release-management

Best practices for copying files with Maven

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I have config files and various documents that I want to copy from the dev environment to the dev-server directory using Maven2. Strangely, Maven does not seem strong at this task. Some of the options: Simple use a copy task in Maven <copy file=”src/main/resources/config.properties” tofile=”${project.server.config}/config.properties”/> Use the Ant plugin to execute copy from Ant. Construct … Read more

Create a directly-executable cross-platform GUI app using Python

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Python works on multiple platforms and can be used for desktop and web applications, thus I conclude that there is some way to compile it into an executable for Mac, Windows and Linux. The problem being I have no idea where to start or how to write a GUI with it, can anybody shed some … Read more