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Title: anyone handy with javascript?
Post by: tunnie on 30 September 2009, 09:18:23
I need to do a sniffer on the http headers to get last-modified and possibily the eTag, that in itself is simple, the trouble is it needs to cope with a re-direct.

The re-direct won't always be the same either (its re-directing to a cache) so it needs to be dynamic and get the re-direct URL and then do the http sniff on the header from that.

My scripting skills are very limited, any ideas? (i need it so i can monitor the date on some vidoes on a couple of servers without doing it manualy each time) - I'm lazy  ;D
Title: Re: anyone handy with javascript?
Post by: cem_devecioglu on 30 September 2009, 13:04:38
I'm lazy too ;D
Title: Re: anyone handy with javascript?
Post by: Mr Skrunts on 30 September 2009, 14:08:38
Cheeky bugga, earning £250 a day and you want us to help you out  ::)
Title: Re: anyone handy with javascript?
Post by: tunnie on 30 September 2009, 15:31:14
i am not a developer, i am an Analyst! - Hence poor scripting  ;D
Title: Re: anyone handy with javascript?
Post by: Gaffers on 30 September 2009, 16:45:11
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i am not a hard working IT professional developer, i am an IT 'professional' who thinks he knows about developingAnalyst! - Hence poor scripting  ;D

  ::) ::) ::) ::) ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D
Title: Re: anyone handy with javascript?
Post by: Martin_1962 on 30 September 2009, 20:07:55
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i am not a developer, i am an Analyst! - Hence poor scripting  ;D


Need to learn scripting then.

I am glad I can do both analysis and programming.

My hate is spread sheets - why use them when it is easier to write a program to do the same job ;D
Title: Re: anyone handy with javascript?
Post by: Kevin Wood on 30 September 2009, 21:44:58
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i am not a developer, i am an Analyst! - Hence poor scripting  ;D


Need to learn scripting then.

I am glad I can do both analysis and programming.

My hate is spread sheets - why use them when it is easier to write a program to do the same job ;D

or, in the case of the latest version of "MS Orifice", it's easier to write yourself a spreadsheet application, and then construct a spreadsheet to do what you want. ;D

Kevin
Title: Re: anyone handy with javascript?
Post by: Gaffers on 30 September 2009, 23:15:42
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i am not a developer, i am an Analyst! - Hence poor scripting  ;D


Need to learn scripting then.

I am glad I can do both analysis and programming.

My hate is spread sheets - why use them when it is easier to write a program to do the same job ;D

or, in the case of the latest version of "MS Orifice", it's easier to write yourself a spreadsheet application, and then construct a spreadsheet to do what you want. ;D

Kevin

One of my jobs as a student was to maintain an application developed in Excel, the thing was it required a helluvalota code to make work just like....ummm....Access!  He wouldn't let me rewrite it into Access because he said he didn't know the application.  No matter how much I said to him that I could make the interface more friendly he was adamant.  Oh well it kept the pennies rolling in each time he broke the fragile code!  ;D ;D ;D ;D  :y :y :y :y
Title: Re: anyone handy with javascript?
Post by: Martin_1962 on 30 September 2009, 23:20:40
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i am not a developer, i am an Analyst! - Hence poor scripting  ;D


Need to learn scripting then.

I am glad I can do both analysis and programming.

My hate is spread sheets - why use them when it is easier to write a program to do the same job ;D

or, in the case of the latest version of "MS Orifice", it's easier to write yourself a spreadsheet application, and then construct a spreadsheet to do what you want. ;D

Kevin


I saw the latest version of Word - horrible - no menus!

Spreadsheets - they are weird, I just cannot get on with them, once I was asked to write some calcs, ended up doing a small Clipper executable instead as it was easier and quicker
Title: Re: anyone handy with javascript?
Post by: KillerWatt on 01 October 2009, 00:10:12
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I saw the latest version of Word - horrible - no menus!
Eh????


Title: Re: anyone handy with javascript?
Post by: TheBoy on 01 October 2009, 18:17:06
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I saw the latest version of Word - horrible - no menus!
Eh????


Many older users - you know the sort - "XP is the best Windows out there" - can't deal with change.  Office 2007 apps, as I'm sure you know, uses the Microsoft 'Ribbon' toolbar, which is context sensitive, and only shows currently valid options, mostly as icons.

To be honest, its a system that works well imho - Office 2003 had so many options all over the menu, mostly all greyed out, that it was unusable if you were new to the product.
Title: Re: anyone handy with javascript?
Post by: Martin_1962 on 01 October 2009, 20:26:32
I don't want icons - I want a piece of text which says what it is.

