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  • Would you recommend Head First Programming for someone new?

    - by Sergio
    My brother is just starting out college. He's studying the same thing I am here in Bolivia; Systems Engineer which is the equivalent of what a CS degree is in the US. Being his big brother and a programmer myself I really want to guide him and give him the right material to learn and become good at programming. My motives are selfish I admit, I want him to become really good so he can teach me things in the future. :) After poking around the web, I found Head First Programming. This book seems to teach the fundamentals of programming, using Python as the language. Would you recommend this book as his first book ever? Would learning Python as his first language stunt him somehow? What are your thoughts and suggestions? Thanks!

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  • Expert F# &ndash; Pattern Matching with Adam and Eve

    - by MarkPearl
    So I am loving my Expert F# book. I wish I had more time with it, but the little time I get I really enjoy. However today I was completely stumped by what the book was trying to get across with regards to pattern matching. On Page 38 – Chapter 3, it briefly describes F# option values. On this page it gives the code snippet along the code lines below and then goes on to speak briefly about pattern matching... open System type 'a option = | None | Some of 'a let people = [ ("Adam", None); ("Eve", None); ("Cain", Some("Adam", "Eve")); ("Abel", Some("Adam", "Eve")) ] let showParents(name, parents) = match parents with | Some(dad, mum) -> printfn "%s has father %s, mother %s" name dad mum | None -> printfn "%s has no parents!" name Console.WriteLine(showParents("Adam", None))   Originally when I read this code I think I misunderstood the purpose of the example code. I for some reason thought that the showParents function would magically be parsing the people array and looking for a match of name and then showing the parents. But obviously it cannot do this since there is no reference to the people array in the showParents method. After rereading the page I realized that I had just combined the two segments of code together, possibly incorrectly, and that a better example would have been to have a code snippet like the following. let showParents(name, parents) = match parents with | Some(dad, mum) -> printfn "%s has father %s, mother %s" name dad mum | None -> printfn "%s has no parents!" name Console.WriteLine(showParents("Adam", None)) Console.WriteLine(showParents("Cain", Some("Adam", "Eve"))) Console.ReadLine()   However, what if I wanted to have a function that was passed a list of people and a name would then show the parents of the name if there were any, and if not would show that they had no parents… so that doesnt seem to difficult does it… lets look at my very unoptimized noob F# code to try and achieve this… open System let people = [ ("Adam", None); ("Eve", None); ("Cain", Some("Adam", "Eve")); ("Abel", Some("Adam", "Eve")) ] // // returns the name of the person // let showName(person : string * (string * string) option) = let name = fst(person) name // // Returns a string with the parents details or not // let showParents(itemData : string * (string * string) option) = let name = fst(itemData) let parents = snd(itemData) match parents with | Some(dad, mum) -> "Father " + dad + " and Mother " + mum | None -> "Has no parents!" // // Prints the details // let showDetails(person : string * (string * string) option) = Console.WriteLine(showName(person)) Console.WriteLine(showParents(person)) // // Check if the name matches the first portion of person // if so, return true, else return false // let nameMatch(name : string , person : string * (string * string) option) = match name with | x when x = fst(person) -> true | _ -> false // // Searches an array of people and looks for a match of names // let findPerson(name : string, people : (string * (string * string) option) list) = let o = Seq.tryFind(fun x -> nameMatch(name, x)) people if Option.isSome o then o else Option.None // // Try and find a person, if found show their details // else show no match // let FoundPerson = findPerson("Cain", people) match FoundPerson with | None -> Console.WriteLine("Not found") | Some(x) -> showDetails(x) Console.ReadLine() So, my code isn’t the cleanest but it did teach me a bit more F#. The area that I learnt about was the option keyword. The challenge being, if a match of the name isn’t found – and if a name is found but the person doesn’t have parents it should react accordingly. I’m pretty sure I can optimize this code quite a bit more and I think I may come back to it sometime in the future and relook at it, but for now at least I was able to achieve what I wanted.. and my brain has gone just that wee little bit more functional.

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  • How to efficiently merge a lot of vCard files for the same person?

    - by mihi
    I currently have contact information at several places: old PDA's address book mobile phone's phone book (primarily name, phone number) email client's address book (primarily name, email) web mailer's address book (primarily name, email) instant messenger's contact list (primarily name, im, email, birthday) And there are several social or business networking sites on the Internet where contacts provide information about themselves, like LinkedIn or XING. All those sources can export as vCard, but as you might imagine, I get a lot of vCards for the very same contact that way. Are there any tools where I can import them and then merge them (it may ask me which phone number is more current in case of field clashes of course)? Bonus points if it can track which information I have discarded so when I re-export all information from one of the sources I can't import to (networking sites), it won't ask me again if I want to overwrite phone number of person X with the same ancient number... I hope you understand what I try to accomplish, if not just ask :-)

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  • When should I make the first commit to source control?

    - by Kendall Frey
    I'm never sure when a project is far enough along to first commit to source control. I tend to put off committing until the project is 'framework-complete' and primarily commit features from then on. (I haven't done any personal projects large enough to have a core framework too big for this.) I have a feeling this isn't best practice, though I'm not sure what all could go wrong. Let's say, for example, I have a project which consists of a single code file. It will take about 10 lines of boilerplate code, and 100 lines to get the project working with extremely basic functionality (1 or 2 features). Should I first check in: The empty file? The boilerplate code? The first features? At some other point? Also, what are the reasons to check in at a specific point?

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  • Is it true that first versions of C compilers ran for dozens of minutes and required swapping floppy disks between stages?

