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• Functional programming and stateful algorithms

  - by bigstones

  I'm learning functional programming with Haskell. In the meantime I'm studying Automata theory and as the two seem to fit well together I'm writing a small library to play with automata. Here's the problem that made me ask the question. While studying a way to evaluate a state's reachability I got the idea that a simple recursive algorithm would be quite inefficient, because some paths might share some states and I might end up evaluating them more than once. For example, here, evaluating reachability of g from a, I'd have to exclude f both while checking the path through d and c: So my idea is that an algorithm working in parallel on many paths and updating a shared record of excluded states might be great, but that's too much for me. I've seen that in some simple recursion cases one can pass state as an argument, and that's what I have to do here, because I pass forward the list of states I've gone through to avoid loops. But is there a way to pass that list also backwards, like returning it in a tuple together with the boolean result of my canReach function? (although this feels a bit forced) Besides the validity of my example case, what other techniques are available to solve this kind of problems? I feel like these must be common enough that there have to be solutions like what happens with fold* or map. So far, reading learnyouahaskell.com I didn't find any, but consider I haven't touched monads yet. (if interested, I posted my code on codereview)

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• JDeveloper Users - We Want to Hear Your Opinion

  - by Shay Shmeltzer

  One of our goals as product managers is to make sure that customers are happy with the product we deliver. We only get to interact with a small number of developers in a face-to-face way and get feedback and there are a lot of other developers who we don't get a chance to meet. To try and get more complete input, we created an online survey that will help us learn about usage patterns and the level of satisfaction JDeveloper users have with various features and aspects of their work with the tool.  It would be great if you could take 5 minutes and complete this online survey here. The survey is aimed at anyone using JDeveloper, whether for ADF development or any other type of development and for any version.  Hopefully this survey will help us deliver a product that better answers your needs and will help us make your JDeveloper usage experience better. Note - this is a new survey which is unrelated to the previous one that was focused on learning needs. Once you are done with this survey and if you would like to provide more feedback, note that we are also looking specifically for Java developers who are using Mac, as well as developers who are interested in building extensions to JDeveloper. 

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• Best practice with branching source code and application lifecycle

  - by Toni Frankola

  We are a small ISV shop and we usually ship a new version of our products every month. We use Subversion as our code repository and Visual Studio 2010 as our IDE. I am aware a lot of people are advocating Mercurial and other distributed source control systems but at this point I do not see how we could benefit from these, but I might be wrong. Our main problem is how to keep branches and main trunk in sync. Here is how we do things today: Release new version (automatically create a tag in Subversion) Continue working on the main trunk that will be released next month And the cycle repeats every month and works perfectly. The problem arises when an urgent service release needs to be released. We cannot release it from the main trunk (2) as it is under heavy development and it is not stable enough to be released urgently. In such case we do the following: Create a branch from the tag we created in step (1) Bug fix Test and release Push the change back to main trunk (if applicable) Our biggest problem is merging these two (branch with main). In most cases we cannot rely on automatic merging because e.g.: a lot of changes has been made to main trunk merging complex files (like Visual Studio XML files etc.) does not work very well another developer / team made changes you do not understand and you cannot just merge it So what you think is the best practice to keep these two different versions (branch and main) in sync. What do you do?

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• JOGL hardware based shadow mapping - computing the texture matrix

  - by axel22

  I am implementing hardware shadow mapping as described here. I've rendered the scene successfully from the light POV, and loaded the depth buffer of the scene into a texture. This texture has correctly been loaded - I check this by rendering a small thumbnail, as you can see in the screenshot below, upper left corner. The depth of the scene appears to be correct - objects further away are darker, and that are closer to the light are lighter. However, I run into trouble while rendering the scene from the camera's point of view using the depth texture - the texture on the polygons in the scene is rendered in a weird, nondeterministic fashion, as shown in the screenshot. I believe I am making an error while computing the texture transformation matrix, but I am unsure where exactly. Since I have no matrix utilities in JOGL other then the gl[Load|Mult]Matrix procedures, I multiply the matrices using them, like this: void calcTextureMatrix() { glPushMatrix(); glLoadIdentity(); glLoadMatrixf(biasmatrix, 0); glMultMatrixf(lightprojmatrix, 0); glMultMatrixf(lightviewmatrix, 0); glGetFloatv(GL_MODELVIEW_MATRIX, shadowtexmatrix, 0); glPopMatrix(); } I obtained these matrices by using the glOrtho and gluLookAt procedures: glLoadIdentity() val wdt = width / 45 val hgt = height / 45 glOrtho(wdt, -wdt, -hgt, hgt, -45.0, 45.0) glGetFloatv(GL_MODELVIEW_MATRIX, lightprojmatrix, 0) glLoadIdentity() glu.gluLookAt( xlook + lightpos._1, ylook + lightpos._2, lightpos._3, xlook, ylook, 0.0f, 0.f, 0.f, 1.0f) glGetFloatv(GL_MODELVIEW_MATRIX, lightviewmatrix, 0) My bias matrix is: float[] biasmatrix = new float[16] { 0.5f, 0.f, 0.f, 0.f, 0.f, 0.5f, 0.f, 0.f, 0.f, 0.f, 0.5f, 0.f, 0.5f, 0.5f, 0.5f, 1.f } After applying the camera projection and view matrices, I do: glTexGeni(GL_S, GL_TEXTURE_GEN_MODE, GL_EYE_LINEAR) glTexGenfv(GL_S, GL_EYE_PLANE, shadowtexmatrix, 0) glEnable(GL_TEXTURE_GEN_S) for each component. Does anybody know why the texture is not being rendered correctly? Thank you.

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• CodePlex Daily Summary for Tuesday, July 29, 2014

