Wednesday, March 4, 2009

Tools in the box

I was sitting here, Diet Dr. Pepper at my side as usual(I think I personally have paid for one of their bottling plants), deciding on what my first step should be.

Feeling a little overwhelmed, it struck me...  I have also been underwhelmed in the past, so if I have been "over" and "under" whelmed, can I say that I have ever been just whelmed?  

OK, onward.  I decided that it may be a good first step to let you know something about my environment for reference.  So here is a list of some of the tools.
  • ColdFusion 8 (of course)
  • Cfeclipse for editing
  • MySQL Workbench for database design / management
  • Subversion / Tortoise for version control
  • SQL-Front for data handling directly
  • WS_FTP (an oldie, but still good enough for me)
  • Beyond Compare for file comparisons / uploads / synchs
  • IIS, IE, Chrome and FireFox for testing
So far, these have done the trick.  But, I am lacking a good structured test methodology so I am keeping my ears and eyes open for one to use.
My physical platform:

* Home built PC
* Intel Quad Core 2.83 GHz / Vista
* 4Gb RAM
* Dual 25" monitors
* and 2,500 MP3s for support

I like to keep it fairly simple.  But, if you have any suggestions for additions, send a comment!

What is the next "tool" to add?  I'm thinking the best place to start is by installing Transfer and experimenting.  Wish me luck...  I'll keep you posted on the struggles.


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