As I had a week off from my studies and work, I decided to do something useful. Many of you asked, why I don’t write about myself. So I  have created a small portfolio, where  anyone  can find some info about me and my work. If you are interested – please go to http://www.anatolyspektor.com

Any feedback is appreciated!

First of all we  (Seneca CDOT) have some  good news for you :

Our beta version of Polling Module is packaged and very soon will be available for testing.

Also demo video will be available in next 2-4 days.

However we need your help  to localize  the content of Polling Module.

For those of you who know different languages, please, help us to translate  following strings: (everything after ‘=’).

bbb.polling.createPoll = Create New Poll
bbb.polling.createPoll.moreThanOneResponse = Allow users to choose more than one response
bbb.polling.createPoll.hint = Hint: Start every answer with a new line
bbb.polling.createPoll.answers = Answers:
bbb.polling.createPoll.question = Question:
bbb.polling.createPoll.title = Title:
bbb.polling.pollPreview = Poll Preview
bbb.polling.pollPreview.modify = Modify
bbb.polling.pollPreview.publish = Publish
bbb.polling.pollPreview.preview = Preview
bbb.polling.pollPreview.save = Save
bbb.polling.pollPreview.cancel = Cancel
bbb.polling.pollPreview.modify = Modify
bbb.polling.pollPreview.hereIsYourPoll = Here is your poll
bbb.polling.pollPreview.ifYouWantChanges = if you want to make any changes click ‘Modify’ button
bbb.polling.pollPreview.checkAll = (check all that may apply)
bbb.polling.validation.toolongAnswer = Your answers are too long. Max length is
bbb.polling.validation.toolongQuestion = Question is too long. Maximum chars:
bbb.polling.validation.toolongTitle =  Title is too long, Max:
bbb.polling.validation.noQuestion = Please provide a Question
bbb.polling.validation.noTitle = Please provide a Title
bbb.polling.validation.toomuchAnswers = You have too many answers. Max, answers allowed:
bbb.polling.validation.eachNewLine = Please provide at least 2 Answers start each with new line
bbb.polling.validation.answerUnique = Every answer should be unique
bbb.polling.validation.atLeast2Answers = Please provide at least 2 Answers
bbb.polling.pollView.vote = Submit
bbb.toolbar.polling.toolTip =  Polling
bbb.polling.stats.repost = Repost
bbb.polling.stats.close = Close
bbb.polling.stats.didNotVote = Did Not Vote
bbb.polling.stats.refresh = Refresh
bbb.polling.stats.stopPoll = Stop Poll
bbb.polling.stats.title = Poll Statistics
bbb.polling.view.title = Poll

So in this post we will discuss:

1. How to set up and clone repo to your local machine avoiding message: Permission denied (publickey).

2. How to  transfer all changes you are making INTO Github

3. How to get those changes FROM GitHub

My way could not be the most efficient one, but it works for me.

How to setup up GitHub to your local machine ?

So for the first part, you need to download Git and set your SSH key. Thanks to the GitHub documentation,  step by step guide is here:

How to clone your repo to your local machine ?

(in git terminology it’s called “checkout“)

First you need to find your repo address. It can be find  on your GitHub repo page:

Copy the address in the box (git@github.com……/….git)

Open the terminal and go to the folder where you want to have your git to be located.

  Type command:

git clone ADDRESS YOU COPIED

Here is my output:

How to  transfer all changes you are making INTO Github ?

(in GitHub it is called Push)

There are 3 steps to transfer your changes to GitHub:

a. You need to add files  —> git add .

(“.” means all the files, no worries, it will add everything that was changed.)

b. You need to Commit you changes –> git commit  -m “Message you want to see near your commit”

c. Push your changes to the server –> git push

My output:

On the repo I now see that README file has my commit message (I changed only README.txt):

 How to get those changes FROM GitHub ?

git checkout

git pull

These commands will bring all the  new stuff from GitHub to your machine.

Good Luck,

Anatoly

    private function hasDuplicates(arr:Array):Boolean{

      var x:uint;
      var y:uint;

    			for (x = 0; x < arr.length ; x++){

        			for (y = x + 1; y < arr.length; y++){

            				if (arr[x] === arr[y]){
                				return true;
            				}

        			}
    			}
    			return false;
		}

  

This small function returns true if array has duplicate elements  or false if there are no duplicates.