    - by sharptooth
    Inspired by this question. I heard that some very very early versions of C compilers for personal computers (I guess it's around 1980) resided on two or three floppy disks and so in order to compile a program one had to first insert the disk with "first pass", run the "first pass", then change to the disk with "second pass", run that, then do the same for the "third pass". Each pass ran for dozens of minutes so the developer lost lots of time in case of even a typo. How realistic is that claim? What were actual figures and details?

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  • Does Bing support anything like Google's First Click Free program?

    - by Dan Fabulich
    Google has a program for webmasters called First Click Free. To implement First Click Free, you need to allow all users who find a document on your site via Google search to see the full text of that document, even if they have not registered or subscribed to see that content. The user's first click to your content area is free. However, once that user clicks a link on the original page, you can require them to sign in or register to read further. The user must be able to see the full content of a multi-page article. You can allow this by displaying all content on a single page to both Googlebot and users. Alternatively, you can use cookies to make sure that a user can visit each page of a multi-page article before being asked for registration or payment. Does Bing support anything like this?

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  • Parse XML tree with no id using LINQ to XML

    - by Danny
    Requirement I want to read a XML tree, fill my objects with encountered attributes and after every run a method (insert it into my db). The amount of parents is not specified, also the order is not specified, it could be, address-death-death-address-address for example Input file Overview: <Root> <Element> <Element2> <Parent> <Child> <Grandchild> <Grandchild> </Child> </Parent> </Element2> </Element1> </Root> Full example: <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" ?> <Root> <Element1> <Element2> <Parent> <Child> <Grandchild> <number>01</number> <name>Person</name> <Rows> <Row> <number>0110</number> <name>ID</name> <value>123456789</value> </Row> </Rows> </Grandchild> <Grandchild> <number>08</number> <name>Address</name> <Rows> <Row> <number>1110</number> <name>street</name> <value>first aveneu</value> </Row> <Row> <number>1120</number> <name>streetnumber</name> <value>345</value> </Row> <Row> <number>1130</number> <name>zip</name> <value>2938PS</value> </Row> <Row> <number>1160</number> <name>country</name> <value>Germany</value> </Row> </Rows> </Grandchild> </Child> </Parent> <Parent> <Child> <Grandchild> <number>01</number> <name>Person</name> <Rows> <Row> <number>0110</number> <name>ID</name> <value>987654321</value> </Row> </Rows> </Grandchild> <Grandchild> <number>06</number> <name>Death</name> <Rows> <Row> <number>0810</number> <name>date</name> <value>2012-01-03</value> </Row> <Row> <number>0820</number> <name>placeOfDeath</name> <value>attic</value> </Row> <Row> <number>0830</number> <name>funeral</name> <value>burrial</value> </Row> </Rows> </Grandchild> </Child> </Parent> </Element2> </Element1> </Root> Desired result After encounter of parent determine type of grandchild (number 6 is death number 8 is address) Every parent has ALWAYS grandchild number 1 'Person', the second grandchild is either death or address. reading first parent Person person = new Person(); person.ID = value; <--- filled with 123456789 person.street = value; <--- filled with first aveneu person.streetnumber = value; <--- filled with 345 person.zip = value; <--- filled with 2938PS person.country = value; <--- filled with germany person.DoMethod(); // inserts the value in db Continue reading next parent. Person person = new Person(); person.ID = value; <--- filled with 987654321 person.date = value; <--- filled with 2012-01-03 person.placeOfDeath = value; <--- filled with attic person.funeral = value; <--- filled with burrial person.DoMethod(); // insert the values in db Continue reading till no parents found EDIT: how do I target the name element of the second grandchild for every child? Like address or death Code/Credit I got no further then this, with help of Daniel Hilgarth: Linq to XML (C#) parse XML tree with no attributes/id to object The XML tree has changed, and I am really stuck.. in the meantime I try to post new working code...

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  • issues make a persistent object in Objective C

    - by oden
    Attempting to make a NSObject called 'Person' that will hold the login details for my application (nothing to fancy). The app is made of a navigation controller with multiple table views but I am having issues sharing the Person object around. Attempted to create a static object like this: + (Person *)sharedInstance { static Person *sharedInstance; @synchronized(self) { if(!sharedInstance) sharedInstance = [[Person alloc] init]; return sharedInstance; } return nil; } And here is the header // Person.h #import <Foundation/Foundation.h> @interface Person : NSObject { NSString *fullName; NSString *firstName; NSString *lastName; NSString *mobileNumber; NSString *userPassword; } @property(nonatomic, retain) NSString *fullName; @property(nonatomic, retain) NSString *firstName; @property(nonatomic, retain) NSString *lastName; @property(nonatomic, retain) NSString *mobileNumber; @property(nonatomic, retain) NSString *userPassword; + (Person *)sharedInstance; -(BOOL) setName:(NSString*) fname; -(BOOL) setMob:(NSString*) mnum; -(BOOL) setPass:(NSString*) pwd; @end This object setters and getters are needed in different parts of the application. I have been attempting to access them like this Person * ThePerson = [[Person alloc] init]; ThePerson = nil; NSString * PersonsName; PersonsName = [[Person sharedInstance] firstName]; Everything works well at the login screen but it dies at the next use. usually EXC_BAD_ACCESS (eek!). Clearly I am doing something very wrong here. Is there an easier way to share objects between different a number view controllers (both coded and xib)?

