers are requested to update any related information on the wiki.
Other than Coding Standards, we keep tips and tricks for working with our code base, setup information for new hires, and general environment information.
The hardest part is getting developers to use your wiki. I have some long standing suggestions here: http://possibility.com/wiki/index.php?title=GettingYourWikiAdopted
Getting a Wiki Adopted is Tough
Have a Champion
Remove Objections
Create Content
Enmesh the Wiki In Company Processes
Evangelize
Don't Give Up
Consider Not Using Wiki For Conversations
Just Do It! Don't Wait For a Budget
Have a Transition Plan
Promoting Your Wiki
One good practice is to have the entire documentation and source code for each build available through your wiki. Then developers will go to wiki to access build info and that makes it invaluable.
Wikis can be a valuable resource for software development teams but they are not a silver bullet. It is all too easy to create a Wiki that would rapidly fall into disuse or become grossly outdated.
In my opinion, the key to a successful Wiki is getting the entire team on board. That means getting people away from other resources (and in particular email archives) as knowledge repositories, and offering some incentive for people to contribute.
However, it's also important to not be a format czar: If you have a lot of documents that you generate in, say, MS WORD, it may be ideal to do them all in Wiki format but that takes time and may be annoying if you have diagrams, documents, etc. In those cases, it's better to compromise and let people keep it in word format, as long as the only way to access the newest version is through the Wiki.
If you're not a manager, you need to get a manager on board because it would require some "enforcement".
There has been accumulating research and experience on Wikis and their use in software engineering. You can search the ACM digital library, for example. I am a coorganizer of an annual workshop on wikis for SE and we had several interesting experience reports and there are additional materials in the international symposium on Wikis.
Burndown charts
common setup information for development environments (nice for when new people start)
Specs
Known issues and workarounds with development tools
Come up with some kind of style guide, and teach others how to style stuff. When I was in charge of a corporate wiki, all of the other developers would just write crummy prose that was barely formatted, and looked terrible.
Keep away from things that require discussion. I tried shoehorn in a book review section, but it was too difficult to have others comment on things.
Examples of in house libraries are good. And/or "storyboards" walking a user through a process when MethodX is called.
What are some best practices your dev team uses for its internal wiki?
Make it look nice. I know it doesn't sound important, but if you spend a little time branding it pays off in terms of people actually using it. And uptake is key, or it will just wither and die.
What information is important to have on a dev wiki?
General information about a Project, milestones, delivery dates etc.
Summaries of design decisions/meetings. Important so that you don't re-visit the same areas time and time again.
HowTo guides for general development of current projects (for example, how to develop a new Plugin)
If you were to go to the wiki for your dev team what information would you expect to see?
Project information, who is working on what etc. Design decisions. Also best practices and links to useful sites.
Is there some information that shouldn't go on the wiki even though it seems like a good idea?
Low-level task lists tend to fluctuate and not be kept up-to-date, and can be misleading.
Also, critical communications between departments are better suited to e-mail, THEN the conversation can be copied to the wiki. It's too easy to ignore it otherwise!
Remember that a wiki is interactive. If you're thinking about publishing, as in publishing burndown charts, then you're not thinking far enough. Distributing that information is only part of it.
For instance, rather than having a "Current Burndown Chart" page, create a page for "Burndown Chart for Week of 10-27-2008" and then encourage people to comment on the chart, and what it means, and why you did so poorly that week.
We house and inhouse team wiki. And there we put all the necessary information for each project we are developing:
repositories
addresses for virtual machines
passwords
project documentations
project overview
project status
and anything else we fill needs to be written on a project. And it is the most useful web application we are running (besides Mantis) . On more general pages we put a definition of every taxonomy we are using, general project guidelines, polices, coding and developing practices we use.
It is there, it is simple and effective and I think every team should have one of those.