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• rake tast can't access rails.cache

  - by mark

  Hi I want to call a rake task from a cron job that stores remote weather data in the rails cache. However, I must be doing something pretty wrong here because I cannot find any solution through countless fruitless searches. Say I define and call this task namespace :weather do desc "Store weather from remote source to cache" task :cache do Rails.cache.write('weather_data', Date.today) end end I get the error Anonymous modules have no name to be referenced by Which leads me to believe the rails cache isn't available. Outputting Rails.class from the rake file gives me Module but Rails.cache.class again returns the above error. Do I need to include something here? Am I just hopeless at internet? :) Thanks in advance.

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• overiding to_param of a nested attribute

  - by cbrulak

  I'm trying to create a perma link for a nested attribute. For example, look at the links for the answers in SO. I would like to do something similar in rails: I have Project model with multiple tasks and I would like to create a perma link to a task. The task can only viewed with the project, just like Q & A on SO. Ideally, i would do something like: task_helper.rb: def GetTaskURL project = Project.find(:project_id) return project_url(project,:html) + "#" + id end However, i get a method not found. So it seems the only way is to hard-code it: domain.com url + Projects/show/id.html#task.id Must be a better way?

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• Call an action from another controller

  - by Brian

  I have two different objects: contracts, and task orders. My requirements specify that in order to view the Details for either object, the Url should be "http://.../Contract/Details" or "http://.../TaskOrder/Details" depending on which type. They are both very similar and the details pages are almost identical, so I made a class that can either be a contract or a task order, and has a variable "objectTypeID" that says which type it is. I wrote the action "Details" in the task order controller, but now I want to call that from the contract controller instead of recopying the code. So is there any way to have the url still say ".../Contract/Details" but call the action in the TaskOrder controller instead? I tried using TaskOrderController TOController = new TaskOrderController(); TOController.Details(id); This would have worked except that I can't use the HttpContext.Session anymore, which I used several times in the action.

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• Handle error at non-UI thread

  - by DreamTeam Mobile

  For some reason unhandled exception which occur at non-UI thread don't handled by App_UnhandledException handler. This approach works well for Windows Phone apps to globally handle, track and analyze exceptions but doesn't work for Windows 8 apps. this.UnhandledException += App_UnhandledException; //doesn't handle private void Button_Click_1(object sender, RoutedEventArgs e) { var task = new Task(() => { throw new NullReferenceException("Test exc in UI thread"); }); task.Start(); } Please, advise.

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• Looking for python lib to manage remote tasks

  - by Riz

  Hi, I have server with django on it, this server runs some manage.py commands and update database. Now I need to move some of this tasks to different servers. I don't want to allow remote db access and need some tool\lib to be able to start task on remote servers by main server's command and update tasks code/add new tasks. I have ssh access to every server, all servers run under debian and all code in python. I was thiking about creating my own xmpp based solution(server sends messages to slave servers with commands to execute, like "update task", "run task"), or maybe some low-level ssh based solution where main server logs to slave servers and executes bash commands. But I would be happy to hear any advices.

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• Resource grouping? people with the same skill?

  - by crick3r

  Let's say I have 4 people. Sometimes anyone can do a task, but sometimes they are specific. I would like to group people by skill. Is there any way I can do that? Right now, I have something like this: Resources: SkillA=3, GuyA=1, GuyB=1, GuyC=1 Task A <= SkillA Anyone can do it Task B <= SkillA, GuyB Only B can do it, but I also allocate the skill just to be sure I don't allocate more than 3 people at the same time. My problem with this approach is that sometimes GuyA is on holidays, but I can't reduce SkillA from 3 to 2 in that period.. Any tips?

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• Nested form child only updates if parent changes.

  - by chap

  In this video (10 sec) you can see that the nested attribute is only updated if it's parent model is changed. Using rails 3.0.0.beta and full project is on github. Summary of models and form: class Project < ActiveRecord::Base has_many :tasks accepts_nested_attributes_for :tasks end class Task < ActiveRecord::Base belongs_to :project has_many :assignments accepts_nested_attributes_for :assignments end class Assignment < ActiveRecord::Base belongs_to :task end form_for(@project) do |f| Project: f.text_field :name f.fields_for :tasks do |task_form| Task: task_form.text_field :name task_form.fields_for :assignments do |assignment_form| Assignment: assignment_form.text_field :name end end f.submit end

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• Retrieve data like rework %, schedule and effort varience from Microsoft Project

  - by Ram

  Hi, I need to generate various metric from my MS project file for the period of one month. I need to generate following reports Schedule Variance Effort Variance Rework Percentage Wasted Efforts For rework percentage, I am using condition like the task.Start date should be greater than or equal to the start date and task.Finish date should be less than or equal to finish date. but I am concerned about the tasks those are starting before the start date and ending before the end date. In such situation I only need the rework % for the number of hrs spent during start and end and not for the hrs spent before start date. Same thing applies to the task which are starting before end date but ending after end date. Any pointer would be great help. Thanks

