Monthly Archives: May 2007

Why JavaScript’s Date#getMonth Start From Zero?

Posted on May 30, 2007 by Zhou Renjian

Today, one of my colleague asked me a question about JavaScript’s document.lastModified, here was my answer for her: javascript:dd=new Date(document.lastModified);alert(dd.getFullYear() + “.” + (dd.getMonth() + 1) + “.” + dd.getDate() + “//” + dd.getHours() + “:” + dd.getMinutes() + “:” … Continue reading →

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RSE Sucks

Posted on May 30, 2007 by Zhou Renjian

I do think that Remote System Explorer (RSE)? sucks for its plugin management. Too many small size (about 10k – 20k) plugins, about 42 plugins (about 30 core plugins), while all Eclipse SDK plugins number is 141.

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Backup and Restore Databases in MySQL

Posted on May 26, 2007 by Zhou Renjian

Just simple as following: mysqldump -h host -u user -p –databases db > dbbackup mysqldump -h host -u user -p CREATE DATABASE restored; mysql -h host -p -u user restored < dbbackup

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Upgrade to WordPress 2.2

Posted on May 26, 2007 by Zhou Renjian

My blog is based on WordPress. Today I saw that there was a new version of 2.2, and decided to upgrade. As there are chances to upgrade frequently, I wrote a shell for myself: #!/bin/sh cd $1 $2 cp wp-config.php … Continue reading →

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Snippet: Open Editor a Local File in Eclipse

Posted on May 24, 2007 by Zhou Renjian

Here is codes to open editor a local file in Eclipse: IFileStore fileStore = EFS.getLocalFileSystem() .getStore(new Path(file.getParent())); fileStore= fileStore.getChild(file.getName()); if (!fileStore.fetchInfo().isDirectory() && fileStore.fetchInfo().exists()) { IWorkbenchWindow fWindow = Java2ScriptUIPlugin.getDefault() .getWorkbench().getActiveWorkbenchWindow(); IWorkbenchPage page = fWindow.getActivePage(); try { IDE.openEditorOnFileStore(page, fileStore); } catch (PartInitException … Continue reading →

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Tools for Smart or Normal People?

Posted on May 24, 2007 by Zhou Renjian

I came across this question when I read those discussion emails about how a folder should be arranged. Arranging a folder may be easy for us, just create some sub folders and put some files into them accordingly. Does it … Continue reading →

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“Compare With …” Bug Fix in Subversive 1.1.2

Posted on May 22, 2007 by Zhou Renjian

There are two known bugs in Subversive 1.1.2 at the time of this writing. 1. “Compare with? …” will fail to get content from SVN repository if the given file has history of being moved or copied from other location. … Continue reading →

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Vim Tricks

Posted on May 16, 2007 by Zhou Renjian

To replace a block of text into String in vim, try the following commands: :%s/\/\/gc :%s/\n/\n” +\r”/gc To replace specific string into another in lots of files, e.g. replace *.java’s package name “net.sf.j2s.” into another name “org.java2script.”, follow the instructions: … Continue reading →

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Less User Configurations

Posted on May 14, 2007 by Zhou Renjian

When designing software, there is a rule: Do NOT let user see much of its configurations. That is to say, make the software simpler, user may feel more comfortable. And if you let user configure too much, you won’t get … Continue reading →

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Focus On Your Key Problem

Posted on May 10, 2007 by Zhou Renjian

Always place your most skilled developers to the key problem. No matter the developers like to dive into the problem or not. Don’t place too much expectation on those fresh developers for the key problem. Or, you will get an … Continue reading →

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