A code snippet with which utilizes both template classes and STL to handle generic data types. In keeping with the spirit of this blog, I have kept the explanation to a minimum and hopefully the code posted below should be self-explanatory. The idea is for readers to get the gist of what I am saying …
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I have managed to download, uncompress and compile this library in a Visual Studio environment. At last. Though a very powerful package for the implementation of binary decision diagrams, the documentation for its actual set-up for non-Unix environments seems a little sketchy and somewhat intimidating for the beginner.
The results of some experimentation with and comparison between raw OpenCV functions and the cvBlobsLib library to detect darker coloured spots against lighter backgrounds.
When transferring your old website to a new one, you will probably want to re-direct your visitors so that links pointing to outdated URLs are sent to the correct new ones.
OpenCV is a free, open source library that enables your computer application to “see” and make decisions from the image data it acquires. Here are some guides for setting up OpenCV for use in Microsoft Visual Studio Environments:
Collapse / Expand code blocks: Go into Tools -> Options -> Text Editor -> C/C++ -> Formatting Check everything or a selection as required.
For some time I wanted to incorporate unit testing into our development process. Though many think unit testing is largely a waste of time with not all code bases lending themselves easily to testing, if done in the right spirit I think it (like version control and bug tracking) makes life easier.
Right now I am just starting with a very simple example – no fancy stuff – just a single thread to demonstrate a sequence that updates a counter 20 times per second.
Creating a new repository from scratch – In Windows Explorer, create the folder to contain your repository folder. – Right-click on this folder and select “Create Repository Here…”
Some neat string formatting A pretty neat snippet found on stackoverflow some time ago (kudos David Rodriguez), that is worth repeating. Some time ago, a ‘moderator’ at StackOverflow removed this thread “for reasons of moderation”. Fair enough, but the result is that code that many would find pretty darn useful is no longer searchable on …
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