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• Sent Item code in java

  - by Farhan Khan

  I need urgent help, if any one can resolve my issue it will be very highly appriciated. I have create a SMS composer on jAVA netbians its on urdu language. the probelm is its not saving sent sms on Sent items.. i have tried my best to make the code but failed. Tomorrow is my last day to present the code on university please help me please below is the code that i have made till now. Please any one.... /* * To change this template, choose Tools | Templates * and open the template in the editor. */ package newSms; import javax.microedition.io.Connector; import javax.microedition.midlet.*; import javax.microedition.lcdui.*; import javax.wireless.messaging.MessageConnection; import javax.wireless.messaging.TextMessage; import org.netbeans.microedition.util.SimpleCancellableTask; /** * @author AHTISHAM */ public class composeurdu extends MIDlet implements CommandListener, ItemCommandListener, ItemStateListener { private boolean midletPaused = false; private boolean isUrdu; String numb=" "; Alert alert; //<editor-fold defaultstate="collapsed" desc=" Generated Fields ">//GEN-BEGIN:|fields|0| private Form form; private TextField number; private TextField textUrdu; private StringItem stringItem; private StringItem send; private Command exit; private Command sendMesg; private Command add; private Command urdu; private Command select; private SimpleCancellableTask task; //</editor-fold>//GEN-END:|fields|0| MessageConnection clientConn; private Display display; public composeurdu() { display = Display.getDisplay(this); } private void showMessage(){ display=Display.getDisplay(this); //numb=number.getString(); if(number.getString().length()==0 || textUrdu.getString().length()==0){ Alert alert=new Alert("error "); alert.setString(" Enter phone number"); alert.setTimeout(5000); display.setCurrent(alert); } else if(number.getString().length()>11){ Alert alert=new Alert("error "); alert.setString("invalid number"); alert.setTimeout(5000); display.setCurrent(alert); } else{ Alert alert=new Alert("error "); alert.setString("success"); alert.setTimeout(5000); display.setCurrent(alert); } } void showMessage(String message, Displayable displayable) { Alert alert = new Alert(""); alert.setTitle("Error"); alert.setString(message); alert.setType(AlertType.ERROR); alert.setTimeout(5000); display.setCurrent(alert, displayable); } //<editor-fold defaultstate="collapsed" desc=" Generated Methods ">//GEN-BEGIN:|methods|0| //</editor-fold>//GEN-END:|methods|0| //<editor-fold defaultstate="collapsed" desc=" Generated Method: initialize ">//GEN-BEGIN:|0-initialize|0|0-preInitialize /** * Initializes the application. It is called only once when the MIDlet is * started. The method is called before the * <code>startMIDlet</code> method. */ private void initialize() {//GEN-END:|0-initialize|0|0-preInitialize // write pre-initialize user code here //GEN-LINE:|0-initialize|1|0-postInitialize // write post-initialize user code here }//GEN-BEGIN:|0-initialize|2| //</editor-fold>//GEN-END:|0-initialize|2| //<editor-fold defaultstate="collapsed" desc=" Generated Method: startMIDlet ">//GEN-BEGIN:|3-startMIDlet|0|3-preAction /** * Performs an action assigned to the Mobile Device - MIDlet Started point. */ public void startMIDlet() {//GEN-END:|3-startMIDlet|0|3-preAction // write pre-action user code here switchDisplayable(null, getForm());//GEN-LINE:|3-startMIDlet|1|3-postAction // write post-action user code here form.setCommandListener(this); form.setItemStateListener(this); }//GEN-BEGIN:|3-startMIDlet|2| //</editor-fold>//GEN-END:|3-startMIDlet|2| //<editor-fold defaultstate="collapsed" desc=" Generated Method: resumeMIDlet ">//GEN-BEGIN:|4-resumeMIDlet|0|4-preAction /** * Performs an action assigned to the Mobile Device - MIDlet Resumed point. */ public void resumeMIDlet() {//GEN-END:|4-resumeMIDlet|0|4-preAction // write pre-action user code here //GEN-LINE:|4-resumeMIDlet|1|4-postAction // write post-action user code here }//GEN-BEGIN:|4-resumeMIDlet|2| //</editor-fold>//GEN-END:|4-resumeMIDlet|2| //<editor-fold defaultstate="collapsed" desc=" Generated Method: switchDisplayable ">//GEN-BEGIN:|5-switchDisplayable|0|5-preSwitch /** * Switches a current displayable in a display. The * <code>display</code> instance is taken from * <code>getDisplay</code> method. This method is used by all actions in the * design for switching displayable. * * @param alert the Alert which is temporarily set to the display; if * <code>null</code>, then * <code>nextDisplayable</code> is set immediately * @param nextDisplayable the Displayable to be set */ public void switchDisplayable(Alert alert, Displayable nextDisplayable) {//GEN-END:|5-switchDisplayable|0|5-preSwitch // write pre-switch user code here Display display = getDisplay();//GEN-BEGIN:|5-switchDisplayable|1|5-postSwitch if (alert == null) { display.setCurrent(nextDisplayable); } else { display.setCurrent(alert, nextDisplayable); }//GEN-END:|5-switchDisplayable|1|5-postSwitch // write post-switch user code here }//GEN-BEGIN:|5-switchDisplayable|2| //</editor-fold>//GEN-END:|5-switchDisplayable|2| //<editor-fold defaultstate="collapsed" desc=" Generated Method: commandAction for Displayables ">//GEN-BEGIN:|7-commandAction|0|7-preCommandAction /** * Called by a system to indicated that a command has been invoked on a * particular displayable. * * @param command the Command that was invoked * @param displayable the Displayable where the command was invoked */ public void commandAction(Command command, Displayable displayable) {//GEN-END:|7-commandAction|0|7-preCommandAction // write pre-action user code here if (displayable == form) {//GEN-BEGIN:|7-commandAction|1|16-preAction if (command == exit) {//GEN-END:|7-commandAction|1|16-preAction // write pre-action user code here exitMIDlet();//GEN-LINE:|7-commandAction|2|16-postAction // write post-action user code here } else if (command == sendMesg) {//GEN-LINE:|7-commandAction|3|18-preAction // write pre-action user code here String mno=number.getString(); String msg=textUrdu.getString(); if(mno.equals("")) { alert = new Alert("Alert"); alert.setString("Enter Mobile Number!!!"); alert.setTimeout(2000); display.setCurrent(alert); } else { try { clientConn=(MessageConnection)Connector.open("sms://"+mno); } catch(Exception e) { alert = new Alert("Alert"); alert.setString("Unable to connect to Station because of network problem"); alert.setTimeout(2000); display.setCurrent(alert); } try { TextMessage textmessage = (TextMessage) clientConn.newMessage(MessageConnection.TEXT_MESSAGE); textmessage.setAddress("sms://"+mno); textmessage.setPayloadText(msg); clientConn.send(textmessage); } catch(Exception e) { Alert alert=new Alert("Alert","",null,AlertType.INFO); alert.setTimeout(Alert.FOREVER); alert.setString("Unable to send"); display.setCurrent(alert); } } //GEN-LINE:|7-commandAction|4|18-postAction // write post-action user code here }//GEN-BEGIN:|7-commandAction|5|7-postCommandAction }//GEN-END:|7-commandAction|5|7-postCommandAction // write post-action user code here }//GEN-BEGIN:|7-commandAction|6| //</editor-fold>//GEN-END:|7-commandAction|6| //<editor-fold defaultstate="collapsed" desc=" Generated Method: commandAction for Items ">//GEN-BEGIN:|8-itemCommandAction|0|8-preItemCommandAction /** * Called by a system to indicated that a command has been invoked on a * particular item. * * @param command the Command that was invoked * @param displayable the Item where the command was invoked */ public void commandAction(Command command, Item item) {//GEN-END:|8-itemCommandAction|0|8-preItemCommandAction // write pre-action user code here if (item == number) {//GEN-BEGIN:|8-itemCommandAction|1|21-preAction if (command == add) {//GEN-END:|8-itemCommandAction|1|21-preAction // write pre-action user code here //GEN-LINE:|8-itemCommandAction|2|21-postAction // write post-action user code here }//GEN-BEGIN:|8-itemCommandAction|3|28-preAction } else if (item == send) { if (command == select) {//GEN-END:|8-itemCommandAction|3|28-preAction // write pre-action user code here //GEN-LINE:|8-itemCommandAction|4|28-postAction // write post-action user code here }//GEN-BEGIN:|8-itemCommandAction|5|24-preAction } else if (item == textUrdu) { if (command == urdu) {//GEN-END:|8-itemCommandAction|5|24-preAction // write pre-action