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  • When good programmers go bad!

    - by Ed Bloom
    Hi, I'm a team lead/dev who manages a team of 10 programmers. Most of them are hard working talented guys. But of late, I've got this one person who while highly talented and has delivered great work for me in the past, has just become completely unreliable. It's not his ability - that is not in question - he's proven that many times. He just looks bored now. Is blatantly not doing much work (despite a LOT of pressure being put on the team to meet tight deadlines etc.) He just doesn't seem to care and looks bored. I'm partially guilty for not having addressed this before now - I was afraid to have to lose a talented guy given the workload I've got on. But at this stage it's becoming a problem and affecting those around him. Can anyone spare their thoughts or words of wisdom on how I should go about dealing this. I want the talented AND motivated guy back. Otherwise he's gonna have to go. Thanks, Ed

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  • Generating moderately interesting images

    - by Williham Totland
    Abstract: Can you propose a mathematical-ish algorithm over a plane of pixels that will generate a moderately interesting image, preferably one that on the whole resembles something? The story thus far: Once upon a time I decided in an effort to reduce cycle waste on my (admittedly too) numerous computers, and set out to generate images in a moderately interesting fashion; using a PRNG and some clever math to create images that would, on the whole, resemble something. Or at least, that was the plan. As it turns out, clever math requires being a clever mathematician; this I am not. At some length I arrived at a method that preferred straight lines (as these are generally the components of which our world is made), perhaps too strongly. The result is mildly interesting; resembling, perhaps, city grids as such: Now for the question proper: Given the source code of this little program; can you improve upon it and propose a method that gives somewhat more interesting results? (e.g. not city grids, but perhaps faces, animals, geography, what have you) This is also meant as a sort of challenge; I suppose and as such I've set down some completely arbitrary and equally optional rules: The comments in the code says it all really. Suggestions and "solutions" should edit the algorithm itself, not the surrounding framework, except as for to fix errors that prevents the sample from compiling. The code should compile cleanly with a standard issue C compiler. (If the example provided doesn't, oops! Tell me, and I'll fix. :) The method should, though again, this is optional, not need to elicit help from your friendly neighborhood math library. Solutions should probably be deliverable by simply yanking out whatever is between the snip lines (the ones that say you should not edit above and below, respectively), with a statement to the effect of what you need to add to the preamble in particular. The code requires a C compiler and libpng to build; I'm not entirely confident that the MinGW compiler provides the necessities, but I would be surprised if it didn't. For Debian you'll want the libpng-dev package, and for Mac OS X you'll want the XCode tools.. The source code can be downloaded here. Warning: Massive code splurge incoming! // compile with gcc -o imggen -lpng imggen.c // optionally with -DITERATIONS=x, where x is an appropriate integer // If you're on a Mac or using MinGW, you may have to fiddle with the linker flags to find the library and includes. #include <stdio.h> #include <stdlib.h> #include <png.h> #ifdef ITERATIONS #define REPEAT #endif // ITERATIONS // YOU MAY CHANGE THE FOLLOWING DEFINES #define WIDTH 320 #define HEIGHT 240 // YOU MAY REPLACE THE FOLLOWING DEFINES AS APPROPRIATE #define INK 16384 void writePNG (png_bytepp imageBuffer, png_uint_32 width, png_uint_32 height, int iteration) { char *fname; asprintf(&fname, "out.%d.png", iteration); FILE *fp = fopen(fname, "wb"); if (!fp) return; png_structp png_ptr = png_create_write_struct(PNG_LIBPNG_VER_STRING, NULL, NULL, NULL); png_infop info_ptr = png_create_info_struct(png_ptr); png_init_io(png_ptr, fp); png_set_filter(png_ptr, PNG_FILTER_TYPE_DEFAULT, PNG_FILTER_NONE); png_set_compression_level(png_ptr, Z_BEST_COMPRESSION); png_set_IHDR(png_ptr, info_ptr, width, height, 8, PNG_COLOR_TYPE_GRAY, PNG_INTERLACE_NONE, PNG_COMPRESSION_TYPE_DEFAULT, PNG_FILTER_TYPE_DEFAULT); png_set_rows(png_ptr, info_ptr, imageBuffer); png_set_invert_mono(png_ptr); /// YOU MAY COMMENT OUT THIS LINE png_write_png(png_ptr, info_ptr, PNG_TRANSFORM_IDENTITY, NULL); png_destroy_write_struct(&png_ptr, &info_ptr); fclose(fp); free(fname); } int main (int argc, const char * argv[]) { png_uint_32 height = HEIGHT, width = WIDTH; int iteration = 1; #ifdef REPEAT for (iteration = 1; iteration <= ITERATIONS; iteration++) { #endif // REPEAT png_bytepp imageBuffer = malloc(sizeof(png_bytep) * height); for (png_uint_32 i = 0; i < height; i++) { imageBuffer[i] = malloc(sizeof(png_byte) * width); for (png_uint_32 j = 0; j < width; j++) { imageBuffer[i][j] = 0; } } /// CUT ACROSS THE DASHED LINES /// ------------------------------------------- /// NO EDITING ABOVE THIS LINE; EXCEPT AS NOTED int ink = INK; int x = rand() % width, y = rand() % height; int xdir = (rand() % 2)?1:-1; int ydir = (rand() % 2)?1:-1; while (ink) { imageBuffer[y][x] = 255; --ink; xdir += (rand() % 2)?(1):(-1); ydir += (rand() % 2)?(1):(-1); if (ydir > 0) { ++y; } else if (ydir < 0) { --y; } if (xdir > 0) { ++x; } else if (xdir < 0) { --x; } if (x == -1 || y == -1 || x == width || y == height || x == y && x == 0) { x = rand() % width; y = rand() % height; xdir = (rand() % 2)?1:-1; ydir = (rand() % 2)?1:-1; } } /// NO EDITING BELOW THIS LINE /// ------------------------------------------- writePNG(imageBuffer, width, height, iteration); for (png_uint_32 i = 0; i < height; i++) { free(imageBuffer[i]); } free(imageBuffer); #ifdef REPEAT } #endif // REPEAT return 0; } Note: While this question doesn't strictly speaking seem "answerable" as such; I still believe that it can give rise to some manner of "right" answer. Maybe. Happy hunting.

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  • Fair Contract salary compared to permanent salary

    - by Ngu Soon Hui
    Let's say I have a position open, it can either be contract or permanent position. The question is what is the fair amount of money I should pay for the contract position, if I am willing to pay X per month for the permanent role? Contract pays are inevitably higher, because the contractors are not entitled for a lot of benefits, and not guaranteed of a job. I know the exact ratio of contract to permanent varies from person to person, but I need a rule of thumb here.

