Computer Science and Engineering Knowledge Center: 2012

Monday, December 24, 2012

Software Engineering - Course Materials - Handouts and Slides

Software Engineering Economics and Management
Koren Advanced Institute of Science and Technology Course by Jong Moon Baik
http://spiral.kaist.ac.kr/courses/2009/spring/ICE0539/Index_files/Schedule.htm

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Session 1: Software Engineering Fundamentals

Session 2: Software Development Lifecycles (SDLCs)

Session 3: Planning and Managing Requirements

Session 3: Requirements Definition and Management Processes and Tools

Session 3: Strategy Alignment Elicitation Methodology

Session 4: Requirements Model Engineering

Session 5: High-Level Analysis and Design

Session 6: Detailed-Level Analysis and Design

Session 6: Application Architecture and Modeling (by Whitten, Bentley, Dittman / McGraw-Hill)

Session 7: Business Model Engineering

Session 7: Pattern Elicitation Frameworks/Methodologies

Session 7: Sample Enterprise Application Design

Session 7: UML and the SDLC

Session 7: UML Review

Session 7: Introduction to Design and Architectural Patterns

Session 7: Design/Architectural Patterns

Session 7: Introduction to OOAD Modeling and UML (Review)

Session 7: EAMF Application/Information Perspectives

Session 8: From Analysis and Design to Software Architectures (Part I)

Session 8: From Analysis and Design to Software Architectures (Part I Addendum)

Session 8: Guidelines for Architecting Software

Session 8: Design Patterns, Architectural Patterns

Session 8: Middleware J2EE Reference Architecture

Session 8: Object Oriented Design Guidelines

Session 9: Software Engineering Tools Primer

Session 9: Building Software

Session 10: Risk Management in Software Engineering Projects

Session 10: Risk Management in Adaptive Software Engineering

Session 11: Software Verification, Validation, and Quality

Source: http://www.nyu.edu/classes/jcf/g22.2440-001/slides/
Slides of Course of Dr. Jean Claude Frachitti, New York University

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Handouts of the course of Dr. Jean Claude Frachitti, New York University

Handout 01: Course Info.

Handout 02: Course Signup Sheet.

Handout 03: ITS Handouts

Handout 04: Help for g22_2440_001_sp11 mailing list

Handout 05: Session 1 - Course Description and Syllabus

Handout 06: Session 2 - Using the Spiral Model

Handout 07: Session 2 - Team Project Specification

Handout 08: Session 3 - Assignment #1

Handout 09: Session 3 - From Requirements Capture to Models

Handout 10: Session 3 - EAMF-Driven Requirements Model Engineering - Part I

Handout 11: Session 4 - User Requirements Notation Resource Page

Handout 12: Session 4 - jUCMNav Information Page

Handout 13: Session 4 - User Requirements Notation (Daniel Amyot)

Handout 14: Session 4 - Using the User Requirements Notation (Daniel Amyot)

Handout 15: Session 4 - OpenOME distilled (Yijun Yu)

Handout 16: Session 4 - Designing and Evolving Business Models with the User Requirements Notation (Michael Weiss and Daniel Amyot)

Handout 17: Session 4 - Evaluation of Development Tools for Domain-Specific Modeling Languages (Daniel Amyot, H. Farah, J.-F Roy)

Handout 18: Session 4 - EAMF-Driven Requirements Model Engineering - Part II

Handout 19: Session 4 - Requirements Engineering Process Models in Practice (Sacha Martin et al.)

Handout 20: Session 4 - Users' Involvement in the Requirements Engineering Process (Daniela Elena Herlea)

Handout 21: Session 5 - Assignment #2

Handout 22: Session 6 - Use Case Template

Handout 23: Session 6 - Introduction to the Unified Modeling Language (Terry Quatrani)

Handout 24: Session 6 - Softera's UML Introduction

Handout 25: Session 6 - UML Basics

Handout 26: Session 6 - OMG's UML Resource Page

Handout 27: Session 6 - IntroductionToPatterns.pdf

Handout 28: Session 6 - Using UML in Object-Oriented Code Design

Handout 29: Session 6 - Modeling in an Agile World

Handout 30: Session 6 - Scrum and XP (Henrik Kniberg)

Handout 31: Session 6 - Sample Conceptual, Logical, and Physical Architecture Blueprints (See Slides 31, 34, and 44)

