Highly motivated and reliable professional with a strong passion
for software development and technology in general, engineer at heart.
Enthusiast in building software products after a 25-year old experience
in various roles across the Software Development Life Cycle process,
in companies ranging from early-stage startups to well-established organizations.
Delivering, architecting, and technical leading software products that have been
released worldwide, serving millions of users. Ranging from mobile applications
to scalable network services for SaaS Platforms and carrier-grade network servers
using state-of-the-art technologies.
Hiring, managing, technical leading, and mentoring multiple cross-functional
software engineering teams (backend, frontend, native, QA).
Agile Scrum methodology advocate.
Tuned analytical skills, proven in translating complex customer requests
into product requirements and providing time-efficient solutions to
customer issues. Efficient collaboration with multi-function teams and
customers across time zones and geographies.
Expert in designing scalable, high-performance network services,
multithreaded programming, and asynchronous/multiplexing I/O technique.
PERSONAL STATEMENT
EXPERIENCE
Director of Product Developement
wappier Ltd., Athens, Greece
Supervising the development of new web3-based products targeting the simplification
of using NFTs on games and brands. Delivery of the development of a white label
NFT Marketplace, a self-service NFT collection and drop page setup portal and
a couple of customer NFT collection launches.
Collaborating with Product Managers on the PRD preparation, UI/UX designers
for optimal flows, and Technical Leaders for the implementation details.
Responsible for the product roadmap, backlog refinement process and the preparation of
USTs for four development teams.
Gaining a deep understanding of blockchain, smart contracts, NFTs, and
cryptocurrencies for EVM compatible and Solana L1 networks and emerging
technologies used in the web3 ecosystem.
Improving wappier SaaS platform by adding Promotional Pricing product and better
interaction with App Store for iOS-based programs. Leading the integration
with a major customer's management console using S2S API and wappier Unity SDK.
Participation in pre-sales activities by providing technical knowledge
and support as required, including giving demonstrations and assisting
with customer integrations and RFP responses.
Sep 2021 - present
Senior Software Architect
wappier Ltd., Athens, Greece
Member of the founding team of wappier.
Leading the software development team and expand it to more than 25 software
and QA engineers. Responsible for the management, mentoring, and coaching
of the team and the selection of technical solutions for the development of
wappier Platform.
Architecting and designing wappier SaaS platform supporting 3 different products:
price optimization, gamification tactics and next best action, all driven
by end-user data tracked via wappier SDK or S2S API. Serving millions of users,
collecting and processing about 100 million events daily.
Spearheading Agile Scrum framework across 5 separate development teams
(backend, frontend, native, QA). Applying best practices across all stages
of the Software Development Life Cycle.
Product owner for all wappier products and projects, collaborating with
Business stakeholders, Customer Success, Data scientists, and UI designers
to prioritize the most impactful features and transform them into USTs
for the development teams.
Leading the deployment of the Live services on cloud services and
maintenance operations, like flawless platform migration from Azure to AWS.
Introduction and setup of the DevOps tools for efficient collaboration and
CI/CD. Integration and support for the internal wappier teams
(Ops, Data Analytics, Data science).
Architect and technical lead for the development of an innovative product
for building a gaming community and promoting mobile games. Involving a
custom high performance backend service, custom native applications and
SDK for 3rd party native applications.
Integration with 3rd party applications and mobile tracking SDKs.
Jan 2015 - Sep 2021
Principal Software Engineer
Velti SA, Athens, Greece
Engineering manager for the Product Development
& Innovation remote team, in charge of 6 software
engineers working for R&D projects and products.
Technical leader for an HTML5/Javascript based, media
authoring and publishing environment for building
mobile sites, web applications and rich media ads
(MRAID) for mobile ad networks.
Architect and designer for a native application
building service, enabling users to export a mobile-friendly
web application as a native application, running on
various mobile platforms.
Technical leading research projects for web, mobile app
and multichannel analytics platforms.
Performance evaluation of big data processing
for campaign data analysis using Graph DBs.
Apr 2012 - Jan 2015
Principal Software Engineer
Bytemobile EDC, Patras, Greece
Development of a core network element, providing
adaptive data traffic management capabilities to
mobile operator networks.
Designer and technical leader for the IPv6 support of
this product. Integration with IPv6-enabled RADIUS,
LDAP and PCRF interfaces. Integration with in-house
Analytics platform.
Architect, designer and technical leader of a novel
Content Adaptation product for mobile network
operators, enabling access to complex web pages for
any mobile device. Product deployed on a number of
mobile operator networks worldwide.
Designer and technical leader of a high performance
multi-threaded proxy, responsible for handling high
volumes of concurrent adaptation transactions.
Integration with a third-party content adaptation
engine. Integration with centralized cluster
management and data storage.
Designer and technical leader, for the implementation
of in-house content adaptation engine based on
Mozilla, capable to apply adaptation algorithms on
the DOM tree.
Tight and efficient collaboration with engineers, QA,
architects, product management, customer support and
customers across company sites and geographies
(EMEA, US, APAC).
Product presentation and training to the Professional
Services/Presales teams of the company.
Debugging and troubleshooting complex customer
related issues on Bytemobile products.
May 2006 - Mar 2012
Senior Software Engineer
Bytemobile EDC, Patras, Greece
Redesign of the Bytemobile optimization client,
supporting new features and portability between
Symbian OS and Windows. Technical lead for the
Symbian variant of the client.
Implementation of performance analysis tools for
Symbian OS. Including prototype packet sniffer for
the Symbian OS, installable as a device driver in
the device network stack.
Design and implementation of an experimental device
driver for Symbian OS, for the transparent
forwarding of TCP packets between the device browser
and the optimization client.
Performance tuning of the Bytemobile optimization
client for Symbian 9.x. Instrumentation and profiling
using custom tools and techniques.
Jan 2004 - Apr 2006
Senior Software Engineer
Daedalus Networks Ltd, Patras, Greece
(Acquired by Bytemobile Inc., in Jan 2004)
Member of the founding team of Daedalus Networks Ltd.
Architect and technical leader for the implementation
of a scalable traffic/event reporting system,
gathering and on-the-fly correlating data from
an IP gateway in a mobile operator network.
Architect and lead developer of a prototype
Performance Enhancement Proxy (PEP) for Mobile,
ISP and Corporate Data Networks.
Design and implementation of a high performance
logging library, suitable for use with multithreaded
applications.
2001 - Dec 2003
Software Engineer / Researcher
High Performance Information Systems Lab, CEID, University of Patras
Design and implementation of a resource scheduler
for SMP platforms, at the kernel level, as a loadable
kernel module.
Design and implementation of a user-level threads
library for Windows 2000.
Implementation and evaluation of scheduling policies
of a user level resource manager.
1997 - 2002
EDUCATION
Master in Computer Science
Computer Engineering and Informatics Dept.,
University of Patras
Thesis: Implementation of a user-level threads
library for SMPs.
Sep 1998 - May 2001
Diploma in Computer Engineering and Informatics
Computer Engineering and Informatics Dept.,
University of Patras
Dissertation: Implementation and evaluation of
scheduling policies on SMPs.
Sep 1993 - Jul 1998
SKILLS
Linux, Android, iOS, Mac OS, MS Windows – Oldies: Solaris, Symbian OS, FreeBSD, IRIX, QNX
Operating Systems
Expert: C, C++, Rust;
Good: Javascript / Node.js, Python, Golang, Bash;
Basic: Java, PHP, C#, Perl, Objective-C, Kotlin, Swift, HTML, CSS;
In fact, I can understand/edit almost any piece of code in any modern language.
First-Time Managers, 3-parts on-site training, Ken Blanchard, Spring 2022
Certified Scrum Product Owner, Scrum Alliance, June 2019
Getting More out of Agile and Lean, Greece Summit 2016 Workshop, Sept 2016
Architecting with Amazon Web Services, GK4502, Global Knowlwdge, June 2015
Management Academy, Linkage Management Seminar, Autumn 2014
Certifications & Trainings
Power-efficient computing with SBCs (Raspberry Pi) and microcontrollers (ESP32/8266, Arduino)
Electronics and Robotics
Nspector.AI - An AI-driven user identification toolkit.
Free-time Projects
Greek (native), English (fluent), French (basic)
Communication
PUBLICATIONS
A Multiprogramming Aware OpenMP Implementation.
V. K. Barekas, P. E. Hadjidoukas, E. D.
Polychronopoulos, T. S. Papatheodorou. Scientific
Programming, Volume 11(2), pp. 133-141, 2003.
An OpenMP Implementation for Multiprogrammed
SMPs. V. K. Barekas, P. E. Hadjidoukas,
E. D. Polychronopoulos, T. S. Papatheodorou. In
Proceedings of the 3rd European Workshop on OpenMP
(EWOMP2001), Barcelona, Spain, September 2001.
A Portable Kernel-Mode Resource Manager on Windows
2000 Platforms. P. E. Hadjidoukas, V. K. Barekas,
E. D. Polychronopoulos, T. S. Papatheodorou. In
Proceedings of the 12th IASTED International
Conference on Parallel and Distributed Computing and
Systems (PDCS 2000), Las Vegas, Nevada, USA, November
2000.
Nanothreads vs. Fibers for the Support of Fine
Grain Parallelism on Windows NT/2000 Platforms.
V. K. Barekas, P. E. Hadjidoukas, E.
D. Polychronopoulos, T. S. Papatheodorou. In
Proceedings of the 3rd International Symposium on
High Performance Computing (ISHPC 2000), LNCS No.
1940, pages 146-159, Tokyo, Japan, October 2000.
RESEARCH PROJECTS
USEMP: User Empowerment for Enhanced Online Presence Management,
Programme: FP7-ICT-2013.1.7, Project reference: 611596
OpenI: Open-Source, Web-Based, Framework for Integrating Applications with Social Media Services and Personal Cloudlets,
Programme: FP7-ICT-2011.1.2, Project reference: 317883
DIG: Digital Interactive Graffiti,
Programme: FP7-SME-2011, Project reference: 286927.
POP: Performance Portability of OpenMP,
Long Term Research IST Project No. IST-2001-33071.
High Performance Computations for Scientific and
Multimedia Applications, Greek General Secretariat
of Research and Technology Project 99ΕΔ-566.
NANOS: Effective Integration of Fine-Grain
Parallelism Exploitation and Multiprogramming,
ESPRIT EC-DGIII Basic Research Project 6634.
OTHER ACTIVITIES
Long-distance running, photography, cycling, reading and being environmentally friendly


