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Wednesday, 15 May 2013
Yusuf Pathan Obstructing the field
PWI asked for out and wow umpire gave it which gave the victory exactly after a month.
Installing and configuring Dropbox on Linux server
Installation
The Dropbox daemon works fine on all 32-bit and 64-bit Linux servers. To install, run the following command in your Linux terminal.
32-bit:
cd ~ && wget -O - "https://www.dropbox.com/download?plat=lnx.x86" | tar xzf -
64-bit:
cd ~ && wget -O - "https://www.dropbox.com/download?plat=lnx.x86_64" | tar xzf -
Next, run the Dropbox daemon from the newly created .dropbox-dist folder.
~/.dropbox-dist/dropboxd
If you're running Dropbox on your server for the first time, you'll be asked to copy and paste a link in a working browser to create a new account or add your server to an existing account. Once you do, your Dropbox folder will be created in your home directory.
Problem I Faced
I've got a Linux server running in Amazon AWS and OS is on a 10GB drive and I use a Amazon EBS drive attached for storage.
Now I wanted to set up Dropbox on this machine. But I haven't synched yet because there won't be enough room in my home dir. My /home is on my 10GB drive since I never use it and all my data is on the 2TB drive mounted in /media/.
What is the best way to set this up? Dropbox doesn't support moving the folder in Linux yet. I found a script to move the folder but it seems outdated. Perhaps I can use symlinks in some clever way? Or maybe move my /home folder to my SATA drive?
Solution
You gave the answer yourself, Use symlinks. Move your Dropbox folder to your HDD, then create a symlink in your home folder For example: ln -s /media/MyHDD/Dropbox /home/yourname/
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Tuesday, 14 May 2013
Raja Rani - Official Teaser(Starring Arya and Nayanthara)
This is the first official teaser released by the team. Hope it will be a entertaining love story.
Watch and Enjoy!
Monday, 13 May 2013
Want to shop responsibly? Log on to TheResPage
Please Visit: therespage.com
Source: http://yourstory.in/2013/05/want-to-shop-responsibly-log-on-to-therespage/
Tuesday, 30 April 2013
Amazing Shots - 360 degree
2. Sagano bamboo forest (located near Kyoto, Japan) is one of the most beautiful bamboo forests in the world.
3. This is Hala Fruit from Hawaii.
4. If Saturn were as close to Earth as the Moon is, this is how it would look like.
5. There's a butterfly (Glasswing Butterfly) with transparent wings.
6. The Tsunami Cloud !!! This incredible photograph was taken by Gary Brink at the Holland State Park in Michigan, USA. The incredible cloud formation formed on Lake Michigan just off the beach.
7. Amazing shot of lenticular clouds over Lake Crowley, California.
8. Mount Roraima one of the oldest geological formations on Earth!
9. Cotton Grass, Iceland.
10. "Blue Emperor Scorpion". One of the largest scorpion in the world.
Monday, 29 April 2013
Interesting but weird - Omar Borkan Al Gala : one of the three irresistibly handsome men who were deported
If you thought that there’s no flip side to being impossibly handsome, think again
Three men from United Arab Emirates were attending the Jenadrivah Heritage & Culture Festival in Riyadh, the capital of Saudi Arabia. They were forcibly evicted from the festival by Saudi police officers. The grounds for this harsh move? The visitors were too handsome.
“A festival official said the three Emiratis were taken out on the grounds they are too handsome and that the Commission [for the Promotion of Virtue and Prevention of Vices] members feared female visitors could fall for them,” a Saudi Arabian newspaper Elaph reported.
After evicting them, the police immediately deported the trio back to Abu Dhabi, lest any Saudi women see them and find them too irresistible to not fall in love.
Saudi Arabia is extremely conservative and offers little liberty to its women citizens. The female population of the country is not permitted to talk to any men to whom they are not related.
asaintown.net recently posted some pictures of Omar Borkan Al Gala, saying that he was one of the three irresistibly handsome men who were deported.