Handout 32: Session 7 - OMG's BPMN Resource Page

Handout 33: Session 7 - BPMN 1.0 Specification

Handout 34: Session 7 - BPMN Patterns

Handout 35: Session 7 - Business and Application Architecture Engineering

Handout 36: Session 7 - Sample Business Architecture (Team Project Support Document)

Handout 37: Session 7 - Sample BPMS - Lombardi TeamWorks (Bruce Silver Report)

Handout 38: Session 7 - Comparison of Wiki Tools

Handout 39: Session 7 - Assignment #1 Sample Solution

Handout 40: Session 7 - Assignment #1 Sample Solution (Continued)

Handout 41: Session 7 - Team Project (Part 2)

Handout 42: Session 7 - Information Modeling with XML

Handout 43: Session 7 - Using UML to Model Applications of XML

Handout 44: Session 8 - Assignment #3

Handout 45: Session 8 - System Use Case Overview (Scott W. Ambler)

Handout 46: Session 8 - Use Case Diagram Overview (Scott W. Ambler)

Handout 47: Session 9 - AM Throughout the XP Lifecycle (Scott W. Ambler)

Handout 48: Session 9 - Writing Stories ("User Stories Applied" by Mike Cohn, Addison-Wesley)

Handout 49: Session 9 - Project Planning with RUP

Handout 50: Session 11 - An Iteration in the Life of an XP Project (Cara Taber and Martin Fowler)

Handout 51: Session 9 - Team Project (Part 3)

Handout 52: Session 9 - Assignment #4

Source: http://www.nyu.edu/classes/jcf/g22.2440-001/handouts/

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Sunday, July 15, 2012

C++ Interview Questions and Answers - Collection

http://www.coolinterview.com/type.asp?iType=41

http://www.techinterviews.com/c-interview-questions-and-answers-2

http://www.careerride.com/C++-Interview-questions-Answer.aspx

http://www.shettysoft.com/interview/C_C++_interview_questions_answers.htm

http://discuss.itacumens.com/index.php?topic=18860.0

http://www.techpreparation.com/cpp-interview-question-answer1.htm

http://placementsindia.blogspot.com/2007/08/frequently-asked-c-interview-questions_7441.html

http://www.freejobalert.com/c-interview-questions-and-answers-part3/6734/

http://www.a2zinterviews.com/Languages/c++/

Java Interview Questions and Answers - Collection

http://www.techinterviews.com/java-interview-questions-and-answers

http://www.indiabix.com/technical/core-java/

http://www.fromdev.com/2012/02/java-interview-question-answer.html

http://www.fromdev.com/2010/08/10-jdbc-questions-for-java-beginners.html

http://www.fromdev.com/2008/05/java-collections-questions.html

http://www.fromdev.com/2008/05/java-threading-questions.html

http://www.fromdev.com/2012/06/15-java-serialization-interview.html

http://java-success.blogspot.in/2012/06/java-tutorial-style-interview-questions.html

http://www.coolinterview.com/type.asp?iType=33

http://www.java-samples.com/interview/

http://www.roseindia.net/answers/viewqa/Java-Interview-Questions/18503-Java-interview-questions-and-answers.html

Wednesday, July 11, 2012

Learning HTML

Authors

Narayana Rao

Web pages are written in HTML.

Most of us type plain english in blogs etc. But at the backend all this is converted into HTML. During edit process we can even change the HTML if we know some HTML are change the way our web page looks.

HTML files contain:

HTML tags that indicate page elements, structure, formatting, and hypertext links to other pages and

the content of the page.

HTML Tages

HTML tags look like this

<TITLE> Learning HTML</TITLE>

The above HTML tag is a specific example.

The general pattern is

<The TagName>Affected text</The TagName>

To be continued

Monday, July 9, 2012

Software Cost Management

Authors

Narayana Rao

Introduction

Project cost management includes the processes required to ensure that the project is completed within an approved budget.

Project Cost Management Processes

Cost estimating: Developing an approximation or estimate of the costs of the resources needed to complete a project.

Cost budgeting: Allocating the overall cost estimate to individual work items to establish a baseline for measuring performance.

Cost control: Controlling changes to the project budget.

