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  • As a programmer, what's the most valuable non-English (human) language to learn?

    - by Andrew M
    I was thinking that with my developer skills, learning new languages like French, German etc. might be easier for me now. I could setup the verbs as objects in Python and use dir(verb) to find its methods, tenses and stuff ;-) But seriously, if you're a professional developer, in my case in the UK, what's the best foreign language to learn from an employment perspective? I'm thinking, like Hindi - if all our programming jobs are getting outsourced to India, might as well position yourself to be the on-site, go-between guy. Mandarin - if the Chinese become the pre-eminent economy, the new USA, in ten or twenty years, then speaking their language would open up a huge market to you. Russian - maybe another major up-and-comer, but already closer to Western standards. More IT-sector growth here than anywhere else in the coming years? Japanese - drivers of global technology, being able to speak their language could give you a big competitive advantage over other Westerners But I'm just guessing/musing with all these points. If you have an opinion, or even better, some evidence, I'd like to hear it. If the programming things falls through then at least it'll make for more interesting holidays.

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  • How to get local business nationwide exposure? [closed]

    - by guisasso
    here's the situation: This company offers local home services (construction...), but also fabricates many custom items that can be shipped nationally, and even internationally. Since i started working on this website, it has ranked pretty well on alexa global and locally, and i have made many SEO improvements that doubled the visits to the website in 6 months. The website is listed in many different directories (dmoz & etc...), maps (google maps & etc...), business listing sites (yelp & etc..), trade specific websites (angie's list, houzz & etc...), state specific business listings and etc, there are many links to pictures displayed on the website, links to the website itself, i have a google analytics and webmaster tools account, with sitemaps, newsletters, facebook page.... the list goes on and on. All of which have been working pretty well locally. We have had some success with doing business in other states and even other countries, but it is still a pretty small percentage of the market. I also advertise on google adwords locally, and since this would be the obvious answer, my question is: Without paid advertisement, how can i improve the visibility of this local business website nationally to attract customers in all US States?

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  • Deal Registration Moves to Oracle Partner Store (OPS)- The Four Action Items for Partners

    - by Richard Lefebvre
    In November 2012, Oracle’s partner deal registration process will move to the Oracle Partner Store (OPS). During this time, OPS will become the single source for partners to register deals, obtain deal status, and place orders. What will partners need to do? 1. Request an OPS Account – If your company is new to OPS the first thing you need to do is request an account (if your company already has an OPS account, go to step 2). It’s important to have the person who will be managing your OPS account make this request as soon as possible. They will be set up as your company’s primary administrator. 2. Set-Up Users in OPS – Setup of users can start immediately, and will be handled by the primary OPS administrator at your company. The process is simple, but all existing users of Global PRM (Partner Relationship Management) deal registration will need to be set up in OPS before November 14, 2012.  3. Review/Action Any Registrations Pending Submission in PRM – Prior to November 14, 2012, all pending registrations should be submitted in the existing PRM system. It is important that this step is complete so registrations will not need to be re-entered when the system is moved to OPS on November 17, 2012. Registrations pending submission are easily identified on the registration listing screen with either “Incomplete” or “Returned to Partner” in the status column.  4. Attend Training – Oracle will offer multiple VAD and VAR training sessions beginning October 29, 2012. It is recommended that all users attend one of these important sessions.  Detailed instructions on each of these tasks can be found on the OPS Information Page. OPS will offer several enhancements to the deal registration process, including: Simplified Registration Form Easier Product Selection Expanded Browser Support Shared Registration Visibility Between VAD and VAR Pre-set Customer Selection From Partner Ordering Base Best Regards, Titina Ott Vice President, Worldwide A&C Systems And Business Processes 

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  • CUDA 4.1 Particle Update

    - by N0xus
    I'm using CUDA 4.1 to parse in the update of my Particle system that I've made with DirectX 10. So far, my update method for the particle systems is 1 line of code within a for loop that makes each particle fall down the y axis to simulate a waterfall: m_particleList[i].positionY = m_particleList[i].positionY - (m_particleList[i].velocity * frameTime * 0.001f); In my .cu class I've created a struct which I copied from my particle class and is as follows: struct ParticleType { float positionX, positionY, positionZ; float red, green, blue; float velocity; bool active; }; Then I have an UpdateParticle method in the .cu as well. This encompass the 3 main parameters my particles need to update themselves based off the initial line of code. : __global__ void UpdateParticle(float* position, float* velocity, float frameTime) { } This is my first CUDA program and I'm at a loss to what to do next. I've tried to simply put the particleList line in the UpdateParticle method, but then the particles don't fall down as they should. I believe it is because I am not calling something that I need to in the class where the particle fall code use to be. Could someone please tell me what it is I am missing to get it working as it should? If I am doing this completely wrong in general, the please inform me as well.

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  • Do you think we will ever settle on a "standard" platform? [closed]

    - by GazTheDestroyer
    The recent explosion of phone platforms has depressed me (slightly), and made me wonder if we will ever reach any kind of standard for presentation? I don't mean language or IDE. Different languages have different strengths and I can see that there may always be a need for disparity, although I do note that languages are merging somewhat in functionality, with traditional imperitive languages like C++ now supporting things like lambdas. What I'm really talking about is a common presentation mechanism. Before smart phones and tablets came along, the web seemed to be finally becoming a reasonable platform for presenting an application that was globally accessible, not just geographically, but by platform too. Sure there are still (sometimes infuriating) implementation differences and quirks, but if you wrote a decent site you knew it could be accessed on anything from a PC to a phone to a C64 running the right software. "Write Once Run Anywhere" seemed to finally be becoming a reality. However, in the last few years we've seen an explosion of mobile operating systems, and the ubiquitous "app". A good site is no longer enough, you need a native "app", and of course we have a sudden massive disparity in OS, language, and APIs needed to write them as each battles for supremecy. It's kind of weird how the cycle of popularity goes. Mainframes with terminals - thin client. PC - thick client. Web browser - thin client. Phone app - thick(ish) client. I just wonder if you think there will ever be a global standard for clients, or whether the "shiny and different" cycle will always continue along with the battle of the tech du jour.

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  • Installation questions

    - by user12609425
    I've gotten a couple more questions about the installation process for Ops Center. "Can I install on any SPARC / X86 based platform?" Ops Center can run on Oracle Solaris on either architecture, or on Linux. The Certified Systems Matrix lists the supported OSes, and the Linux and Solaris install guides go into more detail about the hardware and OS requirements. "Can we install it on local zones or LDOMS?" Zones, yes; LDOMS, sort of. You can install the Enterprise Controller in a local zone. There are a few caveats, which are explained in the Preparing a Non-Global Zone section. You can also install a Proxy Controller in an Oracle Solaris 11 zone. Agent Controllers, which are the part of the infrastructure that's installed on managed systems, can be put on zones or LDOMS. "Do we need any dedicated network ports from all agent monitoring systems?"  Yes. The port requirements are covered in the Network Port Requirements and Protocols table, which is in the feature reference guide as well as in the install guides.

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  • Guidelines for creating referentially transparent callables

    - by max
    In some cases, I want to use referentially transparent callables while coding in Python. My goals are to help with handling concurrency, memoization, unit testing, and verification of code correctness. I want to write down clear rules for myself and other developers to follow that would ensure referential transparency. I don't mind that Python won't enforce any rules - we trust ourselves to follow them. Note that we never modify functions or methods in place (i.e., by hacking into the bytecode). Would the following make sense? A callable object c of class C will be referentially transparent if: Whenever the returned value of c(...) depends on any instance attributes, global variables, or disk files, such attributes, variables, and files must not change for the duration of the program execution; the only exception is that instance attributes may be changed during instance initialization. When c(...) is executed, no modifications to the program state occur that may affect the behavior of any object accessed through its "public interface" (as defined by us). If we don't put any restrictions on what "public interface" includes, then rule #2 becomes: When c(...) is executed, no objects are modified that are visible outside the scope of c.__call__. Note: I unsuccessfully tried to ask this question on SO, but I'm hoping it's more appropriate to this site.

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  • Developing a TCK: Spec Lead Call for Spec Leads 20 December

    - by Heather VanCura
    The JCP Program will be hosting a Spec Lead call on 20 December on the topic of developing a Technology Compatibility Kit (TCK).  A Technology Compatibility Kit is a required output of a JSR at Final Release, along with the Specification and Reference Implementation (RI).   The TCK must test all aspects of a specification that impact how compatible an implementation of that specification would be, such as the public API and all mandatory elements of the specification. The Reference Implementation is required to pass the TCK. A vendor's implementation of a specification is only considered compatible if the implementation passes the TCK fully and completely.  The TCK is used to test implementations of the Final Specification to make sure that they are fully compatible. The call will be recorded and posted on the JCP.org multimedia page along with any related materials.   Invitation details for the online meeting:Topic: SL Call: Developing a TCK Date: Thursday, December 20, 2012 Time: 9:30 am, Pacific Standard Time (San Francisco, GMT-08:00) Meeting Number: 804 390 892 Meeting Password: 2222 ------------------------------------------------------- To join the audio conference -------------------------------------------------------     +1 (866) 682-4770 (US)     Conference code: 945-4597    Security code: 52775 ("JCPSL" on your phone handset)     For global access numbers see http://www.intercall.com/oracle/access_numbers.htm         Or +1 (408) 774-4073

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  • Can I set up samba so it automatically allows all the local usernames and passwords?

