How to build a SystemTray app for Windows?

You do this using the pywin32 (Python for Windows Extensions) module. Example Code for Python 2 Similar Question To make it run at startup you could mess around with services but it’s actually much easier to install a link to the exe in the users “Startup Folder”. Windows 7 and Vista c:\Users\[username]\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Startup Windows XP … Read more

How to organize JS files in a Appcelerator Titanium project

Titanium itself is essentially MVC given that your app.js file is the main controller and each View you create is the view and you pass (or set) model data against the view. In Titanium, you can decompose your application using a couple of nice built-in mechanisms: Titanium.include – Titanium.include allows you to include one or … Read more

What is exact meaning of “kitchen sink” in programming?

The English phrase “Everything but the kitchen sink” means “almost anything one can think of”. Looking at the first 8 Google results for github kitchen sink, it’s pretty clear that it’s generally used for demo applications which showcase all (or almost all) of the features of an API, generally for use by developers who’re learning … Read more

How do you integrate the Parse Javascript API with Appcelerator and not use undocumented calls?

Maybe this part of a newer SDK, but can’t you just call: Parse.FacebookUtils.logIn({ “facebook”: { “id”: “user’s Facebook id number as a string”, “access_token”: “an authorized Facebook access token for the user”, “expiration_date”: “token expiration date of the format: yyyy-MM-dd’T’HH:mm:ss.SSS’Z'” }, { success : function(_user) {}, error : function(_user, error) {} } }; It’s not … Read more