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Rules for good testing

Look at the following image...

...it shows an object being tested.

You can't see inside the object. All you can do is send it messages. This is an important point to make because we should be "testing the interface, and NOT the implementation" - doing so will allow us to change the implementation without causing our tests to break.

Install

Either copy the aliases from the .gitconfig or run the commands in add-pr-alias.sh

Usage

Easily checkout local copies of pull requests from remotes:

git pr 4 - creates local branch pr/4 from the github upstream(if it exists) or origin remote and checks it out
git pr 4 someremote - creates local branch pr/4 from someremote remote and checks it out

Creating a "DMG installer" for OS X

A DMG Installer is convenient way to provide end-users a simple way to install an application bundle. They are basically a folder with a shortcut to the Applications directory but they can be customized with icons, backgrounds, and layout properties. A DMG file (.dmg) is a Mac OS X Disk Image file and it is used to package files or folders providing compression, encryption, and read-only to the package.

##Creating the DMG file #Disk Utility

OS X Screencast to animated GIF

This gist shows how to create a GIF screencast using only free OS X tools: QuickTime, ffmpeg, and gifsicle.

Instructions

To capture the video (filesize: 19MB), using the free "QuickTime Player" application:

Locate the section for your github remote in the .git/config file. It looks like this:

[remote "origin"]
	fetch = +refs/heads/*:refs/remotes/origin/*
	url = [email protected]:joyent/node.git

Now add the line fetch = +refs/pull/*/head:refs/remotes/origin/pr/* to this section. Obviously, change the github url to match your project's URL. It ends up looking like this:

	# Compiled source #
	###################
	*.com
	*.class
	*.dll
	*.exe
	*.o
	*.so

	# Packages #

	#!/usr/bin/env bash

	# obtains all data tables from database
	TS=`sqlite3 $1 "SELECT tbl_name FROM sqlite_master WHERE type='table' and tbl_name not like 'sqlite_%';"`

	# exports each table to csv
	for T in $TS; do

	sqlite3 $1 <<!
	.headers on

-# delete local tag '12345'
-git tag -d 12345
-# delete remote tag '12345' (eg, GitHub version too)
-git push origin :refs/tags/12345
-# alternative approach
-git push --delete origin tagName
-git tag -d tagName

	#Mounting the share is a 2 stage process:
	# 1. Create a directory that will be the mount point
	# 2. Mount the share to that directory

	#Create the mount point:
	mkdir share_name

	#Mount the share:
	mount_smbfs //username:[email protected]/share_name share_name/

	# read in and display ImagePlus object(s)
	from loci.plugins import BF
	file = "/Users/curtis/data/tubhiswt4D.ome.tif"
	imps = BF.openImagePlus(file)
	for imp in imps:
	imp.show()

	# read in and display ImagePlus(es) with arguments
	from loci.common import Region
	from loci.plugins.in import ImporterOptions