Thursday, 25 April 2013
Awesome editor for any Scripting Language - Sub lime Text Editor
This editor will be a bit complex and will not be handy to use.
One of my friend, A Linux enthusiast has introduced me a editor called "Sub Lime".
This is an awesome text editor. I found it very useful and handy. So thought of sharing it with you all.
Advantages of Sublime Text editor:
1. It gives auto suggestions for keywords and variables.
2. You can easily manage files and folders.
Steps to install :
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:webupd8team/sublime-text-2
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install sublime-text
After installing you can type the following command to open it.
sudo sublime-text
You can also find this in the applications after installing.
Do easy programming....
Reference Link : http://ellislab.com/forums/viewthread/232759/
Here is the preview ....
Wednesday, 24 April 2013
Python Programming Tutorial 2 - Strings
Characters in a string can be accessible through [] syntax and python is also zero-based index as Java and C++. Built-in function len(str) returns the length of string(number of characters in input string)
Note: Don't use "len" as a variable name, it will block the len(str) functionality.
[code]>>> s='hi'
>>> s[1]
'i'
>>> len(s)
2[/code]
Below given video, demonstrates the some of the python String literals.
Note: Content was Scrapped from youtube.
In Java the '+' automatically converts the any types to String while appending with String literal but in Python this is not a case. The function str(data) will convert the input data to String.
[code]>>> pi=3.14
>>> str(pi)
'3.14'
>>> 'rrr'+pi
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "<stdin>", line 1, in <module>
TypeError: cannot concatenate 'str' and 'float' objects
>>> 'rrr'+str(pi)
'rrr3.14'
>>> num=18
>>> print "ff" + repr(num)
ff18
>>> print "ff" + `num`
ff18[/code]
Below given video, demonstrates the some of the python String representation.
Note: Content was Scrapped from youtube.
If the value to String literal is prefixed with 'r' and interpreter will pass all the chars without special treatment of backslash '\'.
[code]>>> raw="test\nraw\t.."
>>> print raw
test
raw ..
>>> raw=r"test\nraw\t.."
>>> print raw
test\nraw\t..[/code]
A 'u' prefix allows you to write a unicode string literal (Python has lots of other unicode support features)
[code]>>> data=u'Hello World !'
>>> data
u'Hello World !'
>>> data=u'Hello\u0020World !'
>>> data
u'Hello World !'[/code]
The escape sequence \u0020 indicates to insert the Unicode character with the ordinal value 0x0020 (the space character) at the given position.
Python Programming Tutorial 1 - Numbers and Math
Using the Python as Calculator
Let's try some python command line options. The python Interpreter act as an Calculator, we can do simple mathematical function in the command line.
Below given video, demonstrates the some of the python number and mathematical functions.
Note: Content was Scrapped from youtube.
A values can be assigned to several variable simultaneously.
[code]>>> x = y = z = 0 # Zero x, y and z
>>> x
0
>>> y
0
>>> z
0[/code]
Complex numbers are also supported; imaginary numbers are written with a suffix of j or J. Complex numbers with a nonzero real component are written as (real+imagj), or can be created with the complex(real, imag) function.
[code]>>> 1j * 1J
(-1+0j)
>>> 1j * complex(0,1)
(-1+0j)
>>> 3+1j*3
(3+3j)
>>> (3+1j)*3
(9+3j)
>>> a=(1+2j)/(1+1j)
>>> a
(1.5+0.5j)
>>> a.real
1.5
>>>a.imag
0.5
>>> abs(a) # sqrt(a.real**2 + a.imag**2)
5.0[/code]
In interactive mode, the last printed expression is assigned to the variable _. This means that when you are using Python as a desk calculator, it is somewhat easier to continue calculations, for example:
[code]>>> tax = 12.5 / 100
>>> price = 100.50
>>> price * tax
12.5625
>>> price + _
113.0625
>>> round(_, 2)
113.06[/code]
Python Programming Tutorial 2 - Strings
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Tuesday, 23 April 2013
Ways to Contribute to Open Source
Open source software has changed computing and the world, and many of you would love to contribute. Unfortunately, many people are daunted by what they imagine is a high barrier to entry into a project. I commonly hear people say that they'd love to contribute but can't because of three reasons:
- "I'm not a very good programmer."
