Category Archives: Open Source

Anything and everything related to open source.

Mercurial – Installation and beyond

Posted on September 24, 2008 by Sid

I had a chat with the jorendorff today about what I need to do to get my Mercurial (aka hg) project rolling. He outlined the steps we should look to take… We have to make sure you understand hg We … Continue reading →

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Mozilla Developer Days Toronto

Posted on September 22, 2008 by Sid

Last week Mozilla held a Developer Day conference at Seneca College. This brought various Mozilla developers from its Toronto and California offices to Seneca to talk about all things Mozilla. The conference lasted for the entirety of two days with … Continue reading →

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Mercurial, A Distributed Version Control System

Posted on September 22, 2008 by Sid

Well, I’ve finally decided on my project for this open source course. I am happy to report that I will be working on Mercurial. For anyone that doesn’t know it is a Distributed Version Control Sytem (DVCS). Now if you … Continue reading →

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Picking an Open Source Project

Posted on September 13, 2008 by Sid

Well the time to choose my project for the open source class is approaching very quickly. I’ve narrowed my choice down to 3 now. But I’m still in a dilemma. Which one should I go with? Well, lets look at … Continue reading →

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Ubiquity, a Firefox Extension

Posted on September 11, 2008 by Sid

In our last open source class Dave asked us to work through a lab where we worked with Ubiquity, a Firefox extension. So, I had a go at it. I installed it and read the articles that introduce the add-on … Continue reading →

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Google’s Chrome Enters the Web Browser Race

Posted on September 6, 2008 by Sid

I’m sure by now that everybody has heard of Google’s sudden entry into the browser market. This has raised many new questions for Google’s competitors. Will Chrome be able to eat into the marketshare of IE? Will Google continue to … Continue reading →

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Open Source (Bazaar) vs Proprietary (Cathedral)

Posted on September 3, 2008 by Sid

As part of the open source course I’m taking at Seneca our professor, David Humphery asked the students to read an article, watch a video and listen to an audio file as the very first assignment for the course. I … Continue reading →

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