Submit it to the program team Joe ! I like your enthusiasm, I think you'll do a great job explaining everything in a friendly atmosphere a panel will provide.
On Wed, Mar 28, 2012 at 9:49 PM, Joe Martin D'Souza <[email protected]>wrote: > ** > Yes a Panel is a great idea.. Where you as an audience can ask the how > to type questions and we as a panel of users who are more friendlier with > the Studio can answer if there is an answer to it and share our views.. > > Maybe we could as a panel share our experiences first, which may answer > majority of the how to questions, and then have a open question answer > session in the end.. > > Joe > > *From:* Susan Palmer <[email protected]> > *Sent:* Wednesday, March 28, 2012 10:39 PM > *Newsgroups:* public.remedy.arsystem.general > *To:* [email protected] > *Subject:* Re: DevStudio Tool > > ** Joe ... maybe a panel situation would be more comfortable for you. I > think having a projection of the tool and then showing what you're talking > about would be great. Especially when answering questions. Skip the > slides, we want the real tool in action. I know the wwrug team likes > 'presentations' but maybe this would be an option for this type of group. > > > I don't think you'd even have to prepare more than a couple points already > mentioned here (choose mine please) and the rest will generate from the > crowd. > > On Wed, Mar 28, 2012 at 9:34 PM, Joe Martin D'Souza <[email protected]>wrote: > >> ** >> >> “Importing and exporting workflow can chew up memory fast. The default >> heap settings are next to nothing and you need a minimum of 2Gig to run >> Devstudio. Admin tool could get by with 1Gig or less. “ >> Have you increased the heap on the import ini configuration file? There >> are more files than just the development studio’s ini file where you can >> adjust your heap size. >> >> I hate 2 and 3 too.. experienced those things myself as well where after >> what seems like you selected the field it just disappears and the 2nd time >> you select it, it sticks... >> >> So yea Rod actually managed to point 2 things that I find to be clumsy >> too.. But the advantages outweigh these so these few quirks just seem to be >> overshadowed.. Thank you for pointing these up and I think if BMC is >> watching, they ought to do something about these things.. >> >> Joe >> >> *From:* Rod Harris <[email protected]> >> *Sent:* Wednesday, March 28, 2012 10:22 PM >> *Newsgroups:* public.remedy.arsystem.general >> *To:* [email protected] >> *Subject:* Re: DevStudio Tool >> >> ** >> Hi Dan, Joe and everyone, >> >> I've been using Dev Studio since 7.5 first came out and I would never >> consider going back to the old admin tool. Whilst you certainly need a high >> resolution screen and you should go 64bit and up your heap from the >> default there are plenty of huge upsides in dev studio. >> >> My favourites are: >> >> >> 1. The *Outline View *and the ability to sort fields by ID or by >> label or by name to find the field you need quickly. >> 2. Once you find the field the *show relationships* feature will >> enable you to drill in to the right workflow quickly and to be confident >> that you have captured all of the impacts. >> 3. If you need to *bulk change* a whole bunch of fields, active links >> or anything else you can usually select the objects and use the properties >> page to do a bulk update. >> 4. *Autocomplete*, built in help and syntax checking are nice >> especially now that the bugs seem to have been removed. There were some >> nasty ones in the early 7.5 releases >> >> The bad things >> >> 1. Importing and exporting workflow can chew up memory fast. The >> default heap settings are next to nothing and you need a minimum of 2Gig >> to >> run Devstudio. Admin tool could get by with 1Gig or less. >> 2. I miss the ease of moving around a bunch of fields using the arrow >> keys. This feature is there but it doesn't seem to work as well. There >> also >> seems to be some bugs with group moving/resizing fields in devstudio still >> 3. Sometimes I select fields to add to a setfields or push fields and >> they don't take. I have to select the field again. This bug has been >> around >> since day 1 and I'm not sure it has been fixed. >> >> So on the whole I love devstudio. Fix the bugs, extend the syntax help to >> the run process commands, improve the memory utilisation and I'll be even >> happier. I'm loving my new laptop with