- "I don't have much time to put into it."
- "I don't know what project to work on.”
There are three core principles to remember as you look for opportunities to contribute:
- Projects need contributions from everyone of all skills and levels of expertise.
- The smallest of contributions is still more than none.
- The best project to start working on is one that you use already.
Continue Reading.
Tuesday, 16 April 2013
Significance of Host File in Windows
Almost every operating system that communicates via TCP/IP, the standard of communication on the Internet, has a file called the HOSTS file. This file allows you to create mappings between domain names and IP addresses.
You can command your machine to contact the only a particular machine for replies.
How to set your local machine to contact only a particular machine for the replies with the host file on Windows?
1.Click on Win+R or Start -> run and type drivers as below:
2. Goto the “etc” directory and open the hosts file
3. Add the entries in the following format and save it
{IP} {Domain Name}
Example:
127.0.0.1 localhost
10.90.112.101 domainname
Note:
You must have the administrative rights to modify/add the entries in hosts file.
4. After saved the above host entries, whenever you gave the request the particular domain configured in the hosts file then response will come directly from the ip which we configured(example: 10.90.112.101)
5. If you need to host entries, just delete the line which you added or insert “#” in front of the line as below
#10.90.112.101 domainname
Thursday, 11 April 2013
iOS UI Automation
iPhone apps are developed using native or native-hybrid bridge.
native-hybrid : The datas are rendered in HTML and the native actions are performed using js callbacks
Automation testing framework for these applications is mainly to,
- Reduce the manual testing effort
- Reduce the testing cycles involved for any changes to the application
- Provide maximum test coverage
Why UIAutomation ?
Selenium Automation
Using selenium the basic level functionalities like tapping, swiping could not be done in the iPhone app. so,selenium could not be an option to automate the iPhone app
Jasmine framework
- Jasmine is a BDD (Behavior Driven Development) framework.
- Jasmine is mainly used for Unit testing
- More or less jasmine is same as tuneup framework
- Jasmine provides good reporting structure
- Reports can be in xml or html format
UI Automation + tuneup.js
- It is the Apple's inbuilt Automation testing framework.
- It is highly stable and also reliable testing framework.
- It uses javascript to automate the testcases.
- Automation can also be performed in the specified devices
- It can also be accessible from command line so that we can also integrate this with Hudson
- Considering its salient features,simplicity UIAutomation is preferred for automating the test cases over other testing frameworks
Tools used
- Xcode IDE (Version 4.X and above)
- Instruments
Instruments Tool
Instruments is a tool for UIAutomation provided by Xcode. Instruments provides us the record and playback feature which will be very useful in doing automation
It can be used to collect data about the performance and behavior of one or more processes on the system and track that data over time.
Test Case Log
The test case when executed on the iOS application target, using Instruments,
The Instruments console will show the details of,
Log Message - What Test case is being executed
Log Type - Test case is Pass or Fail.
If a test case fails, it would display the
- Element tree in the failed page meaning, what are the UI elements present in the current page.
- Also the screen shot of the page in which error occured.
Automation Framework
Tune-up is the framework used for automation
Tune-up is a collection of JavaScript utilities that builds upon and improves the UIAutomation library provided by Apple for testing iOS applications via Instruments.
You can find more details about the Tune-up framework from here:https://github.com/alexvollmer/tuneup_js/blob/master/README.md
an also in http://alexvollmer.com/posts/2010/07/03/working-with-uiautomation/
Test Structure in Tune-up
To create a test case, use the test() function, which takes the name of the test case as a string, and a function. The function will be given a UIATarget instance and a UIAApplication instance.
