Technical support

Starting ProjectCards for the First Time

ProjectCards is a client-server application. You must install the server on one machine. On all the other machines, you just install the client. You can install both the server and the client on the same machine.

If the client is on the same machine as the server, use "localhost" for the server name. The server is installed on port number 51630 by default. If you have specified a different port while installing the server, make sure all of your users are informed of the port number used.

Once you have installed the application, login with the default username "admin" and the password "projectcards".

Documentation

• When you export a card, all card's information is included.
• When you import a card, if an entire column is missing (e.g. Tests), the import will work without error.
• The column title for Acceptance Tests is "Tests".
• '|||' (3 pipes) is used to separate each test or task.
• ';;;' (3 semicolons) is used to separate each field of test or task.
• For each test, the fields' order is: Title, Status (values should be 'To do', 'Fail' or 'Pass'), Test Action, Expected Results, Setup, Teardown.
• For each task, the fields' order is: Title, Estimate, Status (values should be 'true' or 'false'.

Other References

Manifesto for Agile Software Development
http://agilemanifesto.org

Eclipse is an Open-Source open extensible IDE.
http://www.eclipse.org

Web site dedicated to the art of Refactoring.
http://www.refactoring.com

Extreme Programming: a Gentle Introduction.
http://extremeprogramming.org

Kent Beck’s Magic Cards
http://c2.com/cgi/wiki?TheseAreMagicCards

Article by Kent Beck and Dave Cleal offering an alternative to fixed-priced contracts.
http://www.xprogramming.com/ftp/Optional+scope+contracts.pdf