Programs & Examples On #Model view controller

Model–View–Controller (MVC) is an architectural pattern used in software engineering. For Microsoft ASP.NET MVC, please use [asp.net-mvc] tag instead. For Spring MVC, please use [spring-mvc] tag instead.

How to add a hook to the application context initialization event?

Please follow below step to do some processing after Application Context get loaded i.e application is ready to serve.

  1. Create below annotation i.e

    @Retention(RetentionPolicy.RUNTIME) @Target(value= {ElementType.METHOD, ElementType.TYPE}) public @interface AfterApplicationReady {}

2.Create Below Class which is a listener which get call on application ready state.

    @Component
    public class PostApplicationReadyListener implements ApplicationListener<ApplicationReadyEvent> {

    public static final Logger LOGGER = LoggerFactory.getLogger(PostApplicationReadyListener.class);
    public static final String MODULE = PostApplicationReadyListener.class.getSimpleName();

    @Override
    public void onApplicationEvent(ApplicationReadyEvent event) {
        try {
            ApplicationContext context = event.getApplicationContext();
            String[] beans = context.getBeanNamesForAnnotation(AfterAppStarted.class);

            LOGGER.info("bean found with AfterAppStarted annotation are : {}", Arrays.toString(beans));

            for (String beanName : beans) {
                Object bean = context.getBean(beanName);
                Class<?> targetClass = AopUtils.getTargetClass(bean);
                Method[] methods = targetClass.getMethods();
                for (Method method : methods) {
                    if (method.isAnnotationPresent(AfterAppStartedComplete.class)) {

                        LOGGER.info("Method:[{} of Bean:{}] found with AfterAppStartedComplete Annotation.", method.getName(), beanName);

                        Method currentMethod = bean.getClass().getMethod(method.getName(), method.getParameterTypes());

                        LOGGER.info("Going to invoke method:{} of bean:{}", method.getName(), beanName);

                        currentMethod.invoke(bean);

                        LOGGER.info("Invocation compeleted method:{} of bean:{}", method.getName(), beanName);
                    }
                }
            }
        } catch (Exception e) {
            LOGGER.warn("Exception occured : ", e);
        }
    }
}

Finally when you start your Spring application just before log stating application started your listener will be called.

What exactly is the difference between Web API and REST API in MVC?

ASP.NET Web API is a framework that makes it easy to build HTTP services that reach a broad range of clients, including browsers and mobile devices. ASP.NET Web API is an ideal platform for building RESTful applications on the .NET Framework.

REST

RESTs sweet spot is when you are exposing a public API over the internet to handle CRUD operations on data. REST is focused on accessing named resources through a single consistent interface.

SOAP

SOAP brings it’s own protocol and focuses on exposing pieces of application logic (not data) as services. SOAP exposes operations. SOAP is focused on accessing named operations, each implement some business logic through different interfaces.

Though SOAP is commonly referred to as “web services” this is a misnomer. SOAP has very little if anything to do with the Web. REST provides true “Web services” based on URIs and HTTP.

Reference: http://spf13.com/post/soap-vs-rest

And finally: What they could be referring to is REST vs. RPC See this: http://encosia.com/rest-vs-rpc-in-asp-net-web-api-who-cares-it-does-both/

DTO and DAO concepts and MVC

DTO is an abbreviation for Data Transfer Object, so it is used to transfer the data between classes and modules of your application.

  • DTO should only contain private fields for your data, getters, setters, and constructors.
  • DTO is not recommended to add business logic methods to such classes, but it is OK to add some util methods.

DAO is an abbreviation for Data Access Object, so it should encapsulate the logic for retrieving, saving and updating data in your data storage (a database, a file-system, whatever).

Here is an example of how the DAO and DTO interfaces would look like:

interface PersonDTO {
    String getName();
    void setName(String name);
    //.....
}

interface PersonDAO {
    PersonDTO findById(long id);
    void save(PersonDTO person);
    //.....
}

The MVC is a wider pattern. The DTO/DAO would be your model in the MVC pattern.
It tells you how to organize the whole application, not just the part responsible for data retrieval.

As for the second question, if you have a small application it is completely OK, however, if you want to follow the MVC pattern it would be better to have a separate controller, which would contain the business logic for your frame in a separate class and dispatch messages to this controller from the event handlers.
This would separate your business logic from the view.

Spring Test & Security: How to mock authentication?

Short answer:

@Autowired
private WebApplicationContext webApplicationContext;

@Autowired
private Filter springSecurityFilterChain;

@Before
public void setUp() throws Exception {
    final MockHttpServletRequestBuilder defaultRequestBuilder = get("/dummy-path");
    this.mockMvc = MockMvcBuilders.webAppContextSetup(this.webApplicationContext)
            .defaultRequest(defaultRequestBuilder)
            .alwaysDo(result -> setSessionBackOnRequestBuilder(defaultRequestBuilder, result.getRequest()))
            .apply(springSecurity(springSecurityFilterChain))
            .build();
}

private MockHttpServletRequest setSessionBackOnRequestBuilder(final MockHttpServletRequestBuilder requestBuilder,
                                                             final MockHttpServletRequest request) {
    requestBuilder.session((MockHttpSession) request.getSession());
    return request;
}

After perform formLogin from spring security test each of your requests will be automatically called as logged in user.

Long answer:

Check this solution (the answer is for spring 4): How to login a user with spring 3.2 new mvc testing

Limiting number of displayed results when using ngRepeat

Another (and I think better) way to achieve this is to actually intercept the data. limitTo is okay but what if you're limiting to 10 when your array actually contains thousands?

When calling my service I simply did this:

TaskService.getTasks(function(data){
    $scope.tasks = data.slice(0,10);
});

This limits what is sent to the view, so should be much better for performance than doing this on the front-end.

Separation of business logic and data access in django

I would have to agree with you. There are a lot of possibilities in django but best place to start is reviewing Django's design philosophy.

  1. Calling an API from a model property would not be ideal, it seems like it would make more sense to do something like this in the view and possibly create a service layer to keep things dry. If the call to the API is non-blocking and the call is an expensive one, sending the request to a service worker (a worker that consumes from a queue) might make sense.

  2. As per Django's design philosophy models encapsulate every aspect of an "object". So all business logic related to that object should live there:

Include all relevant domain logic

Models should encapsulate every aspect of an “object,” following Martin Fowler’s Active Record design pattern.

  1. The side effects you describe are apparent, the logic here could be better broken down into Querysets and managers. Here is an example:

    models.py

    import datetime
    
    from djongo import models
    from django.db.models.query import QuerySet
    from django.contrib import admin
    from django.db import transaction
    
    
    class MyUser(models.Model):
    
        present_name = models.TextField(null=False, blank=True)
        status = models.TextField(null=False, blank=True)
        last_active = models.DateTimeField(auto_now=True, editable=False)
    
        # As mentioned you could put this in a template tag to pull it
        # from cache there. Depending on how it is used, it could be
        # retrieved from within the admin view or from a custom view
        # if that is the only place you will use it.
        #def get_present_name(self):
        #    # property became non-deterministic in terms of database
        #    # data is taken from another service by api
        #    return remote_api.request_user_name(self.uid) or 'Anonymous'
    
        # Moved to admin as an action
        # def activate(self):
        #     # method now has a side effect (send message to user)
        #     self.status = 'activated'
        #     self.save()
        #     # send email via email service
        #     #send_mail('Your account is activated!', '…', [self.email])
    
        class Meta:
            ordering = ['-id']  # Needed for DRF pagination
    
        def __unicode__(self):
            return '{}'.format(self.pk)
    
    
    class MyUserRegistrationQuerySet(QuerySet):
    
        def for_inactive_users(self):
            new_date = datetime.datetime.now() - datetime.timedelta(days=3*365)  # 3 Years ago
            return self.filter(last_active__lte=new_date.year)
    
        def by_user_id(self, user_ids):
            return self.filter(id__in=user_ids)
    
    
    class MyUserRegistrationManager(models.Manager):
    
        def get_query_set(self):
            return MyUserRegistrationQuerySet(self.model, using=self._db)
    
        def with_no_activity(self):
            return self.get_query_set().for_inactive_users()
    

    admin.py

    # Then in model admin
    
    class MyUserRegistrationAdmin(admin.ModelAdmin):
        actions = (
            'send_welcome_emails',
        )
    
        def send_activate_emails(self, request, queryset):
            rows_affected = 0
            for obj in queryset:
                with transaction.commit_on_success():
                    # send_email('welcome_email', request, obj) # send email via email service
                    obj.status = 'activated'
                    obj.save()
                    rows_affected += 1
    
            self.message_user(request, 'sent %d' % rows_affected)
    
    admin.site.register(MyUser, MyUserRegistrationAdmin)
    

Passing data between view controllers

NewsViewController

- (void)tableView:(UITableView *)tableView didSelectRowAtIndexPath:(NSIndexPath *)indexPath
{
  [tbl_View deselectRowAtIndexPath:indexPath animated:YES];
  News *newsObj = [newstitleArr objectAtIndex:indexPath.row];
  NewsDetailViewController *newsDetailView = [[NewsDetailViewController alloc] initWithNibName:@"NewsDetailViewController" bundle:nil];

  newsDetailView.newsHeadlineStr = newsObj.newsHeadline;

  [self.navigationController pushViewController:newsDetailView animated:YES];
}

NewsDetailViewController.h

@interface NewsDetailViewController : UIViewController
@property(nonatomic,retain) NSString *newsHeadlineStr;
@end

NewsDetailViewController.m

@synthesize newsHeadlineStr;

How should a model be structured in MVC?

In Web-"MVC" you can do whatever you please.

The original concept (1) described the model as the business logic. It should represent the application state and enforce some data consistency. That approach is often described as "fat model".

Most PHP frameworks follow a more shallow approach, where the model is just a database interface. But at the very least these models should still validate the incoming data and relations.

Either way, you're not very far off if you separate the SQL stuff or database calls into another layer. This way you only need to concern yourself with the real data/behaviour, not with the actual storage API. (It's however unreasonable to overdo it. You'll e.g. never be able to replace a database backend with a filestorage if that wasn't designed ahead.)

Spring MVC Missing URI template variable

This error may happen when mapping variables you defined in REST definition do not match with @PathVariable names.

Example: Suppose you defined in the REST definition

@GetMapping(value = "/{appId}", produces = "application/json", consumes = "application/json")

Then during the definition of the function, it should be

public ResponseEntity<List> getData(@PathVariable String appId)

This error may occur when you use any other variable other than defined in the REST controller definition with @PathVariable. Like, the below code will raise the error as ID is different than appId variable name:

public ResponseEntity<List> getData(@PathVariable String ID)

Content type 'application/x-www-form-urlencoded;charset=UTF-8' not supported for @RequestBody MultiValueMap

I wrote about an alternative in this StackOverflow answer.

There I wrote step by step, explaining with code. The short way:

First: write an object

Second: create a converter to mapping the model extending the AbstractHttpMessageConverter

Third: tell to spring use this converter implementing a WebMvcConfigurer.class overriding the configureMessageConverters method

Fourth and final: using this implementation setting in the mapping inside your controller the consumes = MediaType.APPLICATION_FORM_URLENCODED_VALUE and @RequestBody in front of your object.

I'm using spring boot 2.

What is a Data Transfer Object (DTO)?

DefN

A DTO is a hardcoded data model. It only solves the problem of modeling a data record handled by a hardcoded production process, where all fields are known at compile-time and therefore accessed via strongly typed properties.

In contrast, a dynamic model or "property bag" solves the problem of modeling a data record when the production process is created at runtime.

The Cvar

A DTO can be modeled with fields or properties, but someone invented a very useful data container called the Cvar. It is a reference to a value. When a DTO is modeled with what I call reference properties, modules can be configured to share heap memory and thereby collaboratively work on it. This completely eliminates parameter passing and O2O communication from your code. In other words, DTOs having reference properties allow code to achieve zero coupling.

    class Cvar { ... }

    class Cvar<T> : Cvar
    {
        public T Value { get; set; }
    }

    class MyDTO
    {
        public Cvar<int> X { get; set; }
        public Cvar<int> Y { get; set; }
        public Cvar<string> mutableString { get; set; } // >;)
    }

Source: http://www.powersemantics.com/

Dynamic DTOs are a necessary component for dynamic software. To instantiate a dynamic process, one compiler step is to bind each machine in the script to the reference properties the script defines. A dynamic DTO is built by adding the Cvars to a collection.

    // a dynamic DTO
    class CvarRegistry : Dictionary<string, Cvar> { }

Contentions

Note: because Wix labeled the use of DTOs for organizing parameters as an "anti-pattern", I will give an authoritative opinion.

    return View(model);  // MVC disagrees

My collaborative architecture replaces design patterns. Refer to my web articles.

Parameters provide immediate control of a stack frame machine. If you use continuous control and therefore do not need immediate control, your modules do not need parameters. My architecture has none. In-process configuration of machines (methods) adds complexity but also value (performance) when the parameters are value types. However, reference type parameters make the consumer cause cache misses to get the values off the heap anyway -- therefore, just configure the consumer with reference properties. Fact from mechanical engineering: reliance on parameters is a kind of preoptimization, because processing (making components) itself is waste. Refer to my W article for more information. http://www.powersemantics.com/w.html.

Fowler and company might realize the benefits of DTOs outside of distributed architecture if they had ever known any other architecture. Programmers only know distributed systems. Integrated collaborative systems (aka production aka manufacturing) are something I had to claim as my own architecture, because I am the first to write code this way.

Some consider the DTO an anemic domain model, meaning it lacks functionality, but this assumes an object must own the data it interacts with. This conceptual model then forces you to deliver the data between objects, which is the model for distributed processing. However on a manufacturing line, each step can access the end product and change it without owning or controlling it. That's the difference between distributed and integrated processing. Manufacturing separates the product from operations and logistics.

There's nothing inherently wrong with modeling processing as a bunch of useless office workers who e-mail work to one another without keeping an e-mail trail, except for all the extra work and headache it creates in handling logistics and return problems. A properly modeled distributed process attaches a document (active routing) to the product describing what operations it came from and will go to. The active routing is a copy of the process source routing, which is written before the process begins. In the event of a defect or other emergency change, the active routing is modified to include the operation steps it will be sent to. This then accounts for all the labor which went into production.

What is the difference between MVC and MVVM?

For one thing, MVVM is a progression of the MVC pattern which uses XAML to handle the display. This article outlines some of the facets of the two.

The main thrust of the Model/View/ViewModel architecture seems to be that on top of the data (”the Model”), there’s another layer of non-visual components (”the ViewModel”) that map the concepts of the data more closely to the concepts of the view of the data (”the View”). It’s the ViewModel that the View binds to, not the Model directly.

Business logic in MVC

As a couple of answers have pointed out, I believe there is some some misunderstanding of multi tier vs MVC architecture.

Multi tier architecture involves breaking your application into tiers/layers (e.g. presentation, business logic, data access)

MVC is an architectural style for the presentation layer of an application. For non trivial applications, business logic/business rules/data access should not be placed directly into Models, Views, or Controllers. To do so would be placing business logic in your presentation layer and thus reducing reuse and maintainability of your code.

The model is a very reasonable choice choice to place business logic, but a better/more maintainable approach is to separate your presentation layer from your business logic layer and create a business logic layer and simply call the business logic layer from your models when needed. The business logic layer will in turn call into the data access layer.

I would like to point out that it is not uncommon to find code that mixes business logic and data access in one of the MVC components, especially if the application was not architected using multiple tiers. However, in most enterprise applications, you will commonly find multi tier architectures with an MVC architecture in place within the presentation layer.

MVC [HttpPost/HttpGet] for Action

You don't need to specify both at the same time, unless you're specifically restricting the other verbs (i.e. you don't want PUT or DELETE, etc).

Contrary to some of the comments, I was also unable to use both Attributes [HttpGet, HttpPost] at the same time, but was able to specify both verbs instead.

Actions

    private ActionResult testResult(int id)
    {
        return Json(new {
                            // user input
                            input = id,
                            // just so there's different content in the response
                            when = DateTime.Now,
                            // type of request
                            req = this.Request.HttpMethod,
                            // differentiate calls in response, for matching up
                            call = new StackTrace().GetFrame(1).GetMethod().Name
                        },
                        JsonRequestBehavior.AllowGet);
    }
    public ActionResult Test(int id)
    {
        return testResult(id);
    }
    [HttpGet]
    public ActionResult TestGetOnly(int id)
    {
        return testResult(id);
    }
    [HttpPost]
    public ActionResult TestPostOnly(int id)
    {
        return testResult(id);
    }
    [HttpPost, HttpGet]
    public ActionResult TestBoth(int id)
    {
        return testResult(id);
    }
    [AcceptVerbs(HttpVerbs.Get | HttpVerbs.Post)]
    public ActionResult TestVerbs(int id)
    {
        return testResult(id);
    }

Results

via POSTMAN, formatting by markdowntables

| Method    | URL                   | Response                                                                                  |
|--------   |---------------------- |----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------   |
| GET       | /ctrl/test/5          | { "input": 5, "when": "/Date(1408041216116)/", "req": "GET", "call": "Test" }             |
| POST      | /ctrl/test/5          | { "input": 5, "when": "/Date(1408041227561)/", "req": "POST", "call": "Test" }            |
| PUT       | /ctrl/test/5          | { "input": 5, "when": "/Date(1408041252646)/", "req": "PUT", "call": "Test" }             |
| GET       | /ctrl/testgetonly/5   | { "input": 5, "when": "/Date(1408041335907)/", "req": "GET", "call": "TestGetOnly" }      |
| POST      | /ctrl/testgetonly/5   | 404                                                                                       |
| PUT       | /ctrl/testgetonly/5   | 404                                                                                       |
| GET       | /ctrl/TestPostOnly/5  | 404                                                                                       |
| POST      | /ctrl/TestPostOnly/5  | { "input": 5, "when": "/Date(1408041464096)/", "req": "POST", "call": "TestPostOnly" }    |
| PUT       | /ctrl/TestPostOnly/5  | 404                                                                                       |
| GET       | /ctrl/TestBoth/5      | 404                                                                                       |
| POST      | /ctrl/TestBoth/5      | 404                                                                                       |
| PUT       | /ctrl/TestBoth/5      | 404                                                                                       |
| GET       | /ctrl/TestVerbs/5     | { "input": 5, "when": "/Date(1408041709606)/", "req": "GET", "call": "TestVerbs" }        |
| POST      | /ctrl/TestVerbs/5     | { "input": 5, "when": "/Date(1408041831549)/", "req": "POST", "call": "TestVerbs" }       |
| PUT       | /ctrl/TestVerbs/5     | 404                                                                                       |

No default constructor found; nested exception is java.lang.NoSuchMethodException with Spring MVC?