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  • Changing type of object in a conditional

    - by David Doria
    I'm having a bit of trouble with dynamic_casting. I need to determine at runtime the type of an object. Here is a demo: include include class PersonClass { public: std::string Name; virtual void test(){}; //it is annoying that this has to be here... }; class LawyerClass : public PersonClass { public: void GoToCourt(){}; }; class DoctorClass : public PersonClass { public: void GoToSurgery(){}; }; int main(int argc, char *argv[]) { PersonClass* person = new PersonClass; if(true) { person = dynamic_cast(person); } else { person = dynamic_cast(person); } person-GoToCourt(); return 0; } I would like to do the above. The only legal way I found to do it is to define all of the objects before hand: PersonClass* person = new PersonClass; LawyerClass* lawyer; DoctorClass* doctor; if(true) { lawyer = dynamic_cast(person); } else { doctor = dynamic_cast(person); } if(true) { lawyer-GoToCourt(); } The main problem with this (besides having to define a bunch of objects that won't be use) is that I have to change the name of the 'person' variable. Is there a better way? (I am not allowed to change any of the classes (Person, Lawyer, or Doctor) because they are part of a library that people who will use my code have and won't want to change). Thanks, Dave

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  • How can I make Mac OS X Address Book display a person’s home address from an LDAP server?

    - by Arcturus
    Hi, (I've posted this question on Stack Overflow first, but someone told me it belonged here.) I have a custom LDAP server, which I can customize to generate whichever object class and attributes I need. I'm trying to display people from that server in the Mac OS X address book. Names and organizations display correctly, as well as work-related phone and address. However, I've never been able to have a home address displayed in the address book. This is an example of output from running a ldapsearch: # extended LDIF # # LDAPv3 # base <dc=example,dc=com> with scope subtree # filter: (givenName=Joh*) # requesting: ALL # # 10041, example.com dn: uid=10041,dc=example,dc=com objectclass: top objectclass: person objectclass: organizationalPerson objectclass: inetOrgPerson objectclass: mozillaOrgPerson uid: 10041 cn: John Doe givenName: John sn: Doe o: Acme telephoneNumber: 500 00 00 mobile: 500 00 00 mail: [email protected] street: Baker St postalCode: 10098 l: New York c: US homePostalAddress: White St mozillaHomePostalCode: 10098 mozillaHomeLocalityName: New York mozillaHomeCountryName: US # search result search: 2 result: 0 Success # numResponses: 2 # numEntries: 1 Every piece of information shows up in the address book up to here: homePostalAddress: White St mozillaHomePostalCode: 10098 mozillaHomeLocalityName: New York mozillaHomeCountryName: US Which object class or attribute name should I use to have the home address show up in the Mac OS X address book?

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  • Calgary .NET User Group &ndash; Entity Framework Code First - December 11th

    - by David Paquette
    I will be presenting at the Calgary .NET User Group on December 11th. We will start from scratch in this intro to Entity Framework Code First. We will build a simple application using ASP.NET MVC and Entity Framework and evolve the application to show how we can build scalable applications using Entity Framework Code First. Topics covered will include database initialization, code based migrations, performance profiling and performance tuning. Register at http://www.dotnetcalgary.com/

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  • in iOS7 how do you stop the First viewcontroller autorotating?

    - by uaka
    I have an app that just needs one screen to autorotate, the first and last screens should be portrait. I can get the last screen to stop rotating using: -(NSUInteger)supportedInterfaceOrientations { return UIInterfaceOrientationMaskPortrait; } But this does not work on the first screen, I am using a storyboard with a UINavigationController (I'm thinking that may have something to do with it?) Any help would be gratefully received. Thanks

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  • Is it better to learn the DOM or jQuery first?

    - by user1146440
    I have gotten very familiar with the core functionality of Javascript and now I am aiming at learning DOM manipulation. I have already thought of learning jQeury for this but I don't know if it is good idea to learning it before first getting familiar with the core functionality of the DOM. Should I first learn the core functionality of the DOM and then learn jQuery? If so, why? Or should I just go on ahead and learn jQuery?

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  • New Oracle EM Book: "Oracle Enterprise Manager Grid Control Advanced OEM Techniques for the Real World" - First to include EM11g

    - by cristobal.soto(at)oracle.com
    The first book written about Enterprise Manager that covers the new Enterprise Manager Grid Control 11g which was released in April 2010 can be ordered now at a significant discount from http://www.rampant-books.com/book_1001_advanced_techniques_oem_grid_control.htmAbout the Author: Porus HavewalaPorus is a Senior Manager (Database Management) in the Enterprise Technology Program Office of Oracle Corporation based in Singapore. He has published numerous articles on Grid Control and RMAN on OTN, and created the world's first blog dedicated to Grid Control. Porus frequently speaks about Enterprise Manager at industry conferences and has created and executed an innovative program of seminars and workshops.

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  • Exactly what is a "third party"? (And who are the first and second party?)

    - by aioobe
    I know precisely what a "third-party library" is, so I assume that the "third-party" in this case, simply is an arbitrary person/company other than the developer? Has it to do with "first person" / "second person" etc perhaps? The fact that there is a "third party" suggests that there is a "first party" and a "second party" as well. Are those terms well defined? (I'm not a native english speaker.)

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  • creating object parameters in {}?

    - by RealityDysfunction
    I am trying to decode a piece of code from a book: List<Person> people = new List<Person>() { new Person {FirstName="Homer",LastName="Simpson",Age=47}, new Person {FirstName="Marge",LastName="Simpson",Age=45} }; Person is just a simple class they made, with a bunch of fields: Name, Last Name, etc... What I don't understand is, don't we send parameters to a constructor of Person in non-curly brackets? I tried replicating this code, but it doesn't seem to fly, any takers? Thanks for input.

