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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Script to activate an alarm at a time in the future
I am making a flashlight plugin for macOS.
Here is the main code, plugin.py, the method results gets called first and is passed ...
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Calling a function every 40 second inside a while loop
This code invokes a function for every 40 seconds inside a loop. I am doubtful about this condition:
if ((time_left <= 0 || time_left > interval))
Is only ...
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Countdown AppIndicator
I've decided to translate an old Unity AppIndicator I had written in C to Ruby, so I can practice coding with it (got a little bored with the completely beginner lessons I've been following, which I'...
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Timer functionality in Python
I am trying to implement Elapsed Timer in Python (version 3). The clock and time methods in Python seems to have different ...
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Trying MVVM on timer app
Check me:
Model should do everything. That's where all functionalities and features are accommodated. It has some properties, that I can access and use. ...
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Matlab tic and toc commands implemented in C++
I need to time a few functions that I'm implementing, so I decided to implement a way of timing even multiple or sub calls based on the stack data structure and on the ...
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Watchdog in Golang
I am new to Go. I am trying to implement a simple watchdog. It calls a function once after a certain delay has elapsed; kicking it resets the delay. Kicking it after the function has already been ...
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Implementing a Rubik's Cube timer and scrambler in console
Related, but in C++
I have written a program that generates scrambling algorithms for and times a solving session of a 3x3 Rubik's cube.
Requirements for scramble and timer
The same face cannot be ...
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Single-threaded timer
I've created a System.Threading.Timer wrapper in C#. The tasks to be triggered when the timer elapses have highly variable execution times. My design criteria are:
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A clock implemented using Moment.js
This is a POC for a clock using moment.js, eventually I plan to recreate this in Raect.js. Any opimisations or a better way to do it?
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Timer class to measure time differences
Here is my Timer class code, and the context it is being used in. How accurate is the timer for measure elapsed time?
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Countdown module that hides an element when a specified date is reached
I have the following piece of code which hides an element when a specified date was reached. I would like to get some tips about do's and don'ts.
Specifically, I'm interested in:
improvements ...
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Babysitting a server reboot
I'm looking to improve a loop within a script that performs scheduled server restarts.
Currently, I'm using a DO While loop with an exit condition within an IF statement once a counter reaches a ...
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Countdown Timer for Tests
I created this countdown timer as a tool to count down the remaining time on a test a few months ago. However, I looked at the code today and it looks like it needs some improvement, but I'm not sure ...
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Easy-to-use C++ class for asking current time stamp in milli-, micro- and nanoseconds
I have to benchmark my code often, and decided that it is about time to implement an easy API for that:
current_time.h:
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Helper utilities for easier benchmarking in C
I have this tiny library for measuring the execution time in milliseconds and returning the duration plus the result:
execres.h
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Pomodoro timer in Go
My goal is to implement a simple pomodoro timer using Go: channels, goroutines. I'm newbie in Go world and have some misunderstanding about naming convention. I read a lot of Docker's code on GitHub ...
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Custom countdown timer class to replace the Android CountdownTimer
This project was made to replace the stock Android CountdownTimer class. It is more responsive when completing the timer and adds additional functionality such as ...
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Android splash screen
I have implemented a splash screen, to hold/pause the screen for few seconds and then launch the next screen. I am very enthusiastic to know if there is a more basic way to write the code.
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Pomodoro clock in js
I created a JavaScript library on Pomodoro time management method. I don't know if it's good so I though that you can help me with reviews.
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CountDownTimer that responds to clicks
The app: Creates CountDownTimers and displays them in a simple layout. The user can choose how long the timer should be through SharedPreferences and a settings activity. Each timer has a preparation ...
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Portable periodic/one-shot timer thread - follow-up
This is a much improved version (I hope) of code in this previous code review of mine.
I have:
renamed several things. Are the names good?
made it lazily start the worker thread only after the first ...
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Sleep with count down display
I have a sleep function which displays the time remaining in sec, some feedback would be appreciated
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JavaScript idle managing structure
I am just getting into the world of javascript, coming from the world of classical inheritance. The following is a library I wrote to track when a webapp is idling and I wrote it like I write ...