You must have to define no-args or default constructor if you are creating your own constructor.

You can read why default or no argument constructor is required.

why-default-or-no-argument-constructor-java-class.html

JQUERY ajax passing value from MVC View to Controller

Try using the data option of the $.ajax function. More info here.

$('#btnSaveComments').click(function () {
    var comments = $('#txtComments').val();
    var selectedId = $('#hdnSelectedId').val();

    $.ajax({
        url: '<%: Url.Action("SaveComments")%>',
        data: { 'id' : selectedId, 'comments' : comments },
        type: "post",
        cache: false,
        success: function (savingStatus) {
            $("#hdnOrigComments").val($('#txtComments').val());
            $('#lblCommentsNotification').text(savingStatus);
        },
        error: function (xhr, ajaxOptions, thrownError) {
            $('#lblCommentsNotification').text("Error encountered while saving the comments.");
        }
    });
});

What is difference between MVC, MVP & MVVM design pattern in terms of coding c#

The image below is from the article written by Erwin van der Valk:

image explaining MVC, MVP and MVVM - by Erwin Vandervalk

The article explains the differences and gives some code examples in C#

MVC pattern on Android

I think the most useful simplified explanation is here: http://www.cs.otago.ac.nz/cosc346/labs/COSC346-lab2.2up.pdf

From everything else I've seen and read here, implementing all these things makes it harder and does not fit in well with other parts of android.

Having an activity implement other listeners is already the standard Android way. The most harmless way would be to add the Java Observer like the slides describe and group the onClick and other types of actions into functions that are still in the Activity.

The Android way is that the Activity does both. Fighting it doesn't really make extending or doing future coding any easier.

I agree with the 2nd post. It's sort of already implemented, just not the way people are used to. Whether or not it's in the same file or not, there is separation already. There is no need to create extra separation to make it fit other languages and OSes.

Display List in a View MVC

Your action method considers model type asList<string>. But, in your view you are waiting for IEnumerable<Standings.Models.Teams>. You can solve this problem with changing the model in your view to List<string>.

But, the best approach would be to return IEnumerable<Standings.Models.Teams> as a model from your action method. Then you haven't to change model type in your view.

But, in my opinion your models are not correctly implemented. I suggest you to change it as:

public class Team
{
    public int Position { get; set; }
    public string HomeGround {get; set;}
    public string NickName {get; set;}
    public int Founded { get; set; }
    public string Name { get; set; }
}

Then you must change your action method as:

public ActionResult Index()
{
    var model = new List<Team>();

    model.Add(new Team { Name = "MU"});
    model.Add(new Team { Name = "Chelsea"});
    ...

    return View(model);
}

And, your view:

@model IEnumerable<Standings.Models.Team>

@{
     ViewBag.Title = "Standings";
}

@foreach (var item in Model)
{
    <div>
        @item.Name
        <hr />
    </div>
}

Unable to set data attribute using jQuery Data() API

As mentioned, the .data() method won't actually set the value of the data- attribute, nor will it read updated values if the data- attribute changes.

My solution was to extend jQuery with a .realData() method that actually corresponds to the current value of the attribute:

// Alternative to .data() that updates data- attributes, and reads their current value.
(function($){
  $.fn.realData = function(name,value) {
      if (value === undefined) {
        return $(this).attr('data-'+name);
      } else {
        $(this).attr('data-'+name,value);
      }
  };
})(jQuery);

NOTE: Sure you could just use .attr(), but from my experience, most developers (aka me) make the mistake of viewing .attr() and .data() as interchangeable, and often substitute one for the other without thinking. It might work most of the time, but it's a great way to introduce bugs, especially when dealing with any sort of dynamic data binding. So by using .realData(), I can be more explicit about the intended behavior.

How to include view/partial specific styling in AngularJS

If you only need your CSS to be applied to one specific view, I'm using this handy snippet inside my controller:

$("body").addClass("mystate");

$scope.$on("$destroy", function() {
  $("body").removeClass("mystate"); 
});

This will add a class to my body tag when the state loads, and remove it when the state is destroyed (i.e. someone changes pages). This solves my related problem of only needing CSS to be applied to one state in my application.

In Angular, how to redirect with $location.path as $http.post success callback

Instead of using success, I change it to then and it works.

here is the code:

lgrg.controller('login', function($scope, $window, $http) {
    $scope.loginUser = {};

    $scope.submitForm = function() {
        $scope.errorInfo = null

        $http({
            method  : 'POST',
            url     : '/login',
            headers : {'Content-Type': 'application/json'}
            data: $scope.loginUser
        }).then(function(data) {
            if (!data.status) {
                $scope.errorInfo = data.info
            } else {
                //page jump
                $window.location.href = '/admin';
            }
        });
    };
});

What is MVC and what are the advantages of it?

MVC is the separation of model, view and controller — nothing more, nothing less. It's simply a paradigm; an ideal that you should have in the back of your mind when designing classes. Avoid mixing code from the three categories into one class.

For example, while a table grid view should obviously present data once shown, it should not have code on where to retrieve the data from, or what its native structure (the model) is like. Likewise, while it may have a function to sum up a column, the actual summing is supposed to happen in the controller.

A 'save file' dialog (view) ultimately passes the path, once picked by the user, on to the controller, which then asks the model for the data, and does the actual saving.

This separation of responsibilities allows flexibility down the road. For example, because the view doesn't care about the underlying model, supporting multiple file formats is easier: just add a model subclass for each.

No mapping found for HTTP request with URI Spring MVC

<servlet-mapping>
    <servlet-name>dispatcher</servlet-name>
    <url-pattern>/</url-pattern>
</servlet-mapping>

Hey Please use / in your web.xml (instead of /*)

How to set a hidden value in Razor

If I understand correct you will have something like this:

<input value="default" id="sth" name="sth" type="hidden">

And to get it you have to write:

@Html.HiddenFor(m => m.sth, new { Value = "default" })

for Strongly-typed view.

Showing alert in angularjs when user leaves a page

As you've discovered above, you can use a combination of window.onbeforeunload and $locationChangeStart to message the user. In addition, you can utilize ngForm.$dirty to only message the user when they have made changes.

I've written an angularjs directive that you can apply to any form that will automatically watch for changes and message the user if they reload the page or navigate away. @see https://github.com/facultymatt/angular-unsavedChanges

Hopefully you find this directive useful!

Show pop-ups the most elegant way

Based on my experience with AngularJS modals so far I believe that the most elegant approach is a dedicated service to which we can provide a partial (HTML) template to be displayed in a modal.

When we think about it modals are kind of AngularJS routes but just displayed in modal popup.

The AngularUI bootstrap project (http://angular-ui.github.com/bootstrap/) has an excellent $modal service (used to be called $dialog prior to version 0.6.0) that is an implementation of a service to display partial's content as a modal popup.

No Spring WebApplicationInitializer types detected on classpath

WebApplicationInitializer is an interface you can implement in one of your classes. At startup Spring is scanning for this classes, as long as you are using servlet spec 3 and have a metadata-complete="false" attribute in your web.xml. But that doesn't seem to be the problem. The only error I can figure out is the missing slf4j-log4j12.jar.

Can I get the name of the current controller in the view?

controller_name holds the name of the controller used to serve the current view.

What are MVP and MVC and what is the difference?

MVP is not necessarily a scenario where the View is in charge (see Taligent's MVP for example).
I find it unfortunate that people are still preaching this as a pattern (View in charge) as opposed to an anti-pattern as it contradicts "It's just a view" (Pragmatic Programmer). "It's just a view" states that the final view shown to the user is a secondary concern of the application. Microsoft's MVP pattern renders re-use of Views much more difficult and conveniently excuses Microsoft's designer from encouraging bad practice.

To be perfectly frank, I think the underlying concerns of MVC hold true for any MVP implementation and the differences are almost entirely semantic. As long as you are following separation of concerns between the view (that displays the data), the controller (that initialises and controls user interaction) and the model (the underlying data and/or services)) then you are achieving the benefits of MVC. If you are achieving the benefits then who really cares whether your pattern is MVC, MVP or Supervising Controller? The only real pattern remains as MVC, the rest are just differing flavours of it.

Consider this highly exciting article that comprehensively lists a number of these differing implementations. You may note that they're all basically doing the same thing but slightly differently.

I personally think MVP has only been recently re-introduced as a catchy term to either reduce arguments between semantic bigots who argue whether something is truly MVC or not or to justify Microsofts Rapid Application Development tools. Neither of these reasons in my books justify its existence as a separate design pattern.

Add directives from directive in AngularJS

You can actually handle all of this with just a simple template tag. See http://jsfiddle.net/m4ve9/ for an example. Note that I actually didn't need a compile or link property on the super-directive definition.

During the compilation process, Angular pulls in the template values before compiling, so you can attach any further directives there and Angular will take care of it for you.

If this is a super directive that needs to preserve the original internal content, you can use transclude : true and replace the inside with <ng-transclude></ng-transclude>

Hope that helps, let me know if anything is unclear

Alex

How to pass parameters to a partial view in ASP.NET MVC?

Here is another way to do it if you want to use ViewData:

@Html.Partial("~/PathToYourView.cshtml", null, new ViewDataDictionary { { "VariableName", "some value" } })

And to retrieve the passed in values:

@{
    string valuePassedIn = this.ViewData.ContainsKey("VariableName") ? this.ViewData["VariableName"].ToString() : string.Empty;
}

MVC Razor Hidden input and passing values

As you may have already figured, Asp.Net MVC is a different paradigm than Asp.Net (webforms). Accessing form elements between the server and client take a different approach in Asp.Net MVC.

You can google more reading material on this on the web. For now, I would suggest using Ajax to get or post data to the server. You can still employ input type="hidden", but initialize it with a value from the ViewData or for Razor, ViewBag.

For example, your controller may look like this:

public ActionResult Index()
{
     ViewBag.MyInitialValue = true;
     return View();
} 

In your view, you can have an input elemet that is initialized by the value in your ViewBag:

<input type="hidden" name="myHiddenInput" id="myHiddenInput" value="@ViewBag.MyInitialValue" />

Then you can pass data between the client and server via ajax. For example, using jQuery:

$.get('GetMyNewValue?oldValue=' + $('#myHiddenInput').val(), function (e) {
   // blah
});

You can alternatively use $.ajax, $.getJSON, $.post depending on your requirement.

Vue JS mounted()

Abstract your initialization into a method, and call the method from mounted and wherever else you want.

new Vue({
  methods:{
    init(){
      //call API
      //Setup game
    }
  },
  mounted(){
    this.init()
  }
})

Then possibly have a button in your template to start over.

<button v-if="playerWon" @click="init">Play Again</button>

In this button, playerWon represents a boolean value in your data that you would set when the player wins the game so the button appears. You would set it back to false in init.

How to display a list using ViewBag

simply using Viewbag data as IEnumerable<> list

@{
 var getlist= ViewBag.Listdata as IEnumerable<myproject.models.listmodel>;

  foreach (var item in getlist){   //using foreach
<span>item .name</span>
}

}

//---------or just write name inside the getlist
<span>getlist[0].name</span>

JSP tricks to make templating easier?

I made quite easy, Django style JSP Template inheritance tag library. https://github.com/kwon37xi/jsp-template-inheritance

I think it make easy to manage layouts without learning curve.

example code :

base.jsp : layout

<%@page contentType="text/html; charset=UTF-8" %>
<%@ taglib uri="http://kwonnam.pe.kr/jsp/template-inheritance" prefix="layout"%>
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html lang="en">
    <head>
        <title>JSP Template Inheritance</title>
    </head>

<h1>Head</h1>
<div>
    <layout:block name="header">
        header
    </layout:block>
</div>

<h1>Contents</h1>
<div>
    <p>
    <layout:block name="contents">
        <h2>Contents will be placed under this h2</h2>
    </layout:block>
    </p>
</div>

<div class="footer">
    <hr />
    <a href="https://github.com/kwon37xi/jsp-template-inheritance">jsp template inheritance example</a>
</div>
</html>

view.jsp : contents

<%@page contentType="text/html; charset=UTF-8" %>
<%@ taglib uri="http://kwonnam.pe.kr/jsp/template-inheritance" prefix="layout"%>
<layout:extends name="base.jsp">
    <layout:put name="header" type="REPLACE">
        <h2>This is an example about layout management with JSP Template Inheritance</h2>
    </layout:put>
    <layout:put name="contents">
        Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit. Proin porta,
        augue ut ornare sagittis, diam libero facilisis augue, quis accumsan enim velit a mauris.
    </layout:put>
</layout:extends>

Calling a Javascript Function from Console

I just discovered this issue. I was able to get around it by using indirection. In each module define a function, lets call it indirect:

function indirect(js) { return eval(js); }

With that function in each module, you can then execute any code in the context of it.

E.g. if you had this import in your module:

import { imported_fn } from "./import.js";

You could then get the results of calling imported_fn from the console by doing this:

indirect("imported_fn()");

Using eval was my first thought, but it doesn't work. My hypothesis is that calling eval from the console remains in the context of console, and we need to execute in the context of the module.

Regular expression to detect semi-colon terminated C++ for & while loops

You could write a little, very simple routine that does it, without using a regular expression:

  • Set a position counter pos so that is points to just before the opening bracket after your for or while.
  • Set an open brackets counter openBr to 0.
  • Now keep incrementing pos, reading the characters at the respective positions, and increment openBr when you see an opening bracket, and decrement it when you see a closing bracket. That will increment it once at the beginning, for the first opening bracket in "for (", increment and decrement some more for some brackets in between, and set it back to 0 when your for bracket closes.
  • So, stop when openBr is 0 again.

The stopping positon is your closing bracket of for(...). Now you can check if there is a semicolon following or not.

How to keep the local file or the remote file during merge using Git and the command line?

For the line-end thingie, refer to man git-merge:

--ignore-space-change 
--ignore-all-space 
--ignore-space-at-eol

Be sure to add autocrlf = false and/or safecrlf = false to the windows clone (.git/config)

Using git mergetool

If you configure a mergetool like this:

git config mergetool.cp.cmd '/bin/cp -v "$REMOTE" "$MERGED"'
git config mergetool.cp.trustExitCode true

Then a simple

git mergetool --tool=cp
git mergetool --tool=cp -- paths/to/files.txt
git mergetool --tool=cp -y -- paths/to/files.txt # without prompting

Will do the job

Using simple git commands

In other cases, I assume

git checkout HEAD -- path/to/myfile.txt

should do the trick

Edit to do the reverse (because you screwed up):

git checkout remote/branch_to_merge -- path/to/myfile.txt

Streaming via RTSP or RTP in HTML5

With VLC i'm able to transcode a live RTSP stream (mpeg4) to an HTTP stream in a OGG format (Vorbis/Theora). The quality is poor but the video work in Chrome 9. I have also tested with a trancoding in WEBM (VP8) but it's don't seem to work (VLC have the option but i don't know if it's really implemented for now..)

The first to have a doc on this should notify us ;)

Creating random numbers with no duplicates

There is another way of doing "random" ordered numbers with LFSR, take a look at:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linear_feedback_shift_register

with this technique you can achieve the ordered random number by index and making sure the values are not duplicated.

But these are not TRUE random numbers because the random generation is deterministic.

But depending your case you can use this technique reducing the amount of processing on random number generation when using shuffling.

Here a LFSR algorithm in java, (I took it somewhere I don't remeber):

public final class LFSR {
    private static final int M = 15;

    // hard-coded for 15-bits
    private static final int[] TAPS = {14, 15};

    private final boolean[] bits = new boolean[M + 1];

    public LFSR() {
        this((int)System.currentTimeMillis());
    }

    public LFSR(int seed) {
        for(int i = 0; i < M; i++) {
            bits[i] = (((1 << i) & seed) >>> i) == 1;
        }
    }

    /* generate a random int uniformly on the interval [-2^31 + 1, 2^31 - 1] */
    public short nextShort() {
        //printBits();

        // calculate the integer value from the registers
        short next = 0;
        for(int i = 0; i < M; i++) {
            next |= (bits[i] ? 1 : 0) << i;
        }

        // allow for zero without allowing for -2^31
        if (next < 0) next++;

        // calculate the last register from all the preceding
        bits[M] = false;
        for(int i = 0; i < TAPS.length; i++) {
            bits[M] ^= bits[M - TAPS[i]];
        }

        // shift all the registers
        for(int i = 0; i < M; i++) {
            bits[i] = bits[i + 1];
        }

        return next;
    }

    /** returns random double uniformly over [0, 1) */
    public double nextDouble() {
        return ((nextShort() / (Integer.MAX_VALUE + 1.0)) + 1.0) / 2.0;
    }

    /** returns random boolean */
    public boolean nextBoolean() {
        return nextShort() >= 0;
    }

    public void printBits() {
        System.out.print(bits[M] ? 1 : 0);
        System.out.print(" -> ");
        for(int i = M - 1; i >= 0; i--) {
            System.out.print(bits[i] ? 1 : 0);
        }
        System.out.println();
    }


    public static void main(String[] args) {
        LFSR rng = new LFSR();
        Vector<Short> vec = new Vector<Short>();
        for(int i = 0; i <= 32766; i++) {
            short next = rng.nextShort();
            // just testing/asserting to make 
            // sure the number doesn't repeat on a given list
            if (vec.contains(next))
                throw new RuntimeException("Index repeat: " + i);
            vec.add(next);
            System.out.println(next);
        }
    }
}

How to use MySQL dump from a remote machine

Try it with Mysqldump

#mysqldump --host=the.remotedatabase.com -u yourusername -p yourdatabasename > /User/backups/adump.sql

Changing line colors with ggplot()

color and fill are separate aesthetics. Since you want to modify the color you need to use the corresponding scale:

d + scale_color_manual(values=c("#CC6666", "#9999CC"))

is what you want.