(Source: http://faculty.ksu.edu.sa/ghazy/CSC548%20PM/RC7_Proj_Cost_Mgmt.pdf)

Interesting web page

software-maintenance-implications-on-cost-and-schedule

http://narrotin.com/software-maintenance-implications-on-cost-and-schedule/

Software Cost Estimation

Software estimation is a complex activity and to take care of it many commercial software estimation tools are developed and marketed. As of 2005, some of these estimating tools include COCOMO II, CoStar, CostModeler, CostXpert, KnowledgePlan, PRICE S, SEER, SLIM, and SoftCost.

The major features of commercial software-estimation tools include the attributes:

Sizing logic for specifications, source code, and test cases.
Phase-level, activity-level, and tasklevel estimation.
Adjustments for specific work periods, holidays, vacations, and overtime.
Adjustments for local salaries and burden rates.
Adjustments for various software projects such as military, systems, commercial, etc.
Support for function point metrics, lines of code (LOC) metrics, or both.
Support for backfiring or conversion between LOC and function points.
Support for both new projects and maintenance and enhancement projects.

Some estimating tools also include more advanced functions such as the following:

Quality and reliability estimation.
Risk and value analysis.
Return on investment.
Sharing of data with project management tools.
Measurement models for collecting historical data.
Cost and time-to-complete estimates mixing historical data with projected data.
Support for software process assessments.
Statistical analysis of multiple projects and portfolio analysis.
Currency conversion for dealing with overseas projects.

(Source: Capers Jones, http://www.stsc.hill.af.mil/crosstalk/2005/04/0504Jones.html)

Cost Drivers for Large Software Systems: Paperwork and Defect Removal (Capers Jones)

Large software projects devote more effort to producing paper documents and to removing bugs or defects than to producing source code.

Therefore, accurate estimation for large software projects must include the effort for producing paper documents, and the effort for finding and fixing bugs or defects, among other things.

A key aspect of software cost estimating is predicting the time and effort that will be needed for design reviews, code inspections, and all forms of testing. To estimate defect removal costs and schedules, it is necessary to know about how many defects are likely to be encountered.

The typical sequence is to estimate defect volumes for a project and then to estimate the series of reviews, inspections, and tests that the project utilizes. The defect removal efficiency of each step will be estimated also. The effort and costs for preparation, execution, and defect repairs associated with each removal activity also will be estimated.

One important aspect of estimating is dealing with the rate at which requirements creep and, hence, make projects grow larger during development.

Adjustment Factors for Software Estimates (Capers Jones)

For estimating costs for real software projects, the basic default assumptions of estimating tools must be adjusted to match the reality of the project being estimated. These adjustment factors are a critical portion of using software estimating tools. Some of the available adjustment factors include the following:

Staff experience with similar projects.

Client experience with similar projects.

Type of software to be produced.

Size of software project.

Size of deliverable items (documents, test cases, etc.).

Requirements methods used.

Review and inspection methods used.

Design methods used.

Programming languages used.

Reusable materials available.

Testing methods used.

Paid overtime.

Unpaid overtime.

Cost Accounting, Costing and Cost Management - Article Directory

Friday, June 29, 2012

Social Media Technologies

2012

App Pair that allows private messaging between two
http://www.technologyreview.com/news/427370/a-social-network-built-for-two/
March 2012

2011

Social Media Decoder
http://www.technologyreview.com/featured-story/425787/a-social-media-decoder/
December 2011

Technology and Social Media combine to enhance customer experience
http://www.business2community.com/social-media/technology-and-social-media-combine-to-enhance-the-customer-experience-095143

2009

7 Technologies Shaping the Future of Social Media
http://mashable.com/2009/06/01/social-media-future-tech/

Thursday, June 28, 2012

Apple IPad and Tablet Computers

2012

June 2012
Google unveils Nexus 7 tablet.
Review of Nexus 7

New Ipad
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28.8.2011

IPads are now everywhere. Recently there was a massive protest and fast movement in India by Anna Hazare. The persons on the stage were following developments in the country over Ipad.

There is a news item that says Directors on the boards are being given Ipads to read balance sheets and other information of the company during board meetings also. Salesmen are carrying Ipads to demonstrate their products to customers. Recently there was a seminar in my Institute (on Wednesday, 24.8.2011). Two of the panel members brought their Ipads and doing something or other during idle periods. So tablet computers or Ipads are now the essential infrastructure of information processors.

