Software

GUI testing tools

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_GUI_testing_tools

Testing

Smoke testing (software)

Developing Usable Software

• Ten Simple Rules for Developing Usable Software in Computational Biology
• Ten simple rules for writing a paper about scientific software

VLC keyboard shortcut

• Alt + arrows => skip 10 seoncds
• +, - (no shift needed) => play faster, slower
• M => toggle mute

FreeMind

Java based program

Install:

• Install FreeMind on Mac OSX. This essentially download FreeMind_1.0.1.dmg. I can just download the general binary file and launch it directly bash ~/Downloads/freemind-bin-max-1.0.1/freemind.sh . But remember don't try to launch the program twice.
• How To Install FreeMind 1.0.1 on Ubuntu 18.10, Ubuntu 18.04

$ sudo apt install snapd
$ sudo snap install freemind

# Optional, to remove freemind, do:
$ sudo apt remove freemind

Tips:

• Create graphical links between two nodes. To do so, mark a node and drag to another node holding both shift and control keys, and releasing the mouse button first. You can edit some properties of this link by right-clicking on the line between them.
• FAQ
• Move node around?
• GraphViz mediawiki extension.
  • How To Install And Use Graphviz On Ubuntu. After installing graphviz, new binaries like dot are under /usr/bin.

Examples: Mind Maps by Vladimir Toncar

coggle.it

https://coggle.it/

unison

http://code.google.com/p/winison/

Evernote

• http://lifehacker.com/5964285/whats-all-the-fuss-about-evernote-why-do-people-use-it
• http://lifehacker.com/5989980/ive-been-using-evernote-all-wrong-heres-why-its-actually-amazing
• http://lifehacker.com/paperwork-is-an-evernote-alternative-you-can-host-yours-1693856130 Paperwork Is an Evernote Alternative You Can Host Yourself
• Joplin: The True Open Source Evernote Alternative

To find out the source of a web clip, click the Note Info icon at the top.

Dropbox

10 tricks and tips

• Favorite files for offline reading on mobile devices
• Use Dropbox as your default Document folder
• Email files to dropbox as attachment
• Get more stoage for free
• Maintain firefox settings across different computers
• Upload files to Dropbox via URL - URL droplet
• Download torrents remotely
• Maintain two dropbox accounts - Dropbox wiki
• Backup your web site - Backup Box
• Host web page - DropPages or Pancake.io

Photos

• Google Photos vs. Flickr
• How Aperture, Shutter Speed, and ISO Affect Your Photos

License

• What Is Creative Commons and Non-Commercial Use?
• R packages -> License

Open source

Ten simple rules on writing clean and reliable open-source scientific software

How to write about open source software

• What should you write about?
• What type of article are you writing?
• Who are you writing for?
• Words matter
  • Use everyday language
  • Know which words to avoid
  • Use inclusive language
• Revising and editing
• Style guides

Difference Between Development, Stage, And Production

Difference Between Development, Stage, And Production 4 tiers

• development is what you have on your local machine
• stage: not stable, built with the last contributions from git
• QA: same data as production (optional)
• production

On NIH, it is Dev -> QA -> Stage -> Prod.

There are different definitions. On microsoft, it follows this process:

• Development
• Testing
• Staging
• Production