SQL Client for Mac OS X that works with MS SQL Server

I use AquaFold at work on Windows, but it's based on Java and supports Mac OS X.

How to include quotes in a string

You can also declare a constant and use it each time. neat and avoids confusion:

const string myStrQuote = "\"";

How do I sum values in a column that match a given condition using pandas?

The essential idea here is to select the data you want to sum, and then sum them. This selection of data can be done in several different ways, a few of which are shown below.

Boolean indexing

Arguably the most common way to select the values is to use Boolean indexing.

With this method, you find out where column 'a' is equal to 1 and then sum the corresponding rows of column 'b'. You can use loc to handle the indexing of rows and columns:

>>> df.loc[df['a'] == 1, 'b'].sum()
15

The Boolean indexing can be extended to other columns. For example if df also contained a column 'c' and we wanted to sum the rows in 'b' where 'a' was 1 and 'c' was 2, we'd write:

df.loc[(df['a'] == 1) & (df['c'] == 2), 'b'].sum()

Query

Another way to select the data is to use query to filter the rows you're interested in, select column 'b' and then sum:

>>> df.query("a == 1")['b'].sum()
15

Again, the method can be extended to make more complicated selections of the data:

df.query("a == 1 and c == 2")['b'].sum()

Note this is a little more concise than the Boolean indexing approach.

Groupby

The alternative approach is to use groupby to split the DataFrame into parts according to the value in column 'a'. You can then sum each part and pull out the value that the 1s added up to:

>>> df.groupby('a')['b'].sum()[1]
15

This approach is likely to be slower than using Boolean indexing, but it is useful if you want check the sums for other values in column a:

>>> df.groupby('a')['b'].sum()
a
1    15
2     8

Find the number of columns in a table

Its been little late but please take it from me...

In the editor(New Query) by select the database object it can be a table too, if we use the Shortcut Key Alt+F1 we will get all the information of the object and I think will solve your problem as well.

The I/O operation has been aborted because of either a thread exit or an application request

In my case, the request was getting timed out. So all you need to do is to increase the time out while creating the HttpClient.

HttpClient client = new HttpClient();

client.Timeout = TimeSpan.FromMinutes(5);

Python: how can I check whether an object is of type datetime.date?

i believe the reason it is not working in your example is that you have imported datetime like so :

from datetime import datetime

this leads to the error you see

In [30]: isinstance(x, datetime.date)
---------------------------------------------------------------------------
TypeError                                 Traceback (most recent call last)
/<ipython-input-30-9a298ea6fce5> in <module>()
----> 1 isinstance(x, datetime.date)

TypeError: isinstance() arg 2 must be a class, type, or tuple of classes and types

if you simply import like so :

import datetime

the code will run as shown in all of the other answers

In [31]: import datetime

In [32]: isinstance(x, datetime.date)
Out[32]: True

In [33]: 

What's the difference between JPA and Hibernate?

I try to explain in very easy words.

Suppose you need a car as we all know their are several A class manufacturer like MERCEDES, BMW , AUDI etc.

Now in above statement CAR(is a specification) as every car have common features like thing with 4 wheels and can be driven on road is car...so its like JPA. And MERCEDES, BMW , AUDI etc are just using common car feature and adding functionality according to their customer base so they are implementing the car specification like hibernate , iBATIS etc.

So by this common features goes to jpa and hibernate is just an implementation according to their jboss need.

1 more thing

JPA includes some basic properties so in future if you want to change hibernate to any other implementation you can easily switch without much headache and for those basic properties includes JPA annotations which can work for any implementation technology, JPQL queries.

So mainly we implement hibernate with JPA type technology just for in case we want to switch our implementation according to client need plus you will write less code as some common features are involved in JPA. If someone still not clear then you can comment as i m new on stack overflow.

Thank you

Difference between DTO, VO, POJO, JavaBeans?

  • Value Object : Use when need to measure the objects' equality based on the objects' value.
  • Data Transfer Object : Pass data with multiple attributes in one shot from client to server across layer, to avoid multiple calls to remote server.
  • Plain Old Java Object : It's like simple class which properties, public no-arg constructor. As we declare for JPA entity.

difference-between-value-object-pattern-and-data-transfer-pattern

Why doesn't Python have multiline comments?

Because the # convention is a common one, and there really isn't anything you can do with a multiline comment that you can't with a #-sign comment. It's a historical accident, like the ancestry of /* ... */ comments going back to PL/I,

How to implement OnFragmentInteractionListener

I'd like to add the destruction of the listener when the fragment is detached from the activity or destroyed.

@Override
public void onDetach() {
    super.onDetach();
    mListener = null;
}

and when using the new onStart() method with Context

@Override
public void onDestroy() {
    super.onDestroy();
    mListener = null;
}

Writing Python lists to columns in csv

If you are happy to use a 3rd party library, you can do this with Pandas. The benefits include seamless access to specialized methods and row / column labeling:

import pandas as pd

list1 = [1, 2, 3]
list2 = [4, 5, 6]
list3 = [7, 8, 9]

df = pd.DataFrame(list(zip(*[list1, list2, list3]))).add_prefix('Col')

df.to_csv('file.csv', index=False)

print(df)

   Col0  Col1  Col2
0     1     4     7
1     2     5     8
2     3     6     9

com.apple.WebKit.WebContent drops 113 error: Could not find specified service

Mine was different again. I was setting the user-agent like so:

    NSString *jScript = @"var meta = document.createElement('meta'); meta.setAttribute('name', 'viewport'); meta.setAttribute('content', 'width=device-width'); document.getElementsByTagName('head')[0].appendChild(meta);";
    WKUserScript *wkUScript = [[WKUserScript alloc] initWithSource:jScript injectionTime:WKUserScriptInjectionTimeAtDocumentEnd forMainFrameOnly:YES];

This was causing something on the web page to freak out and leak memory. Not sure why but removing this sorted the issue for me.

Break a previous commit into multiple commits

git rebase --interactive can be used to split a commit into smaller commits. The Git docs on rebase have a concise walkthrough of the process - Splitting Commits:

In interactive mode, you can mark commits with the action "edit". However, this does not necessarily mean that git rebase expects the result of this edit to be exactly one commit. Indeed, you can undo the commit, or you can add other commits. This can be used to split a commit into two:

  • Start an interactive rebase with git rebase -i <commit>^, where <commit> is the commit you want to split. In fact, any commit range will do, as long as it contains that commit.

  • Mark the commit you want to split with the action "edit".

  • When it comes to editing that commit, execute git reset HEAD^. The effect is that the HEAD is rewound by one, and the index follows suit. However, the working tree stays the same.

  • Now add the changes to the index that you want to have in the first commit. You can use git add (possibly interactively) or git gui (or both) to do that.

  • Commit the now-current index with whatever commit message is appropriate now.

  • Repeat the last two steps until your working tree is clean.

  • Continue the rebase with git rebase --continue.

If you are not absolutely sure that the intermediate revisions are consistent (they compile, pass the testsuite, etc.) you should use git stash to stash away the not-yet-committed changes after each commit, test, and amend the commit if fixes are necessary.

how to run vibrate continuously in iphone?

The above answers are good and you can do it in a simple way also.

You can use the recursive method calls.

func vibrateTheDeviceContinuously() throws {
        
        // Added concurrent queue for next & Vibrate device
        DispatchQueue.global(qos: .utility).async {
            
            //Vibrate the device
            AudioServicesPlaySystemSound(kSystemSoundID_Vibrate)

            self.incrementalCount += 1
            usleep(800000) // if you don't want, remove this line.

            do {
                if let isKeepBuzzing = self.iShouldKeepBuzzing , isKeepBuzzing == true {
                    try self.vibrateTheDeviceContinuously()
                }
                 else {
                    return 
                 }
                
            } catch  {
                //Exception handle
               print("exception")
            }
            
        }
    }

To stop the device vibration use the following line.

self.iShouldKeepBuzzing = false

Read and write to binary files in C?

Reading and writing binary files is pretty much the same as any other file, the only difference is how you open it:

unsigned char buffer[10];
FILE *ptr;

ptr = fopen("test.bin","rb");  // r for read, b for binary

fread(buffer,sizeof(buffer),1,ptr); // read 10 bytes to our buffer

You said you can read it, but it's not outputting correctly... keep in mind that when you "output" this data, you're not reading ASCII, so it's not like printing a string to the screen:

for(int i = 0; i<10; i++)
    printf("%u ", buffer[i]); // prints a series of bytes

Writing to a file is pretty much the same, with the exception that you're using fwrite() instead of fread():

FILE *write_ptr;

write_ptr = fopen("test.bin","wb");  // w for write, b for binary

fwrite(buffer,sizeof(buffer),1,write_ptr); // write 10 bytes from our buffer

Since we're talking Linux.. there's an easy way to do a sanity check. Install hexdump on your system (if it's not already on there) and dump your file:

mike@mike-VirtualBox:~/C$ hexdump test.bin
0000000 457f 464c 0102 0001 0000 0000 0000 0000
0000010 0001 003e 0001 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000
...

Now compare that to your output:

mike@mike-VirtualBox:~/C$ ./a.out 
127 69 76 70 2 1 1 0 0 0

hmm, maybe change the printf to a %x to make this a little clearer:

mike@mike-VirtualBox:~/C$ ./a.out 
7F 45 4C 46 2 1 1 0 0 0

Hey, look! The data matches up now*. Awesome, we must be reading the binary file correctly!

*Note the bytes are just swapped on the output but that data is correct, you can adjust for this sort of thing

Compilation fails with "relocation R_X86_64_32 against `.rodata.str1.8' can not be used when making a shared object"

Do what the compiler tells you to do, i.e. recompile with -fPIC. To learn what does this flag do and why you need it in this case, see Code Generation Options of the GCC manual.

In brief, the term position independent code (PIC) refers to the generated machine code which is memory address agnostic, i.e. does not make any assumptions about where it was loaded into RAM. Only position independent code is supposed to be included into shared objects (SO) as they should have an ability to dynamically change their location in RAM.

Finally, you can read about it on Wikipedia too.

How to make/get a multi size .ico file?

What i do is to prepare a 512x512 PNG, the Alpha Channel is good for rounded corners or drop shadows, then I upload it to this site http://convertico.com/, and for free then it returns me a 6 sizes .ico file with 256x256, 128x128, 64x64, 48x48, 32x32 and 16x16 sizes.

Merge 2 DataTables and store in a new one

dtAll = dtOne.Copy();
dtAll.Merge(dtTwo,true);

The parameter TRUE preserve the changes.

For more details refer to MSDN.

Running python script inside ipython

for Python 3.6.5

import os
os.getcwd()
runfile('testing.py')

How do I convert a string to a number in PHP?

Different approach:

  1. Push it all into an array / associative array.
  2. json_encode($your_array, JSON_NUMERIC_CHECK); optionally decode it back
  3. ?
  4. Profit!

Go to "next" iteration in JavaScript forEach loop

JavaScript's forEach works a bit different from how one might be used to from other languages for each loops. If reading on the MDN, it says that a function is executed for each of the elements in the array, in ascending order. To continue to the next element, that is, run the next function, you can simply return the current function without having it do any computation.

Adding a return and it will go to the next run of the loop:

_x000D_
_x000D_
var myArr = [1,2,3,4];_x000D_
_x000D_
myArr.forEach(function(elem){_x000D_
  if (elem === 3) {_x000D_
    return;_x000D_
  }_x000D_
_x000D_
  console.log(elem);_x000D_
});
_x000D_
_x000D_
_x000D_

Output: 1, 2, 4

Uncaught Invariant Violation: Too many re-renders. React limits the number of renders to prevent an infinite loop

You need to add an event, before call your handleFunction like this:

function SingInContainer() {
..
..
handleClose = () => {
}

return (
    <SnackBar
        open={open}
        handleClose={() => handleClose}
        variant={variant}
        message={message}
        />
    <SignInForm/>
)

}

SQL: How to to SUM two values from different tables

For your current structure, you could also try the following:

select cash.Country, cash.Value, cheque.Value, cash.Value + cheque.Value as [Total]
from Cash
join Cheque
on cash.Country = cheque.Country

I think I prefer a union between the two tables, and a group by on the country name as mentioned above.

But I would also recommend normalising your tables. Ideally you'd have a country table, with Id and Name, and a payments table with: CountryId (FK to countries), Total, Type (cash/cheque)

Maximum filename length in NTFS (Windows XP and Windows Vista)?

This part of the official documentation says clearly that it’s 255 Unicode characters for NTFS, exFAT and FAT32, and 127 Unicode or 254 ASCII characters for UDF.

Apart from that, the maximum path name length is always 32,760 Unicode characters, with each path component no more than 255 characters.

Find largest and smallest number in an array

Unless you really must implement your own solution, you can use std::minmax_element. This returns a pair of iterators, one to the smallest element and one to the largest.

#include <algorithm>

auto minmax = std::minmax_element(std::begin(values), std::end(values));

std::cout << "min element " << *(minmax.first) << "\n";
std::cout << "max element " << *(minmax.second) << "\n";

Python functions call by reference

Python already call by ref..

let's take example:

  def foo(var):
      print(hex(id(var)))


  x = 1 # any value
  print(hex(id(x))) # I think the id() give the ref... 
  foo(x)

OutPut

  0x50d43700 #with you might give another hex number deppend on your memory 
  0x50d43700

How can you print a variable name in python?

With eager evaluation, variables essentially turn into their values any time you look at them (to paraphrase). That said, Python does have built-in namespaces. For example, locals() will return a dictionary mapping a function's variables' names to their values, and globals() does the same for a module. Thus:

for name, value in globals().items():
    if value is unknown_variable:
        ... do something with name

Note that you don't need to import anything to be able to access locals() and globals().

Also, if there are multiple aliases for a value, iterating through a namespace only finds the first one.

How to get parameter value for date/time column from empty MaskedTextBox

You're storing the .Text properties of the textboxes directly into the database, this doesn't work. The .Text properties are Strings (i.e. simple text) and not typed as DateTime instances. Do the conversion first, then it will work.

Do this for each date parameter:

Dim bookIssueDate As DateTime = DateTime.ParseExact( txtBookDateIssue.Text, "dd/MM/yyyy", CultureInfo.InvariantCulture ) cmd.Parameters.Add( New OleDbParameter("@Date_Issue", bookIssueDate ) ) 

Note that this code will crash/fail if a user enters an invalid date, e.g. "64/48/9999", I suggest using DateTime.TryParse or DateTime.TryParseExact, but implementing that is an exercise for the reader.

hidden field in php

Can I use a field of the type ... and retrieve it after the GET / POST method ...

Yes (haven't you tried?)

Are there any other ways of using hidden fields in PHP?

You mean other ways of retrieving the value? No.
Of course you can use hidden fields for what ever you want.


Btw. input fiels have no end tag. So write either just <input ...> or as self-closing tag <input .../>.

Using "&times" word in html changes to ×

You need to escape the ampersand:

<div class="test">&amp;times</div>

&times means a multiplication sign. (Technically it should be &times; but lenient browsers let you omit the ;.)

How do I use Docker environment variable in ENTRYPOINT array?

You're using the exec form of ENTRYPOINT. Unlike the shell form, the exec form does not invoke a command shell. This means that normal shell processing does not happen. For example, ENTRYPOINT [ "echo", "$HOME" ] will not do variable substitution on $HOME. If you want shell processing then either use the shell form or execute a shell directly, for example: ENTRYPOINT [ "sh", "-c", "echo $HOME" ].
When using the exec form and executing a shell directly, as in the case for the shell form, it is the shell that is doing the environment variable expansion, not docker.(from Dockerfile reference)

In your case, I would use shell form

ENTRYPOINT ./greeting --message "Hello, $ADDRESSEE\!"

Bootstrap tab activation with JQuery

Add an id attribute to a html tag

<ul class="nav nav-tabs">
    <li><a href="#aaa" data-toggle="tab" id="tab_aaa">AAA</a></li>
    <li><a href="#bbb" data-toggle="tab" id="tab_bbb">BBB</a></li>
    <li><a href="#ccc" data-toggle="tab" id="tab_ccc">CCC</a></li>
</ul>
<div class="tab-content" id="tabs">
    <div class="tab-pane" id="aaa">...Content...</div>
    <div class="tab-pane" id="bbb">...Content...</div>
    <div class="tab-pane" id="ccc">...Content...</div>
</div>

Then using JQuery

$("#tab_aaa").tab('show');

Can we pass model as a parameter in RedirectToAction?

Yes you can pass the model that you have shown using

return RedirectToAction("GetStudent", "Student", student1 );

assuming student1 is an instance of Student

which will generate the following url (assuming your using the default routes and the value of student1 are ID=4 and Name="Amit")

.../Student/GetStudent/4?Name=Amit

Internally the RedirectToAction() method builds a RouteValueDictionary by using the .ToString() value of each property in the model. However, binding will only work if all the properties in the model are simple properties and it fails if any properties are complex objects or collections because the method does not use recursion. If for example, Student contained a property List<string> Subjects, then that property would result in a query string value of

....&Subjects=System.Collections.Generic.List'1[System.String]

and binding would fail and that property would be null

Git cli: get user info from username

git config --list

git config -l

will display your username and email together, along with other info

Unfortunately MyApp has stopped. How can I solve this?

First, you need to check where and why your app has been crashed (Unfortunately, MyApp has stopped.). With the help of LOG, you can figure it out what went wrong.

After that, you find which point your app has stopped fix that from your point.

