8:00 – 5:00 SR

• DB Backups
• We are now secure from Heartbleed, and I know my level of responsibility as tenant.
• Looking into scope and closures a bit more. I am getting close to understanding the Module Pattern, I think.

8:00 – 10:00, 12:00 – 4:00 SR

• DB backups
• webapps backups
• The server seems to be running fine after the restart

Class from 10:00 – 12:00 today

8:00 – 5:00 SR

• DB Backups
• Dong discussed Reqonciler with Lenny
• Spent some time chasing down what to do about heartbleed. Since I admin only the VMs, and it appears that the landlord is doing regular updates, I’m trying to determine if I have to do anything in addition to what I’m already doing. Once more, it would really help if we had a real sysadm on the team.
• Today’s big JavaScript breakthrough.The following have the same results, though the Internet says that bind() has more overhead and takes longer.

  // Typical way to handle callbacks
  var self = this;
  setTimeout(function() {self.callbackFn()}, this.delay);

  // More clear?
  setTimeout(this.callbackFn.bind(this), this.delay);

  Interestingly, you can move the inner function out of the callback and into the “Constrictor” (e.g. combination inheritance) so that the function only gets created once:

  function MyClass(){
  var self = this;
  this.boundFunc = function(){self.callbackFn()};
  }

  This allows for a nicer looking call:
  setTimeout(this.boundFunc, this.delay);

  On the whole, I think I like the last pattern the best.

8:00 – 4:00 SR

• DB Backups
• Added notes to the VizTool main page about the current state of the bugs and fixes
• Linked Lenny’s help document to ReqAssistant.
• JavaScript
• Spent some time digging around in WebGL and found out how to set up the Structure view. Much better.
• Also figured out the code inspector. Also very nice. I’m beginning to see why this editor gets high reviews.
• And don’d forget this: http://learningthreejs.com/

8:00 – 5:00 SR

• Somewhere out there are a bunch of accountants taking a breather.
• DB Backups
• Deployed a new RA. Lenny wasn’t there to check it out, though it seems to be working correctly.
• JavaScript – Back to WebGL. And yes, the code makes much more sense now.
• Worked through the interaction chapter. The first example is actually pretty close to the chart concept,
• Starting on the Combining HTML/WebGL. First example gives tooltip and data options.

8:00 – 5:00 SR

• DB Backups
• Sent Lenny a bunch of links for security workshops and such.
• Put together the querylog script and added in the excerpt. Works fine now. Also took out all the lines with “lock” in them and scheduled it for a once-per-day run.
• Documented what I learned in yesterday’s episode of “Eclipse Hates being a Webserver”.
• JavaScript
  • Started my JS cheat sheet.
  • Ok, now that I think I know more of what’s going on in the example code, back to WebGL

8:00 – 5:00 SR

• Db backups
• Look into truncating queries for querylog script and how it’s keeping tables from being made.
• …and my Eclipse server went kablooey again. Spent the morning rebuilding that. Still no real idea what broke or how it was fixed. Grr.
• The truncated queries work fine here.
• Asked Dong to look into extending the query-log with additional information that can be the basis of some auditing/alerts. The idea is that after one or more queries are run to produce a result such as adding a MIPR or inputting PM_Actuals or even FMPs that additional lines are added to the query_log immediately after to add more directly usable information that we can use for reports.
  • All of these additional ittems use the table name “META%” so they can easily be pulled in a query.
  • The “type” field has an overall name for the activity like “ADD PROJECT”
  • The query contains useful text, rather than a query: i.e. “Added Project Carla Demo”. Short enough to keep the text string under 255 chars.
• JavaScript
  • Working through the Module pattern and having issues with either typeof or my debugger.

8:00 – 5:00 SR

• DB Backups
• Updated FY13 and FY14 slides and slide shows.
• JavaScript
  • A new pattern to get used to:

  • var myGlobalScoped = 0;

    console.log("Hello Block Scope " + myGlobalScoped);
     (function (start, stop) {
         for (var iBlockScoped = start; iBlockScoped < stop; iBlockScoped++) {
             myGlobalScoped += iBlockScoped;
         }
     })(0, 5);
     console.log("Hello Block Scope " + myGlobalScoped);

  • Because JS doesn’t understand block scope.
• Gotta find out who isn’t filling out their forms in RA.

• DB backups
• Deploy new VSS jars
• Deployed new FA and RA
• Webapps backups
• Goals were coming back wrong in the briefing queries. This turned out to be because there needed to be one more item in the ‘group by’ condition.
• Changed the briefing query so that a scratch table is produced first, and then all queries are run against that.
• JavaScript – struggled with the console variable for a while. it looks like Fiddler might have stolen it. removal and restart. My mantra. Still, looking at how the app variable is put together is most interesting….
• The Surprisingly Elegant Javascript Type Model