Scheduled Tasks for Web Applications
What are the different approaches for creating scheduled tasks for web applications, with or without a separate web/desktop application? ...
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How do you use FogBugz with an Agile methodology?
"Evidence-based scheduling" in FogBugz is interesting, but how do I use it w/ an Agile methodology? ...
How can I calculate time schedules (for free)?
I am running a small office for a while and need to do some scheduling. Employees have widely varying availability (part time environment), and there are certain times of the day where I need certain numbers of people there. I also want to impose constraints as far as how many hours each person works. I have looked, and perhaps I have...
Is there a known pattern for scheduling events programatically?
Does anyone have a known, solid solution for the scheduling of events (i.e. appointments, meetings, etc) within a system. I'm speaking here of "events" as tasks that need to be done on a one-time or recurring basis and executed based on a schedule. I've found a schedule UI component by DevExpress and it has some reference to using custom...
Is there a good web-based project management app with scheduling?
Ideally something as intuitive as basecamp, with good usability and accessibility. The best I've seen is huddle.net but it's still weak in several areas. Must have: Projects - ability to add people & tasks and schedule tasks to people Calendar - showing when people are busy or available Role based access - Admins and non-admins Histo...
How to handle unrealistic schedules?
How do you personally handle unrealistic schedules? Currently I have a high workload (who doesn't) but I am still getting projects added to my list. I am trying to stay positive and motivated but the workload is killing my performance. Mainly due to the fact that I trying to think about all the projects at once and the task switching ...
MySQL schedule conflicts
Hey, I stumbled upon this site looking for solutions for event overlaps in mySQL tables. I was SO impressed with the solution (which is helping already) I thought I'd see if I could get some more help... Okay, so Joe want's to swap shifts with someone at work. He has a court date. He goes to the shift swap form and it pull up this week'...
How would you build this daily class schedule?
What I want to do is very simple but I'm trying to find the best or most elegant way to do this. The Rails application I'm building now will have a schedule of daily classes. For each class the fields relevant to this question are: Day of the week Starting time Ending time A single entry could be something such as: day of week: Wed...
is there any cross platform process manager tool
I need a program that is able to launch a set of processes according to a schedule/configuration; the program would run in the background and restart the processes in case they crash. There are standard tools for this kind of task on both windows and unix - what I need is a cross platform program which could run on different operating sy...
What are the advantages/disadvantages of a 4/10 work week for developers?
We've got a team of 20 developers, and are thinking of implementing a 10 hour work day. I'm wondering how this will impact the team, and what advantages it will provide. Also, any suggestions on how to structure the schedule? Any downsides? ...
Schedule Controls for ASP.Net MVC
Are there any scheduling components, commercial or otherwise, for ASP.Net MVC? Our company currently uses the Infragistics WebSchedule controls, but they don't appear to support MVC. Thanks! ++++Edit I think I may have been a bit unclear, I am not looking for a task scheduler, rather I am looking for a web calendar/appointment/schedul...
Your Daily Schedule
I try to devote certain time everyday to learn new skills while also improve the older skills that I've gained. But, I'm not hitting the sweet spot where I learn what I want and get things done. So, I was just curious to know how you guys spend time everyday and "hit the spot". ...
How do you schedule a TFS 2008 build to run every hour?
"New Build Definition" in Team Explorer doesn't allow you to force a build to run more frequently than once every 24 hours. Is this possible? I want the tests to run every hour regardless of whether any changes have been checked in. I think this is possible by creating a scheduled task but I'd rather keep the solution in TFS if possibl...
Finding schedule overlaps with Ruby & Runt?
I'm using Ruby on Rails to build a simple application to keep track of a shop's opening and closing times and its appointments, and I'm having some trouble validating the appointments against closings in the shop's schedule. I've been using Runt to compose the schedule. For example, if the shop is open Monday morning from 9am-12pm clos...
Java Calender scheduling events
In my application i want to schedule the start of processing. In two ways first on a preset date or say like every Monday. In the case of a single date i can watch the time on a tread and start processing but when two are mixed i can't come up with a good solution. My initial thought was when application boots up i can schedule events t...
Implementing a Release Schedule
The company I work for is trying to implement a release schedule and I want to get some constructive feedback from people that work in better structured environments than I am in. We have one product that is finished and being used by several customers, but we have 4 additional products in the works - and actively being marketed as if...
Free schedule/timetable GUI library for .NET
Does anyone know of any good free libraries providing Windows Forms controls for displaying schedules/timetables in .NET? I'm really looking for something similar to what the guy who asked this question was seeking, with a couple of differences: I don't need any help organizing the underlying data or generating the schedule (that's all...
How would one represent scheduled events in an RDBMS?
I have to store scheduled events, (like say class times, for example) that can be organized on a weekly, daily or monthly basis. Events can occur, say, every Monday and Wednesday, or every second Thursday of the month. Is there a way to store this information in an RDBMS that adheres to 3NF? EDIT: This is not homework; I'm building some...
MySQL query to get non-data for unassigned dates
I have a table with weekly data that looks like: userID Site date ------ ------ ------ Smith Ferris Wheel 2009-07-13 Jones Outerspaceland 2009-07-13 LChar Ferris Wheel 2009-07-14 Smith Underworld 2009-07-16 Jones Fish Bowl 2009-07-17 Munson Go-Go Tech ...
How to do scheduled sending of email with django-mailer
Hi, I'm making a django app that needs to be able to make emails and then send these out at a given time. I was thinking i could use django-mailer to put things in que and then send it of. But even though theire sample case list, lists that this is a feature, I cant seem to find out how. What I need is to be able to set a 'when_to_send...