So if you have array “test1″ and you need to make sure there are no duplicates, you could do something like this:

  if( !hasDuplicates(test1) ) // if there are no duplicates it will return "true" in this case

           trace ("There are no duplicates in array test1");

    

Have fun,

Anatoly

I have made a lot of comments so you could easier understand how it works, but if you have questions, please ask. Also  this function is easy editable so you could adopt it to your needs.

// function receives Array.length and ArrayCollection
private function createButtons(amount:uint, content:ArrayCollection):void{

  var _cb:CheckBox;
  var _rb:RadioButton;
  var _tx: Text;
  var _hb: HBox;

      // creating buttons one by one
      for (var i:int = 0; i < amount; i++) {

          _tx = new Text();
          _hb = new HBox();
          _tx.name = "option" +i;
          _tx.width = 200;

      // assigning array element to text field

          _tx.text =content.getItemAt(i).toString();

     //adding HBox to the view

          options.addChild(_hb);

     // if global var _isMultiple is true  drawcheckboxes,
     // otherwise radioButtons

          if(_isMultiple){

                 _cb= new CheckBox();

                   // giving button a name of array element to process it easier later

                _cb.name=content.getItemAt(i).toString();

               // defining gap between the buttons

                _cb.y=i*20;

              // adding buttons to the Horizontal Box

               _hb.addChild(_cb);

         }else{ // if not _isMultiple

               _rb = new RadioButton();

                // giving button a name of array elelment to process it easier later

               _rb.name = content.getItemAt(i).toString();

                // assigning radio to the same group

               _rb.groupName = "answers";
                _rb.label ="*";	

                _hb.addChild(_rb);

         }
        // adding text near button

         _hb.addChild(_tx);

      } // end of loop

} // end of function

 

options is repesented as:

       <mx:Box id="options" >
        </mx:Box>

Here is what I’ve got (when _isMultiple is false):

Cheers,

Anatoly

So to make story short…. I have created script that does everything for you. It is easy modified, so feel free to modify it for your needs. This script implies that your Big Blue Button client is installed on account called “firstuser”, if not, just change the path and you are ok.

If you need some more information how to use it , I’ve posted detailed instruction here.

Script:

  #!/bin/bash


#Checks number of arguments
if [ ! -n "$1" ]
then
  echo ""       
  echo "ERROR:Syntax for this command is ./compile-module <moduleName> (without extension just name) "
  echo " "
  exit 
fi  
# Shows current version of script
if [ "$1" == "-v" ]
        then
                echo " bbb-client Module Compiler"
                echo "     v 1.0  Created: September 28, 2011"
                echo "          by Anatoly Spektor  << http://myprogrammingblog.com  >>"
                exit
fi

#if number of arguments are correct check if file name that user passed exist
if [ -f "/home/firstuser/dev/source/bigbluebutton/bigbluebutton-client/src/$1.mxml" ]
then
 #if exist compile using mxmlc parameters such as sourcepath libraries etc
  mxmlc  /home/firstuser/dev/source/bigbluebutton/bigbluebutton-client/src/$1.mxml -sp /home/firstuser/dev/source/bigbluebutton/bigbluebutton-client/src  -l /home/firstuser/dev/source/bigbluebutton/bigbluebutton-client/libs -locale -accessible
 else
        echo "$1.mxml does not exist, please choose another name"
fi

#if compilation went well compilable file should be in the directory
if [ -f "/home/firstuser/dev/source/bigbluebutton/bigbluebutton-client/src/$1.swf" ]
  then

        #IF  COMPILABLE FILE EXIST --> MOVE TO "BIN"
                
        mv  /home/firstuser/dev/source/bigbluebutton/bigbluebutton-client/src/$1.swf /home/firstuser/dev/source/bigbluebutton/bigbluebutton-client/bin
        #OUTPUT SUCCESS
        echo " ----------------------------------------------------- "
        echo "CONGRATULATIONS FILE: $1.swf  COMPILED AND MOVED TO:"
        echo "                                          /home/firstuser/dev/source/bigbluebutton/bigbluebutton-client/bin " 
        echo " ----------------------------------------------------- "
  else
        #OUTPUT ERROR
        echo " ----------------------------"
        echo "$1.swf was not created"
        echo " ----------------------------"
  fi

If you have any suggestions about Polling Module please feel free to share them with me either here or in the Big Blue Button developers forum.

You can also follow the progress here.