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  • Python progression path - From apprentice to guru

    - by Morlock
    Hi all, I've been learning, working, and playing with Python for a year and a half now. As a biologist slowly making the turn to bio-informatics, this language has been a the very core of all the major contributions I have made in the lab. (bash and R scripts have helped some too. My C++ capabilities are very not functional yet). I more or less fell in love with the way Python permits me to express beautiful solutions and also with the semantics of the language that allows such a natural flow from thoughts to workable code. What I would like to know from you is your answer to a kind of question I have seldom seen in this or other forums. Let me sum up what I do NOT want to ask first ;) I don't want to know how to QUICKLY learn Python Nor do I want to find out the best way to get acquainted with the language Finally, I don't want to know a 'one trick that does it all' approach. What I do want to know your opinion about, is: What are the steps YOU would recommend to a Python journeyman, from apprenticeship to guru status (feel free to stop wherever your expertise dictates it), in order that one IMPROVES CONSTANTLY, becoming a better and better Python coder, one step at a time. The kind of answers I would enjoy (but feel free to surprise the readership :P ), is formatted more or less like this: Read this (eg: python tutorial), pay attention to that kind of details Code for so manytime/problems/lines of code Then, read this (eg: this or that book), but this time, pay attention to this Tackle a few real-life problems Then, proceed to reading Y. Be sure to grasp these concepts Code for X time Come back to such and such basics or move further to... (you get the point :) This process depicts an iterative Learn/Code cycle, and I really care about knowing your opinion on what exactly one should pay attention to, at various stages, in order to progress CONSTANTLY (with due efforts, of course). If you come from a specific field of expertise, discuss the path you see as appropriate in this field. Thanks a lot for sharing your opinions and good Python coding!

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  • The Programmer's Bill of Rights

    - by Martin
    I know Jeff has written about this subject on his coding horror blog in the past but I am interested in learning the opinions of a broad set of developers. I agree wholeheartedly with his statement: I propose we adopt a Programmer's Bill of Rights, protecting the rights of programmers by preventing companies from denying them the fundamentals they need to be successful. So, if you could propose one item to the bill of rights, what would it be?

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  • Blog - BlogPost - BlogPostComment vs Blog - Post - Comment

    - by Anton Gogolev
    Don't really know how to formulate the title, but it should be pretty obvious from the example. More specifically, what rules do you use for naming "dependent" classes. For example, Blog is a pretty descriptive name itself, but how do I deal with posts? BlogPost or Post? Clearly, first name clearly expresses that it's a "subordinate" class, but this can quickly get out of hand with BlogPostComment, BlogPostCommentAttachment, etc. Post, on the other hand, looks like an entity completely unrelated to Blog and is easier on the eye. What are your rules/best practices?

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  • Career advice: I am best at what I hate most

    - by flybywire
    I think my career has entered a vicious circle which I would like to exit: I am best at what I hate most. And because I am good at that, I always receive that kind of assignments, and I do them as expected or even better. Which makes me more of an expert and brings me more similar tasks. My "expertise" is what (I think) every programmer hates: legacy systems. I can very quickly learn systems, and modify them, migrate them, extract web services from them whatever (without breaking them). Never to develop more functionality or to solve interesting or original problems. Just have that work with Java 1.4, or convert it into a rest-full service or support oracle too. I feel (and I am told) that I am highly regarded and very helpful to my company. But I hate what I do. What would you do in my place?

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  • What does a Software Developer actually do?

    - by chobo2
    Hi I am graduating from my Computer Science degree in a few weeks from now!! I started to look for my first job. For the last couple years I gotten really into web programming(Asp.net). My first choice would be to get a junior asp.net MVC developer but I don't any companies in my area use MVC yet or if they do they are not hiring. So my second choice would be a junior asp.net Webforms developer. My other choices after that would be forms applications, mobile applications using .Net and C#. As you can see I am looking for something with .Net. I spent the last couple years doing .Net projects for school, on my free time and love the Language and it would pain me right now to switch to something like php. So now I found a posting in my area for an Entry Software Developer. I like the fact that they are using .net and that it is entry job(I never worked in this industry and never had more then like a tutoring job so I want to for like intermediate jobs). Posting Are you looking for an exciting challenge within a dynamic, people-oriented culture where you can launch your technical career? Company Name Inc. is a technology consulting company, located in Canada, that designs, develops, and delivers real-time interactive applications accessed via the Internet as well as back-end tools to support these applications. Company Name provides a combination of out-of-the-box and customized solutions to an expanding list of partners and customers. POSITION SUMMARY As a member of our team, the successful candidate will be responsible for helping us increase the quality and stability of our software systems by working jointly and directly with both the Software Development teams and the QA Team. The primary mission of this role will be to substantially enhance our test automation suite. The incumbent will design and program automated tests (unit, integration, system, stress and load) in Visual Studio using C# and will develop sound processes that help us identify and resolve defects as early as possible. The successful incumbent will help us improve and enhance system functionality, reliability, performance and scalability. This role is specifically designed for an eager, bright, new graduate who is looking for a stepping stone into a software engineering role. We promote from within and invite new graduates to apply for this important position - which may lead to new opportunities. We also offer a generous professional development plan to help you on your way. You will be a key part of a team of experts that is responsible for improving the quality of our software by: • Designing, writing, and executing test plans and programmatic tests in Visual Studio using C# and NUnit for functional testing of our code, new features, regression, and performance test procedures. • Working with the engineers to design and build the stress and load testing framework which emulates tens and even hundreds of thousands of concurrent users via a distributed network interfacing with our Load Testing Lab. • Interfacing with both the Development Team and the QA Team to ensure risks are identified and managed. • Mentoring and leading the QA Team in programmatic test automation technologies and tools. MUST HAVE SKILLS / QUALIFICATIONS: • Diploma or higher Degree in Computer Science, or equivalent formal training. • Fundamental C# programming skills. • Knowledge of Internet technologies and Microsoft Windows platforms. • Knowledge of PC hardware. • Excellent communication skills (both oral and written). • Self-starter who takes initiative, requires minimal supervision, can handle multiple simultaneous tasks. • Detail-oriented, able to concentrate, and work quickly. • Proven diagnostic, analytical, and problem solving skills. NICE TO HAVE SKILLS: • Exposure to Visual Studio Team System or Visual Studio Test Edition. • Exposure in C# using NUnit. • Exposure to NUnit, HTTPUnit, and other automation tool suites. • Exposure to Performance/Stress/Load Testing. • Good understanding of relational databases (MS SQL Server). • Familiar with video and online multi-player games. As part of our team you will have the opportunity to work with a supportive team of experts, drive your own success, and ride the wave as we continually expand our team of experts. If you are interested in this opportunity, please send your resume to [email protected] with “Entry Level Software Developer” in the subject line. So that is the posting. To me it sounds like it is QA job. I don't have anything against QA jobs but alot of them seems to be your just clicking buttons and running scripts. Is this what a typical software developer does? Like I am so on the fence to apply for this job. On one side I am not sure how much programming I would be doing. Like I want to be at least half the time programming otherwise my skills will never improve since I will never be programming in teams and stuff. At the same time I have no experience in the industry so on the other side I am thinking just go for it and then maybe a year later try to get a full programming job(provided that I got the job). Yet if I am not programming in that job then that experience will not help me for the next job I find as I will be back a square one.

