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BuildFactory - automation for developers

I'm no developer, but I can call a good dev tool when I see one. BuildFactory from Bleep Software sounds like 'Automator for developers', with features like automated builds, building refreshed sources from Subversion, using your own external editor for errors and warnings, and building multiple projects with one click. A healthy dose of other features are offered in this handy tool, so why not check them out for yourself or watch some tutorials to see BuildFactory in action. The author has even posted a poll on the main product page to find out what features developers would most like to see added. At least you can't say BuildFactory's dev doesn't care about feedback.

A demo of BuildFactory is available, while single licenses sell for $35, with a 5-pack for $150.

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Automated Backups in Tiger

Tiger BoxRichard Hough over at MacDevCenter has written up a useful little bit of information on how one can have Automated Backups on Tiger Using rsync: "One of the uses for this command is to compare the files on your internal drive to those on your backup drive, and only archive the files that have changed."

Hough starts off the article, saying, "I'm going to show you how to create a free, customizable backup solution using only software that comes with Mac OS X 10.4, which will automatically back up changes to your data without user intervention. . . .To use this solution, you should back up to an external firewire hard drive or to a network volume. " I think this might persuade me to do away with my plain and simple once a week cloning of my hard-drive. I like the ideas of free and automated.

Tip of the Day

Want to drag a file to another folder and copy it instead of moving it? Press the Option key when you drag that file and it'll be duplicated rather than moved entirely.


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