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|
surface - surface handle
v0 - index number of first vertex of triangle v1 - index number of second vertex of triangle v2 - index number of third vertex of triangle |
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Adds a triangle to a surface and returns the triangle's index number, starting from 0.
The v0, v1 and v2 parameters are the index numbers of the vertices created using AddVertex. Depending on how the vertices are arranged, then the triangle will only be visible from a certain side. Imagine that a triangle's vertex points are like dot-to-dot pattern, each numbered v0, v1, v2. If these dots, starting from v0, through to V2, form a clockwise pattern relative to the viewer, then the triangle will be visible. If these dots form an anti-clockwise pattern relative to the viewer, then the triangle will not be visible. The reason for having one-sided triangles is that it reduces the amount of triangles that need to be rendered when one side faces the side of an object which won't be seen (such as the inside of a snooker ball). However, if you wish for a triangle to be two-sided, then you can either create two triangles, using the same set of vertex numbers for both but assigning them in opposite orders, or you can use CopyEntity and FlipMesh together. |
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Graphics3D 640,480
SetBuffer BackBuffer() mesh = CreateMesh() surf = CreateSurface(mesh) v0 = AddVertex (surf, -5,-5,0, 0 ,0) v1 = AddVertex (surf, 5,-5,0, 1 ,0) v2 = AddVertex (surf, 0, 5,0, 0.5,1) tri = AddTriangle (surf,v0,v2,v1) cam = CreateCamera() MoveEntity cam, 0,0,-7 RenderWorld Flip WaitKey End |


Résumé
Education
- since 2015
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PhD student,
Computer Science,
jointly at Heriot-Watt University and the University of St Andrews
- 2011-2014
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Master degree,
Computer Science,
Charles University in Prague, summa cum laude
- 2012-2013
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Erasmus exchange,
Utrecht University, 6 months
- 2008-2011
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Bachelor degree,
Computer Science,
Charles University in Prague
Teaching experience
- 2015-2016
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AC21007 - Algorithms and Artificial Intelligence,
Co-lecturer, Tutor, University of Dundee
- 2015-2016
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AC32007 & AC52009 - Secure Internet Programming,
Tutor, University of Dundee
- 2014-2015
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AC21007 - Algorithms and Artificial Intelligence,
Tutor, University of Dundee
Organisational duties
- 2016
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Workshop on Coalgebra, Horn Clause Logic
Programming and Types,
co-organiser
- 2016
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Workshop on Type Inference and Automated
Proving,
co-organiser
- 2015
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Scottish Programming Languages Seminar, June 2015,
co-organiser


The network nodes imply that a certain peer-to-peer network protocol is used.
There are basically 2 type of blockchain networks:
An ongoing debate disputes whether a private system with verifiers tasked and authorized (permissioned) by a central authority, should still be considered a block chain.
Proponents of permissioned or private chains argue that the term "blockchain" is rightly applied to any data structure which batches data into blocks which are timestamped and that these blockchains serve as a distributed version of multiversion concurrency control (MVCC) in databases.
The opponents say that the permissioned systems look like traditional corporate databases, not supporting decentralized verification of the data, and that such systems are not hardened against tampering and revision by their operators.
n.d.r The real point is that the consensus algoritm, that is used in a permissioned network, can be easily hackered.


545_tonghuikang.py
from scipy.special import comb as scomb
# Python3 program to print n-th permutation
MAX_CHAR = 30
MAX_FACT = 40
fact = [None] * (MAX_FACT)
# Utility for calculating factorials
def precomputeFactorials():
fact[0] = 1
for i in range(1, MAX_FACT):
fact[i] = fact[i - 1] * i
# Function for nth permutation
def nPermute(string, n):
precomputeFactorials()
# length of given string
length = len(string)
# Count frequencies of all
# characters
freq = [0] * (MAX_CHAR)
for i in range(0, length):
freq[ord(string[i]) - ord('a')] += 1
# out string for output string
out = [None] * (MAX_CHAR)
# iterate till sum equals n
Sum, k = 0, 0
# We update both n and sum in
# this loop.
while Sum != n:
Sum = 0
# check for characters present in freq[]
for i in range(0, MAX_CHAR):
if freq[i] == 0:
continue
# Remove character
freq[i] -= 1
# calculate sum after fixing
# a particuar char
xsum = fact[length - 1 - k]
for j in range(0, MAX_CHAR):
xsum = xsum // fact[freq[j]]
Sum += xsum
# if sum > n fix that char as
# present char and update sum
# and required nth after fixing
# char at that position
if Sum >= n:
out[k] = chr(i + ord('a'))
n -= Sum - xsum
k += 1
break
# if sum < n, add character back
if Sum < n:
freq[i] += 1
# if sum == n means this char will provide
# its greatest permutation as nth permutation
i = MAX_CHAR-1
while k < length and i >= 0:
if freq[i]:
out[k] = chr(i + ord('a'))
freq[i] -= 1
i += 1
k += 1
i -= 1
# print result
return ''.join(out[:k])
class Solution:
def kthSmallestPath(self, destination: List[int], k: int) -> str:
v,h = destination
string = "h"*h + "v"*v
if k == 1:
return string.upper()
if k == scomb(v+h, v, exact=True):
return string[::-1].upper()
# string = sorted(list(string))
print(string)
return nPermute(string, k).upper()


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tesseract
5.0.0-alpha-619-ge9db
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#include <algorithm>
#include <cfloat>
#include <cmath>
#include <cstdio>
#include <cstring>
#include "mergenf.h"
#include "clusttool.h"
#include "cluster.h"
#include "oldlist.h"
#include "protos.h"
#include "ocrfeatures.h"
#include "featdefs.h"
#include "intproto.h"
#include "params.h"
Go to the source code of this file.
Macros | |
| #define | _USE_MATH_DEFINES |
Functions | |
| float | CompareProtos (PROTO p1, PROTO p2) |
| void | ComputeMergedProto (PROTO p1, PROTO p2, float w1, float w2, PROTO MergedProto) |
| int | FindClosestExistingProto (CLASS_TYPE Class, int NumMerged[], PROTOTYPE *Prototype) |
| void | MakeNewFromOld (PROTO New, PROTOTYPE *Old) |
SubfeatureEvidence | |
Compare a feature to a prototype. Print the result. | |
| float | SubfeatureEvidence (FEATURE Feature, PROTO Proto) |
EvidenceOf | |
Return the new type of evidence number corresponding to this distance value. This number is no longer based on the chi squared approximation. The equation that represents the transform is: 1 / (1 + (sim / midpoint) ^ curl) | |
| double | EvidenceOf (double Similarity) |
| bool | DummyFastMatch (FEATURE Feature, PROTO Proto) |
| void | ComputePaddedBoundingBox (PROTO Proto, float TangentPad, float OrthogonalPad, FRECT *BoundingBox) |
| bool | PointInside (FRECT *Rectangle, float X, float Y) |
| #define _USE_MATH_DEFINES |
Definition at line 17 of file mergenf.cpp.
Compare protos p1 and p2 and return an estimate of the worst evidence rating that will result for any part of p1 that is compared to p2. In other words, if p1 were broken into pico-features and each pico-feature was matched to p2, what is the worst evidence rating that will be achieved for any pico-feature.
| p1,p2 | protos to be compared |
Globals: none
Definition at line 63 of file mergenf.cpp.
This routine computes a proto which is the weighted average of protos p1 and p2. The new proto is returned in MergedProto.
| p1,p2 | protos to be merged |
| w1,w2 | weight of each proto |
| MergedProto | place to put resulting merged proto |
Definition at line 123 of file mergenf.cpp.
| void ComputePaddedBoundingBox | ( | PROTO | Proto, |
| float | TangentPad, | ||
| float | OrthogonalPad, | ||
| FRECT * | BoundingBox | ||
| ) |
This routine computes a bounding box that encloses the specified proto along with some padding. The amount of padding is specified as separate distances in the tangential and orthogonal directions.
| Proto | proto to compute bounding box for | |
| TangentPad | amount of pad to add in direction of segment | |
| OrthogonalPad | amount of pad to add orthogonal to segment | |
| [out] | BoundingBox | place to put results |
Definition at line 293 of file mergenf.cpp.
This routine returns true if Feature would be matched by a fast match table built from Proto.
| Feature | feature to be "fast matched" to proto |
| Proto | proto being "fast matched" against |
Globals:
Definition at line 259 of file mergenf.cpp.
| double EvidenceOf | ( | double | Similarity | ) |
Definition at line 232 of file mergenf.cpp.
| int FindClosestExistingProto | ( | CLASS_TYPE | Class, |
| int | NumMerged[], | ||
| PROTOTYPE * | Prototype | ||
| ) |
This routine searches through all of the prototypes in Class and returns the id of the proto which would provide the best approximation of Prototype. If no close approximation can be found, NO_PROTO is returned.
| Class | class to search for matching old proto in |
| NumMerged | # of protos merged into each proto of Class |
| Prototype | new proto to find match for |
Globals: none
Definition at line 155 of file mergenf.cpp.
This fills in the fields of the New proto based on the fields of the Old proto.
| New | new proto to be filled in |
| Old | old proto to be converted |
Globals: none
Definition at line 193 of file mergenf.cpp.
| bool PointInside | ( | FRECT * | Rectangle, |
| float | X, | ||
| float | Y | ||
| ) |
Return true if point (X,Y) is inside of Rectangle.
Globals: none
Definition at line 317 of file mergenf.cpp.
Definition at line 208 of file mergenf.cpp.