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  • Cannot update any cells in datagrid in vb6

    - by Hybrid SyntaX
    Hello I'm trying to update a row in datagrid but the problem is that i can't even change its cell values I had set my datagrid AllowUpdate property to true , but i can't still change any cell values Option Explicit Dim conn As New ADODB.Connection Dim cmd As New ADODB.Command Dim recordset As New ADODB.recordset Public Action As String Public Person_Id As Integer Public Selected_Person_Id As Integer Public Phone_Type As String Public Sub InitializeConnection() Dim str As String str = _ "Provider=Microsoft.Jet.OLEDB.4.0;" & _ "Data Source=" + App.Path + "\phonebook.mdb;" & _ "Persist Security Info=False" conn.CursorLocation = adUseClient If conn.state = 0 Then conn.ConnectionString = str conn.Open (conn.ConnectionString) End If End Sub Public Sub AbandonConnection() If conn.state <> 0 Then conn.Close End If End Sub Public Sub Persons_Read() Dim qry_all As String ' qry_all = "select * from person,web,phone Where web.personid = person.id And phone.personid = person.id" qry_all = "SELECT * FROM person order by id" Call InitializeConnection cmd.CommandText = qry_all cmd.CommandType = adCmdText Set cmd.ActiveConnection = conn If conn.state = 1 Then Set recordset = cmd.Execute() End If BindDatagrid End Sub Private Function Person_Delete(id As Integer) Dim qry_all As String qry_all = "Delete * from person where person.id= " & id & " " Call InitializeConnection cmd.CommandText = qry_all cmd.CommandType = adCmdText Set cmd.ActiveConnection = conn If conn.state = 1 Then Set recordset = cmd.Execute() End If dg_Persons.Refresh End Function Private Function Person_Update() End Function Public Sub BindDatagrid() Set Me.dg_Persons.DataSource = recordset Me.dg_Persons.Refresh dg_Persons.Columns(0).Visible = False dg_Persons.Columns(4).Visible = False dg_Persons.Columns(1).Caption = "Name" dg_Persons.Columns(2).Caption = "Family" dg_Persons.Columns(3).Caption = "Nickname" dg_Persons.Columns(5).Caption = "Title" dg_Persons.Columns(6).Caption = "Job" End Sub Public Function DatagridReferesh() Call Me.Persons_Read End Function Private Sub cmd_Add_Click() frm_Person_Add.Caption = "Add a new person" frm_Person_Add.Show End Sub Private Sub cmd_Business_Click() ' frm_Phone.Caption = "Business Phones" frm_Phone.Phone_Type = "Business" frm_Phone.Person_Id = Selected_Person_Id frm_Phone.Tag = Selected_Person_Id frm_Phone.Show End Sub Private Sub cmd_Delete_Click() Dim msg_input As Integer msg_input = MsgBox("Are you sure you want to delete this person ?", vbYesNo) If msg_input = vbYes Then Person_Delete Selected_Person_Id MsgBox ("The person is deleted") frm_Phone.DatagridReferesh End If End Sub Private Sub cmd_Home_Click() 'frm_Phone.Caption = "Home Phones" frm_Phone.Phone_Type = "Home" frm_Phone.Person_Id = Selected_Person_Id frm_Phone.Tag = Selected_Person_Id frm_Phone.Show End Sub Private Sub cmd_Update_Click() If Not Selected_Person_Id = 0 Then frm_Person_Edit.Person_Id = Selected_Person_Id frm_Person_Edit.Show Else MsgBox "No person is selected" End If End Sub Public Function AddParam(name As String, param As Variant, paramType As DataTypeEnum) As ADODB.Parameter If param = "" Or param = Null Then param = " " End If Dim objParam As New ADODB.Parameter Set objParam = cmd.CreateParameter(name, paramType, adParamInput, Len(param), param) objParam.Value = Trim(param) Set AddParam = objParam End Function Private Sub Command1_Click() DatagridReferesh End Sub Private Sub Command2_Click() frm_Internet.Person_Id = Selected_Person_Id frm_Internet.Show End Sub Private Sub dg_Persons_BeforeColEdit(ByVal ColIndex As Integer, ByVal KeyAscii As Integer, Cancel As Integer) ' MsgBox ColIndex ' dg_Persons.Columns(ColIndex).Text = "S" ' dg_Persons.Columns(ColIndex).Locked = False ' dg_Persons.Columns(ColIndex).Text = "" 'dg_Persons.Columns(ColIndex).Value = "" 'Person_Edit dg_Persons.Columns(0).Value, dg_Persons.Columns(1).Value, dg_Persons.Columns(2).Value,dg_Persons.Columns(3).Value,dg_Persons.Columns(4).Value, dg_Persons.Columns(5).Value End Sub Private Sub dg_Persons_BeforeColUpdate(ByVal ColIndex As Integer, OldValue As Variant, Cancel As Integer) MsgBox ColIndex End Sub Private Sub dg_Persons_Click() If dg_Persons.Row <> -1 Then dg_Persons.SelBookmarks.Add Me.dg_Persons.RowBookmark(dg_Persons.Row) Selected_Person_Id = Val(dg_Persons.Columns(0).Value) End If End Sub Private Sub Form_Load() ' dg_Persons.AllowUpdate = True ' dg_Persons.EditActive = True Call Persons_Read dg_Persons.AllowAddNew = True dg_Persons.Columns(2).Locked = False End Sub Private Function Person_Edit(id As Integer, name As String, family As String, nickname As String, title As String, job As String) InitializeConnection cmd.CommandText = "Update person set name=@name , family=@family , nickname=@nickname , title =@title , job=@job where id= " & id & "" cmd.Parameters.Append AddParam("name", name, adVarChar) cmd.Parameters.Append AddParam("family", family, adVarChar) cmd.Parameters.Append AddParam("nickname", nickname, adVarChar) cmd.Parameters.Append AddParam("title", title, adVarChar) cmd.Parameters.Append AddParam("job", job, adVarChar) cmd.ActiveConnection = conn cmd.CommandType = adCmdText cmd.Execute End Function Private Function Person_Search(q As String) Dim qry_all As String qry_all = "SELECT * FROM person where person.name like '%" & q & "%' or person.family like '%" & q & "%' or person.nickname like '%" & q & "%'" Call InitializeConnection cmd.CommandText = qry_all cmd.CommandType = adCmdText Set cmd.ActiveConnection = conn If conn.state = 1 Then Set recordset = cmd.Execute() End If BindDatagrid End Function Private Sub mnu_About_Click() frm_About.Show End Sub Private Sub submnu_exit_Click() End End Sub Private Sub txt_Search_Change() Person_Search txt_Search.Text End Sub Thanks in advance