26.6.2011

Apple IPad started the tablet growth. Now there are many more manufacturers of tablet computers.
In 2010, 15 million tablets were sold. Gartner expects 54 million is 2011. ( http://money.cnn.com/2011/03/03/technology/tablet_pc/index.htm ). The sales will touch 204 million by 2014 ( http://www.gartner.com/it/page.jsp?id=1452614 )

Other Manufacturers and Their Products

Blackberry - Playbook

Motorola Xoom

Creative ZIIO - 7

Acer - Iconia A500 and Iconia W500

Sony's Tablets
http://technologizer.com/2011/07/14/sony-tablets-2/ July 2011

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4 May 2010

One Million IPads sold

Apple announced that it sold its one millionth iPad in just 28 days after its introduction on April 3, 2010. iPad users have already downloaded over 12 million apps from the App Store and over 1.5 million ebooks from the new iBookstore.

“One million iPads in 28 days—that’s less than half of the 74 days it took to achieve this milestone with iPhone,” said Steve Jobs, Apple’s CEO. “Demand continues to exceed supply and we’re working hard to get this magical product into the hands of even more customers.”

iPad allows users to connect with their apps and content in a more intimate, intuitive and fun way than ever before. Users can browse the web, read and send email, enjoy and share photos, watch HD videos, listen to music, play games, read ebooks and much more, all using iPad’s revolutionary Multi-Touch™ user interface. iPad is 0.5 inches thin and weighs just 1.5 pounds—thinner and lighter than any laptop or netbook—and delivers up to 10 hours of battery life.

Developers have created over 5,000 exciting new apps for iPad that take advantage of its Multi-Touch user interface, large screen and high-quality graphics.

(Source: http://www.apple.com/pr/library/2010/05/03ipad.html )

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Apple is advertising that using IPad people can browse web, write emails, flick through photos, and watch movies. It is a revolutionary device available at $499. It is just 1.5 pounds, 0.5 inches thin and has a 9.7 inch LED backlit IPS display.

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http://www.apple.com/ipad/

Design Features

http://www.apple.com/ipad/design/

Applications

http://www.apple.com/ipad/app-store/

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IPad can use wi-fi as well as 3G networks. But initially Wi-fi model will be available in March 2010. In April 3G enabled model will be available.

A full size key board can be used along with IPad.

Applications

iPad includes 12 new innovative apps designed especially for the iPad.

The new iBooks app for iPad includes Apple’s new iBookstore, the best way to browse, buy and read books on a mobile device. The iBookstore will feature books from major and independent publishers.

IPad will work with all the applications of IPhone. Developers on the job to create new applications as well as modify existing IPhone apps to make use of additional facilities offered by IPad.

Pricing & Availability

iPad will be available in late March worldwide for a suggested retail price of $499 (US) for the 16GB model, $599 (US) for the 32GB model, $699 (US) for the 64GB model. The Wi-Fi + 3G models of iPad will be available in April in the US and selected countries for a suggested retail price of $629 (US) for the 16GB model, $729 (US) for the 32GB model and $829 (US) for the 64GB model. iPad will be sold in the US through the Apple Store® (www.apple.com), Apple’s retail stores and select Apple Authorized Resellers. International pricing and worldwide availability will be announced at a later date. iBookstore will be available in the US at launch.

Source: http://www.apple.com/pr/library/2010/01/27ipad.html

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IPad and Mobile Games

At the launch, Apple showed off Gameloft’s Nova first-person shooter game, optimized for the iPad.

http://venturebeat.com/2010/01/28/mobile-game-powerhouse-gameloft-will-make-ipad-games-video/

French mobile game publisher Gameloft says that it is very excited about making games for the new iPad tablet computer from Apple.

An entry in mobile gaming news says, "previews (on IPad) from EA and Gameloft of enhanced versions of existing titles which looked pretty cool. It was good to see that they have used the extra screen size to add in more controls; more complicated gestures will also be possible on a bigger screen. Without a doubt, the games will be bigger, faster and exceed anything a DS or PSP could ever achieve."

(Source: http://www.mobilegamefaqs.com/newsstory.php?id=2958)

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Shortcomings

Some people are pointing out shortcomings.

1. Only one application can be run at a time. People are now accustomed to run multiple applications on computers now. Hearing music and reading emails can be a combination that many may like.

2. Flash will not run on ipad.

3. USB port is not there.

Is Apple IPad the First Tablet PC?