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I am currently a part-time student at the University of Manchester Coding Bootcamp: full-stack web development course.
Alongside my studies, I am publicist and co-director of music PR agency and consultancy Sonic PR.
Originally from South Wales, I have lived in Manchester for over 12 years.


bbclib.libs.bbclib_utils module¶
Copyright (c) 2018 beyond-blockchain.org.
Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the “License”); you may not use this file except in compliance with the License. You may obtain a copy of the License at
Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software distributed under the License is distributed on an “AS IS” BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. See the License for the specific language governing permissions and limitations under the License.
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bbclib.libs.bbclib_utils.
add_event_asset
(transaction, event_idx, asset_group_id, user_id, asset_body=None, asset_file=None)[source]¶ Utility to add BBcEvent object with BBcAsset in the transaction
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bbclib.libs.bbclib_utils.
add_pointer_in_relation
(relation, ref_transaction_id=None, ref_asset_id=None)[source]¶ Utility to add BBcRelation object with BBcPointer in the BBcRelation object
- Parameters
relation (BBcRelation) – BBcRelation object to manipulate
ref_transaction_id (bytes) – transaction_id of the transaction that the base transaction object refers to
ref_asset_id (bytes) – asset_id of the asset that the transaction object refers to
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bbclib.libs.bbclib_utils.
add_reference_to_transaction
(transaction, asset_group_id, ref_transaction_obj, event_index_in_ref)[source]¶ Utility to add BBcReference object in the transaction
- Parameters
transaction (BBcTransaction) – the base transaction object to manipulate
asset_group_id (bytes) – asset_group_id of the asset in the object
ref_transaction_obj (BBcTransaction) – the transaction object that the base transaction object refers to
event_index_in_ref (int) – the number of BBcEvent object to include in the transaction that the base transaction object refers to
- Returns
- Return type
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bbclib.libs.bbclib_utils.
add_relation_asset
(transaction, relation_idx, asset_group_id, user_id, asset_body=None, asset_file=None)[source]¶ Utility to add BBcRelation object with BBcAsset in the transaction
- Parameters
transaction (BBcTransaction) – transaction object to manipulate
relation_idx (int) – the number of BBcRelation object to include in the transaction
asset_group_id (bytes) – asset_group_id of the asset in the object
user_id (bytes) – user_id of the owner of the asset
asset_body (str|bytes|dict) – asset data
asset_file (bytes) – file data (binary) for asset
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bbclib.libs.bbclib_utils.
add_relation_asset_hash
(transaction, relation_idx, asset_group_id, asset_ids=None)[source]¶ Utility to add BBcRelation object with BBcAssetHash in the transaction
- Parameters
transaction (BBcTransaction) – transaction object to manipulate
relation_idx (int) – the number of BBcRelation object to include in the transaction
asset_group_id (bytes) – asset_group_id of the asset in the object
asset_ids (list(bytes)) – list of the identifiers of assets
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bbclib.libs.bbclib_utils.
add_relation_asset_raw
(transaction, relation_idx, asset_group_id, asset_id=None, asset_body=None)[source]¶ Utility to add BBcRelation object with BBcAssetRaw in the transaction
- Parameters
transaction (BBcTransaction) – transaction object to manipulate
relation_idx (int) – the number of BBcRelation object to include in the transaction
asset_group_id (bytes) – asset_group_id of the asset in the object
asset_id (bytes) – the identifier of the asset
asset_body (str|bytes|dict) – asset data
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bbclib.libs.bbclib_utils.
add_relation_pointer
(transaction, relation_idx, ref_transaction_id=None, ref_asset_id=None)[source]¶ Utility to add BBcRelation object with BBcPointer in the transaction
- Parameters
transaction (BBcTransaction) – the base transaction object to manipulate
relation_idx (int) – the number of BBcRelation object to include in the transaction
ref_transaction_id (bytes) – transaction_id of the transaction that the base transaction object refers to
ref_asset_id (bytes) – asset_id of the asset that the transaction object refers to
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bbclib.libs.bbclib_utils.
convert_id_to_string
(data, bytelen=32)[source]¶ Convert binary data to hex string
- Parameters
data (bytes) – data to convert
bytelen (int) – length of the result
- Returns
converted string
- Return type
str
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bbclib.libs.bbclib_utils.
convert_idstring_to_bytes
(datastr, bytelen=32)[source]¶ Convert hex string to binary data
- Parameters
datastr (str) – data to convert
bytelen (int) – length of the result
- Returns
converted byte data
- Return type
bytes
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bbclib.libs.bbclib_utils.
deep_copy_with_key_stringify
(u, d=None)[source]¶ Utility for updating nested dictionary
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bbclib.libs.bbclib_utils.
get_new_id
(seed_str=None, include_timestamp=True)[source]¶ Return 256-bit binary data
- Parameters
seed_str (str) – seed string that is hashed by SHA256
include_timestamp (bool) – if True, timestamp (current time) is appended to the seed string
- Returns
256-bit binary
- Return type
bytes
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bbclib.libs.bbclib_utils.
get_random_id
()[source]¶ Return 256-bit binary data
- Returns
256-bit random binary
- Return type
bytes
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bbclib.libs.bbclib_utils.
make_relation_with_asset
(asset_group_id, user_id, asset_body=None, asset_file=None)[source]¶ Utility to make BBcRelation object with BBcAsset
- Parameters
asset_group_id (bytes) – asset_group_id of the asset in the object
user_id (bytes) – user_id of the owner of the asset
asset_body (str|bytes|dict) – asset data
asset_file (bytes) – file data (binary) for asset
- Returns
created BBcRelation object
- Return type
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bbclib.libs.bbclib_utils.
make_relation_with_asset_hash
(asset_group_id, asset_ids=None)[source]¶ Utility to make BBcRelation object with BBcAssetHash
- Parameters
asset_group_id (bytes) – asset_group_id of the asset in the object
asset_ids (list(bytes)) – list of the identifiers of assets
- Returns
created BBcRelation object
- Return type
-
bbclib.libs.bbclib_utils.
make_relation_with_asset_raw
(asset_group_id, asset_id=None, asset_body=None)[source]¶ Utility to make BBcRelation object with BBcAssetRaw
- Parameters
asset_group_id (bytes) – asset_group_id of the asset in the object
asset_id (bytes) – the identifier of the asset
asset_body (str|bytes|dict) – asset data
- Returns
created BBcRelation object
- Return type
-
bbclib.libs.bbclib_utils.
make_transaction
(event_num=0, relation_num=0, witness=False, version=2)[source]¶ Utility to make transaction object
- Parameters
event_num (int) – the number of BBcEvent object to include in the transaction
relation_num (int) – the number of BBcRelation object to include in the transaction
witness (bool) – If true, BBcWitness object is included in the transaction
version (int) – version of the transaction format
- Returns
- Return type
-
bbclib.libs.bbclib_utils.
recover_signature_object
(data)[source]¶ Unpack signature data
- Parameters
data (bytes) – Serialized data of BBcSignature object
- Returns
BBcSignature object
- Return type
-
bbclib.libs.bbclib_utils.
validate_transaction_object
(txobj, asset_files=None)[source]¶ Validate transaction and its asset
- Parameters
txobj (BBcTransaction) – target transaction object
asset_files (dict) – dictionary containing the asset file contents
- Returns
True if valid tuple: list of valid assets tuple: list of invalid assets
- Return type
bool
-
bbclib.libs.bbclib_utils.
verify_using_cross_ref
(domain_id, transaction_id, transaction_base_digest, cross_ref_data, sigdata)[source]¶ Confirm the existence of the transaction using cross_ref
- Parameters
domain_id (bytes) – target domain_id
transaction_id (bytes) – target transaction_id of which existence you want to confirm
transaction_base_digest (bytes) – digest obtained from the outer domain
cross_ref_data (bytes) – packed BBcCrossRef object
sigdata (bytes) – packed signature
- Returns
True if valid
- Return type
bool