  CodePlex Daily Summary for Tuesday, July 29, 2014Popular ReleasesArtezio SharePoint 2013 Workflow Activities: SharePoint Designer 2013 custom workflow actions 1.0: SharePoint Designer 2013 custom workflow actions that work with permissions. Add Role Assignment Add Role Assignments Delete Role Assignments Get Role Definition Id Get Role Definition Id By Role Type Id Reset Role Inheritance Artezio SharePoint Consulting & DevelopmentVG-Ripper & PG-Ripper: PG-Ripper 1.4.32: changes NEW: Added Support for 'ImgMega.com' links NEW: Added Support for 'ImgCandy.net' links NEW: Added Support for 'ImgPit.com' links NEW: Added Support for 'Img.yt' links FIXED: 'Radikal.ru' links FIXED: 'ImageTeam.org' links FIXED: 'ImgSee.com' links FIXED: 'Img.yt' linksAsp.Net MVC-4,Entity Framework and JQGrid Demo with Todo List WebApplication: Asp.Net MVC-4,Entity Framework and JQGrid Demo: Asp.Net MVC-4,Entity Framework and JQGrid Demo with simple Todo List WebApplication, Overview TodoList is a simple web application to create, store and modify Todo tasks to be maintained by the users, which comprises of following fields to the user (Task Name, Task Description, Severity, Target Date, Task Status). TodoList web application is created using MVC - 4 architecture, code-first Entity Framework (ORM) and Jqgrid for displaying the data.Waterfox: Waterfox 31.0 Portable: New features in Waterfox 31.0: Added support for Unicode 7.0 Experimental support for WebCL New features in Firefox 31.0:New Add the search field to the new tab page Support of Prefer:Safe http header for parental control mozilla::pkix as default certificate verifier Block malware from downloaded files Block malware from downloaded files audio/video .ogg and .pdf files handled by Firefox if no application specified Changed Removal of the CAPS infrastructure for specifying site-sp...SuperSocket, an extensible socket server framework: SuperSocket 1.6.3: The changes below are included in this release: fixed an exception when collect a server's status but it has been stopped fixed a bug that can cause an exception in case of sending data when the connection dropped already fixed the log4net missing issue for a QuickStart project fixed a warning in a QuickStart projectYnote Classic: Ynote Classic 2.8.5 Beta: Several Changes - Multiple Carets and Multiple Selections - Improved Startup Time - Improved Syntax Highlighting - Search Improvements - Shell Command - Improved StabilityDatabase Schema Reader: v1.3.4.0: Contents DatabaseSchemaReader.dll - Class library (.net3.5) DatabaseSchemaViewer.exe - UI to read and view database schemas; options to generate SQL and code; option to compare another schema CopyToSQLite/CopyToSQLite.exe - UI to copy any database schema and data to SQLite or, if installed, SQL Server CE 4.0 net4/DatabaseSchemaReader.dll - .Net 4.0 class library This Release Schema Reading (MySQL)- reads UNSIGNED integers (available in the schema model's DatabaseColumn.DbDataType prope...TEBookConverter: 1.2: Fixed: Could not start convertion in some cases Fixed: Progress show during convertion was truncated Fixed: Stopping convertion didn't reset program titleQ2Cue \\: Q2Cue v. 0.85: Initial release.CS-Script Source: Release v3.8.4: CSScript.Evaluator is migrated to Mono v3.3.0 Added aggregating //css_ignore_ns from the imported scripts cs-script.7z - CS-Script Suite (binaries, documentation, samples) cs-script.ExtensionPack.7z - CS-Script Extension Pack (additional binaries and samples) cs-scriptDocs.7z - CS-Script DocumentationDotSpatial: DotSpatial 1.7: DotSpatial.Full - includes all DotSpatial libraries, extensions and DemoMap application DotSpatial.Core - includes only DotSpatial core libraries Entire list of changes see in the issue tracker. Main changes: Improved common stability, optimized memory and speed when loading and rendering shapefiles, fixed some memory leaks in rasters and shape layers. Simplified plugin infrastructure. Now there are predefined implementations for all required components (IStatusControl, IDockManager, IHead...NRepository: NRepository 2.2: NuGetNRepository packages are available from NuGet.org: NRepository.Core: Install-Package NRepository.Core NRepository.EntityFramework: Install-Package NRepository.EntityFramework NRepository.TestKit: Install-Package NRepository.TestKit Contoso University Sample Projects Added 3 versions of Contoso University sample code added: ContosoUniversityOriginal - This is the original Microsoft sample project for Entity Framework. ContosoUniversityUsingNRepository - This version simply repl...InstagramSaver: 1.5: Added: An option to wait between downloads to prevent ban from server Improved: File downloading performance Improved: File checking performancePVReportDeployer: PVReportDeployer 1.0: PVReportDeployer 1.0AD4 Application Designer for flow based .NET applications: AD4.AppDesigner.23.20: AD4.Iteration.23.20(Advanced Rendering Features) Option to render name of flow pins within flow chart (AlarmClockSample.10.ad4 used to test this extension): MainWindow extended by adding FlowChartShowFlowPinCaptionsComboBox ConfigureUIControls customized ManageFlowChartShowFlowPinCaptionsOptionFlow customized Parameter FlowChartFlowPins replaced FlowChartFlowPinCaptions in AD4.AppDesigner.cfg RenderFlowPinsCaptions customized to use the parameter ToDo: Some tutorials are unfinished b...CRM 2013 One Click Navigation: CRM2013OneClickNavigation_1_0_0_3_managed.zip: Fixes on Security PrivilegesAutomatedLab: AutomatedLab 2.1.0.0: 2.1.0 Support for external virtual switches CaRoot is a new role for installing Root Certificate Authorities Root domain controllers are installed in parallel now 2.0.0 Now supports also Windows Server 2008 R2 and 7 No longer the limit of just having one client and one server operating system Rewrite of the code that handles VHDs Lots of bug fixing Changed that parameter definition of some cmdlets in AutomatedLabDefinition and also adapted the sample scripts Now the Forest...BizTalk Deployment Utilities: 1.0.0.0: Draft VersionGroupMe Software Development Kit: GroupMe .NET SDK v1.0.1: Small update concerning the /users/me endpoint to get the currently authenticated user info. Documentation is available here: http://dotnetcorner.ch/Projects/GroupMe-NET-SDK/DocumentationOneNote Tagging Kit: OneNoteTaggingKit Add-In 2.4.5316.33833: New Features in this ReleaseThe Find Pages dialog preserves search string and tag filter selection on search scope changes Other ChangesDialog windows restored when action button is pressed while windows is minimized Code cleanup and simplification Code documentation Created some reusable UI controls Tags styling made more pleasant (I hope) Tag tooltips improved on the Find Pages dialog : Added dedicated tooltips to the page count and selection indicator of tags Closing open dial...New ProjectsCognitum ASP.NET Providers for Cassandra: Cassandra Providers is a ASP.NET solution that uses the Cassandra Database data source for a custom Membership, Role, Profile, an Session-State providers.DG Mobile: Simples aplicação para inserção, visualização e emissão de relatório de atividades relacionadas ao DG.Dynamics AX Development tools: Several AX Development related tools combined into one configurable packages: TFS Workspace, DEV_Tools, and X++ Editor components.E Drawing Library for WinRT: E Drawing Library for WinRT lets you create graphic rich Windows Store Apps easily, giving you all the power of Direct2D with simple classes and methods.EFramework.DataAccess: Summary ????freetalkserver: This php server, user can register!gicon: gicon is a project to help you to generate avatar/icon by hash (MD5, SHA1) or random hex string (such as GUID)hOOt - Full text search: Full text search engine built from scratch using bitmap indexesMelodyUI - Library for HTML, CSS & JS Development: MelodyUI is a set of classes and helpers that let us to create Web Applications. MelodyUI is lightweight and don't have any dependency.nRF24L01Plus .NETMF driver: nRF24L01, .NET MFNyan: Beginning...Prince Game Xna: Prince of Persia Net Game in Xna Game StudioSmartsby: Combining several small business web app's information into a single dashboard.Super snippets: Super snippets para Visual StudioTCP/IP Adapter BizTalk 2013: BizTalk 2013 TCP/IP community adapter. This is an updated version of the TCP/IP adapter for BizTalk, for use with BizTalk 2013.testMercurial: summaryUnit OF Work With Sql Helper: This project is intended to provide a simple data access object for SQL Server with repository and Unit of Work pattern.VisualRegEx: Prototype. Experimenting regex parsing, graph layout, etc.WDK Hardware Development Boards Add-On: Scripts for working with windows compatible hardware development boards like the Sharks Cove?????? 2014????????: ???????????????、????、????、??????、????、????????,????????、?????????,?????。?????? 2014????????: ????????????,????,??????????? ???? ???? ?????????,???,??,?????!???? 2014????????: ?????????????、????、????、??????、????、???????,?????,?????????!????? 2014???????: ????????????????,?????????????。????????????,???????,???????,?????,?????????? 2014????????: ?????????????????、????、??????、????????,????????????,???????????！??????? 2014???????: ??????????????????,??????????????、???????、???????、???????、?????！??????? 2014????????: ?????????????????????,????????????????,????????????????,??????！????? 2014????????: ?????????????????????????,???????????,????????,??????????????????????????? 2014????????: ??????????????????????,????“???????,???????”?????,????????????！?????? 2014???????: ?????????????????,????,????,??????,????“????、????、????、????”????????,??????.?????? 2014????????: ?????????????????"????,????"???,????????????????????????,??????????????。?????? 2014????????: ??????????????:????,????,????,???????,????????,??????:????????,?????!???? 2014????????: ????????????????????????,???????????????,????????????????！???? 2014?????????: ??????????????????,?????????????,???????????.????????????,????????????!?????? 2014??????: ??????????????:????,????,????,???????,????????,??????:????????,?????!?????? 2014??????: ?????????????????,???????????????。?????????????,???????,?????????。????? 2014???????: ????????????????"????,????"???,????????????????????????,??????????????。????? 2014??????: ???????????????????,?????????????,???????????.????????????,????????????!????? 2014???????: ?????????????????????????,???????????????,????????????????！?????? ????????: ??????????????300??,????????、???????、????、????????、?????,??????:????,????,???????！?????? ????????: ??????????????????,?????,???，???、???、?????,???,?????,??????????????????? ???????????: ??????????????????,?????????。????????????,??????,????,????,?????????！????? ???????: ????????????????????????，?????、???、????，????，???、???、???、???、???，????，?????！????? ???????: ????????????????????,????????,????????,????,????,??????，???????!????? ???????: ???????????????,??????????????????,????????,??????????????、????。?????? 2014????????: ????????????????????,????????:??、??、???,?????????????????????!?????? ????????: ????????????????6?,???????????????????????????,??????????????,?????????！?????? ??????: ????????????????8?，????????,????????,??????????,?????,????? ,????????!?????? ???????: ?????????????????????????????、????、????、???????????,????,????!????? 2014???????: ???????????、???、??、??????????????????????????????,????????????????!?????? 2014????????: ????????????????????????、??????,????、?????、????， ?????????，?????????????！?????? ????????: ?????????????????????、????、????、??????、???????,??????、??????。?????? ???????: ??????????????????,???????、????、????、??????、???????,??????,???????????。???? ????????: ??????,??????,?????????????????????,???????????????????????。???? ???????: ??????????????,???????、???????????,????????,????,?????????,??????,??????!?????? ????????: ?????????????????,?????????????。?????????,???????,???????,?????????????。?????? ????????: ????????????????、??????、??????、??????、??????、?????、??????、????、????、????????！????? ???????: ???????????????????,??????????????,???????????,??????,????,??????,??????。????? ???????: ?????????????!???????????,??????,????,?????????????,????????,??????,????,?????...?????? ???????: ????????????、??、???????????,??????,????????,??????????????????...?????????? ????????: ??????????????,??????????????,?????????,????,????,??????。???? ?????: ????????????、?????????,?????????,????,????????,????????????????!????? 2014??????????: ???????????????????,?????,???????,???????????,??????! ????? 2014?????????: ???????????????????,?????????????????????,?????,????,???????.