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  • Why is software quality so problematic?

    - by Yuval A
    Even when viewing the subject in the most objective way possible, it is clear that software, as a product, generally suffers from low quality. Take for example a house built from scratch. Usually, the house will function as it is supposed to. It will stand for many years to come, the roof will support heavy weather conditions, the doors and the windows will do their job, the foundations will not collapse even when the house is fully populated. Sure, minor problemsdo occur, like a leaking faucet or a bad paint job, but these are not critical. Software, on the other hand is much more susceptible to suffer from bad quality: unexpected crashes, erroneous behavior, miscellaneous bugs, etc. Sure, there are many software projects and products which show high quality and are very reliable. But lots of software products do not fall in this category. Take into consideration paradigms like TDD which its popularity is on the rise in the past few years. Why is this? Why do people have to fear that their software will not work or crash? (Do you walk into a house fearing its foundations will collapse?) Why is software - subjectively - so full of bugs? Possible reasons: Modern software engineering exists for only a few decades, a small time period compared to other forms of engineering/production. Software is very complicated with layers upon layers of complexity, integrating them all is not trivial. Software development is relatively easy to start with, anyone can write a simple program on his PC, which leads to amateur software leaking into the market. Tight budgets and timeframes do not allow complete and high quality development and extensive testing. How do you explain this issue, and do you see software quality advancing in the near future?

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  • Is the job title of "Webmaster" an anachronism?

    - by Phil.Wheeler
    I've worked with a few people who have the word "webmaster" either as part of their formal job title or as their actual title. The type of work these people do does relate loosely to the web, but I suspect better, more appropriate titles that more accurately reflect the job function would make more sense. Is the "webmaster" moniker still relevant today?

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  • Supplementary Developer Laptop

    - by David Silva Smith
    I'm looking to buy a laptop with the following specs for a developer. The goal will be to have a development machine supplementing the devs desktop. During work hours the dev will be on a beefy desktop. For working while on the go: trains, client sites, code camps, it would be nice to have a machine which can run Visual Studio 2008 without needing to remote desktop into their primary machine. What do you think is the lowest cost laptop meeting this need? Here are the specs I have in mind: SSD drive 64GB-doesn't need to be huge, most data is stored on servers. Will need to fit Windows 7, IIS, SQL Server, and Visual Studio 2010. RAM-3GB processor =Pentium Core 2 duo Screen size = 14 inches. OS doesn't matter. It will be paved with Windows 7 Ultimate optical drive omitted would be a plus. weight and battery life aren't so important because the machine will be plugged in almost all the time.

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  • Why is code quality not popular?

    - by Peter Kofler
    I like my code being in order, i.e. properly formatted, readable, designed, tested, checked for bugs, etc. In fact I am fanatic about it. (Maybe even more than fanatic...) But in my experience actions helping code quality are hardly implemented. (By code quality I mean the quality of the code you produce day to day. The whole topic of software quality with development processes and such is much broader and not the scope of this question.) Code quality does not seem popular. Some examples from my experience include Probably every Java developer knows JUnit, almost all languages implement xUnit frameworks, but in all companies I know, only very few proper unit tests existed (if at all). I know that it's not always possible to write unit tests due to technical limitations or pressing deadlines, but in the cases I saw, unit testing would have been an option. If a developer wanted to write some tests for his/her new code, he/she could do so. My conclusion is that developers do not want to write tests. Static code analysis is often played around in small projects, but not really used to enforce coding conventions or find possible errors in enterprise projects. Usually even compiler warnings like potential null pointer access are ignored. Conference speakers and magazines would talk a lot about EJB3.1, OSGI, Cloud and other new technologies, but hardly about new testing technologies or tools, new static code analysis approaches (e.g. SAT solving), development processes helping to maintain higher quality, how some nasty beast of legacy code was brought under test, ... (I did not attend many conferences and it propably looks different for conferences on agile topics, as unit testing and CI and such has a higer value there.) So why is code quality so unpopular/considered boring? EDIT: Thank your for your answers. Most of them concern unit testing (and has been discussed in a related question). But there are lots of other things that can be used to keep code quality high (see related question). Even if you are not able to use unit tests, you could use a daily build, add some static code analysis to your IDE or development process, try pair programming or enforce reviews of critical code.

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  • Project based on J2EE

    - by zakovyrya
    Would you start J2EE project nowadays if you have other alternatives? UPDATE: I think little clarification is needed: Is it worth investing in J2EE if practically everything it claims to offer can be achieved by using other technologies? To be honest, J2EE scares me by its monstrosity and I foresee substantial maintenance and/or evolution costs.

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  • NAnt or TFS build which is better?

    - by Leszek Wachowicz
    There was a question about Msbuild and NAnt advantages and disadvantages. Now let's see which is better TFS Build(with msbuild) or NAnt. In my opinion NAnt because you can easily move the building environment in few seconds to another machine (depends on copying files), also it's easier to manage, much faster to debug and it's not integrated with Team Foundation Server, what do You think?

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  • Should I redesign my code when my colleague says so?

    - by Kirill V. Lyadvinsky
    I wrote a function recently (with help of one guy from SO) that finds maximum of two ints. Here is the code: long get_max (long(*a)(long(*)(long(*)()),long(*)(long(*)(long**))), long(*b)(long(*) (long(*)()),long*,long(*)(long(*)()))){return (long)((((long(*)(long(*)(long(*)()),long( *)(long(*)())))a)> ((long(*)(long(*)(long(*)()),long(*)(long(*)())))b))?((long(*)( long(*)(long(*)()),long(*)(long(*)())))a):((long(*)(long(*)(long(*)()),long(*)(long(*)( ))))b));} int main() { long x = get_max( (long(*)(long(*)(long(*)()),long(*)(long(*)(long**)))) 500, (long(*)(long(*)(long(*)()),long*,long(*)(long(*)()))) 100 ); cout << x << endl; // print 500 as expected return 0; } It works fine, but my colleague says that I shouldn't use C style casts. But I think that all that modern static_cast's and reinterpret_cast's will make my code too cumbersome. Who's right? Should I redesign my code using C++ style casts or is original code OK? EDIT: For those who marks this question as not a question I'll try to be more clear: should I use C++ style cast instead of C style cast in the code above?