user code here if (isUrdu) isUrdu = false; else { isUrdu = true; TextField tf = (TextField)item; } //GEN-LINE:|8-itemCommandAction|6|24-postAction // write post-action user code here }//GEN-BEGIN:|8-itemCommandAction|7|8-postItemCommandAction }//GEN-END:|8-itemCommandAction|7|8-postItemCommandAction // write post-action user code here }//GEN-BEGIN:|8-itemCommandAction|8| //</editor-fold>//GEN-END:|8-itemCommandAction|8| //<editor-fold defaultstate="collapsed" desc=" Generated Getter: form ">//GEN-BEGIN:|14-getter|0|14-preInit /** * Returns an initialized instance of form component. * * @return the initialized component instance */ public Form getForm() { if (form == null) {//GEN-END:|14-getter|0|14-preInit // write pre-init user code here form = new Form("form", new Item[]{getNumber(), getTextUrdu(), getStringItem(), getSend()});//GEN-BEGIN:|14-getter|1|14-postInit form.addCommand(getExit()); form.addCommand(getSendMesg()); form.setCommandListener(this);//GEN-END:|14-getter|1|14-postInit // write post-init user code here form.setItemStateListener(this); // form.setCommandListener(this); }//GEN-BEGIN:|14-getter|2| return form; } //</editor-fold>//GEN-END:|14-getter|2| //<editor-fold defaultstate="collapsed" desc=" Generated Getter: number ">//GEN-BEGIN:|19-getter|0|19-preInit /** * Returns an initialized instance of number component. * * @return the initialized component instance */ public TextField getNumber() { if (number == null) {//GEN-END:|19-getter|0|19-preInit // write pre-init user code here number = new TextField("Number ", null, 11, TextField.PHONENUMBER);//GEN-BEGIN:|19-getter|1|19-postInit number.addCommand(getAdd()); number.setItemCommandListener(this); number.setDefaultCommand(getAdd());//GEN-END:|19-getter|1|19-postInit // write post-init user code here }//GEN-BEGIN:|19-getter|2| return number; } //</editor-fold>//GEN-END:|19-getter|2| //<editor-fold defaultstate="collapsed" desc=" Generated Getter: textUrdu ">//GEN-BEGIN:|22-getter|0|22-preInit /** * Returns an initialized instance of textUrdu component. * * @return the initialized component instance */ public TextField getTextUrdu() { if (textUrdu == null) {//GEN-END:|22-getter|0|22-preInit // write pre-init user code here textUrdu = new TextField("Message", null, 2000, TextField.ANY);//GEN-BEGIN:|22-getter|1|22-postInit textUrdu.addCommand(getUrdu()); textUrdu.setItemCommandListener(this);//GEN-END:|22-getter|1|22-postInit // write post-init user code here }//GEN-BEGIN:|22-getter|2| return textUrdu; } //</editor-fold>//GEN-END:|22-getter|2| //<editor-fold defaultstate="collapsed" desc=" Generated Getter: exit ">//GEN-BEGIN:|15-getter|0|15-preInit /** * Returns an initialized instance of exit component. * * @return the initialized component instance */ public Command getExit() { if (exit == null) {//GEN-END:|15-getter|0|15-preInit // write pre-init user code here exit = new Command("Exit", Command.EXIT, 0);//GEN-LINE:|15-getter|1|15-postInit // write post-init user code here }//GEN-BEGIN:|15-getter|2| return exit; } //</editor-fold>//GEN-END:|15-getter|2| //<editor-fold defaultstate="collapsed" desc=" Generated Getter: sendMesg ">//GEN-BEGIN:|17-getter|0|17-preInit /** * Returns an initialized instance of sendMesg component. * * @return the initialized component instance */ public Command getSendMesg() { if (sendMesg == null) {//GEN-END:|17-getter|0|17-preInit // write pre-init user code here sendMesg = new Command("send", Command.OK, 0);//GEN-LINE:|17-getter|1|17-postInit // write post-init user code here }//GEN-BEGIN:|17-getter|2| return sendMesg; } //</editor-fold>//GEN-END:|17-getter|2| //<editor-fold defaultstate="collapsed" desc=" Generated Getter: add ">//GEN-BEGIN:|20-getter|0|20-preInit /** * Returns an initialized instance of add component. * * @return the initialized component instance */ public Command getAdd() { if (add == null) {//GEN-END:|20-getter|0|20-preInit // write pre-init user code here add = new Command("add", Command.OK, 0);//GEN-LINE:|20-getter|1|20-postInit // write post-init user code here }//GEN-BEGIN:|20-getter|2| return add; } //</editor-fold>//GEN-END:|20-getter|2| //<editor-fold defaultstate="collapsed" desc=" Generated Getter: urdu ">//GEN-BEGIN:|23-getter|0|23-preInit /** * Returns an initialized instance of urdu component. * * @return the initialized component instance */ public Command getUrdu() { if (urdu == null) {//GEN-END:|23-getter|0|23-preInit // write pre-init user code here urdu = new Command("urdu", Command.OK, 0);//GEN-LINE:|23-getter|1|23-postInit // write post-init user code here }//GEN-BEGIN:|23-getter|2| return urdu; } //</editor-fold>//GEN-END:|23-getter|2| //<editor-fold defaultstate="collapsed" desc=" Generated Getter: stringItem ">//GEN-BEGIN:|25-getter|0|25-preInit /** * Returns an initialized instance of stringItem component. * * @return the initialized component instance */ public StringItem getStringItem() { if (stringItem == null) {//GEN-END:|25-getter|0|25-preInit // write pre-init user code here stringItem = new StringItem("string", null);//GEN-LINE:|25-getter|1|25-postInit // write post-init user code here }//GEN-BEGIN:|25-getter|2| return stringItem; } //</editor-fold>//GEN-END:|25-getter|2| //</editor-fold> //<editor-fold defaultstate="collapsed" desc=" Generated Getter: send ">//GEN-BEGIN:|26-getter|0|26-preInit /** * Returns an initialized instance of send component. * * @return the initialized component instance */ public StringItem getSend() { if (send == null) {//GEN-END:|26-getter|0|26-preInit // write pre-init user code here send = new StringItem("", "send", Item.BUTTON);//GEN-BEGIN:|26-getter|1|26-postInit send.addCommand(getSelect()); send.setItemCommandListener(this); send.setDefaultCommand(getSelect());//GEN-END:|26-getter|1|26-postInit // write post-init user code here }//GEN-BEGIN:|26-getter|2| return send; } //</editor-fold>//GEN-END:|26-getter|2| //<editor-fold defaultstate="collapsed" desc=" Generated Getter: select ">//GEN-BEGIN:|27-getter|0|27-preInit /** * Returns an initialized instance of select component. * * @return the initialized component instance */ public Command getSelect() { if (select == null) {//GEN-END:|27-getter|0|27-preInit // write pre-init user code here select = new Command("select", Command.OK, 0);//GEN-LINE:|27-getter|1|27-postInit // write post-init user code here }//GEN-BEGIN:|27-getter|2| return select; } //</editor-fold>//GEN-END:|27-getter|2| //<editor-fold defaultstate="collapsed" desc=" Generated Getter: task ">//GEN-BEGIN:|40-getter|0|40-preInit /** * Returns an initialized instance of task component. * * @return the initialized component instance */ public SimpleCancellableTask getTask() { if (task == null) {//GEN-END:|40-getter|0|40-preInit // write pre-init user code here task = new SimpleCancellableTask();//GEN-BEGIN:|40-getter|1|40-execute task.setExecutable(new org.netbeans.microedition.util.Executable() { public void execute() throws Exception {//GEN-END:|40-getter|1|40-execute // write task-execution user code here }//GEN-BEGIN:|40-getter|2|40-postInit });//GEN-END:|40-getter|2|40-postInit // write post-init user code here }//GEN-BEGIN:|40-getter|3| return task; } //</editor-fold>//GEN-END:|40-getter|3| /** * Returns a display instance. * @return the display instance. */ public Display getDisplay () { return Display.getDisplay(this); } /** * Exits MIDlet. */ public void exitMIDlet() { switchDisplayable (null, null); destroyApp(true); notifyDestroyed(); } /** * Called when MIDlet is started. * Checks whether the MIDlet have been already started and initialize/starts or resumes the MIDlet. */ public void startApp() { startMIDlet(); display.setCurrent(form); } /** * Called when MIDlet is paused. */ public void pauseApp() { midletPaused = true; } /** * Called to signal the MIDlet to terminate. * @param unconditional if true, then the MIDlet has to be unconditionally terminated and all resources has to be released. */ public void destroyApp(boolean unconditional) { } public void itemStateChanged(Item item) { if (item == textUrdu) { if (isUrdu) { stringItem.setText("urdu"); TextField tf = (TextField)item; String s = tf.getString(); char ch = s.charAt(s.length() - 1); s = s.substring(0, s.length() - 1); ch = Urdu.ToUrdu(ch); s = s + String.valueOf(ch); tf.setString(""); tf.setString(s); }//end if throw new UnsupportedOperationException("Not supported yet."); } } }

