Processing and API's - twitter

Here's the top chunk of the code:
import java.util.* ;
//Build an ArrayList to hold all of the words that we get from the imported tweets
ArrayList<String> words = new ArrayList();
void setup() {
//Set the size of the stage, and the background to black.
size(800,800);
background(0);
smooth();
frameRate(5);
//Credentials
ConfigurationBuilder cb = new ConfigurationBuilder();
I'm trying to do something similar to Jer Thorp's tutorial: http://blog.blprnt.com/blog/blprnt/quick-tutorial-twitter-processing
I keep getting an error though: Cannot find a class or type named "ConfigurationBuilder"
I've tried to import stuff and keep getting errors when I try to drag and drop files- any suggestions?

You should be able to just drag the library .jar file onto the Processing editor. Make sure you get the correct .jar file, which you can check by either examining it as an archive file, or using the jar tf command.
You could also import the library using the Sketch -> Import Library menu. If the library isn't already installed, then you'll have to manually install it using the steps outlined here: http://wiki.processing.org/w/How_to_Install_a_Contributed_Library

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Getting paperjs to work in an electron app

Another learning project in the works... I am trying to use paperjs in an electron app.
According to the instructions, I think I should be using paper-jsdom (please correct me if I'm wrong). BTW, I am using TypeScript if that makes a difference. I have an HTML document with nothing but an empty <canvas> and a <script> tag referencing this:
import paper, {Color, Point, Path} from 'paper-jsdom'
window.onload = (): void => {
let canvas = document.getElementById("workspace") as HTMLCanvasElement;
paper.setup(canvas);
let path = new Path();
path.strokeColor = Color.random();
let start = new Point(100, 100);
path.moveTo(start);
path.lineTo(start.add(new Point(200, -50)));
paper.view.update();
};
So right off the bat I get:
Uncaught TypeError: paper_jsdom_1.Path is not a constructor
Ugh... So I tried a few random things (it's late, I'm tired...) and changing my import to:
import paper from 'paper'
import {Color, Point, Path} from 'paper-jsdom'
works, or at least the code above works.
Am I supposed to be importing some things from 'paper' and others from 'paper-jsdom'? What is the correct way to use paperjs in an electron app?
Unfortunately paper-jsdom doesn't seem to have any type info for TS.
Thanks!!
Since you are using Paper.js in the renderer process of Electron, you are using it in the browser context and not in Node.js context so you should use the common paper package which relies on browser Canvas API (and not paper-jsdom which targets browserless usage).
So you should be able to use Paper.js as you would for a website.
From your code example, I see that you are using TypeScript so you can have a look at this simple quickstart project that I made to play with Paper.js and TypeScript.
It uses this kind of import:
import * as paper from 'paper';
And then access Paper.js classes through the imported paper object:
new paper.Path.Circle({
center : paper.view.center,
radius : 50,
fillColor: 'orange',
});
Edit
Here is a repository showing the simplest way of using Paper.js in an Electron app.

How to read and write a text file in Flutter

How do you read text from a file and write text to a file?
I've been learning about how to read and write text to and from a file. I found another question about reading from assets, but that is not the same. I will add my answer below from what I learned from the documentation.
Setup
Add the following plugin in pubspec.yaml:
dependencies:
path_provider: ^1.6.27
Update the version number to whatever is current.
And import it in your code.
import 'package:path_provider/path_provider.dart';
You also have to import dart:io to use the File class.
import 'dart:io';
Writing to a text file
_write(String text) async {
final Directory directory = await getApplicationDocumentsDirectory();
final File file = File('${directory.path}/my_file.txt');
await file.writeAsString(text);
}
Reading from a text file
Future<String> _read() async {
String text;
try {
final Directory directory = await getApplicationDocumentsDirectory();
final File file = File('${directory.path}/my_file.txt');
text = await file.readAsString();
} catch (e) {
print("Couldn't read file");
}
return text;
}
Notes
You can also get the path string with join(directory.path, 'my_file.txt') but you need to import 'package:path/path.dart'.
Flutter's Official Documentation of Reading and Writing Files
This works for iOS, Android, Linux and MacOS but not for web.
As additional info to #Suragch's answer, if you want to find the file you created, you can do as the images show:
And then inside that data folder, go again to a folder named data and search for your package, and then go to:
If you happen to create new files, in order to be able to see them, just right click and click Synchronize.
An another way to pull the file from the device is by using adb pull command. You can find the file path by debugging the code and then use adb pull command. adb is located in Android SDK -> platform-tools directory.
./adb pull /storage/emulated/0/Android/data/com.innovate.storage.storage_sample/files/sample.txt ~/Downloads
#Suragch 's answer is right. Except the version of path_provider that you want to use now is:
path_provider: ^2.0.9

