How (and why) to get started with Mercurial
Slide show that compares Mercurial (a DVCS) vs. Subversion as well as other DVCS systems like Git and Bazaar. It goes into some common usage commands... more »
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Syntactic Sugar in Groovy and Ruby
Both Groovy and Ruby have their strengths and it’s nice to see cross-pollination of good ideas going both ways. From the comments on the RailsEnvy... more »
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Groovy: Don't Fear the RegExp
Groovy makes using regular expressions much easier than in Java. Under the covers, you’re still working with the same old Java Pattern and Matcher... more »
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Top 3 Shortcuts for the Terminal
As my coworkers know, I’m a keyboard shortcut junkie. It’s a problem (and I need help), but I’d rather give you a taste of what I’ve been smoking and... more »
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What methods does my Groovy/Grails class have?
If you’ve ever wondered what methods a groovy class has available for you to call, all you need to do is ask the metaClass...
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Using Mercurial as a “super client” for Subversion
More and more developers will start using tools like mercurial and git as a “super client” for a normal centralized version control repository.
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