I want to autostart a Neo4j database every time I login to Windows. I can put the shortcut of Neo4j Desktop.exe in C:\Users\username\AppData\Local\Programs\Neo4j Desktop in shell:startup, but that only starts the Neo4j Desktop interface. I want it to autoclick the start button and have Neo4j Browser be ready as well. I suppose AutoHotKey can does this, but I don't think it's a clever way to do so.
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This is a hypothetical question that I don't seem to be able to find an answer to. In theory, could you write a desktop program which allows you to alter the database of a personal website? A simple example would be a blog, where instead of having to go online and log into Admin section of your website, you would have a desktop app where you could write a blog offline and once you have internet it would automatically update your website?
Would this theoretically be possible?
Yes, it is possible. However, probably not recommended as you would have to allow direct connections to your database through the firewall unless your desktop application made the same http/https pots that the website does when updating the database. At that point, you're just creating a new UI that calls the old UI to do the same actions.
If you are running Windows you could use the free tool Microsoft Live Writer for that. I am sure you can find other free tools for other OS out there.
There is not also an Open Source version of it Open Live Writer
I've got a wordpress site that I have been using for a year now and it is hosted with HostGator. I have got a few tests i would like to run on the site, but I would like to test it offline using wamp first before making it LIVE.
The problem is previously I was always making changes to the LIVE site, usually at hours when I get little to no traffic. However, that has changed now and I do get traffic most hours through out a 24hr day.
So my problem is:
How do i download my existing website to laptop (wamp) and make those changes with new theme? (total newbie, sorry!)
I use Windows 7, so not sure what I need to be doing to get the site working like a live site offline.
Once I have implemented the new changes, what is the best way to upload the updated site back to the HostGator server without having any downtime or errors for site visitors?
Is there anything else I need to install or do inorder for this to work? I hope you can give me as much information as possible or any links to any guides or articles that explain how to do this.
Thanks so much for any help you can offer!!!
If you're using Hostgator, the process is simple:
Install XAMPP or WAMPP on your computer;
Go to your cPanel, backup and download your website;
Extract the backup to your computer, specially the homedir and the sql;
Go to your local environment, access http://localhost/phpmyadmin
Create a new database, doesn't matter the name but for the example let's call it "database";
Inside that database, import the one taken from the backup;
create a new folder inside your htdocs with the name of your website, "example.com";
Extract the content of the homedir there;
edit wp-config with the following data:
Host: 'localhost'
Username: 'root'
Password: blank
access http://localhost/example.com
You can check a good tutorial about the subject here.
About putting the site live, I recommend you to use a GIT repository, however it's understandable that might be a little complicated and perhaps too much work for what you're trying to achieve.
Try to move your files directly from your local to live environment using Filezilla or WinSCP, the drag and drop should replace the files live and the downtime should be minimal.
Instead of WAMP, you can always use VirtualBox to install CentOS or Ubuntu/Debian.
You can go one further and install either CentminMod to automate creating a LAMP, or a full panel like ISPConfig or Virtualmin.
That take care of create the environment.
Create a new account on the LAMP, using the same domain name.
You can FTP with Windows to get the files, but networking Windows and Linux is a pain. The better option is to use the command line (CLI) in the Linux VM to ftp the files from Hostgator to the VM. This guide will help with that process: http://www.tldp.org/HOWTO/FTP-3.html
Then your only concern is the MySQL database. And for this, you have several options.
For me, the easiest is to buy (or try!) SQLyog on Windows, and then copy the database from the Hostgator source to the localhost destination. Some mild networking is needed for Windows to see the Linux VM, but nothing as complex as file sharing (the FTP issue). SQLyog is far quicker than backing up the database, then restoring it -- especially since you can run into memory issues doing it this way. It fully depends on the size of the database.
The cheap/free backup>restore method is to use phpMyAdmin.
WordPress also has plugins, of varying cost, but you still have the possible backup>restore memory issue there as well.
When done, just copy it the other way, again using SQLyog and CLI ftp. You'll still have some downtime, but it will hopefully be minimal.
As a newbie, this probably seems like rocket science, but at least it gives you a good place to start. Welcome to the world of locally dev'ing sites!
can any one tell me if I could deploy an IPad application with its pre-initialized database?
I'm using IOS developer Enterprise program account
Include the database as a resource in the bundle and clone it into the users document folder at launch.
The reason to clone is that you dont get write privileges on bundle resources.
Alternatively since this is not code you could download it from the corporate server at launch but since you are asking this question you probably dont want to do that.
Yes you can do it.
You can use sqlite in your ios application. You can create locally an prefilled sqlite database, and at this one to your xcode project.
In your project you must copy the sqlitedatabase from your resourcesfolder to the app's documents folder.
Depends on who's the developer of the app. If it's you, you can easily do so. Else, you won't be able (since apps are stored in a security sandbox).
If you really need to, you could consider jailbreaking them (you won't need a Enterprise Program though) so you can enter those sandboxes and add custom property lists to them.
I have to implement kinda important feature. The feature for one-way synchronization of folders. There's a cloud server with folders of documents. And i need to synchronize some Windows folder with the structure and the documents of this remote folder.
The application is written in WPF, using MVVM (galasoft mvvm light toolkit). The job for syncing must be periodical (it must work every 5|10|100 etc minutes, depending on the user's properties). Of course it must be asynchronous.
I have three questions about it:
What are the best practices of implementing such a syncing job? Should i write it as a service of some structure or what?
How can i handle the periodicity of this job?
How can i vizualize in the system tray, that the job is on (can i use some circular progress bar on the icon of my app in the tray?)?
Thanks in advance, people!
You could use the Microsoft Sync Framework with its File Synchronization Provider.
I do my web development and testing on my laptop running an installation of xampp - I upload things to my host, but I always go through cpanel's file manager to do it. I realize that there's definitely a better way to go about it, but I need to be pointed in the right direction to do so, also other tips on how to manage stuff would be appreciated.
FTP - can I keep my site's stuff synched to a local directory on htdocs so I can keep my site backed up on my computer yet update the site with whatever changes I make locally? Can anyone recommend a good client (preferably free) that I can use to do this?
Database stuff - how do I backup / sync databases in the same way? Ideally I'd like to do the same thing as with my files. Merge / upload whatever I've developed with a click or two. Is this possible? Is this wise?
Any help and advice would be appreciated. :)
I do my development in Eclipse which allows me to combine development and sync via FTP in one environment. It will also tell you if a file changed on the server and allow you to decide whether to override it or not. You can also disable the syncing of certain types of files with pattern matching and use other technologies like WebDAV or SSH to sync (if supported by your host of course).