Scheduling
Scheduling is the division of time into a set, understandable (and therefore predictable and actionable) measurement and/or sequential or organizational structure. Scheduling can be done in many different ways, as different cultures have vastly different ways of experiencing, interpreting, measuring and denoting the passage of time as well as how they valuate the issue of timeliness (and tardiness). For this reason, many different Calendar systems and date/time formats have emerged.[1]
Scheduling in most modern computer systems is based on the Gregorian Calendar, which involves dividing up the year's 365 days/12 months/52 weeks by the respective28-31 days per month, and 24hrs in per day into timeslots, within which to place various meetings, arrangements, appointments and plans. In computer systems, schedulers can run repetitive tasks (as in a daily back up) to save time from perform tedious daily activities.
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Timezones
Differences in timezones typically need to be taken into consideration in scheduling people (and possibly even machines/server) for performing a certain activity (such as participating in a conference/meeting, or, crunching some important numbers or fetching some data).
- The TimezoneConverter: http://www.thetimezoneconverter.com/ [2]
- Timezone Conversion Mac Widget: http://www.timothyarmes.com/blog/2010/07/timezone-conversion/
Tools
- MONIT - Monit is a free open source utility for managing and monitoring, processes, files, directories and filesystems on a UNIX system: http://mmonit.com/monit/
- Tungle Me - personal calendar/appointment scheduling: http://tungle.me (now owned by RIM)[4]
- Tivoli Workload Scheduler: http://www-01.ibm.com/software/tivoli/products/scheduler/[5]
- MyWebCRON: http://www.mywebcron.com (FREE web based cron scheduler)
- CallMyApp: http://callmyapp.com/
- GetCRON: http://www.getcron.com/
- Windows Task Scheduler - AT: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa383614.aspx[6][7][8][9]
- Windows Task Scheduler 2.0 "schtasks": http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windows/desktop/aa383614%28v=vs.85%29.aspx[10]
- CRON Task Scheduler: http://pubs.opengroup.org/onlinepubs/9699919799/utilities/crontab.html[11][12]
Resources
- Windows - Task Scheduler "schtasks" (REFERENCE): http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb736357.aspx
- Windows - Task Scheduler "AT" (REFERENCE): http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb490866.aspx
- Unix - CRON Scheduler (REFERENCE): http://www.adminschoice.com/crontab-quick-reference[13][14]
AJAX
- dhtmlxScheduler - Ajax Events Calendar/Scheduler: http://dhtmlx.com/docs/products/dhtmlxScheduler/[15]
- jQuery Calendar: http://github.com/robmonie/jquery-week-calendar[16]
JAVA
- Quartz: http://www.quartz-scheduler.org/
- Quartz scheduler example: http://www.mkyong.com/java/quartz-scheduler-example/
- Spring + Quartz scheduler example: http://www.mkyong.com/spring/spring-quartz-scheduler-example/
- Flux - Java Job Scheduler (commercial): http://fluxcorp.com/java-api.html
PHP
- PHP Classes - Appointment Calendar: http://www.phpclasses.org/package/6066-PHP-Manage-scheduled-appointments.html
- phpJobScheduler: http://www.phpjobscheduler.co.uk/
- PHP ScheduleIT!: www.php.brickhost.com/
- MySQL Scheduler: http://phpro.org/tutorials/MySQL-Scheduler.html
- PHP Classes - Round robin tournament scheduler: http://www.phpclasses.org/package/4719-PHP-Schedule-a-round-robin-games-tournament.html
Python
- pyschedule: http://code.google.com/p/pyschedule/
- pytaskscheduler: http://ostatic.com/pytaskscheduler
C
- Shell-based Cron job
Tutorials
- The Factory - A simple CRON Tutorial.: http://www.thefactory.ro/support/faq/a-simple-cron-tutorial.html
- Introducing Cron: http://www.sitepoint.com/introducing-cron/
- Exponential Backoff in Distributed Systems: http://dthain.blogspot.ca/2009/02/exponential-backoff-in-distributed.html
External Links
- wikipedia: Scheduling
- wikipedia: Job scheduler
- wikipedia: Task Scheduler
- "Better Late Than Never" (QUOTE): http://www.quotationspage.com/quote/24366.html -Titus Livius (59BC-17AD)
- How to use the Windows Task Scheduler: http://www.iopus.com/guides/winscheduler.htm
- Using Windows XP Task Scheduler to Automate an FTP Upload: http://www.isinc.com/2008/11/19/using-windows-xp-task-scheduler-to-automate-an-ftp-upload/
- Linux Job Scheduling: http://www.linuxjournal.com/article/4087
- Using Windows Task Scheduler to put PCs into standby or hibernate mode: http://www.energystar.gov/index.cfm?c=power_mgt.pr_power_mgt_wts
- Using SQL to Find Unscheduled Hours: http://www.sectorfej.net/2010/05/15/using-sql-to-find-unscheduled-hours/
- How to Run Late for a Meeting in Style; http://www.businessweek.com/articles/2012-07-18/how-to-run-late-for-a-meeting-in-style
References
- ↑ wikipedia: List of calendars
- ↑ Timezone Converter -- weekend challenge: http://thetimezoneconverter.com/weekend-challenge.html
- ↑ JetLag Calculator (by Timezones crossed): http://www.bodyclock.com/
- ↑ 4 Web-Based Meeting Schedulers Reviewed: http://mashable.com/2010/04/07/meeting-schedulers/
- ↑ Maestro Job Scheduler - IBM Tivoli Workload Scheduler: www.onesmartclick.com/job-scheduling-software/maestro-job-scheduler.html
- ↑ wikipedia: Windows Task Scheduler
- ↑ How To Schedule Tasks in Windows XP: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/308569
- ↑ Windows with C++Task Scheduler 2.0: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-ca/magazine/cc163350.aspx
- ↑ Run Programs Automatically Using Windows Task Scheduler: http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/how-to-automate-windows-programs-on-a-schedule/
- ↑ wikipedia: schtasks
- ↑ wikipedia: CRON Task Scheduler
- ↑ wikipedia: cron
- ↑ CronTrigger Tutorial: http://quartz-scheduler.org/documentation/quartz-1.x/tutorials/crontrigger
- ↑ Spring Task Execution and Scheduling: http://static.springsource.org/spring/docs/3.0.x/reference/scheduling.html
- ↑ dhtmlxScheduler DEMO: http://dhtmlx.com/docs/products/dhtmlxScheduler/sample_recurring.html
- ↑ jQuery Calendar DEMO: http://jquery-week-calendar.googlecode.com/svn/trunk/jquery.weekcalendar/full_demo/weekcalendar_full_demo.html
See Also
Calendar | Automation | OS