"sed" command in bash

sed is a stream editor. I would say try man sed.If you didn't find this man page in your system refer this URL:

http://unixhelp.ed.ac.uk/CGI/man-cgi?sed

Set active tab style with AngularJS

I found XMLilley's anwser the best and most adaptable and non-intrusive.

However I had a small glitch.

For use with bootstrap nav, here is how I modified it:

app.directive('activeTab', function ($location) {
    return {
      link: function postLink(scope, element, attrs) {
        scope.$on("$routeChangeSuccess", function (event, current, previous) {
            /*  designed for full re-usability at any path, any level, by using 
                data from attrs
                declare like this: <li class="nav_tab"><a href="#/home" 
                                   active-tab="1">HOME</a></li> 
            */
            if(attrs.href!=undefined){// this directive is called twice for some reason
                // this var grabs the tab-level off the attribute, or defaults to 1
                var pathLevel = attrs.activeTab || 1,
                // this var finds what the path is at the level specified
                    pathToCheck = $location.path().split('/')[pathLevel],
                // this var finds grabs the same level of the href attribute
                    tabLink = attrs.href.split('/')[pathLevel];
                // now compare the two:
                if (pathToCheck === tabLink) {
                  element.parent().addClass("active");//parent to get the <li>
                }
                else {
                  element.parent().removeClass("active");
                }
            }
        });
      }
    };
  });

I added "if(attrs.href!=undefined)" because this function is apprently called twice, the second time producing an error.

As for the html:

<ul class="nav nav-tabs">
   <li class="active" active-tab="1"><a href="#/accueil" active-tab="1">Accueil</a></li>
   <li><a active-tab="1" href="#/news">News</a></li>
   <li><a active-tab="1" href="#/photos" >Photos</a></li>
   <li><a active-tab="1" href="#/contact">Contact</a></li>
</ul>

socket connect() vs bind()

bind tells the running process to claim a port. i.e, it should bind itself to port 80 and listen for incomming requests. with bind, your process becomes a server. when you use connect, you tell your process to connect to a port that is ALREADY in use. your process becomes a client. the difference is important: bind wants a port that is not in use (so that it can claim it and become a server), and connect wants a port that is already in use (so it can connect to it and talk to the server)

List of encodings that Node.js supports

The list of encodings that node supports natively is rather short:

  • ascii
  • base64
  • hex
  • ucs2/ucs-2/utf16le/utf-16le
  • utf8/utf-8
  • binary/latin1 (ISO8859-1, latin1 only in node 6.4.0+)

If you are using an older version than 6.4.0, or don't want to deal with non-Unicode encodings, you can recode the string:

Use iconv-lite to recode files:

var iconvlite = require('iconv-lite');
var fs = require('fs');

function readFileSync_encoding(filename, encoding) {
    var content = fs.readFileSync(filename);
    return iconvlite.decode(content, encoding);
}

Alternatively, use iconv:

var Iconv = require('iconv').Iconv;
var fs = require('fs');

function readFileSync_encoding(filename, encoding) {
    var content = fs.readFileSync(filename);
    var iconv = new Iconv(encoding, 'UTF-8');
    var buffer = iconv.convert(content);
    return buffer.toString('utf8');
}

How to show a dialog to confirm that the user wishes to exit an Android Activity?

Another alternative would be to show a Toast/Snackbar on the first back press asking to press back again to Exit, which is a lot less intrusive than showing an AlertDialog to confirm if user wants to exit the app.

You can use the DoubleBackPress Android Library to achieve this with a few lines of code. Example GIF showing similar behaviour.

To begin with, add the dependency to your application :

dependencies {
    implementation 'com.github.kaushikthedeveloper:double-back-press:0.0.1'
}

Next, in your Activity, implement the required behaviour.

// set the Toast to be shown on FirstBackPress (ToastDisplay - builtin template)
// can be replaced by custom action (new FirstBackPressAction{...})
FirstBackPressAction firstBackPressAction = new ToastDisplay().standard(this);

// set the Action on DoubleBackPress
DoubleBackPressAction doubleBackPressAction = new DoubleBackPressAction() {
    @Override
    public void actionCall() {
        // TODO : Exit the application
        finish();
        System.exit(0);
    }
};

// setup DoubleBackPress behaviour : close the current Activity
DoubleBackPress doubleBackPress = new DoubleBackPress()
        .withDoublePressDuration(3000)     // msec - wait for second back press
        .withFirstBackPressAction(firstBackPressAction)
        .withDoubleBackPressAction(doubleBackPressAction);

Finally, set this as the behaviour on back press.

@Override
public void onBackPressed() {
    doubleBackPress.onBackPressed();
}

Get the closest number out of an array

A slightly modified binary search on the array would work.

Change PictureBox's image to image from my resources?

You must specify the full path of the resource file as the name of 'image within the resources of your application, see example below.

    Private Sub Button1_Click(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles Button1.Click
    PictureBox1.Image = My.Resources.Chrysanthemum
End Sub

In the path assigned to the Image property after MyResources specify the name of the resource.

But before you do whatever you have to import in the resource section of your application from an image file exists or it can create your own.

Bye

How to declare a inline object with inline variables without a parent class

You can also declare 'x' with the keyword var:

var x = new
{
  driver = new
  {
    firstName = "john",
    lastName = "walter"
  },
  car = new
  {
    brand = "BMW"
  }
};

This will allow you to declare your x object inline, but you will have to name your 2 anonymous objects, in order to access them. You can have an array of "x" :

x.driver.firstName // "john"
x.car.brand // "BMW"

var y = new[] { x, x, x, x };
y[1].car.brand; // "BMW"

Celery Received unregistered task of type (run example)

I think you need to restart the worker server. I meet the same problem and solve it by restarting.

How to set custom ActionBar color / style?

Custom Color:

 <style name="AppTheme" parent="Theme.AppCompat.Light">

                <item name="colorPrimary">@color/ColorPrimary</item>
                <item name="colorPrimaryDark">@color/ColorPrimaryDark</item>
                <!-- Customize your theme here. -->
     </style>

Custom Style:

 <style name="Theme.AndroidDevelopers" parent="android:style/Theme.Holo.Light">
        <item name="android:selectableItemBackground">@drawable/ad_selectable_background</item>
        <item name="android:popupMenuStyle">@style/MyPopupMenu</item>
        <item name="android:dropDownListViewStyle">@style/MyDropDownListView</item>
        <item name="android:actionBarTabStyle">@style/MyActionBarTabStyle</item>
        <item name="android:actionDropDownStyle">@style/MyDropDownNav</item>
        <item name="android:listChoiceIndicatorMultiple">@drawable/ad_btn_check_holo_light</item>
        <item name="android:listChoiceIndicatorSingle">@drawable/ad_btn_radio_holo_light</item>
    </style>

For More: Android ActionBar

Proper way to use AJAX Post in jquery to pass model from strongly typed MVC3 view

If using MVC 5 read this solution!

I know the question specifically called for MVC 3, but I stumbled upon this page with MVC 5 and wanted to post a solution for anyone else in my situation. I tried the above solutions, but they did not work for me, the Action Filter was never reached and I couldn't figure out why. I am using version 5 in my project and ended up with the following action filter:

using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Linq;
using System.Web;
using System.Web.Mvc;
using System.Web.Mvc.Filters;

namespace SydHeller.Filters
{
    public class ValidateJSONAntiForgeryHeader : FilterAttribute, IAuthorizationFilter
    {
        public void OnAuthorization(AuthorizationContext filterContext)
        {
            string clientToken = filterContext.RequestContext.HttpContext.Request.Headers.Get(KEY_NAME);
            if (clientToken == null)
            {
                throw new HttpAntiForgeryException(string.Format("Header does not contain {0}", KEY_NAME));
            }

            string serverToken = filterContext.HttpContext.Request.Cookies.Get(KEY_NAME).Value;
            if (serverToken == null)
            {
                throw new HttpAntiForgeryException(string.Format("Cookies does not contain {0}", KEY_NAME));
            }

            System.Web.Helpers.AntiForgery.Validate(serverToken, clientToken);
        }

        private const string KEY_NAME = "__RequestVerificationToken";
    }
}

-- Make note of the using System.Web.Mvc and using System.Web.Mvc.Filters, not the http libraries (I think that is one of the things that changed with MVC v5. --

Then just apply the filter [ValidateJSONAntiForgeryHeader] to your action (or controller) and it should get called correctly.

In my layout page right above </body> I have @AntiForgery.GetHtml();

Finally, in my Razor page, I do the ajax call as follows:

var formForgeryToken = $('input[name="__RequestVerificationToken"]').val();

$.ajax({
  type: "POST",
  url: serviceURL,
  contentType: "application/json; charset=utf-8",
  dataType: "json",
  data: requestData,
  headers: {
     "__RequestVerificationToken": formForgeryToken
  },
     success: crimeDataSuccessFunc,
     error: crimeDataErrorFunc
});

Place a button right aligned

This would solve it.

<input type="button" value="Text Here..." style="float: right;">

Good luck with your code!

How to run different python versions in cmd

I would suggest using the Python Launcher for Windows utility that was introduced into Python 3.3. You can manually download and install it directly from the author's website for use with earlier versions of Python 2 and 3.

Regardless of how you obtain it, after installation it will have associated itself with all the standard Python file extensions (i.e. .py, .pyw, .pyc, and .pyo files). You'll not only be able to explicitly control which version is used at the command-prompt, but also on a script-by-script basis by adding Linux/Unix-y shebang #!/usr/bin/env pythonX comments at the beginning of your Python scripts.

Why is my xlabel cut off in my matplotlib plot?

Use:

import matplotlib.pyplot as plt

plt.gcf().subplots_adjust(bottom=0.15)

to make room for the label.

Edit:

Since i gave the answer, matplotlib has added the tight_layout() function. So i suggest to use it:

plt.tight_layout()

should make room for the xlabel.

Jquery button click() function is not working

You need to use a delegated event handler, as the #add elements dynamically appended won't have the click event bound to them. Try this:

$("#buildyourform").on('click', "#add", function() {
    // your code...
});

Also, you can make your HTML strings easier to read by mixing line quotes:

var fieldWrapper = $('<div class="fieldwrapper" name="field' + intId + '" id="field' + intId + '"/>');

Or even supplying the attributes as an object:

var fieldWrapper = $('<div></div>', { 
    'class': 'fieldwrapper',
    'name': 'field' + intId,
    'id': 'field' + intId
});

how to use getSharedPreferences in android

After reading around alot, only this worked: In class to set Shared preferences:

 SharedPreferences userDetails = getApplicationContext().getSharedPreferences("test", MODE_PRIVATE);
                    SharedPreferences.Editor edit = userDetails.edit();
                    edit.clear();
                    edit.putString("test1", "1");
                    edit.putString("test2", "2");
                    edit.commit();

In AlarmReciever:

SharedPreferences userDetails = context.getSharedPreferences("test", Context.MODE_PRIVATE);
    String test1 = userDetails.getString("test1", "");
    String test2 = userDetails.getString("test2", "");

MySQL Delete all rows from table and reset ID to zero

An interesting fact.

I was sure TRUNCATE will always perform better, but in my case, for a database with approximately 30 tables with foreign keys, populated with only a few rows, it took about 12 seconds to TRUNCATE all tables, as opposed to only a few hundred milliseconds to DELETE the rows. Setting the auto increment adds about a second in total, but it's still a lot better.

So I would suggest try both, see which works faster for your case.

jquery - disable click

I used .prop('disabled', true) and it worked like a charm, no redefining, simple.

Had to time it out by 125ms as it interfered with the prop from Bootstrap Dropdown.

Simple way to transpose columns and rows in SQL?

This normally requires you to know ALL the column AND row labels beforehand. As you can see in the query below, the labels are all listed in their entirely in both the UNPIVOT and the (re)PIVOT operations.

MS SQL Server 2012 Schema Setup:

create table tbl (
    color varchar(10), Paul int, John int, Tim int, Eric int);
insert tbl select 
    'Red' ,1 ,5 ,1 ,3 union all select
    'Green' ,8 ,4 ,3 ,5 union all select
    'Blue' ,2 ,2 ,9 ,1;

Query 1:

select *
from tbl
unpivot (value for name in ([Paul],[John],[Tim],[Eric])) up
pivot (max(value) for color in ([Red],[Green],[Blue])) p

Results:

| NAME | RED | GREEN | BLUE |
-----------------------------
| Eric |   3 |     5 |    1 |
| John |   5 |     4 |    2 |
| Paul |   1 |     8 |    2 |
|  Tim |   1 |     3 |    9 |

Additional Notes:

  1. Given a table name, you can determine all the column names from sys.columns or FOR XML trickery using local-name().
  2. You can also build up the list of distinct colors (or values for one column) using FOR XML.
  3. The above can be combined into a dynamic sql batch to handle any table.

highlight the navigation menu for the current page

You can set the id of the body of the page to some value that represents the current page. Then for each element in the menu you set a class specific to that menu item. And within your CSS you can set up a rule that will highlight the menu item specifically...

That probably didn't make much sense, so here's an example:

<body id="index">
<div id="menu">
 <ul>
  <li class="index"     ><a href="index.html">Index page</a></li>
  <li class="page1"     ><a href="page1.html">Page 1</a></li>
 </ul>
</div> <!-- menu -->
</body>

In the page1.html, you would set the id of the body to: id="page1".

Finally in your CSS you have something like the following:

#index #menu .index, #page1 #menu .page1 {
  font-weight: bold;
}

You would need to alter the ID for each page, but the CSS remains the same, which is important as the CSS is often cached and can require a forced refresh to update.

It's not dynamic, but it's one method that's simple to do, and you can just include the menu html from a template file using PHP or similar.

Does a finally block always get executed in Java?

A logical way to think about this is:

  1. Code placed in a finally block must be executed whatever occurs within the try block
  2. So if code in the try block tries to return a value or throw an exception the item is placed 'on the shelf' till the finally block can execute
  3. Because code in the finally block has (by definition) a high priority it can return or throw whatever it likes. In which case anything left 'on the shelf' is discarded.
  4. The only exception to this is if the VM shuts down completely during the try block e.g. by 'System.exit'

How can I kill all sessions connecting to my oracle database?

I've been using something like this for a while to kill my sessions on a shared server. The first line of the 'where' can be removed to kill all non 'sys' sessions:

BEGIN
  FOR c IN (
      SELECT s.sid, s.serial#
      FROM v$session s
      WHERE (s.Osuser = 'MyUser' or s.MACHINE = 'MyNtDomain\MyMachineName')
      AND s.USERNAME <> 'SYS'
      AND s.STATUS <> 'KILLED'
  )
  LOOP
      EXECUTE IMMEDIATE 'alter system kill session ''' || c.sid || ',' || c.serial# || '''';
  END LOOP;
END;

Choosing the default value of an Enum type without having to change values

The default value for an enumeration type is 0:

  • "By default, the first enumerator has the value 0, and the value of each successive enumerator is increased by 1."

  • "The value type enum has the value produced by the expression (E)0, where E is the enum identifier."

You can check the documentation for C# enum here, and the documentation for C# default values table here.

Run java jar file on a server as background process

Systemd which now runs in the majority of distros

Step 1:

Find your user defined services mine was at /usr/lib/systemd/system/

Step 2:

Create a text file with your favorite text editor name it whatever_you_want.service

Step 3:

Put following Template to the file whatever_you_want.service

[Unit]
Description=webserver Daemon

[Service]
ExecStart=/usr/bin/java -jar /web/server.jar
User=user

[Install]
WantedBy=multi-user.target

Step 4:

Run your service
as super user

$ systemctl start whatever_you_want.service # starts the service
$ systemctl enable whatever_you_want.service # auto starts the service
$ systemctl disable whatever_you_want.service # stops autostart
$ systemctl stop whatever_you_want.service # stops the service
$ systemctl restart whatever_you_want.service # restarts the service

How to install python developer package?

yum install python-devel will work.

If yum doesn't work then use

apt-get install python-dev

Extract value of attribute node via XPath

As answered above:

//Parent[@id='1']/Children/child/@name 

will only output the name attribute of the 4 child nodes belonging to the Parent specified by its predicate [@id=1]. You'll then need to change the predicate to [@id=2] to get the set of child nodes for the next Parent.

However, if you ignore the Parent node altogether and use:

//child/@name

you can select name attribute of all child nodes in one go.

name="Child_2"
name="Child_4"
name="Child_1"
name="Child_3"
name="Child_1"
name="Child_2"
name="Child_4"
name="Child_3"

Converting video to HTML5 ogg / ogv and mpg4

MS Expression Encoder can do mp4/h.264. not sure about ogg though.

How to compare two dates?

Use the datetime method and the operator < and its kin.

>>> from datetime import datetime, timedelta
>>> past = datetime.now() - timedelta(days=1)
>>> present = datetime.now()
>>> past < present
True
>>> datetime(3000, 1, 1) < present
False
>>> present - datetime(2000, 4, 4)
datetime.timedelta(4242, 75703, 762105)

Select query to get data from SQL Server

You should use ExecuteScalar() (which returns the first row first column) instead of ExecuteNonQuery() (which returns the no. of rows affected).

You should refer differences between executescalar and executenonquery for more details.

Hope it helps!

How to bring view in front of everything?

You can set visibility to false of other views.

view1.setVisibility(View.GONE);
view2.setVisibility(View.GONE);
...

or

view1.setVisibility(View.INVISIBLE);
view2.setVisibility(View.INVISIBLE);
...

and set

viewN.setVisibility(View.VISIBLE);

Unknown SSL protocol error in connection

I get the same problem. With the last version of git and no proxy.

I fixed it:

  • sign in the GitHub
  • enter the interface: "Personal settings", then click "SSH Keys" please confirm whether you have put the 'id_rsa.pub' that generated by the command
  • 'ssh-keygen -t rsa ' on windows into github --> GIT BASH
  • 'Add SSH key' and put the 'id_rsa.pub' into it.