Only Icons I need to know are compile, run, link, search, search & replace. ;D

Any other piece of software is occasional so need to know what an option is.
Title: Re: anyone handy with javascript?
Post by: TheBoy on 01 October 2009, 20:29:43
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I don't want icons - I want a piece of text which says what it is.

Only Icons I need to know are compile, run, link, search, search & replace. ;D

Any other piece of software is occasional so need to know what an option is.
So using the ribbon bar for occasional users like you and I makes it so much easier :y, particularly as every icon has a tooltip :y :y
Title: Re: anyone handy with javascript?
Post by: cem_devecioglu on 01 October 2009, 20:32:07
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I don't want icons - I want a piece of text which says what it is.
Only Icons I need to know are compile, run, link, search, search & replace. ;D

Any other piece of software is occasional so need to know what an option is.

 ;D

Unfortunately those simple compiler days are over..

in a multiple developer, development environment you spend more time on the libraries, settings,overridings  than the function code itself.. :(

and for the web you need many different parts to code.. server side, client side,html etc etc..rather garbage.. >:(
Title: Re: anyone handy with javascript?
Post by: Martin_1962 on 01 October 2009, 20:32:31
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I don't want icons - I want a piece of text which says what it is.

Only Icons I need to know are compile, run, link, search, search & replace. ;D

Any other piece of software is occasional so need to know what an option is.
So using the ribbon bar for occasional users like you and I makes it so much easier :y, particularly as every icon has a tooltip :y :y

Too slow - just want a thing to change fonts, a file, print, a file save, if it needs tooltips it is not clear enough
Title: Re: anyone handy with javascript?
Post by: Martin_1962 on 01 October 2009, 20:34:43
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I don't want icons - I want a piece of text which says what it is.
Only Icons I need to know are compile, run, link, search, search & replace. ;D

Any other piece of software is occasional so need to know what an option is.

 ;D

Unfortunately those simple compiler days are over..

in a multiple developer, development environment you spend more time on the libraries, settings,overridings  than the function code itself.. :(



Well we are looking at C++ for the next generation, I have played with the IDE, not too bad, but it was an oldish version.

My only issue with CAVO is the flakey SuppRepository.
Title: Re: anyone handy with javascript?
Post by: TheBoy on 01 October 2009, 20:53:55
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I don't want icons - I want a piece of text which says what it is.

Only Icons I need to know are compile, run, link, search, search & replace. ;D

Any other piece of software is occasional so need to know what an option is.
So using the ribbon bar for occasional users like you and I makes it so much easier :y, particularly as every icon has a tooltip :y :y

Too slow - just want a thing to change fonts, a file, print, a file save, if it needs tooltips it is not clear enough
Common icons are no different to every other app, only icon slightly bigger.  Crickey, if I can use it, anyone can...
Title: Re: anyone handy with javascript?
Post by: Kevin Wood on 01 October 2009, 21:04:30
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Common icons are no different to every other app, only icon slightly bigger.  Crickey, if I can use it, anyone can...

Problem is, the stuff you need once in a blue moon, which you can vaguely remember is in a certain menu, you haven't got a hope of finding anymore, especially if Word has read your mind incorrectly and decided you don't need it and hidden it somewhere even more obscure.

I'll give myself an easier life next time - something like Latex and VI perhaps.  ;)

Kevin
Title: Re: anyone handy with javascript?
Post by: TheBoy on 01 October 2009, 21:16:32
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Common icons are no different to every other app, only icon slightly bigger.  Crickey, if I can use it, anyone can...

Problem is, the stuff you need once in a blue moon, which you can vaguely remember is in a certain menu, you haven't got a hope of finding anymore, especially if Word has read your mind incorrectly and decided you don't need it and hidden it somewhere even more obscure.

I'll give myself an easier life next time - something like Latex and VI perhaps.  ;)

Kevin
I get quite excitable over vi ::)
Title: Re: anyone handy with javascript?
Post by: Kevin Wood on 01 October 2009, 23:53:11
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I get quite excitable over vi ::)

Best to run it when logged-in remotely, so the machine is not in sammy-ing distance IMHO.

Kevin
Title: Re: anyone handy with javascript?
Post by: Entwood on 01 October 2009, 23:57:55
Nice thing about word 2007 is the customisable (?) tool bar .. stick what you use regularly in that and it runs a dream ... especially with windows 7  :)
Title: Re: anyone handy with javascript?
Post by: Jimbob on 02 October 2009, 07:38:43
I hate Vi!  >:(

reminds me of edlin  ;D
Title: Re: anyone handy with javascript?
Post by: Kevin Wood on 02 October 2009, 10:07:46
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I hate Vi!  >:(

reminds me of edlin  ;D

Ahh. Now we're talking!  8-)

Kevin