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• Parallelism in .NET – Part 2, Simple Imperative Data Parallelism

  - by Reed

  In my discussion of Decomposition of the problem space, I mentioned that Data Decomposition is often the simplest abstraction to use when trying to parallelize a routine.  If a problem can be decomposed based off the data, we will often want to use what MSDN refers to as Data Parallelism as our strategy for implementing our routine.  The Task Parallel Library in .NET 4 makes implementing Data Parallelism, for most cases, very simple. Data Parallelism is the main technique we use to parallelize a routine which can be decomposed based off data.  Data Parallelism refers to taking a single collection of data, and having a single operation be performed concurrently on elements in the collection.  One side note here: Data Parallelism is also sometimes referred to as the Loop Parallelism Pattern or Loop-level Parallelism.  In general, for this series, I will try to use the terminology used in the MSDN Documentation for the Task Parallel Library.  This should make it easier to investigate these topics in more detail. Once we’ve determined we have a problem that, potentially, can be decomposed based on data, implementation using Data Parallelism in the TPL is quite simple.  Let’s take our example from the Data Decomposition discussion – a simple contrast stretching filter.  Here, we have a collection of data (pixels), and we need to run a simple operation on each element of the pixel.  Once we know the minimum and maximum values, we most likely would have some simple code like the following: for (int row=0; row < pixelData.GetUpperBound(0); ++row) { for (int col=0; col < pixelData.GetUpperBound(1); ++col) { pixelData[row, col] = AdjustContrast(pixelData[row, col], minPixel, maxPixel); } } .csharpcode, .csharpcode pre { font-size: small; color: black; font-family: consolas, "Courier New", courier, monospace; background-color: #ffffff; /*white-space: pre;*/ } .csharpcode pre { margin: 0em; } .csharpcode .rem { color: #008000; } .csharpcode .kwrd { color: #0000ff; } .csharpcode .str { color: #006080; } .csharpcode .op { color: #0000c0; } .csharpcode .preproc { color: #cc6633; } .csharpcode .asp { background-color: #ffff00; } .csharpcode .html { color: #800000; } .csharpcode .attr { color: #ff0000; } .csharpcode .alt { background-color: #f4f4f4; width: 100%; margin: 0em; } .csharpcode .lnum { color: #606060; } This simple routine loops through a two dimensional array of pixelData, and calls the AdjustContrast routine on each pixel. As I mentioned, when you’re decomposing a problem space, most iteration statements are potentially candidates for data decomposition.  Here, we’re using two for loops – one looping through rows in the image, and a second nested loop iterating through the columns.  We then perform one, independent operation on each element based on those loop positions. This is a prime candidate – we have no shared data, no dependencies on anything but the pixel which we want to change.  Since we’re using a for loop, we can easily parallelize this using the Parallel.For method in the TPL: Parallel.For(0, pixelData.GetUpperBound(0), row => { for (int col=0; col < pixelData.GetUpperBound(1); ++col) { pixelData[row, col] = AdjustContrast(pixelData[row, col], minPixel, maxPixel); } }); Here, by simply changing our first for loop to a call to Parallel.For, we can parallelize this portion of our routine.  Parallel.For works, as do many methods in the TPL, by creating a delegate and using it as an argument to a method.  In this case, our for loop iteration block becomes a delegate creating via a lambda expression.  This lets you write code that, superficially, looks similar to the familiar for loop, but functions quite differently at runtime. We could easily do this to our second for loop as well, but that may not be a good idea.  There is a balance to be struck when writing parallel code.  We want to have enough work items to keep all of our processors busy, but the more we partition our data, the more overhead we introduce.  In this case, we have an image of data – most likely hundreds of pixels in both dimensions.  By just parallelizing our first loop, each row of pixels can be run as a single task.  With hundreds of rows of data, we are providing fine enough granularity to keep all of our processors busy. If we parallelize both loops, we’re potentially creating millions of independent tasks.  This introduces extra overhead with no extra gain, and will actually reduce our overall performance.  This leads to my first guideline when writing parallel code: Partition your problem into enough tasks to keep each processor busy throughout the operation, but not more than necessary to keep each processor busy. Also note that I parallelized the outer loop.  I could have just as easily partitioned the inner loop.  However, partitioning the inner loop would have led to many more discrete work items, each with a smaller amount of work (operate on one pixel instead of one row of pixels).  My second guideline when writing parallel code reflects this: Partition your problem in a way to place the most work possible into each task. This typically means, in practice, that you will want to parallelize the routine at the “highest” point possible in the routine, typically the outermost loop.  If you’re looking at parallelizing methods which call other methods, you’ll want to try to partition your work high up in the stack – as you get into lower level methods, the performance impact of parallelizing your routines may not overcome the overhead introduced. Parallel.For works great for situations where we know the number of elements we’re going to process in advance.  If we’re iterating through an IList<T> or an array, this is a typical approach.  However, there are other iteration statements common in C#.  In many situations, we’ll use foreach instead of a for loop.  This can be more understandable and easier to read, but also has the advantage of working with collections which only implement IEnumerable<T>, where we do not know the number of elements involved in advance. As an example, lets take the following situation.  Say we have a collection of Customers, and we want to iterate through each customer, check some information about the customer, and if a certain case is met, send an email to the customer and update our instance to reflect this change.  Normally, this might look something like: foreach(var customer in customers) { // Run some process that takes some time... DateTime lastContact = theStore.GetLastContact(customer); TimeSpan timeSinceContact = DateTime.Now - lastContact; // If it's been more than two weeks, send an email, and update... if (timeSinceContact.Days > 14) { theStore.EmailCustomer(customer); customer.LastEmailContact = DateTime.Now; } } Here, we’re doing a fair amount of work for each customer in our collection, but we don’t know how many customers exist.  If we assume that theStore.GetLastContact(customer) and theStore.EmailCustomer(customer) are both side-effect free, thread safe operations, we could parallelize this using Parallel.ForEach: Parallel.ForEach(customers, customer => { // Run some process that takes some time... DateTime lastContact = theStore.GetLastContact(customer); TimeSpan timeSinceContact = DateTime.Now - lastContact; // If it's been more than two weeks, send an email, and update... if (timeSinceContact.Days > 14) { theStore.EmailCustomer(customer); customer.LastEmailContact = DateTime.Now; } }); Just like Parallel.For, we rework our loop into a method call accepting a delegate created via a lambda expression.  This keeps our new code very similar to our original iteration statement, however, this will now execute in parallel.  The same guidelines apply with Parallel.ForEach as with Parallel.For. The other iteration statements, do and while, do not have direct equivalents in the Task Parallel Library.  These, however, are very easy to implement using Parallel.ForEach and the yield keyword. Most applications can benefit from implementing some form of Data Parallelism.  Iterating through collections and performing “work” is a very common pattern in nearly every application.  When the problem can be decomposed by data, we often can parallelize the workload by merely changing foreach statements to Parallel.ForEach method calls, and for loops to Parallel.For method calls.  Any time your program operates on a collection, and does a set of work on each item in the collection where that work is not dependent on other information, you very likely have an opportunity to parallelize your routine.