More info: create the key

copy the key

Python Matplotlib Y-Axis ticks on Right Side of Plot

For right labels use ax.yaxis.set_label_position("right"), i.e.:

f = plt.figure()
ax = f.add_subplot(111)
ax.yaxis.tick_right()
ax.yaxis.set_label_position("right")
plt.plot([2,3,4,5])
ax.set_xlabel("$x$ /mm")
ax.set_ylabel("$y$ /mm")
plt.show()

Running powershell script within python script, how to make python print the powershell output while it is running

I don't have Python 2.7 installed, but in Python 3.3 calling Popen with stdout set to sys.stdout worked just fine. Not before I had escaped the backslashes in the path, though.

>>> import subprocess
>>> import sys
>>> p = subprocess.Popen(['powershell.exe', 'C:\\Temp\\test.ps1'], stdout=sys.stdout)
>>> Hello World
_

Change values of select box of "show 10 entries" of jquery datatable

If you want to use 'lengthMenu' together with buttons(copy, export), you have to use this option dom: 'lBfrtip'. Here https://datatables.net/reference/option/dom you can find meaning of each symbol. For example, if you will use like this 'Bfrtip', lengthMenu will not appears.

Using SimpleXML to create an XML object from scratch

Sure you can. Eg.

<?php
$newsXML = new SimpleXMLElement("<news></news>");
$newsXML->addAttribute('newsPagePrefix', 'value goes here');
$newsIntro = $newsXML->addChild('content');
$newsIntro->addAttribute('type', 'latest');
Header('Content-type: text/xml');
echo $newsXML->asXML();
?>

Output

<?xml version="1.0"?>
<news newsPagePrefix="value goes here">
    <content type="latest"/>
</news>

Have fun.

Javascript loading CSV file into an array

If your not overly worried about the size of the file then it may be easier for you to store the data as a JS object in another file and import it in your . Either synchronously or asynchronously using the syntax <script src="countries.js" async></script>. Saves on you needing to import the file and parse it.

However, i can see why you wouldnt want to rewrite 10000 entries so here's a basic object orientated csv parser i wrote.

function requestCSV(f,c){return new CSVAJAX(f,c);};
function CSVAJAX(filepath,callback)
{
    this.request = new XMLHttpRequest();
    this.request.timeout = 10000;
    this.request.open("GET", filepath, true);
    this.request.parent = this;
    this.callback = callback;
    this.request.onload = function() 
    {
        var d = this.response.split('\n'); /*1st separator*/
        var i = d.length;
        while(i--)
        {
            if(d[i] !== "")
                d[i] = d[i].split(','); /*2nd separator*/
            else
                d.splice(i,1);
        }
        this.parent.response = d;
        if(typeof this.parent.callback !== "undefined")
            this.parent.callback(d);
    };
    this.request.send();
};

Which can be used like this;

var foo = requestCSV("csvfile.csv",drawlines(lines)); 

The first parameter is the file, relative to the position of your html file in this case. The second parameter is an optional callback function the runs when the file has been completely loaded.

If your file has non-separating commmas then it wont get on with this, as it just creates 2d arrays by chopping at returns and commas. You might want to look into regexp if you need that functionality.

//THIS works 

"1234","ABCD" \n
"!@£$" \n

//Gives you 
[
 [
  1234,
  'ABCD'
 ],
 [
  '!@£$'
 ]
]

//This DOESN'T!

"12,34","AB,CD" \n
"!@,£$" \n

//Gives you

[
 [
  '"12',
  '34"',
  '"AB',
  'CD'
 ]
 [
  '"!@',
  '£$'
 ]
]

If your not used to the OO methods; they create a new object (like a number, string, array) with their own local functions and variables via a 'constructor' function. Very handy in certain situations. This function could be used to load 10 different files with different callbacks all at the same time(depending on your level of csv love! )

How to enable production mode?

In environment.ts file set production to true

export const environment = {
  production: true
};

How to add number of days to today's date?

_x000D_
_x000D_
function addDays(n){_x000D_
    var t = new Date();_x000D_
    t.setDate(t.getDate() + n); _x000D_
    var month = "0"+(t.getMonth()+1);_x000D_
    var date = "0"+t.getDate();_x000D_
    month = month.slice(-2);_x000D_
    date = date.slice(-2);_x000D_
     var date = date +"/"+month +"/"+t.getFullYear();_x000D_
    alert(date);_x000D_
}_x000D_
_x000D_
addDays(5);
_x000D_
_x000D_
_x000D_

Split text file into smaller multiple text file using command line

I have created a simple program for this and your question helped me complete the solution... I added one more feature and few configurations. In case you want to add a specific character/ string after every few lines (configurable). Please go through the notes. I have added the code files : https://github.com/mohitsharma779/FileSplit

How to import existing *.sql files in PostgreSQL 8.4?

Be careful with "/" and "\". Even on Windows the command should be in the form:

\i c:/1.sql

Draw a curve with css

@Navaneeth and @Antfish, no need to transform you can do like this also because in above solution only top border is visible so for inside curve you can use bottom border.

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  width: 500px;_x000D_
  height: 100px;_x000D_
  border: solid 5px #000;_x000D_
  border-color: transparent transparent #000 transparent;_x000D_
  border-radius: 0 0 240px 50%/60px;_x000D_
}
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<div class="box"></div>
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How can I get column names from a table in Oracle?

You could also try this, but it might be more information than you need:

sp_columns TABLE_NAME

Setting background colour of Android layout element

Android studio 2.1.2 (or possibly earlier) will let you pick from a color wheel:

Color Wheel in Android Studio

I got this by adding the following to my layout:

android:background="#FFFFFF"

Then I clicked on the FFFFFF color and clicked on the lightbulb that appeared.

Warning: Null value is eliminated by an aggregate or other SET operation in Aqua Data Studio

You would mostly be using COUNT to summarize over a UID. Therefore

COUNT([uid]) will produce the warning:

Warning: Null value is eliminated by an aggregate or other SET operation.

whilst being used with a left join, where the counted object does not exist.

Using COUNT(*) in this case would also render incorrect results, as you would then be counting the total number of results (ie parents) that exist.

Using COUNT([uid]) IS a valid way of counting, and the warning is nothing more than a warning. However if you are concerned, and you want to get a true count of uids in this case then you could use:

SUM(CASE WHEN [uid] IS NULL THEN 0 ELSE 1 END) AS [new_count]

This would not add a lot of overheads to your query. (tested mssql 2008)

Vertical align middle with Bootstrap responsive grid

.row {
    letter-spacing: -.31em;
    word-spacing: -.43em;
}
.col-md-4 {
    float: none;
    display: inline-block;
    vertical-align: middle;
}

Note: .col-md-4 could be any grid column, its just an example here.

VS2010 How to include files in project, to copy them to build output directory automatically during build or publish

There is and it is not dependent on post build events.

Add the file to your project, then in the file properties select under "Copy to Output Directory" either "Copy Always" or "Copy if Newer".

See MSDN.

How to use onSavedInstanceState example please

A good information: you don't need to check whether the Bundle object is null into the onCreate() method. Use the onRestoreInstanceState() method, which the system calls after the onStart() method. The system calls onRestoreInstanceState() only if there is a saved state to restore, so you do not need to check whether the Bundle is null

Swift - how to make custom header for UITableView?

add label to subview of custom view, no need of self.view.addSubview(view), because viewForHeaderInSection return the UIView

view.addSubview(label)

Populate a datagridview with sql query results

if you are using mysql this code you can use.

string con = "SERVER=localhost; user id=root; password=; database=databasename";
    private void loaddata()
{
MySqlConnection connect = new MySqlConnection(con);
connect.Open();
try
{
MySqlCommand cmd = connect.CreateCommand();
cmd.CommandText = "SELECT * FROM DATA1";
MySqlDataAdapter da = new MySqlDataAdapter(cmd);
DataTable dt = new DataTable();
da.Fill(dt);
datagrid.DataSource = dt;
}
catch(Exception ex)
{
MessageBox.Show(ex.Message);
}
}

Using C# to check if string contains a string in string array

here is how you can do it:

string stringToCheck = "text1";
string[] stringArray = { "text1", "testtest", "test1test2", "test2text1" };
foreach (string x in stringArray)
{
    if (stringToCheck.Contains(x))
    {
        // Process...
    }
}

UPDATE: May be you are looking for a better solution.. refer to @Anton Gogolev's answer below which makes use of LINQ.

pandas how to check dtype for all columns in a dataframe?

The singular form dtype is used to check the data type for a single column. And the plural form dtypes is for data frame which returns data types for all columns. Essentially:

For a single column:

dataframe.column.dtype

For all columns:

dataframe.dtypes

Example:

import pandas as pd
df = pd.DataFrame({'A': [1,2,3], 'B': [True, False, False], 'C': ['a', 'b', 'c']})

df.A.dtype
# dtype('int64')
df.B.dtype
# dtype('bool')
df.C.dtype
# dtype('O')

df.dtypes
#A     int64
#B      bool
#C    object
#dtype: object

Multiprocessing a for loop?

Alternatively

with Pool() as pool: 
    pool.map(fits.open, [name + '.fits' for name in datainput])

Microsoft.ReportViewer.Common Version=12.0.0.0

here the link to webreports version 12 https://www.nuget.org/packages/Microsoft.ReportViewer.WebForms.v12/12.0.0?_src=template

after the package installed

on your toolbox browse the dll reference it to bin then that's it run the visual studio

Prevent textbox autofill with previously entered values

For firefox

Either:

<asp:TextBox id="Textbox1" runat="server" autocomplete="off"></asp:TextBox>

Or from the CodeBehind:

Textbox1.Attributes.Add("autocomplete", "off");

Returning JSON response from Servlet to Javascript/JSP page

I think that what you want to do is turn the JSON string back into an object when it arrives back in your XMLHttpRequest - correct?

If so, you need to eval the string to turn it into a JavaScript object - note that this can be unsafe as you're trusting that the JSON string isn't malicious and therefore executing it. Preferably you could use jQuery's parseJSON

Login with facebook android sdk app crash API 4

The official answer from Facebook (http://developers.facebook.com/bugs/282710765082535):

Mikhail,

The facebook android sdk no longer supports android 1.5 and 1.6. Please upgrade to the next api version.

Good luck with your implementation.

How to change the color of an svg element?

Added a test page - to color SVG via Filter settings:

E.G filter: invert(0.5) sepia(1) saturate(5) hue-rotate(175deg)

Upload & Color your SVG - Jsfiddle

Took the idea from: https://blog.union.io/code/2017/08/10/img-svg-fill/

Finding the max/min value in an array of primitives using Java

Example with float:

public static float getMaxFloat(float[] data) {

    float[] copy = Arrays.copyOf(data, data.length);
    Arrays.sort(copy);
    return copy[data.length - 1];
}

public static float getMinFloat(float[] data) {

    float[] copy = Arrays.copyOf(data, data.length);
    Arrays.sort(copy);
    return copy[0];
}

How to align form at the center of the page in html/css

  1. Wrap the element inside a div container as a row like your form here or something like that.
  2. Set css attribute:
    • width: 30%; (or anything you want)
    • margin: auto; Please take a look on following picture for more detail.enter image description here

Does Arduino use C or C++?

Both are supported. To quote the Arduino homepage,

The core libraries are written in C and C++ and compiled using avr-gcc

Note that C++ is a superset of C (well, almost), and thus can often look very similar. I am not an expert, but I guess that most of what you will program for the Arduino in your first year on that platform will not need anything but plain C.

How to mount a single file in a volume

You can also use a relative path in your docker-compose.yml file like this (tested on Windows host, Linux container):

volumes:
    - ./test.conf:/fluentd/etc/test.conf

How to specify a multi-line shell variable?

read does not export the variable (which is a good thing most of the time). Here's an alternative which can be exported in one command, can preserve or discard linefeeds, and allows mixing of quoting-styles as needed. Works for bash and zsh.

oneLine=$(printf %s \
    a   \
    " b "   \
    $'\tc\t'    \
    'd '    \
)
multiLine=$(printf '%s\n' \
    a   \
    " b "   \
    $'\tc\t'    \
    'd '    \
)

I admit the need for quoting makes this ugly for SQL, but it answers the (more generally expressed) question in the title.

I use it like this

export LS_COLORS=$(printf %s    \
    ':*rc=36:*.ini=36:*.inf=36:*.cfg=36:*~=33:*.bak=33:*$=33'   \
    ...
    ':bd=40;33;1:cd=40;33;1:or=1;31:mi=31:ex=00')

in a file sourced from both my .bashrc and .zshrc.

In Angular, how to add Validator to FormControl after control is created?

You simply pass the FormControl an array of validators.

Here's an example showing how you can add validators to an existing FormControl:

this.form.controls["firstName"].setValidators([Validators.minLength(1), Validators.maxLength(30)]);

Note, this will reset any existing validators you added when you created the FormControl.

How can I programmatically determine if my app is running in the iphone simulator?

With Swift 4.2 (Xcode 10), we can do this

#if targetEnvironment(simulator)
  //simulator code
#else 
  #warning("Not compiling for simulator")
#endif

Gradle - Error Could not find method implementation() for arguments [com.android.support:appcompat-v7:26.0.0]

You need to use at least Gradle 3.4 or newer to be able to use implementation. It is not recommended to keep using the deprecated compile since this can result in slower build times. For more details see the official android developer guide:

When your module configures an implementation dependency, it's letting Gradle know that the module does not want to leak the dependency to other modules at compile time. That is, the dependency is available to other modules only at runtime. Using this dependency configuration instead of api or compile can result in significant build time improvements because it reduces the amount of projects that the build system needs to recompile. For example, if an implementation dependency changes its API, Gradle recompiles only that dependency and the modules that directly depend on it. Most app and test modules should use this configuration.

https://developer.android.com/studio/build/gradle-plugin-3-0-0-migration.html#new_configurations

Update: compile will be removed by end of 2018, so make sure that you use only implementation now:

Warning:Configuration 'compile' is obsolete and has been replaced with 'implementation'. It will be removed at the end of 2018

MySQL Creating tables with Foreign Keys giving errno: 150

For people who are viewing this thread with the same problem:

There are a lot of reasons for getting errors like this. For a fairly complete list of causes and solutions of foreign key errors in MySQL (including those discussed here), check out this link:

MySQL Foreign Key Errors and Errno 150

How to fix Subversion lock error

Using SVN 1.8, deleting lock file does not help (lock file does not exists).

Refresh/Cleanup did not solve either.

What did solve:

1) Backup your directory, just incase...
2) Team... Disconnect. Choose to remove .svn files
3) Add it again to SVN.

Note: In my case, error was due to loss of network connection during initial commit.

Convert UTF-8 with BOM to UTF-8 with no BOM in Python

Simply use the "utf-8-sig" codec:

fp = open("file.txt")
s = fp.read()
u = s.decode("utf-8-sig")

That gives you a unicode string without the BOM. You can then use

s = u.encode("utf-8")

to get a normal UTF-8 encoded string back in s. If your files are big, then you should avoid reading them all into memory. The BOM is simply three bytes at the beginning of the file, so you can use this code to strip them out of the file:

import os, sys, codecs

BUFSIZE = 4096
BOMLEN = len(codecs.BOM_UTF8)

path = sys.argv[1]
with open(path, "r+b") as fp:
    chunk = fp.read(BUFSIZE)
    if chunk.startswith(codecs.BOM_UTF8):
        i = 0
        chunk = chunk[BOMLEN:]
        while chunk:
            fp.seek(i)
            fp.write(chunk)
            i += len(chunk)
            fp.seek(BOMLEN, os.SEEK_CUR)
            chunk = fp.read(BUFSIZE)
        fp.seek(-BOMLEN, os.SEEK_CUR)
        fp.truncate()

It opens the file, reads a chunk, and writes it out to the file 3 bytes earlier than where it read it. The file is rewritten in-place. As easier solution is to write the shorter file to a new file like newtover's answer. That would be simpler, but use twice the disk space for a short period.

As for guessing the encoding, then you can just loop through the encoding from most to least specific:

def decode(s):
    for encoding in "utf-8-sig", "utf-16":
        try:
            return s.decode(encoding)
        except UnicodeDecodeError:
            continue
    return s.decode("latin-1") # will always work

An UTF-16 encoded file wont decode as UTF-8, so we try with UTF-8 first. If that fails, then we try with UTF-16. Finally, we use Latin-1 — this will always work since all 256 bytes are legal values in Latin-1. You may want to return None instead in this case since it's really a fallback and your code might want to handle this more carefully (if it can).

Does delete on a pointer to a subclass call the base class destructor?

You should delete A yourself in the destructor of B.

How much does it cost to develop an iPhone application?

There are ways of paying less to get an application, developed than paying the going rate, but very often you get what you pay for - inexperienced developers who leave you with a mess of spaghetti code that's impossible to maintain, or experienced developers with whom you have to communicate across a cultural and language gap.

Developing an app like Twitterific is not easy. It's an extraordinarily polished app with a lot of attention to detail that most people - indeed many developers - would fail to notice or realize the effort behind. You may be able to get a Twitter iPhone client written for $3500 or $5000 by going offshore or by being willing to "work with inexperienced developers", but you're not going to get Twitterific for that, and it's doubtful you'd get even a halfway decent application for that amount.

And you likely will end up spending a lot of time managing the process, going back and forth on requirements, and fighting to get what you really want instead of what they want to give you.

There's also a risk with "cut-rate" development, whether it's offshore or just using inexperienced developers - you may very well end up with something you can't use, or something that gets 1 star ratings because it crashes or behaves erratically. You might find the occasional underpriced gem of a developer, but they won't stay underpriced for long given the sheer demand in this market right now.

By virtue of my books and blog, people often reach out to me when they need help with their iPhone applications. I get, on average, 4 or 5 inquiries a month from people asking for help fixing applications they had developed either over-seas or by inexperienced developers here in the States. In most cases, I end up having to tell them they'd be better off throwing their code out and starting over with a developer who knows what they're doing rather than trying to fix the code they bought on the cheap. If they insist on trying to "fix" what they have, I decline the work.

Streaming Audio from A URL in Android using MediaPlayer?

