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1. Commit Related Changes
2. Commit Often
3. Don’t Commit Half-Done Work
4. Test Before You Commit
5. Write Good Commit Messages
6. Version Control is not a Backup System
7. Use Branches
8. Agree on a Workflow

Be sure to read the original article to see an explanation of each point.

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How am I supposed to handle that?

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This is totally different if you use a Mac (or Linux, or any other OS). While there is technically a Mac client for CCA, it does not work as well as the Windows-based client. Luckily, there is still a backup plan for other operating systems: CCA will redirect you to a web-based login page, you fill in your user credentials, and bam! you’re on the network. Only a few caveats:

• If you disconnect from the network for any reason (i.e. you’re using a laptop and you close the lid) for more than 5 minutes, you will have to re-login
• Occasionally there are issues with computer identification and DHCP: I have run into issues where I was logged in, closed my laptop for 15 minutes, and was given an “IP in use” error. This has happened on more than one occasion, and not only to me, but a few of my classmates.
• It’s just a hassle to have your web session interrupted by a Java app (and on that point, why is it a Java app? I’m pretty sure a standards-compliant web form would suffice) asking you to login

To get around most of these issues, I came up with a script to automatically login with my iMac. Essentially, it’s just a shell/bash script that is executed by launchd (you could use Cron on *NIX) every 5 minutes.

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Update: This tutorial has been updated! Several bugs have been fixed, please be sure to read all of the updates (especially if you’ve referenced this tutorial before).

Also, there is now a gem to help with the deployment script. Please visit the new tutorial after reading this one for more information.

I’m not going to lie: lately I’ve been on quite the WordPress-kick. I love being able to create a design, cut it up into HTML-ready chunks, and then use a standard WordPress template to get it into production and on the web ASAP! Generally, my workflow looks like this:

1. Create the design
2. Cut it up for a web layout
3. Create a sample web layout and test across browsers
4. Cut the HTML up into a standard WordPress template
5. FTP the design to a WordPress install (into the wp-content/themes directory)

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using System.Text.RegularExpressions;

namespace CustomStringMethods
{
	public static class PhoneNumber
	{
		#region Class Methods

		public static string StripAllButDigits(this string s)
		{
			return (s == null) ? string.Empty : Regex.Replace(s, @"\D", string.Empty);
		}

		#endregion
	}
}

Obviously this can be used for more than just phone numbers.

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namespace ValidationServices.Customers
{
  public interface ICustomer
  {
    // Properties
    ValidationRequest Request{ get; set;}

    // Methods
    ValidationResponse ValidateOrder();
    //....
    // and so on
    //....
  }
}

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