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• Announcing SonicAgile – An Agile Project Management Solution

  - by Stephen.Walther

  I’m happy to announce the public release of SonicAgile – an online tool for managing software projects. You can register for SonicAgile at www.SonicAgile.com and start using it with your team today. SonicAgile is an agile project management solution which is designed to help teams of developers coordinate their work on software projects. SonicAgile supports creating backlogs, scrumboards, and burndown charts. It includes support for acceptance criteria, story estimation, calculating team velocity, and email integration. In short, SonicAgile includes all of the tools that you need to coordinate work on a software project, get stuff done, and build great software. Let me discuss each of the features of SonicAgile in more detail. SonicAgile Backlog You use the backlog to create a prioritized list of user stories such as features, bugs, and change requests. Basically, all future work planned for a product should be captured in the backlog. We focused our attention on designing the user interface for the backlog. Because the main function of the backlog is to prioritize stories, we made it easy to prioritize a story by just drag and dropping the story from one location to another. We also wanted to make it easy to add stories from the product backlog to a sprint backlog. A sprint backlog contains the stories that you plan to complete during a particular sprint. To add a story to a sprint, you just drag the story from the product backlog to the sprint backlog. Finally, we made it easy to track team velocity — the average amount of work that your team completes in each sprint. Your team’s average velocity is displayed in the backlog. When you add too many stories to a sprint – in other words, you attempt to take on too much work – you are warned automatically: SonicAgile Scrumboard Every workday, your team meets to have their daily scrum. During the daily scrum, you can use the SonicAgile Scrumboard to see (at a glance) what everyone on the team is working on. For example, the following scrumboard shows that Stephen is working on the Fix Gravatar Bug story and Pete and Jane have finished working on the Product Details Page story: Every story can be broken into tasks. For example, to create the Product Details Page, you might need to create database objects, do page design, and create an MVC controller. You can use the Scrumboard to track the state of each task. A story can have acceptance criteria which clarify the requirements for the story to be done. For example, here is how you can specify the acceptance criteria for the Product Details Page story: You cannot close a story — and remove the story from the list of active stories on the scrumboard — until all tasks and acceptance criteria associated with the story are done. SonicAgile Burndown Charts You can use Burndown charts to track your team’s progress. SonicAgile supports Release Burndown, Sprint Burndown by Task Estimates, and Sprint Burndown by Story Points charts. For example, here’s a sample of a Sprint Burndown by Story Points chart: The downward slope shows the progress of the team when closing stories. The vertical axis represents story points and the horizontal axis represents time. Email Integration SonicAgile was designed to improve your team’s communication and collaboration. Most stories and tasks require discussion to nail down exactly what work needs to be done. The most natural way to discuss stories and tasks is through email. However, you don’t want these discussions to get lost. When you use SonicAgile, all email discussions concerning a story or a task (including all email attachments) are captured automatically. At any time in the future, you can view all of the email discussion concerning a story or a task by opening the Story Details dialog: Why We Built SonicAgile We built SonicAgile because we needed it for our team. Our consulting company, Superexpert, builds websites for financial services, startups, and large corporations. We have multiple teams working on multiple projects. Keeping on top of all of the work that needs to be done to complete a software project is challenging. You need a good sense of what needs to be done, who is doing it, and when the work will be done. We built SonicAgile because we wanted a lightweight project management tool which we could use to coordinate the work that our team performs on software projects. How We Built SonicAgile We wanted SonicAgile to be easy to use, highly scalable, and have a highly interactive client interface. SonicAgile is very close to being a pure Ajax application. We built SonicAgile using ASP.NET MVC 3, jQuery, and Knockout. We would not have been able to build such a complex Ajax application without these technologies. Almost all of our MVC controller actions return JSON results (While developing SonicAgile, I would have given my left arm to be able to use the new ASP.NET Web API). The controller actions are invoked from jQuery Ajax calls from the browser. We built SonicAgile on Windows Azure. We are taking advantage of SQL Azure, Table Storage, and Blob Storage. Windows Azure enables us to scale very quickly to handle whatever demand is thrown at us. Summary I hope that you will try SonicAgile. You can register at www.SonicAgile.com (there’s a free 30-day trial). The goal of SonicAgile is to make it easier for teams to get more stuff done, work better together, and build amazing software. Let us know what you think!

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• SQL SERVER – Challenge – Puzzle – Why does RIGHT JOIN Exists

  - by pinaldave

  I had interesting conversation with the attendees of the my SQL Server Performance Tuning course. I was asked if LEFT JOIN can do the same task as RIGHT JOIN by reserving the order of the tables in join, why does RIGHT JOIN exists? The definitions are as following: Left Join – select all the records from the LEFT table and then pick up any matching records from the RIGHT table   Right Join – select all the records from the RIGHT table and then pick up any matching records from the LEFT table Most of us read from LEFT to RIGHT so we are using LEFT join. Do you have any explaination why RIGHT JOIN exists or can you come up with example, where RIGHT JOIN is absolutely required and the task can not be achieved with LEFT JOIN. Other Puzzles: SQL SERVER – Puzzle – Challenge – Error While Converting Money to Decimal SQL SERVER – Challenge – Puzzle – Usage of FAST Hint Reference: Pinal Dave (http://blog.sqlauthority.com) Filed under: Pinal Dave, SQL, SQL Authority, SQL Puzzle, SQL Query, SQL Scripts, SQL Server, SQL Tips and Tricks, T SQL, Technology

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• Workaround for datadude deployment bug - NullReferenceException

