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  • Schema for storing "binary" values, such as Male/Female, in a database

    - by latentflip
    Intro I am trying to decide how best to set up my database schema for a (Rails) model. I have a model related to money which indicates whether the value is an income (positive cash value) or an expense (negative cash value). I would like separate column(s) to indicate whether it is an income or an expense, rather than relying on whether the value stored is positive or negative. Question: How would you store these values, and why? Have a single column, say Income, and store 1 if it's an income, 0 if it's an expense, null if not known. Have two columns, Income and Expense, setting their values to 1 or 0 as appropriate. Something else? I figure the question is similar to storing a person's gender in a database (ignoring aliens/transgender/etc) hence my title. My thoughts so far Lookup might be easier with a single column, but there is a risk of mistaking 0 (false, expense) for null (unknown). Having seperate columns might be more difficult to maintain (what happens if we end up with a 1 in both columns? Maybe it's not that big a deal which way I go, but it would be great to have any concerns/thoughts raised before I get too far down the line and have to change my code-base because I missed something that should have been obvious! Thanks, Philip

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  • Many-to-one relationship in SQLAlchemy

    - by Arrieta
    This is a beginner-level question. I have a catalog of mtypes: mtype_id name 1 'mtype1' 2 'mtype2' [etc] and a catalog of Objects, which must have an associated mtype: obj_id mtype_id name 1 1 'obj1' 2 1 'obj2' 3 2 'obj3' [etc] I am trying to do this in SQLAlchemy by creating the following schemas: mtypes_table = Table('mtypes', metadata, Column('mtype_id', Integer, primary_key=True), Column('name', String(50), nullable=False, unique=True), ) objs_table = Table('objects', metadata, Column('obj_id', Integer, primary_key=True), Column('mtype_id', None, ForeignKey('mtypes.mtype_id')), Column('name', String(50), nullable=False, unique=True), ) mapper(MType, mtypes_table) mapper(MyObject, objs_table, properties={'mtype':Relationship(MType, backref='objs', cascade="all, delete-orphan")} ) When I try to add a simple element like: mtype1 = MType('mtype1') obj1 = MyObject('obj1') obj1.mtype=mtype1 session.add(obj1) I get the error: AttributeError: 'NoneType' object has no attribute 'cascade_iterator' Any ideas?

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  • What CSS do I need to make my site more responsive?

    - by user2938757
    My site is: http://library.skybundle.com I feel like I almost have a responsive site. I did all the CSS styling myself. It is a Wordpress site but I completely edited the CSS of the original theme, so it is night-and-day different than it used to be. The original theme was mostly just for a canvas for me to work with, since I am not an expert in PHP and we wanted a Wordpress site for easy editing later on. Thanks to stackoverflow, I now have a footer that sticks to the bottom of every page and everything mostly looks good -- the way we want it anyway. The only thing missing now is the we want browser windows on MOBILE devices, such as on an iPhone, to automatically adjust the layout of the content in the body (wrapper). For example, on the main page (library.skybundle.com), I would like those two big icons two become vertically aligned as soon as the browser window sizes to a small, mostly vertical size, like that of a mobile phone. Take this site, for example: http://freedomsoundproductions.securesb.net/ This is what we would like it to do. So one a page with a sidebar, the content to the right of the sidebar should basically jump into the same "column" as the left sidebar and form one single long column. Just like in the example site above. This should all be possible via CSS. People in other forums seem to want me to use jQuery and stuff, but I can only use CSS, and I know that this must be possible without having to resort to jQuery, HTML, or other code.

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  • Seeking free ODBC database optimization tool for non-experts

    - by mawg
    I'm a database n00b and am reading as many books as I can. I have been given responsibility for an ODBC tool where the databases were designed by a hardware engineer with some VB experience - which made him a s/w guru in the small firm at that time. Things are running slowly and I suspect that the db could have been designed better. I hope to learn enough to use Explain/Describe, etc maybe add some indices, but, in the meantime, is there any free for commercial use tool which can examine an ODBC database and suggest improvements. I'm just talking about db schema here, but maybe I should also be looking at optimizing Selects with Joins? Is there a tool for that? ODBC compliant.

