Questions tagged [timer]
This tag is for questions about using timers in code to make things happen in a certain order or for gathering amount of time elapsed.
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Algorithm to find the number of years, months, days, etc between two dates
I've been working on this one for a while. Took me a while to figure out all the logic rules for dates and months.
The goal of this method is to return the number of years, months, days, hours, ...
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A simple Java class for implementing code stop watches - follow-up
I have received a nice answer for this post. Now, it is my attempt for some improvement:
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A simple Java class for implementing code stop watches
(The next iteration: A simple Java class for implementing code stop watches - follow-up)
Here is my attempt at more convenient benchmarking (yes, this time I am aware of JVM warmup, etc.), and it ...
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Stopwatch utility class in Java
Looking for input on my code for a Stopwatch utility written in Java.
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Frame limiting in an SDL game
I am a relatively novice programmer, and I am taking steps into graphics programming. I am writing a quick pong clone and want to cap the FPS to save system resources. This is how I have implemented ...
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Timed arithmetic quiz
In this program you have to solve 20 exercises. The time you need will be measured. If you break a record, you'll get an entry in the highscore list.
The program can be downloaded here.
You can only ...
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Pomodoro countdown timer synced to the clock
This countdown timer is supposed to:
be synced to the user's clock
at every hour and half hour, will start a 25 minute countdown followed by a 5 minute break
The code works but I question its ...
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Dispatching Vuex getter via setInterval
I am fetching the friend list for a chat application using a Vuex store. I need to dispatch the getter via an interval. Is there a best practices way to do this?
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C++ embedded application to control a light with a timer
I enhanced the my daughter's bed light to IoT. Specifically I can turn the light on/off remotely and there is a timer & alarm function. All of this is implemented with a Particle Photon.
This ...
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Sleep until specified time
It's sometimes useful to pause until a specified time (but inconvenient to use at or the like), so I wrote a tiny script to wait until a user-specified time point ...
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A 3 digit stopwatch
I decided to make a stopwatch as I decided it would be useful, and also as a challenge to learn more about how forms work. I'd just like some simple advice as to anything I can do better, thank you.
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React clock component
I'm new to React.js and this code came from 30 Days of React - Day 7. However the given code example wasn't working so I rewrote it myself. My biggest issue here is how to make the component work ...
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Using Threading.Timer to update a list of data
Attached is some code I have written for my application. It is an OWIN based web server which connects an Alexa Custom Skill, my security camera feed, and Microsoft Azure Face API.
The number one ...
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Pomodoro timer in React
I created a simple Pomodoro timer using React JS.
In my example:
Timer should count down seconds until it reaches 00:00
Timers should switch between 25 and 5 minutes
Timer should be able to start, ...
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JavaScript flipping clock
Here are two simple classes - Digit class maintains digit behaviour - primarily flipping animations, and Clock class handles everything that is related to time data.
I'm going to use this code for ...
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Countdown Timer in Python
I am a beginner in Python and I am yet to move on from the basics to things like OOP.I wrote all of this code (Python 3) in an hour or so for a simple countdown timer.Although some parts of it are ...
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Speed-cubing timer console application
This code is my first implementation of this style of application in the console. In essence a stopwatch with some added functionality. I was interested in getting some feedback before I refactor and ...
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Solidity code for TimeBasedWill (smart contract)
Following is a TimeBasedWill I have written in Solidity to be built on the Ethereum Blockchain.
I have tested the code using Remix IDE.
I would like to get your comments and opinions about security ...
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Countdown control with arc animation
I've implemented countdown timer control with arc animation that looks like this
Implementation notes:
For arc visualization I've created class Arc derived from <...
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Three versions of a counting-up timer in JavaScript
I made 3 versions of a counting-up timer in JavaScript:
Version #1
All units of time (seconds, minutes, hours, and days) are updated every second, whether they change or not.
Pro: Shorter code.
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Async friendly Timer
I'm trying to implement a Timer that schedule an async action with the following requirements:
thread safe
only one action should be running at any given time (period countdown should start when the ...
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Extremely simple timer class in C++
A very bare-bones timer class created using the std::chrono library. I would like to know if any optimisations are possible and just to clarity, I am using MSVC (...
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A rather accurate VBA stopwatch
Intro
Related, related
I'm trying to come up with a neat, accurate way of timing VBA code, as I'm yet to find a method to do this in VBA directly (without plugins etc.)
The general idea was to ...
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A Simple Bash Timer
This is a timer I made quite some time ago and just came across it again today. I'm just wondering if there's anything wrong with it or anything I could improve.
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Scheduling using System.IObservable 2.0
As a follow up to this first attempt to create and use my own IObservable<T> implementation, this is version 2.0. The goal has been to correct the code where ...