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  • Using Query Classes With NHibernate

    - by Liam McLennan
    Even when using an ORM, such as NHibernate, the developer still has to decide how to perform queries. The simplest strategy is to get access to an ISession and directly perform a query whenever you need data. The problem is that doing so spreads query logic throughout the entire application – a clear violation of the Single Responsibility Principle. A more advanced strategy is to use Eric Evan’s Repository pattern, thus isolating all query logic within the repository classes. I prefer to use Query Classes. Every query needed by the application is represented by a query class, aka a specification. To perform a query I: Instantiate a new instance of the required query class, providing any data that it needs Pass the instantiated query class to an extension method on NHibernate’s ISession type. To query my database for all people over the age of sixteen looks like this: [Test] public void QueryBySpecification() { var canDriveSpecification = new PeopleOverAgeSpecification(16); var allPeopleOfDrivingAge = session.QueryBySpecification(canDriveSpecification); } To be able to query for people over a certain age I had to create a suitable query class: public class PeopleOverAgeSpecification : Specification<Person> { private readonly int age; public PeopleOverAgeSpecification(int age) { this.age = age; } public override IQueryable<Person> Reduce(IQueryable<Person> collection) { return collection.Where(person => person.Age > age); } public override IQueryable<Person> Sort(IQueryable<Person> collection) { return collection.OrderBy(person => person.Name); } } Finally, the extension method to add QueryBySpecification to ISession: public static class SessionExtensions { public static IEnumerable<T> QueryBySpecification<T>(this ISession session, Specification<T> specification) { return specification.Fetch( specification.Sort( specification.Reduce(session.Query<T>()) ) ); } } The inspiration for this style of data access came from Ayende’s post Do You Need a Framework?. I am sick of working through multiple layers of abstraction that don’t do anything. Have you ever seen code that required a service layer to call a method on a repository, that delegated to a common repository base class that wrapped and ORMs unit of work? I can achieve the same thing with NHibernate’s ISession and a single extension method. If you’re interested you can get the full Query Classes example source from Github.

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  • Rails 3 Nested Forms

    - by Mike
    I have a Person model and an Address Model: class Person < ActiveRecord::Base has_one :address accepts_nested_attributes_for :address end class Address < ActiveRecord::Base belongs_to :person end In my people controller I have @person.build_address in my new action. My forms builds correctly. The problem is that when I submit the form, a person record and an address record is created but they aren't linked via the address_id column in the Person table. Am I missing a step in the controller? Thanks! New Action UPDATE def new @person = Person.new @person.build_address respond_to do |format| format.html # new.html.erb format.xml { render :xml => @person } end end Form Code UPDATE <%= form_for(@person) do |f| %> <% if @person.errors.any? %> <div id="error_explanation"> <h2><%= pluralize(@person.errors.count, "error") %> prohibited this person from being saved:</h2> <ul> <% @person.errors.full_messages.each do |msg| %> <li><%= msg %></li> <% end %> </ul> </div> <% end %> <div class="field"> <%= f.label :first_name %><br /> <%= f.text_field :first_name %> </div> <div class="field"> <%= f.label :last_name %><br /> <%= f.text_field :last_name %> </div> <div class="field"> <%= f.label :email %><br /> <%= f.text_field :email %> </div> <div class="field"> <%= f.label :telephone %><br /> <%= f.text_field :telephone %> </div> <div class="field"> <%= f.label :mobile_phone %><br /> <%= f.text_field :mobile_phone %> </div> <div class="field"> <%= f.label :date_of_birth %><br /> <%= f.date_select :date_of_birth %> </div> <div class="field"> <%= f.label :gender %><br /> <%= f.select(:gender, Person::GENDER_TYPES) %> </div> <div class="field"> <%= f.label :notes %><br /> <%= f.text_area :notes %> </div> <div class="field"> <%= f.label :person_type %><br /> <%= f.select(:person_type, Person::PERSON_TYPES) %> </div> <%= f.fields_for :address do |address_fields| %> <div class="field"> <%= address_fields.label :street_1 %><br /> <%= address_fields.text_field :street_1 %> </div> <div class="field"> <%= address_fields.label :street_2 %><br /> <%= address_fields.text_field :street_2 %> </div> <div class="field"> <%= address_fields.label :city %><br /> <%= address_fields.text_field :city %> </div> <div class="field"> <%= address_fields.label :state %><br /> <%= address_fields.select(:state, Address::STATES) %> </div> <div class="field"> <%= address_fields.label :zip_code %><br /> <%= address_fields.text_field :zip_code %> </div> <% end %> <div class="actions"> <%= f.submit %> </div> <% end %>

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  • Why is C++ often the first language taught in college?