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  • DVCS and data loss?

    - by David Wolever
    After almost two years of using DVCS, it seems that one inherent "flaw" is accidental data loss: I have lost code which isn't pushed, and I know other people who have as well. I can see a few reasons for this: off-site data duplication (ie, "commits have to go to a remote host") is not built in, the repository lives in the same directory as the code and the notion of "hack 'till you've got something to release" is prevalent... But that's beside the point. I'm curious to know: have you experienced DVCS-related data loss? Or have you been using DVCS without trouble? And, related, apart from "remember to push often", is there anything which can be done to minimize the risk?

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  • What components and IDE add-ins do you install with Delphi?

    - by Mick
    After a clean install of Delphi, what components and IDE add-ins do you make certain that you install? What's your Delphi "rig"? Here's what I install after a clean installation: Delphi 2007 JCL / JVCL - JEDI Code Library and JEDI Visual Code Library (600+ components) JWA / JWSCL - JEDI API Library & Security Code Library GExperts - GExperts is a free set of tools built to increase the productivity of Delphi and C++Builder programmers by adding several features to the IDE. TWM's experimental GExperts code formatter - adds code formatting capabilities to Delphi Virtual TreeView - Virtual Treeview is a treeview control built from ground up. More than 5 years of development made it one of the most flexible and advanced tree controls available today. MustangPeak Components (EasyList View, Virtual ShellTools, etc) - EasyListview is a control that has no dependance on the Microsoft Listview control but has all the features of the latest version from Microsoft. Also includes 'Explorer.exe' like shell components. Synapse lightweight networking components - contains simple low level non-visual objects for easy programming without problems. (no required multi-threaded synchronization, no need for windows message processing,…) Great for command line utilities, visual projects, NT services EurekaLog - EurekaLog is a complete bug resolution tool for Delphi and C++Builder developers that gives your application the power to catch every exception and memory leak, directly on the end user PC, generating a detailed log of the call stack (with file, class, method and line number), optionally sending you a copy of each log entry via email or to a web bug-tracker. DelphiSpeedUp - DelphiSpeedUp is an IDE plugin for Delphi and C++Builder. It improves the IDE’s startup speed and increases the general speed of the whole IDE. DDevExtensions - DDevExtensions extends the Delphi/C++Builder IDE by adding some new productivity features. IDE Fix Pack - The IDE Fix Pack installs is a DLL-Expert that fixes the following RAD Studio 2007 bugs at runtime. All changes are done in memory. No file on disk is modified. TPerlRegex - Regular Expression library for Delphi How about other Delphi developers?

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  • What would you do if you just had this code dumped in your lap?