    - by dialer
    I have set up samba like this (this is the complete smb.conf): [global] log file = /var/log/samba/log log level = 2 security = user [homes] browsable = false read only = no valid users = %S I'd like to enable every user on server to access their home directories, but for some unknown reason only my 'administrator' account can do so. (I have done that with ftp before, but now smb is also needed). When I try to smbclient -L localhost -U [user], I get NT_STATUS_LOGON_FAILURE, except with the administrator (which is the user created during the ubuntu installation, not root). The samba log file says NT_STATUS_NO_SUCH_USER: [2012/04/04 20:26:02.081454, 2] smbd/reply.c:554(reply_special) netbios connect: name1=LOCALHOST 0x20 name2=DIALER-X 0x0 [2012/04/04 20:26:02.081733, 2] smbd/reply.c:565(reply_special) netbios connect: local=localhost remote=dialer-x, name type = 0 [2012/04/04 20:26:02.087200, 2] auth/auth.c:314(check_ntlm_password) check_ntlm_password: Authentication for user [public] - [public] FAILED with error NT_STATUS_NO_SUCH_USER I suspect that I have to manually create samba users, but the man pages state that If the client has passed a username/password pair and that username/password pair is validated by the UNIX system's password programs, the connection is made as that username. To me that sounds like as long as the provided username/password is a valid login on the server, it should work. Am I missing something totally obvious? I don't want / can't afford to manually update the samba users and passwords to match the server's. 11.10

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  • eSTEP TechCast - November 2012

    - by uwes
    Dear partner, we are pleased to announce our next eSTEP TechCast on Thursday 1st of November and would be happy if you could join. Please see below the details for the next TechCast.Date and time:Thursday, 01. November 2012, 11:00 - 12:00 GMT (12:00 - 13:00 CET; 15:00 - 16:00 GST) Title:  Update on Solaris 11 Abstract:Oracle announced an update on Solaris 11 on Oracle OpenWorld. Join us in this call to get a brief summary of the enhancements and how they help to build better solutions for your customers. Target audience: Tech Presales Speaker: Jörg Möllenkamp Call Info:Call-in-toll-free number: 08006948154 (United Kingdom)Call-in-toll-free number: +44-2081181001 (United Kingdom) Show global numbers Conference Code: 803 594 3Security Passcode: 9876Webex Info (Oracle Web Conference) Meeting Number: 599 775 167Meeting Password: tech2011 Playback / Recording / Archive: The webcasts will be recorded and will be available shortly after the event in the eSTEP portal under the Events tab, where you could find also material from already delivered eSTEP TechCasts. Use your email-adress and PIN: eSTEP_2011 to get access. Feel free to have a look. We are happy to get your comments and feedback. Thanks and best regards, Partner HW Enablement EMEA

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  • Ubuntu 12.10 hotkeys not working properly [closed]

    - by Sly
    A couple of weeks ago, I ran a distribution upgrade from 12.04 to 12.10. Unfortunately, something has seemed to happen with the hotkeys on the system. At first, I thought that maybe this was just a glitch with the global hotkeys. That didn't turn out to be the case, as the custom hotkey I added into the Ubuntu settings works for my editor. The only default hotkey that seems to have a problem launching is CTRL+ALT+T (Terminal). This wasn't such a big issue to begin with, because I can always just drag the Terminal to my launcher and launch it from there. However, I was on Chrome earlier and tried to do SHIFT+CTRL+DEL to clear the history and it failed. I then tried to do SHIFT+ESC, just to see if the hotkey for the task manager would work.. and it did. I also thought it could be something with the "CTRL" key, since SHIFT+ESC works, but SHIFT+CTRL+DEL doesn't. That didn't turn out to be the case either, as keys like CTRL+ALT+DEL (logout) work perfectly fine. Not quite sure how to go about this, and I haven't found any errors in any of /var/log that raises any suspicion.

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  • Enablement 2.0 Get Specialized!

    - by mseika
    Enablement 2.0 Get Specialized! The Oracle PartnerNetwork Specialized program is releasing new certifications on our latest products, and partners are invited to be the first candidates to get certified. Oracle's Certified Exams go through a rigorous review process called a "beta period". Here are a few advantages of taking a Beta Exam: Certification exams taken during the beta period count towards company Specializations. Most new Certified Specialist Exams have no training requirement. Beta Exams Vouchers are available in limited quantity, so request a voucher today by contacting the Partner Enablement Team and act fast to reserve your test from the list below. FREE Certification Testing Are you attending OPN Exchange @ OpenWorld? Then join us at OPN Specialist Test Fest! October 1st - 4th 2012, Marriott Marquis Hotel Pre-register now! Beta testing period will end on October, 6th, 2012 for the following exams: Oracle E-Business Suite R12 Project Essentials (1Z1-511) Beta testing period will end on October, 13th, 2012 for the following exams: Oracle Hyperion Data Relationship Management Essentials (1Z1-588) Beta testing period will end on November, 17th, 2012 for the following exams: Oracle Global Trade Management 6 Essentials (1Z1-589) Exams Coming Soon in Beta Oracle Fusion Distributed Order Orchestration Essentials Exam (1Z1-469) Take the exam(s) now at a near-by Pearson VUE testing center! Contact Us Please direct any inquiries you may have to the Oracle Partner Enablement team at [email protected] For More Information Oracle Certification Program Beta Exams OPN Certified Specialist Exam Study Guides OPN Certified Specialist FAQ

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  • Could a singleton type replace static methods and classes?

    - by MKO
    In C# Static methods has long served a purpose allowing us to call them without instantiating classes. Only in later year have we became more aware of the problems of using static methods and classes. They can’t use interfaces They can’t use inheritance They are hard to test because you can’t make mocks and stubs Is there a better way ? Obviously we need to be able to access library methods without instantiated classes all the time otherwise our code would become pretty cluttered One possibly solution is to use a new keyword for an old concept: the singleton. Singleton’s are global instances of a class, since they are instances we can use them as we would normal classes. In order to make their use nice and practical we'd need some syntactic sugar however Say that the Math class would be of type singleton instead of an actual class. The actual class containing all the default methods for the Math singleton is DefaultMath, which implements the interface IMath. The singleton would be declared as singleton Math : IMath { public Math { this = new DefaultMath(); } } If we wanted to substitute our own class for all math operations we could make a new class MyMath that inherits DefaultMath, or we could just inherit from the interface IMath and create a whole new Class. To make our class the active Math class, you'd do a simple assignment Math = new MyMath(); and voilá! the next time we call Math.Floor it will call your method. Note that for a normal singleton we'd have to write something like Math.Instance.Floor but the compiler eliminates the need for the Instance property Another idea would be to be able to define a singletons as Lazy so they get instantiated only when they're first called, like lazy singleton Math : IMath What do you think, would it have been a better solution that static methods and classes? Is there any problems with this approach?

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  • The Oracle EMEA Partner Event of the Year- FREE, LIVE & ONLINE!

    - by Claudia Costa
    New products. New specializations. New opportunities. Find out how you can use them to build your Oracle business even faster and more effectively in 2010/11. The date for your diary is the 29th of June 2010, at 11:00 GMT. And this summer's event is bigger and better than ever. You will learn: What Oracle's acquisition of Sun Microsystems means for your business and your customers How Oracle Specialization can help you grow faster and smarter, and how Oracle partners from across the region are already benefitting Why Oracle's latest technology, applications, middleware and hardware products and solutions offer you unbeatable new business opportunities How Oracle's partner program is evolving to help partners succeed with a live link to the Oracle FY11 Global Partner Kickoff How specialization has helped a former Microsoft executive become one of the world's most successful social entrepreneurs You'll also have the chance to network with Oracle experts and other partners, and download valuable collateral from specially constructed virtual information booths. Plus, at the end of the event, submit your feedback form for the chance to win two passes to Oracle OpenWorld in San Francisco this September! Don't miss out! REGISTER TODAY!  for this exciting, exclusive online event. Visit here for more information and to view the complete agenda We look forward to welcoming you on the 29th of June! Yours sincerely, Stein SurlienSenior Vice President, Alliances & Channels, Oracle EMEA PS. The Oracle PartnerNetwork Days Virtual Event will be followed by "Oracle PartnerNetwork Days Executive Forums", and "Oracle PartnerNetwork Days Satellite Events" in various countries. Please look out for further communications from your local Oracle team.