    - by Casey Patton
    My school starts the computer science curriculum with C++ programming courses, meaning this is the first language that many of the students learn. I've seen that many people dislike C++, and I've read a variety of reasons why. It almost seems to be popular opinion that C++ isn't a very good language. I get the impression it's not very liked based on some questions on StackExchange as well as posts such as: http://damienkatz.net/2004/08/why-c-sucks.html http://blogs.kde.org/node/2298 http://blogs.cio.com/esther_schindler/linus_torvalds_why_c_sucks http://www.dacris.com/blog/2010/02/16/why-c-sucks-part-2/ etc. (Note: It is not my opinion that C++ is a bad language. In fact, it's the main language I use. However, the internet as well as some professors have given me the impression that it's not a very widely liked language. In fact, one of my professor constantly rags on C++, yet it's still the starting language at my college!) With that in mind, why is this the first language taught at many schools? What are the reasons for starting a programming curriculum with C++? Note: This question is similar to "Is C++ suitable as a first language", but is a little different since I'm not interested in whether it's suitable, but why it's been chosen.

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  • Does TDD's "Obvious Implementation" mean code first, test after?

    - by natasky
    My friend and I are relatively new TDD and have a dispute about the "Obvious Implementation" technique (from "TDD By Example" by Kent Beck). My friend says it means that if the implementation is obvious, you should go ahead and write it - before any test for that new behavior. And indeed the book says: How do you implement simple operations? Just implement them. Also: Sometimes you are sure you know how to implement an operation. Go ahead. I think what the author means is you should test first, and then "just implement" it - as opposed to the "Fake It ('Till You Make It)" and other techniques, which require smaller steps in the implementation stage. Also after these quotes the author talks about getting "red bars" (failing tests) when doing "Obvious Implementation" - how can you get a red bar without a test?. Yet I couldn't find any quote from the book saying "obvious" still means test first. What do you think? Should we test first or after when the implementation is "obvious" (according to TDD, of course)? Do you know a book or blog post saying just that?

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  • Are first-class functions a substitute for the Strategy pattern?

    - by Prog
    The Strategy design pattern is often regarded as a substitute for first-class functions in languages that lack them. So for example say you wanted to pass functionality into an object. In Java you'd have to pass in the object another object which encapsulates the desired behavior. In a language such as Ruby, you'd just pass the functionality itself in the form of an annonymous function. However I was thinking about it and decided that maybe Strategy offers more than a plain annonymous function does. This is because an object can hold state that exists independently of the period when it's method runs. However an annonymous function by itself can only hold state that ceases to exist the moment the function finishes execution. So my question is: when using a language that features first-class functions, would you ever use the Strategy pattern (i.e. encapsulate the functionality you want to pass around in an explicit object), or would you always use an annonymous function? When would you decide to use Strategy when you can use a first-class function?

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  • 3 column layout with css display table, with first row having multiple rows?

    - by Damainman
    I am working on a new website which: Has 3 columns - Each Column being a cell First column has 3 rows (Logo, Nav, icons) - Has a Div with display: table which wraps arround 3 divs with display:table-row. Other two columns only have 1 row. With the middle column being the content area. However since this is my first time using display:table, I am running into some things that aren't so clear to me. I was trying to avoid floating divs. If I need multiple rows with one cell in each row per column, do I embed each cell in a row or just create each row and not declare cells. I understand that browsers automatically create the missing elements but I want to make sure I do this properly to avoid any side effects that might occur due to the browser automatically creating the missing elements. Edit: I think my brain is just over worked, I guess I can accomplish this by just using 3 divs in the first column instead of using a nested table div with the rows. This just popped into my head.

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  • How to configure a Custom Datacontract Serializer or XMLSerializer