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  • What is a good architecture for a Lift-JPA application?

    - by egervari
    I was wondering what is the best practice for a JPA model in Lift? I noticed that in the jpa demo application, there is just a Model object that is like a super object that does everything. I don't think this can be the most scalable approach, no? Is it is wise to still do the DAO pattern in Lift? For example, there's some code that looks a tad bloated and could be simplified across all model objects: Model.remove(Model.getReference(classOf[Author], someId)) Could be: AuthorDao.remove(someId) I'd appreciate any tips for setting up something that will work with the way Lift wants to work and is also easy to organize and maintain. Preferably from someone who has actually used JPA on a medium to large Lift site rather than just postulating what Spring does (we know how to do that) ;) The first phase of development will be around 30-40 tables, and will eventually get to over 100... we need a scalable, neat approach.

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  • Unexpected space between DIV elements

    - by jon
    my code for the php page displaying the divs <?php session_start(); require_once("classlib/mainspace.php"); if (isset($_SESSION['username'])==FALSE) { header("location:login.php"); } $user = new User($_SESSION['username']); ?><!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"> <html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"> <head> <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" /> <link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="style/style.css" /> <title>SimpleTask - Home</title> </head> <body> <div id="main"> <div id="menu"> <div id="items"> <ul> <li><a href="home.php">home</a></li> <li>&bull;</li> <li><a href="projects.php">my projects</a></li> <li>&bull;</li> <li><a href="comments.php">my comments</a></li> </ul> </div> <div id="user"> <p>Welcome, <?php echo $user->GetRealName(); ?><br/><a href="editprofile.php">edit profile</a> &bull; <a href="logout.php">logout</a></p> </div> </div> <div id="content"> <h1>HOME</h1> </div> <div id="footer"> <p>footer text goes here here here here</p> </div> </div> </body> </html> and you can find my CSS here http://tasker.efficaxdevelopment.com/style/style.css and to view the live page go here http://tasker.efficaxdevelopment.com/login.php username:admin password:password

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  • Bridge or Factory and How