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The year 2020 - 365 days of travel around the world were suspended and the phrase “closed” repeatedly appeared at tourist sites for the Covid epidemic. What is the “open” solution for sustainable tourism?
Over the past time, many projects, ideas and solutions aimed at reviving tourism have attracted a lot of people’s attention. Not out of that trend, Ho Chi Minh City School of Economics - the Institute of Intelligent Urban Studies and Management - cooperates with its professors and experts: Hasselt University (Thailand), Handong Global University (South Korea), Sun Duc Thang School of Economics (Viet Nam’s Web site) and Technical School (Viet Nam’s Web site “Global Strategies for Local Tourism” takes place from March 1st to March 5th, 2001.
Choosing the theme Global Strategies for Local Tourism, experts from many countries will sit down to discuss, come up with ideas with the desire to restore “new normal” tourism and aim for the long-term development of cities.
One of the difficult questions faced by experts is: What solution is there to restore and what is the link between cities around the world that remains the same? Because, Covid-19 has had a tremendous impact on us, as preventive measures have limited us to go out, and the need for physical separation has radically revealed people’s rights to space has become increasingly important, and collaboration between cities has become important.
In addition, not only volume development, but overall urban development should also be concerned with substance development and open the way for sustainable development. Making cities a place worth living, friendly to global citizens while ensuring a balance between human and natural factors.
Accompanying the week of workshops and webinars is the participation of students from six domestic and foreign universities who want to listen and listen to young people’s opinions on global issues and support future generations to inherit those intellectual values.
Sustainable development can be understood as development that meets the needs of the present without affecting the needs of the future generation (interpreting the meaning of the UN definition). Therefore, student contributions are essential and the organizing committee believes, new perspectives, thoughts.Modernity will contribute much to getting tourism out of the recession.
Sinh viên đến từ các quốc gia sẽ được chia thành các nhóm, cùng làm việc và đưa ra quan điểm, ý tưởng về các chủ đề hướng đến nền du lịch bền vững như:
(group presentations based on selected topics)
Many creative and unique ideas were presented by students with passion and dedication based on detailed analysis of case studies in Brussels, Ho Chi Minh City (Vietnam), Bangkok (Taiwan), and Pohang (Korea). The International 2021 Workshop & Webinar Week is the beginning of the SmartCity+ event organized by the HCMC Economic Institute for Intelligent Urbanization and Management to raise awareness among young people, especially Gen Z generation, on urban and tourism issues in general and separately.


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Methods
FutureValue(presentValue, numPeriods, interestRate, timesCompoundedPerPeriod, depositAmount, depositAtBeginning) → {Promise}
Calculate the future value of money and/or deposits
Parameters:
| Name | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
presentValue |
number | Present Value |
numPeriods |
number | Number of Periods |
interestRate |
number | Interest rate as a percentage |
timesCompoundedPerPeriod |
number | Times interest is compounded per period |
depositAmount |
number | Periodic Deposit Amount |
depositAtBeginning |
boolean | Periodic Deposits made at beginning of period |
- Source:
Returns:
object containing Future Value and Total Interest Promise will resolve to type object.
- Type
- Promise
NetPresentValue(initialInvestment, discountRate, timesCompoundedPerPeriod, cashFlowsAtBeginning, cashFlow) → {Promise}
Calculate net present value
Parameters:
| Name | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
initialInvestment |
number | Initial Investment |
discountRate |
number | Discount Rate (eg. Interest Rate) |
timesCompoundedPerPeriod |
number | Times discount/interest is compounded per period |
cashFlowsAtBeginning |
number | |
cashFlow |
array | List of cash flows per period |
- Source:
Returns:
Net Present Value Promise will resolve to type number.
- Type
- Promise
PresentValueOfDeposits(numPeriods, interestRate, depositAmount, depositAtBeginning) → {Promise}
Calculate the present value of future deposits
Parameters:
| Name | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
numPeriods |
number | Number of Periods |
interestRate |
number | Interest Rate |
depositAmount |
number | Periodic Deposit Amount |
depositAtBeginning |
boolean | Periodic Deposits made at beginning of period |
- Source:
Returns:
object containing Present Value, Total Principal, and Total Interest Promise will resolve to type object.
- Type
- Promise
PresentValueOfFutureMoney(futureValue, numPeriods, interestRate) → {Promise}
Calculate present value of future money
Parameters:
| Name | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
futureValue |
number | Future Value |
numPeriods |
number | Number of Periods |
interestRate |
number | Interest Rate |
- Source:
Returns:
object containing Present Value and Total Interest Promise will resolve to type object.
- Type
- Promise


Extended Features¶
While continuing with the library example, we add some more features as we go.
Field Descriptions¶
Sometimes, you want to guide the user a bit more and be more descriptive than just a label on the details and editpage of an entity. To do so, you can set a description per field. In this case, the author of a book is more informative:
library:
label: Library
table: library
fields:
name:
type: text
label: Name
book:
label: Book
table: book
listFields: [id, created_at, updated_at, author, title]
filter: [author, title]
fields:
author:
type: text
label: Author
description: The Author of the Book
title:
type: text
label: Title
pages:
type: integer
label: Pages
Displayed Fields in the List¶
As an addition, we only want to show the author and title in the big list view of the books. We can do it by using the listFields entry:
library:
label: Library
table: library
fields:
name:
type: text
label: Name
book:
label: Book
table: book
listFields: [id, created_at, updated_at, author, title]
fields:
author:
type: text
label: Author
title:
type: text
label: Title
pages:
type: integer
label: Pages
It is a simple list referencing the fields. Note the usage of the internal fields “id”, “created_at” and “update_at”. “version” is not yet used and every row where “deleted_at” is not null is marked as deleted, so this field would make no sense to display.
Pagination¶
Per default, 25 entities are listed per page on the list view. You can change this number by setting the pageSize parameter like this:
library:
label: Library
table: library
pageSize: 5
fields:
name:
type: text
label: Name
book:
label: Book
table: book
listFields: [id, created_at, updated_at, author, title]
fields:
author:
type: text
label: Author
title:
type: text
label: Title
pages:
type: integer
label: Pages
Only strings and integers are boring, so in the next chapter, all possible data types are presented.
Filters¶
Currently, the listview contains all entries on the pages. Often, it is desirable to filter it in order to search for specific entries. The fields to be allowed to filter on can be easily added with a filter array just like the listFields. This is how the books view could be filtered by author and title:
library:
label: Library
table: library
pageSize: 5
fields:
name:
type: text
label: Name
book:
label: Book
table: book
listFields: [id, created_at, updated_at, author, title]
filter: [author, title]
fields:
author:
type: text
label: Author
title:
type: text
label: Title
pages:
type: integer
label: Pages
I18n¶
Here are some features around the i18n support.
Set the Translations of Entity- and Field-Labels¶
You can translate the labels of the entities and their fields using some special label keys: label_(locale) with (locale) being your desired locale. Example for de:
book:
label: Book
label_de: Buch
table: book
listFields: [id, created_at, updated_at, author, title]
filter: [author, title]
fields:
author:
type: text
label: Author
label_de: Autor
title:
type: text
label: Title
label_de: Titel
pages:
type: integer
label: Pages
label_de: Seiten
Switch off I18n Management¶
Per default, CRUDlex manages i18n for you. But this might be not desired in bigger projects, so you can disable it on registration like this:
$app->register(new CRUDlex\ServiceProvider(), array(
'crud.file' => __DIR__ . '<yourCrud.yml>',
'crud.datafactory' => $dataFactory,
'crud.manageI18n' => false
));
Initial Sorting Parameters¶
Initially, when you visit the list page of an entity, the view is sorted ascending by created_at. There might be cases, where you want to change that.
For this, two parameters can be set on entity level:
- initialSortField: Sets the field the data is sort by
- initialSortAscending: If set to true, the initial sort order is ascending, if set to false, the initial sort order is descending
Here is an example where the books are sorted by their author in an descending order:
book:
label: Book
table: book
filter: [author, title]
initialSortField: author
initialSortAscending: false
fields:
author:
type: text
label: Author
title:
type: text
label: Title
pages:
type: integer
label: Pages
Attention: In the list view, it is not possible to sort by many fields as it doesn’t make that much sense.
Using UUIDs as Primary Key Instead of an Auto Incremented Value¶
CRUDMySQLData offers an option to use UUIDs as primary key instead of an auto incremented value.
First, you have to create your id field as varchar(36):
`id` varchar(36) NOT NULL
And then you have to activate it in the setup when creating the CRUDDataFactoryInterface:
$dataFactory = new CRUDlex\MySQLDataFactory($app['db'], true);
Using an own Implementation of the EntityDefinition¶
There might be the case where you want to use an own implementation derived from the EntityDefinition. In this case, you can hand in an own implementation of the EntityDefinitionFactory like this:
$entityDefinitionFactory = new MyOwnEntityDefinitionFactory();
$app->register(new CRUDlex\ServiceProvider(), array(
'crud.entitydefinitionfactory' => $entityDefinitionFactory
));
Prepopulated Form Fields on the Creation Page¶
You can set some initial values when you link the creation page from somewhere else by handing in the appropriate GET parameter. Example for the author of a book: .../book/create?author=MyAuthor
Combine with the Web Profiler¶
If you want to use the package “silex/web-profiler”, you have to register the LocaleServiceProvider and TranslationServiceProvider on your own first:
$app->register(new Silex\Provider\LocaleServiceProvider());
$app->register(new \Silex\Provider\TranslationServiceProvider(), array(
'locale_fallbacks' => array('en'),
));