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A small timer in C
I needed to make a timer to profile small programs a while back. My use wasn't for a major project or mission critical code or anything even remotely close to that, just for personal learning ...
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Detecting the duration of a button press in a microcontroller project
I'm a C++ newbie and so far have written my code mostly in an not OO way. Since this is getting confusing I'd like to start creating libraries for some of the functionalities that I've implemented. ...
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XCTestCase#waitFalseExpectationUntilTimeout implementation
I am working on an iOS project and I'm in charge of testing most parts of it. As I write some tests, I often have the need to wait for an asynchronous method to finish, and then test that something ...
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Basic game engine: timer, FPS and logic loop
I'm creating a simple Java game engine (just for fun). The idea is to create a basic framework for developing any kind of 2D game, an abstract engine that does the hard work. Would you like to review ...
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Update method using timer in WinForms Poker app
I have a WinForms Poker app that needs to update some stuff and im doing this by using a timer:
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A reusable AJAX polling function
I have written a small JavaScript function which performs an AJAX request every x seconds.
I was hoping some of you could give it a look over and give me any pointers on redundant code or bad ...
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Script to pick random answers for a vocabulary quiz
I am making a small script, which, when run in the console on Vocabulary.com, picks one answer (the third or fourth) and clicks. Then the code checks if the answer was wrong or right and goes to the ...
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Chess countdown timer for Arduino LCD Keypad
I'm very new to C++ and Arduino, with a background in Python. I've written this code for a countdown timer and a simple menu to set the time available to each player, using button handling code from ...
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Event timers database interaction layer
I've just started with the basics of OOP. At first it looked complicated, but once I just started with it, it seemed so easy and everything seems to work like a charm, and that's why I'm unsure if I'm ...
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Lower the volume of my computer over time in Python
I wrote a program to gradually lower the volume of my computer when I go to sleep so I can fall asleep with TV or music on. This was my first time using argparse and I feel like there should be a ...
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Custom countdown second timer
I'm making a card game and I found useful to include a 60 second countdown timer. Here is my approach:
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Restarting properly
I have an activity with a timer in it, which starts an activity when the timer goes down. Before, when onPause() would get called after a phone call, my activity ...
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Millisecond timer using plain standard C++98
For development I'm using timer classes that are based on Win32 functions like QueryPerformanceCounter() or the time stamp counter of Intel-compatible CPUs. However,...
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setTimeout and setInterval
Problem statement
After 10 sec of execution of a program, start reading the property descriptors of each property of an object and continue reading all remaining properties each, every 3 seconds ...
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Minimalist countdown timer with C#
I'm looking to add a module to one of my utility classes that functions as a countdown timer for tools that execute tasks after a certain amount of time. The code below is what I have working for PoC, ...
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Periodically monitor if record is not updated using Node, Event and setTimeOut
Here is my scenario:
Every user checks in every five minutes.
If some user doesn't check in after 5 minutes, I should be able to keep track of it.
If some user doesn't check in N number of times, an ...
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Rubik's cube timer & scrambler
This uses a linked list to store the data. I used a linked list as it's the only type of data structure that I know currently. Using chrono, I can get microseconds ...
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Precise timings with low jitter via RDTSC (for x86 and x64)
The Win32 API has a so-called 'high performance counter' (QueryPerformanceCounter() and friends) but often it is neither precise enough nor reliable enough, due to ...
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Executing periodic tasks
I am writing a code in Golang to execute a periodic function (every 2 second). According to documentation and an example I have written two programs. Can anybody tell which one is better? Also, is ...
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Pomodoro Timer in Javascript
I've made a Pomodoro Timer application. All it does is countdown from a time in minutes given by the user to 0:00. It does this first for a session time, and then switches to a break timer and ...
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Measuring performance of code using StopWatch
I have created a StopWatch class to measure the performance of any code. I use this StopWatch code in any of my multithreading projects as well.
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Simple stopwatch class
I'm not sure what the best way is when dealing with users calling start() multiple times or stop() before calling ...
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Writing C#'s analog of setTimeout, setInterval and clearInterval
I got tired of starting timer every time I need to do something simple as running some function 5 seconds after something in my code happens. So I tried to write a function (actually, 3 of them: ...
