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Now program languages and their types are more centralized in the TLM Repository! Your Programs will be thrilled! When you write parsing rules for languages, you can upload your scripts and rules directly to the repository!

• First, write your Program language parse rules in an SVN repository.
• Direct the TLMR to that SVN repository.
• Then, add a type and attach your respective language to it.

You can even update your language or type from SVN: just a single click!

See you in Version 6,
The product development group.

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Now you can find a use case, report, or anything you need in the repository instantly!

A quick search yields the first top ten hits. You can also drill down in the search refine your search results to search by type, labels or statuses. You can even search inside attached documents! Compare different types to each other!

See you in Version 6,
The product development group.

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Have you ever wanted to know how complex your UseCases are? Or how many lines of code they boil down to?

Then you’re in luck!

Make’s Complexity Calculator uses low-level code measurements to determine high-level semantic object complexity.

As an example, consider a use-case has been connected to three programs: x, y and z. If x, y and z have a total cyclomatic complexity of 100, we can say the use-case has the same complexity. This becomes very helpful when we compare two use-cases – if UC1 has a total CC of 100 and UC2 has a total CC of 1000, we can assume UC2 is roughly 10x more complex than UC1. We can then use the high and low as samples to estimate the total work required for modernization.

The estimation engine has been used on the SaskTel project to estimate effort in Phase 3 of their Modernization project. On this project, BA subjective ratings were cross-referenced with Complexity Calculator output to establish correct ratings. Key feedback comes when BA subjective ratings dramatically differ from extracted values – these are points for further investigation and correction

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A few years ago I came across this very cool setup by Ken Nichols where Lava Lamps are used to indicate build status. Real, tangible feedback on your builds somehow has that cool factor that just can’t be ignored. With circa-2004 lava lamps as inspiration, the latest Hudson Helper for Android has been updated.

Android devices have a multi-color LED that can be used for notifications. On my Nexus One, the trackball doubles as the LED, resulting in a glowing orb. Hudson Helper will monitor your builds and make the glowing orb throb when your builds change status to red, yellow or blue.

Fix your build and the orb throbs blue.

That and Hudson Helper for Android now has support for host aliases (a la /etc/hosts), making integration with misconfigured Hudson servers and VPNs much easier.

To find Hudson Helper search for it in the market, or scan this QR code with your Android device:

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