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Scheduling using System.IObservable
With great inspiration from t3chb0ts ongoing work about scheduling, cron jobs etc. (last post here), I decided to make my own version of the Scheduler - using the observer pattern - as a learning ...
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Scheduler built with observables v2 (follow-up)
It would probably be too easy if the old Scheduler worked as intended being that simple. But an eye-openig review showed that from time to time it'll miss one ...
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Simple timer start and stop from console
Just a simple timer application for review. Stop and start the timer from the command line.
The plan is to use this in a poker application to fold out a player if they don't act after a time ...
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Best accuracy and performance with timers in JS
Regular timers in JavaScript (setInteval & setTimeout) have two problems:
They aren't as much accuracy as you can get in JS....
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UserScript to Highlight tab for queue item
It may seem a bit obsessive and/or pedantic, but the following script allows me to see when posts are ready for reviewing. addicted-to-cr
I developed this UserScript for use with TamperMonkey to ...
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Multithreaded arithmetic quiz with 20-second time limit
I learned something about threads and I tried to use them in an programming exercise. The user of the program has to solve as many exercises as he can within twenty seconds. After that time the ...
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Multi-threaded Time Scheduler without polling
This is a quick shot at designing a time scheduler without polling. It is able to handle inputs which are to be executed earlier than already on the schedule. I want to improve it further, especially ...
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Stopwatch class
I am learning C# and I have an exercise:
Design a class called Stopwatch. The job of this class is to simulate
a stopwatch. It should provide two methods: Start and Stop. We call
the start ...
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Car crash reaction time
In physics class we are doing an investigation thing. Some of the numbers might seem plucked out of thin air but they aren't. The maths is right(I think) I just want some feedback on the code.
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CHIP-8 delay timer in C++
I'm writing a CHIP-8 emulator in C++, which has two timers. If these timers are non-zero, they are decremented by 1 at 60Hz. I'm still getting the hang of C++, so I wanted to see if I'm doing this the ...
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Clock that changes document background color
This is a timer based clock (using setInterval()) that changes the background color of the body based on the clock time hexadecimal values. I suspect that this code ...
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Timer in JavaScript
This is my first JavaScript application (it's inspired by this timer). How could I improve it?
I had to set the setInterval() to 980ms instead of 1000ms because it ...
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Progress Bar in C++
I made a simple progress bar with percentage counter for console applications in C++. Below is my code:
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A clock and a fortune: a full screen clock with random quotes in Tcl/Tk
I've written a small Tcl/Tk script for a friend that displays the current time, as well as a quote. He uses it in some project with a Raspberry Pi, and since I didn't want to cobble up something up in ...
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Measuring typing speed in terminal without a mistake
I tend to dislike my code. It's always a mess. I can't critique my own code though, because I just turn it into another mess. I've been programming slightly better every year, but this year it has ...
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Basic Countdown Timer
Below is a class,Countdown, that takes seconds as input from an entry, and starts counting down when the "Start" button is ...
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Countdown timer for new year
Please help me improve my code. Note that it runs just fine. Especially with the way I use SFML, I need lots of guidance since I've just started learning how to use this library. I'm still learning C++...
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Cookie Clicker Switches
In Cookie Clicker there are Golden cookies, and Wrath Golden Cookies.
Golden cookies are Clickable cookies that randomly appear, and when clicked they give Bonus cookies, or temporary boosts to ...
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Date and time incrementation, using a fictional calendar / clock
I created a simple clock & calendar system using a fictional system: everything from the number of seconds in a minute, down to the number of months in a year could be different from our accepted ...
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C# Extending the DispatcherTimer - Intermission timer
I'm working on a WPF project where a timer with Pause/Resume functionality is required. The standard Windows.Threading.DispatcherTimer doesn't offer that, so I ...
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Easy used head-only timer in C++11
This timer can add tasks running for one-shot, several times, or loop every time and delete task by marking its id. It's simply implemented by a priority queue.
My purpose is easy to use and ...
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Java Market Summary - JSON
I am writing a java program that will print current market values from a websites api. I used gson to parse the incoming json and Timer to run it every 5 minutes. I was wondering if this was the best ...
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A sleep primitive for CUDA device-side code
I've so far been spared the need to waste any cycles on the GPU, but it seems like this might change. After getting some information I was missing about the semantics of CUDA's ...
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Heartbeat Server
I'm writing a toy heartbeat server. Each client, upon loading, registers itself and thereafter, sends heartbeats every X seconds. The server checks every ...
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JavaScript component to display ephemeral notifications
I would like to improve my code and organization of JS files so I'm wondering if you guys could tell me what I could do better. I've included a small but typical example of how I often use components. ...