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• unit level testing, agile, and refactoring

  - by dsollen

  I'm working on a very agile development system, a small number of people with my doing the vast majority of progaming myself. I've gotten to the testing phase and find myself writing mostly functional level testing, which I should in theory be leavning for our tester (in practice I don't entirely...trust our tester to detect and identify defects enough to leave him the sole writter of functional tests). In theory what I should be writing is Unit level tests. However, I'm not sure it's worth the expense. Unit testing takes some time to do, more then functional testing since I have to set up mocks and plugs into smaller units that weren't design to run in issolation. More importantly, I find I refactor and redesign heavily-part of this is due to my inherriting code that needed heavy redesign and is still being cleaned up, but even once I've finished removing parts that need work I'm sure in the act of expanding the code I'll still do a decent amount of refactoring and redesign. It feels as if I will break my unit tests, forcing wasted time to refactor them as well, often due to unit test, by definition, having to be coupled so closely to the code structure. So.is it worth all the wasted time when functional tests, that will never break when I refactor/redesign, should find most defects? Do unit tests really provide that much extra defect detetection over through functional? and how does one create good unit tests that work with very quick and agile code that is modified rapidly? ps, I would be fine/happy with links to anything one considers an excellent resource for how to 'do' unit testing in a highly changing enviroment. edit: to clarify I am doing a bit of very unoffical TDD, I just seem to be writing tests on what would be considered a functional level rather then unit level. I think part of this is becaus I own nearly all of the project I don't feel I need to limit the scope as much; and part of it is that it's daunting to think of trying to go back and retroactively add the unit tests needed to cover enough code that I can feel comfortable testing only a unit without the full functionality and trust that unit still works with the rest of the units.

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• Problem installing Ubuntu One in Windows XP

  - by Garry

  I've just had to reinstall my Ubuntu One client for Windows XP Service Pack 3 and whenever I do it uninstalls my previous attempt then comed up with the following error message c:\Program Files/ubuntuone\dist\ubuntuone-control-panel-qt.exe This application has failed to start because the application configuration is incorrect. Reinstalling this application may fix this problem. The only option I have is "ok" then nothing happens. I've tried downloading Ubuntu One several times and tried Windows 2000 compatibility mode, Administrator mode and nothing. The only thing that I make happen is for Windows NT 5 mode, a small box appears with nothing showing and nothing else. I really need Ubuntu 1 on my computer as it has everything on it so I'm wondering if I can do anything to make it install or if it's a lost cause. The last time I tried to install U1 on Windows XP I had the same problem but after about 10 tries it installed. I've tried about 30 times now and nothing. My computer is a Dell OptiPlex SX280 with 2gb ram and 340GB Hard disk Intel Pentium 4 HT Processor

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• VirtualBox 3.2 Release

  - by [email protected]

  The latest version of VirtualBox is out - version 3.2.  It is the first release as Oracle VirtualBox and there are a lot of new features.  Many of these I see directly impacting the Oracle VDI solution in upcoming releases (just my guess, of course), and I am updating my notebook as I write this. Er... OK - Done!There are enough features that they warrant you taking a look at this two-page VirtualBox Community Bulletin.pdf.  No point in me restating them.If you and your organization haven't tried VirtualBox, or you haven't looked at it in a while, you owe it to yourself to give this a run.  This is small, simple, powerful, software that allows you to do way more than most people would ever need in hosting a Virtual machine on you local machine.  I routinely will do a demo on a two-year-old Macbook running OS X locally, plus a Solaris 10 VM running the Sun Ray server, and a Windows XP VM and hang a couple Sun Rays off of it - and the performance is stellar.You can subscribe to the mailing lists and get access to the Beta releases as they come out as well, if you are into 'bleeding edge'.40,000 downloads a day is the current rate (before this new release), but it will jump for sure now.  Might as well join in!  

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• CodePlex Daily Summary for Sunday, May 13, 2012