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  • JCP 2.9 and Transparency Call for Spec Leads 9 November

    - by heathervc
    JCP Spec Leads are invited to participate in an online meeting/call this Friday, 9 November, to hear a talk about the the 2.9 version of the Java Community Process (effective date of 13 November) and discuss the changes with representatives of the Program Management Office.  This call will be recorded and published with materials for those not able to attend.  Details of the call are included below.JCP 2.9 is presented in two documents:The JCP 2.9 document:http://www.jcp.org/en/procedures/jcp2and the EC Standing Rules document:http://www.jcp.org/en/procedures/ec_standing_rulesIn addition, we will be reviewing ways to collect community feedback on the transparency requirements for JCP 2.7 and above JSRs (JCP 2.8, JCP 2.9), detailed as part of the Spec Lead Guide.Call details:Topic: JCP 2.9 and Transparency Date: Friday, November 9, 2012 Time: 9:00 am, Pacific Standard Time (San Francisco, GMT-08:00) Meeting Number: 800 623 574 Meeting Password: 5282 ------------------------------------------------------- To start or join the online meeting ------------------------------------------------------- Go to https://jcp.webex.com/jcp/j.php?ED=188925347&UID=491098062&PW=NMDZiYTQzZmE1&RT=MiM0 ------------------------------------------------------- Audio conference information ------------------------------------------------------- Toll-Free Dial-In Number:     866 682-4770 International (Toll) Dial-In Number:     408 774-4073 Conference code 9454597 Security code 1020 Outside the US: global access numbers   https://www.intercallonline.com/portlets/scheduling/viewNumbers/listNumbersByCode.do?confCode=6279803

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  • June Webcast: SOA Gateway Implementation and Troubleshooting (2 sessions)

    - by Oracle_EBS
    For June 2012 we have scheduled a Webcast about the SOA Gateway Implementation and Troubleshooting, presented by 2 experienced Support Engineers located in Romania. As every time we are driving 2 sessions for a better global alignment : EBS - SOA Gateway Overview and Troubleshooting Agenda     Introduction of the SOA Gateway     Architecture Overview     Major Components     Troubleshooting     References EMEA Session : June 12, 2012 at 10:00 am CET / 14:30 India / 18:00 Japan / 20:00 Australia Details & Registration : Note 1455681.1 US Session : June 13, 2012 at 19:00 am CET / 10:00 am Pacific / 11:00 am Mountain/ 01:00 pm Eastern Details & Registration : Note 1455661.1 Schedules, recordings and the Presentations of the Advisor Webcast drove under the EBS Applications Technology area can be found in Note 1186338.1. Schedules, recordings and the Presentations of the Advisor Webcast drove under the EBS Applications Technology area can be found in Note 1186338.1. Current Schedules of Advisor Webcast for all Oracle Products can be found on Note 740966.1 Post Presentation Recordings of the Advisor Webcasts for all Oracle Products can be found on Note 740964.1 If you have any question about the schedules or if you have a suggestion for an Advisor Webcast to be planned in future, please send an E-Mail to Ruediger Ziegler.

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  • How to leverage the internal HTTP endpoint available on Azure web roles?

    - by adelsors
    Imagine you have a Web application using an in-memory collection that changes occasionally, loading it from storage on the Application_Start global.asax event and updating it whenever it changes. If you want to deploy this application on Azure you need to keep in mind that more than one instance of the application can be running at any time and therefore you need to provide some mechanism to keep all instances informed with the latest changes. Because that the communication through internal endpoints between Azure role instances is at no cost, a good solution can be maintaining the information on Azure Storage Tables, reading its contents on the Application_Start event and populating its changes to all instances using the internal HTTP port available on Azure Web Roles. You need to follow these steps to leverage the internal HTTP endpoint available on Azure web roles: 1.   Define an internal HTTP endpoint in the Web Role properties, for example InternalHttpEndpoint   2.   Add a new WCF service to the Web Role, for example NotificationServices.svc 3.   Add a method on the new service to receive notifications from other role instances. 4.   Declare a class that inherits from System.ServiceModel.Activation.ServiceHostFactory and override the method CreateServiceHost to host the internal endpoint.   Note that you can use SecurityMode.None because the internal endpoint is private to the instances of the service, this is provided by the platform. 5.   Edit the markup of the service right clicking the svc file and selecting "View markup" to add the new factory as the factory to be used to create the service    6. Now you can notify changes to other instances using this code:

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  • How can I convince my boss that ANSI C is inadequate for our new project?

    - by justifiably cowardly
    A few months ago, we started developing an app to control an in-house developed test equipment and record a set of measurements. It should have a simple UI, and would likely require threads due to the continuous recording that must take place. This application will be used for a few years, and shall be maintained by a number of computer science students during this period. Our boss graduated some 30 years ago (not to be taken as an offense; I have more than half that time on my back too) and has mandated that we develop this application in ANSI C. The rationale is that he is the only one that will be around the entire time, and therefore he must be able to understand what we are doing. He also ruled that we should use no abstract data types; he even gave us a list with the name of the global variables (sigh) he wants us to use. I actually tried that approach for a while, but it was really slowing me down to make sure that all pointer operations were safe and all strings had the correct size. Additionally, the number of lines of code that actually related to the problem in hand was a only small fraction of our code base. After a few days, I scrapped the entire thing and started anew using C#. Our boss has already seen the program running and he likes the way it works, but he doesn't know that it's written in another language. Next week the two of us will meet to go over the source code, so that he "will know how to maintain it". I am sort of scared, and I would like to hear from you guys what arguments I could use to support my decision. Cowardly yours,

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  • How to handle notifications to several partial views of the same model?

    - by Seki
    I am working on refactoring an old simulation of a Turing machine. The application uses a class that contains the state and the logic of program execution, and several panels to display the tape representation and show the state, messages, and the GUI controls (start, stop, program listing, ...). I would like to refactor it using the MVC architecture that was not used originaly: the Frame is the only way to get access to the different panels and there is also a strong coupling between the "engine" class and the GUI updates in the way of frame.displayPanel.state.setText("halted"); or frame.outputPanel.messages.append("some thing"); It looks to me that I should put the state related code into an observable model class and make the different panels observers. My problem is that the java Observable class only provides a global notification to the Observers, while I would prefer not to refresh every Observers everytime, but only when the part that specificaly observe has changed. I am thinking of implementing myself several vectors of listeners (for the state / position, for the output messages, ...) but I feel like reinventing the wheel. I though also about adding some flags that the observers could check like isNewMessageAvailable(), hasTapeMoved(), etc but it sounds also approximative design. BTW, is it ok to keep the fetch / execute loop into the model or should I move it in another place? We can think in a theorical ideal way as I am completely revamping this small application.

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  • Partner Showcase

    - by rituchhibber
    Building a High Performance Employee Self Service Portal with Oracle WebCenter Free Half Day Technical Workshop Organisations started with static corporate intranets at the beginning of the “Noughties”, these have been evolving to the Intranet Portal that is common today. The rise in Employee Self Service leverages off this evolution to transform the intranet as a resource in order to deliver the “Contextual workers control panel”. This empowers employees to do their complete job from a single environment covering transactions, document handling, form completion, watching presentations, participating in discussions through to utilising search functionality. Ether Solutions - the Enterprise Portal specialists, together with C2B2 - the independent middleware experts, will deliver this workshop to you, allowing you to discover how Oracle WebCenter provides a high performance, highly scalable platform for social intranets and EmployeeSelf Service Portals. To register, please click here. When? Wednesday, 12th of December 2012 Where? Institute of Directors, 116 Pall Mall, London SW1Y 5ED Who should attend? Lead Developers, Technical Architects, Solution Architects, Technical Leads and other Technical team member interested in learning about WebCenter. Lingotek - Collaborative Translation Technology Lingotek is the leading provider of Collaborative Translation Technology designed to meet the requirements of organizations challenged with communicating, interacting, and commercializing a global audience. Lingotek software helps companies achieve unprecedented control over the translation process and enables companies to capture, grow, and reuse their linguistic assets. Lingotek has deployed systems for some of the most innovative organizations in the United States and has enabled the success of large Fortune 500 corporations, small professional firms, and companies of every size in between. For further information, please click here.

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  • MySQL December Webinars

    - by Bertrand Matthelié
    We'll be running 3 webinars next week and hope many of you will be able to join us: MySQL Replication: Simplifying Scaling and HA with GTIDs Wednesday, December 12, at 15.00 Central European TimeJoin the MySQL replication developers for a deep dive into the design and implementation of Global Transaction Identifiers (GTIDs) and how they enable users to simplify MySQL scaling and HA. GTIDs are one of the most significant new replication capabilities in MySQL 5.6, making it simple to track and compare replication progress between the master and slave servers. Register Now MySQL 5.6: Building the Next Generation of Web/Cloud/SaaS/Embedded Applications and Services Thursday, December 13, at 9.00 am Pacific Time As the world's most popular web database, MySQL has quickly become the leading cloud database, with most providers offering MySQL-based services. Indeed, built to deliver web-based applications and to scale out, MySQL's architecture and features make the database a great fit to deliver cloud-based applications. In this webinar we will focus on the improvements in MySQL 5.6 performance, scalability, and availability designed to enable DBA and developer agility in building the next generation of web-based applications. Register Now Getting the Best MySQL Performance in Your Products: Part IV, Partitioning Friday, December 14, at 9.00 am Pacific Time We're adding Partitioning to our extremely popular "Getting the Best MySQL Performance in Your Products" webinar series. Partitioning can greatly increase the performance of your queries, especially when doing full table scans over large tables. Partitioning is also an excellent way to manage very large tables. It's one of the best ways to build higher performance into your product's embedded or bundled MySQL, and particularly for hardware-constrained appliances and devices. Register Now We have live Q&A during all webinars so you'll get the opportunity to ask your questions!