WATCH | KZN snake catcher on baby watch after rescuing two pregnant green mambas in two days
KwaZulu-Natal snake catcher Nick Evans could not believe his luck when he happened upon two pregnant green mambas - on two consecutive days.
He was called out to a house in Shallcross on November 6, where he found the first pregnant mamba.

The slithery serpent was curled up behind a washing machine when he found it.
He told News24 green mambas were uncommon in areas like Shallcross as they generally lived in coastal areas. He suspects a small number of snakes may have found a new home in a river on a reserve close by.
The second mamba was found in a retaining wall on the premises of a local school in Tongaat on November 7.
At first glance, Evans thought the snake had just eaten but, little did know, he was in for his second surprise.
"I caught a pregnant one yesterday in someone's kitchen. That's very exciting," Evans told onlookers.
He explained to the crowd that it might have been looking for a spot to lay its eggs.
According to him, the first snake carried nine eggs, while the second had 10.
Evans will be on baby snake watch until the mothers give birth.
"Once they give birth, I'll feed and then release them," he said.
Last month, Evans rescued a pregnant 3.3m python from a river in KwaZulu-Natal.


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Sliptong - Soloshow at Marwan, Amsterdam, 2019
"At the bottom of the sea, the camouflaged soles are sitting in sludge. Looking at the rippling of water, they remembered the days they only gazed sideways.
When the sliptong changed from fish to flatfish, was this the moment they shed their disguise? Or did they always aspire their newly shaped face?
A small transformation can have quite the effect: we used to know the sliptong as slibtong. A change of letter turned them from sludgy to slippery. Was this then the more suitable name for the fish?
Metamorphosis can be satisfying for the effect, but what if it’s the change that is ones wish?”
Photo’s by Franziska Müller Schmidt
Typography Banner: © Gaile Pranckunaite and Mislav Žugaj


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Janet Jackson Sparks A Huge Smile In Loose-Fitted Jumpsuit During Australian Tour
November 21, 2019
Janet Jackson Sparks A Huge Smile In Loose-Fitted Jumpsuit During Australian Tour
Janet Jackson just wrapped up her tour Down Under in Australia and New Zealand and shared a number of shots of herself on stage on Instagram from the shows.
The “That’s The Way Love Goes” hitmaker stunned in a black short-sleeved loose-fitted jumpsuit that would have let the icon move around in comfortably on stage. The garment had little jewels embroidered on the top half while she rocked a sparkly long-sleeved T-shirt underneath which gave the outfit that extra sparkle. Jackson paired the look with a thin belt and sported her dark curly locks down and curly. She had a head mic attached to her head which she is known for having for a lot of her performances.
In three separate uploads, Janet shared photos where she flashed her signature smile while on stage. In one of her captions, she thanked Australia and New Zealand for showing her love, as well as the “RnB Fridays, Live 2019” organizers for having her.
In a matter of hours, her posts racked up thousands of likes and hundreds of comments, proving to be popular with her 3.8 million followers.
“I love you SO MUCH queen! I’ve loved you for as long as I can remember. Thank you for never stopping and inspiring us all,” one user wrote.

“You look so good,” a third fan remarked.
“Janet I had a bad year until I saw you at the concert!!! You made my whole year!! Thank you and I love you much,” a fourth follower commented.
Jackson performed alongside The Black Eyed Peas, 50 Cent, Jason Derulo, Brandy, Sisqo, Keri Hilson, and J-Kwon for “RnB Fridays Live 2019” and served as a headliner for each date.
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While she was Down Under, Janet shared a lot of content of herself in between the shows and treated fans to what she was up to.
She currently is in Honolulu, Hawaii, performing her final concerts of the decade.
Five hours ago, the “What Have You Done For Me Lately” chart-topper posted a boomerang on Instagram of herself in rehearsals with her dancers ahead of the first show there.
Jackson will perform a total of three shows at the Blaisdell Arena in Hawaii and announced that Ana Vee will be her support act. Earlier this month, Janet shared a mini video clip of herself singing one of Ana’s songs, “HAWAI’I,” and fans at the time suggested she should be her opening act.


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Experts recommend having 80% income replacement saved for retirement. You are estimated to have 61% income replacement given your current information and contribution rate.
The amount you're contributing to your retirement plan really does matter. Consider changing your contribution rate.


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I am really enjoying reading books on the iPad. So far I've read Garet Garrett's The Driver and Henry Hazlitt's Time Will Run Back. Both were free ePub versions from the Ludwig von Mises Institute and were free of typographical errors. I found reading them on the iPad to be easy and comfortable.
Emboldened by my experience reading two several hundred-page books, I decided to see what the iBookStore had to offer. I bought Elmer Kelton's The Time It Never Rained on the recommendation of a Cato Institute review. It was only $6.99 and it sounded intriguing.
The image at right is indicative of what I found. I've circled three examples that are rife in the eBook:
This eBook was under the imprint of Macmillan but the errors above are suggestive of OCR issues. OCR! I would expect that sort of amateur problem from Project Gutenberg, but this was presumably from the publisher that had the original files. I'm very leery of purchasing any further books based on this one: there doesn't seem to be an update mechanism to re-download corrections.
If the Kindle app, whose eBooks I've found to be impeccable, had a two-page layout in landscape, I'd forego the iBookstore entirely.


Soroush's Theater
Movie list
How many are going?
What time?
Which movie?
Number of People:
Movie:
Cost:
Action!


Preparation time
over 2 hours
Cooking time
10 to 30 mins
Serves
12 buns
Dietary
Traditional spiced, sticky glazed fruit buns with pastry crosses. Served as a classic Easter treat, the buns can also be enjoyed at any time of year.
For the buns, sieve the flour, salt and ground mixed spice into a large mixing bowl, then rub in the butter using your fingertips. Make a well in the centre of the mixture, then add the sugar and lemon zest and yeast.
Beat the egg and add to the flour with the tepid milk. Mix together to a form a soft, pliable dough.
Turn out the dough onto a lightly floured work surface. Carefully work the mixed dried fruit into the dough until well combined. Knead lightly for 5 minutes, or until smooth and elastic.
Grease a large, warm mixing bowl with butter. Shape the dough into a ball and place it into the prepared bowl, then cover with a clean tea towel and set aside in a warm place for one hour to prove.
Turn out the proved dough onto a lightly floured work surface and knock back the dough. Shape it into a ball again and return it to the bowl, then cover again with the tea towel and set aside for a further 30 minutes to rise.
Turn out the dough onto a lightly floured work surface and divide it into 12 equal pieces. Roll each piece into a ball, then flatten slightly into a bun shape using the palms of your hands. Cover the buns again with the tea towel and set aside to rest for 5-10 minutes.
Grease a baking tray with butter and transfer the buns to the tray. Wrap the tray with the buns on it loosely in greaseproof paper, then place inside a large polythene bag. Tie the end of the bag tightly so that no air can get in and set aside in a warm place for a further 40 minutes to rise.
Preheat the oven to 240C/475F/Gas 8.
Meanwhile, for the topping, mix the plain flour to a smooth paste with 2 tablespoons of cold water.
When the buns have risen, remove the polythene bag and the greaseproof paper. Spoon the flour mixture into a piping bag and pipe a cross on each bun.
Transfer the buns to the oven and bake for 8-12 minutes, or until pale golden-brown. As soon as you remove the buns from the oven, brush them with the hot golden syrup, then set aside to cool on a wire rack.


