Applications
| Web Applications | |||
| Application | Used | Comfort | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cacti | 2005-now |  |
Cacti is a near real-time monitoring application. I’ve used the stock application to do simple monitoring of local systems, incluing storage and RAM availability monitoring. I have some experience using SNMP to monitor remote systems, and creating specialized monitoring modules with Perl. |
| Webmin | 2005-now |  |
This is a Linux Management UI web application. I have used the status module extensively to monitor resource outages, and send email to phones/Blackberries when trouble occurs. |
| Movable Type | 2008-now |  |
This is the blogging platform I use on this site. I have created my own theme, and specialized templates to fit my liking. |
| phpMyAdmin | 2003-now | |
phpMyAdmin provides a web-based UI to MySQL management functions; I prefer MySQL command line tools, but I find phpMyAdmin to be easier to use for browsing data. |
| Google Analytics | 2008-now | |
I have set up Google Analytics on a couple of sites (including this one) to monitor site activity. |
| Desktop Applications | |||
| Please note the applications listed here are those used only in a software development context. Listing all applications I use would result in a very long page. | |||
| Application | Used | Comfort | Notes |
| Paint Shop Pro | 2001-now | |
I’ve used Paint Shop Pro to create and touch up graphics for web applications. A common use is to make small icon-like graphics have a transparent background, or to crop and/or resize graphics. |
| SmartDraw | 2001-now | |
Used to create diagrams for design documentation, such as flowcharts, and UML diagrams. |
| Wireshark (formerly Ethereal) | 2000-now | |
This software protocol analyzer assists in debugging protocol or networking problems. |
| Toad (for Oracle) | 2007-now |  |
My original use for this database management software was to confirm that two databases (typically the development and QA databases) were equal, and deployed properly. Since that time, I’ve also used it to create and debug stored procedures and packages, as well as schema browsing. This is a very powerful tool, and I know I’ve only used a very small percentage of it’s features. |
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