Looking my projects:

  1. https://github.com/master255/ImmortalPlayer http/FTP support, One thread to read, send and save to cache data. Most simplest way and most fastest work. Complex logic - best way!
  2. https://github.com/master255/VideoViewCache Simple Videoview with cache. Two threads for play and save data. Bad logic, but if you need then use this.

hide div tag on mobile view only?

@media only screen 
and (min-device-width : 320px) 
and (max-device-width : 480px) { #title_message { display: none; }}

This would be for a responsive design with a single page for an iphone screen specifically. Are you actually routing to a different mobile page?

How to import RecyclerView for Android L-preview

dependencies {
compile fileTree(dir: 'libs', include: ['*.jar'])
compile 'com.android.support:appcompat-v7:21.0.3'
compile 'com.android.support:recyclerview-v7:21.0.0'
}

Just make your dependencies like above in build.gradle file, worked for me.

What is the best way to left align and right align two div tags?

As an alternative way to floating:

<style>
    .wrapper{position:relative;}
    .right,.left{width:50%; position:absolute;}
    .right{right:0;}
    .left{left:0;}
</style>
...
<div class="wrapper">
    <div class="left"></div>
    <div class="right"></div>
</div>

Considering that there's no necessity to position the .left div as absolute (depending on your direction, this could be the .right one) due to that would be in the desired position in natural flow of html code.

In a unix shell, how to get yesterday's date into a variable?

If your HP-UX installation has Tcl installed, you might find it's date arithmetic very readable (unfortunately the Tcl shell does not have a nice "-e" option like perl):

dt=$(echo 'puts [clock format [clock scan yesterday] -format "%a %d/%m/%Y"]' | tclsh)
echo "yesterday was $dt"

This will handle all the daylight savings bother.

Spring boot: Unable to start embedded Tomcat servlet container

Simple way to handle this is to include this in your application.properties or .yml file: server.port=0 for application.properties and server.port: 0 for application.yml files. Of course need to be aware these may change depending on the springboot version you are using. These will allow your machine to dynamically allocate any free port available for use. To statically assign a port change the above to server.port = someportnumber. If running unix based OS you may want to check for zombie activities on the port in question and if possible kill it using fuser -k {theport}/tcp. Your .yml or .properties should look like this. server: port: 8089 servlet: context-path: /somecontextpath

How to change Tkinter Button state from disabled to normal?

This is what worked for me. I am not sure why the syntax is different, But it was extremely frustrating trying every combination of activate, inactive, deactivated, disabled, etc. In lower case upper case in quotes out of quotes in brackets out of brackets etc. Well, here's the winning combination for me, for some reason.. different than everyone else?

import tkinter

class App(object):
    def __init__(self):
        self.tree = None
        self._setup_widgets()

    def _setup_widgets(self):
        butts = tkinter.Button(text = "add line", state="disabled")
        butts.grid()

def main():  
    root = tkinter.Tk()
    app = App()
    root.mainloop()

if __name__ == "__main__":
    main()

Is it possible to simulate key press events programmatically?

That's what I tried with js/typescript in chrome. Thanks to this answer for inspiration.

var x = document.querySelector('input');

var keyboardEvent = new KeyboardEvent("keypress", { bubbles: true });
// you can try charCode or keyCode but they are deprecated
Object.defineProperty(keyboardEvent, "key", {
  get() {
    return "Enter";
  },
});
x.dispatchEvent(keyboardEvent);

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{
  // example
  document.querySelector('input').addEventListener("keypress", e => console.log("keypress", e.key))
  // unfortunatelly doesn't trigger submit
  document.querySelector('form').addEventListener("submit", e => {
    e.preventDefault();
    console.log("submit")
  })
}

var x = document.querySelector('input');

var keyboardEvent = new KeyboardEvent("keypress", { bubbles: true });
// you can try charCode or keyCode but they are deprecated
Object.defineProperty(keyboardEvent, "key", {
  get() {
    return "Enter";
  },
});
x.dispatchEvent(keyboardEvent);
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  <input>
</form>
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How to fix Ora-01427 single-row subquery returns more than one row in select?

Use the following query:

SELECT E.I_EmpID AS EMPID,
       E.I_EMPCODE AS EMPCODE,
       E.I_EmpName AS EMPNAME,
       REPLACE(TO_CHAR(A.I_REQDATE, 'DD-Mon-YYYY'), ' ', '') AS FROMDATE,
       REPLACE(TO_CHAR(A.I_ENDDATE, 'DD-Mon-YYYY'), ' ', '') AS TODATE,
       TO_CHAR(NOD) AS NOD,
       DECODE(A.I_DURATION,
              'FD',
              'FullDay',
              'FN',
              'ForeNoon',
              'AN',
              'AfterNoon') AS DURATION,
       L.I_LeaveType AS LEAVETYPE,
       REPLACE(TO_CHAR((SELECT max(C.I_WORKDATE)
                         FROM T_COMPENSATION C
                        WHERE C.I_COMPENSATEDDATE = A.I_REQDATE
                          AND C.I_EMPID = A.I_EMPID),
                       'DD-Mon-YYYY'),
               ' ',
               '') AS WORKDATE,
       A.I_REASON AS REASON,
       AP.I_REJECTREASON AS REJECTREASON
  FROM T_LEAVEAPPLY A
 INNER JOIN T_EMPLOYEE_MS E
    ON A.I_EMPID = E.I_EmpID
   AND UPPER(E.I_IsActive) = 'YES'
   AND A.I_STATUS = '1'
 INNER JOIN T_LeaveType_MS L
    ON A.I_LEAVETYPEID = L.I_LEAVETYPEID
  LEFT OUTER JOIN T_APPROVAL AP
    ON A.I_REQDATE = AP.I_REQDATE
   AND A.I_EMPID = AP.I_EMPID
   AND AP.I_APPROVALSTATUS = '1'
 WHERE E.I_EMPID <> '22'
 ORDER BY A.I_REQDATE DESC

The trick is to force the inner query return only one record by adding an aggregate function (I have used max() here). This will work perfectly as far as the query is concerned, but, honestly, OP should investigate why the inner query is returning multiple records by examining the data. Are these multiple records really relevant business wise?

Installing OpenCV on Windows 7 for Python 2.7

Actually you can use x64 and Python 2.7. This is just not delivered in the standard OpenCV installer. If you build the libraries from the source (http://docs.opencv.org/trunk/doc/tutorials/introduction/windows_install/windows_install.html) or you use the opencv-python from cgohlke's comment, it works just fine.

what is the size of an enum type data in C++?

Because it's the size of an instance of the type - presumably enum values are stored as (32-bit / 4-byte) ints here.

How to fix "unable to open stdio.h in Turbo C" error?

Make sure the folder with the standard header files is in the projects path.

I don't know where this is in Turbo C, but I would think there's a way of doing this.

TypeScript and array reduce function

Reduce() is..

  • The reduce() method reduces the array to a single value.
  • The reduce() method executes a provided function for each value of the array (from left-to-right).
  • The return value of the function is stored in an accumulator (result/total).

It was ..

let array=[1,2,3];
function sum(acc,val){ return acc+val;} // => can change to (acc,val)=>acc+val
let answer= array.reduce(sum); // answer is 6

Change to

let array=[1,2,3];
let answer=arrays.reduce((acc,val)=>acc+val);

Also you can use in

  1. find max
    let array=[5,4,19,2,7];
    function findMax(acc,val)
    {
     if(val>acc){
       acc=val; 
     }
    }

    let biggest=arrays.reduce(findMax); // 19
  1. find an element that not repeated.
    arr = [1, 2, 5, 4, 6, 8, 9, 2, 1, 4, 5, 8, 9]
    v = 0
    for i in range(len(arr)):
    v = v ^ arr[i]
    print(value)  //6

jQuery convert line breaks to br (nl2br equivalent)

This JavaScript function considers whether to use insert or replace to handle the swap.

(Insert or replace HTML line breaks)

/**
 * This function is same as PHP's nl2br() with default parameters.
 *
 * @param {string} str Input text
 * @param {boolean} replaceMode Use replace instead of insert
 * @param {boolean} isXhtml Use XHTML 
 * @return {string} Filtered text
 */
function nl2br (str, replaceMode, isXhtml) {

  var breakTag = (isXhtml) ? '<br />' : '<br>';
  var replaceStr = (replaceMode) ? '$1'+ breakTag : '$1'+ breakTag +'$2';
  return (str + '').replace(/([^>\r\n]?)(\r\n|\n\r|\r|\n)/g, replaceStr);
}

Demo - JSFiddle

JavaScript nl2br & br2nl functions

Use Font Awesome Icon in Placeholder

If you're using FontAwesome 4.7 this should be enough:

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<input type="text" placeholder="&#xF002; Search" style="font-family:Arial, FontAwesome" />
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A list of hex codes can be found in the Font Awesome cheatsheet. However, in the lastest FontAwesome 5.0 this method does not work (even if you use the CSS approach combined with the updated font-family).

Django DateField default options

You could also use lambda. Useful if you're using django.utils.timezone.now

date = models.DateField(_("Date"), default=lambda: now().date())

Separators for Navigation

Simply use the separator image as a background image on the li.

To get it to only appear in between list items, position the image to the left of the li, but not on the first one.

For example:

#nav li + li {
    background:url('seperator.gif') no-repeat top left;
    padding-left: 10px
}

This CSS adds the image to every list item that follows another list item - in other words all of them but the first.

NB. Be aware the adjacent selector (li + li) doesn't work in IE6, so you will have to just add the background image to the conventional li (with a conditional stylesheet) and perhaps apply a negative margin to one of the edges.

firestore: PERMISSION_DENIED: Missing or insufficient permissions

make sure your DB is not empty nor your query is for collection whom not exist

How to implement the --verbose or -v option into a script?

It might be cleaner if you have a function, say called vprint, that checks the verbose flag for you. Then you just call your own vprint function any place you want optional verbosity.

Convert an integer to a byte array

Check out the "encoding/binary" package. Particularly the Read and Write functions:

binary.Write(a, binary.LittleEndian, myInt)

Apache error: _default_ virtualhost overlap on port 443

It is highly unlikely that adding NameVirtualHost *:443 is the right solution, because there are a limited number of situations in which it is possible to support name-based virtual hosts over SSL. Read this and this for some details (there may be better docs out there; these were just ones I found that discuss the issue in detail).

If you're running a relatively stock Apache configuration, you probably have this somewhere:

<VirtualHost _default_:443>

Your best bet is to either:

  • Place your additional SSL configuration into this existing VirtualHost container, or
  • Comment out this entire VirtualHost block and create a new one. Don't forget to include all the relevant SSL options.

How to do a background for a label will be without color?

Generally, labels and textboxes that appear in front of an image is best organized in a panel. When rendering, if labels need to be transparent to an image within the panel, you can switch to image as parent of labels in Form initiation like this:

var oldParent = panel1;
var newParent = pictureBox1;

foreach (var label in oldParent.Controls.OfType<Label>())
{
    label.Location = newParent.PointToClient(label.Parent.PointToScreen(label.Location));
    label.Parent = newParent;
    label.BackColor = Color.Transparent;
}

How to Load Ajax in Wordpress

Use wp_localize_script and pass url there:

wp_localize_script( some_handle, 'admin_url', array('ajax_url' => admin_url( 'admin-ajax.php' ) ) );

then inside js, you can call it by

admin_url.ajax_url 

Linux cmd to search for a class file among jars irrespective of jar path

I have used this small snippet. Might be slower but works every time.

for i in 'find . -type f -name "*.jar"'; do
    jar tvf $i | grep "com.foo.bar.MyClass.clss";
    if [ $? -eq 0 ]; then echo $i; fi;
done

List of swagger UI alternatives

Yes, there are a few of them.

Hosted solutions that support swagger:

Check the following articles for more details:

PHP add elements to multidimensional array with array_push

As in the multi-dimensional array an entry is another array, specify the index of that value to array_push:

array_push($md_array['recipe_type'], $newdata);

Set Background color programmatically

If you save color code in the colors.xml which is under the values folder,then you should call the following:

root.setBackgroundColor(getResources().getColor(R.color.name));

name means you declare in the <color/> tag.

How can I split a string with a string delimiter?

You are splitting a string on a fairly complex sub string. I'd use regular expressions instead of String.Split. The later is more for tokenizing you text.

For example:

var rx = new System.Text.RegularExpressions.Regex("is Marco and");
var array = rx.Split("My name is Marco and I'm from Italy");

Change default text in input type="file"?

Let me add a hack I used. I wanted to have a section that allowed you to drag and drop files, and I wanted that drag and drop section to be clickable along with the original upload button.

Here is how it looked like when I was done (minus the drag and drop ability, there are plenty of tutorials on how to do that).

And then I actually created a series of blog posts that are mainly about file upload buttons.

Python virtualenv questions

After creating virtual environment copy the activate.bat file from Script folder of python and paste to it your environment and open cmd from your virtual environment and run activate.bat file.enter image description here

update query with join on two tables

Try this one

UPDATE employee 
set EMPLOYEE.MAIDEN_NAME = 
  (SELECT ADD1 
   FROM EMPS 
   WHERE EMP_CODE=EMPLOYEE.EMP_CODE);
WHERE EMPLOYEE.EMP_CODE >='00' 
AND EMPLOYEE.EMP_CODE <='ZZ';

Why doesn't os.path.join() work in this case?

Note that a similar issue can bite you if you use os.path.join() to include an extension that already includes a dot, which is what happens automatically when you use os.path.splitext(). In this example:

components = os.path.splitext(filename)
prefix = components[0]
extension = components[1]
return os.path.join("avatars", instance.username, prefix, extension)

Even though extension might be .jpg you end up with a folder named "foobar" rather than a file called "foobar.jpg". To prevent this you need to append the extension separately:

return os.path.join("avatars", instance.username, prefix) + extension

Java: Unresolved compilation problem

I had this error when I used a launch configuration that had an invalid classpath. In my case, I had a project that initially used Maven and thus a launch configuration had a Maven classpath element in it. I had later changed the project to use Gradle and removed the Maven classpath from the project's classpath, but the launch configuration still used it. I got this error trying to run it. Cleaning and rebuilding the project did not resolve this error. Instead, edit the launch configuration, remove the project classpath element, then add the project back to the User Entries in the classpath.

MySQL: Fastest way to count number of rows

I've always understood that the below will give me the fastest response times.

SELECT COUNT(1) FROM ... WHERE ...

Nodejs convert string into UTF-8

Use the utf8 module from npm to encode/decode the string.

Installation:

npm install utf8

In a browser:

<script src="utf8.js"></script>

In Node.js:

const utf8 = require('utf8');

API:

Encode:

utf8.encode(string)

Encodes any given JavaScript string (string) as UTF-8, and returns the UTF-8-encoded version of the string. It throws an error if the input string contains a non-scalar value, i.e. a lone surrogate. (If you need to be able to encode non-scalar values as well, use WTF-8 instead.)

// U+00A9 COPYRIGHT SIGN; see http://codepoints.net/U+00A9
utf8.encode('\xA9');
// ? '\xC2\xA9'
// U+10001 LINEAR B SYLLABLE B038 E; see http://codepoints.net/U+10001
utf8.encode('\uD800\uDC01');
// ? '\xF0\x90\x80\x81'

Decode:

utf8.decode(byteString)

Decodes any given UTF-8-encoded string (byteString) as UTF-8, and returns the UTF-8-decoded version of the string. It throws an error when malformed UTF-8 is detected. (If you need to be able to decode encoded non-scalar values as well, use WTF-8 instead.)

utf8.decode('\xC2\xA9');
// ? '\xA9'

utf8.decode('\xF0\x90\x80\x81');
// ? '\uD800\uDC01'
// ? U+10001 LINEAR B SYLLABLE B038 E

Resources

window.location.href doesn't redirect

window.location.replace is the best way to emulate a redirect:

function ShowComments(){
    var movieShareId = document.getElementById('movieId');
    window.location.replace("/comments.aspx?id=" + (movieShareId.textContent || movieShareId.innerText) + "/");
}

More information about why window.location.replace is the best javascript redirect can be found right here.

html "data-" attribute as javascript parameter

If you are using jQuery you can easily fetch the data attributes by

$(this).data("id") or $(event.target).data("id")

Getting Integer value from a String using javascript/jquery

For parseInt to work, your string should have only numerical data. Something like this:

 str1 = "123.00";
 str2 = "50.00";
 total = parseInt(str1)+parseInt(str2);
 alert(total);

Can you split the string before you start processing them for a total?

Add days to JavaScript Date

No, javascript has no a built in function, but you can use a simple line of code

timeObject.setDate(timeObject.getDate() + countOfDays);

rm: cannot remove: Permission denied

The code says everything:

max@serv$ chmod 777 .

Okay, it doesn't say everything.

In UNIX and Linux, the ability to remove a file is not determined by the access bits of that file. It is determined by the access bits of the directory which contains the file.

Think of it this way -- deleting a file doesn't modify that file. You aren't writing to the file, so why should "w" on the file matter? Deleting a file requires editing the directory that points to the file, so you need "w" on the that directory.

Standard concise way to copy a file in Java?

NIO copy with a buffer is the fastest according to my test. See the working code below from a test project of mine at https://github.com/mhisoft/fastcopy

import java.io.Closeable;
import java.io.File;
import java.io.FileInputStream;
import java.io.FileOutputStream;
import java.io.IOException;
import java.nio.ByteBuffer;
import java.nio.channels.FileChannel;
import java.text.DecimalFormat;


public class test {

private static final int BUFFER = 4096*16;
static final DecimalFormat df = new DecimalFormat("#,###.##");
public static void nioBufferCopy(final File source, final File target )  {
    FileChannel in = null;
    FileChannel out = null;
    double  size=0;
    long overallT1 =  System.currentTimeMillis();

    try {
        in = new FileInputStream(source).getChannel();
        out = new FileOutputStream(target).getChannel();
        size = in.size();
        double size2InKB = size / 1024 ;
        ByteBuffer buffer = ByteBuffer.allocateDirect(BUFFER);

        while (in.read(buffer) != -1) {
            buffer.flip();

            while(buffer.hasRemaining()){
                out.write(buffer);
            }

            buffer.clear();
        }
        long overallT2 =  System.currentTimeMillis();
        System.out.println(String.format("Copied %s KB in %s millisecs", df.format(size2InKB),  (overallT2 - overallT1)));
    }
    catch (IOException e) {
        e.printStackTrace();
    }

    finally {
        close(in);
        close(out);
    }
}

private static void close(Closeable closable)  {
    if (closable != null) {
        try {
            closable.close();
        } catch (IOException e) {
            if (FastCopy.debug)
                e.printStackTrace();
        }    
    }
}

}

find -mtime files older than 1 hour

What about -mmin?

find /var/www/html/audio -daystart -maxdepth 1 -mmin +59 -type f -name "*.mp3" \
    -exec rm -f {} \;

From man find:

-mmin n
        File's data was last modified n minutes ago.