    - by chickeninabiscuit
    Man, I just had this project given to me - expand on this they say. This is an example of ONE function: <?php //500+ lines of pure wonder. function page_content_vc($content) { global $_DBH, $_TPL, $_SET; $_SET['ignoreTimezone'] = true; lu_CheckUpdateLogin(); if($_SESSION['dash']['VC']['switch'] == 'unmanned' || $_SESSION['dash']['VC']['switch'] == 'touchscreen') { if($content['page_name'] != 'vc') { header('Location: /vc/'); die(); } } if($_GET['l']) { unset($_SESSION['dash']['VC']); if($loc_id = lu_GetFieldValue('ID', 'Location', $_GET['l'])) { if(lu_CheckPermissions('vc', $loc_id)) { $timezone = lu_GetFieldValue('Time Zone', 'Location', $loc_id, 'ID'); if(strlen($timezone) > 0) { $_SESSION['time_zone'] = $timezone; } $_SESSION['dash']['VC']['loc_ID'] = $loc_id; header('Location: /vc/'); die(); } } } if($_SESSION['dash']['VC']['loc_ID']) { $timezone = lu_GetFieldValue('Time Zone', 'Location', $_SESSION['dash']['VC']['loc_ID'], 'ID'); if(strlen($timezone) > 0) { $_SESSION['time_zone'] = $timezone; } $loc_id = $_SESSION['dash']['VC']['loc_ID']; $org_id = lu_GetFieldValue('record_ID', 'Location', $loc_id); $_TPL->assign('loc_id', $loc_id); $location_name = lu_GetFieldValue('Location Name', 'Location', $loc_id); $_TPL->assign('LocationName', $location_name); $customer_name = lu_GetFieldValue('Customer Name', 'Organisation', $org_id); $_TPL->assign('CustomerName', $customer_name); $enable_visitor_snap = lu_GetFieldValue('VisitorSnap', 'Location', $loc_id); $_TPL->assign('EnableVisitorSnap', $enable_visitor_snap); $lacps = explode("\n", lu_GetFieldValue('Location Access Control Point', 'Location', $loc_id)); array_walk($lacps, 'trim_value'); if(count($lacps) > 0) { if(count($lacps) == 1) { $_SESSION['dash']['VC']['lacp'] = $lacps[0]; } else { if($_GET['changeLACP'] && in_array($_GET['changeLACP'], $lacps)) { $_SESSION['dash']['VC']['lacp'] = $_GET['changeLACP']; header('Location: /vc/'); die(); } else if(!in_array($_SESSION['dash']['VC']['lacp'], $lacps)) { $_SESSION['dash']['VC']['lacp'] = $lacps[0]; } $_TPL->assign('LACP_array', $lacps); } $_TPL->assign('current_LACP', $_SESSION['dash']['VC']['lacp']); $_TPL->assign('showContractorSearch', true); /* if($contractorStaff = lu_GetTableRow('ContractorStaff', $org_id, 'record_ID', 'record_Inactive != "checked"')) { foreach($contractorStaff['rows'] as $contractor) { $lacp_rights = lu_OrganiseCustomDataFunctionMultiselect($contractor[lu_GetFieldName('Location Access Rights', 'ContractorStaff')]); if(in_array($_SESSION['dash']['VC']['lacp'], $lacp_rights)) { $_TPL->assign('showContractorSearch', true); } } } */ } $selectedOptions = explode(',', lu_GetFieldValue('Included Fields', 'Location', $_SESSION['dash']['VC']['loc_ID'])); $newOptions = array(); foreach($selectedOptions as $selOption) { $so_array = explode('|', $selOption, 2); if(count($so_array) > 1) { $newOptions[$so_array[0]] = $so_array[1]; } else { $newOptions[$so_array[0]] = "Both"; } } if($newOptions[lu_GetFieldName('Expected Length of Visit', 'Visitor')]) { $alert = false; if($visitors = lu_OrganiseVisitors( lu_GetTableRow('Visitor', 'checked', lu_GetFieldName('Checked In', 'Visitor'), lu_GetFieldName('Location for Visit', 'Visitor').'="'.$_SESSION['dash']['VC']['loc_ID'].'" AND '.lu_GetFieldName('Checked Out', 'Visitor').' != "checked"'), false, true, true)) { foreach($visitors['rows'] as $key => $visitor) { if($visitor['expected'] && $visitor['expected'] + (60*30) < time()) { $alert = true; } } } if($alert == true) { $_TPL->assign('showAlert', 'red'); } else { //$_TPL->assign('showAlert', 'green'); } } $_TPL->assign('switch', $_SESSION['dash']['VC']['switch']); if($_SESSION['dash']['VC']['switch'] == 'touchscreen') { $_TPL->assign('VC_unmanned', true); } if($_GET['check'] == 'in') { if($_SESSION['dash']['VC']['switch'] == 'touchscreen') { lu_CheckInTouchScreen(); } else { lu_CheckIn(); } } else if($_GET['check'] == 'out') { if($_SESSION['dash']['VC']['switch'] == 'touchscreen') { lu_CheckOutTouchScreen(); } else { lu_CheckOut(); } } else if($_GET['switch'] == 'unmanned') { $_SESSION['dash']['VC']['switch'] = 'unmanned'; if($_GET['printing'] == true && (lu_GetFieldValue('Printing', 'Location', $_SESSION['dash']['VC']['loc_ID']) != "No" && lu_GetFieldValue('Printing', 'Location', $_SESSION['dash']['VC']['loc_ID']) != "")) { $_SESSION['dash']['VC']['printing'] = true; } else { $_SESSION['dash']['VC']['printing'] = false; } header('Location: /vc/'); die(); } else if($_GET['switch'] == 'touchscreen') { $_SESSION['dash']['VC']['switch'] = 'touchscreen'; if($_GET['printing'] == true && (lu_GetFieldValue('Printing', 'Location', $_SESSION['dash']['VC']['loc_ID']) != "No" && lu_GetFieldValue('Printing', 'Location', $_SESSION['dash']['VC']['loc_ID']) != "")) { $_SESSION['dash']['VC']['printing'] = true; } else { $_SESSION['dash']['VC']['printing'] = false; } header('Location: /vc/'); die(); } else if($_GET['switch'] == 'manned') { if($_POST['password']) { if(md5($_POST['password']) == $_SESSION['dash']['password']) { unset($_SESSION['dash']['VC']['switch']); //setcookie('email', "", time() - 3600); //setcookie('location', "", time() - 3600); header('Location: /vc/'); die(); } else { $_TPL->assign('switchLoginError', 'Incorrect Password'); } } $_TPL->assign('switchLogin', 'true'); } else if($_GET['m'] == 'visitor') { lu_ModifyVisitorVC(); } else if($_GET['m'] == 'enote') { lu_ModifyEnoteVC(); } else if($_GET['m'] == 'medical') { lu_ModifyMedicalVC(); } else if($_GET['print'] == 'label' && $_GET['v']) { lu_PrintLabelVC(); } else { unset($_SESSION['dash']['VC']['checkin']); unset($_SESSION['dash']['VC']['checkout']); $_TPL->assign('icon', 'GroupCheckin'); if($_SESSION['dash']['VC']['switch'] != 'unmanned' && $_SESSION['dash']['VC']['switch'] != 'touchscreen') { $staff_ids = array(); if($staffs = lu_GetTableRow('Staff', $_SESSION['dash']['VC']['loc_ID'], 'record_ID')) { foreach($staffs['rows'] as $staff) { $staff_ids[] = $staff['ID']; } } if($_GET['view'] == "tomorrow") { $dateStart = date('Y-m-d', mktime(0, 0, 0, date("m") , date("d")+1, date("Y"))); $dateEnd = date('Y-m-d', mktime(0, 0, 0, date("m") , date("d")+1, date("Y"))); } else if($_GET['view'] == "month") { $dateStart = date('Y-m-d', mktime(0, 0, 0, date("m"), date("d"), date("Y"))); $dateEnd = date('Y-m-d', mktime(0, 0, 0, date("m"), date("d")+30, date("Y"))); } else if($_GET['view'] == "week") { $dateStart = date('Y-m-d', mktime(0, 0, 0, date("m"), date("d"), date("Y"))); $dateEnd = date('Y-m-d', mktime(0, 0, 0, date("m"), date("d")+7, date("Y"))); } else { $dateStart = date('Y-m-d'); $dateEnd = date('Y-m-d'); } if(lu_GetFieldValue('Enable Survey', 'Location', $_SESSION['dash']['VC']['loc_ID']) == 'checked' && lu_GetFieldValue('Add Survey', 'Location', $_SESSION['dash']['VC']['loc_ID']) == 'checked') { $_TPL->assign('enableSurvey', true); } //lu_GetFieldName('Checked In', 'Visitor') //!