Comments on: The Start of My Programming Days http://mrwillmore.com/2005/07/02/the-start-of-my-programming-days/ "I want to put a dent in the universe." — Steve Jobs Fri, 21 Nov 2008 20:55:40 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.3 By: guillaume http://mrwillmore.com/2005/07/02/the-start-of-my-programming-days/#comment-1386 guillaume Wed, 07 Sep 2005 12:43:52 +0000 http://web.ics.purdue.edu/~willmore/blog/?p=45#comment-1386 <p>Hi , how are you? You are pretty good at programming so?</p> Hi , how are you? You are pretty good at programming so?

]]> By: Matt http://mrwillmore.com/2005/07/02/the-start-of-my-programming-days/#comment-768 Matt Thu, 07 Jul 2005 15:58:37 +0000 http://web.ics.purdue.edu/~willmore/blog/?p=45#comment-768 <p>Matt -</p> <p>The common "builds" are a good idea, and the way you said it is better than how I had imagined it. They way it was in my head, when it would query the packages set to be installed it would just enable them (via checkboxes or whatever). Instead, I can do straight "packages" like you described, while retaining the ability to alter individual packages.</p> <p>The NetBoot idea is brilliant. I can't believe I passed it over. We were concerned about using DVD's because not everyone has a DVD drive, but were planning to get around it with a FireWire DVD drive. NetBoot is 1000x better, and smooth as hell - something to make the Windows team envious.</p> <p>Thanks for the ideas!</p> Matt -

The common “builds” are a good idea, and the way you said it is better than how I had imagined it. They way it was in my head, when it would query the packages set to be installed it would just enable them (via checkboxes or whatever). Instead, I can do straight “packages” like you described, while retaining the ability to alter individual packages.

The NetBoot idea is brilliant. I can’t believe I passed it over. We were concerned about using DVD’s because not everyone has a DVD drive, but were planning to get around it with a FireWire DVD drive. NetBoot is 1000x better, and smooth as hell - something to make the Windows team envious.

Thanks for the ideas!

]]> By: Matt Machczynski http://mrwillmore.com/2005/07/02/the-start-of-my-programming-days/#comment-767 Matt Machczynski Thu, 07 Jul 2005 15:49:29 +0000 http://web.ics.purdue.edu/~willmore/blog/?p=45#comment-767 <p>A couple points</p> <p>1) Make sure you have the sql client in your initial load so you can contact the SQL database (I know..sounds apparent but some people might forget).</p> <p>2) More importantly, have some idea of common "builds" or some such and select from those. For example, you don't want to select every damn application that will go on a machine. It's a lot simpler to say "This is a web server with WebObjects" (which is really just a pointer to a list of applications and install orders). This will make installs much less painful (also leads to potential for easier upgrades, etc.)</p> <ol> <li>You might want to check out some infrastructural bits such as net boot to allow for more flexibility as well (and to not have to deal with DVDs).</li> </ol> <p>m.</p> A couple points

1) Make sure you have the sql client in your initial load so you can contact the SQL database (I know..sounds apparent but some people might forget).

2) More importantly, have some idea of common “builds” or some such and select from those. For example, you don’t want to select every damn application that will go on a machine. It’s a lot simpler to say “This is a web server with WebObjects” (which is really just a pointer to a list of applications and install orders). This will make installs much less painful (also leads to potential for easier upgrades, etc.)

  1. You might want to check out some infrastructural bits such as net boot to allow for more flexibility as well (and to not have to deal with DVDs).

m.

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