    - by user364445
    Im haveing some xml that have this structure <Person Id="*****" Name="*****"> <AccessControlEntries> <AccessControlEntry Id="*****" Name="****"/> </AccessControlEntries> <AccessControls /> <IdentityGroups> <IdentityGroup Id="****" Name="*****" /> </IdentityGroups></Person> and i also have this entities [DataContract(IsReference = true)] public abstract class EntityBase { protected bool serializing; [DataMember(Order = 1)] [XmlAttribute()] public string Id { get; set; } [DataMember(Order = 2)] [XmlAttribute()] public string Name { get; set; } [OnDeserializing()] public void OnDeserializing(StreamingContext context) { this.Initialize(); } [OnSerializing()] public void OnSerializing(StreamingContext context) { this.serializing = true; } [OnSerialized()] public void OnSerialized(StreamingContext context) { this.serializing = false; } public abstract void Initialize(); public string ToXml() { var settings = new System.Xml.XmlWriterSettings(); settings.Indent = true; settings.OmitXmlDeclaration = true; var sb = new System.Text.StringBuilder(); using (var writer = System.Xml.XmlWriter.Create(sb, settings)) { var serializer = new XmlSerializer(this.GetType()); serializer.Serialize(writer, this); } return sb.ToString(); } } [DataContract()] public abstract class Identity : EntityBase { private EntitySet<AccessControlEntry> accessControlEntries; private EntitySet<IdentityGroup> identityGroups; public Identity() { Initialize(); } [DataMember(Order = 3, EmitDefaultValue = false)] [Association(Name = "AccessControlEntries")] public EntitySet<AccessControlEntry> AccessControlEntries { get { if ((this.serializing && (this.accessControlEntries==null || this.accessControlEntries.HasLoadedOrAssignedValues == false))) { return null; } return accessControlEntries; } set { accessControlEntries.Assign(value); } } [DataMember(Order = 4, EmitDefaultValue = false)] [Association(Name = "IdentityGroups")] public EntitySet<IdentityGroup> IdentityGroups { get { if ((this.serializing && (this.identityGroups == null || this.identityGroups.HasLoadedOrAssignedValues == false))) { return null; } return identityGroups; } set { identityGroups.Assign(value); } } private void attach_accessControlEntry(AccessControlEntry entity) { entity.Identities.Add(this); } private void dettach_accessControlEntry(AccessControlEntry entity) { entity.Identities.Remove(this); } private void attach_IdentityGroup(IdentityGroup entity) { entity.MemberIdentites.Add(this); } private void dettach_IdentityGroup(IdentityGroup entity) { entity.MemberIdentites.Add(this); } public override void Initialize() { this.accessControlEntries = new EntitySet<AccessControlEntry>( new Action<AccessControlEntry>(this.attach_accessControlEntry), new Action<AccessControlEntry>(this.dettach_accessControlEntry)); this.identityGroups = new EntitySet<IdentityGroup>( new Action<IdentityGroup>(this.attach_IdentityGroup), new Action<IdentityGroup>(this.dettach_IdentityGroup)); } } [XmlType(TypeName = "AccessControlEntry")] public class AccessControlEntry : EntityBase, INotifyPropertyChanged { private EntitySet<Service> services; private EntitySet<Identity> identities; private EntitySet<Permission> permissions; public AccessControlEntry() { services = new EntitySet<Service>(new Action<Service>(attach_Service), new Action<Service>(dettach_Service)); identities = new EntitySet<Identity>(new Action<Identity>(attach_Identity), new Action<Identity>(dettach_Identity)); permissions = new EntitySet<Permission>(new Action<Permission>(attach_Permission), new Action<Permission>(dettach_Permission)); } [DataMember(Order = 3, EmitDefaultValue = false)] public EntitySet<Permission> Permissions { get { if ((this.serializing && (this.permissions.HasLoadedOrAssignedValues == false))) { return null; } return permissions; } set { permissions.Assign(value); } } [DataMember(Order = 4, EmitDefaultValue = false)] public EntitySet<Identity> Identities { get { if ((this.serializing && (this.identities.HasLoadedOrAssignedValues == false))) { return null; } return identities; } set { identities.Assign(identities); } } [DataMember(Order = 5, EmitDefaultValue = false)] public EntitySet<Service> Services { get { if ((this.serializing && (this.services.HasLoadedOrAssignedValues == false))) { return null; } return services; } set { services.Assign(value); } } private void attach_Permission(Permission entity) { entity.AccessControlEntires.Add(this); } private void dettach_Permission(Permission entity) { entity.AccessControlEntires.Remove(this); } private void attach_Identity(Identity entity) { entity.AccessControlEntries.Add(this); } private void dettach_Identity(Identity entity) { entity.AccessControlEntries.Remove(this); } private void attach_Service(Service entity) { entity.AccessControlEntries.Add(this); } private void dettach_Service(Service entity) { entity.AccessControlEntries.Remove(this); } #region INotifyPropertyChanged Members public event PropertyChangedEventHandler PropertyChanged; protected void OnPropertyChanged(string name) { PropertyChangedEventHandler handler = PropertyChanged; if (handler != null) handler(this, new PropertyChangedEventArgs(name)); } #endregion public override void Initialize() { throw new NotImplementedException(); } } [DataContract()] [XmlType(TypeName = "Person")] public class Person : Identity { private EntityRef<Login> login; [DataMember(Order = 3)] [XmlAttribute()] public string Nombre { get; set; } [DataMember(Order = 4)] [XmlAttribute()] public string Apellidos { get; set; } [DataMember(Order = 5)] public Login Login { get { return login.Entity; } set { var previousValue = this.login.Entity; if (((previousValue != value) || (this.login.HasLoadedOrAssignedValue == false))) { if ((previousValue != null)) { this.login.Entity = null; previousValue.Person = null; } this.login.Entity = value; if ((value != null)) value.Person = this; } } } public override void Initialize() { base.Initialize(); } } [DataContract()] [XmlType(TypeName = "Login")] public class Login : EntityBase { private EntityRef<Person> person; [DataMember(Order = 3)] public string UserID { get; set; } [DataMember(Order = 4)] public string Contrasena { get; set; } [DataMember(Order = 5)] public Domain Dominio { get; set; } public Person Person { get { return person.Entity; } set { var previousValue = this.person.Entity; if (((previousValue != value) || (this.person.HasLoadedOrAssignedValue == false))) { if ((previousValue != null)) { this.person.Entity = null; previousValue.Login = null; } this.person.Entity = value; if ((value != null)) value.Login = this; } } } public override void Initialize() { throw new NotImplementedException(); } } [DataContract()] [XmlType(TypeName = "IdentityGroup")] public class IdentityGroup : Identity { private EntitySet<Identity> memberIdentities; public IdentityGroup() { Initialize(); } public override void Initialize() { this.memberIdentities = new EntitySet<Identity>(new Action<Identity>(this.attach_Identity), new Action<Identity>(this.dettach_Identity)); } [DataMember(Order = 3, EmitDefaultValue = false)] [Association(Name = "MemberIdentities")] public EntitySet<Identity> MemberIdentites { get { if ((this.serializing && (this.memberIdentities.HasLoadedOrAssignedValues == false))) { return null; } return memberIdentities; } set { memberIdentities.Assign(value); } } private void attach_Identity(Identity entity) { entity.IdentityGroups.Add(this); } private void dettach_Identity(Identity entity) { entity.IdentityGroups.Remove(this); } } [DataContract()] [XmlType(TypeName = "Group")] public class Group : Identity { public override void Initialize() { throw new NotImplementedException(); } } but the ToXml() response something like this <Person xmlns:xsi="************" xmlns:xsd="******" ID="******" Name="*****"/><AccessControlEntries/></Person> but what i want is something like this <Person Id="****" Name="***" Nombre="****"> <AccessControlEntries/> <IdentityGroups/> </Person>

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  • Non recursive way to position a genogram in 2D points for x axis. Descendant are below