No.

In 2001 by Microsoft announced a pen-enabled computer conforming to hardware specifications devised by Microsoft and running "Windows XP Tablet PC Edition" operating system or a derivative thereof and named it as Table PC.

http://danbricklin.com/log/tabletpc.htm

Tablet PCs were produced by reputed companies as Compaq and Toshiba. Now the rush is to create tablet PCs with touch screens.

Different producers are announcing their models.

Fusion garage has a product. http://www.pcworld.com/reviews/product/350597/review/joojoo.html

HP has a product

Nokia Internet Tablets

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Wednesday, June 27, 2012

Cloud Computing Service Providers - India

Authors

Narayana Rao

28.6.2012
Microsoft cloud solutions for India
Visit http://www.microsoft.com/en-in/server-cloud/readynow/default.aspx for information and videos

EMC Corporation and Zinnov Management Consulting India estimate that the total cloud market in India, currently at $400 million (2011), will reach a market value of $ 4.5 billion by 2015. Of this private cloud adoption will dominate and account for $3.5 billion in revenues, growing at over 60%. The study also estimates that the segment will create 100,000 jobs by 2015 from 10,000 today.

http://zinnov.com/white_paper_register.php?req=wp&art_id=146

TCS

iON - TCS Cloud IT Solution for Small and Medium Businesses (SMBs)

Wipro

cloud.computing@wipro.com

Get the SAP Saas edge with Wipro's Cloud Computing Services.

IBM

ibm.com/smarterplanet/in/cloudcomputing

Huawei

PartnerIndia@huawei.com

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Wednesday, June 13, 2012

Software Engineering, Testing and Project Management - Online Book

Software Engineering, Testing and Project Management - Knol Book

Authors

Narayana Rao

Collected Knols

Information Technology Project Management - Kathy Schwalbe - Book Information and Review (new link)
Software Development
An overview of software development and index of related knols (moderated)
Solid Programming (Part 2)
Solid Programming (Part 2) aka. The Powerbasic advantage
How to make Software testing as easy as ABC - Entry to Knol for Dummies Contest
Detailed explanation of software testing, its phases , requirements and elements of this dynamic IT field
Software Engineering - Process Models - Chapter Knol Collection
Software Performance Improvement - Chapter Knol Collection
A Project System for Software Engineering
by Martine M. Osias
Software Testing
Software testing, Theory, ISTQB, Interview based theory, Manual & Automation Test process, QTP, Loadrunner, Quality center, Software testing life cycle and terminology
Software Engineering Process Models - Agile Development Systems - Chapter Knol Collection
A Case For Better Software Estimation and Planning
with excerpts from Software Sizing, Estimation, and Risk Management: When Performance is Measured Performance Improves, Daniel D. Galorath and Michael W. Evans
Requirements Analysis and Engineering - Chapter Knol Collection
"Quick Test Professional" - Software Test Automation Tool
Basics of QTP, Object Repository, step by step learning and Best Practices
Challenges to World Class Software Design
The Grand Unified Theory of Software Engineering - Full View Google Book
Pontus Johnson and Mathias Ekstedt
How to use 80-20 rule in Software development
Bug-free Software is Possible
Software Engineering - Introduction - Chapter Knol Collection
Adjusting your mindset as a new software project manager
The change in mindset for developers transitioning to software project managers.
Software testing
Automated test process introduction
Software Testing Life Cycle
software test plan, development, Analysis in detail. DPD, Test Cases & Used Cases.
Cooperative Game Manifesto for Software Development
1998
Manifesto for Software Craftsmanship
2009
Software Engineering: A Practitioner's Approach - Roger Pressman - Book Information and Review
Offshore software development- What to consider?
Points to be kept in mind
Solid Programming (Part 1)
Writing software which is "solid as a rock" (Part 1)
Software Cost Management - Resources and Bibliography
Software Development Methodologies
The Definitive List
Architectural Design of Software - Chapter Knol Collection
Web Development Best Practices
Checklist for web Development
Software Quality Assurance Knols
Collection of Useful Knols for Sofware Quality Assurance
Bindows - The #1 Ajax Framework
True Ajax software with a Windows Look-and-Feel
Naive Software Configuration Management
Minimal assumptions to reduce inconsistencies
The Necessity of Schema Review
Prepared for DBE Software by Joe Celko (www.celko.com)
The Value of Enterprise Architecture Frameworks
Software as a Service - SaaS
Emerging trends in IT
Introduction to Software Development Life Cycle
Web Software Testing: Ensuring Web Software Functionality
Standard framework based methodologies
Tips on designing and implementing a methodology based on a standard framework such as ITIL or PMBoK
Time and Cost Estimating for Software Development - Chapter Knol Collection
Transforming Software Designers into Architects
Approach paper
Essential Steps for effective Software Development
Tips of effective Software Development
Software Manifestos
Does the software industry need manifestos?
Software Estimation - Best Practices
Writing Secure Software
Secure Coding Guidelines for Security Professionals and Application Developers
Software Testing
Algorithmic Complexity and the Theoretical Limits of Testing
Performance of Computer Programs and Software - Knol Collection
Project Management within the Software Sector
Project Management
Software Design Manifesto
1991
Software Engineering - Interesting Web Pages
Mobile Software Construction
The Art & Craft of Mobile Data
Importance and basics of Software Testing (Quality Assurance)
Introducing QA and Learning Software Testing
Become a more productive software developer
Using Linux tools and techniques to get things done efficiently.
Software Environment in Tesing & Process Models
Types of environment, Various popular Software develoment process models