For example:
test("Sign In to the app", function(target, app) {
// The target and app arguments are root elements
/* (i.e) The element structure of every element in the app goes in this way
UIATarget.localTarget().frontMostApp().(position of the particular element in the view)
for reusing UIATarget.localTarget().frontMostApp() we store it in target,app */
// The UIATarget is the primary portal into the application running on the device or simulator
// Steps for Sign-in
});
test("Sign out from the app", function(target, app) {
// Steps for Sign-out
});
MakeFile configuration:
Configure the MakeFile which is in the project home , with the command lines which is used to build the project and Launch the instrument.
Add the following configuration,
1.TRACE_PATH : Location to store the .trace file, which will create after the execution of test script using instruments.
2.TEMPLATE_PATH : Location where the test case TemplateTrace files are stored, which is created from the instruments by saving the testSuite script as Template.
3.uiautomation :
Shell command which
- Builds the project ,
- Executes the test case script by launching the Instruments tool.
- And this executes the test Suite which has the entire flow.
Ex.
/* Specify the Trace path, Template path and App path */
TRACE_PATH = TraceDocument/UIAutomationTraceTEMPLATE_PATH = Test/Automation/Resources/TestCaseTemplatesAPP_PATH = /Users/${projectpath}//Products/Debug-iphonesimulator/sample.app |
/* Shell commands to Run the Test cases */
uiautomation: xcodebuild -workspace sample.xcworkspace -scheme Release -sdk iphonesimulator5.0 instruments -t ${TEMPLATE_PATH}/testSuiteTemplate.tracetemplate -D ${TRACE_PATH} ${APP_PATH} |
Running the Automation Script
Command to run automation from Terminal using the MakeFile ,
In Terminal ,Move to the directory where the ‘.xcodeproj‘ file resides
And execute the following Command,
make uiautomation |
Additional Info about Shell Commands
Write a Shell Script to execute the following commands
1) Building the Project
At first the Project should be build through ‘xcodebuild’ command
xcodebuild:
This command is used to build the xcode project.
Xcodebuild Usage
Xcodebuild -- workspace [PROJECT-WORKSPACE] --scheme [SCHEME-NAME] --sdk [DEVICE/SIMULATOR NAME]
| Option | Description |
|---|---|
| -- workspace | PROJECT-WORKSPACE Name of the Project file(ex sample.xcworkspace) |
| --scheme | SCHEME-NAME Name of the Sheme |
| --sdk | Specify the device/simulator name(ex: simulator name – iPhoneSimulator5.0) |
Move to the directory where the ‘.xcodeproj‘ file resides and then the command Should be executed
Ex:
Move to the directory where the project resides
Execute the xcodebuild command
$bash: xcodebuild -workspace sample.xcworkspace -scheme Release -sdk iphonesimulator5.0
This command will build the project with configuration as release and sdk as iphone simulator5.0
2) Launching the Instruments tool
Execute a command to launch the Instrument with the latest build
This command executes the saved ‘.tracetemplate’ file and saves the result in the path specified
Instruments Command Usage
instruments [-t template] [-d document] [-w device] [-p pid] | [application [-e variable value ]]
| Options | Description |
|---|---|
| -t | templateFile name of type ‘ .tracetemplate ‘ with the path of the file location |
| -s | Show list of known templates and exit |
| -d | documentThe path to save the trace document data to (This may already exist, in which case a new Run will be added) |
| -p | pidThe ID of the process to attach to |
| application | The path to the application or command to launch |
| -w | hardware deviceThe identifier of the hardware to target |
| -e | variable valueAn environment variable setting (You may specify more than one) |
Ex :
instruments -t $TEMPLATE_PATH -D $TRACE_PATH $APP_PATH
| Option | Description | Example |
|---|---|---|
| TEMPLATE_PATH | Template path is the path of the saved template file | $PROJECT_HOME/Test/Automation/Resources/TestCaseTemplates/testSuite.tracetemplate |
| TRACE_PATH | It is the path where the .trace will be saved after executing the automation | $PROJECT_HOME/TraceDocument/UIAutomationTrace |
| APP_PATH | It is the path of the latest build of the APP | ~/Library/Developer/Xcode/DerivedData/sample-gxfepasnjxtmhjcevjkpyunezjca/Build/Products/Debug-iphonesimulator/sample.app |
Note: After the execution of the xcodebuild command the app will be build in a directory; APP_PATH should have that directory path