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Scope which defines a variable creation function to be used by variable().
tf.compat.v2.variable_creator_scope
tf.variable_creator_scope(variable_creator)
variable_creator is expected to be a function with the following signature:
def variable_creator(next_creator, **kwargs)
The creator is supposed to eventually call the next_creator to create a variable if it does want to create a variable and not call Variable or ResourceVariable directly. This helps make creators composable. A creator may choose to create multiple variables, return already existing variables, or simply register that a variable was created and defer to the next creators in line. Creators can also modify the keyword arguments seen by the next creators.
Custom getters in the variable scope will eventually resolve down to these custom creators when they do create variables.
The valid keyword arguments in kwds are:
initial_value: A Tensor
, or Python object convertible to a Tensor
,
which is the initial value for the Variable. The initial value must have
a shape specified unless validate_shape
is set to False. Can also be a
callable with no argument that returns the initial value when called. In
that case, dtype
must be specified. (Note that initializer functions
from init_ops.py must first be bound to a shape before being used here.)
trainable: If True
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uses of this Variable.
validate_shape: If False
, allows the variable to be initialized with a
value of unknown shape. If True
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initial_value
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caching_device: Optional device string describing where the Variable
should be cached for reading. Defaults to the Variable's device.
If not None
, caches on another device. Typical use is to cache
on the device where the Ops using the Variable reside, to deduplicate
copying through Switch
and other conditional statements.
name: Optional name for the variable. Defaults to 'Variable'
and gets
uniquified automatically.
dtype: If set, initial_value will be converted to the given type.
If None
, either the datatype will be kept (if initial_value
is
a Tensor), or convert_to_tensor
will decide.
constraint: A constraint function to be applied to the variable after
updates by some algorithms.
synchronization: Indicates when a distributed a variable will be
aggregated. Accepted values are constants defined in the class
tf.VariableSynchronization
. By default the synchronization is set to
AUTO
and the current DistributionStrategy
chooses
when to synchronize.
aggregation: Indicates how a distributed variable will be aggregated.
Accepted values are constants defined in the class
tf.VariableAggregation
.
This set may grow over time, so it's important the signature of creators is as mentioned above.
variable_creator
: the passed creatorA scope in which the creator is active


In the previous chapter, we talked about superclasses and subclasses. If a class inherits a method from its superclass, then there is a chance to override the method provided that it is not marked final.
The benefit of overriding is: ability to define a behavior that's specific to the subclass type, which means a subclass can implement a parent class method based on its requirement.
In object-oriented terms, overriding means to override the functionality of an existing method.
Let us look at an example.
class Animal { public void move() { System.out.println("Animals can move"); } } class Dog extends Animal { public void move() { System.out.println("Dogs can walk and run"); } } public class TestDog { public static void main(String args[]) { Animal a = new Animal(); // Animal reference and object Animal b = new Dog(); // Animal reference but Dog object a.move(); // runs the method in Animal class b.move(); // runs the method in Dog class } }
This will produce the following result −
Animals can move Dogs can walk and run
In the above example, you can see that even though b is a type of Animal it runs the move method in the Dog class. The reason for this is: In compile time, the check is made on the reference type. However, in the runtime, JVM figures out the object type and would run the method that belongs to that particular object.
Therefore, in the above example, the program will compile properly since Animal class has the method move. Then, at the runtime, it runs the method specific for that object.
Consider the following example −
class Animal { public void move() { System.out.println("Animals can move"); } } class Dog extends Animal { public void move() { System.out.println("Dogs can walk and run"); } public void bark() { System.out.println("Dogs can bark"); } } public class TestDog { public static void main(String args[]) { Animal a = new Animal(); // Animal reference and object Animal b = new Dog(); // Animal reference but Dog object a.move(); // runs the method in Animal class b.move(); // runs the method in Dog class b.bark(); } }
This will produce the following result −
TestDog.java:26: error: cannot find symbol b.bark(); ^ symbol: method bark() location: variable b of type Animal 1 error
This program will throw a compile time error since b's reference type Animal doesn't have a method by the name of bark.
The argument list should be exactly the same as that of the overridden method.
The return type should be the same or a subtype of the return type declared in the original overridden method in the superclass.
The access level cannot be more restrictive than the overridden method's access level. For example: If the superclass method is declared public then the overridding method in the sub class cannot be either private or protected.
Instance methods can be overridden only if they are inherited by the subclass.
A method declared final cannot be overridden.
A method declared static cannot be overridden but can be re-declared.
If a method cannot be inherited, then it cannot be overridden.
A subclass within the same package as the instance's superclass can override any superclass method that is not declared private or final.
A subclass in a different package can only override the non-final methods declared public or protected.
An overriding method can throw any uncheck exceptions, regardless of whether the overridden method throws exceptions or not. However, the overriding method should not throw checked exceptions that are new or broader than the ones declared by the overridden method. The overriding method can throw narrower or fewer exceptions than the overridden method.
Constructors cannot be overridden.
When invoking a superclass version of an overridden method the super keyword is used.
class Animal { public void move() { System.out.println("Animals can move"); } } class Dog extends Animal { public void move() { super.move(); // invokes the super class method System.out.println("Dogs can walk and run"); } } public class TestDog { public static void main(String args[]) { Animal b = new Dog(); // Animal reference but Dog object b.move(); // runs the method in Dog class } }
This will produce the following result −
Animals can move Dogs can walk and run


Compare
Bubble sort - standard
Bubble Sort
Bubble sort - optimized
Keeps track of sorting progress, to avoid comparisons over the section of the array already sorted.
Bubble Sort Faster
Animation speed