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50 Knol Books by Narayana Rao K.V.S.S.

In the areas of management, engineering and sciences. Knol books to help visitors browse knols in a subject in an easy way.

List

http://knol.google.com/k/narayana-rao-k-v-s-s/list-of-knol-books-by-narayana-rao-k-v/2utb2lsm2k7a/3248#

I advocate that Knol authors assemble at least 1000 knol books at the earliest. Knol has good content. It needs to be organized around subjects. Then gaps can be identified and can be filled by writing new knols.
Narayana Rao - 24 Dec 2010

Seasons Greetings

SEASONS GREETINGS - HAPPY AND PROSPEROUS 2011

http://knol.google.com/k/narayana-rao-k-v-s-s/seasons-greetings-happy-and-prosperous/2utb2lsm2k7a/2071#
Narayana Rao - 23 Dec 2010

ASP.NET - Online Book

ASP.NET Knol Book

Authors

Narayana Rao

ASP.NET is a server side scripting technology that enables scripts (embedded in web pages) to be executed by an Internet server.

•ASP.NET is a Microsoft Technology
•ASP stands for Active Server Pages
•ASP.NET is a program that runs inside IIS (Internet Information Services), Microsoft's Internet server
•IIS comes as a free component with Windows servers
•IIS is also a part of Windows 2000 and XP Professional

An ASP.NET file is just the same as an HTML file. It can contain HTML, XML, and scripts
•Scripts in an ASP.NET file are executed on the server
•An ASP.NET file has the file extension ".aspx"

ASP.NET Working

When a browser requests an ASP.NET file, IIS passes the request to the ASP.NET engine on the server.
The ASP.NET engine reads the file, line by line, and executes the scripts in the file.
Finally, the ASP.NET file is returned to the browser as plain HTML

Collected Online Articles - Readings - Knols

Learn ASP
Microsoft ASP. NET overview
ASP.NET Distributed - Lectures
Project - Design and Implementation on Book Sales E commerce site using ASP.NET
ASP.NET tutorial
ASP.Net Hello, world!
How to Load XML Documents in ASP.NET 2.0
ASP.NET is an event
ASP.NET Local & Global resources
From Classic ASP to ASP.NET. And back...
Real constraints require real solutions

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Thursday, May 31, 2012

Linux - Online Book of Readings

Linux - Knol Book

Authors

Narayana Rao

Collected Knols

Linux Commands
Linux Command
Open File Limits Settings on Ubuntu (new link)
Developer Workstation ulimit
How to set up an email server using Linux and Postfix
A guide to setting up a secure, scalable and high performance email server
Configuring VMware 2.0 Server Networking on a Linux host
Configure Vmware 2.0 server networking
Create a minimal Centos Linux Install
Linux Overview
A Open Source World
10 Linux commands you’ve never used
Linux and Shell Commands
Linux, Linux/Unix Shells
Linux Free Request CD's & Download Major Linux Distributions
A Linux Collections
How to Restart ALSA Sound Driver in Linux
Restarting Advanced Linux Sound Architecture
Howto migrate to Linux
Tips and ideas for a sucessful migration to Linux

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Narayana Rao - 24 Jan 2011

Operating System - Online Knol Book

Operating System - Knol Book

Authors

Narayana Rao

Operating System:

Processes, Threads, Inter-process communication, Concurrency, Synchronization, Deadlock, CPU scheduling, Memory management and virtual memory, File systems, I/O systems, Protection and security.