The Build path can be customized. To change the app build path, In the Xcode Choose the Xcode option int the Menu bar choose Preferences – Locations and then give the custom location in the derived data field
On executing this command, the script loaded in the .tracetemplate file will get executed on the specified simulator/device and stores the .trace file in the specified path
Friday, 5 April 2013
Light smart by going green
How many of us have cursed the Tamil Nadu or Indian government for inconsistent power supply. We blame political parties, politicians and even God at times for lack of rain which has a direct influence in power production. But we fail to think that there is only few that can be done by the government and we as a citizen of this country need to take responsibility and do some possible deed.
There is a simple step that you can contribute to nature in two ways, one by consuming less energy and another by polluting the environment less.
Its nothing but replacing incandescent bulbs with CFL bulbs. How this will help us ???.
A CFL consumes 25% less energy when compared to an incandescent bulb. This saves electricity by 70%. An incandescent bulb glowing for 1 hr consumes 60 watts, whereas a CFL glowing for 1 hour consumes 10 watts only. You will get the same glow from both these bulbs. We save 50 Watts of energy per hour, if we do a simple change. This is how we consume less energy.
"We never know the worth of water till the well is dry". ~Thomas Fuller,Gnomologia. Same is the case for power we waste most of the time without knowing its value.
On the other side of the story, If we light an incandescent lamp for one hour it produces 5 kg of co2, which is an endanger for the environment. This is equal to riding a bike for 8 km. So the first immediate step we need to do is to change all the incandescent bulb with CFL wherever we could. So that you can contribute something valuable to the environment and to the nation by saving a decent amount of electricity.
You may have lot of questions that, who is buying incandescent these days and where will be these kind of bulbs found now a days. Yes, we have many people around who are unaware of it. The reason why am writing this here is, one of my well educated friend has recently bought a incandescent bulb to our home. That's the time I have decided to post this blog and create awareness about the same. You can find these kind of bulbs in rural areas mostly than the urban. It is not uncommon to find these kind of bulb in rural areas.
If we change every such Bulb in our state(Tamil Nadu), we can get an extra 15 mins of power for each day in our state. We can do this instead blaming our government or politicians. If we could make it happen and if we do the same in all states of our country, we could save a lot of power and that can be used for many other industrialization purposes.
I thought of this blog a long time back and drafted this, But I need to be a "Doer before a Sayer". It took a months time for me to change all incandescent lamps wherever I could (In my home, My Grandma's home, Our current rented home in Chennai). Totally 5 is what I have changed so far. Even its a little am happy that I have contributed something to the environment and did a good deed as a citizen to my country.
Little progress together makes a brighter and greener future. I want my friends to do and Share the same.
Lets create a better future together.....
Tuesday, 26 March 2013
GenericOptionsParser, Tool, and ToolRunner for running Hadoop Job
public interface Tool extends Configurable {
int run(String [] args) throws Exception;
}
Below example shows a very simple implementation of Tool, for running the Hadoop Map Reduce Job.
public class WordCountConfigured extends Configured implements Tool {
@Override
public int run(String[] args) throws Exception {
Configuration conf = getConf();
return 0;
}
}
public static void main(String[] args) throws Exception {
int exitCode = ToolRunner.run(new WordCountConfigured(), args);
System.exit(exitCode);
}
We make WordCountConfigured a subclass of Configured, which is an implementation of the Configurable interface. All implementations of Tool need to implement Configurable (since Tool extends it), and subclassing Configured is often the easiest way to achieve this. The run() method obtains the Configuration using Configurable’s getConf() method, and then iterates over it, printing each property to standard output.