Also, make sure to test this first!

... -exec echo rm -f '{}' \;
          ^^^^ Add the 'echo' so you just see the commands that are going to get
               run instead of actual trying them first.

How can I make a countdown with NSTimer?

Swift 3

private let NUMBER_COUNT_DOWN   = 3

var countDownLabel = UILabel()
var countDown = NUMBER_COUNT_DOWN
var timer:Timer?


private func countDown(time: Double)
{
    countDownLabel.frame = CGRect(x: 0, y: 0, width: 300, height: 300)
    countDownLabel.font = UIFont.systemFont(ofSize: 300)
    countDownLabel.textColor = .black
    countDownLabel.center = CGPoint(x: self.view.frame.width / 2, y: self.view.frame.height / 2)

    countDownLabel.textAlignment = .center
    self.view.addSubview(countDownLabel)
    view.bringSubview(toFront: countDownLabel)

    timer = Timer.scheduledTimer(timeInterval: time, target: self, selector: #selector(updateCountDown), userInfo: nil, repeats: true)
}

func updateCountDown() {
    if(countDown > 0) {
        countDownLabel.text = String(countDown)
        countDown = countDown - 1
    } else {
        removeCountDownLable()
    }
}

private func removeCountDownLable() {
    countDown = NUMBER_COUNT_DOWN
    countDownLabel.text = ""
    countDownLabel.removeFromSuperview()

    timer?.invalidate()
    timer = nil
}

Could not load file or assembly 'System.Net.Http.Formatting' or one of its dependencies. The system cannot find the path specified

What solved this annoying error for me was just to close Visual Studio and open it again. Then rebuild the solution, and it all worked again. Sorry for the crap answer, but I think it's worth an answer because it solved it for me.

Change value of input onchange?

You can't access your fieldname as a global variable. Use document.getElementById:

function updateInput(ish){
    document.getElementById("fieldname").value = ish;
}

and

onchange="updateInput(this.value)"

How to unload a package without restarting R

detach(package:PackageName) works and there is no need to use quotes.

Invoking a PHP script from a MySQL trigger

I don't know if it's possible but I always pictured myself being able to do this with the CSV storage engine in MySQL. I don't know the details of this engine: http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.7/en/csv-storage-engine.html but you can look into it and have a file watcher in your operating system that triggers a PHP call if the file is modified.

How to change an Eclipse default project into a Java project

Manually changing XML and/or settings is very dangerous in eclipse unless you know exactly what you're doing. In the other case you might end up finding your complete project is screwed. Taking a backup is very recommended!

How to do it just using Eclipse?

  1. Select project.
  2. Open the project properties through Project -> Properties.
  3. Go to "Targetted Runtimes" and add the proper runtime. Click APPLY.
  4. Go to "Project Facets" and select the JAVA facet which has appeared due to step 4. Click APPLY
  5. Set your build path.
  6. If it's a Maven project, you might want to select the project, click Maven -> Update Project configuration...

That did it for me. And Eclipse is configured correctly. Hope it'll work for you too.

Create tap-able "links" in the NSAttributedString of a UILabel?

Drop-in solution as a category on UILabel (this assumes your UILabel uses an attributed string with some NSLinkAttributeName attributes in it):

@implementation UILabel (Support)

- (BOOL)openTappedLinkAtLocation:(CGPoint)location {
  CGSize labelSize = self.bounds.size;

  NSTextContainer* textContainer = [[NSTextContainer alloc] initWithSize:CGSizeZero];
  textContainer.lineFragmentPadding = 0.0;
  textContainer.lineBreakMode = self.lineBreakMode;
  textContainer.maximumNumberOfLines = self.numberOfLines;
  textContainer.size = labelSize;

  NSLayoutManager* layoutManager = [[NSLayoutManager alloc] init];
  [layoutManager addTextContainer:textContainer];

  NSTextStorage* textStorage = [[NSTextStorage alloc] initWithAttributedString:self.attributedText];
  [textStorage addAttribute:NSFontAttributeName value:self.font range:NSMakeRange(0, textStorage.length)];
  [textStorage addLayoutManager:layoutManager];

  CGRect textBoundingBox = [layoutManager usedRectForTextContainer:textContainer];
  CGPoint textContainerOffset = CGPointMake((labelSize.width - textBoundingBox.size.width) * 0.5 - textBoundingBox.origin.x,
                                            (labelSize.height - textBoundingBox.size.height) * 0.5 - textBoundingBox.origin.y);
  CGPoint locationOfTouchInTextContainer = CGPointMake(location.x - textContainerOffset.x, location.y - textContainerOffset.y);
  NSInteger indexOfCharacter = [layoutManager characterIndexForPoint:locationOfTouchInTextContainer inTextContainer:textContainer fractionOfDistanceBetweenInsertionPoints:nullptr];
  if (indexOfCharacter >= 0) {
    NSURL* url = [textStorage attribute:NSLinkAttributeName atIndex:indexOfCharacter effectiveRange:nullptr];
    if (url) {
      [[UIApplication sharedApplication] openURL:url];
      return YES;
    }
  }
  return NO;
}

@end

GET parameters in the URL with CodeIgniter

When I first started working with CodeIgniter, not using GET really threw me off as well. But then I realized that you can simulate GET parameters by manipulating the URI using the built-in URI Class. It's fantastic and it makes your URLs look better.

Or if you really need GETs working you can put this into your controller:

parse_str($_SERVER['QUERY_STRING'], $_GET); 

Which will put the variables back into the GET array.

org.hibernate.PersistentObjectException: detached entity passed to persist

I had the "same" problem because I was writting

@GeneratedValue(strategy = GenerationType.IDENTITY)

I deleted that line due that I do not need it at the moment, I was testing with objects and so. I think it is <generator class="native" /> in your case

I do not have any controller and my API is not being accessed, it is only for testing (at the moment).

Getting all request parameters in Symfony 2

You can do $this->getRequest()->query->all(); to get all GET params and $this->getRequest()->request->all(); to get all POST params.

So in your case:

$params = $this->getRequest()->request->all();
$params['value1'];
$params['value2'];

For more info about the Request class, see http://api.symfony.com/2.8/Symfony/Component/HttpFoundation/Request.html

How to save select query results within temporary table?

select *
into #TempTable
from SomeTale

select *
from #TempTable

How to pass params with history.push/Link/Redirect in react-router v4?

To use React 16.8+(withHooks) you can use this way

import React from 'react';
import { useHistory } from 'react-router-dom';

export default function SomeFunctionalComponent() {
let history = useHistory(); // should be called inside react component

const handleClickButton = () => {    
"funcionAPICALL"
       .then(response => {
             if (response.status >= 200 && response.status < 300) {
                 history.push('/template');
              });
}

return ( <div> Some component stuff 
    <p>To make API POST request and redirect to "/template" click a button API CALL</p>
    <button onClick={handleClickButton}>API CALL<button>
</div>)
} 

Source here to read more https://reacttraining.com/react-router/web/example/auth-workflow

Fixed Table Cell Width

for FULLSCREEN width table:

  • table width MUST be 100%

  • if need N colunms, then THs MUST be N+1

example for 3 columns:

_x000D_
_x000D_
table.fixed {_x000D_
      table-layout: fixed;_x000D_
      width: 100%;_x000D_
    }_x000D_
    table.fixed td {_x000D_
      overflow: hidden;_x000D_
    }
_x000D_
  <table class="fixed">_x000D_
      <col width=20 />_x000D_
      <col width=20 />_x000D_
      <col width=20 />_x000D_
    <tr>_x000D_
      <th>1</th>_x000D_
      <th>2</th>_x000D_
      <th>3</th>_x000D_
      <th>FREE</th>_x000D_
    </tr>_x000D_
    <tr>_x000D_
      <td>text111111111</td>_x000D_
      <td>text222222222</td>_x000D_
      <td>text3333333</td>_x000D_
    </tr>_x000D_
  </table>
_x000D_
_x000D_
_x000D_

how do I give a div a responsive height

I know this is a little late to the party but you could use viewport units

From caniuse.com:

Viewport units: vw, vh, vmin, vmax - CR Length units representing 1% of the viewport size for viewport width (vw), height (vh), the smaller of the two (vmin), or the larger of the two (vmax).

Support: http://caniuse.com/#feat=viewport-units

_x000D_
_x000D_
div {_x000D_
/* 25% of viewport */_x000D_
  height: 25vh;_x000D_
  width: 15rem;_x000D_
  background-color: #222;_x000D_
  color: #eee;_x000D_
  font-family: monospace;_x000D_
  padding: 2rem;_x000D_
}
_x000D_
<div>responsive height</div>
_x000D_
_x000D_
_x000D_

SVN checkout the contents of a folder, not the folder itself

Provide the directory on the command line:

svn checkout file:///home/landonwinters/svn/waterproject/trunk public_html

How to send control+c from a bash script?

CTRL-C generally sends a SIGINT signal to the process so you can simply do:

kill -INT <processID>

from the command line (or a script), to affect the specific processID.

I say "generally" because, as with most of UNIX, this is near infinitely configurable. If you execute stty -a, you can see which key sequence is tied to the intr signal. This will probably be CTRL-C but that key sequence may be mapped to something else entirely.


The following script shows this in action (albeit with TERM rather than INT since sleep doesn't react to INT in my environment):

#!/usr/bin/env bash

sleep 3600 &
pid=$!
sleep 5

echo ===
echo PID is $pid, before kill:
ps -ef | grep -E "PPID|$pid" | sed 's/^/   /'
echo ===

( kill -TERM $pid ) 2>&1
sleep 5

echo ===
echo PID is $pid, after kill:
ps -ef | grep -E "PPID|$pid" | sed 's/^/   /'
echo ===

It basically starts an hour-log sleep process and grabs its process ID. It then outputs the relevant process details before killing the process.

After a small wait, it then checks the process table to see if the process has gone. As you can see from the output of the script, it is indeed gone:

===
PID is 28380, before kill:
   UID   PID     PPID    TTY     STIME      COMMAND
   pax   28380   24652   tty42   09:26:49   /bin/sleep
===
./qq.sh: line 12: 28380 Terminated              sleep 3600
===
PID is 28380, after kill:
   UID   PID     PPID    TTY     STIME      COMMAND
===

node: command not found

The problem is that your PATH does not include the location of the node executable.

You can likely run node as "/usr/local/bin/node".

You can add that location to your path by running the following command to add a single line to your bashrc file:

echo 'export PATH=$PATH:/usr/local/bin' >> $HOME/.bashrc

how to compare the Java Byte[] array?

If you're trying to use the array as a generic HashMap key, that's not going to work. Consider creating a custom wrapper object that holds the array, and whose equals(...) and hashcode(...) method returns the results from the java.util.Arrays methods. For example...

import java.util.Arrays;

public class MyByteArray {
   private byte[] data;

   // ... constructors, getters methods, setter methods, etc...


   @Override
   public int hashCode() {
      return Arrays.hashCode(data);
   }

   @Override
   public boolean equals(Object obj) {
      if (this == obj)
         return true;
      if (obj == null)
         return false;
      if (getClass() != obj.getClass())
         return false;
      MyByteArray other = (MyByteArray) obj;
      if (!Arrays.equals(data, other.data))
         return false;
      return true;
   }


}

Objects of this wrapper class will work fine as a key for your HashMap<MyByteArray, OtherType> and will allow for clean use of equals(...) and hashCode(...) methods.

Getting time span between two times in C#?

Two points:

  1. Check your inputs. I can't imagine a situation where you'd get 2 hours by subtracting the time values you're talking about. If I do this:

        DateTime startTime = Convert.ToDateTime("7:00 AM");
        DateTime endtime = Convert.ToDateTime("2:00 PM");
        TimeSpan duration = startTime - endtime;
    

    ... I get -07:00:00 as the result. And even if I forget to provide the AM/PM value:

        DateTime startTime = Convert.ToDateTime("7:00");
        DateTime endtime = Convert.ToDateTime("2:00");
        TimeSpan duration = startTime - endtime;
    

    ... I get 05:00:00. So either your inputs don't contain the values you have listed or you are in a machine environment where they are begin parsed in an unexpected way. Or you're not actually getting the results you are reporting.

  2. To find the difference between a start and end time, you need to do endTime - startTime, not the other way around.

Limiting the output of PHP's echo to 200 characters

It gives out a string of max 200 characters OR 200 normal characters OR 200 characters followed by '...'

$ur_str= (strlen($ur_str) > 200) ? substr($ur_str,0,200).'...' :$ur_str;

How do I convert a long to a string in C++?

   #include <sstream>


   ....

    std::stringstream ss;
    ss << a_long_int;  // or any other type
    std::string result=ss.str();   // use .str() to get a string back

Error on renaming database in SQL Server 2008 R2

Another way to close all connections:

Administrative Tools > View Local Services

Stop/Start the "SQL Server (MSSQLSERVER)" service

Get key from a HashMap using the value

The put method in HashMap is defined like this:

Object  put(Object key, Object value) 

key is the first parameter, so in your put, "one" is the key. You can't easily look up by value in a HashMap, if you really want to do that, it would be a linear search done by calling entrySet(), like this:

for (Map.Entry<Object, Object> e : hashmap.entrySet()) {
    Object key = e.getKey();
    Object value = e.getValue();
}

However, that's O(n) and kind of defeats the purpose of using a HashMap unless you only need to do it rarely. If you really want to be able to look up by key or value frequently, core Java doesn't have anything for you, but something like BiMap from the Google Collections is what you want.

How to monitor Java memory usage?

About System.gc()… I just read in Oracle's documentation the following sentence here

The performance effect of explicit garbage collections can be measured by disabling them using the flag -XX:+DisableExplicitGC, which causes the VM to ignore calls to System.gc().

If your VM vendor and version supports that flag you can run your code with and without it and compare Performance.

Also note the previous quoted sentence is preceded by this one:

This can force a major collection to be done when it may not be necessary (for example, when a minor collection would suffice), and so in general should be avoided.

Why is "forEach not a function" for this object?

When I tried to access the result from

Object.keys(a).forEach(function (key){ console.log(a[key]); });

it was plain text result with no key-value pairs Here is an example

var fruits = {
    apple: "fruits/apple.png",
    banana: "fruits/banana.png",
    watermelon: "watermelon.jpg",
    grapes: "grapes.png",
    orange: "orange.jpg"
}

Now i want to get all links in a separated array , but with this code

    function linksOfPics(obJect){
Object.keys(obJect).forEach(function(x){
    console.log('\"'+obJect[x]+'\"');
});
}

the result of :

linksOfPics(fruits)



"fruits/apple.png"
 "fruits/banana.png"
 "watermelon.jpg"
 "grapes.png"
 "orange.jpg"
undefined

I figured out this one which solves what I'm looking for

  console.log(Object.values(fruits));
["fruits/apple.png", "fruits/banana.png", "watermelon.jpg", "grapes.png", "orange.jpg"]

Ignoring new fields on JSON objects using Jackson

If using a pojo class based on JSON response. If chances are there that json changes frequently declare at pojo class level:

@JsonIgnoreProperties(ignoreUnknown = true)

and at the objectMapper add this if you are converting:

objectMapper.configure(DeserializationConfig.Feature.FAIL_ON_UNKNOWN_PROPERTIES, false);

So that code will not break.

How to check the function's return value if true or false

ValidateForm returns boolean,not a string.
When you do this if(ValidateForm() == 'false'), is the same of if(false == 'false'), which is not true.

function post(url, formId) {
    if(!ValidateForm()) {
        // False
    } else {
        // True
    }
}

How do I remove the file suffix and path portion from a path string in Bash?

Using basename I used the following to achieve this:

for file in *; do
    ext=${file##*.}
    fname=`basename $file $ext`

    # Do things with $fname
done;

This requires no a priori knowledge of the file extension and works even when you have a filename that has dots in it's filename (in front of it's extension); it does require the program basename though, but this is part of the GNU coreutils so it should ship with any distro.

How to get json response using system.net.webrequest in c#?

You need to explicitly ask for the content type.

Add this line:

 request.ContentType = "application/json; charset=utf-8";
At the appropriate place

How to make flutter app responsive according to different screen size?

After much research and testing, I have developed a solution for an app I'm currently converting from Android/iOS to Flutter.

With Android and iOS I used a 'Scaling Factor' applied to base font sizes, rendering text sizes that were relative to the screen size.

This article was very helpful: https://medium.com/flutter-community/flutter-effectively-scale-ui-according-to-different-screen-sizes-2cb7c115ea0a

I created a StatelessWidget to get the font sizes of the Material Design typographical styles. Getting device dimensions using MediaQuery, calculating a scaling factor, then resetting the Material Design text sizes. The Widget can be used to define a custom Material Design Theme.