the full HD screen and 8 Gig too. >> >> Rod Harris >> >> >> >> On 29 March 2012 09:59, Joe Martin D'Souza <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> >>> Yea I like that one too.. And that you can switch between an AL list and >>> a Filter list without waiting for a coffee break or a cigarette break to >>> get your session back - especially since I have stopped drinking coffee and >>> reduced my smoking to almost nothing! >>> >>> -----Original Message----- From: bullcreek.com >>> Sent: Wednesday, March 28, 2012 9:28 PM Newsgroups: >>> public.remedy.arsystem.general >>> To: [email protected] >>> Subject: Re: DevStudio Tool >>> >>> One of my favorite features is the ability to "tear off" the tabs >>> (Relationship, Forms, Filters, Properties etc.) and stick them on other >>> windows as well as stacking forms or workflow side by side to compare them. >>> >>> Phil Bautista >>> President / CEO >>> Bull Creek Data Corporation >>> www.bullcreek.com >>> Remedy Approved Consultant (RAC) >>> http://www.wwrug.com/contact_**phil.html<http://www.wwrug.com/contact_phil.html> >>> 512-731-0304 >>> -----Original message----- >>> From: Guillaume Rheault [email protected] >>> Date: Wed, 28 Mar 2012 19:03:49 -0400 >>> To: [email protected] >>> Subject: Re: DevStudio Tool >>> >>> >>> >>>> BTW, IMHO, to me the 3 killer features of DevStudio are the >>>> >>>> - Undo-Redo >>>> - Ability to type (or paste) field names in the set fields or push >>>> fields m> appings (along with the auto-complete feature) >>>> - performance is really awesome compared to DevStudio (specially >>>> working wi> th ITSM whaich has a ton of workflow) >>>> >>>> the record relationships feature is very nice too, the wayrelationships >>>> are> displayed, etc so that would be the 4th. >>>> >>>> Guillaume >>>> ______________________________**__________ >>>> From: Action Request System discussion list(ARSList) [ >>>> [email protected]] > on behalf of Guillaume Rheault [ >>>> [email protected]] >>>> Sent: Wednesday, March 28, 2012 6:58 PM >>>> To: [email protected] >>>> Subject: Re: DevStudio Tool >>>> >>>> I've been working with DevStudio since it first came out in 7.5. >>>> Learning curve was fairly steep at the beginning but definitely worth >>>> the t> ime and effort. >>>> >>>> I would never ever go back to the old Admin tool, even if that was a >>>> possib> ility. >>>> If I had to be involved in a project with ARS 7.1 or older and I had to >>>> do > a lot of development, I would put all my energy to convince >>>> management to u> pgrade to at least 7.5 in order to be able to use >>>> DevStudio, so I'd do all > the development with DevStudio: I hope this sums >>>> how I feel about DevStudio> and the old admin tool. . I truly believe that >>>> once you are comfortable wi> th DevStudio, you will be much more productive >>>> (if you already are an exper> ienced developer, that is). >>>> >>>> what would I change about Dev Studio? What really annoyed me in >>>> DevStudio 7> .5 was the "over-grouping with the parentheses" in >>>> qualifications in join f> orms, active links, etc, but that has been fixed. >>>> I don't know if it was 7> .6.3 that fixed or not, since I jumped from >>>> DevStudio 7.5 to 7.6.4 SP2, and> 7.64 SP2 does not "over-group" with >>>> parentheses, at least not how 7.5 did.> >>>> >>>> So to answer your question with DevStudio 7.6.4 SP2, what would I >>>> change? I> can't think of anything right now.... >>>> >>>> Guillaume >>>> >>>> ______________________________**__________ >>>> From: Action Request System discussion list(ARSList) [ >>>> [email protected]] > on behalf of Carin Sinclair [ >>>> [email protected]] >>>> Sent: Wednesday, March 28, 2012 4:24 PM >>>> To: [email protected] >>>> Subject: DevStudio Tool >>>> >>>> Hello there all, >>>> >>>> We would like to have your input on a Question. >>>> >>>> How happy are you with DevStudio 7.5-7.6 to do customizations? >>>> Do you miss the Admintool? >>>> Are you satisfied with the DevStudio functionality, usability and >>>> reliabili> ty. >>>> >>>> If there was one thing you would change about DevStudio, what would it >>>> be?> >>>> >>>> >>>> Thank you >>>> Carin >>>> >>> _attend WWRUG12 www.wwrug.com ARSlist: "Where the Answers Are"_ > _______________________________________________________________________________ UNSUBSCRIBE or access ARSlist Archives at www.arslist.org attend wwrug12 www.wwrug12.com ARSList: "Where the Answers Are"