(Listen to Berkeley lectures on most of the topics in the above syllabus

http://academicearth.org/lectures/introduction-what-is-an-operating-system-anyway )

Introduction, What is an Operating System Anyway???
Concurrency: Processes, Threads, and Address Spaces
Thread Dispatching
Cooperating Threads
Synchronization
Readers-Writers; Language Support for Synchronization
Tips for working in a Project Team/ Cooperating Processes and Deadlock
Deadlock (continued) - Thread Scheduling
Scheduling (continued) - Protection: Kernel and Address Spaces
Address Translation
Address Translation 2, Caching and TLBs
Caching and TLBs 2, Caching and Demand Paging
Page Allocation and Replacement
Page Allocation and Replacement 2, Survey of I/O Systems
File Systems and Disk Management
Queueing Theory, Filesystems
Filesystems, Naming, and Directories
Networks and Distributed Systems
Network Protocols
Network Protocols III
Network Communication Abstractions/RPC
Protection and Security in Distributed Systems II
ManyCore OS and Peer-to-Peer Systems

Role of Operating System

Operating system

System software

What is Windows?

How to speed up Windows XP

Windows 7

Linux

Linux - CentOS flavor

Linux Kernel

New to Linux?

Linux - __init and __initdata

Linux Performance Tuning and Measurement

Windows vs. Linux

Running Windows under Linux

Ubuntu

Ubuntu Minimal Desktop Installation Guide

GNU/Linux

Chrome OS

Mac OS X

NTLDR The NT Boot Loader

OS faqs : Operating Systems Interview Questions And Answers

Unix Scripting Interview Questions

Interesting Web Pages

UC Berkeley Onine Lectures Audio

http://freevideolectures.com/Course/2398/Operating-Systems-and-System-Programming-Fall-2009

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Please write knols on topics on which knols are not there presently.

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Narayana Rao - 19 Jan 2011

Computer Science and Engineering - Curriculums

Authors

Narayana Rao

Collected Knols

Syllabus - First Year Computer Science and Engineering - SNDT University, Mumbai
Syllabus - Second Year - Computer Science and Engineering - SNDTU
Syllabus of SNDT University UMIT Mumbai
Syllabus - Computer Science - Engineering - Mumbai University
Syllabus - Third Year - Computer Science and Engineering - SNDTU
SNDT University UMIT, Mumbai
Syllabus - Computer Science and Engineering Subjects - IIT Kanpur

Tuesday, May 29, 2012

Interface Usability - Principles of User Interface Design

Good listing is given at

http://bokardo.com/principles-of-user-interface-design/

Friday, May 11, 2012

Microprocessors and Microcontrollers

History
http://ecourses.vtu.ac.in/nptel/courses/Webcourse-contents/IISc-BANG/Microprocessors%20and%20Microcontrollers/pdf/module1.pdf

Description of Programs
http://ecourses.vtu.ac.in/nptel/courses/Webcourse-contents/IISc-BANG/Microprocessors%20and%20Microcontrollers/pdf/module2.pdf

Interfacing
http://ecourses.vtu.ac.in/nptel/courses/Webcourse-contents/IISc-BANG/Microprocessors%20and%20Microcontrollers/pdf/module3.pdf

Introduction to Microprocessor based control - book chapter
http://www.itswtech.org/Lec/dr.basim/3/lec1.pdf

Advanced Microprocessors - Mumbai University Syllabus and Notes

Syallabus (Downloaded May 2012)
http://www.djscoe.org/Syllabus/Computer/Semester6.pdf

Module - Contents
1 Introduction to Pipelined Processors:
Pipelining: An Overlapped Parallelism, Linear pipelining,
Classification of Pipelined Processors, Principles of designing
pipeline processor, Data Flow computers,
Systolic architecture, Superscalar, Super pipeline and VLI W
processors.
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2 Intel 80386DX Processor:
Detailed study of Block diagram, Signal interfaces, Bus cycles,
Programming model, Operating modes, Address translation
mechanism in protected mode, Memory management, Protection
mechanism.