15 Minutes (2001) Robert De Niro, Edward Burns, Kelsey Grammer, Avery Brooks, Melina Kanakaredes, Karel Roden, Oleg Taktarov, Vera Farmiga, John DiResta, James Handy, Darius McCrary, Bruce Cullen, Charlize Theron, Kim Cattrall, David Alan Grier. Written and directed by John Herzfeld. 120 minutes. Rated R, 2 stars (out of five stars)
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"15 Minutes" is notable for two things. One is a truly harrowing fire scene and the other will have to remain a secret. All I can say is that midway through the film something very surprising happens, something I've only seen happen in one other movie, and I can't tell you the name of that film, either. Please forgive me for being so cryptic.
Incidentally, the crow flies south at midnight.
What "15 Minutes" will not be remembered for is originality or finesse. The violent thriller addresses celebrity culture and media irresponsibly, themes already (and far better) covered in films ranging from "Network" to "Natural Born Killers." Director John Herzfeld ("2 Days in the Valley"), working from his own written-in-crayons screenplay, offers a strutting tabloid newsman who shouts, "If it bleeds, it leads!" and an immigrant killer who says things like, "I love America! No one is responsible for what they do!" Subtle, eh?
The title of the film, of course, refers to the beaten-into-the-ground Andy Warhol prediction that, in the future, everybody will be famous for 15 minutes.
On a guilty pleasure level, "15 Minutes" has its moments. I found the lurid tone, contrived situations and overwrought dialogue good for a few cheap laughs. Remember though, that I didn't have to pay for a ticket. If you're preparing to spend hard-earned money on a movie, for God's sake, seek out a quality production and don't settle for this sort of cheese.
The story follows Emil Slovak (Karel Roden) and Oleg Razgul (Oleg Taktarov), a pair of thugs new to America shores.
Oleg's documentary takes a dark turn when the pair pays a visit to some former criminal partners. Emil learns that the money from a bank robbery has been spent, then murders his ex-colleagues and torches their place in an attempt to cover up the homicides, all while Oleg keeps filming. Ah, but there's a witness. Daphne (Vera Farmiga), a jittery hairdresser, sees it all and, unfortunately, the men see her.
Enter the Americans. Homicide detective Eddie Flemming (Robert De Niro) is a beloved New York celebrity, thanks to frequent TV news coverage. So popular is he that Robert Hawkins (Kelsey Grammer), the preening host of the tabloid series "Top Story," often gathers a camera crew and accompanies Eddie on busts. Due to the nature of the crime, just-plain-folks arson expert Jordy Warsaw (Edward Burns) ends up reluctantly teamed with Eddie. A wary mentor-mentee relationship develops between the two as they try to find the witness and snag the killers.
Meanwhile, Emil comes up with a plan. He will continue to let Oleg tape his monstrous acts and sell the snuff footage for broadcast by some unscrupulous news organization (guess who?).  After a time, he will be "cured" and released, enabling him to cash in on his fame, safe from further prosecution due to the double jeopardy provision in our legal system.
Oh, what a sick world we live in. Thank goodness we have writer-directors like John Herzfeld to decry a culture that wallows in the lurid display of violence by creating a movie that wallows in the lurid display of violence.
To their credit, I guess, the cast plays the hokum straight. Robert De Niro is fine in an unchallenging role, hindered only by a needless "Taxi Driver" style scene that has him staring into a mirror while practicing what to say on an important date. As usual, Edward Burns is annoying as hell, using his standard "my underwear is too tight" voice to whine and shout his way through the movie. In the role of media whore, Kelsey Grammer comes off like Ted Baxter on cocaine. A number of other well-known faces pop up in cameo roles without making much of an impression.
The bad guys are better. As Emil, Karel Roden overacts in an appropriately villainous fashion, while Oleg Taktarov steals the show as the would-be filmmaker, managing to be threatening and childlike at once. Watch this guy closely – he has the potential for greatness.
That, by the way, is the only time you will ever hear the word greatness in connection with "15 Minutes."
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Moonniversary
Etsy's design exercise
ROLE
Product Designer
DATES
October 2016
THE STORY
Designing and planning events can be quite difficult. However, if approached with care and enough research the event has a great chance of success. Etsy puts together a lot of events locally to bring the community closer together, but for it’s 10th anniversary Etsy’s users get to go to the Moon! I’ve explored different ways to help people sign up for the event and below I will share my thought process and some of the ideas I had along the way, as well as reasoning behind my decisions.
Surprisingly, I found myself writing this long story about the Moonniversary and had to remind myself to stay on track and focus on the product design itself. However, it’s hard to design a product without enough context, without a story. And just like every story, product design has a beginning, a middle and an end.
Understand the problem and the goal
Before I start designing anything, I first try to understand the goal and the intent of the design. I ask questions like, “What are we trying to achieve with this feature or this product? What’s our objective? What’s the problem we’re solving?”.
I like how Rebekah Cox (early Facebook and Quora designer) describes product design: “Design is a set of decisions about a product. It's not an interface or an aesthetic, it's not a brand or a color. Design is the actual decisions.” The more information we have about what we’re trying to achieve and what problem we’re trying to solve — the better our product decisions are going to be. A clearly defined goal will help me navigate through the design project I’m working on.
OBJECTIVE
Design an end-to-end experience that makes users aware of the event, allows them to sign up for it, and helps them get ready for the trip, if chosen.
SCALING
How many people should we invite?
The number of people we can invite is an important factor since it will determine the activities we’re going to have on the trip. While I could go big and consider inviting thousands of people, I’ve decided to take a more scalable approach.
I was designing under the assumption that Etsy has never done this kind of a trip before, therefore we should approach it carefully. Inviting a smaller group of people will make the event easier to manage and this experience will help us scale better for future events. Otherwise, we’re at risk of disappointing a lot of people if something goes wrong. There are other reasons why taking too many people might not be the best idea:
- From my personal experience of attending small, medium and big events, I know how hard it is to coordinate an event and make it enjoyable for everyone.
- Another factor is human connection. I’ve heard from peers that attending social events with more than 80 people is often overwhelming and exhausting.
- How much more exposure and other returns are we going to get if we invite one thousand people instead of one hundred? More research needed.
I concluded that it would be best to invite 100 people, at least on the first trip of this scale. If the organization and execution of this trip ends up being amazing, then we know that we can invite more people on the next trip.
Identify, research and plan
RESEARCH
I’ve also looked up some of the events that Etsy had organized in the past to see the copy and how the event was set up and communicated as well as get the sense of visual design. I remember a few local events Etsy has put together which led me to think that there have got to be event guidelines on Etsy. They were easy to find:
Competitive analysis
Since no company has celebrated an event on the Moon before, I was trying to find how similar companies such as Pinterest, Ebay and Folksy set up and organize big events to get some ideas and see what I can learn from them.
While I was researching how others do events, I’ve also looked up best practices for events and best activities on things like trips abroad.
Keeping the user in mind
Who is our audience? What’s their interests?
Anything could be helpful in getting to know the audience that are using your product. Even knowing where people are coming from tells you something about the user. On top of researching Etsy's user persona, I've decided to get some qualitative feedback from people I know.
Survey and Interview
Emailing a survey to the people we’ve invited would be one of the best ways to find out what they would enjoy doing the most on the trip. Additionally, we may consider talking to people over the phone or in person to learn more about their preferences. I’ve asked a few of my friends who in my opinion represent Etsy’s target audience about some of the activities they’d enjoy if they were to go to the Moon. I was asking questions like, “What would be an activity that you’d really enjoy on the trip to the Moon and on the Moon itself? Does activity A, B, or C sound like fun to you?” I came up with a few ideas I’ll discuss below.
Making it into something special
Drawing form feedback, I tried to come up with activities that Etsy’s people would enjoy. I was trying to keep it around arts and crafts, cooking and generally fun activities most people enjoy.
Some ideas I had in mind for the audience:
- Inviting a celebrity guest on the trip to Moon. A celebrity that is popular among the audience (e.g., Neil DeGrasse Tyson or Maira Kalman) can teach people about space travel or host art classes.
- Sending people a care package when they’re chosen. The package includes some of the small useful gear they can take with them to the Moon. If such an activity is allowed on the Moon, provide the event participants with tools and invite them create an unforgettable souvenir containing a moon rock to take back to Earth — probably the best souvenir possible as a memory.
- Giving people packages during the the trip with the Moonniversary branding. Each package would include a notebook to jot down ideas, memories, and impressions and Moon-themed souvenirs like a Moon miniature, posters, stickers, a reusable water bottle. It would be great to take a big group photo of everyone on the Moon and then send people a printed version of the photo after the trip (as well as email it to them).
- Mailing people a nice postcard as an invitation to sign up (in case our email won’t get to them).
Other ideas for activities on the trip:
- Offer a variety of activities that people can enjoy instead of making everyone participate in one big activity. There will be people with different backgrounds on this trip and some of them might be interested in one activity but not the other — it’s important to give people a choice so that everyone can enjoy the trip.
- No-gravity sports: volleyball, tennis, ping-pong games.
- An astronomy lesson.
- A space where people can hang out and socialize, get to know each other, exchange ideas.
- Watching a movie (e.g., Cosmos: A Spacetime Odyssey).
- Cooking on the trip.
- “Marking” the Moon (if allowed) - make art to leave behind on the Moon.
Identifying opportunities beyond community building. What else can we do that provides value for Etsy and it’s user?
- Offer a variety of activities that people can enjoy instead of making everyone participate in one big activity. There will be people with different backgrounds on this trip and some of them might be interested in one activity but not the other — it’s important to give people a choice so that everyone can enjoy the trip.
- Partnerships with sellers and buyers — discounts, promotions prior to the event.
- Educating the users about better Etsy practices
- Conducting unobtrusive user research among the trip participants.
- Promoting Moon-related goods at Etsy
- Brand recognition (this is one yuuge)
- Making and selling Etsy’s own merchandise during the event
Platform
I decided to use email to communicate with the users because it’s one the main ways of inviting people to events. I asked my friends about the ways they usually learn about events and where and how they would prefer to get invited. Email was almost always the answer. While I was considering mailing a personal letter to invite someone to the event and/or notifying them through the Etsy app — I couldn’t find enough convincing reasons to use those methods of communication. If we’re mailing a personal letter then a person has to switch between the physical letter and a computer to sign up and find the event on the web — which requires a lot more actions on the user’s side and makes it easy to for them to get lost. When considering in-app notification, I couldn't find many apps that do that, which means that people are not used to that form of invitation and may be more likely to dismiss or skip it.
Keeping in mind that an average interaction on a smartphone is about 38 seconds, I’ve decided to focus most of my mocks around web browser view. However, I believe it’s important to still give users the ability to fill out the forms and complete the entire registration process on their phones because some people might be very far from their computers and many people in Asian countries access the internet primarily from their smartphones, not PC’s.
Another benefit from having people apply for an invitation through Etsy’s website (moon.etsy.com) is to drive sign-ups on Etsy and give people an option to explore what Etsy offers. That brings us to the next point (include image sections where signup form links to Etsy)
Criteria of selecting who gets to go on the trip
Who should we take on the trip?
Location
I’ve checked where Etsy operates and found out that it ships everywhere around the globe — which means that everyone is a part of the community. Since global community is the heart and soul of Etsy, I’ve decided not to limit sign-ups by location and give everyone a chance to apply for a spot on this trip. Let’s bring people from all over the world!
I was considering a lottery at first but then I thought it wouldn't make much sense because we might end up with people who are not very serious about the trip.
Pricing
Let’s make it $100 per person — to filter out people who are not serious about the event. Since the space is limited and we have a big community, we want to invite people who really want to be a part of this amazing trip. Another good reason to charge some fee for the trip is to help Etsy with covering some of the expenses.
This pricing issue in particular made me think a lot. Pricing is hard if you don’t have enough data about the users’ and company’s data.
Other criteria
It’s important that we choose people who are excited to get to know their fellow Etsy users and are set on enjoying and making the most out of the trip to the Moon. I was thinking that it would be great if we have users write a short essay about why they would want to go to the Moon. That would allow us to learn what’s driving them and find out more about our users. It may also give us a better idea about some of the activities people are interested in.
An unbiased selection committee comprised of Etsy employees will choose 100 applicants from all over the world to invite them on this trip. The selection would be mostly based on the essays the applicants submit, but the users’ activity (purchasing and selling) on the website will also be taken into account. I think it would be great to have a diverse mix of some of the most active and engaged people on the website as well as users that show great potential in becoming an integral part of the Etsy community. It is my hope that this way of selecting participants would encourage exchange of ideas and practices between the users during the trip and help us understand and learn more from the individual experiences of our users.
Constraints
This is supposed be a design exercise and I had to wear a few hats simultaneously (designer, PM, researcher, etc.) and make a lot of hard decisions. I’ve chosen to identify and focus on the most relevant parts of the experience, the ones that will drive most impact. There are other important features and issues that I was considering designing but they didn’t make it into the prototype. Here are some that I had to leave out:
- Offer a variety of activities that people can enjoy instead of making everyone participate in one big activity. There will be people with different backgrounds on this trip and some of them might be interested in one activity but not the other — it’s important to give people a choice so that everyone can enjoy the trip.
- Language and translation. It was probably the hardest part to leave out, but it would take a lot more research and time.
- Animations and subtle interactions.
- Professional photography that demonstrates the appeal the trip and the experience.
- More feedback and feedback from testing the real product.
- Visa, legal, and medical issues.
- Thorough usability test.
- Prototyping in code (even though I really like the lightweight Etsy’s design system).
- Offer different pricing depending on accommodation selected.
Copywriting and context
You might wonder why I spent so much time writing about the event, activities and constraints — that’s because I believe that design follows content. Content comes first because it speeds up production, design research and establishes the right information architecture to convey the message properly.
I’m a big proponent of trying to include proper copywriting at early stages of the design process and avoiding dummy text. A big part of design is communicating a message, and if we know what our message is — we can design around it better. Designing without the proper context could result in an unexpected block and a re-design of a feature and/or page architecture.
Execute
Flow
To understand the user flow and what needs to be designed I’ve sketched sitemap and some of the thoughts around the experience.
First email users get – describes the value of the event and calls for action.
"Sign up" email followed by "You're invited" email
Signup
I’ve explored a few ways to structure the event page where people read the event description and sign up. I was considering having both the event description and the sign-up form to be on the same page, however in this case the cons outweigh the pros. We want people to commit and read the event description to make sure they’re eligible. That’s also a reason why I’ve decided not to include a sign-up button and other navigational links traditionally at the top — so that the users read the event description first.
Avoided input form on this screen so that people read the description first before signing up.
I've made a quick inVision prototype to show the flow from receiving an invite to sign up confirmation.
ADDRESS
We’re going to have a lot of applicants, so I decided to leave out the address field for the purpose of keeping this invite short and concise. For the purpose of selecting the trip participants, we only need to know the information relevant to making the decision at this step of the process. However, I think it is important to make sure the person didn’t leave the country since it is one of our selection criteria. Therefore, it would be a good idea to ask them if they’re still in the same country, if they click “No” — then we can give them a dropdown menu.
designing forms
There are number of ways we can decrease errors and completion time when designing forms.
Inline validation — gives people real time feedback in places they didn’t know they might need it. Let’s help them get to the right answers quickly. For example, if a person only puts one letter in his first name — we can show an error to ask for a change while the person is on the same section of the page.
Using the information we know about the user already and filling it out for them or suggesting it. For example, if we know their address — that section can already be filled out and they can edit it if they want. However, we want to make sure they check if the auto-filled information is correct, because some of the it could be outdated.
Other ways we can reduce error rate and completion time is by offering Apple Pay (or Android Pay/Google Wallet). Currently I'm using Paypal on Etsy which is another great way to checkout quickly, but when on mobile — Apple Pay is even faster. Using appropriate keyboard on mobile — Dialpad when input only requires numbers also speeds up the process.
avoiding dead ends
After a user applied for an invite, we want to avoid a dead end and instead offer them more actions to engage with Etsy. For example, “Related items” — display items for sale that are Moon and space-themed. We can also display items that they’ve been shopping for from their last search and thus lead them to “Continue Shopping”, depending on whether it’s a new or a returning user.
Typography and other UI elements
One of the main criteria in choosing the right typeface was for it to be consistent with Etsy’s product because we want people to recognize the brand if they’re returning users. Another criteria is speed (how fast will it load?) because we don’t want many people to wait for web font to load if they’re coming from a country with a slow internet connection.
That leaves us with system fonts — which is San Francisco (Helvetica for previous Mac OS) for Mac users, Roboto for Chrome OS, Segoe UI for Ubuntu and Arial on Windows. These are sans-serifs only, but to stay consistent with Etsy’s brand we need to pick nice-looking serif family, which in this case is Merriweather from Google Fonts.
Etsy’s thorough styleguide came in handy here - not only to set the right colors and spacing, but also to choose proper error states views and other communication patterns.
Helping to get ready
After we’ve chosen our participants, we can ask them for an address and more specific information such as their preferred activities to find out how much resources we need to prepare for that specific activity.
At this stage we are also going to help them prepare for the trip. We will provide them with some resources about space travel and the Moon, as well as inform them on what gear to take, where to purchase it, etc.
Duration/ScheduleHow long should the trip take? What’s the optimal amount of time that won’t feel like it’s too short but won’t be exhausting either?
Time will be the set to the PTS+8 time zone — because that’s where the launch happens and that’s where we’re coming back to. Easier to keep everyone on the same timeline. To get the most out of the experience but at the same time keep the Etsy’s expenses reasonable, it would be best if the participants spend about 36 hours on the Moon - 2 days and 1 night.
Reminders, FAQ and more
As part of helping people get ready for the trip, we want to send out an email to remind people about the event a few weeks before to confirm they’re attending.
Also, it would be nice to have some kind of FAQ page on the website about the event if we see that many people ask same questions over and over again.
Additionally, setting up Slack and/or Facebook group to meet prior to the event and to help people coordinate how to get to the event and help them answer their questions that aren’t addressed on the FAQ page. We will send the participants a calendar invite for the event.
Thank you for taking the time to read this. I’ve enjoyed working on this fun but challenging exercise and I’d love to hear any feedback you have for me → hi@sherzod.co