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  • Blank Mail from PHP application

    - by brettlwilliams
    Problem: Blank email from PHP web application. Confirmed: App works in Linux, has various problems in Windows server environment. Blank emails are the last remaining problem. PHP Version 5.2.6 on the server I'm a librarian implementing a PHP based web application to help students complete their assignments.I have installed this application before on a Linux based free web host and had no problems. Email is controlled by two files, email_functions.php and email.php. While email can be sent, all that is sent is a blank email. My IT department is an ASP only shop, so I can get little to no help there. I also cannot install additional libraries like PHPmail or Swiftmailer. You can see a functional copy at http://rpc.elm4you.org/ You can also download a copy from Sourceforge from the link there. Thanks in advance for any insight into this! email_functions.php <?php /********************************************************** Function: build_multipart_headers Author: Michael Berkowski Last Modified: September 2007 *********************************************************** Purpose: Creates email headers for a message of type multipart/mime This will include a plain text part and HTML. **********************************************************/ function build_multipart_headers($boundary_rand) { global $EMAIL_FROM_DISPLAY_NAME, $EMAIL_FROM_ADDRESS, $CALC_PATH, $CALC_TITLE, $SERVER_NAME; // Using \n instead of \r\n because qmail doubles up the \r and screws everything up! $crlf = "\n"; $message_date = date("r"); // Construct headers for multipart/mixed MIME email. It will have a plain text and HTML part $headers = "X-Calc-Name: $CALC_TITLE" . $crlf; $headers .= "X-Calc-Url: http://{$SERVER_NAME}/{$CALC_PATH}" . $crlf; $headers .= "MIME-Version: 1.0" . $crlf; $headers .= "Content-type: multipart/alternative;" . $crlf; $headers .= " boundary=__$boundary_rand" . $crlf; $headers .= "From: $EMAIL_FROM_DISPLAY_NAME <$EMAIL_FROM_ADDRESS>" . $crlf; $headers .= "Sender: $EMAIL_FROM_DISPLAY_NAME <$EMAIL_FROM_ADDRESS>" . $crlf; $headers .= "Reply-to: $EMAIL_FROM_DISPLAY_NAME <$EMAIL_FROM_ADDRESS>" . $crlf; $headers .= "Return-Path: $EMAIL_FROM_DISPLAY_NAME <$EMAIL_FROM_ADDRESS>" . $crlf; $headers .= "Date: $message_date" . $crlf; $headers .= "Message-Id: $boundary_rand@$SERVER_NAME" . $crlf; return $headers; } /********************************************************** Function: build_multipart_body Author: Michael Berkowski Last Modified: September 2007 *********************************************************** Purpose: Builds the email body content to go with the headers from build_multipart_headers() **********************************************************/ function build_multipart_body($plain_text_message, $html_message, $boundary_rand) { //$crlf = "\r\n"; $crlf = "\n"; $boundary = "__" . $boundary_rand; // Begin constructing the MIME multipart message $multipart_message = "This is a multipart message in MIME format." . $crlf . $crlf; $multipart_message .= "--{$boundary}{$crlf}Content-type: text/plain; charset=\"us-ascii\"{$crlf}Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit{$crlf}{$crlf}"; $multipart_message .= $plain_text_message . $crlf . $crlf; $multipart_message .= "--{$boundary}{$crlf}Content-type: text/html; charset=\"iso-8859-1\"{$crlf}Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit{$crlf}{$crlf}"; $multipart_message .= $html_message . $crlf . $crlf; $multipart_message .= "--{$boundary}--$crlf$crlf"; return $multipart_message; } /********************************************************** Function: build_step_email_body_text Author: Michael Berkowski Last Modified: September 2007 *********************************************************** Purpose: Returns a plain text version of the email body to be used for individually sent step reminders **********************************************************/ function build_step_email_body_text($stepnum, $arr_instructions, $dates, $query_string, $teacher_info ,$name, $class, $project_id) { global $CALC_PATH, $CALC_TITLE, $SERVER_NAME; $step_email_body =<<<BODY $CALC_TITLE Step $stepnum: {$arr_instructions["step$stepnum"]["title"]} Name: $name Class: $class BODY; $step_email_body .= build_text_single_step($stepnum, $arr_instructions, $dates, $query_string, $teacher_info); $step_email_body .= "\n\n"; $step_email_body .=<<<FOOTER The $CALC_TITLE offers suggestions, but be sure to check with your teacher to find out the best working schedule for your assignment! If you would like to stop receiving further reminders for this project, click the link below: http://$SERVER_NAME/$CALC_PATH/deleteproject.php?proj=$project_id FOOTER; // Wrap text to 78 chars per line // Convert any remaining HTML <br /> to \r\n // Strip out any remaining HTML tags. $step_email_body = strip_tags(linebreaks_html2text(wordwrap($step_email_body, 78, "\n"))); return $step_email_body; } /********************************************************** Function: build_step_email_body_html Author: Michael Berkowski Last Modified: September 2007 *********************************************************** Purpose: Same as above, but with HTML **********************************************************/ function build_step_email_body_html($stepnum, $arr_instructions, $dates, $query_string, $teacher_info, $name, $class, $project_id) { global $CALC_PATH, $CALC_TITLE, $SERVER_NAME; $styles = build_html_styles(); $step_email_body =<<<BODY <html> <head> <title> $CALC_TITLE </title> $styles </head> <body> <h1> $CALC_TITLE Schedule </h1> <strong>Name:</strong> $name <br /> <strong>Class:</strong> $class <br /> BODY; $step_email_body .= build_html_single_step($stepnum, $arr_instructions, $dates, $query_string, $teacher_info); $step_email_body .=<<<FOOTER <p> The $CALC_TITLE offers suggestions, but be sure to check with your teacher to find out the best working schedule for your assignment! </p> <p> If you would like to stop receiving further reminders for this project, <a href="http://{$SERVER_NAME}/$CALC_PATH/deleteproject.php?proj=$project_id">click this link.</a> </p> </body> </html> FOOTER; return $step_email_body; } /********************************************************** Function: build_html_styles Author: Michael Berkowski Last Modified: September 2007 *********************************************************** Purpose: Just returns a string of <style /> for the HTML message body **********************************************************/ function build_html_styles() { $styles =<<<STYLES <style type="text/css"> body { font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 85%; } h1 { font-size: 120%; } table { border: none; } tr { vertical-align: top; } img { display: none; } hr { border: 0; } </style> STYLES; return $styles; } /********************************************************** Function: linebreaks_html2text Author: Michael Berkowski Last Modified: October 2007 *********************************************************** Purpose: Convert <br /> html tags to \n line breaks **********************************************************/ function linebreaks_html2text($in_string) { $out_string = ""; $arr_br = array("<br>", "<br />", "<br/>"); $out_string = str_replace($arr_br, "\n", $in_string); return $out_string; } ?