  CodePlex Daily Summary for Sunday, May 13, 2012Popular ReleasesGardens Point Parser Generator: Gardens Point Parser Generator version 1.5.0: ChangesVersion 1.5.0 contains a number of changes. Error messages are now MSBuild and VS-friendly. The default encoding of the *.y file is Unicode, with an automatic fallback to the previous raw-byte interpretation. The /report option has been improved, as has the automaton tracing facility. New facilities are included that allow multiple parsers to share a common token type. A complete change-log is available as a separate documentation file. The source project has been upgraded to Visual...Gardens Point LEX: Gardens Point LEX version 1.2.0: The main distribution is a zip file. This contains the binary executable, documentation, source code and the examples. ChangesVersion 1.2.0 contains a small number of changes. Error messages are now MSBuild and VS-friendly by default. The default encoding for lex input files is Unicode, with an automatic fallback to the previous raw-byte interpretation. The distribution also contains helper code for symbol pushback by GPPG parsers. A complete changelog is available as a separate documenta...Kinect Quiz Engine: update for sdk v1.0: updated to the new sdkMedia Companion: Media Companion 3.502b: It has been a slow week, but this release addresses a couple of recent bugs: Movies Multi-part Movies - Existing .nfo files that differed in name from the first part, were missed and scraped again. Trailers - MC attempted to scrape info for existing trailers. TV Shows Show Scraping - shows available only in the non-default language would not show up in the main browser. The correct language can now be selected using the TV Show Selector for a single show. General Will no longer prompt for ...NewLife XCode ??????: XCode v8.5.2012.0508、XCoder v4.7.2012.0320: X????： 1，????For .Net 4.0?? XCoder????： 1，???????，????X????，?????? XCode????： 1，Insert/Update/Delete???????????????，???SQL???? 2，IEntityOperate?????? 3，????????IEntityTree 4，????????????????? 5，?????????? 6，??????????????Assembly Analyzer: Assembly Analyzer 2.2.29: This version primarily focuses on performance, both speed and memory usage. Here are a few more things to check out: Custom colors for source code generation Assembly Overview More dependency graphs for types (parameters, return types, extension methods) More accurate MSIL No expansion of macro instructions Fixed signed/unsigned problem for short-form instructionsiFinity Friendly Url Provider: 05.04.01: Fix for reported errors with DotNetNuke 6.x installations.Google Book Downloader: Google Books Downloader Lite 1.0: Google Books Downloader Lite 1.0Python Tools for Visual Studio: 1.5 Alpha: We’re pleased to announce the release of Python Tools for Visual Studio 1.5 Alpha. Python Tools for Visual Studio (PTVS) is an open-source plug-in for Visual Studio which supports programming with the Python language. PTVS supports a broad range of features including: • Supports Cpython, IronPython, Jython and Pypy • Python editor with advanced member, signature intellisense and refactoring • Code navigation: “Find all refs”, goto definition, and object browser • Local and remote debugging...AD Gallery: AD Gallery 1.2.7: NewsFixed a bug which caused the current thumbnail not to be highlighted Added a hook to take complete control over how descriptions are handled, take a look under Documentation for more info Added removeAllImages()WebsitePanel: 1.2.2: The following work items has been fixed/closed in WebsitePanel 1.2.2.1: 225 135 59 96 23 29 191 72 48 240 245 244 160 16 65 7 156 This build is for Beta Testing only. DO NOT USE IN PRODUCTION.51Degrees.mobi - Mobile Device Detection and Redirection: 2.1.4.8: One Click Install from NuGet Data ChangesIncludes 42 new browser properties in both the Lite and Premium data sets. Premium Data includes many new devices including Nokia Lumia 900, BlackBerry 9220 and HTC One, the Samsung Galaxy Tab 2 range and Samsung Galaxy S III. Lite data includes devices released in January 2012. Changes to Version 2.1.4.81. The IsFirstTime method of the RedirectModule will now return the same value when called multiple times for the same request. This was prevent...Mugen Injection: Mugen Injection ver 2.2 (WinRT supported): Added NamedParameterAttribute, OptionalParameterAttribute. Added behaviors ICycleDependencyBehavior, IResolveUnregisteredTypeBehavior. Added WinRT support. Added support for NET 4.5. Added support for MVC 4.NShape - .Net Diagramming Framework for Industrial Applications: NShape 2.0.1: Changes in 2.0.1:Bugfixes: IRepository.Insert(Shape shape) and IRepository.Insert(IEnumerable<Shape> shapes) no longer insert shape connections. Several context menu items did display although the required permission was not granted Display did not reset the visible and active layers when changing the diagram NullReferenceException when pressing Del key and no shape was selected Changed Behavior: LayerCollection.Find("") no longer throws an exception. Improvements: Display does not rese...AcDown????? - Anime&Comic Downloader: AcDown????? v3.11.6: ?? ●AcDown??????????、??、??????，????1M，????，????，?????????????????????????。???????????Acfun、????(Bilibili)、??、??、YouTube、??、???、??????、SF????、????????????。??????AcPlay?????，??????、????????????????。 ● AcDown???????????????????????????，???，???????????????????。 ● AcDown???????C#??，????.NET Framework 2.0??。?????"Acfun?????"。 ????32??64? Windows XP/Vista/7/8 ????????????? ??：????????Windows XP???,?????????.NET Framework 2.0???(x86)，?????"?????????"??? ??????????????，??????????： ??"AcDo...sb0t: sb0t 4.64: New commands added: #scribble <url> #adminscribble on #adminscribble offDocument.Editor: 2012.4: Whats new for Document.Editor 2012.4: Improved Template support Improved Options Dialog Minor Bug Fix's, improvements and speed upsJson.NET: Json.NET 4.5 Release 5: New feature - Added ItemIsReference, ItemReferenceLoopHandling, ItemTypeNameHandling, ItemConverterType to JsonPropertyAttribute New feature - Added ItemRequired to JsonObjectAttribute New feature - Added Path to JsonWriterException Change - Improved deserializer call stack memory usage Change - Moved the PDB files out of the NuGet package into a symbols package Fix - Fixed infinite loop from an input error when reading an array and error handling is enabled Fix - Fixed base objec...BlackJumboDog: Ver5.6.1: 2012.05.07 Ver5.6.1 (1)????????????????(Ver5.6.0??)??? (2)HTTP?????SSL????????????（Ver5.6.0??）??? (3)HTTP?????2G??????????????????????????? (4)HTP????　?????????ExtAspNet: ExtAspNet v3.1.5: ExtAspNet - ?? ExtJS ??? ASP.NET 2.0 ???，????? AJAX ?????????? ExtAspNet ????? ExtJS ??? ASP.NET 2.0 ???，????? AJAX ??????????。 ExtAspNet ??????? JavaScript，?? CSS，?? UpdatePanel，?? ViewState，?? WebServices ???????。 ??????: IE 7.0, Firefox 3.6, Chrome 3.0, Opera 10.5, Safari 3.0+ ????：Apache License 2.0 (Apache) ??：http://extasp.net/ ??：http://bbs.extasp.net/ ??：http://extaspnet.codeplex.com/ ??：http://sanshi.cnblogs.com/ ????： +2012-05-06 v3.1.5 -????????：grid/grid_twogrid.aspx。 +?...New ProjectsbillyTest: summarybwoodring: My personal toolkit and projects.CodeQuarantine: A .NET quality test service. Projects are loaded, and unit tests will be tested and timed once pr. hour for 24 hours, to ensure stability in new releases. If a build gives preformance issue, it will not be pushed to deploy site, without user interaction. This will ensure that all releases are stable, even features not directly edited.Continuous Automated Backup: The goal of this project is to provide a continuous automated backup solution to a variety of backup locationsDonateBoat: Donate Your Boat to Charity DotNetIRCD: DotNetIRCD is (Will be) a full-featured IRC Deamon built on the Microsoft DotNet Framework 4.0 It will have all the IRC Features defined in the relevant RFC's, whicle also implementing the Microsoft IRCX Extensions.DynCMS.NET: DynCMS.NET is extensible engine for dynamic web applications. It enables fast startup of new site & development of new functionalities in iterations.foothill2: my own website in ASP.NETFourPoints: Four Points YachtsGoogleAuth C#: The purpose of this project is to create a set of C# tools to integrate Google Authenticator for .Net application development.KaChing: A Personal Finances Manager, the way it's meant to beliketryrobot: ????????,????lyblog: ??????ThinkPHP???????，????。Metro Calc: This is a small calculator app for Windows 8.Netduino Device Library: My repository of code for the Netduino line of NETMF controllers. Prism 4.1 on.Net for Metro Style App: A conversion of Prism 4.1 to work with .Net for Metro Style Apps. Its a pragmatic conversion and keeps most of the existing functionality that you get in Prism 4.1 apart from features that don’t naturally work within Metro (such as reflectively loading modules). I’ve kept the namespaces intact ; so its easy to replace with the official Prism framework when it is ready. However, I have renamed the assemblies to avoid any confusion. It uses a MetroIoC - (port from microIoc done by Ia...SeaTurtleStore: Sea Turtle StoreSIIV: Sistema Integral de Investigaciones Veterinarias