= "checked" //date('d/m/Y'), lu_GetFieldName('Date of Visit', 'Visitor') if($visitors = lu_OrganiseVisitors(lu_GetTableRow('Visitor', $_SESSION['dash']['VC']['loc_ID'], lu_GetFieldName('Location for Visit', 'Visitor'), lu_GetFieldName('Checked In', 'Visitor').' != "checked" AND '.lu_GetFieldName('Checked Out', 'Visitor').' != "checked" AND '.lu_GetFieldName('Date of Visit', 'Visitor').' >= "'.$dateStart.'" AND '.lu_GetFieldName('Date of Visit', 'Visitor').' <= "'.$dateEnd.'"'))) { foreach($visitors['days'] as $day => $visitors_day) { foreach($visitors_day['rows'] as $key => $visitor) { $visitors['days'][$day]['rows'][$key]['visiting'] = lu_GetTableRow('Staff', $visitor['record_ID'], 'ID'); $visitors['days'][$day]['rows'][$key]['visiting']['notify'] = $_DBH->getRow('SELECT * FROM lu_notification WHERE ent_ID = "'.$visitor['record_ID'].'"'); } } //array_dump($visitors); $_TPL->assign('visitors', $visitors); } if($_GET['conGroup']) { if($_GET['action'] == 'add') { $_SESSION['dash']['VC']['conGroup'][$_GET['conGroup']] = $_GET['conGroup']; } else { unset($_SESSION['dash']['VC']['conGroup'][$_GET['conGroup']]); } } if(count($_SESSION['dash']['VC']['conGroup']) > 0) { if($conGroupResult = lu_GetTableRow('ContractorStaff', '1', '1', ' ID IN ('.implode(',', $_SESSION['dash']['VC']['conGroup']).')')) { if($_POST['_submit'] == 'Check-In Group >>') { $form = lu_GetForm('VisitorStandard'); $standarddata = array(); foreach($form['items'] as $key=>$item) { $standarddata[$key] = $_POST[lu_GetFieldName($item['name'], 'Visitor')]; } foreach($conGroupResult['rows'] as $conStaff) { $data = $standarddata; foreach($form['items'] as $key=>$item) { if($key != 'ID' && $key != 'record_ID' && $conStaff[lu_GetFieldName(lu_GetNameField($key, 'Visitor'), 'ContractorStaff')]) { $data[$key] = $conStaff[lu_GetFieldName(lu_GetNameField($key, 'Visitor'), 'ContractorStaff')]; } } $data['record_ID'] = $data[lu_GetFieldName('Visiting', 'Visitor')]; $data[lu_GetFieldName('Date of Visit', 'Visitor')] = date('Y-m-d'); $data[lu_GetFieldName('Time of Visit', 'Visitor')] = date('H:i'); $data[lu_GetFieldName('Checked In', 'Visitor')] = 'checked'; $data[lu_GetFieldName('Location for Visit', 'Visitor')] = $_SESSION['dash']['VC']['loc_ID']; $data[lu_GetFieldName('ConStaff ID', 'Visitor')] = $conStaff['ID']; $data[lu_GetFieldName('From', 'Visitor')] = lu_GetFieldValue('Legal Name', 'Contractor', $conStaff[lu_GetFieldName('Contractor', 'ContractorStaff')]); $id = lu_UpdateData($form, $data); lu_VisitorCheckIn($id); //array_dump($data); //array_dump($id); } unset($_SESSION['dash']['VC']['conGroup']); header('Location: /vc/'); die(); } if(count($conGroupResult['rows'])) { foreach($conGroupResult['rows'] as $key => $cstaff) { $conGroupResult['rows'][$key]['contractor'] = lu_GetTableRow('Contractor', $cstaff[lu_GetFieldName('Contractor', 'ContractorStaff')], 'ID'); } $_TPL->assign('conGroupResult', $conGroupResult); } $conGroupForm = lu_GetForm('VisitorConGroup'); $conGroupForm = lu_OrganiseVisitorForm($conGroupForm, $_SESSION['dash']['VC']['loc_ID'], 'Contractor'); $secure_options_array = lu_GetSecureOptions($org_id); if($secure_options_array[$_SESSION['dash']['VC']['loc_ID']]) { $conGroupForm['items'][lu_GetFieldName('Secure Area', 'Visitor')]['options']['values'] = $secure_options_array[$_SESSION['dash']['VC']['loc_ID']]; $conGroupForm['items'][lu_GetFieldName('Secure Area', 'Visitor')]['name'] = 'Secure Area'; } else { unset($conGroupForm['items'][lu_GetFieldName('Secure Area', 'Visitor')]); } if($secure_options_array) { $form['items'][lu_GetFieldName('Secure Area', 'Visitor')]['options']['values'] = $secure_options_array; $form['items'][lu_GetFieldName('Secure Area', 'Visitor')]['name'] = 'Secure Area'; } else { unset($form['items'][lu_GetFieldName('Secure Area', 'Visitor')]); } $_TPL->assign('conGroupForm', $conGroupForm); $_TPL->assign('hideFormCancel', true); } } if($_GET['searchVisitors']) { $_TPL->assign('searchVisitorsQuery', $_GET['searchVisitors']); $where = ''; if($_GET['searchVisitorsIn'] == 'Yes') { $where .= ' AND '.lu_GetFieldName('Checked In', 'Visitor').' = "checked"'; $_TPL->assign('searchVisitorsIn', 'Yes'); } else { $where .= ' AND '.lu_GetFieldName('Checked In', 'Visitor').' != "checked"'; $_TPL->assign('searchVisitorsIn', 'No'); } if($_GET['searchVisitorsOut'] == 'Yes') { $where = ''; $where .= ' AND '.lu_GetFieldName('Checked Out', 'Visitor').' = "checked"'; $_TPL->assign('searchVisitorsOut', 'Yes'); } else { $where .= ' AND '.lu_GetFieldName('Checked Out', 'Visitor').' != "checked"'; $_TPL->assign('searchVisitorsOut', 'No'); } if($searchVisitors = lu_OrganiseVisitors(lu_GetTableRow('Visitor', $_GET['searchVisitors'], '#search#', lu_GetFieldName('Location for Visit', 'Visitor').'="'.$_SESSION['dash']['VC']['loc_ID'].'"'.$where))) { foreach($searchVisitors['rows'] as $key => $visitor) { $searchVisitors['rows'][$key]['visiting'] = lu_GetTableRow('Staff', $visitor['record_ID'], 'ID'); } $_TPL->assign('searchVisitors', $searchVisitors); } else { $_TPL->assign('searchVisitorsNotFound', true); } } else if($_GET['searchStaff']) { if($_POST['staff_id']) { if(lu_CheckPermissions('staff', $_POST['staff_id'])) { $_DBH->query('UPDATE '.lu_GetTableName('Staff').' SET '.lu_GetFieldName('Current Location', 'Staff').' = "'.$_POST['current_location'].'" WHERE ID="'.$_POST['staff_id'].'"'); } } $locations = lu_GetTableRow('Location', $org_id, 'record_ID'); if(count($locations['rows']) > 1) { $_TPL->assign('staffLocations', $locations); } $loc_ids = array(); foreach($locations['rows'] as $location) { $loc_ids[] = $location['ID']; } // array_dump($locations); // array_dump($_POST); $_TPL->assign('searchStaffQuery', $_GET['searchStaff']); $where = ' AND record_Inactive != "checked"'; if($_GET['searchStaffIn'] == 'Yes' && $_GET['searchStaffOut'] != 'Yes') { $where .= ' AND ('.lu_GetFieldName('Staff Status', 'Staff').' = "" OR '.lu_GetFieldName('Staff Status', 'Staff').' = "On-Site")'. $_TPL->assign('searchStaffIn', 'Yes'); $_TPL->assign('searchStaffOut', 'No'); } else if($_GET['searchStaffOut'] == 'Yes' && $_GET['searchStaffIn'] != 'Yes') { $where .= ' AND ('.lu_GetFieldName('Staff Status', 'Staff').' != "" AND '.lu_GetFieldName('Staff Status', 'Staff').' != "On-Site")'. $_TPL->assign('searchStaffOut', 'Yes'); $_TPL->assign('searchStaffIn', 'No'); } else { $_TPL->assign('searchStaffOut', 'Yes'); $_TPL->assign('searchStaffIn', 'Yes'); } if($searchStaffs = lu_GetTableRow('Staff', $_GET['searchStaff'], '#search#', 'record_ID IN ('.implode(',', $loc_ids).')'.$where, lu_GetFieldName('First Name', 'Staff').','.lu_GetFieldName('Surname', 'Staff'))) { $_TPL->assign('searchStaffs', $searchStaffs); } else { $_TPL->assign('searchStaffNotFound', true); } } else if($_GET['searchContractor']) { $_TPL->assign('searchContractorQuery', $_GET['searchContractor']); //$where = ' AND '.lu_GetTableName('ContractorStaff').'