Hi Y'all! My name is Kevin Fukuhara; I am a native Seattleite born & raised. A bit about myself, I love to watch TV shows and movies on netflix; and if I can't find it... Well there are ways (ARRRRrrr). I also enjoy going to the movies, soemthing about movie theatres is awesome to me. Maybe its all the buttered and salted popcorn I mindlessly devour during the feature film or perhaps the fact that the screen is literally stupid big - mostly because it is an experience I can share with others too I guess. Lastly, my other favorite recreational hobby has to be video games. Ever since I can remember I have been an avid gamer - much happiness and fun has been spent in video games, from solo to co-op to party games alike. I also like to go outdoors when I have time (and of course when the weather permits) and go for a hike, play pick-up football from this facebook group I joined, and pick-up basketball on Sundays when a group of friends decide to get together. Sometimes I play at LA Fitness, but I left because I didnt use my membership enough lol. One a more productive note, I am really interested in entrepreneurship. I am excited to join this class so that I can pursue more projects like the one I lead back in college, however this time I would be one of the developers in addition to leading. You've gotten this far without clicking out, so for that, thank you! Hope to meet you soon.
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- Modules keyboard and mouse can be used out of any window context now. And they work on Linux as well!
- Multi-backend architecture allows to add new platforms support. Just implement two classes and register your backend!
- Code style is much closer to PEP8:
ClickInput
->click_input
. Thoughbackend='win32'
is ~80% backward compatible with pywinauto 0.5.4. - Initial implementation of the win32_hooks module. Keyboard events (a.k.a hotkeys) and mouse actions handlers can be registered in the system. Example: hook_and_listen.py.
Example
It is simple and the resulting scripts are very readable. How simple?
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 | from pywinauto.application import Application
# Run a target application
app = Application().start("notepad.exe")
# Select a menu item
app.UntitledNotepad.menu_select("Help->About Notepad")
# Click on a button
app.AboutNotepad.OK.click()
# Type a text string
app.UntitledNotepad.Edit.type_keys("pywinauto Works!", with_spaces = True)
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Setup
- Just run
pip install --upgrade pywinauto
(Py2.7+, Py3.3+)
or follow manual steps (if pip installation is not available due to your network restrictions):
- Install pyWin32 extensions (no need for ActivePython)
- Download six and install by
python setup.py install
- Download comtypes and install by
python setup.py install
- Download the latest pywinauto and run
python setup.py install
or install on Linux:
- six
- python-xlib
- Run
python setup.py install
for every dependency and for pywinauto package
Supported controls
- Standard Win32 controls (through Win32 API): MFC, WTL, VB6 and some other legacy apps, partial support for WinForms
- All standard widgets under MS UI Automation: WinForms, WPF, Qt, all browsers, explorer.exe and more (pywinauto 0.6.0+)
Demo
Here is a short screencast with Pywinauto in action:
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This is the new team icon. Thanks, Anna, who created the icon for the team, cat Walter. PS: Logo for the pywinauto library is still wanted.


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Helix
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interface FileUploader
An interface that denotes a service that can accept file uploads.
| accepts |
abstract fun accepts(type: String): Boolean
Check if this service accepts this type of upload. For example if you are uploading interest rates this could be "my-service-interest-rates". Type here does not refer to file extentions or MIME types. |
| upload |
abstract fun upload(file: InputStream): String
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| AcceptsFileUpload |
interface AcceptsFileUpload : FileUploader
A service that implements AcceptsFileUpload can have new binary data provided to it via an HTTP upload. |


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