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• Creating properly aligned partitions on a replacement disk

  - by Marius Gedminas

  I've a typical small office server with two hard disks configured for RAID-1 (mirroring). Each disk has several partitions: one for swap, the others paired in several /dev/mdX arrays. Every couple of years one of the disks dies and is replaced. The replacement typically goes something like this: # copy partition table from the remaining good disk to the empty replacement disk # (instead of /dev/good_disk and /dev/new_disk I use /dev/sda and /dev/sdb, as appropriate) sfdisk -d /dev/good_disk | sfdisk /dev/new_disk # install boot loader grub-install /dev/new_disk # create swap partition reusing the same UUID, so I don't need to edit /etc/fstab mkswap /dev/new_disk1 -U xxxxxxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxxxxxxxxxx # hot-add the new partitions to my RAID arrays mdadm /dev/md0 -a /dev/new_disk2 mdadm /dev/md1 -a /dev/new_disk5 mdadm /dev/md2 -a /dev/new_disk6 mdadm /dev/md3 -a /dev/new_disk7 mdadm /dev/md4 -a /dev/new_disk8 The disks were originally partitioned with cfdisk back in 2009, and so the partition table is aligned traditionally to cylinder boundaries (255 heads * 63 sectors). This is not the optimum configuration for new 4K-sector drives. My question is: how can I create a set of partitions for the new disk and ensure they're properly aligned, and have correct sizes for my RAID arrays (rounding up is acceptable, I suppose, but rounding down is definitely not)?

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• SQL Contest – Result of Cartoon Contest

  - by pinaldave

  Earlier we had an excellent contest ran with the help of Embarcadero Technologies. We had two different contests on the same day sponsored by the kind folks at Embarcadero. Here are the details of the winners. 1) Win USD 25 Amazon Gift Cards (10 Units) We had announced that we will award USD 25 Amazon Gift Cards to 10 lucky winners who will download the DB Optimizer between Nov 29 to Dec 8. Here is the name of the winners. Winners will get Amazon Gift Cards USD 25 in the next 5 days of this blog post to their registered email address. If you do not receive the card, do send me email (Pinal at sqlauthority.com) and I will follow up on the details. Name of the winners: Ramdas Narayanan Krishna Uppuluri Donna Kray Santosh Gupta Robert Small Samit Bhatt Bernd Baumanns Rodrigo Oriola Jim Woodin Alfred Sandou 2) Win Star Wars R2-D2 Inflatable R/C We had cartoon contest. If you have not read the cartoon – I suggest you go over this cartoon story one more time. The task was to give the correct answer with some interesting note along with it. We selected a few good quotes and put them together. We later on picked the winner by using random algorithm. The winner gets fantastic Star Wars R2-D2 Inflatable R/C. Name of the winner: Aadhar Joshi. He wins R2-D2. You can read his comment over here. Thank you all for participating in the contest – this was fun – if you have liked it do let me know and we will come up with something new for you next time. Reference: Pinal Dave (http://blog.SQLAuthority.com) Filed under: PostADay, SQL, SQL Authority, SQL Query, SQL Server, SQL Tips and Tricks, T SQL, Technology

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• CodePlex Daily Summary for Tuesday, May 22, 2012