> email.php <?php require_once("include/config.php"); require_once("include/instructions.php"); require_once("dbase/dbfunctions.php"); require_once("include/email_functions.php"); ini_set("sendmail_from", "[email protected]"); ini_set("SMTP", "mail.qatar.net.qa"); // Verify that the email has not already been sent by checking for a cookie // whose value is generated each time the form is loaded freshly. if (!(isset($_COOKIE['rpc_transid']) && $_COOKIE['rpc_transid'] == $_POST['transid'])) { // Setup some preliminary variables for email. // The scanning of $_POST['email']already took place when this file was included... $to = $_POST['email']; $subject = $EMAIL_SUBJECT; $boundary_rand = md5(rand()); $mail_type = ""; switch ($_POST['reminder-type']) { case "progressive": $arr_dbase_dates = array(); $conn = rpc_connect(); if (!$conn) { $mail_success = FALSE; $mail_status_message = "Could not register address!"; break; } // Sanitize all the data that will be inserted into table... // We need to remove "CONTENT-TYPE:" from name/class to defang them. // Additionall, we can't allow any line-breaks in those fields to avoid // hacks to email headers. $ins_name = mysql_real_escape_string($name); $ins_name = eregi_replace("CONTENT-TYPE", "...Content_Type...", $ins_name); $ins_name = str_replace("\n", "", $ins_name); $ins_class = mysql_real_escape_string($class); $ins_class = eregi_replace("CONTENT-TYPE", "...Content_Type...", $ins_class); $ins_class = str_replace("\n", "", $ins_class); $ins_email = mysql_real_escape_string($email); $ins_teacher_info = $teacher_info ? "YES" : "NO"; switch ($format) { case "Slides": $ins_format = "SLIDES"; break; case "Video": $ins_format = "VIDEO"; break; case "Essay": default: $ins_format = "ESSAY"; break; } // The transid from the previous form will be used as a project identifier // Steps will be grouped by project identifier. $ins_project_id = mysql_real_escape_string($_POST['transid'] . md5(rand())); $arr_dbase_dates = dbase_dates($dates); $arr_past_dates = array(); // Iterate over the dates array and build a SQL statement for each one. $insert_success = TRUE; // $min_reminder_date = date("Ymd", mktime(0,0,0,date("m"),date("d")+$EMAIL_REMINDER_DAYS_AHEAD,date("Y"))); for ($date_index = 0; $date_index < sizeof($arr_dbase_dates); $date_index++) { // Make sure we're using the right keys... $ins_date_index = $date_index + 1; // The insert will only happen if the date of the event is in the future. // For dates today and earlier, no insert. // For dates today or after the reminder deadline, we'll send the email immediately after the inserts. if ($arr_dbase_dates[$date_index] > (int)$min_reminder_date) { $qry =<<<QRY INSERT INTO email_queue ( NOTIFICATION_ID, PROJECT_ID, EMAIL, NAME, CLASS, FORMAT, TEACHER_INFO, STEP, MESSAGE_DATE ) VALUES ( NULL, '$ins_project_id', '$ins_email', '$ins_name', '$ins_class', '$ins_format', '$ins_teacher_info', $ins_date_index, /*step number*/ {$arr_dbase_dates[$date_index]} /* Date in the integer format yyyymmdd */ ) QRY; // Attempt to do the insert... $result = mysql_query($qry); // If even one insert fails, bail out. if (!$result) { $mail_success = FALSE; $mail_status_message = "Could not register address!"; break; } } // For dates today or earlier, store the steps=>dates in an array so the mails can // be sent immediately. else { $arr_past_dates[$ins_date_index] = $arr_dbase_dates[$date_index]; } } // Close the connection resources. mysql_close($conn); // SEND OUT THE EMAILS THAT HAVE TO GO IMMEDIATELY... // This should only be step 1, but who knows... //var_dump($arr_past_dates); for ($stepnum=1; $stepnum<=sizeof($arr_past_dates); $stepnum++) { $email_teacher_info = ($teacher_info && $EMAIL_TEACHER_REMINDERS) ? TRUE : FALSE; $boundary = md5(rand()); $plain_text_body = build_step_email_body_text($stepnum, $arr_instructions, $dates, $query_string, $email_teacher_info ,$name, $class, $ins_project_id); $html_body = build_step_email_body_html($stepnum, $arr_instructions, $dates, $query_string, $email_teacher_info ,$name, $class, $ins_project_id); $multipart_headers = build_multipart_headers($boundary); $multipart_body = build_multipart_body($plain_text_body, $html_body, $boundary); mail($to, $subject . ": Step " . $stepnum, $multipart_body, $multipart_headers, "[email protected]"); } // Set appropriate flags and messages $mail_success = TRUE; $mail_status_message = "Email address registered!"; $mail_type = "progressive"; set_mail_success_cookie(); break; // Default to a single email message. case "single": default: // We don't want to send images in the message, so strip them out of the existing structure. // This big ugly regex strips the whole table cell containing the image out of the table. // Must find a better solution... //$email_table_html = eregi_replace("<td class=\"stepImageContainer\" width=\"161px\">[\s\r\n\t]*<img class=\"stepImage\" src=\"images/[_a-zA-Z0-9]*\.gif\" alt=\"Step [1-9]{1} logo\" />[\s\r\n\t]*</td>", "\n", $table_html); // Show more descriptive text based on the value of $format switch ($format) { case "Video": $format_display = "Video"; break; case "Slides": $format_display = "Presentation with electronic slides"; break; case "Essay": default: $format_display = "Essay"; break; } $days = (int)$days; $html_message = ""; $styles = build_html_styles(); $html_message =<<<HTMLMESSAGE <html> <head> <title> $CALC_TITLE </title> $styles </head> <body> <h1> $CALC_TITLE Schedule </h1> <strong>Name:</strong> $name <br /> <strong>Class:</strong> $class <br /> <strong>Email:</strong> $email <br /> <strong>Assignment type:</strong> $format_display <br /><br /> <strong>Starting on:</strong> $date1 <br /> <strong>Assignment due:</strong> $date2 <br /> <strong>You have $days days to finish.</strong><br /> <hr /> $email_table_html </body> </html> HTMLMESSAGE; // Create the plain text version of the message... $plain_text_message = strip_tags(linebreaks_html2text(build_text_all_steps($arr_instructions, $dates, $query_string, $teacher_info))); // Add the title, since it doesn't get built in by build_text_all_steps... $plain_text_message = $CALC_TITLE . " Schedule\n\n" . $plain_text_message; $plain_text_message = wordwrap($plain_text_message, 78, "\n"); $multipart_headers = build_multipart_headers($boundary_rand); $multipart_message = build_multipart_body($plain_text_message, $html_message, $boundary_rand); $mail_success = FALSE; if (mail($to, $subject, $multipart_message, $multipart_headers, "[email protected]")) { $mail_success = TRUE; $mail_status_message = "Email sent!"; $mail_type = "single"; set_mail_success_cookie(); } else { $mail_success = FALSE; $mail_status_message = "Could not send email!"; } break; } } function set_mail_success_cookie() { // Prevent the mail from being resent on page reload. Set a timestamp cookie. // Expires in 24 hours. setcookie("rpc_transid", $_POST['transid'], time() + 86400); } ?>

