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Python 2.5.x (pg 112 from MIT's reading material): >>> letterCounts = {} >>> for letter in "Mississippi": letterCounts[letter] = letterCounts.get (letter, 0) + 1 >>> letterCounts {’M’: 1, ’s’: 4, ’p’: 2, ’i’: 4} >>> letterItems = letterCounts.items() >>> letterItems.sort() >>> print letterItems [(’M’, 1), (’i’, 4), (’p’, 2), (’s’, 4)] Python 3.1.x: >>> letterCounts = {} >>> for letter in "Mississippi": letterCounts[letter] = letterCounts.get (letter, 0) + 1 >>> letterCounts {'i': 4, 'p': 2, 's': 4, 'M': 1} >>> letterItems = list(letterCounts.items()) >>> letterItems.sort() >>> letterItems [('M', 1), ('i', 4), ('p', 2), ('s', 4)]
I'm looking for a job in "the worst recession since the great depression" blah blah blah. It really sucks.
To keep busy, I've been doing some 'freelance' work. I've been trying to expand more into MVC products by deploying a RadiantCMS site in Ruby on Rails and an e-business site I'm developing in ASP.NET MVC.
I'm liking the entire MVC mantra of keeping it DRY, or Don't Repeat Yourself. I don't know if it's because I've always hated repeating myself and this idea really hits home with me, or if it's just because it's a huge change from what I've encountered professionally and academically. Whatever it is, I love it.
One thing I love about ASP.NET MVC is it's heavy use of extension methods as "Helpers". It's easy to go overboard with helpers, but I like them anyway. One nice thing about them is that if you are like me, and sometimes forget to close some HTML tags, helpers can fix that.
1: /// <summary>
2: /// Returns a DIV with specified attributes
3: /// </summary>
4: /// <param name="helper">HtmlHelper class to extend</param>
5: /// <param name="contents">Contents of the DIV element</param>
6: /// <param name="htmlAttributes">Attributes to apply to the DIV element</param>
7: /// <returns>string</returns>
8: public static string Div(this HtmlHelper helper, string contents, object htmlAttributes)
9: {
10: return Div(helper, contents, new RouteValueDictionary(htmlAttributes));
11: }
12:
13: /// <summary>
14: /// Returns a DIV with specified attributes
15: /// </summary>
16: /// <param name="helper">HtmlHelper class to extend</param>
17: /// <param name="contents">Contents of the DIV elemtn</param>
18: /// <returns>string</returns>
19: public static string Div(this HtmlHelper helper, string contents,
20: IDictionary<string, object> htmlAttributes)
21: {
22: TagBuilder tagBuilder = new TagBuilder("div")
23: {
24: InnerHtml = contents.NewlineToHtmlBreak() ?? string.Empty
25: };
26:
27: if(htmlAttributes != null)
28: {
29: tagBuilder.MergeAttributes(htmlAttributes);
30: }
31:
32: return tagBuilder.ToString();
33: }
1: <%= Html.Div("<p>This is content in left_box and helper method</p>", new {@class="left_box"}) %>
You could, of course, call the methods Tag and pass in the string value of the tag to create, eg. a, div, p, em, etc. Then, you would have a fairly generic helper to standardize all of your tags!
Even the NewlineToHtmlBreak method on String class is an extension method which calls String.Replace(Environment.Newline, "<br />") on the string input. I've done this because it's easier/faster to rely on Intellisense to hit .n+TAB than to type out the entire method. Like I said, it is very easy to go overboard with Helpers!
<script src="http://maps.google.com/maps/api/js?sensor=true" type="text/javascript">This line of code is slightly different from the v2 API because an API key isn't needed. This will probably change in the near future. It is also necessary to load jQuery, which can be done by downloading it from the above link, or loading it via Google's AJAX API.