  CodePlex Daily Summary for Tuesday, May 22, 2012Popular ReleasesBlackJumboDog: Ver5.6.3: 2012.05.22 Ver5.6.3 　(1) HTTP????????、ftp://??????????????????????Internals Viewer (updated) for SQL Server 2008 R2.: Internals Viewer for SSMS 2008 R2: Updated code to work with SSMS 2008 R2. Changed dependancies, removing old assemblies no longer present and replacing them with updated versions.Orchard Project: Orchard 1.4.2: This is a service release to address 1.4 and 1.4.1 bugs. Please read our release notes for Orchard 1.4.2: http://docs.orchardproject.net/Documentation/Orchard-1-4-Release-NotesVirtu: Virtu 0.9.2: Source Requirements.NET Framework 4 Visual Studio 2010 with SP1 or Visual Studio 2010 Express with SP1 Silverlight 5 Tools for Visual Studio 2010 with SP1 Windows Phone 7 Developer Tools (which includes XNA Game Studio 4) Binaries RequirementsSilverlight 5 .NET Framework 4 XNA Framework 4SharePoint Euro 2012 - UEFA European Football Predictor: havivi.euro2012.wsp (1.0): New fetures:View other users predictions Hide/Show background image (web part property) Installing SharePoint Euro 2012 PredictorSharePoint Euro 2012 Predictor has been developed as a SharePoint Sandbox solution to support SharePoint Online (Office 365) Download the solution havivi.euro2012.wsp from the download page: Downloads Upload this solution to your Site Collection via the solutions area. Click on Activate to make the web parts in the solution available for use in the Site C...State Machine .netmf: State Machine Example: First release.... Contains 3 state machines running on separate threads. Event driven button to change the states. StateMachineEngine to support the Machines Message class with the type of data to send between statesSilverlight socket component: Smark.NetDisk: Smark.NetDisk?????Silverlight ?.net???????????，???????????????????????。Smark.NetDisk??????????，????.net???????????????????????tcp??；???????Silverlight??????????????????????callisto: callisto 2.0.28: Update log: - Extended Scribble protocol. - Updated HTML5 client code - now supports the latest versions of Google Chrome.ExtAspNet: ExtAspNet v3.1.6: ExtAspNet - ?? ExtJS ??? ASP.NET 2.0 ???，????? AJAX ?????????? ExtAspNet ????? ExtJS ??? ASP.NET 2.0 ???，????? AJAX ??????????。 ExtAspNet ??????? JavaScript，?? CSS，?? UpdatePanel，?? ViewState，?? WebServices ???????。 ??????: IE 7.0, Firefox 3.6, Chrome 3.0, Opera 10.5, Safari 3.0+ ????：Apache License 2.0 (Apache) ??：http://bbs.extasp.net/ ??：http://demo.extasp.net/ ??：http://doc.extasp.net/ ??：http://extaspnet.codeplex.com/ ??：http://sanshi.cnblogs.com/ ????： +2012-05-20 v3.1.6 -??RowD...Dynamics XRM Tools: Dynamics XRM Tools BETA 1.0: The Dynamics XRM Tools 1.0 BETA is now available Seperate downloads are available for On Premise and Online as certain features are only available On Premise. This is a BETA build and may not resemble the final release. Many enhancements are in development and will be made available soon. Please provide feedback so that we may learn and discover how to make these tools better.WatchersNET CKEditor™ Provider for DotNetNuke®: CKEditor Provider 1.14.05: Whats New Added New Editor Skin "BootstrapCK-Skin" Added New Editor Skin "Slick" Added Dnn Pages Drop Down to the Link Dialog (to quickly link to a portal tab) changes Fixed Issue #6956 Localization issue with some languages Fixed Issue #6930 Folder Tree view was not working in some cases Changed the user folder from User name to User id User Folder is now used when using Upload Function and User Folder is enabled File-Browser Fixed Resizer Preview Image Optimized the oEmbed Pl...PHPExcel: PHPExcel 1.7.7: See Change Log for details of the new features and bugfixes included in this release. BREAKING CHANGE! From PHPExcel 1.7.8 onwards, the 3rd-party tcPDF library will no longer be bundled with PHPExcel for rendering PDF files through the PDF Writer. The PDF Writer is being rewritten to allow a choice of 3rd party PDF libraries (tcPDF, mPDF, and domPDF initially), none of which will be bundled with PHPExcel, but which can be downloaded seperately from the appropriate sites.GhostBuster: GhostBuster Setup (91520): Added WMI based RestorePoint support Removed test code from program.cs Improved counting. Changed color of ghosted but unfiltered devices. Changed HwEntries into an ObservableCollection. Added Properties Form. Added Properties MenuItem to Context Menu. Added Hide Unfiltered Devices to Context Menu. If you like this tool, leave me a note, rate this project or write a review or Donate to Ghostbuster. Donate to GhostbusterEXCEL??、??、????????：DataPie（??MSSQL 2008、ORACLE、ACCESS 2007）: DataPie_V3.2: V3.2, 2012?5?19? ????ORACLE??????。AvalonDock: AvalonDock 2.0.0795: Welcome to the Beta release of AvalonDock 2.0 After 4 months of hard work I'm ready to upload the beta version of AvalonDock 2.0. This new version boosts a lot of new features and now is stable enough to be deployed in production scenarios. For this reason I encourage everyone is using AD 1.3 or earlier to upgrade soon to this new version. The final version is scheduled for the end of June. What is included in Beta: 1) Stability! thanks to all users contribution I’ve corrected a lot of issues...myCollections: Version 2.1.0.0: New in this version : Improved UI New Metro Skin Improved Performance Added Proxy Settings New Music and Books Artist detail Lot of Bug FixingAspxCommerce: AspxCommerce1.1: AspxCommerce - 'Flexible and easy eCommerce platform' offers a complete e-Commerce solution that allows you to build and run your fully functional online store in minutes. You can create your storefront; manage the products through categories and subcategories, accept payments through credit cards and ship the ordered products to the customers. We have everything set up for you, so that you can only focus on building your own online store. Note: To login as a superuser, the username and pass...SiteMap Editor for Microsoft Dynamics CRM 2011: SiteMap Editor (1.1.1616.403): BUG FIX Hide save button when Titles or Descriptions element is selectedMapWindow 6 Desktop GIS: MapWindow 6.1.2: Looking for a .Net GIS Map Application?MapWindow 6 Desktop GIS is an open source desktop GIS for Microsoft Windows that is built upon the DotSpatial Library. This release requires .Net 4 (Client Profile). Are you a software developer?Instead of downloading MapWindow for development purposes, get started with with the DotSpatial template. The extensions you create from the template can be loaded in MapWindow.DotSpatial: DotSpatial 1.2: This is a Minor Release. See the changes in the issue tracker. Minimal -- includes DotSpatial core and essential extensions Extended -- includes debugging symbols and additional extensions Tutorials are available. Just want to run the software? End user (non-programmer) version available branded as MapWindow Want to add your own feature? Develop a plugin, using the template and contribute to the extension feed (you can also write extensions that you distribute in other ways). Components ...New ProjectsBunch of Small Tools: Il s'agit du code source de petits projets principalement en rapport avec le japonais ou le chinois, destinés à des apprenants de ces langues. D'autres petits programmes de ma création peuvent y être ajoutés à ma discrétion. Ces projets ne sont plus en développement, et le code source présenté ici est mis à disposition dans le cadre de mon portefolio.Cat: summaryClínica DECORação: Projeto desenvolvido em ASP.NETDnD Campaing Manager: A little project to create a full campaing manager for D&D 3.5 DMsExcel add-in for Ranges: Slice, dice, and splice Excel ranges to your hearts content. Use RANGE.KEY to do "named argument" style programing.FirstPong: bla bla blaHP TRIM Stream Record Attachment Web App: A simple ASP.Net 4.0 Web application that streams the electronic attachment of a record from Hewlett Packard's TRIM record management software (HP TRIM), to the browser. It uses Routing to retrieve an attachment based on the Record Number, ie: http://localhost/View/D12/45 Where D12/45 is a HP TRIM record number. Code was originally from a HP TRIM sample for ASP.Net 2.0, but I expanded upon it and converted it to .Net 4.0 and added routing for a nicer URL. Json Services: Json Services is a web services framework that intended to make the creation and consumption of SOA based applications easier and more efficient. Json Services framework is built using the .NET framework 4.0 and depends heavily on reflection features of .NET, it is depends on the great Json.NET library for serialization. Json Services framework is intended to be simple and efficient and can be consumed using a wide range of clients, Java Script clients will gain the benefit of automatic...LAVAA: LAVAAlion: abcloja chocolate: Utilização de C# para criar uma loja virtual.Mega Terrain ++: This project presents a method to render large terrains with multiple materials using the Ogre graphics engine.Minería de datos - Reglas de asociación: Laboratorio N° 2 del curso Minería de datos, semestre 1 año 2012. Universidad de Santiago de ChileMNT Cryptography: A very simple cryptography classMsAccess to Sqlite converter: This project aims to create a small application to convert a MSAccess Database file into SQLite format. It needs the SQLite ADO library in order to workMSI Previewer: MSI Previewer is a tool, which extracts the given msi and displays the directory structure in which the files will be placed after the installation. It helps to preview the directory structure of the files present in the msi, which will be placed exactly after installation. muvonni: css3 stylesheet developmentMyModeler: MyModeler is a modeling tool for IT professional and ArchitectsNewSite: First asp.net test project i have on codeplex. I'm not entirely sure where this project is headed at the moment and only have some initial ideas. More details to follow soon.PHLTest: Test team foundationPhoto Studio Nana: ?????????? ???????? ? ???playm_20120517_00365: just a colaboration plan...PROJETO CÓDIGO ABDI: Códigos da ABDIsample project for data entry: hi this is summary for first project....Sharepoint WP List Sinc Mapper: loren ipsum dolorSocialAuth4Net: SocialAuth4Net is open authentication wrapper for populer social platforms for example Facebook, LinkedIn and soon Twitter, Google+tiger: abctweetc: tweetc is a windows command line twitter client written in F#

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• Spell check web pages using Firefox plugin

  - by Gopinath

  Having spelling mistakes on a website degrades customer experience by many times. Developers and website content creators spend good amount of time in going through the content manually to make sure that there are no spelling mistakes. At times few mistakes slip in as manual process is error prone. There are few web services and tool available in the market which provide automated spell checking services but they have certain limitations like – high fees to use the service, limitation on the number of pages they scan for errors, privacy issues, etc. What about a free tool that runs locally on your PC and spell checks unlimited web pages? Here comes Spell Checker extension for  Firefox web browser. This free Firefox extension is developed by  Gaurang, a Software Test Engineer based out in India. Once the extension is installed it adds a new context menu “Check Spelling” and a small icon to Add-On bar. To check spellings of a web page just click on the icon or the context menu and it will highlight all the errors on the page. By default SpellChecker extension uses US English dictionary to find spell mistakes and supports spell checking in other languages with installation of dictionaries. Download SpellChecker Extension for Firefox. Spell check dictionaries:  US-English , GB English and  Australian English

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• Java issues on OpenVZ Ubuntu 11.04 (.jar/.sh files)