.record_Inactive != "checked"'; $where = ' '; if($_GET['searchContractorIn'] == 'Yes' && $_GET['searchContractorOut'] != 'Yes') { $where .= ' AND ('.lu_GetFieldName('Onsite Status', 'ContractorStaff').' = "Onsite")'; $_TPL->assign('searchContractorIn', 'Yes'); $_TPL->assign('searchContractorOut', 'No'); } else if($_GET['searchContractorOut'] == 'Yes' && $_GET['searchContractorIn'] != 'Yes') { $where .= ' AND ('.lu_GetFieldName('Onsite Status', 'ContractorStaff').' != "Onsite")'. $_TPL->assign('searchContractorOut', 'Yes'); $_TPL->assign('searchContractorIn', 'No'); } else { $_TPL->assign('searchContractorOut', 'Yes'); $_TPL->assign('searchContractorIn', 'Yes'); } $join = 'LEFT JOIN '.lu_GetTableName('Contractor').' ON '.lu_GetTableName('Contractor').'.ID = '.lu_GetTableName('ContractorStaff').'.'.lu_GetFieldName('Contractor', 'ContractorStaff'); $extrasearch = array ( lu_GetTableName('Contractor').'.'.lu_GetFieldName('Legal Name', 'Contractor') ); if($searchContractorResult = lu_GetTableRow('ContractorStaff', $_GET['searchContractor'], '#search#', lu_GetTableName('ContractorStaff').'.record_ID = "'.$org_id.'" '.$where, lu_GetFieldName('First Name', 'ContractorStaff').','.lu_GetFieldName('Surname', 'ContractorStaff'), $join, $extrasearch)) { /* foreach($searchContractorResult['rows'] as $key=>$contractor) { $lacp_rights = lu_OrganiseCustomDataFunctionMultiselect($contractor[lu_GetFieldName('Location Access Rights', 'ContractorStaff')]); if(!in_array($_SESSION['dash']['VC']['lacp'], $lacp_rights)) { unset($searchContractorResult['rows'][$key]); } } */ if(count($searchContractorResult['rows'])) { foreach($searchContractorResult['rows'] as $key => $cstaff) { /* if($cstaff[lu_GetFieldName('Onsite_Status', 'Contractor')] == 'Onsite')) { if($visitor['rows'][0][lu_GetFieldName('ConStaff ID', 'Visitor')]) { $_DBH->query('UPDATE '.lu_GetTableName('ContractorStaff').' SET '.lu_GetFieldName('Onsite Status', 'ContractorStaff').' = "" WHERE ID="'.$visitor['rows'][0][lu_GetFieldName('ConStaff ID', 'Visitor')].'"'); } } */ if($cstaff[lu_GetFieldName('SACN Expiry Date', 'ContractorStaff')] != '0000-00-00') { if(strtotime($cstaff[lu_GetFieldName('SACN Expiry Date', 'ContractorStaff')]) < time()) { $searchContractorResult['rows'][$key]['sacn_expiry'] = true; } else { $searchContractorResult['rows'][$key]['sacn_expiry'] = false; } } else { $searchContractorResult['rows'][$key]['sacn_expiry'] = false; } if($cstaff[lu_GetFieldName('Induction Valid Until', 'ContractorStaff')] != '0000-00-00') { if(strtotime($cstaff[lu_GetFieldName('Induction Valid Until', 'ContractorStaff')]) < time()) { $searchContractorResult['rows'][$key]['induction_expiry'] = true; } else { $searchContractorResult['rows'][$key]['induction_expiry'] = false; } } else { $searchContractorResult['rows'][$key]['induction_expiry'] = false; } $searchContractorResult['rows'][$key]['contractor'] = lu_GetTableRow('Contractor', $cstaff[lu_GetFieldName('Contractor', 'ContractorStaff')], 'ID'); } $_TPL->assign('searchContractorResult', $searchContractorResult); } else { $_TPL->assign('searchContractorNotFound', true); } } else { $_TPL->assign('searchContractorNotFound', true); } } $occupancy = array(); $occupancy['staffNumber'] = $_DBH->getOne('SELECT count(*) FROM '.lu_GetTableName('Staff').' WHERE record_ID = "'.$_SESSION['dash']['VC']['loc_ID'].'" AND record_Inactive != "checked" AND '.lu_GetFieldName('Ignore Counts', 'Staff').' != "checked"'); $occupancy['staffNumberOnsite']= $_DBH->getOne( 'SELECT count(*) FROM '.lu_GetTableName('Staff').' WHERE ( (record_ID = "'.$_SESSION['dash']['VC']['loc_ID'].'" AND ('.lu_GetFieldName('Staff Status', 'Staff').' = "" OR '.lu_GetFieldName('Staff Status', 'Staff').' = "On-Site")) OR '.lu_GetFieldName('Current Location', 'Staff').' = "'.$_SESSION['dash']['VC']['loc_ID'].'") AND record_Inactive != "checked" AND '.lu_GetFieldName('Ignore Counts', 'Staff').' != "checked"'); $occupancy['visitorsOnsite'] = $_DBH->getOne('SELECT count(*) FROM '.lu_GetTableName('Visitor').' WHERE '.lu_GetFieldName('Location for Visit', 'Visitor').' = "'.$_SESSION['dash']['VC']['loc_ID'].'" AND '.lu_GetFieldName('Checked In', 'Visitor').' = "checked" AND '.lu_GetFieldName('Checked Out', 'Visitor').' != "checked"'); $_TPL->assign('occupancy', $occupancy); if($enotes = lu_GetTableRow('Enote', $org_id, 'record_ID', lu_GetFieldName('Note Emailed', 'Enote').' = "0000-00-00" AND '.lu_GetFieldName('Note Passed On', 'Enote').' != "Yes"')) { $_TPL->assign('EnoteNotice', true); } if($medical = lu_GetTableRow('MedicalRoom', $_SESSION['dash']['VC']['loc_ID'], 'record_ID', 'record_Inactive != "Yes"')) { $_TPL->assign('MedicalNotice', true); } if(lu_GetFieldValue('Printing', 'Location', $_SESSION['dash']['VC']['loc_ID']) != "No" && lu_GetFieldValue('Printing', 'Location', $_SESSION['dash']['VC']['loc_ID']) != "") { $_TPL->assign('UnmannedPrinting', true); } } else { if($_SESSION['dash']['VC']['printing'] == true) { $_TPL->assign('UnmannedPrinting', true); } } // enable if contractor check-in buttons should be enabled if(lu_GetFieldValue('Enable Contractor Check In', 'Location', $_SESSION['dash']['VC']['loc_ID']) == "checked") { $_TPL->assign('ContractorCheckin', true); } } if($_SESSION['dash']['entity_id'] && $_GET['fixupCon'] == 'true') { $conStaffs = lu_GetTableRow('ContractorStaff', $_SESSION['dash']['ModifyConStaffs']['org_ID'], 'record_ID', '', lu_GetFieldName('First Name', 'ContractorStaff').','.lu_GetFieldName('Surname', 'ContractorStaff')); foreach($conStaffs['rows'] as $key => $cstaff) { if($cstaff[lu_GetFieldName('Site Access Card Number', 'ContractorStaff')] && $cstaff[lu_GetFieldName('Site Access Card Type', 'ContractorStaff')]) { echo $cstaff['ID'].' '; $_DBH->query('UPDATE '.lu_GetTableName('Visitor').' SET '.lu_GetFieldName('Site Access Card Number', 'Visitor').' = "'.$cstaff[lu_GetFieldName('Site Access Card Number', 'ContractorStaff')].'", '.lu_GetFieldName('Site Access Card Type', 'Visitor').' = "'.$cstaff[lu_GetFieldName('Site Access Card Type', 'ContractorStaff')].'" WHERE '.lu_GetFieldName('ConStaff ID', 'Visitor').'="'.$cstaff['ID'].'"'); } } } } else { if($_SESSION['dash']['staffs']) { foreach($_SESSION['dash']['staffs']['rows'] as $staff) { if($staff[lu_GetFieldName('Reception Manager', 'Staff')] == 'checked') { $loc_id = $staff['record_ID']; unset($_SESSION['dash']['VC']); if($loc_id = lu_GetFieldValue('ID', 'Location', $loc_id)) { $_SESSION['dash']['VC']['loc_ID'] = $loc_id; header('Location: /vc/'); die(); } } } } $_TPL->assign('mode', 'public'); } $content['page_content'] = $_TPL->fetch('modules/vc.htm'); return $content; } ?> die();die();die();die();die(); This question will probably be closed - i just need some support from my coding brothers and sisters. *SOB*