  - by jamiet

  I have come across a bug in Visual Studio 2010 Database Projects (aka datadude aka DPro aka Visual Studio Database Development Tools aka Visual Studio Team Edition for Database Professionals aka Juneau aka SQL Server Data Tools) that other people may encounter so, for the purposes of googling, I'm writing this blog post about it. Through my own googling I discovered that a Connect bug had already been raised about it (VS2010 Database project deploy - “SqlDeployTask” task failed unexpectedly, NullReferenceException), and coincidentally enough it was raised by my former colleague Tom Hunter (whom I have mentioned here before as the superhuman Tom Hunter) although it has not (at this time) received a reply from Microsoft. Tom provided a repro, namely that this syntactically valid function definition: CREATE FUNCTION [dbo].[Function1]()RETURNS TABLEASRETURN (    WITH cte AS (    SELECT 1 AS [c1]    FROM [$(Database3)].[dbo].[Table1]   )   SELECT 1 AS [c1]   FROM cte) would produce this nasty unhelpful error upon deployment: C:\Program Files (x86)\MSBuild\Microsoft\VisualStudio\v10.0\TeamData\Microsoft.Data.Schema.TSqlTasks.targets(120,5): Error MSB4018: The "SqlDeployTask" task failed unexpectedly.System.NullReferenceException: Object reference not set to an instance of an object.   at Microsoft.Data.Schema.Sql.SchemaModel.SqlModelComparerBase.VariableSubstitution(SqlScriptProperty propertyValue, IDictionary`2 variables, Boolean& isChanged)   at Microsoft.Data.Schema.Sql.SchemaModel.SqlModelComparerBase.ArePropertiesEqual(IModelElement source, IModelElement target, ModelPropertyClass propertyClass, ModelComparerConfiguration configuration)   at Microsoft.Data.Schema.SchemaModel.ModelComparer.CompareProperties(IModelElement sourceElement, IModelElement targetElement, ModelComparerConfiguration configuration, ModelComparisonChangeDefinition changes)   at Microsoft.Data.Schema.SchemaModel.ModelComparer.CompareElementsWithoutCompareName(IModelElement sourceElement, IModelElement targetElement, ModelComparerConfiguration configuration, Boolean parentExplicitlyIncluded, Boolean compareElementOnly, ModelComparisonResult result, ModelComparisonChangeDefinition changes)   at Microsoft.Data.Schema.SchemaModel.ModelComparer.CompareElementsWithSameType(IModelElement sourceElement, IModelElement targetElement, ModelComparerConfiguration configuration, ModelComparisonResult result, Boolean ignoreComparingName, Boolean parentExplicitlyIncluded, Boolean compareElementOnly, Boolean compareFromRootElement, ModelComparisonChangeDefinition& changes)   at Microsoft.Data.Schema.SchemaModel.ModelComparer.CompareChildren(IModelElement sourceElement, IModelElement targetElement, ModelComparerConfiguration configuration, Boolean parentExplicitlyIncluded, Boolean compareParentElementOnly, ModelComparisonResult result, ModelComparisonChangeDefinition changes, Boolean isComposing)   at Microsoft.Data.Schema.SchemaModel.ModelComparer.CompareElementsWithoutCompareName(IModelElement sourceElement, IModelElement targetElement, ModelComparerConfiguration configuration, Boolean parentExplicitlyIncluded, Boolean compareElementOnly, ModelComparisonResult result, ModelComparisonChangeDefinition changes)   at Microsoft.Data.Schema.SchemaModel.ModelComparer.CompareElementsWithSameType(IModelElement sourceElement, IModelElement targetElement, ModelComparerConfiguration configuration, ModelComparisonResult result, Boolean ignoreComparingName, Boolean parentExplicitlyIncluded, Boolean compareElementOnly, Boolean compareFromRootElement, ModelComparisonChangeDefinition& changes)   at Microsoft.Data.Schema.SchemaModel.ModelComparer.CompareChildren(IModelElement sourceElement, IModelElement targetElement, ModelComparerConfiguration configuration, Boolean parentExplicitlyIncluded, Boolean compareParentElementOnly, ModelComparisonResult result, ModelComparisonChangeDefinition changes, Boolean isComposing)   at Microsoft.Data.Schema.SchemaModel.ModelComparer.CompareElementsWithoutCompareName(IModelElement sourceElement, IModelElement targetElement, ModelComparerConfiguration configuration, Boolean parentExplicitlyIncluded, Boolean compareElementOnly, ModelComparisonResult result, ModelComparisonChangeDefinition changes)   at Microsoft.Data.Schema.SchemaModel.ModelComparer.CompareElementsWithSameType(IModelElement sourceElement, IModelElement targetElement, ModelComparerConfiguration configuration, ModelComparisonResult result, Boolean ignoreComparingName, Boolean parentExplicitlyIncluded, Boolean compareElementOnly, Boolean compareFromRootElement, ModelComparisonChangeDefinition& changes)   at Microsoft.Data.Schema.SchemaModel.ModelComparer.CompareAllElementsForOneType(ModelElementClass type, ModelComparerConfiguration configuration, ModelComparisonResult result, Boolean compareOrphanedElements)   at Microsoft.Data.Schema.SchemaModel.ModelComparer.CompareStore(ModelStore source, ModelStore target, ModelComparerConfiguration configuration)   at Microsoft.Data.Schema.Build.SchemaDeployment.CompareModels()   at Microsoft.Data.Schema.Build.SchemaDeployment.PrepareBuildPlan()   at Microsoft.Data.Schema.Build.SchemaDeployment.Execute(Boolean executeDeployment)   at Microsoft.Data.Schema.Build.SchemaDeployment.Execute()   at Microsoft.Data.Schema.Tasks.DBDeployTask.Execute()   at Microsoft.Build.BackEnd.TaskExecutionHost.Microsoft.Build.BackEnd.ITaskExecutionHost.Execute()   at Microsoft.Build.BackEnd.TaskBuilder.ExecuteInstantiatedTask(ITaskExecutionHost taskExecutionHost, TaskLoggingContext taskLoggingContext, TaskHost taskHost, ItemBucket bucket, TaskExecutionMode howToExecuteTask, Boolean& taskResult)   Done executing task "SqlDeployTask" -- FAILED.  Done building target "DspDeploy" in project "Lloyds.UKTax.DB.UKtax.dbproj" -- FAILED. Done executing task "CallTarget" -- FAILED.Done building target "DBDeploy" in project It turns out there are a certain set of circumstances that need to be met for this error to occur: The object being deployed is an inline function  (may also exist for multistatement and scalar functions - I haven't tested that) That object includes SQLCMD variable references The object has already been deployed successfully Just to reiterate that last bullet point, the error does not occur when you deploy the function for the first time, only on the subsequent deployment.   Luckily I have a direct line into a guy on the development team so I fired off an email on Friday evening and today (Monday) I received a reply back telling me that there is a simple fix, one simply has to remove the parentheses that wrap the SQL statement. So, in the case of Tom's repro, the function definition simpy has to be changed to: CREATE FUNCTION [dbo].[Function1]()RETURNS TABLEASRETURN --(    WITH cte AS (    SELECT 1 AS [c1]    FROM [$(Database3)].[dbo].[Table1]   )   SELECT 1 AS [c1]   FROM cte--) I have commented out the offending parentheses rather than removing them just to emphasize the point. Thereafter the function will deploy fine. I tested this out on my own project this morning and can confirm that this fix does indeed work.   I have been told that the bug CAN be reproduced in the Release Candidate (RC) 0 build of SQL Server Data Tools in SQL Server 2010 so am hoping that a fix makes it in for the Release-To-Manufacturing (RTM) build. Hope this helps @jamiet

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• Async CTP (C# 5): How to make WCF work with Async CTP

  - by javarg

  If you have recently downloaded the new Async CTP you will notice that WCF uses Async Pattern and Event based Async Pattern in order to expose asynchronous operations. In order to make your service compatible with the new Async/Await Pattern try using an extension method similar to the following: WCF Async/Await Method public static class ServiceExtensions {     public static Task<DateTime> GetDateTimeTaskAsync(this Service1Client client)     {         return Task.Factory.FromAsync<DateTime>(             client.BeginGetDateTime(null, null),             ar => client.EndGetDateTime(ar));     } } The previous code snippet adds an extension method to the GetDateTime method of the Service1Client WCF proxy. Then used it like this (remember to add the extension method’s namespace into scope in order to use it): Code Snippet var client = new Service1Client(); var dt = await client.GetDateTimeTaskAsync(); Replace the proxy’s type and operation name for the one you want to await.

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• c++ write own xml parser vs using tinyxml

  - by AdityaGameProgrammer

  Hi , I am currently in a task to generate an XML file for an srt text file containing timestamps and corresponding text. To generate an exe file which accepts file name input and outputs the relevant XML file to be used as part of an automated script. Is it Advisable to use Tinyxml for this? Is this a very simple task that can be done with minimal programming? Is this one of those things which are very basic to c++ programmers? reason i am asking this is I have recently made a shift into c++ programming after over 3 years of action script development. Edit: your comments regarding this are very much appreciated what's the easiest way to generate xml in c++?