  - by IWillNotChange

  I've had a whole line of messes with java and .jar files. I've tried both OpenJDK (from software installer) and about three repositories for Sun. /Desktop# java -jar -Xmx1024m ss.jar Exception in thread "main" java.awt.HeadlessException at java.awt.GraphicsEnvironment.checkHeadless(GraphicsEnvironment.java:173) at java.awt.Window.<init>(Window.java:476) at java.awt.Frame.<init>(Frame.java:419) at java.awt.Frame.<init>(Frame.java:384) at javax.swing.JFrame.<init>(JFrame.java:174) at org.powerbot.bd.<init>(Unknown Source) at org.powerbot.Boot.main(Unknown Source) Two separate errors: ~/Desktop# ./ss.sh [SEVERE] org.server.Boot: Default heap size of 490m too small, restarting with 768m and about 30 different crashes were it just "aborts" with a huge file dump. Each time I've tried something a little different, whether it be updating Java or just changing -Xmx1024 to -Xmx1024m to get rid of the heap. Personally I think it has something to do with OpenVZ, but Google hasn't saved me this time, I need someone who can get to the bottom of my problem. java -version java version "1.6.0_26" Java(TM) SE Runtime Environment (build 1.6.0_26-b03) Java HotSpot(TM) 64-Bit Server VM (build 20.1-b02, mixed mode) is my current install. Running ss.sh gives me: (I'd post the entire log but its long) # # A fatal error has been detected by the Java Runtime Environment: # # SIGILL (0x4) at pc=0x00002b14278e6fa0, pid=9301, tid=47365590714112 # # JRE version: 6.0_26-b03 # Java VM: Java HotSpot(TM) 64-Bit Server VM (20.1-b02 mixed mode linux-amd64 compressed oops) # Problematic frame: # C [ld-linux-x86-64.so.2+0x14fa0] _dl_make_stack_executable+0x2b50 # # If you would like to submit a bug report, please visit: # http://java.sun.com/webapps/bugreport/crash.jsp # The crash happened outside the Java Virtual Machine in native code. # See problematic frame for where to report the bug. # I'm willing to let someone who knows what they are talking about view it and try and sort this out. Any help would be appreciated, I've about pulled all my hair Googling to no avail.

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• C# XNA: Effecient mesh building algorithm for voxel based terrain ("top" outside layer only, non-destructible)

  - by Tim Hatch

  To put this bluntly, for non-destructible/non-constructible voxel style terrain, are generated meshes handled much better than instancing? Is there another method to achieve millions of visible quad faces per scene with ease? If generated meshes per chunk is the way to go, what kind of algorithm might I want to use based on only EVER needing the outer layer rendered? I'm using 3D Perlin Noise for terrain generation (for overhangs/caves/etc). The layout is fantastic, but even for around 20k visible faces, it's quite slow using instancing (whether it's one big draw call or multiple smaller chunks). I've simplified it to the point of removing non-visible cubes and only having the top faces of my cube-like terrain be rendered, but with 20k quad instances, it's still pretty sluggish (30fps on my machine). My goal is for the world to be made using quite small cubes. Where multiple games (IE: Minecraft) have the player 1x1 cube in width/length and 2 high, I'm shooting for 6x6 width/length and 9 high. With a lot of advantages as far as gameplay goes, it also means I could quite easily have a single scene with millions of truly visible quads. So, I have been trying to look into changing my method from instancing to mesh generation on a chunk by chunk basis. Do video cards handle this type of processing better than separate quads/cubes through instancing? What kind of existing algorithms should I be looking into? I've seen references to marching cubes a few times now, but I haven't spent much time investigating it since I don't know if it's the better route for my situation or not. I'm also starting to doubt my need of using 3D Perlin noise for terrain generation since I won't want the kind of depth it would seem best at. I just like the idea of overhangs and occasional cave-like structures, but could find no better 'surface only' algorithms to cover that. If anyone has any better suggestions there, feel free to throw them at me too. Thanks, Mythics

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• Finding the normals of an oriented bounding box?

  - by Milo

  Here is my problem. I'm working on the physics for my 2D game. All objects are oriented bounding boxes (OBB) based on the separate axis theorem. In order to do collision resolution, I need to be able to get an object out out of the object it is penetrating. To do this I need to find the normal of the face(s) that the other OBB is touching. Example: The small red OBB is a car lets say, and the big OBB is a static building. I need to determine the unit vector that is the normal of the building edge(s) the car is penetrating to get the car out of there. Here are my questions: How do I determine which edges the car is penetrating. I know how to determine the normal of an edge, but how do I know if I need (-dy, dx) or (dy, -dx)? In the case I'm demonstrating the car is penetrating 2 edges, which edge(s) do I use to get it out? Answers or help with any or all of these is greatly appreciated. Thank you

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• Is using something other than XML advisable for my configuration file?

  - by Earlz

  I have a small tool I'm designing which would require a configuration file of some sort. The configuration file in my case is really more of a database, but it needs to be lightweight, and if needed the end-user should find it easily editable. However, it also will contain a lot of things in it. (depending on certain factors, could be 1Mb or more) I've decided I'd rather use plain ol' text, rather than trying to use SQLite or some such. However, with using text, I also have to deal with the variety of formats. So far, my options are XML JSON Custom format The data in my file is quite simple consisting for the most part of key-value type things. So, a custom format wouldn't be that difficult... but I'd rather not have to worry about writing the support for it. I've never seen JSON used for configuration files. And XML would bloat the file size substantially I think. (I also just has a dislike of XML in general). What should I do in this case? Factors to consider: This configuration file can be uploaded to a web service(so size matters) Users must be able to edit it by hand if necessary(ease of editing and reading matters) Must be able to generate and process automatically (speed doesn't matter a lot, but not excessively slow) The "keys" and "values" are plain strings, but must be escaped because they can contain anything. (unicode and escaping has to work easily)

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• How to restrict paddle movement using Farseer Physics engine 3.2

  - by brainydexter

  I am new to using Farseer Physics Engine 3.2(FPE), so please bear with my questions. Also, since FPE 3.2 is based on Box2D, I have been reading Box2D manual and pieces of code scattered in samples to better understand terminology and usage. Pong is usually my testbed whenever I try to do something new. Here is one of the issue I am running into: How can I restrict paddles to move only along Y axis, because the ball comes in and knocks off the paddles and everything floats in space afterwards ? (Box = Rectangle and ball = circle) I know MKS is the unit system, but is there a recommendation for sizes/position to be used ? I know this is a very generic question, but it would be good to know a simple set of values that one could use for making a game as simple as pong. Between box2d and FPE, I have some doubts: what is the recommended way of making a body in FPE ? world.CreateBody() does not exist in FPE Box2d manual recommends never to "new" body(since Box2D uses Small Object allocators), so is there a recommended way in Farseer to create a body (apart from factories) ? In box2d, it is recommended to keep a track of the body object, since it is also the parent to fixture(s). Why is it that in most of the examples, the fixture object is tracked ? Is there a reason why body is not tracked ? Thanks

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• How would you refactor nested IF Statements?

  - by saunderl

  I was cruising around the programming blogosphere when I happened upon this post about GOTO's: http://giuliozambon.blogspot.com/2010/12/programmers-tabu.html Here the writer talks about how "one must come to the conclusion that there are situations where GOTOs make for more readable and more maintainable code" and then goes on to show an example similar to this: if (Check#1) { CodeBlock#1 if (Check#2) { CodeBlock#2 if (Check#3) { CodeBlock#3 if (Check#4) { CodeBlock#4 if (Check#5) { CodeBlock#5 if (Check#6) { CodeBlock#6 if (Check#7) { CodeBlock#7 } else { rest - of - the - program } } } } } } } The writer then proposes that using GOTO's would make this code much easier to read and maintain. I personally can think of at least 3 different ways to flatten it out and make this code more readable without resorting to flow-breaking GOTO's. Here are my two favorites. 1 - Nested Small Functions. Take each if and its code block and turn it into a function. If the boolean check fails, just return. If it passes, then call the next function in the chain. (Boy, that sounds a lot like recursion, could you do it in a single loop with function pointers?) 2 - Sentinal Variable. To me this is the easyest. Just use a blnContinueProcessing variable and check to see if it is still true in your if check. Then if the check fails, set the variable to false. How many different ways can this type of coding problem be refactored to reduce nesting and increase maintainability?