    - by Chris
    I'm trying to learn patterns and I've got a job that is screaming for a pattern, I just know it but I can't figure it out. I know the filter type is something that can be abstracted and possibly bridged. I'M NOT LOOKING FOR A CODE REWRITE JUST SUGGESTIONS. I'm not looking for someone to do my job. I would like to know how patterns could be applied to this example. using System; using System.Collections.Generic; using System.Linq; using System.Text; using System.Data; using System.IO; using System.Xml; using System.Text.RegularExpressions; namespace CopyTool { class CopyJob { public enum FilterType { TextFilter, RegExFilter, NoFilter } public FilterType JobFilterType { get; set; } private string _jobName; public string JobName { get { return _jobName; } set { _jobName = value; } } private int currentIndex; public int CurrentIndex { get { return currentIndex; } } private DataSet ds; public int MaxJobs { get { return ds.Tables["Job"].Rows.Count; } } private string _filter; public string Filter { get { return _filter; } set { _filter = value; } } private string _fromFolder; public string FromFolder { get { return _fromFolder; } set { if (Directory.Exists(value)) { _fromFolder = value; } else { throw new DirectoryNotFoundException(String.Format("Folder not found: {0}", value)); } } } private List<string> _toFolders; public List<string> ToFolders { get { return _toFolders; } } public CopyJob() { Initialize(); } private void Initialize() { if (ds == null) { ds = new DataSet(); } ds.ReadXml(Properties.Settings.Default.ConfigLocation); LoadValues(0); } public void Execute() { ExecuteJob(FromFolder, _toFolders, Filter, JobFilterType); } public void ExecuteAll() { string OrigPath; List<string> DestPaths; string FilterText; FilterType FilterWay; foreach (DataRow rw in ds.Tables["Job"].Rows) { OrigPath = rw["FromFolder"].ToString(); FilterText = rw["FilterText"].ToString(); switch (rw["FilterType"].ToString()) { case "TextFilter": FilterWay = FilterType.TextFilter; break; case "RegExFilter": FilterWay = FilterType.RegExFilter; break; default: FilterWay = FilterType.NoFilter; break; } DestPaths = new List<string>(); foreach (DataRow crw in rw.GetChildRows("Job_ToFolder")) { DestPaths.Add(crw["FolderPath"].ToString()); } ExecuteJob(OrigPath, DestPaths, FilterText, FilterWay); } } private void ExecuteJob(string OrigPath, List<string> DestPaths, string FilterText, FilterType FilterWay) { FileInfo[] files; switch (FilterWay) { case FilterType.RegExFilter: files = GetFilesByRegEx(new Regex(FilterText), OrigPath); break; case FilterType.TextFilter: files = GetFilesByFilter(FilterText, OrigPath); break; default: files = new DirectoryInfo(OrigPath).GetFiles(); break; } foreach (string fld in DestPaths) { CopyFiles(files, fld); } } public void MoveToJob(int RecordNumber) { Save(); LoadValues(RecordNumber - 1); } public void AddToFolder(string folderPath) { if (Directory.Exists(folderPath)) { _toFolders.Add(folderPath); } else { throw new DirectoryNotFoundException(String.Format("Folder not found: {0}", folderPath)); } } public void DeleteToFolder(int index) { _toFolders.RemoveAt(index); } public void Save() { DataRow rw = ds.Tables["Job"].Rows[currentIndex]; rw["JobName"] = _jobName; rw["FromFolder"] = _fromFolder; rw["FilterText"] = _filter; switch (JobFilterType) { case FilterType.RegExFilter: rw["FilterType"] = "RegExFilter"; break; case FilterType.TextFilter: rw["FilterType"] = "TextFilter"; break; default: rw["FilterType"] = "NoFilter"; break; } DataRow[] ToFolderRows = ds.Tables["Job"].Rows[currentIndex].GetChildRows("Job_ToFolder"); for (int i = 0; i <= ToFolderRows.GetUpperBound(0); i++) { ToFolderRows[i].Delete(); } foreach (string fld in _toFolders) { DataRow ToFolderRow = ds.Tables["ToFolder"].NewRow(); ToFolderRow["JobId"] = ds.Tables["Job"].Rows[currentIndex]["JobId"]; ToFolderRow["Job_Id"] = ds.Tables["Job"].Rows[currentIndex]["Job_Id"]; ToFolderRow["FolderPath"] = fld; ds.Tables["ToFolder"].Rows.Add(ToFolderRow); } } public void Delete() { ds.Tables["Job"].Rows.RemoveAt(currentIndex); LoadValues(currentIndex++); } public void MoveNext() { Save(); currentIndex++; LoadValues(currentIndex); } public void MovePrevious() { Save(); currentIndex--; LoadValues(currentIndex); } public void MoveFirst() { Save(); LoadValues(0); } public void MoveLast() { Save(); LoadValues(ds.Tables["Job"].Rows.Count - 1); } public void CreateNew() { Save(); int MaxJobId = 0; Int32.TryParse(ds.Tables["Job"].Compute("Max(JobId)", "").ToString(), out MaxJobId); DataRow rw = ds.Tables["Job"].NewRow(); rw["JobId"] = MaxJobId + 1; ds.Tables["Job"].Rows.Add(rw); LoadValues(ds.Tables["Job"].Rows.IndexOf(rw)); } public void Commit() { Save(); ds.WriteXml(Properties.Settings.Default.ConfigLocation); } private void LoadValues(int index) { if (index > ds.Tables["Job"].Rows.Count - 1) { currentIndex = ds.Tables["Job"].Rows.Count - 1; } else if (index < 0) { currentIndex = 0; } else { currentIndex = index; } DataRow rw = ds.Tables["Job"].Rows[currentIndex]; _jobName = rw["JobName"].ToString(); _fromFolder = rw["FromFolder"].ToString(); _filter = rw["FilterText"].ToString(); switch (rw["FilterType"].ToString()) { case "TextFilter": JobFilterType = FilterType.TextFilter; break; case "RegExFilter": JobFilterType = FilterType.RegExFilter; break; default: JobFilterType = FilterType.NoFilter; break; } if (_toFolders == null) _toFolders = new List<string>(); _toFolders.Clear(); foreach (DataRow crw in rw.GetChildRows("Job_ToFolder")) { AddToFolder(crw["FolderPath"].ToString()); } } private static FileInfo[] GetFilesByRegEx(Regex rgx, string locPath) { DirectoryInfo d = new DirectoryInfo(locPath); FileInfo[] fullFileList = d.GetFiles(); List<FileInfo> filteredList = new List<FileInfo>(); foreach (FileInfo fi in fullFileList) { if (rgx.IsMatch(fi.Name)) { filteredList.Add(fi); } } return filteredList.ToArray(); } private static FileInfo[] GetFilesByFilter(string filter, string locPath) { DirectoryInfo d = new DirectoryInfo(locPath); FileInfo[] fi = d.GetFiles(filter); return fi; } private void CopyFiles(FileInfo[] files, string destPath) { foreach (FileInfo fi in files) { bool success = false; int i = 0; string copyToName = fi.Name; string copyToExt = fi.Extension; string copyToNameWithoutExt = Path.GetFileNameWithoutExtension(fi.FullName); while (!success && i < 100) { i++; try { if (File.Exists(Path.Combine(destPath, copyToName))) throw new CopyFileExistsException(); File.Copy(fi.FullName, Path.Combine(destPath, copyToName)); success = true; } catch (CopyFileExistsException ex) { copyToName = String.Format("{0} ({1}){2}", copyToNameWithoutExt, i, copyToExt); } } } } } public class CopyFileExistsException : Exception { public string Message; } }

