Wednesday 28th August, 2013 @ 7pm (pre-meeting downstairs at 6pm)
Address Muttis upstairs (118 Elgin st, Carlton VIC)
Daniel covered the process of getting the WebPageTest tool deployed onto an Amazon Web Service with a mixture of Python scripts and Json configuration templates.
Duncan went over some open source voice recognition software he has been looking at.
Sven went over two great tools he uses:
NTM (network traffic monitor) - Good for 3G data plans so you don't go over your limit.
workrave - Prevent the chance of RSI
Michael gave a quick intro to some of the tools he uses for testing hard to test software or for workarounds when nothing else will do the trick.
| xdotool | keyboard/mouse actions |
| xsel | manipulate the X selection |
| zenity | collect info from user |
| gdevilspie | window matching & size setting |
| wmctrl | control windows shape/size |
| gnee | GUI Record sessions |
| xtail | a clean tail |