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• To write or not to write: Frameworks [closed]

  - by caarlos0

  Today some friends and I started discussing frameworks.. Some of us strongly believe that in 99.9% of cases, writing a new framework is a bad idea. We believe that probably some of the millions of frameworks out there should fit our problem, and if not, some hack, API, or configuration should be enough. If not, we think that contributing to some framework, suggest features or something like that should be the best solution. The 0.1% is when none of the frameworks fit to our case. But, some of us say that it is better to have an "internal corporate framework" (for example), because it's faster to fix issues, creates a 100% fit with the app, because of the "learning" factor (when you improve your skills building a framework), etc. I think that to go out coding frameworks like there's no tomorrow is not the right way. I've seen a lot of small teams building their own framework just to spread the word: "we built our own framework, we rule, bro". Generally, the framework is crap, without any documentation, and only works for their own applications. Opinions are opinions, devs are devs, without the intention to start any kind of flame war, I ask: What do you think about that? What parameters you consider when building a framework? What do you think about all this?

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• Facilitating XNA game deployments for non programmers

  - by Sal

  I'm currently working on an RPG, using the RPG starter kit from XNA as a base. (http://xbox.create.msdn.com/en-US/education/catalog/sample/roleplaying_game) I'm working with a small team (two designers and one music/sound artist), but I'm the only programmer. Currently, we're working with the following (unsustainable) system: the team creates new pics/sounds to add to the game, or they modify existing sounds/pics, then they commit their work to a repository, where we keep a current build of everything. (Code, images, sound, etc.) Every day or so, I create a new installer, reflecting the new images, code changes, and sound, and everyone installs it. My issue is this: I want to create a system where the rest of the team can replace the combat sounds, for instance, and they can immediately see the changes, without having to wait for me to build. The way XNA's setup, if I publish, it encodes all of the image and sound files, so the team can't "hot swap." I can set up Microsoft VS on everyone's machine and show them how to quickly publish, but I wanted to know if there was a simpler way of doing this. Has anyone come up against this when working with teams using XNA?

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• Translation and Localization Resources for UX Designers

  - by ultan o'broin

  Here is a handy list of translation and localization-related resources for user experience professionals. Following these will help you design an easily translatable user experience. Most of the references here are for web pages or software. Fundamentally, remember your designs will be consumed globally, and never divorce the design process from the development or deployment effort that goes into bringing your designs to life in code. Ask yourself today: Do you know how the text you are using in your designs are delivered to the customer, even in English? Key areas that UX designers always seen to fall foul of, in my space anyway, are: Terminology that is impossible to translate (jargon, multiple modifiers, gerunds) or is used inconsistently Poorly written, verbose text (really, just write well in English, no special considerations) String construction (concatenation of parts assembled dynamically) Composite widget positioning (my favourite) Hard-coded fonts, small font sizes, or character formatting or casing that doesn't work globally Format that is not separate from content Restricted real estate not allowing for text expansion in translation Forcing formatting with breaks, and hard-coding alphabetical sorting Graphics that do not work in Bi-Di languages (because they indicate directionality and can't flip) or contain embedded text. The problems of culturally offensive icons are well known by now in the enterprise applications space, though there are some dangers, such as the use of flags to indicate language, for example. Resources Internationalization Techniques: Authoring HTML & CSS Global By Design Insert Title Here : Variables in Interface Language Prose: Internationalisation Doc and help considerations I can deal with later.

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• Developer Preview of Java SE 8 for ARM Now Available

  - by Tori Wieldt

  A Developer Preview of Java SE 8 including JavaFX (JDK 8) on Linux for ARM processors is now available for immediate download from Java.net. As Java Evangelist Stephen Chin says, "This is a great platform for doing small embedded projects, a low cost computing system for teaching, and great fun for hobbyists." This Developer Preview is provided to the community so that you can provide us with valuable feedback on the ongoing progress of the project. We wanted to get this release out to you as quickly as we can so you can start using this build of Java SE 8 on an ARM device, such as the Raspberry Pi (http://raspberrypi.org/). Download JDK 8 for ARM Read the documentation for this early access release Let Us Know What You Think!Use the Forums to share your stories, comments and questions. Java SE Snapshots: Project Feedback Forum  JavaFX Forum We are interested in both problems and success stories. If something does not work or behaves differently than what you expect, please check the list of known issues and if yours is not listed there, then report a bug at JIRA Bug Tracking System. More ResourcesJavaFX on Raspberry Pi – 3 Easy Steps by Stephen Chin OTN Tech Article: Getting Started with Java SE Embedded on the Raspberry Pi by Bill Courington and Gary Collins Java Magazine Article: Getting Started with Java SE for Embedded Devices on Raspberry Pi (Free subscription required) Video: Quickie Guide Getting Java Embedded Running on Raspberry Pi by Hinkmond Wong 

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• Do licenses matter if there's nobody around to enforce them?

  - by Corey

  Suppose that the original creators can't (or won't) enforce a license on their software/code, but that work is still popular. I guess if you want to visualize it, I'll throw out a convoluted hypothetical: Imagine a very small group of developers that released a code project under an open-source license. The repository was hosted on their servers. However, the everybody on the immediate development team passed away in a tragic accident or something. Their servers shut down after this happened. The project had a fairly large user base, and so others began to host the last revision on their own servers for others to download. (Yes, I have an active imagination) Does abiding by the license simply become a matter of morality by its users, or can there still exist a legal penalty when there is no one user or group to enforce it? Could anything be done if an unscrupulous user decided to branch off the project and use it under a different license? I am not looking for legal advice -- I am simply curious about how software licenses work. I tend to think of strange situations and wonder what would happen in those scenarios.

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• Scaling Scrum within a group of 100s of programmers

  - by blunders

  Most Scrum teams lean toward 7-15 people **, though it's not clear how to scale Scrum among 100s of people, or how the effectiveness of a given team might be compared to another team within the group; meaning beyond just breaking the group into Scrum teams of 7-15 people, it's unclear how efforts between the teams are managed, compared, etc. Any suggestions related to either of these topics, or additional related topics that might be of more importance to account for in planning a large scale SCRUM grouping? ** In reviewing research related to the suggested size of software development teams, which appears to be the basis for the suggested Scrum team size, I found what appears to be an error in the research which oddly appears to show that bigger teams (15+ ppl), not smaller teams (7 ppl) are better. UPDATE, "Re: Scrum doesn't scale": Made huge amounts of progress on personally researching the topic, but thought I'd respond to the general belief of some that Scrum doesn't scale by citing a quote from Succeeding with Agile by Mike Cohn : Scrum Does Scale: You have to admire the intellectual honesty of the earliest agile authors. They were all very careful to say that agile methodolgies like Scrum were for small projects. This conservatism wasn’t because agile or Scrum turned out to be unsuited for large projects but because they hadn’t used these processes on large projects and so were reluctant to advise their readers to do so. But, in the years since the Agile Manifesto and the books that came shortly before and after it, we have learned that the principles and practices of agile development can be scaled up and applied on large projects, albeit it with a considerable amount of overhead. Fortunately, if large organizations use the techniques described regarding the role of the product owner, working with a shared product backlog, being mindful of dependencies, coordinating work among teams, and cultivating communities of practice, they can successfully scale a Scrum project. SOURCE: (ran across the book thanks to Ladislav Mrnka answer)

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