Installing Subversion on the Ubuntu server with Tortoise WinXP Client
One problem that really plagued my early attempts was the fact that MySQL drops the connection between Toplink and the database after 24 hours of inactivity.
I managed to solve this
Every year I get approached by students who find my website and hope I will help them complete their projects.
Spring is an amazing framework in Java. However, the set up pain was really huge for a Tomcat / Toplink / MySQL set up. Here's how I finally managed to do it.
Spring is an amazing framework in Java. I've avoided using it for a while but finally decided to take the plunge with the youreporttv.com project. It has proved that it is a very flexible framework, allowing me and other programmers to work on the site and add functionality quickly and easily. Even better the code is readable and works.
If you’ve managed to get Apache / Tomcat / PHP / Ruby set up working successfully you soon come up against a problem. Every time you create a new ‘site’ you have to get it working as a path relative to http://localhost. This can be a pain if you're working on multiple sites with different configurations. This article explains how to set up virtual hosting in Apache, allowing WinXP users to set up multiple test sites on their machines.