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  • Drawbacks of using an integer as a bitfield?

    - by Mark
    I have a bunch of boolean options for things like "accepted payment types" which can include things like cash, credit card, cheque, paypal, etc. Rather than having a half dozen booleans in my DB, I can just use an integer and assign each payment method an integer, like so PAYMENT_METHODS = ( (1<<0, 'Cash'), (1<<1, 'Credit Card'), (1<<2, 'Cheque'), (1<<3, 'Other'), ) and then query the specific bit in python to retrieve the flag. I know this means the database can't index by specific flags, but are there any other drawbacks?

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  • Objective-C Objects Having Each Other as Properties

    - by mwt
    Let's say we have two objects. Furthermore, let's assume that they really have no reason to exist without each other. So we aren't too worried about re-usability. Is there anything wrong with them "knowing about" each other? Meaning, can each one have the other as a property? Is it OK to do something like this in a mythical third class: Foo *f = [[Foo alloc] init]; self.foo = f; [f release]; Bar *b = [[Bar alloc] init]; self.bar = b; [b release]; foo.bar = bar; bar.foo = foo; ...so that they can then call methods on each other? Instead of doing this, I'm usually using messaging, etc., but sometimes this seems like it might be a tidier solution. I hardly ever see it in example code (maybe never), so I've shied away from doing it. Can somebody set me straight on this? Thanks.

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  • Java: refactoring static constants

    - by akf
    We are in the process of refactoring some code. There is a feature that we have developed in one project that we would like to now use in other projects. We are extracting the foundation of this feature and making it a full-fledged project which can then be imported by its current project and others. This effort has been relatively straight-forward but we have one headache. When the framework in question was originally developed, we chose to keep a variety of constant values defined as static fields in a single class. Over time this list of static members grew. The class is used in very many places in our code. In our current refactoring, we will be elevating some of the members of this class to our new framework, but leaving others in place. Our headache is in extracting the foundation members of this class to be used in our new project, and more specifically, how we should address those extracted members in our existing code. We know that we can have our existing Constants class subclass this new project's Constants class and it would inherit all of the parent's static members. This would allow us to effect the change without touching the code that uses these members to change the class name on the static reference. However, the tight coupling inherent in this choice doesn't feel right. before: public class ConstantsA { public static final String CONSTANT1 = "constant.1"; public static final String CONSTANT2 = "constant.2"; public static final String CONSTANT3 = "constant.3"; } after: public class ConstantsA extends ConstantsB { public static final String CONSTANT1 = "constant.1"; } public class ConstantsB { public static final String CONSTANT2 = "constant.2"; public static final String CONSTANT3 = "constant.3"; } In our existing code branch, all of the above would be accessible in this manner: ConstantsA.CONSTANT2 I would like to solicit arguments about whether this is 'acceptable' and/or what the best practices are.