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• HPC Server Dynamic Job Scheduling: when jobs spawn jobs

  - by JoshReuben

  HPC Job Types HPC has 3 types of jobs http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc972750(v=ws.10).aspx · Task Flow – vanilla sequence · Parametric Sweep – concurrently run multiple instances of the same program, each with a different work unit input · MPI – message passing between master & slave tasks But when you try go outside the box – job tasks that spawn jobs, blocking the parent task – you run the risk of resource starvation, deadlocks, and recursive, non-converging or exponential blow-up. The solution to this is to write some performance monitoring and job scheduling code. You can do this in 2 ways: manually control scheduling - allocate/ de-allocate resources, change job priorities, pause & resume tasks , restrict long running tasks to specific compute clusters Semi-automatically - set threshold params for scheduling. How – Control Job Scheduling In order to manage the tasks and resources that are associated with a job, you will need to access the ISchedulerJob interface - http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/microsoft.hpc.scheduler.ischedulerjob_members(v=vs.85).aspx This really allows you to control how a job is run – you can access & tweak the following features: max / min resource values whether job resources can grow / shrink, and whether jobs can be pre-empted, whether the job is exclusive per node the creator process id & the job pool timestamp of job creation & completion job priority, hold time & run time limit Re-queue count Job progress Max/ min Number of cores, nodes, sockets, RAM Dynamic task list – can add / cancel jobs on the fly Job counters When – poll perf counters Tweaking the job scheduler should be done on the basis of resource utilization according to PerfMon counters – HPC exposes 2 Perf objects: Compute Clusters, Compute Nodes http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc720058(v=ws.10).aspx You can monitor running jobs according to dynamic thresholds – use your own discretion: Percentage processor time Number of running jobs Number of running tasks Total number of processors Number of processors in use Number of processors idle Number of serial tasks Number of parallel tasks Design Your algorithms correctly Finally , don’t assume you have unlimited compute resources in your cluster – design your algorithms with the following factors in mind: · Branching factor - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Branching_factor - dynamically optimize the number of children per node · cutoffs to prevent explosions - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Limit_of_a_sequence - not all functions converge after n attempts. You also need a threshold of good enough, diminishing returns · heuristic shortcuts - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heuristic - sometimes an exhaustive search is impractical and short cuts are suitable · Pruning http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pruning_(algorithm) – remove / de-prioritize unnecessary tree branches · avoid local minima / maxima - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Local_minima - sometimes an algorithm cant converge because it gets stuck in a local saddle – try simulated annealing, hill climbing or genetic algorithms to get out of these ruts   watch out for rounding errors – http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Round-off_error - multiple iterations can in parallel can quickly amplify & blow up your algo ! Use an epsilon, avoid floating point errors,  truncations, approximations Happy Coding !

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• How to set conditional activation to taskflows?

  - by shantala.sankeshwar(at)oracle.com

  This article describes implementing conditional activation to taskflows.Use Case Description Suppose we have a taskflow dropped as region on a page & this region is enclosed in a popup .By default when the page is loaded the respective region also gets loaded.Hence a region model needs to provide a viewId whenever one is requested.  A consequence of this is the TaskFlowRegionModel always has to initialize its task flow and execute the task flow's default activity in order to determine a viewId, even if the region is not visible on the page.This can lead to unnecessary performance overhead of executing task flow to generate viewIds for regions that are never visible. In order to increase the performance,we need to set the taskflow bindings activation property to 'conditional'.Below described is a simple usecase that shows how exactly we can set the conditional activations to taskflow bindings.Steps:1.Create an ADF Fusion web ApplicationView image 2.Create Business components for Emp tableView image3.Create a view criteria where deptno=:some_bind_variableView image4.Generate EmpViewImpl.java file & write the below code.Then expose this to client interface.    public void filterEmpRecords(Number deptNo){            // Code to filter the deptnos         ensureVariableManager().setVariableValue("some_bind_variable",  deptNo);        this.applyViewCriteria(this.getViewCriteria("EmpViewCriteria"));        this.executeQuery();       }5.Create an ADF Taskflow with page fragements & drop the above method on the taskflow6.Also drop the view activity(showEmp.jsff) .Define control flow case from the above method activity to the view activity.Set the method activity as default activityView image7.Create  main.jspx page & drop the above taskflow as region on this pageView image8.Surround the region with the dialog & surround the dialog with the popup(id is Popup1)9.Drop the commandButton on the above page & insert af:showPopupBehavior inside the commandButton:<af:commandButton text="show popup" id="cb1"><af:showPopupBehavior popupId="::Popup1"/></af:commandButton>10.Now if we execute this main page ,we will notice that the method action gets called even before the popup is launched.We can avoid this this by setting the activation property of the taskflow to conditional11.Goto the bindings of the above main page & select the taskflow binding ,set its activation property to 'conditional' & active property to Boolean value #{Somebean.popupVisible}.By default its value should be false.View image12.We need to set the above Boolean value to true only when the popup is launched.This can be achieved by inserting setPropertyListener inside the popup:<af:setPropertyListener from="true" to="#{Somebean.popupVisible}" type="popupFetch"/>13.Now if we run the page,we will notice that the method action is not called & only when we click on 'show popup' button the method action gets called.

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• Freelancing - Getting paid for the quote or estimate

  - by jah

  It is often necessary to spend time designing a solution, breaking down the design into tasks and sub tasks and estimating the time it will take to complete each task in order to produce a reasonable estimate or quote for a programming task. This process can be a serious investment of time, often without any guarantee that the estimate/quote will be acceptable to the potential client and more often that not the time was 'wasted' with no hope of getting paid for it (in the event of not winning the job). Is it the case that this is a cost of doing business and what can be done to minimise this unpaid time?

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• Mission Critical: Database Design

  There is nothing like a checklist to make sure you've completed all the tasks in designing a database, and there is absolutely nothing like Buck Woody's military-style Critical Task List

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• Save Points

  - by raghu.yadav

  Explicit save point : Requires an end user action before a bounded or unbounded task flow creates a save point. For example, an end user clicks a button that invokes a method call activity that, in turn, creates a save point Implicit save point : can only originate from a bounded task flow if 1) A session times out due to end user inactivity 2) An end user logs out without saving the data 3) An end user closes the only browser window, thus logging out of the application 4) An end user navigates away from the current application using control flow rules (for example, uses a goLink component to go to an external URL) and having unsaved data. good usecases and examples given by frank/biemond and on implicit save points http://www.oracle.com/technology/products/jdev/tips/fnimphius/cancelForm/cancelForm_wsp.html?_template=/ocom/print http://biemond.blogspot.com/2008/04/automatically-save-transactions-with.html

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• SCCM2012 R2 – How to integrate MDT with SCCM

  - by Waclaw Chrabaszcz

  Originally posted on: http://geekswithblogs.net/Wchrabaszcz/archive/2013/11/12/sccm2012-r2--how-to-integrate-mdt-with-sccm.aspxThere are two maybe not competitive but parallel products: Microsoft Deployment Toolkit and System Center Configuration manager. Few years ago I was wondering why they are separate, I why I cannot share Task Sequences between them. And how it usually happens in live, when I was focused on other technologies, MDT and SCCM became best friends. Let's integrate MDT with SCCM: If first step you need to download MDT http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=25175 Install MDT on your SCCM server boxaccept the EULA Join CEIP if you like  Once you completed the installation I would recommend you to complete MDT configuring before integration with the SCCM. Start the Deployment Workbenchinstall updatesyou will need to download and install WAIKcreate new deployment shareleave default values Create MDT databaseMake sure you will create separate database, DO NOT use existing SCCM DB Now we are ready to integrate MDT with SCCMthe Integration tool should discover your server automaticallyAfter reopening SCCM console in task sequences you should have new cool features: How to use them? That's another story …

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• What happens with project backlog if sprint due date is missed?