3 Intel P5 Micro architecture:
Pentium Processor Block diagram, Superscalar operation,
Integer pipeline Stages , Floating point pipeline stages, Branch
prediction logic, Cache unit.

4 Intel P6 Micro architectures:
Introduction to Pentium-Pr o Processor, Special Pentium-Pro
features,
Introduction to Pentium-2 Processor, Pentium-2 software
changes, Pentium-3 processors.

5 Pentium-4 & IA-64 Architectures:
Pentium-4 Net Burst Architecture, IA-64 Itanium Processor
architecture

6 Sun SPARC Architecture:
SPARC Processor, Data Formats, Registers, Memory model.
Study of
SuperSPARC and UltraSPARC architectures

7 Study of System Buses:
Features, classifications, applications of the system buses like I
SA, ATA,
SCSI, PCI and USB. (Study of the buses is without signals and
the timing
diagrams),
BOOKS
1) Computer Architecture and Parallel Procesing: By Hwang & Briggs ( McGr aw
Hill
International edition).
2) Pentium Processor System Architecture: By Tom Shanley & Don Anderson
(Mindshare
Publishing).
3) Intel Microprocessors: By Barry B. Brey (Pearson Education)
4) Advanced Microprocessor: By Roy & Bhurchandi (Tata McGraw Hill).
5) Advanced Microprocessors: By Daniel Tabak (McGraw Hill)
6) The SPARC Architecture Manual (Version 8).
7) Intel Manuals.

Computer Architecture and Parallel Procesing: By Hwang & Briggs ( McGr aw
Hill International edition).
http://books.google.co.in/books/about/Computer_architecture_and_parallel_proce.html?id=bN9QAAAAMAAJ

Pentium Processor System Architecture: By Tom Shanley & Don Anderson
(Mindshare Publishing).
http://books.google.co.in/books?id=TVzjEZg1--YC

Intel Microprocessors: By Barry B. Brey (Pearson Education)
http://books.google.co.in/books?id=P1jsNwAACAAJ

Advanced Microprocessor: By Roy & Bhurchandi (Tata McGraw Hill).
http://books.google.co.in/books?id=KJNpD2KimEsC

80386 and 80486
Internal Architecture
http://ecourses.vtu.ac.in/nptel/courses/Webcourse-contents/IISc-BANG/Microprocessors%20and%20Microcontrollers/pdf/module8.pdf

Tuesday, May 1, 2012

Database Systems and Management - Introduction - Chapter

Authors

Narayana Rao

Chapter of Database Management Systems (DBMS) - Knol Book

Collected Knols and Online Articles

Database Concepts (New)
Databases - History & Early Development (New link)
Annotated Bibliography of the History of Databases
Database: An Introduction - MIT Presentation (New)
What is a Database? Knol Not yet working

Database System Architectures

Authors

Narayana Rao

Chapter of Database Management Systems (DBMS) - Knol Book

Database System Architectures
http://www.cs.uwaterloo.ca/~gweddell/cs338/slides6.pdf

Collected Knols

Monday, April 30, 2012

Computer Graphics - Knol Book

Authors

Narayana Rao

Collected Knols

Camera 2.0

Authors

Narayana Rao

Camera 2.0 provides addional capabilities to currently existing digital cameras. The representative new techniques include high dynamic range imaging, flash-noflash imaging, coded aperture and coded exposure imaging, photography under structured illumination, multi-perspective and panoramic stitching, digital photomontage, all-focus imaging, and light field imaging.

Camera 2.0 is still in laboratories getting developed.

The Camera 2.0 project is a Stanford project, and it began as a collaboration between the Stanford Computer Graphics Laboratory and the Nokia Research Center Palo Alto Laboratory. It has further received funding from Adobe Systems, Kodak, Sony, Hewlett-Packard, The Walt Disney Company, Intel, Texas Instruments, Google, NVIDIA, and Sony and NSF.

http://graphics.stanford.edu/projects/camera-2.0/

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Stanford Researchers offers open software for cameras 2010
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=stHNUO6-PfE
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Frankencamera 2010
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FHILNF6wT3g
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Franken Camera - Assembly - 2011 May - Technology Review video

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Collected Knols

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Narayana Rao - 22 Aug 2011