playing with the interwho

So, now I’ve got selection persistence through filtering, and data refreshes. Since data is passed to the table as an array of identical json objects, I just store the stringified json object on the rel attribute of each row div, and when it’s time to save the state, I pase those back into json and store them in an array until after the refresh is done, then fire an event that reselects them.

Next up is caret persistance, then I need to work on auto-hiding of columns at certain widths, and adding the event for on parent resize to fire the resize stuff of the table itself. So far, it’s only about 140 lines of JS with whitespace, and a TON faster than any other js data tables I know of… And, that’s even with some of the really expensive ways in which I’m accomplishing certain tasks. I was surprised optimization wasn’t really necessary for column based filtering…

it’s no new news that the folks at zenoss dida really kick ass job at creating a modern nice monitoring system. However… Where I work, we are really killing the system. We’re a bit too big for them, but it’s okay. I’ve decided to re-write their heavily bloated web UI…

So far, I have a version out as a grease monkey script, but it relies on killing every script on the page (so far I haven’t found a great way to delete all the JS dom nodes created on script load before I hijack) and inject my application’s code, and I do ajax posts against the domain as it sits.

I learned they dont protect against CSRF, so I setup a python proxy to run the site off of a different host, and keep complete control over the system… No bloat. Now I just need to actually finish writing the APP. Of course with every new revision, you want to add more features… So I’m a one man show trying to get as much done as possible.

Now I just need to remember to commit my changes to the local repo and then push remotely hen I’m done working… every time I come back to the code bas e from a hiatus, hg status returns un-commited changes… face palm

Yes, I am riding the PR wave for blog hits. So what.

Really, all I wanted to say is that google instant isn’t amazing. It’s not some crazy new pice of engineering that only the geniuses of google could come up with. For that matter, it’s not even something that takes a genius to come up with at all. It’s just simple ajax.

Google is still using the same backend search system they’ve been using. They’ve just added a teeny tiny bit of javascript that re-runs the search for you every time you type a new letter into the search field.

I’m not bashing it, it’s cool. It’s a nice feature in my opinion. I’m just lashing back at all the people who tout it as something amazing, or something difficult to engineer. It simply isn’t. It’s simply, simple. Also, they’re not the first. I knew of http://www.keyboardr.com/ doing it almost two years ago. WAY before google of bing were thinking about any of this.

Even then, it was simply cool, and nice to have. Not amazing, or an incredible feat of engineering.

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Total time to make, 1 hour. Should be refrigerated overnight.

Ingredients

• 1 Stick of melted butter
• 2 Cups of crumbled graham crackers (Crumble from box in ziplock baggy)
• 1 Large tub of Vanilla Cool Whip (Or regular cool whip mixed with vanilla extract to taste)
• 1 cup powdered sugar
• 1 cup of pecans (chopped)
• 1 can of blueberry pie filler
• 1 large package of cream cheese

Preparation

• Oven to 300 degrees F
• Set aside large tub of vanilla cool whip in bowl to soften at room temperature.

Instructions

1. Melt 1 stick of butter, and pour over crumbled graham crackers while gently stirring.
2. Pour into 9” x 12” baking dish.
3. Mash down so that it forms a flat crust in the bottom of the pan, and bake for 30 minutes at 300 degrees F.
4. Once done baking, pull out and set aside. Let it completely cool.
5. Mix large package of cream cheese, and 1 cup of powdered sugar in mixer. If dry, add a splash of milk.
6. Spread mixture over cool crumb crust layer.
7. Take one (or more) cups of chopped pecans, and spread evenly over cream cheese layer.
8. Evenly spread vanilla cool whip over pecan layer.
9. Evenly spread 1 can of blueberry pie filling over vanilla cool whip layer.
10. Refrigerate for as long as possible. (Preferably overnight)

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