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  • Syntax error, unexpected '}' wordpress error

    - by Zach Johnson
    Hello I am not a PHP programmer so I have no idea what the problem is here. Basiclly I am trying to use a wordpress theme but I get this error The Parse error: syntax error, unexpected '}' in / home/a5618915/public_html/photo/wp-content/themes/iphoto/functions.php on line 1 I have no Idea what exactly is wrong in the php file. The code for the functions.php is below. If someone could point out whats wrong I would be really grateful. <?php define('THEME_NAME','iphoto'); load_theme_textdomain( THEME_NAME,TEMPLATEPATH .'/languages'); add_custom_background(); add_theme_support( 'automatic-feed-links' ); add_theme_support( 'post-formats', array( 'video')); if ( function_exists('register_nav_menus') ) { register_nav_menus(array('primary' => 'header')); } add_action('wp_ajax_b_ajax_post_action', 'b_ajax_callback'); function b_ajax_callback() { global $wpdb; if(isset($_POST['type']) && $_POST['type'] == 'upload') { $clickedID = $_POST['data']; $filename = $_FILES[$clickedID]; $filename['name'] = preg_replace('/[^a-zA-Z0-9._-]/', '', $filename['name']); $override['test_form'] = false; $override['action'] = 'wp_handle_upload'; $uploaded_file = wp_handle_upload($filename,$override); $upload_tracking[] = $clickedID; update_option($clickedID, $uploaded_file['url'] ); if(!empty($uploaded_file['error'])) {echo 'Upload Error: ' . $uploaded_file['error']; } else { echo $uploaded_file['url']; } } die(); } function post_thumbnail($a){ global $post; $post_img = ''; ob_start(); ob_end_clean(); $output = preg_match_all('/\<img.+?src="(.+?)".*?\/>/is',$post->post_content,$matches ,PREG_SET_ORDER); $cnt = count( $matches ); if($a==1){ if($cnt>0){ if($cnt>1){ if($cnt>3) $cnt=3; for($i=0;$i<$cnt;$i++){ $post_current = $i+1; $post_img_src = $matches[$i][1]; if($i==0){$post_spans .= '<span class="current">'.$post_current.'</span>';}else{ $post_spans .= '<span>'.$post_current.'</span>'; } $post_imgs .='<img src="'.get_bloginfo('template_url').'/timthumb.php?src='.$post_img_src.'&amp;w=285&amp;zc=1" />'; } $post_img = $post_imgs.'<span class="imgNav">'.$post_spans.'</span>'; }else{ $post_img_src = $matches [0][1]; $post_img = '<img src="'.get_bloginfo('template_url').'/timthumb.php?src='.$post_img_src.'&amp;w=285&amp;zc=1" />'; } echo $post_img; } }else{ return $cnt; } } function post_content_thumbnail($c) { if(is_single()){ $c = preg_replace('/\width="*".+?height="*"/i', '', $c); $s = array('/src="(.+?.(jpg|bmp|png|jepg|gif))".+?/i' => 'src="'.get_bloginfo("template_url").'/timthumb.php?src=$1&amp;h=440&amp;zc=1"'); foreach($s as $p => $r){ $c = preg_replace($p,$r,$c); } return $c; } } add_filter( 'the_content', 'post_content_thumbnail' ); function ajax_post(){ if( isset($_GET['action'])&& $_GET['action'] == 'ajax_post'){ if(isset($_GET['cat'])){ $args = array( 'category_name' => $_GET['cat'], 'paged' => $_GET['pag'] ); }else if(isset($_GET['pag'])){ $args = array( 'paged' => $_GET['pag'] ); } query_posts($args); if(have_posts()){while (have_posts()):the_post();?> <?php get_template_part( 'content', get_post_format() ); ?> <?php endwhile;} die(); }else{return;} } add_action('init', 'ajax_post'); function pagenavi( $p = 2 ) { if ( is_singular() ) return; global $wp_query,$paged; $max_page = $wp_query->max_num_pages; if ( $max_page == 1 ){ echo '<span id="post-current">1</span> / <span id="post-count">1</span>'; return; } if ( empty( $paged ) ) $paged = 1; if ( $paged >1 ) echo "<a id='prev' title='Prev' href='",esc_html( get_pagenum_link( $paged -1 ) ),"'>&lt;&lt;</a> "; echo '<span id="post-current">'.$paged .'</span> / <span id="post-count">'.$max_page .'</span>'; if ( $paged <$max_page ) echo "<a id='next' title='Next' href='",esc_html( get_pagenum_link( $paged +1) ),"'>&gt;&gt;</a> "; } function iphoto_comment($comment,$args,$depth) { $GLOBALS['comment'] = $comment; ;echo ' <li ';comment_class();;echo ' id="li-comment-';comment_ID() ;echo '" > <div id="comment-';comment_ID();;echo '" class="comment-body"> <div class="commentmeta">';echo get_avatar( $comment->comment_author_email,$size = '48');;echo '</div> ';if ($comment->comment_approved == '0') : ;echo ' <em>';_e('Your comment is awaiting moderation.') ;echo '</em><br /> ';endif;;echo ' <div class="commentmetadata">&nbsp;-&nbsp;';printf(__('%1$s %2$s'),get_comment_date('Y.n.d'),get_comment_time('G:i'));;echo '</div> <div class="reply">';comment_reply_link(array_merge( $args,array('depth'=>$depth,'max_depth'=>$args['max_depth'],'reply_text'=>__('Reply')))) ;echo '</div> <div class="vcard">';printf(__('%s'),get_comment_author_link()) ;echo '</div> ';comment_text() ;echo ' </div> '; } add_action('admin_init', 'iphoto_init'); function iphoto_init() { if (isset($_GET['page']) && $_GET['page'] == 'functions.php') { $dir = get_bloginfo('template_directory'); wp_enqueue_script('adminjquery', $dir . '/includes/admin.js', false, '1.0.0', false); wp_enqueue_style('admincss', $dir . '/includes/admin.css', false, '1.0.0', 'screen'); } } add_action('admin_menu','iphoto_page'); function iphoto_page (){ if ( count($_POST) >0 &&isset($_POST['iphoto_settings']) ){ $options = array ('keywords','description','analytics','lib','views','noajax','animate','phzoom','copyright'); foreach ( $options as $opt ){ delete_option ( 'iphoto_'.$opt,$_POST[$opt] ); add_option ( 'iphoto_'.$opt,$_POST[$opt] ); } } add_theme_page('iPhoto '.__('Theme Options',THEME_NAME),__('Theme Options',THEME_NAME),'edit_themes',basename(__FILE__),'iphoto_settings'); } function iphoto_settings(){?> <div class="wrap"> <div> <h2><?php _e( 'iPhoto Theme Options<span>Version: ',THEME_NAME);?><?php $theme_data=get_theme_data(TEMPLATEPATH . '/style.css'); echo $theme_data['Version'];?></span></h2> </div> <div class="clear"></div> <form method="post" action=""> <div id="theme-Option"> <div id="theme-menu"> <span class="m1"><?php _e( 'jQuery Effect',THEME_NAME);?></span> <span class="m2"><?php _e( 'Relative Plugins',THEME_NAME);?></span> <span class="m3"><?php _e( 'Website Information',THEME_NAME);?></span> <span class="m4"><?php _e( 'Analytics Code',THEME_NAME);?></span> <span class="m5"><?php _e( 'Footer Copyright',THEME_NAME);?></span> <span class="m6"><?php _e( 'iPhoto Theme Declare',THEME_NAME);?></span> <div class="clear"></div> </div> <div id="theme-content"> <ul> <li> <tr><td> <em><?php _e( 'iPhoto use jquery 1.4.4 which contained in this theme, you can also use the Google one instead.',THEME_NAME);?></em><br/> <label><input name="lib" type="checkbox" id="lib" value="1" <?php if (get_option('iphoto_lib')!='') echo 'checked="checked"' ;?>/><?php _e( 'Load the jQuery Library supported by Google',THEME_NAME);?></label><br/><br/> </td></tr> <tr><td> <em><?php _e( 'Index page infinite loading posts.',THEME_NAME);?></em><br/> <label><input name="noajax" type="checkbox" id="noajax" value="1" <?php if (get_option('iphoto_noajax')!='') echo 'checked="checked"' ;?>/><?php _e( 'Deactivate the Infinite loading posts',THEME_NAME);?></label><br/><br/> </td></tr> <tr><td> <em><?php _e( '<strong>Animation of relayout elements</strong>',THEME_NAME);?></em><br /> <input name="animate" type="checkbox" id="animate" value="1" <?php if (get_option('iphoto_animate')!='') echo 'checked="checked"';?>/><?php _e( 'Deactivate animation effect on index page',THEME_NAME);?> </td></tr> </li> <li> <tr><td> <em><?php _e( 'WP-PostViews, Enables you to display how many times a post/page had been viewed.',THEME_NAME);?></em><br/> <label><input name="views" type="checkbox" id="views" value="1" <?php if (get_option('iphoto_views')!='') echo 'checked="checked"' ?>/><?php _e( 'Activate WP-PostViews',THEME_NAME);?></label><br/><br/> </td></tr> </li> <li> <tr><td> <?php _e( '<em>Keywords, separate by English commas. like MuFeng, Computer, Software</em>',THEME_NAME);?><br/> <textarea name="keywords" id="keywords" rows="1" cols="70" style="font-size:11px;width:100%;"><?php echo get_option('iphoto_keywords');?></textarea><br/> </td></tr> <tr><td> <?php _e( '<em>Description, explain what\'s this site about. like MuFeng, Breathing the wind</em>',THEME_NAME);?><br/> <textarea name="description" id="description" rows="3" cols="70" style="font-size:11px;width:100%;"><?php echo get_option('iphoto_description');?></textarea> </td></tr> </li> <li> <tr><td> <?php _e( 'You can get your Google Analytics code <a target="_blank" href="https://www.google.com/analytics/settings/check_status_profile_handler">here</a>.',THEME_NAME);?></label><br> <textarea name="analytics" id="analytics" rows="5" cols="70" style="font-size:11px;width:100%;"><?php echo stripslashes(get_option('iphoto_analytics'));?></textarea> </td></tr> </li> <li> <tr><td> <textarea name="copyright" id="copyright" rows="5" cols="70" style="font-size:11px;width:100%;"><?php if(stripslashes(get_option('iphoto_copyright'))!=''){echo stripslashes(get_option('iphoto_copyright'));}else{echo 'Copyright &copy; '.date('Y').' '.'<a href="'.home_url( '/').'" title="'.esc_attr( get_bloginfo( 'name') ).'">'.esc_attr( get_bloginfo( 'name') ).'</a> All rights reserved'; };?></textarea> <br/><em><?php _e( '<b>Preview</b>',THEME_NAME);?><span> : </span><span><?php if(stripslashes(get_option('iphoto_copyright'))!=''){echo stripslashes(get_option('iphoto_copyright'));}else{echo 'Copyright &copy; '.date('Y').' '.'<a href="'.home_url( '/').'" title="'.esc_attr( get_bloginfo( 'name') ).'">'.esc_attr( get_bloginfo( 'name') ).'</a> All rights reserved'; };?></span></em> </td></tr> </li> <li> <tr><td> <p><?php _e('iPhoto is created, developed and maintained by <a href="http://mufeng.me/">MuFeng</a>. If you like iPhoto, please donate. It will help in developing new features and versions.',THEME_NAME);?><?php _e('Alipay',THEME_NAME);?>:</strong> <a href="http://www.alipay.com" target="_blank" title="Alipay">[email protected]</a></p> <h3 style="color:#333" id="introduce"><?php _e( 'Introduction',THEME_NAME);?></h3> <p style="text-indent: 2em;margin:10px 0;"><?php _e( 'iPhoto is evolved from one theme of Tumblr and turned it into a photo theme which can be used at wordpress.',THEME_NAME);?></p> <h3 style="color:#333"><?php _e( 'Published Address',THEME_NAME);?></h3> <p id="release" style="text-indent: 2em;margin:10px 0;"><a href="http://mufeng.me/wordpress-theme-iphoto.html" target="_blank">http://mufeng.me/wordpress-theme-iphoto.html</a></p> <h3 style="color:#333"><?php _e( 'Preview Address',THEME_NAME);?></h3> <p id="preview" style="text-indent: 2em;margin:10px 0;"><a href="http://mufeng.me/photo/" target="_blank">http://mufeng.me/photo/</a></p> <h3 style="color:#333" id="bug"><?php _e( 'Report Bugs',THEME_NAME);?></h3> <p style="text-indent: 2em;margin:10px 0;"><?php _e( 'Weibo <a href="http://weibo.com/meapo" target="_blank">@mufeng.me</a> or leave a message at <a href="http://mufeng.me" target="_blank">http://mufeng.me</a>?',THEME_NAME);?></p> </td></tr> </li> </ul> </div> </div> <p class="submit"> <input type="submit" name="Submit" class="button-primary" value="<?php _e( 'Save Options',THEME_NAME);?>" /> <input type="hidden" name="iphoto_settings" value="save" style="display:none;" /> </p> </form> </div> <?php } ?>

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  • Threading across multiple files

