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When to use a module, and when to use a class

I am currently working through the Gregory Brown Ruby Best Practices book. Early on, he is talking about refactoring some functionality from helper methods on a related class, to some methods on module, then had the module extend self. Hadn't seen that before, after a quick google, found out that extend self on a module lets methods de...

IIS 7.5 powershell module usage issues

Has anyone managed to use this module with success, i'm running 32bit Windows 7, where i have opened an administrator shell using run as administrator, i have imported the WebAdministration module and then attempted to use the commands with some issues, have provided two examples here Websites I created a web site with the following co...

Flex 4: How to make draggable and resizable modules?

Hello, I would like to make an application using Flex modules (mx.modules.Module), the requirement is that those modules have to be draggable and resizable inside the main application shell. What is the best practice to make this kind of applications in Flex 4? Thank you in advance for your help, Adnan ...

How to reload Django models without losing my locals in an interactive session?

I'm doing some research with an interactive shell and using a Django app (shell_plus) for storing data and browsing it using the convenient admin. Occasionally I add or change some of the app models, and run a syncdb (or South migration when changing a model). The changes to the models don't take effect in my interactive session even if...

How do I set Perl's @INC for a CGI script?

I have the follwing, simplest Perl CGI script: use strict; use warnings; use CGI(); use CGI::Carp qw(fatalsToBrowser); use Template; print CGI::header(); foreach(@INC) { print "$_\n"; } When called (http://[..]/cgi-bin/p.cgi) I am given the following error: Can't locate Template.pm in @INC (@INC contains: /usr/lib/perl5/site_p...

BlazeDS/PureMVC and shared vos

Hello, SO I'm building modular application with 2 modules which share common vo: ShopRegionVO This vo is also a BlazeDS entity and is mapped to a remote java object. When shell loads first module everything is ok. The second module is a list of ShopRegionVOs and item change is handled with the following code: sendNotification(CoverageC...

Why can't I simply copy installed Perl modules to other machines?

Being very new to Perl but not to dynamic languages, I'm a bit surprised at how not straight forward the manage of modules is. Sure, cpan X does theoretically work, but I'm working on the same project from three different machines and OSs (at work, at home, testing in an external environment). At work (Windows 7) I have problem using ...

Please Explain Drupal schema and drupal_write_record

Hi. A few questions. 1) Where is the best place to populate a new database table when a module is first installed, enabled? I need to go and get some data from an external source and want to do it transparently when the user installs/enables my custom module. I create the schema in {mymodule}_schema(), do drupal_install_schema({tablena...

Scope of Constants in Ruby Modules

I'm having a little problem with constant scope in mixin modules. Let's say I have something like this module Auth USER_KEY = "user" unless defined? USER_KEY def authorize user_id = session[USER_KEY] def end The USER_KEY constant should default to "user" unless it's already defined. Now I might mix this into a couple of p...

Flex Import Class from a Module within a sub directory

I put some modules in a module folder. How do I import classes with the import statement when I'm in a sub folder? This won't work, not like classes which are in packages. modules/SomeModule.mxml <?xml version="1.0"?> <mx:Module> <mx:Script> <![CDATA[ import Fruit.Apple; ]]> </mx:Script> </mx:Module> D...

Which Joomla module can be used to show articles with thumbnail?

hi guys, I am trying to implement ja_nickel joomla template in my site. here is the preview of ja_nickel template: http://demo.ijoomlahost.com/ja-nickel/ I want my latest news articles to be displayed in the place of top information block. I think in that template they are using a thumbnail image, title and content. In general article...

Drupal Event/Calendar Module not storing event time

Hello, all. I have installed a fresh copy of Drupal 6 on an Xampp server. Within that install is a collection of modules for creating an event calendar. There's actually a great instructional video at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qO4TeEydtMs for getting all the necessary fields up. So far everything is working except... the events wo...

"from _json import..." - python

Hello, all. I am inspecting the JSON module of python 3.1, and am currently in /Lib/json/scanner.py. At the top of the file is the following line: from _json import make_scanner as c_make_scanner There are five .py files in the module's directory: __init__ (two leading and trailing underscores, it's formatting as bold), decoder, enco...

What is __path__ useful for?

I had never noticed the __path__ attribute that gets defined on some of my packages before today. According to the documentation: Packages support one more special attribute, __path__. This is initialized to be a list containing the name of the directory holding the package’s __init__.py before the code in that file is exe...

how do i set a value to a range using a function from module in excel vba?

hello all, i want to do a simple function in a module in excel vba, so i can use it as a custom function in excel. (i use excel 2003, or 2007 , it's doesnt matter) i create a function(!) in a new workbook and it's looks like this: Function a() Sheets(1).Range("A1").Value = 4 end function but when i try to use it on the sheet1 it...

Importing Classes Within a Module

Currently, I have a parser with multiple classes that work together. For Instance: TreeParser creates multiple Product and Reactant modules which in turn create multiple Element classes. The TreeParser is called by a render method within the same module, which is called from the importer. Finally, if the package has dependencies (such ...

How to find Frenzy forum homepage on my Joomla site ?

Hello. I am a noob to joomla migrating from drupal. I found a nice forum module called Frenzy. Its administration menu is nice but I am not able to find the forum page itself. I searched the menus for a hidden link but couldn't find it. I know that joomla is not the same as drupal that's why I am asking here. Where can I find the homepag...

Module vs. component design

What is the difference between module vs. component design? Thanks ...

How to add visible menu item from php code (drupal)

I have a content type with important "created" date field. And I have a menu link (in primary links) which is link to page that shows list of all nodes of my content type. (http://example.com/mycontenttype) I want to have menu links (visible in primary links) to each year when nodes of my content type are displayed (http://example.com/my...

How do I extend a python module? (python-twitter)

What are the best practices for extending a python module -- in this case I want to extend python-twitter by adding new methods to the base API class. I've looked at tweepy, and I like that as well, I just find python-twitter easier to understand and extend with the functionality I want. I have the methods written already, I'm just try...