    - by Nassign
    I currently was tasked to make a genogram for a family consisting of siblings, parents with aunts and uncles with grandparents and greatgrandparents for only blood relatives. My current algorithm is using recursion. but I am wondering how to do it in non recursive way to make it more efficient. it is programmed in c# using graphics to draw on a bitmap. Current algorithm for calculating x position, the y position is by getting the generation number. public void StartCalculatePosition() { // Search the start node (The only node with targetFlg set to true) Person start = null; foreach (Person p in PersonDic.Values) { if (start == null) start = p; if (p.Targetflg) { start = p; break; } } CalcPositionRecurse(start); // Normalize the position (shift all values to positive value) // Get the minimum value (must be negative) // Then offset the position of all marriage and person with that to make it start from zero float minPosition = float.MaxValue; foreach (Person p in PersonDic.Values) { if (minPosition > p.Position) { minPosition = p.Position; } } if (minPosition < 0) { foreach (Person p in PersonDic.Values) { p.Position -= minPosition; } foreach (Marriage m in MarriageList) { m.ParentsPosition -= minPosition; m.ChildrenPosition -= minPosition; } } } /// <summary> /// Calculate position of genogram using recursion /// </summary> /// <param name="psn"></param> private void CalcPositionRecurse(Person psn) { // End the recursion if (psn.BirthMarriage == null || psn.BirthMarriage.Parents.Count == 0) { psn.Position = 0.0f; if (psn.BirthMarriage != null) { psn.BirthMarriage.ParentsPosition = 0.0f; psn.BirthMarriage.ChildrenPosition = 0.0f; } CalculateSiblingPosition(psn); return; } // Left recurse if (psn.Father != null) { CalcPositionRecurse(psn.Father); } // Right recurse if (psn.Mother != null) { CalcPositionRecurse(psn.Mother); } // Merge Position if (psn.Father != null && psn.Mother != null) { AdjustConflict(psn.Father, psn.Mother); // Position person in center of parent psn.Position = (psn.Father.Position + psn.Mother.Position) / 2; psn.BirthMarriage.ParentsPosition = psn.Position; psn.BirthMarriage.ChildrenPosition = psn.Position; } else { // Single mom or single dad if (psn.Father != null) { psn.Position = psn.Father.Position; psn.BirthMarriage.ParentsPosition = psn.Position; psn.BirthMarriage.ChildrenPosition = psn.Position; } else if (psn.Mother != null) { psn.Position = psn.Mother.Position; psn.BirthMarriage.ParentsPosition = psn.Position; psn.BirthMarriage.ChildrenPosition = psn.Position; } else { // Should not happen, checking in start of function } } // Arrange the siblings base on my position (left younger, right older) CalculateSiblingPosition(psn); } private float GetRightBoundaryAncestor(Person psn) { float rPos = psn.Position; // Get the rightmost position among siblings foreach (Person sibling in psn.Siblings) { if (sibling.Position > rPos) { rPos = sibling.Position; } } if (psn.Father != null) { float rFatherPos = GetRightBoundaryAncestor(psn.Father); if (rFatherPos > rPos) { rPos = rFatherPos; } } if (psn.Mother != null) { float rMotherPos = GetRightBoundaryAncestor(psn.Mother); if (rMotherPos > rPos) { rPos = rMotherPos; } } return rPos; } private float GetLeftBoundaryAncestor(Person psn) { float rPos = psn.Position; // Get the rightmost position among siblings foreach (Person sibling in psn.Siblings) { if (sibling.Position < rPos) { rPos = sibling.Position; } } if (psn.Father != null) { float rFatherPos = GetLeftBoundaryAncestor(psn.Father); if (rFatherPos < rPos) { rPos = rFatherPos; } } if (psn.Mother != null) { float rMotherPos = GetLeftBoundaryAncestor(psn.Mother); if (rMotherPos < rPos) { rPos = rMotherPos; } } return rPos; } /// <summary> /// Check if two parent group has conflict and compensate on the conflict /// </summary> /// <param name="leftGroup"></param> /// <param name="rightGroup"></param> public void AdjustConflict(Person leftGroup, Person rightGroup) { float leftMax = GetRightBoundaryAncestor(leftGroup); leftMax += 0.5f; float rightMin = GetLeftBoundaryAncestor(rightGroup); rightMin -= 0.5f; float diff = leftMax - rightMin; if (diff > 0.0f) { float moveHalf = Math.Abs(diff) / 2; RecurseMoveAncestor(leftGroup, 0 - moveHalf); RecurseMoveAncestor(rightGroup, moveHalf); } } /// <summary> /// Recursively move a person and all his/her ancestor /// </summary> /// <param name="psn"></param> /// <param name="moveUnit"></param> public void RecurseMoveAncestor(Person psn, float moveUnit) { psn.Position += moveUnit; foreach (Person siblings in psn.Siblings) { if (siblings.Id != psn.Id) { siblings.Position += moveUnit; } } if (psn.BirthMarriage != null) { psn.BirthMarriage.ChildrenPosition += moveUnit; psn.BirthMarriage.ParentsPosition += moveUnit; } if (psn.Father != null) { RecurseMoveAncestor(psn.Father, moveUnit); } if (psn.Mother != null) { RecurseMoveAncestor(psn.Mother, moveUnit); } } /// <summary> /// Calculate the position of the siblings /// </summary> /// <param name="psn"></param> /// <param name="anchor"></param> public void CalculateSiblingPosition(Person psn) { if (psn.Siblings.Count == 0) { return; } List<Person> sibling = psn.Siblings; int argidx; for (argidx = 0; argidx < sibling.Count; argidx++) { if (sibling[argidx].Id == psn.Id) { break; } } // Compute position for each brother that is younger that person int idx; for (idx = argidx - 1; idx >= 0; idx--) { sibling[idx].Position = sibling[idx + 1].Position - 1; } for (idx = argidx + 1; idx < sibling.Count; idx++) { sibling[idx].Position = sibling[idx - 1].Position + 1; } }

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