Taming the MXUnit Ecplise Plugin with Apache Alias

If you are into Unit Testing and haven't yet heard of MXUnit, I definitely recommend giving it a whirl. Some things that stand out for me, thus far in my evaluation, are the simple, but extensible, assertions, the ecplise plugin, and the debug output. One gotcha that has come up for people when using the eclipse plugin, is that is was designed assuming that the package path to your components resolves directly from your web root. For people who run separate server instances, virtual machines, or develop locally with Apache virtual hosts, this is a show stopper. Luckily, for folks, like myself, who prefer to develop locally with Apache, getting the MXUnit eclipse plugin to work is simply a matter of adding a couple of Alias directives to your vhost.

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Flash Forms Plugin Missing or Not? IIS 6.0 and NTLM Cannot Find SWF in Memory

So, if you find yourself using flash forms and you wonder why the form won't display when you know you have Flash installed, check out this Adobe TechNote. Sure, I could have avoided the headache by learning Flex. I'll reform, sooner or later. And while I'm putting a nail in the wall about that, I'll put one in for switching to Apache as well...

Use Alias and Apache to Create Custom Mappings

I really love the flexibility Apache gives you when setting up virtual hosts. Another benefit is the Alias directive.

I've worked on a few concepts recently that I want to demo as a sample app. After a few revisions, I finally settled on a folder structure and Alias name setup I felt would secure my component classes and facilitate mappings to frameworks and shared libraries.

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