importing dart code from other projects

** This question is edited and cleaned up some **
I have two projects and I want to use code from one in the other; I seem to be having trouble putting the code in the right directory structure to make the import statements work.
Both projects are created and managed exclusively from the Dart Editor on a Mac, if that makes any differences.
Project Directory Structures
Project 1: a command line app which contains the code I want to share in the following directory structure:
/dart/command_line_app
/lib
shared_library.dart
/bin
command_line_app.dart
Project 2: a web app which wants to import the code in shared_libary.dart
/dart/web_application
/packages
/web
web_application.dart
In the file shared_libary.dart, I declare it to be a library can create a simple class that provides output when instantiated:
library shared_library;
class ShareMe
{
ShareMe()
{
print("Hello, ShareMe");
}
}
This compiles, and works inside the command_line project: command_line_app.dart has the following:
import 'package:command_line_app/shared_library.dart';
void main() {
ShareMe shareMe = new ShareMe();
print("Hello, World!");
}
This imports the code runs, printing both "Hello Share Me," and Hello World.
THE PROBLEM
I want to instantiate the ShareMe class inside web_application.dart. I'd thought I could do that by putting in the same import statement I put in my command_line code:
import 'package:command_line_app/shared_library.dart';
But, when I put the same import into the web_appliation, it gets the error
Target of URI does not exist 'package:command_line_app/shared_library.dart'
Other Things I've Tried
I was certain I'd solved the problem when I cntrl-Clicked properties on Web_application and selected Project References.
It brings up a window allowing me to select command_line_app with a check box, but when I do, I get an error:
Could not set the project description for 'web_application' because the project description file (.project) is out of sync with the file system.
Whatever that means.
When I cntrl-click the underlined error and try Quick Fix it offers me "resolve dependencies" which sounds promising, but after a few seconds, it comes back and informs me that
Pub get failed, [1] Resolving dependencies... (15.3s)
Could not find package command_line_app at https://pub.dartlang.org.
Depended on by:
- web_application 0.0.0
I hope this is clear-er and gives a better insight into both what I'm trying to do and what I'm missing.
EDIT
you need to add
dependencies:
command_line_app:
path: ../command_line_app
to your dependencies in web_application/pubspec.yaml.
EDIT END
When you want to make code reusable in different packages, you should put that code into the lib directory of that package and import it using import 'package:mypackage/myfile.dart';.
Another problem you may face is, that browser applications can't import packages that have a dart:io dependency. If you want to reuse code between command line and browser applications you should move them into the lib directory of another package my_shared_code where you put only code that doesn't depend on dart:io (for example some entity classes) and import this code from both app packages (browser and command line).

Could not find class 'weka.core.FastVector',

I am using weka for my project. but get the error info"could not find class weka.core.FastVector" on the line below. I have already added weka.jar from the build path of the project by adding external jar file. How should I solve this problem? Thanks a lot for your time on reviewing my question.
import weka.core.Attribute;
import weka.core.FastVector;
import weka.core.Instance;
import weka.core.Instances;
FastVector atts;
private void setUpARFF(){
atts = new FastVector();}
I know that FastVector was marked as obsolete a while back, perhaps they've finally removed it. Are you using the dev version of weka (or what version are you using)? FastVector can be replaced with ArrayList (in dev version) so use that instead.

How to reference another file in Dart?