WordCountConfigured’s main() method does not invoke its own run() method directly. Instead, we call ToolRunner’s static run() method, which takes care of creating a Configuration object for the Tool, before calling its run() method. ToolRunner also uses a GenericOptionsParser to pick up any standard options specified on the command line, and set them on the Configuration instance. We can see the effect of picking up the properties specified in conf/hadoop-localhost.xml by running the following command:
hadoop WordCountConfigured -conf conf/hadoop-localhost.xml -D mapred.job.tracker=localhost:10011 -D mapred.reduce.tasks=n
Options specified with -D take priority over properties from the configuration files. This is very useful: you can put defaults into configuration files, and then override them with the -D option as needed. A common example of this is setting the number of reducers for a MapReduce job via -D mapred.reduce.tasks=n. This will override the number of reducers set on the cluster, or if set in any client-side configuration files. The other options that GenericOptionsParser and ToolRunner support are listed in Table.
GenericOptionsParser and ToolRunner option Description
| Property> | Description |
|---|---|
| -D property=value | Sets the given Hadoop configuration property to the given value. Overrides any default or site properties in the configuration, and any properties set via the -conf option. |
| -conf filename ... | Adds the given files to the list of resources in the configuration. This is a convenient way to set site properties, or to set a number of properties at once. |
| -fs uri | Sets the default filesystem to the given URI. Shortcut for -D fs.default.name=uri |
| -jt host:port | Sets the jobtracker to the given host and port. Shortcut for -D mapred.job.tracker=host:port |
| -files file1,file2,... | Copies the specified files from the local filesystem (or any filesystem if a scheme is specified) to the shared filesystem used by the jobtracker (usually HDFS) and makes them available to MapReduce programs in the task’s working directory. |
| -archives archive1,archive2,... | Copies the specified archives from the local filesystem (or any filesystem if a scheme is specified) to the shared filesystem used by the jobtracker (usually HDFS), unarchives them, and makes them available to MapReduce programs in the task’s working directory. |
| -libjars jar1,jar2,... | Copies the specified JAR files from the local filesystem (or any filesystem if a scheme is specified) to the shared filesystem used by the jobtracker (usually HDFS), and adds them to the MapReduce task’s classpath. This option is a useful way of shipping JAR files that a job is dependent on |
Monday, 25 March 2013
Apache Ant - Tutorial
1. Build Tools
Build tools are used to automate the repetitive task like compiling source code, generating documentation, running tests, uilding the jar and so on. Some of the well known build tools are Apache Ant, Maven.
2. Overview of Ant
Ant(Another Neat Tool) is the java library and mostly used to building and deploying the java application. Ant provides the built-in tools to compile, build, test and packing the java application. Ant builds are based on three blocks.
Tasks: Task is the unit of work. For example compile, packing.
Targets: Targets can be invoked via Ant.
Extension Points: Extension points are same as targets and it won't any operation and just coordinate the targets.