  - by nikita

  Suppose that I have project backlog item with effort of 40 hours. My sprint is 40 hours (1 week) and I have one developer in team. So developer creates child task to pending backlog and estimates work to 40 hours. At the end of the sprint developer didn't succeed in resolving his task. Suppose that developer works only and only 40 hours per week. On the next week there would be new backlog items and new sprint. What should I do with backlog item and velocity graph? Obviously backlog item is not resolved on that sprint. Should I estimate the remaining work and subtract it from effort , so that now I see that our velocity is, say, 38hr per 40hr sprint?

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• CodePlex Daily Summary for Friday, October 21, 2011

  CodePlex Daily Summary for Friday, October 21, 2011Popular ReleasesCodekicker.BBCode: CodeKicker.BBCode-Parser-5.0: This is the best and newest version.Self-Tracking Entity Generator for WPF and Silverlight: Self-Tracking Entity Generator v 0.9.9: Self-Tracking Entity Generator v 0.9.9 for Entity Framework 4.0Umbraco CMS: Umbraco 5.0 CMS Alpha 3: Umbraco 5 Alpha 3Umbraco 5 (aka Jupiter) will be the next version of everyone's favourite, friendly ASP.NET CMS that already powers over 100,000 websites worldwide. Try out the Alpha of v5 today! If you're new to Umbraco and would like to get a low-down on our popular and easy-to-learn approach to content management, check out our intro video. What's Alpha 3?This is our third Alpha release. It's intended for developers looking to become familiar with the codebase & architecture, or for thos...thinktecture IdentityServer: IdentityServer RC: This is the RC of Thinktecture.IdentityServerWebForms.ControlExtender: WebForms.ControlExtender 1.0.0.0 (binary): Initial release.Windows Phone 7 Skydrive Library: Skydrive WP7 rel. 1: Till the Rest Api gets out of beta you can use this release You can: - browse the folders -download files It uses WebDAVVkontakte WP: Vkontakte: source codeDotNet.Framework.Common: DotNetFramework.Common?????: DotNetFramework.Common?????Way2Sms Applications for Android, Desktop/Laptop & Java enabled phones: Way2SMS Desktop App v2.0: 1. Fixed issue with sending messages due to changes to Way2Sms site 2. Updated the character limit to 160 from 140GART - Geo Augmented Reality Toolkit: 1.0.1: About Release 1.0.1 Release 1.0.1 is a service release that addresses several issues and improves performance. As always, check the Documentation tab for instructions on how to get started. If you don't have the Windows Phone SDK yet, grab it here. Breaking Change Please note: There is a breaking change in this release. As noted below, the WorldCalculationMode property of ARItem has been replaced by a user-definable function. ARItem is now automatically wired up with a function that perform...Microsoft Ajax Minifier: Microsoft Ajax Minifier 4.32: Fix for issue #16710 - string literals in "constant literal operations" which contain ASP.NET substitutions should not be considered "constant." Move the JS1284 error (Misplaced Function Declaration) so it only fires when in strict mode. I got a couple complaints that people didn't like that error popping up in their existing code when they could verify that the location of that function, although not strict JS, still functions as expected cross-browser.Naked Objects: Naked Objects Release 4.0.110.0: Corresponds to the packaged version 4.0.110.0 available via NuGet. Please note that the easiest way to install and run the Naked Objects Framework is via the NuGet package manager: just search the Official NuGet Package Source for 'nakedobjects'. It is only necessary to download the source code (from here) if you wish to modify or re-build the framework yourself. If you do wish to re-build the framework, consul the file HowToBuild.txt in the release. Documentation Please note that after ...myCollections: Version 1.5: New in this version : Added edit type for selected elements Added clean for selected elements Added Amazon Italia Added Amazon China Added TVDB Italia Added TVDB China Added Turkish language You can now manually add artist Added Order by Rating Improved Add by Media Improved Artist Detail Upgrade Sqlite engine View, Zoom, Grouping, Filter are now saved by category Added group by Artist Added CubeCover View BugFixingFacebook C# SDK: 5.3: This is a BETA release which adds new features and bug fixes to v5.2.1. removed dependency from Code Contracts enabled Task Parallel Support in .NET 4.0+ added support for early preview for .NET 4.5 added additional method overloads for .NET 4.5 to support IProgress<T> for upload progress added new CS-WinForms-AsyncAwait.sln sample demonstrating the use of async/await, upload progress report using IProgress<T> and cancellation support Query/QueryAsync methods uses graph api instead...IronPython: 2.7.1 RC: This is the first release candidate of IronPython 2.7.1. 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It also provides various hotkey setting and you can define most of the operation hotkey by yourself. The project is developed in C# with Visual Studio 2010.Watin - TestEasy: WatiN - TestEasy is the idea to make WatiN based test generation and excution easier. Mainly it will provide interface to data driven automation using WatiN.WebForms.ControlExtender: WebForms.ControlExtender simplify the creation of components which extend (or adds) their own properties to other controls or components in the Visual Studio ASP.NET designer.Windows Phone 7 Skydrive Library: Use this library if you need to access Skydrive from Windows PhonezDBA: SQL Server 2008 tookit!

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• How to manage PHP projects?

  - by Shakti Singh

  I am a PHP developer and I want to know how to manage a project with more than one developer working on the same time. Are there some tools to manage them if any please let me know I don't know about that? The tool which can show everything which developer is working on what task. when he will be available for another task. Who one is free right now? Something managing project as well as utilization of your team member. Tool which can take care of all the phases of a project from coding to delivery.

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• Set up a TFS Server/Service demo environment in less than 1 minute now!

  - by Tarun Arora

  Release Notes – http://tfsdemosetup.codeplex.com/  | Download | Source Code | Report a Bug | Ideas To Demonstrate the capabilities of TFS 2012 Server/Service Task board you would need to set up TFS with some teams, a few team members, some sample stories, tasks, etc. That’s too many steps if you as me! Hi! My name is Tarun Arora, I am a Microsoft MVP in Visual Studio ALM & a Visual Studio ALM Ranger, as a consultant I have had to demo TFS Preview to potential customers several times a day. I usually create the team project during the demo to show off how quick and efficient it is, but setting up teams, team members, tasks usually takes longer I don’t prefer carrying out these steps during the demo. I have developed a .net based console application which uses the TFS API to create a standard demo environment saving me from all these manual steps. The console application reads the set up information from an XML file, leaving the setup process highly customizable. Figure 1 – Demo Dictionary, change values here for unique setup The console application today sets up, 1. Create a new Team 2. Set the team as the default team 3. Configure team settings      a. Set Backlog Iteration path      b. Set Team Iterations and start & finish dates      c. Set Team Area path 4. Add Team Members 5. Add Product Backlog Items & linked Tasks. Image 2 – The team website before (on the left) and after (on the right) running the console app Image 3 – Team configuration before (on left) and after (on right) with new team Demo and 2 members Image 4 – Iteration configuration before (on left) and after (on right) with new backlog iteration path & sprint dates set Image 5 – Area configuration (on left) and after (on right) with area path configured for the team   Image 6 – A demo ready Task Board and Task Board for Team Members Credits, - Mattias Sköld [Visual Studio ALM Ranger] – I have used TfsTeamTools to perform team creation & add members - Ivan Popek – TFS 2012 API blog posts had some fantastic reusable samples.  - Shai Raiten [Microsoft ALM MVP] – Great collection of posts on TFS API. Enjoy!

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