1: // init map
2: var map;
3: $(document).ready(function(){
4: var latlng = new google.maps.LatLng(35.6802, -121.1165);
5: var myOptions = {
6: zoom: 3,
7: center: latlng,
8: mapTypeControl: true,
9: mapTypeControlOptions: {style: google.maps.MapTypeControlStyle.DROPDOWN_MENU},
10: navigationControl: true,
11: navigationControlOptions: {style: google.maps.NavigationControlStyle.SMALL},
12: mapTypeId: google.maps.MapTypeId.SATELLITE
13: };
14:
15: map = new google.maps.Map(document.getElementById("map"), myOptions);
16:
17: });
1: // SEE : http://www.xml.com/pub/a/2007/10/10/jquery-and-xml.html
2:
3: $('#map').ready(function(){
4: $.ajax({
5: type: "GET",
6: url: "getxml.php?q=http://www.earthquake.usgs.gov/eqcenter/catalogs/7day-M2.5.xml",
7: dataType: "xml",
8: success: function(xml){
9: $(xml).find('entry').each(function(){
10: // Retrieve all needed values from XML
11: var title = $(this).find('title').text();
12: var updated = $(this).find('updated').text();
13: var link = $(this).find('link').text();
14: var summary = $(this).find('summary').text();
15: var coord = $(this).find('georss\\:point').eq(0).text();
16: if(!coord){var coord = $(this).find('point').text();};
17: var points = coord.split(' ');
18: var latitude = parseFloat(points[0]);
19: var longitude = parseFloat(points[1]);
20: var elev = $(this).find('georss\\:elev').eq(0).text();
21: if(!elev){var elev = $(this).find('elev').text();};
22: var htmlString = "<b>" + title + "</b>" + "<p>" + summary + "<br>";
23: // create a marker
24: var myLatlng = new google.maps.LatLng(latitude,longitude);
25: var marker = new google.maps.Marker(
26: {
27: position: myLatlng,
28: map: map,
29: title: title
30: });
31:
32: addMarkerBubble(marker, map, htmlString);
33: // Show output below map
34: $('<li></li>')
35: .html(title + ' (updated: ' + updated + ') at ' + points[0] + ', ' + points[1])
36: .appendTo('#output');
37: });// end each
38: }
39: }); // end $.ajax
40: });// end function
41:
42: function addMarkerBubble(marker, map, message){
43: // set balloon
44: var infowindow = new google.maps.InfoWindow(
45: {
46: content: message,
47: size: new google.maps.Size(400,200)
48: });
49:
50: // add listener to marker
51: google.maps.event.addListener(marker, 'click' ,function(){
52: infowindow.open(map,marker);
53: });
54: };
1: /** Main.js
2: * @author Jim Schubert
3: * (c) 2009
4: */
5:
6: function showContent(file){
7: var content = new Ajax.Request(file,
8: {
9: method:'get',
10: onLoading: showLoading(),
11: onSuccess: function(request)
12: {
13: var contentDIV = document.getElementById('content');
14: contentDIV.innerHTML = "";
15: contentDIV.innerHTML = request.responseText;
16:
17: closeLoading();
18: },
19: onFailure: function(){ alert('Cannot process your request.');}
20: // onComplete: closeLoading()
21: });
22: };
23:
24: function onImgError(source) {
25: source.src = "img/img_error.png";
26: // disable onerror to prevent endless loop
27: source.onerror = "";
28: return true;
29: };
30:
31: function showLoading() {
32: // create div element
33: var overlayDIV = document.createElement('div');
34: var loadingDIV = document.createElement('div');
35: overlayDIV.setAttribute('id', 'overlay');
36: overlayDIV.setAttribute('class', 'overlay');
37: overlayDIV.style.visibility = 'visible';
38:
39: loadingDIV.setAttribute('id', 'loading');
40: loadingDIV.setAttribute('class', 'modalPopup');
41: loadingDIV.innerHTML = '<center><img src="img/ajax-loader.gif"><br>Loading...</center>';
42:
43: overlayDIV.appendChild(loadingDIV);
44: var content = document.getElementById('bodyDocument');
45: if (content) {
46: content.appendChild(overlayDIV);
47: var overlay = document.getElementById('overlay');
48: if (overlay) {
49: overlay.style.visibility = 'visible';
50: overlay.style.height = '100%';
51: }
52: }
53:
54: return true;
55: };
56:
57: function closeLoading(){
58: var overlayDIV = document.getElementById('overlay');
59: var loadingDIV = document.getElementById('loading');
60:
61: if (overlayDIV) {
62: if (loadingDIV) {
63: overlayDIV.removeChild(loadingDIV);
64: document.getElementById('bodyDocument').removeChild(overlayDIV);
65: }
66: // else {alert("can't find loadingDIV")}
67: }
68: // else{ alert("Can't find overlay.");}
69:
70: return true;
71: };
1: .overlay {
2: visibility: hidden;
3: position: absolute;
4: left: 0px;
5: top: 0px;
6: width:100%;
7: height:100%;
8: text-align:center;
9: z-index: 1000;
10: filter:alpha(opacity=70) !important;
11: opacity:0.8 !important;
12: elevation:above !important;
13: /* background-color:Gray !important; */
14: background-image: url(../img/overlay.png);
15: }
16:
17: .modalPopup
18: {
19: display: block;
20: margin-left: auto;
21: margin-right: auto;
22: width:180px;
23: margin: 100px auto;
24: background-color:#F1F1F1 !important;
25: border:1px solid #000;
26: padding:15px;
27: text-align:center;
28: elevation:above !important;
29: }