3. Building the Java Application: Using Apache Ant
Create the build.xml(not as same) in your project root directory. Given below is the sample build xml(self explanatory - comments inline)
<?xml version="1.0" ?>
<project name="nRelate Analytics" >
<!-- Sets variables which can later be used. -->
<!-- The value of a property is accessed via ${} -->
<property name="src.dir" location="src" />
<property name="build.dir" location="build" />
<property name="dist.dir" location="dist" />
<property name="lib.dir" location="lib" />
<!--
Create a classpath container which can be later used in the ant task
-->
<path id="build.classpath">
<fileset dir="${lib.dir}">
<include name="**/*.jar" />
</fileset>
</path>
<!-- Deletes the existing build, dist directory-->
<target name="clean">
<delete dir="${build.dir}" />
<delete dir="${dist.dir}" />
</target>
<!-- Creates the build, dist directory-->
<target name="makedir">
<mkdir dir="${build.dir}" />
<mkdir dir="${dist.dir}" />
</target>
<!-- Compiles the java code (including the usage of library -->
<target name="compile" depends="clean, makedir">
<javac srcdir="${src.dir}" destdir="${build.dir}" classpathref="build.classpath">
</javac>
</target>
<!--Creates the deployable jar file -->
<target name="createjar" depends="compile">
<jar destfile="${dist.dir}LogNormalizer.jar" basedir="${build.dir}">
<!-- Adding to Manifest file, from which class to start exceution -->
<manifest>
<attribute name="Main-Class" value="test.MainClass" />
</manifest>
</jar>
</target>
</project>
4) Run your Ant build from the command line
Open a command line and switch to your project directory. Type in the following commands.
# Run the build
ant -f build.xml
# build.xml is default you can also use
ant
Specify the target as below.
#Run the build.xml by specifying the target.
ant -f build.xml createjar
The build should finish successfully and generate the build artifacts under the dist directory.
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Friday, 22 March 2013
My Personal collections
Drowned ...
Two States - Chetan bhagat
This is beautiful love story between an IIM guy from Delhi and a girl from Tamil nadu. This is how they fall in love and carrying it till their marriage. Over coming their problems of being from different caste, culture, language and family back ground. This is the author's own story. A good one to read.
One night at the call center - Chetan bhagat
Who will cry when you die - Robin Sharma
Author Robin speaks about life's simple things which will make life happier. This will be a collection of different lessons where he touch base all areas from being kind to others, mental and physical fitness, going green, being positive and lot more.
The Greatness guide - Robin Sharma
Robin explains how one should lead his life both as a leader and a follower. He has embedded great sayings of Legends and proverbs that will sting to your mind. He simply states that , "the first point of how a world sees you, should begin from you.
Five point someone - Chetan bhagat
What young India Wants - Chetan Bhagat
Its the collection of essays and articles written by the author in various newspapers in the north. He has also some good letters written by him to Political leaders. Most of the incidents in this book speaks about things that cling around northern part of India.
The Alchemist - Paul Coelho
This is a story where the author speaks about treasure, desert, travel and love. Its about a young boy who risks his life in fulfilling his destiny. He insists that "“If you really desire to achieve something, the whole world conspires in helping you to achieve it”.
Revolution 2020 - Chetan Bhagat
A triangle love story between three. One guy who failed to IIT but becoming a director of an Engineering college. Another guy who cracked the exams to get in to the best college and at last ended up in running his own news paper publication who is willing to correct the corrupted nation with his thoughts and broad mind. The final touch of whom the girl will be married to is an interesting ending.
Kane and Abel - Jeffrey Archer
This is one of the best books that I have ever read. It explains life of 2 persons from their birth to death. The journey they went through, difficulties in bringing themselves up their life. I highly recommend this book for anyone. The author has kept his nerve through out the story. I have decided to read the few other books of this author. He deserves the title to be one of the best authors in the world.
To be drowned....
A Thousand Splendid Suns - Khaled Hosseini
Wednesday, 20 March 2013
Google Launches Realtime API for Google Drive
The API provides developers with collaborative versions of data objects such as maps, lists, strings, and JSON values, which are automatically synchronized, and all modifications to them are stored. Developers can create apps that read from and write to these objects like any local object.
If the basic set of objects isn't enough, developers can also create custom objects and references, which includes trees and arbitrary graph structures.
interested developers can check out the Google Drive Realtime API technical documentation here.
Source: Mashable.com