    - by Zach M.
    My program is reading in files and using thread to compute the highest prime number, when I put a print statement into the getNum() function my numbers are printing out. However, it seems to just lag no matter how many threads I input. Each file has 1 million integers in it. Does anyone see something apparently wrong with my code? Basically the code is giving each thread 1000 integers to check before assigning a new thread. I am still a C noobie and am just learning the ropes of threading. My code is a mess right now because I have been switching things around constantly. #include <stdio.h> #include <stdlib.h> #include <time.h> #include <string.h> #include <pthread.h> #include <math.h> #include <semaphore.h> //Global variable declaration char *file1 = "primes1.txt"; char *file2 = "primes2.txt"; char *file3 = "primes3.txt"; char *file4 = "primes4.txt"; char *file5 = "primes5.txt"; char *file6 = "primes6.txt"; char *file7 = "primes7.txt"; char *file8 = "primes8.txt"; char *file9 = "primes9.txt"; char *file10 = "primes10.txt"; char **fn; //file name variable int numberOfThreads; int *highestPrime = NULL; int fileArrayNum = 0; int loop = 0; int currentFile = 0; sem_t semAccess; sem_t semAssign; int prime(int n)//check for prime number, return 1 for prime 0 for nonprime { int i; for(i = 2; i <= sqrt(n); i++) if(n % i == 0) return(0); return(1); } int getNum(FILE* file) { int number; char* tempS = malloc(20 *sizeof(char)); fgets(tempS, 20, file); tempS[strlen(tempS)-1] = '\0'; number = atoi(tempS); free(tempS);//free memory for later call return(number); } void* findPrimality(void *threadnum) //main thread function to find primes { int tNum = (int)threadnum; int checkNum; char *inUseFile = NULL; int x=1; FILE* file; while(currentFile < 10){ if(inUseFile == NULL){//inUseFIle being used to check if a file is still being read sem_wait(&semAccess);//critical section inUseFile = fn[currentFile]; sem_post(&semAssign); file = fopen(inUseFile, "r"); while(!feof(file)){ if(x % 1000 == 0 && tNum !=1){ //go for 1000 integers and then wait sem_wait(&semAssign); } checkNum = getNum(file); /* * * * * I think the issue is here * * * */ if(checkNum > highestPrime[tNum]){ if(prime(checkNum)){ highestPrime[tNum] = checkNum; } } x++; } fclose(file); inUseFile = NULL; } currentFile++; } } int main(int argc, char* argv[]) { if(argc != 2){ //checks for number of arguements being passed printf("To many ARGS\n"); return(-1); } else{//Sets thread cound to user input checking for correct number of threads numberOfThreads = atoi(argv[1]); if(numberOfThreads < 1 || numberOfThreads > 10){ printf("To many threads entered\n"); return(-1); } time_t preTime, postTime; //creating time variables int i; fn = malloc(10 * sizeof(char*)); //create file array and initialize fn[0] = file1; fn[1] = file2; fn[2] = file3; fn[3] = file4; fn[4] = file5; fn[5] = file6; fn[6] = file7; fn[7] = file8; fn[8] = file9; fn[9] = file10; sem_init(&semAccess, 0, 1); //initialize semaphores sem_init(&semAssign, 0, numberOfThreads); highestPrime = malloc(numberOfThreads * sizeof(int)); //create an array to store each threads highest number for(loop = 0; loop < numberOfThreads; loop++){//set initial values to 0 highestPrime[loop] = 0; } pthread_t calculationThread[numberOfThreads]; //thread to do the work preTime = time(NULL); //start the clock for(i = 0; i < numberOfThreads; i++){ pthread_create(&calculationThread[i], NULL, findPrimality, (void *)i); } for(i = 0; i < numberOfThreads; i++){ pthread_join(calculationThread[i], NULL); } for(i = 0; i < numberOfThreads; i++){ printf("this is a prime number: %d \n", highestPrime[i]); } postTime= time(NULL); printf("Wall time: %ld seconds\n", (long)(postTime - preTime)); } } Yes I am trying to find the highest number over all. So I have made some head way the last few hours, rescucturing the program as spudd said, currently I am getting a segmentation fault due to my use of structures, I am trying to save the largest individual primes in the struct while giving them the right indices. This is the revised code. So in short what the first thread is doing is creating all the threads and giving them access points to a very large integer array which they will go through and find prime numbers, I want to implement semaphores around the while loop so that while they are executing every 2000 lines or the end they update a global prime number. #include <stdio.h> #include <stdlib.h> #include <time.h> #include <string.h> #include <pthread.h> #include <math.h> #include <semaphore.h> //Global variable declaration char *file1 = "primes1.txt"; char *file2 = "primes2.txt"; char *file3 = "primes3.txt"; char *file4 = "primes4.txt"; char *file5 = "primes5.txt"; char *file6 = "primes6.txt"; char *file7 = "primes7.txt"; char *file8 = "primes8.txt"; char *file9 = "primes9.txt"; char *file10 = "primes10.txt"; int numberOfThreads; int entries[10000000]; int entryIndex = 0; int fileCount = 0; char** fileName; int largestPrimeNumber = 0; //Register functions int prime(int n); int getNum(FILE* file); void* findPrimality(void *threadNum); void* assign(void *num); typedef struct package{ int largestPrime; int startingIndex; int numberCount; }pack; //Beging main code block int main(int argc, char* argv[]) { if(argc != 2){ //checks for number of arguements being passed printf("To many threads!!\n"); return(-1); } else{ //Sets thread cound to user input checking for correct number of threads numberOfThreads = atoi(argv[1]); if(numberOfThreads < 1 || numberOfThreads > 10){ printf("To many threads entered\n"); return(-1); } int threadPointer[numberOfThreads]; //Pointer array to point to entries time_t preTime, postTime; //creating time variables int i; fileName = malloc(10 * sizeof(char*)); //create file array and initialize fileName[0] = file1; fileName[1] = file2; fileName[2] = file3; fileName[3] = file4; fileName[4] = file5; fileName[5] = file6; fileName[6] = file7; fileName[7] = file8; fileName[8] = file9; fileName[9] = file10; FILE* filereader; int currentNum; for(i = 0; i < 10; i++){ filereader = fopen(fileName[i], "r"); while(!feof(filereader)){ char* tempString = malloc(20 *sizeof(char)); fgets(tempString, 20, filereader); tempString[strlen(tempString)-1] = '\0'; entries[entryIndex] = atoi(tempString); entryIndex++; free(tempString); } } //sem_init(&semAccess, 0, 1); //initialize semaphores //sem_init(&semAssign, 0, numberOfThreads); time_t tPre, tPost; pthread_t coordinate; tPre = time(NULL); pthread_create(&coordinate, NULL, assign, (void**)numberOfThreads); pthread_join(coordinate, NULL); tPost = time(NULL); } } void* findPrime(void* pack_array) { pack* currentPack= pack_array; int lp = currentPack->largestPrime; int si = currentPack->startingIndex; int nc = currentPack->numberCount; int i; int j = 0; for(i = si; i < nc; i++){ while(j < 2000 || i == (nc-1)){ if(prime(entries[i])){ if(entries[i] > lp) lp = entries[i]; } j++; } } return (void*)currentPack; } void* assign(void* num) { int y = (int)num; int i; int count = 10000000/y; int finalCount = count + (10000000%y); int sIndex = 0; pack pack_array[(int)num]; pthread_t workers[numberOfThreads]; //thread to do the workers for(i = 0; i < y; i++){ if(i == (y-1)){ pack_array[i].largestPrime = 0; pack_array[i].startingIndex = sIndex; pack_array[i].numberCount = finalCount; } pack_array[i].largestPrime = 0; pack_array[i].startingIndex = sIndex; pack_array[i].numberCount = count; pthread_create(&workers[i], NULL, findPrime, (void *)&pack_array[i]); sIndex += count; } for(i = 0; i< y; i++) pthread_join(workers[i], NULL); } //Functions int prime(int n)//check for prime number, return 1 for prime 0 for nonprime { int i; for(i = 2; i <= sqrt(n); i++) if(n % i == 0) return(0); return(1); }

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  • Use IIS Application Initialization for keeping ASP.NET Apps alive