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  • Accessing the "super of this" in Java

    - by gerdemb
    This is what I'm doing now. Is there a better way to access the super class? public class SearchWidget { private void addWishlistButton() { final SearchWidget thisWidget = this; button.addClickHandler(new ClickHandler() { public void onClick(ClickEvent event) { // A better way to access the super class? // something like "this.super" ...? workWithWidget(thisWidget); } } } } I'm programming with Google Web Toolkit, but I think this is really a generic Java question.

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  • Does database affect classes?

    - by satyanarayana
    I had created one class User and UserDAOImpl class for querying DB using class User. As there is one table to be queried, these two classes are sufficient for me. What if there is a case where new fields are to be added to that one table is to be divided into 3 tables( user_info, user_profile and user_address) to store user? As new fields are added, I need to change classes User and UserDAOImpl, it seems these two are not sufficient. It seems database changes affect my classes. In this case, do I need to divide class User into 3 classes as tables are changes? Can any one suggest me how can I solve this without making too many changes?

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  • How to bring coordination between file system and database?

    - by Lock up
    I am working on a online file management project. We are storing references on the database (sql server) and files data on the on file system. We are facing a problem of coordination between file system and database while we are uploading a file and also in case of deleting a file. First we create a reference in the database or store files on file system. The problem is that if I create a reference in the database first and then store a file on file system, but while storing files on the file system any type of error occur, then the reference for that file is created in the database but no file data exist on the file system. Please give me some solution how to deal with such situation. I am badly in need of it. This case happens also while we deleting a file?

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  • Pattern for iPhone background loading during init?

    - by Rob S.
    Hi everyone, I'm currently kicking off a background thread to do some REST queries in my app delegate's didFinishLaunchingWithOptions. This thread creates some objects and populates the model as the rest of the app continues to load (because I don't block, and didFinishLaunchingWithOptions returns YES). I also put up a loading UIViewController 'on top' of the main view that I tear down after the background initialization is complete. My problem is that I need to notify the first view (call it the Home view) that the model is ready, and that it should populate itself. The trick is that the background download could have finished before Home.viewDidAppear is called, or any of the other Home.initX methods. I'm having difficulty synchronizing all of this and I've thought about it long enough that it feels like I'm barking up the wrong tree. Are there any patterns here for this sort of thing? I'm sure other apps start by performing lengthy operations with loading screens :) Thanks!

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  • has anyone tried designing a webpage for psp?

    - by lock
    erm im trying to make a personal bible for my psp (i tried googling but the only bible version i've seen on my skimming is on KJV and im trying to make mine have 3 versions namely TNIV, NLT and Amplified Bible) so my only solution was to make on for myself and my approach was to save an html file on my mem-stick and open it up through the console's browser my concerns are: 1. how does the psp browser handle css and javascript? 2. is there a doctype declaration specifically designed for the psp browser? 3. can i use any local database to store my texts for easier query or do i have no choice but rely on static text files? 4. is there anyone in SO who have experienced developing a page for this console and can he/she give me some tips and advice? thanks much in advance for your responses.. :)

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  • UML aggregation. Is necessary to put an atributte.

    - by VansFannel
    Hello. I'm making an UML class diagram and I don't know how to do this: I have a content that has a file. Both, content and file, are represented as classes. I've put an aggregation between content and file. But I don't know if is necessary to put an atribute inside content to represent file. Is necessary? Thank you.

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  • Where should my "filtering" logic reside with Linq-2-SQL and ASP.NET-MVC in View or Controller?

