IT Business Analyst Knowledge Areas

Database - Normal forms
xml schema, Domain Model
PIM vs PSM
Zachmann FrameWork
IDEF1X
UML 2.0

Solution Documentation

1. User Story (The main stories the application will implement, stories start higher level and then drill down into details “I want to add blocks”)

2. Use Cases (The use cases are driven from the user stories, each use case must tie up to a user story. Use cases describe the various different ways the user can for example “Add blocks at top”, “Add blocks at bottom”, “Add blocks at specific position in existing list”)

3. Functional Requirements (Validation rules, formatting rules, business rules not fitting into use cases, and then rules coming from use cases, each functional requirement should be tied to a use case and user story)

4. Activity Diagrams (Only include these if a use case or functional requirement requires complicated logic flow – complicated is anything where you have a if/else or loop type logic)

5. Test plan (This is a list of all tests you would perform to check that all the functional requirements are matched. Each functional requirement must have an associated test)

The above makes up the functional specification for an application.

You could also include user interface screen mock ups, with examples of data. We find these really helpful aswell.

Linux Python BlueTooth Dev

The official Linux BlueTooth protocol stack.
BlueZ
ubuntu pkg = bluez

A cross-platform Python Bluetooth API.
Light Blue
ubuntu pkg = python-lightblue

Python wrappers for bluetooth system resources.
Google PyBluez
ubuntu pkg = python-bluez

Open source implementation of the Object Exchange (OBEX) Protocol
Open OBEX
ubuntu pkg = openobex-apps

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bug with my broadcom bluetooth usb dongle
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gnome-bluetooth/+bug/133690

(almost) Everything you wanted to know about linux and the net, but were afraid to ask

Eric Raymond's (esr@thyrsus.com) document "describes the working basics of PC-class computers, Unix-like operating systems, and the Internet in non-technical language."

Greg 'o Keefe's (gcokeefe@postoffice.utas.edu.au) brief "description of what happens in a Linux system, from the time that you turn on the power, to the time that you log in and get a bash prompt."

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Reverting the Head Revision to a Previous Revision with Tortoise SVN

CodeRenaissance

To roll back a file, start by right clicking on it and selecting Show Log.
Once you have the log open, right click on the desired version of your file.
Upon selecting this Tortoise SVN will notify you that it is doing a reverse merge into your working copy; click yes.
Commit the file (or make changes and commit) and you're done.

On committing the revision,the previous revision will become the head, effectively rolling-back, and chopping off the 'branch' at the desired point. (Although of course the 'branch' is there).

simple python closure example

Original taken without permission from ScratchPad.

1>>> def counter(start=0, step=1):
2  ... x = [start]
3  ... def _inc():
4  ... x[0] += step
5  ... return x[0]
6  ... return _inc
7  ...
8  >>> c = counter()
9  >>> c()
10  1
11  >>> c()
12  2
13  >>> c()
14  3

changing ubuntu splash screens

1. http://ubuntuforums.org/archive/index.php/t-210268.html
2. http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=89916&highlight=grub+splash+screen