Author Archives: GauZ
Create your own basic In-Memory Cache
In one of my recent projects, there was a requirement to cache data for a stipulated period of time (say 3 minutes) in order to prevent frequent database look-ups. Obviously, improving the efficiency of the system was also another requirement. 😉 Via illustrations as shown below, I have made a basic flowchart about the different […]
Tags: Caching, Custom, data, Dictionary, fast, identifier, in-memory, inexpensive, key, lookup, Memory, timestamp
Think twice before cheating on that online test! ;)
This was really really interesting! I have heard of a program called LockdownBrowser, which includes a monitoring tool capable of reporting all the other programs running on the computer or being utilized by the User simultaneously. It isn’t just a web browser but a combination of programs and is similar to the “Warden” application used […]
Custom Wrapper Class for Dictionary component – Flex {UPDATED}
Added some new functionality and plugged possible bugs. New functions incorporated: function insertKeyValue(keyValueCombo:Object):void >>Argument passed in is used as both Key and Value function insertArray(arr:Array):void >>Takes an Array object as argument and inserts each Array element in the MyDictionary Object function clone():MyDictionary >>Performs a deep copy function getValue(key : Object):Object >>Returns the corresponding value for the […]
Tags: Array, ArrayCollection, clear, clone, copy, Custom, deep, Dictionary, dynamic, Extend, Flex, getkeys, getSize, getValue, getvalues, insert, insertArray, insertKeyValue, key, remove, serializations, set, values, Weak
Error 1 error LNK1168: cannot open for writing
I was writing a simple C program to print “HelloWorld” while using the new improved Visual Studio 2010. Program compiled fine on the first run but I started to get a weird linking error (see title of post) on recompiling later on. I singled out the problem to a service in Windows 7. Earlier in […]
Tags: application, cache, cannot, compatibility, Error, exe, experience, for, LNK1168, open, programming, requests, service, windows, windows 7, writing
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