    - by Nate Bross
    I have a main Table, with several "child" tables. TableA and TableAChild1 and TableAChild2. I have a view which shows the information in TableA, and then has two columns of all items in TableAChild1 and TableAChild2 respectivly, they are rendered with Partial views. Both child tables have a bit field for VisibleToAll, and depending on user role, I'd like to either display all related rows, or related rows where VisibleToAll = true. This code, feels like it should be in the controller, but I'm not sure how it would look, because as it stands, the controller (limmited version) looks like this: return View("TableADetailView", repos.GetTableA(id)); Would something like this be even work, and would it be bad what if my DataContext gets submitted, would that delete all the rows that have VisibleToAll == false? var tblA = repos.GetTableA(id); tblA.TableAChild1 = tblA.TableAChild1.Where(tmp => tmp.VisibleToAll == true); tblA.TableAChild2 = tblA.TableAChild2.Where(tmp => tmp.VisibleToAll == true); return View("TableADetailView", tblA); It would also be simple to add that logic to the RendarPartial call from the main view: <% Html.RenderPartial("TableAChild1", Model.TableAChild1.Where(tmp => tmp.VisibleToAll == true); %>

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  • What can you do in the ant Task.init() method?

    - by skiphoppy
    I'm developing a few custom ant tasks that all need to initialize the same objects. I wanted to initialize those object's in a common superclass that extends from Task, in the init() method. But I see from the lifecycle of an ant task that init() gets called before the tasks child elements and attributes are set. So all of the data I need for initializing those objects is unavailable during init(), if I am reading right. So, why is init() called at this point? What do you even know that you could use in init()? What could it be used for? (And is there some other method that I can rely on to be called before execute(), but after my data is available?)

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  • ASP.NET MVC Filters: How to set Viewdata for Dropdown based on action parameter

    - by CRice
    Hi, Im loading an entity 'Member' from its id in route data. [ListItemsForMembershipType(true)] public ActionResult Edit(Member someMember) {...} The attribute on the action loads the membership type list items for a dropdown box and sticks it in viewdata. This is fine for add forms, and search forms (it gets all active items) but I need the attribute to execute BASED ON THE VALUE someMember.MembershipTypeId, because its current value must always be present when loading the item (i.e. all active items, plus the one from the loaded record). So the question is, what is the standard pattern for this? How can my attribute accept the value or should I be loading the viewdata for the drop down in a controller supertype or during model binding or something else? It is in an attribute now because the code to set the viewdata would otherwise be duplicated in each usage in each action.

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  • Should we avoid to use Object as the input parameter/ output value of a method?

    - by developer.cyrus
    Take Java syntax as an example, though the question itself is language independent. If the following snippet takes an object MyAbstractEmailTemplate as input argument in the method setTemplate, the class MyGateway will then become tightly-coupled with the object MyAbstractEmailTemplate, which lessens the re-usability of the class MyGateway. A compromise is to use dependency-injection to ease the instantiation of MyAbstractEmailTemplate. This might solve the coupling problem to some extent, but the interface is still rigid, hardly providing enough ?exibility to other developers/ applications. So if we only use primitive data type (or even plain XML in web service) as the input/ output of a method, it seems the coupling problem no longer exists. So what do you think? public class MyGateway { protected MyAbstractEmailTemplate template; publoc void setTemplate(MyAbstractEmailTemplate template) { this.template = template; } }

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  • Phonegap: Will my mobile app 'feel' faster or slower once ported to phonegap?

    - by user15872
    So I'm designing everything in mobile Safari and I know that phonegap is essentially a stripped webview but... Question: Will my application will run better in phonegap? (revised below) a)I imagine my navigation and core app will load faster as the scripts and images are on the hard drive. Is this True? b)I assume since they've been working on it for 2 years now that they may have made some optimizations to make it quicker than just an average safari window. Is this true? (Assuming both html5/js/css code bases are pretty much the same and app is running on iOS.) Update: Sorry, I meant to compare apples to slightly different apples. Question 1 revised: Will my app see any performance benefits running with in a phonegap environment vs standard mobile safari? (compare mobile - to mobile) 1b) In what ways, other than loading time has phonegap optimized performance over standard mobile safari? Follow ups: 1) Are there any pitfalls, other than large libraries, that may cause phonegap to suffer a serious performance hit vs stand mobile safari? 2) Can I mix native and webview rendering? (i.e the top half of my app is rendered in with html/css/js and the bottom half native)

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