I know you can use the library, import and even #import, but which is correct?
I have got two files, MainClass.dart and Library.Dart, and I want to add a reference to Library.dart in MainClass.dart. How can I do that?
Firstly let me just preface this by saying please do not use the hash symbol before import or library or anything else. This is an old syntax that is being deprecated. So we no longer want to use #import('...') The correct syntax is:
import 'some_file.dart';
That said, there are two different things we can do to access different dart source files within our current file. The first is to import the file. We use this such as in your case when you want to bring a different library into the current file (or more accurately current library).
Usually if your files are in the same directory, or a sub directory of the current one we would import them like this:
import 'lib/library.dart';
However If you are using the pub package layout you can also use some special short-cut references as well to import files (particularly from other packages you've imported). I highly suggest reading the documents on the pub site, as most applications and libraries are designed with this in mind. It also has suggestions on best naming conventions such as filenames in all lower case, and using underscore for spaces, and directory layouts.
The other important thing to know about bringing a dart file into another file, is that we can use the part and part of directives. This used to be called #source but was changed (with the removal of the hash sign) to reduce confusion. The part directive is used when we want to write a single library which spans multiple files. Say for instance you have an Awesome Library, which is starting to get a little large for a single file. We will create the main file of the library (not to be confused with the main method). This file will usually have the same name as the library itself.
// awesome_library.dart
library awesome_library;
import 'dart:math';
import '...';
// this injects all the content of secret_file.dart
// into this file right here almost as if it was
// here in the first place.
part 'src/secret_file.dart';
// The rest of our file here
// ...
The part directive basically takes everything from our src/secret_file.dart and inserts it into that part of the file. This allows us to split our huge Awesome Library into multiple smaller files that are easier to maintain. While not specifically required, it is helpful to use the part of directive in our secret_file.dart to help the editor know that it is "part of" the library.
// secret_file.dart
part of awesome_library;
// ... Rest of our secret_file code below.
Note that when using a part file like this, the part(s) (that is everything that is not the main file of the library) cannot import or use library declarations themselves. They import whatever is imported into the the main file, but they cannot add any additional imports.
For more information about library see this link.
Importing your own created libraries:
You will be importing the filename.dart and not the name of your library.
So if the name of your library is: myLib and it is saved in the file: someDartFile.dart you will have to
import 'someDartFile.dart';
If you have on Windows a library at: K:\SomeDir\someFile.dart you will need to write:
import '/K:/SomeDir/someFile.dart';
example:
import 'LibraryFile.dart'; //importing myLib
void main(){
//a class from myLib in the LibraryFile.dart file
var some = new SomeClassFromMyLibrary();
}
myLib in LibraryFile.dart:
library myLibrary;
import 'dart:math';
class SomeClassFromMyLibrary{
String _str = "this is some private String only to myLibrary";
String pubStr = "created instances of this class can access";
}
Here a full example.
//TestLib.dart
import 'LibFile.dart'; //SomeLibrary
void main() {
print("Hello, World!");
LibFile l = new LibFile();
print(l.publicString);//public
print(l.getPrivateString);//private
print(l.getMagicNumber); //42
}
//LibFile.dart
library SomeLibrary;
part 'LibFile2.dart';
class LibFile {
String _privateString = "private";
String publicString = "public";
String get getPrivateString => _privateString;
int get getMagicNumber => new LibFile2().number;
}
//LibFile2.dart
part of SomeLibrary;
class LibFile2 {
int number = 42;
}
Although i am answering very late, but the answer may help new developer.
Always use pubspec.yaml file in your dart package(application/library).
once you run pub get command it will add your local library in the dependencies list in .packages file.
Consider i have following project structure.
To refer to the content of greeting.dart in my main.dart file i should add the library as below
import 'package:my_project_name/greeting.dart'
Once imported we can use the content of greeting.dart file in our main.dart file.
Note: we have not used the actual path as you can see 'lib' directory is missing.
First make sure that's the name which you have mentioned in pubspec.yaml and the file you want to import are sharing the exact same name
example:
pubspec.yaml
name: flutter_wordpress_app
description: flutter wordpress app
...
....
// dirOne/dirTwo/greeting.dart
class FavArticleBloc {
// Your code goes here
}
import 'package:flutter_wordpress_app/dirOne/dirTwo/greeting.dart'
void main(){
var some = new FavArticleBloc();
}
But
in the main.dartyou don't need to specify
import 'package:flutter_wordpress_app
just do like below
import 'dirOne/dirTwo/greeting.dart

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