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CrazyEngineers Forum - Computer Science & IT Engineering

CrazyEngineers Forum - Computer Science & IT Engineering

Interview Questions

Posted: 14 May 2011 09:58 PM PDT

pls post here latest interview questions as per ur xperience or if u hav ne resource....these questions wud b helpful in clearing these interviews...so pls do post

[CE Project] Local Movie Catalog using JAVA and IMDB/Rottentomatoes

Posted: 14 May 2011 05:42 AM PDT

This is a project that has been started on CE - Labs http://www.crazyengineers.com/forum/...ng-imdb-2.html. I am posting here so new members can see it and can take part in it.

Everything that is posted here will be ralevant. CE - Labs link will be updated by proper complete code, anyone can do that.




*******The Project:***********

Problem:

Too many movies on our hard drives without proper information to sort them according to rating, release dates, themes, etc.

Solution:

To do so we need a software that will fetch all the important data from IMDB or Rottentomatoes.com.

The database will update itself using the name of the movie and fill in important columns like IMDB rating, Starring, Directed by, Written by and Category (Horror, Drama, etc).

After the database has been populated we can sort them according to any field (Rating, Directed by, Release date, etc) and have a search function.

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This would now be written in Java instead of Python as planned before.

The first version will be a very basic bare-bones database.

Pour in your suggestions.

RESOURCES:

Rotten Tomatoes API for JAVA:
apirottentomatoes - API for java to access Rotten Tomatoes data - Google Project Hosting

IMDB webservice (limited):
IMDB API, IMDB web service

Java Movie Database:
Java Movie Database

Notes:

There is a software that already does this. Called XBMC : XBMC

It has a few flaws: The catalog is proper however, to play the movie we have use their movie player which does not give us the freedom to use our own player.

Secondly, it is a bloated program with music cataloging and picture cataloging too. about 35 MB.

Android Battery Life Problem

Posted: 14 May 2011 04:38 AM PDT

I've been hearing and reading about the Android Battery Life Problem for quite some time now. I earlier through battery life for most modern Android devices was influenced largely by the hardware and software had little role to play. However, it turns out that the low battery life exhibited by most of the phones is actually Android software problem.

Google's CEO Larry Page says that if you are not getting a full day on single charge, then you surely have a problem. Geek.com reported that they noticed many developers and engineers carried battery charging devices along with them at the Google I/O.

I want to hear from Android hackers and developers about the causes of this problem and possible fixes. I'm aware that installing few apps that cut down processes may save power. A general tip is to turn off all the unwanted features (3G, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth) and turn them on only when required.

Looking forward to your responses.
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