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  • 24 hours per day and freelance programming jobs

    - by Luca
    I'm working on stimulanting projects at my job. I like it. I like programming! I have accumulated several years of experience now. Sometime happens I develop other projects (even more stimulant of my main job). Some more money cannot hurts! The problem is that my free time has decreased a lot, leading me to develop until late evening. I usually program each day (I like to develop my own projects, even if only a few lines at a time). But it is one thing to plan for my pleasure, it is one thing to plan for business. So, my question is how to balance free time with these additional jobs? What experiences do you have? How much you can develop for long time (in a medium interval, say, weeks)? Every thought is welcome!

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  • Understanding Node.js and concept of non-blocking I/O

    - by Saif Bechan
    Recently I became interested in using Node.js to tackle some of the parts of my web-application. I love the part that its full JavaScript and its very light weight so no use anymore to call an JavaScript-PHP call but a lighter JavaScript-JavaScript call. I however do not understand all the concepts explained. Basic concepts Now in the presentation for Node.js Ryan Dahl talks about non-blocking IO and why this is the way we need to create our programs. I can understand the theoretical concept. You just don't wait for a response, you go ahead and do other things. You make a callback for the response, and when the response arrives millions of clock-cycles later, you can fire that. If you have not already I recommend to watch this presentation. It is very easy to follow and pretty detailed. There are some nice concepts explained on how to write your code in a good manner. There are also some examples given and I am going to work with the basic example given. Examples The way we do thing now: puts("Enter your name: "); var name = gets(); puts("Name: " + name); Now the problem with this is that the code is halted at line 1. It blocks your code. The way we need to do things according to node puts("Enter your name: "); gets(function (name) { puts("Name: " + name); }); Now with this your program does not halt, because the input is a function within the output. So the programs continues to work without halting. Questions Now the basic question I have is how does this work in real-life situations. I am talking here for the use in web-applications. The application I am writing does I/O, bit is still does it in am blocking matter. I think that most of the time, if not all, you need to block, because you have to wait on what the response is you have to work with. When you need to get some information from the database, most of the time this data needs to be verified before you can further with the code. Example 1 If you take a login for example. You have to wait for the database to response to return, because you can not do anything else. I can't see a way around this without blocking. Example 2 Going back to the basic example. The use just request something from a database which does not need any verification. You still have to block because you don't have anything to do more. I can not come up with a single example where you want to do other things while you wait for the response to return. Possible answers I have read that this frees up recourses. When you program like this it takes less CPU or memory usage. So this non-blocking IO is ONLY meant to free up recourses and does not have any other practical use. Not that this is not a huge plus, freeing up recourses is always good. Yet I fail to see this as a good solution. because in both of the above examples, the program has to wait for the response of the user. Whether this is inside a function, or just inline, in my opinion there is a program that wait for input. Resources I looked at I have looked at some recourses before I posted this question. They talk a lot about the theoretical concept, which is quite clear. Yet i fail to see some real-life examples where this is makes a huge difference. Stackoverflow: What is in simple words blocking IO and non-blocking IO? Blocking IO vs non-blocking IO; looking for good articles tidy code for asynchronous IO Other recources: Wikipedia: Asynchronous I/O Introduction to non-blocking I/O The C10K problem

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