Emulators used:

  • Pixel C - 9.94" Tablet
  • Pixel 3 - 5.46" Phone
  • iPhone 11 Pro Max - 5.8" Phone

With standard font sizes

With scaled font sizes

set_app_theme.dart (SetAppTheme Widget)

import 'package:flutter/material.dart';
import 'dart:math';

class SetAppTheme extends StatelessWidget {

  final Widget child;

  SetAppTheme({this.child});

  @override
  Widget build(BuildContext context) {

    final _divisor = 400.0;

    final MediaQueryData _mediaQueryData = MediaQuery.of(context);

    final _screenWidth = _mediaQueryData.size.width;
    final _factorHorizontal = _screenWidth / _divisor;

    final _screenHeight = _mediaQueryData.size.height;
    final _factorVertical = _screenHeight / _divisor;

    final _textScalingFactor = min(_factorVertical, _factorHorizontal);

    final _safeAreaHorizontal = _mediaQueryData.padding.left + _mediaQueryData.padding.right;
    final _safeFactorHorizontal = (_screenWidth - _safeAreaHorizontal) / _divisor;

    final _safeAreaVertical = _mediaQueryData.padding.top + _mediaQueryData.padding.bottom;
    final _safeFactorVertical = (_screenHeight - _safeAreaVertical) / _divisor;

    final _safeAreaTextScalingFactor = min(_safeFactorHorizontal, _safeFactorHorizontal);

    print('Screen Scaling Values:' + '_screenWidth: $_screenWidth');
    print('Screen Scaling Values:' + '_factorHorizontal: $_factorHorizontal ');

    print('Screen Scaling Values:' + '_screenHeight: $_screenHeight');
    print('Screen Scaling Values:' + '_factorVertical: $_factorVertical ');

    print('_textScalingFactor: $_textScalingFactor ');

    print('Screen Scaling Values:' + '_safeAreaHorizontal: $_safeAreaHorizontal ');
    print('Screen Scaling Values:' + '_safeFactorHorizontal: $_safeFactorHorizontal ');

    print('Screen Scaling Values:' + '_safeAreaVertical: $_safeAreaVertical ');
    print('Screen Scaling Values:' + '_safeFactorVertical: $_safeFactorVertical ');

    print('_safeAreaTextScalingFactor: $_safeAreaTextScalingFactor ');

    print('Default Material Design Text Themes');
    print('display4: ${Theme.of(context).textTheme.display4}');
    print('display3: ${Theme.of(context).textTheme.display3}');
    print('display2: ${Theme.of(context).textTheme.display2}');
    print('display1: ${Theme.of(context).textTheme.display1}');
    print('headline: ${Theme.of(context).textTheme.headline}');
    print('title: ${Theme.of(context).textTheme.title}');
    print('subtitle: ${Theme.of(context).textTheme.subtitle}');
    print('body2: ${Theme.of(context).textTheme.body2}');
    print('body1: ${Theme.of(context).textTheme.body1}');
    print('caption: ${Theme.of(context).textTheme.caption}');
    print('button: ${Theme.of(context).textTheme.button}');

    TextScalingFactors _textScalingFactors = TextScalingFactors(
        display4ScaledSize: (Theme.of(context).textTheme.display4.fontSize * _safeAreaTextScalingFactor),
        display3ScaledSize: (Theme.of(context).textTheme.display3.fontSize * _safeAreaTextScalingFactor),
        display2ScaledSize: (Theme.of(context).textTheme.display2.fontSize * _safeAreaTextScalingFactor),
        display1ScaledSize: (Theme.of(context).textTheme.display1.fontSize * _safeAreaTextScalingFactor),
        headlineScaledSize: (Theme.of(context).textTheme.headline.fontSize * _safeAreaTextScalingFactor),
        titleScaledSize: (Theme.of(context).textTheme.title.fontSize * _safeAreaTextScalingFactor),
        subtitleScaledSize: (Theme.of(context).textTheme.subtitle.fontSize * _safeAreaTextScalingFactor),
        body2ScaledSize: (Theme.of(context).textTheme.body2.fontSize * _safeAreaTextScalingFactor),
        body1ScaledSize: (Theme.of(context).textTheme.body1.fontSize * _safeAreaTextScalingFactor),
        captionScaledSize: (Theme.of(context).textTheme.caption.fontSize * _safeAreaTextScalingFactor),
        buttonScaledSize: (Theme.of(context).textTheme.button.fontSize * _safeAreaTextScalingFactor));

    return Theme(
      child: child,
      data: _buildAppTheme(_textScalingFactors),
    );
  }
}

final ThemeData customTheme = ThemeData(
  primarySwatch: appColorSwatch,
  // fontFamily: x,
);

final MaterialColor appColorSwatch = MaterialColor(0xFF3787AD, appSwatchColors);

Map<int, Color> appSwatchColors =
{
  50  : Color(0xFFE3F5F8),
  100 : Color(0xFFB8E4ED),
  200 : Color(0xFF8DD3E3),
  300 : Color(0xFF6BC1D8),
  400 : Color(0xFF56B4D2),
  500 : Color(0xFF48A8CD),
  600 : Color(0xFF419ABF),
  700 : Color(0xFF3787AD),
  800 : Color(0xFF337799),
  900 : Color(0xFF285877),
};

_buildAppTheme (TextScalingFactors textScalingFactors) {

  return customTheme.copyWith(

    accentColor: appColorSwatch[300],
    buttonTheme: customTheme.buttonTheme.copyWith(buttonColor: Colors.grey[500],),
    cardColor: Colors.white,
    errorColor: Colors.red,
    inputDecorationTheme: InputDecorationTheme(border: OutlineInputBorder(),),
    primaryColor: appColorSwatch[700],
    primaryIconTheme: customTheme.iconTheme.copyWith(color: appColorSwatch),
    scaffoldBackgroundColor: Colors.grey[100],
    textSelectionColor: appColorSwatch[300],
    textTheme: _buildAppTextTheme(customTheme.textTheme, textScalingFactors),
    appBarTheme: customTheme.appBarTheme.copyWith(
        textTheme: _buildAppTextTheme(customTheme.textTheme, textScalingFactors)),

//    accentColorBrightness: ,
//    accentIconTheme: ,
//    accentTextTheme: ,
//    appBarTheme: ,
//    applyElevationOverlayColor: ,
//    backgroundColor: ,
//    bannerTheme: ,
//    bottomAppBarColor: ,
//    bottomAppBarTheme: ,
//    bottomSheetTheme: ,
//    brightness: ,
//    buttonBarTheme: ,
//    buttonColor: ,
//    canvasColor: ,
//    cardTheme: ,
//    chipTheme: ,
//    colorScheme: ,
//    cupertinoOverrideTheme: ,
//    cursorColor: ,
//    dialogBackgroundColor: ,
//    dialogTheme: ,
//    disabledColor: ,
//    dividerColor: ,
//    dividerTheme: ,
//    floatingActionButtonTheme: ,
//    focusColor: ,
//    highlightColor: ,
//    hintColor: ,
//    hoverColor: ,
//    iconTheme: ,
//    indicatorColor: ,
//    materialTapTargetSize: ,
//    pageTransitionsTheme: ,
//    platform: ,
//    popupMenuTheme: ,
//    primaryColorBrightness: ,
//    primaryColorDark: ,
//    primaryColorLight: ,
//    primaryTextTheme: ,
//    secondaryHeaderColor: ,
//    selectedRowColor: ,
//    sliderTheme: ,
//    snackBarTheme: ,
//    splashColor: ,
//    splashFactory: ,
//    tabBarTheme: ,
//    textSelectionHandleColor: ,
//    toggleableActiveColor: ,
//    toggleButtonsTheme: ,
//    tooltipTheme: ,
//    typography: ,
//    unselectedWidgetColor: ,
  );
}

class TextScalingFactors {

  final double display4ScaledSize;
  final double display3ScaledSize;
  final double display2ScaledSize;
  final double display1ScaledSize;
  final double headlineScaledSize;
  final double titleScaledSize;
  final double subtitleScaledSize;
  final double body2ScaledSize;
  final double body1ScaledSize;
  final double captionScaledSize;
  final double buttonScaledSize;

  TextScalingFactors({

    @required this.display4ScaledSize,
    @required this.display3ScaledSize,
    @required this.display2ScaledSize,
    @required this.display1ScaledSize,
    @required this.headlineScaledSize,
    @required this.titleScaledSize,
    @required this.subtitleScaledSize,
    @required this.body2ScaledSize,
    @required this.body1ScaledSize,
    @required this.captionScaledSize,
    @required this.buttonScaledSize
  });
}

TextTheme _buildAppTextTheme(

    TextTheme _customTextTheme,
    TextScalingFactors _scaledText) {

  return _customTextTheme.copyWith(

    display4: _customTextTheme.display4.copyWith(fontSize: _scaledText.display4ScaledSize),
    display3: _customTextTheme.display3.copyWith(fontSize: _scaledText.display3ScaledSize),
    display2: _customTextTheme.display2.copyWith(fontSize: _scaledText.display2ScaledSize),
    display1: _customTextTheme.display1.copyWith(fontSize: _scaledText.display1ScaledSize),
    headline: _customTextTheme.headline.copyWith(fontSize: _scaledText.headlineScaledSize),
    title: _customTextTheme.title.copyWith(fontSize: _scaledText.titleScaledSize),
    subtitle: _customTextTheme.subtitle.copyWith(fontSize: _scaledText.subtitleScaledSize),
    body2: _customTextTheme.body2.copyWith(fontSize: _scaledText.body2ScaledSize),
    body1: _customTextTheme.body1.copyWith(fontSize: _scaledText.body1ScaledSize),
    caption: _customTextTheme.caption.copyWith(fontSize: _scaledText.captionScaledSize),
    button: _customTextTheme.button.copyWith(fontSize: _scaledText.buttonScaledSize),

  ).apply(bodyColor: Colors.black);
}

main.dart (Demo App)

import 'package:flutter/material.dart';
import 'package:scaling/set_app_theme.dart';


void main() => runApp(MyApp());


class MyApp extends StatelessWidget {

  @override
  Widget build(BuildContext context) {

    return MaterialApp(
      home: SetAppTheme(child: HomePage()),
    );
  }
}


class HomePage extends StatelessWidget {

  final demoText = '0123456789';

  @override
  Widget build(BuildContext context) {

    return SafeArea(
      child: Scaffold(
        appBar: AppBar(
          title: Text('Text Scaling with SetAppTheme',
            style: TextStyle(color: Colors.white),),
        ),
        body: SingleChildScrollView(
          child: Center(
            child: Padding(
              padding: const EdgeInsets.all(8.0),
              child: Column(
                children: <Widget>[
                  Text(
                    demoText,
                    style: TextStyle(
                      fontSize: Theme.of(context).textTheme.display4.fontSize,
                    ),
                  ),
                  Text(
                    demoText,
                    style: TextStyle(
                      fontSize: Theme.of(context).textTheme.display3.fontSize,
                    ),
                  ),
                  Text(
                    demoText,
                    style: TextStyle(
                      fontSize: Theme.of(context).textTheme.display2.fontSize,
                    ),
                  ),
                  Text(
                    demoText,
                    style: TextStyle(
                      fontSize: Theme.of(context).textTheme.display1.fontSize,
                    ),
                  ),
                  Text(
                    demoText,
                    style: TextStyle(
                      fontSize: Theme.of(context).textTheme.headline.fontSize,
                    ),
                  ),
                  Text(
                    demoText,
                    style: TextStyle(
                      fontSize: Theme.of(context).textTheme.title.fontSize,
                    ),
                  ),
                  Text(
                    demoText,
                    style: TextStyle(
                      fontSize: Theme.of(context).textTheme.subtitle.fontSize,
                    ),
                  ),
                  Text(
                    demoText,
                    style: TextStyle(
                      fontSize: Theme.of(context).textTheme.body2.fontSize,
                    ),
                  ),
                  Text(
                    demoText,
                    style: TextStyle(
                      fontSize: Theme.of(context).textTheme.body1.fontSize,
                    ),
                  ),
                  Text(
                    demoText,
                    style: TextStyle(
                      fontSize: Theme.of(context).textTheme.caption.fontSize,
                    ),
                  ),
                  Text(
                    demoText,
                    style: TextStyle(
                      fontSize: Theme.of(context).textTheme.button.fontSize,
                    ),
                  ),
                ],
              ),
            ),
          ),
        ),
      ),
    );
  }
}

Custom method names in ASP.NET Web API

Web Api by default expects URL in the form of api/{controller}/{id}, to override this default routing. you can set routing with any of below two ways.

First option:

Add below route registration in WebApiConfig.cs

config.Routes.MapHttpRoute(
    name: "CustomApi",
    routeTemplate: "api/{controller}/{action}/{id}",
    defaults: new { id = RouteParameter.Optional }
);

Decorate your action method with HttpGet and parameters as below

[HttpGet]
public HttpResponseMessage ReadMyData(string param1,
                        string param2, string param3)

 {

// your code here

}

for calling above method url will be like below

http://localhost:[yourport]/api/MyData/ReadMyData?param1=value1&param2=value2&param3=value3

Second option Add route prefix to Controller class and Decorate your action method with HttpGet as below. In this case no need change any WebApiConfig.cs. It can have default routing.

[RoutePrefix("api/{controller}/{action}")]
public class MyDataController : ApiController
{

[HttpGet]
public HttpResponseMessage ReadMyData(string param1,
                        string param2, string param3)

{

// your code here

}

}

for calling above method url will be like below

http://localhost:[yourport]/api/MyData/ReadMyData?param1=value1&param2=value2&param3=value3

Where is Android Studio layout preview?

Several people seem to have the same problem. The issue is that the IDE only displays the preview if editing a layout file in the res/layout* directory of an Android project.

In particular, it won't show if editing a file in build/res/layout* since those are not source directory but output directory. In your case, you are editing a file in the build/ directory...

The Resource folder is set automatically, and can be viewed (and changed) in Project Structure > Modules > [Module name] > Android > Resources directory.

Best practice to validate null and empty collection in Java

That is the best way to check it. You could write a helper method to do it:

public static boolean isNullOrEmpty( final Collection< ? > c ) {
    return c == null || c.isEmpty();
}

public static boolean isNullOrEmpty( final Map< ?, ? > m ) {
    return m == null || m.isEmpty();
}

Go to Matching Brace in Visual Studio?

On a Hungarian keyboard it is Ctrl + ú.

What is syntax for selector in CSS for next element?

The > is a child selector. So if your HTML looks like this:

<h1 class="hc-reform">
    title
    <p>stuff here</p>
</h1>

... then that's your ticket.

But if your HTML looks like this:

<h1 class="hc-reform">
    title
</h1>
<p>stuff here</p>

Then you want the adjacent selector:

h1.hc-reform + p{
     clear:both;
}

Where to find extensions installed folder for Google Chrome on Mac?

With the new App Launcher YOUR APPS (not chrome extensions) stored in Users/[yourusername]/Applications/Chrome Apps/

IIS_IUSRS and IUSR permissions in IIS8

When I added IIS_IUSRS permission to site folder - resources, like js and css, still were unaccessible (error 401, forbidden). However, when I added IUSR - it became ok. So for sure "you CANNOT remove the permissions for IUSR without worrying", dear @Travis G@

How do I convert an array object to a string in PowerShell?

1> $a = "This", "Is", "a", "cat"

2> [system.String]::Join(" ", $a)

Line two performs the operation and outputs to host, but does not modify $a:

3> $a = [system.String]::Join(" ", $a)

4> $a

This Is a cat

5> $a.Count

1

Replace all whitespace with a line break/paragraph mark to make a word list

You can also do it with xargs:

cat old | xargs -n1 > new

or

xargs -n1 < old > new

PHPExcel - creating multiple sheets by iteration

When you first instantiate the $objPHPExcel, it already has a single sheet (sheet 0); you're then adding a new sheet (which will become sheet 1), but setting active sheet to sheet $i (when $i is 0)... so you're renaming and populating the original worksheet created when you instantiated $objPHPExcel rather than the one you've just added... this is your title "0".

You're also using the createSheet() method, which both creates a new worksheet and adds it to the workbook... but you're also adding it again yourself which is effectively adding the sheet in two position.

So first iteration, you already have sheet0, add a new sheet at both indexes 1 and 2, and edit/title sheet 0. Second iteration, you add a new sheet at both indexes 3 and 4, and edit/title sheet 1, but because you have the same sheet at indexes 1 and 2 this effectively writes to the sheet at index 2. Third iteration, you add a new sheet at indexes 5 and 6, and edit/title sheet 2, overwriting your earlier editing/titleing of sheet 1 which acted against sheet 2 instead.... and so on

Merge (with squash) all changes from another branch as a single commit

I have created my own git alias to do exactly this. I'm calling it git freebase! It will take your existing messy, unrebasable feature branch and recreate it so that it becomes a new branch with the same name with its commits squashed into one commit and rebased onto the branch you specify (master by default). At the very end, it will allow you to use whatever commit message you like for your newly "freebased" branch.

Install it by placing the following alias in your .gitconfig:

[alias]
  freebase = "!f() { \
    TOPIC="$(git branch | grep '\\*' | cut -d ' ' -f2)"; \
    NEWBASE="${1:-master}"; \
    PREVSHA1="$(git rev-parse HEAD)"; \
    echo "Freebaseing $TOPIC onto $NEWBASE, previous sha1 was $PREVSHA1"; \
    echo "---"; \
    git reset --hard "$NEWBASE"; \
    git merge --squash "$PREVSHA1"; \
    git commit; \
  }; f"

Use it from your feature branch by running: git freebase <new-base>

I've only tested this a few times, so read it first and make sure you want to run it. As a little safety measure it does print the starting sha1 so you should be able to restore your old branch if anything goes wrong.

I'll be maintaining it in my dotfiles repo on github: https://github.com/stevecrozz/dotfiles/blob/master/.gitconfig

How to print variables without spaces between values

It's the comma which is providing that extra white space.

One way is to use the string % method:

print 'Value is "%d"' % (value)

which is like printf in C, allowing you to incorporate and format the items after % by using format specifiers in the string itself. Another example, showing the use of multiple values:

print '%s is %3d.%d' % ('pi', 3, 14159)

For what it's worth, Python 3 greatly improves the situation by allowing you to specify the separator and terminator for a single print call:

>>> print(1,2,3,4,5)
1 2 3 4 5

>>> print(1,2,3,4,5,end='<<\n')
1 2 3 4 5<<

>>> print(1,2,3,4,5,sep=':',end='<<\n')
1:2:3:4:5<<