Ben Spead · Nov 15, 2021 go to post

Congratulations @Matthew Giesmann!!  Nice work on this challenging project.  

One small note - please change the font on your first paragraph - looks like it might be using Header or something like that.

I look forward to seeing this extended

Ben Spead · Nov 15, 2021 go to post

Thank you for sharing ... this looks like a great resource to keep on hand for Python newbies!

Ben Spead · Nov 12, 2021 go to post

@Nicola Sartore - what does your organization use for a source control strategy?  if you use server-side source control hooks and you are on at least Cache 2017.1 (or any version of IRIS) then you can mix and match Studio and VS Code as VSCode fully supports server side source control (as well as client side, but if you are a Studio shop then you don't have any client side source control in place)

Ben Spead · Nov 12, 2021 go to post

@Robert Cemper - I am so glad we can frequently stay in touch and share technical ideas 7 years after your retirement via the D.C. :)  thank you for all of your contributions!!

Ben Spead · Nov 8, 2021 go to post

@Timothy Leavitt - I may be able to answer my own question here ... are the additional benefits the visual branch UI that is build into the IDE and the package manager awareness?

Ben Spead · Nov 8, 2021 go to post

Thanks @Timothy Leavitt for that detail.  In what way will these hooks be superior to the existing client-side VSCode hooks for Git?  I am interested in understanding the additional benefit for local instance work

Ben Spead · Nov 8, 2021 go to post

Great job @Timothy Leavitt and team!! This been a significant need for some time in order to support organizations that work in a shared-dev model, as well as those looking to connect the source controlled SMP pages to Git.  I look forward to seeing how this enables out community to make more thorough use of source control!  

Ben Spead · Nov 8, 2021 go to post

I would encourage anyone who is implementing or maintaining a CCR-controlled system to consider taking this course!  Sam does an excellent job and if you haven't gone through the ICC material in a while I can promise that you'll walk away with new learning and be better equipped to use CCR to increase productivity and decrease risk to your applications.  

Please also note that this course is the prerequisite to the CCR Certification exam which will soon be available for beta testing: https://community.intersystems.com/post/beta-testers-needed-our-upcoming-ccr-technical-implementation-specialist-certification-exam

So take the class and then earn your certification!

Ben Spead · Nov 4, 2021 go to post

@Herman Slagman  - FYI ... we will be making full kits available for the 2021.2 CD (Continuous Delivery) release.  Stay tuned for more announcements coming this month about the Preview for that release.  

Ben Spead · Nov 3, 2021 go to post

Thank you @Julian.Matthews7786 !!  Installed and I look forward to using it and sharing with others as well.  Much appreciated :)

Ben Spead · Nov 3, 2021 go to post

@Julian.Matthews7786 - Off-topic  question:  Your screen-capture snippets really helped to quickly illustrate your issue as well as the solution once you found it.  This is an incredibly effective way to communicate - what tool to you use to capture these?  

Ben Spead · Nov 3, 2021 go to post

Well done @Pravin Barton !!  Thank you for getting this out the door.

I want to note for our readers that the new Community Edition download in Evaluation is intended to replace our long-standing download.InterSystems.com application.  So I would encourage all users of the Download application to give this new feature of Evaluation a try and let us know if you have any issues.  We intend to retire Download by the end of the year.  

Ben Spead · Nov 3, 2021 go to post

you can edit the article as long as you are the original author.  Thanks again for the great write-up!

Ben Spead · Nov 3, 2021 go to post

you can edit the article as long as you are the original author.  Thanks again for the great write-up!

Ben Spead · Nov 3, 2021 go to post

Could you please paste in the compiled code for zGo+181^mb.MbMainOperation.1 and the code preceding it?

Ben Spead · Nov 3, 2021 go to post

what sort of reformatting are you looking to do?  Like command expansion that Studio offers or something else?  

Ben Spead · Nov 2, 2021 go to post

@Nigel Salm  - a LOT of thought and time went into this ... thank you for sharing!

I am curious, have you considered publishing a working copy of this code to the Open Exchange?  Any particular reason that you haven't shared it in that way?