    - by Rick Strahl
    I've been working quite a bit with Windows Services in the recent months, and well, it turns out that Windows Services are quite a bear to debug, deploy, update and maintain. The process of getting services set up,  debugged and updated is a major chore that has to be extensively documented and or automated specifically. On most projects when a service is built, people end up scrambling for the right 'process' to use for administration. Web app deployment and maintenance on the other hand are common and well understood today, as we are constantly dealing with Web apps. There's plenty of infrastructure and tooling built into Web Tools like Visual Studio to facilitate the process. By comparison Windows Services or anything self-hosted for that matter seems convoluted.In fact, in a recent blog post I mentioned that on a recent project I'd been using self-hosting for SignalR inside of a Windows service, because the application is in fact a 'service' that also needs to send out lots of messages via SignalR. But the reality is that it could just as well be an IIS application with a service component that runs in the background. Either way you look at it, it's either a Windows Service with a built in Web Server, or an IIS application running a Service application, neither of which follows the standard Service or Web App template.Personally I much prefer Web applications. Running inside of IIS I get all the benefits of the IIS platform including service lifetime management (crash and restart), controlled shutdowns, the whole security infrastructure including easy certificate support, hot-swapping of code and the the ability to publish directly to IIS from within Visual Studio with ease.Because of these benefits we set out to move from the self hosted service into an ASP.NET Web app instead.The Missing Link for ASP.NET as a Service: Auto-LoadingI've had moments in the past where I wanted to run a 'service like' application in ASP.NET because when you think about it, it's so much easier to control a Web application remotely. Services are locked into start/stop operations, but if you host inside of a Web app you can write your own ticket and control it from anywhere. In fact nearly 10 years ago I built a background scheduling application that ran inside of ASP.NET and it worked great and it's still running doing its job today.The tricky part for running an app as a service inside of IIS then and now, is how to get IIS and ASP.NET launched so your 'service' stays alive even after an Application Pool reset. 7 years ago I faked it by using a web monitor (my own West Wind Web Monitor app) I was running anyway to monitor my various web sites for uptime, and having the monitor ping my 'service' every 20 seconds to effectively keep ASP.NET alive or fire it back up after a reload. I used a simple scheduler class that also includes some logic for 'self-reloading'. Hacky for sure, but it worked reliably.Luckily today it's much easier and more integrated to get IIS to launch ASP.NET as soon as an Application Pool is started by using the Application Initialization Module. The Application Initialization Module basically allows you to turn on Preloading on the Application Pool and the Site/IIS App, which essentially fires a request through the IIS pipeline as soon as the Application Pool has been launched. This means that effectively your ASP.NET app becomes active immediately, Application_Start is fired making sure your app stays up and running at all times. All the other features like Application Pool recycling and auto-shutdown after idle time still work, but IIS will then always immediately re-launch the application.Getting started with Application InitializationAs of IIS 8 Application Initialization is part of the IIS feature set. For IIS 7 and 7.5 there's a separate download available via Web Platform Installer. Using IIS 8 Application Initialization is an optional install component in Windows or the Windows Server Role Manager: This is an optional component so make sure you explicitly select it.IIS Configuration for Application InitializationInitialization needs to be applied on the Application Pool as well as the IIS Application level. As of IIS 8 these settings can be made through the IIS Administration console.Start with the Application Pool:Here you need to set both the Start Automatically which is always set, and the StartMode which should be set to AlwaysRunning. Both have to be set - the Start Automatically flag is set true by default and controls the starting of the application pool itself while Always Running flag is required in order to launch the application. Without the latter flag set the site settings have no effect.Now on the Site/Application level you can specify whether the site should pre load: Set the Preload Enabled flag to true.At this point ASP.NET apps should auto-load. This is all that's needed to pre-load the site if all you want is to get your site launched automatically.If you want a little more control over the load process you can add a few more settings to your web.config file that allow you to show a static page while the App is starting up. This can be useful if startup is really slow, so rather than displaying blank screen while the user is fiddling their thumbs you can display a static HTML page instead: <system.webServer> <applicationInitialization remapManagedRequestsTo="Startup.htm" skipManagedModules="true"> <add initializationPage="ping.ashx" /> </applicationInitialization> </system.webServer>This allows you to specify a page to execute in a dry run. IIS basically fakes request and pushes it directly into the IIS pipeline without hitting the network. You specify a page and IIS will fake a request to that page in this case ping.ashx which just returns a simple OK string - ie. a fast pipeline request. This request is run immediately after Application Pool restart, and while this request is running and your app is warming up, IIS can display an alternate static page - Startup.htm above. So instead of showing users an empty loading page when clicking a link on your site you can optionally show some sort of static status page that says, "we'll be right back".  I'm not sure if that's such a brilliant idea since this can be pretty disruptive in some cases. Personally I think I prefer letting people wait, but at least get the response they were supposed to get back rather than a random page. But it's there if you need it.Note that the web.config stuff is optional. If you don't provide it IIS hits the default site link (/) and even if there's no matching request at the end of that request it'll still fire the request through the IIS pipeline. Ideally though you want to make sure that an ASP.NET endpoint is hit either with your default page, or by specify the initializationPage to ensure ASP.NET actually gets hit since it's possible for IIS fire unmanaged requests only for static pages (depending how your pipeline is configured).What about AppDomain Restarts?In addition to full Worker Process recycles at the IIS level, ASP.NET also has to deal with AppDomain shutdowns which can occur for a variety of reasons:Files are updated in the BIN folderWeb Deploy to your siteweb.config is changedHard application crashThese operations don't cause the worker process to restart, but they do cause ASP.NET to unload the current AppDomain and start up a new one. Because the features above only apply to Application Pool restarts, AppDomain restarts could also cause your 'ASP.NET service' to stop processing in the background.In order to keep the app running on AppDomain recycles, you can resort to a simple ping in the Application_End event:protected void Application_End() { var client = new WebClient(); var url = App.AdminConfiguration.MonitorHostUrl + "ping.aspx"; client.DownloadString(url); Trace.WriteLine("Application Shut Down Ping: " + url); }which fires any ASP.NET url to the current site at the very end of the pipeline shutdown which in turn ensures that the site immediately starts back up.Manual Configuration in ApplicationHost.configThe above UI corresponds to the following ApplicationHost.config settings. If you're using IIS 7, there's no UI for these flags so you'll have to manually edit them.When you install the Application Initialization component into IIS it should auto-configure the module into ApplicationHost.config. Unfortunately for me, with Mr. Murphy in his best form for me, the module registration did not occur and I had to manually add it.<globalModules> <add name="ApplicationInitializationModule" image="%windir%\System32\inetsrv\warmup.dll" /> </globalModules>Most likely you won't need ever need to add this, but if things are not working it's worth to check if the module is actually registered.Next you need to configure the ApplicationPool and the Web site. The following are the two relevant entries in ApplicationHost.config.<system.applicationHost> <applicationPools> <add name="West Wind West Wind Web Connection" autoStart="true" startMode="AlwaysRunning" managedRuntimeVersion="v4.0" managedPipelineMode="Integrated"> <processModel identityType="LocalSystem" setProfileEnvironment="true" /> </add> </applicationPools> <sites> <site name="Default Web Site" id="1"> <application path="/MPress.Workflow.WebQueueMessageManager" applicationPool="West Wind West Wind Web Connection" preloadEnabled="true"> <virtualDirectory path="/" physicalPath="C:\Clients\…" /> </application> </site> </sites> </system.applicationHost>On the Application Pool make sure to set the autoStart and startMode flags to true and AlwaysRunning respectively. On the site make sure to set the preloadEnabled flag to true.And that's all you should need. You can still set the web.config settings described above as well.ASP.NET as a Service?In the particular application I'm working on currently, we have a queue manager that runs as standalone service that polls a database queue and picks out jobs and processes them on several threads. The service can spin up any number of threads and keep these threads alive in the background while IIS is running doing its own thing. These threads are newly created threads, so they sit completely outside of the IIS thread pool. In order for this service to work all it needs is a long running reference that keeps it alive for the life time of the application.In this particular app there are two components that run in the background on their own threads: A scheduler that runs various scheduled tasks and handles things like picking up emails to send out outside of IIS's scope and the QueueManager. Here's what this looks like in global.asax:public class Global : System.Web.HttpApplication { private static ApplicationScheduler scheduler; private static ServiceLauncher launcher; protected void Application_Start(object sender, EventArgs e) { // Pings the service and ensures it stays alive scheduler = new ApplicationScheduler() { CheckFrequency = 600000 }; scheduler.Start(); launcher = new ServiceLauncher(); launcher.Start(); // register so shutdown is controlled HostingEnvironment.RegisterObject(launcher); }}By keeping these objects around as static instances that are set only once on startup, they survive the lifetime of the application. The code in these classes is essentially unchanged from the Windows Service code except that I could remove the various overrides required for the Windows Service interface (OnStart,OnStop,OnResume etc.). Otherwise the behavior and operation is very similar.In this application ASP.NET serves two purposes: It acts as the host for SignalR and provides the administration interface which allows remote management of the 'service'. I can start and stop the service remotely by shutting down the ApplicationScheduler very easily. I can also very easily feed stats from the queue out directly via a couple of Web requests or (as we do now) through the SignalR service.Registering a Background Object with ASP.NETNotice also the use of the HostingEnvironment.RegisterObject(). This function registers an object with ASP.NET to let it know that it's a background task that should be notified if the AppDomain shuts down. RegisterObject() requires an interface with a Stop() method that's fired and allows your code to respond to a shutdown request. Here's what the IRegisteredObject::Stop() method looks like on the launcher:public void Stop(bool immediate = false) { LogManager.Current.LogInfo("QueueManager Controller Stopped."); Controller.StopProcessing(); Controller.Dispose(); Thread.Sleep(1500); // give background threads some time HostingEnvironment.UnregisterObject(this); }Implementing IRegisterObject should help with reliability on AppDomain shutdowns. Thanks to Justin Van Patten for pointing this out to me on Twitter.RegisterObject() is not required but I would highly recommend implementing it on whatever object controls your background processing to all clean shutdowns when the AppDomain shuts down.Testing it outI'm still in the testing phase with this particular service to see if there are any side effects. But so far it doesn't look like it. With about 50 lines of code I was able to replace the Windows service startup to Web start up - everything else just worked as is. An honorable mention goes to SignalR 2.0's oWin hosting, because with the new oWin based hosting no code changes at all were required, merely a couple of configuration file settings and an assembly directive needed, to point at the SignalR startup class. Sweet!It also seems like SignalR is noticeably faster running inside of IIS compared to self-host. Startup feels faster because of the preload.Starting and Stopping the 'Service'Because the application is running as a Web Server, it's easy to have a Web interface for starting and stopping the services running inside of the service. For our queue manager the SignalR service and front monitoring app has a play and stop button for toggling the queue.If you want more administrative control and have it work more like a Windows Service you can also stop the application pool explicitly from the command line which would be equivalent to stopping and restarting a service.To start and stop from the command line you can use the IIS appCmd tool. To stop:> %windir%\system32\inetsrv\appcmd stop apppool /apppool.name:"Weblog"and to start> %windir%\system32\inetsrv\appcmd start apppool /apppool.name:"Weblog"Note that when you explicitly force the AppPool to stop running either in the UI (on the ApplicationPools page use Start/Stop) or via command line tools, the application pool will not auto-restart immediately. You have to manually start it back up.What's not to like?There are certainly a lot of benefits to running a background service in IIS, but… ASP.NET applications do have more overhead in terms of memory footprint and startup time is a little slower, but generally for server applications this is not a big deal. If the application is stable the service should fire up and stay running indefinitely. A lot of times this kind of service interface can simply be attached to an existing Web application, or if scalability requires be offloaded to its own Web server.Easier to work withBut the ultimate benefit here is that it's much easier to work with a Web app as opposed to a service. While developing I can simply turn off the auto-launch features and launch the service on demand through IIS simply by hitting a page on the site. If I want to shut down an IISRESET -stop will shut down the service easily enough. I can then attach a debugger anywhere I want and this works like any other ASP.NET application. Yes you end up on a background thread for debugging but Visual Studio handles that just fine and if you stay on a single thread this is no different than debugging any other code.SummaryUsing ASP.NET to run background service operations is probably not a super common scenario, but it probably should be something that is considered carefully when building services. Many applications have service like features and with the auto-start functionality of the Application Initialization module, it's easy to build this functionality into ASP.NET. Especially when combined with the notification features of SignalR it becomes very, very easy to create rich services that can also communicate their status easily to the outside world.Whether it's existing applications that need some background processing for scheduling related tasks, or whether you just create a separate site altogether just to host your service it's easy to do and you can leverage the same tool chain you're already using for other Web projects. If you have lots of service projects it's worth considering… give it some thought…© Rick Strahl, West Wind Technologies, 2005-2013Posted in ASP.NET  SignalR  IIS   Tweet !function(d,s,id){var js,fjs=d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0];if(!d.getElementById(id)){js=d.createElement(s);js.id=id;js.src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js";fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js,fjs);}}(document,"script","twitter-wjs"); (function() { var po = document.createElement('script'); po.type = 'text/javascript'; po.async = true; po.src = 'https://apis.google.com/js/plusone.js'; var s = document.getElementsByTagName('script')[0]; s.parentNode.insertBefore(po, s); })();

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