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Set S.M.A.R.T Goals

Never underestimate the power of setting S.M.A.R.T. goals. People often find it challenging to take action towards their goals because they don’t know where to start. Or they have started, but it doesn’t seem like they’re going anywhere. Yes, it can be overwhelming, but S.M.A.R.T. goals prompt you to act on what you want to achieve.

S.M.A.R.T. goals mean:

Specific

Measurable

Achievable

Relevant

Time-based

With this structured guide to goal-setting, you’ll know what to do, when to do it, and why you do it.

Note that procrastination is a success killer. Avoid it as much as you can. It’s a corrosive behavior only the mediocre possess. So no more excuses, and start working towards bettering yourself now.

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What are the best practices for integrating automation into existing infrastructure?

Integrating automation into existing infrastructure can significantly enhance efficiency, reduce errors, and optimize resource usage. However, it requires careful planning and execution to ensure a smooth transition and effective integration. Here are some best practices for integrating automation into existing infrastructure:

1.Assess Current Infrastructure

Conduct a Comprehensive Audit: Start by assessing your current infrastructure to identify areas where automation can be most beneficial. Understand existing processes, workflows, and systems.

Identify Pain Points: Focus on repetitive, time-consuming, and error-prone tasks that could be improved with automation.

2. Set Clear Objectives

Define Automation Goals: Establish clear objectives for what you want to achieve with automation, such as reducing operational costs, improving efficiency, or enhancing scalability.

Prioritize Tasks: Determine which processes should be automated first based on their impact, complexity, and return on investment (ROI).

3. Choose the Right Automation Tools

Evaluate Automation Platforms: Select tools and platforms that are compatible with your existing infrastructure and meet your automation needs. Consider factors like scalability, ease of use, integration capabilities, and vendor support.

Open Standards and Interoperability: Opt for tools that adhere to open standards and offer interoperability to ensure seamless integration with existing systems.

4. Ensure Security and Compliance

Data Security: Implement strong security measures to protect sensitive data during and after the automation process. This includes encryption, access control, and regular security audits.

Compliance Considerations: Ensure that the automation processes comply with industry regulations and standards, especially in sectors like finance, healthcare, and data protection.

5. Involve Stakeholders Early

Collaboration with Teams: Involve relevant stakeholders, including IT, operations, and business units, from the early stages of planning. Their input is crucial for identifying needs and potential challenges.

User Training: Provide training to employees to help them understand and adapt to the new automated processes.

6. Adopt a Phased Approach

Pilot Projects: Start with small, manageable pilot projects to test the effectiveness of automation tools and processes before scaling up.

Gradual Implementation: Gradually expand automation across the organization to minimize disruption and allow for adjustments based on feedback.

7. Integration with Existing Systems

APIs and Middleware: Use APIs and middleware to facilitate communication between the automation tools and existing systems. This helps in creating a cohesive environment where automated processes can interact seamlessly with current infrastructure.

Data Consistency: Ensure that data remains consistent across automated and non-automated systems. Implement synchronization mechanisms to keep databases and applications aligned.

8. Monitor and Optimize

Continuous Monitoring: Implement monitoring tools to track the performance of automated processes in real-time. This helps in identifying bottlenecks, failures, and areas for improvement.

Regular Optimization: Continuously review and optimize automated processes to ensure they remain efficient and effective as your infrastructure evolves.

9. Create a Robust Backup and Recovery Plan

Redundancy and Failover: Implement redundancy and failover mechanisms to ensure business continuity in case of automation failures.

Backup Strategies: Regularly back up data and configurations to prevent data loss during the automation process.

10. Documentation and Knowledge Sharing

Comprehensive Documentation: Document all automated processes, including workflows, configurations, and troubleshooting steps. This is vital for maintaining and scaling automation.

Knowledge Sharing: Encourage knowledge sharing across teams to build a culture of automation and empower employees to leverage automation tools effectively.

11. Evaluate and Adapt

Post-Implementation Review: After implementation, conduct a review to assess whether the automation goals have been met. Gather feedback from users and stakeholders to identify areas for further improvement.

Adapt to Changes: Be prepared to adapt and modify automated processes as business needs evolve and new technologies emerge.

12. Consider Scalability and Flexibility

Plan for Future Growth: Ensure that the automation solutions you implement can scale with your business needs and adapt to changes in your infrastructure.

Modular Automation: Implement modular automation solutions that can be easily modified or expanded as new requirements arise.

By following these best practices, organizations can successfully integrate automation into their existing infrastructure, achieving the desired benefits while minimizing risks and disruptions.

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MySQL Connector/J 8.0.24 has been released

Dear MySQL users, MySQL Connector/J 8.0.24 is the latest General Availability release of the MySQL Connector/J 8.0 series.  It is suitable for use with MySQL Server versions 8.0 and 5.7.  It supports the Java Database Connectivity (JDBC) 4.2 API, and implements the X DevAPI. This release includes the following new features and changes, also described in more detail on https://dev.mysql.com/doc/relnotes/connector-j/8.0/en/news-8-0-24.htmlAs always, we recommend that you check the “CHANGES” file in the download archive to be aware of changes in behavior that might affect your application. To download MySQL Connector/J 8.0.24 GA, see the “General Availability (GA) Releases” tab at http://dev.mysql.com/downloads/connector/j/Enjoy! Changes in MySQL Connector/J 8.0.24 (2021-04-20, General Availability)      * Functionality Added or Changed      * Bugs Fixed Functionality Added or Changed      * X DevAPI: For X Protocol connections, the Server now        provides three new kinds of notifications for        disconnections:           + Server shutdown: This is due to a server shutdown.             It causes Connector/J to terminate all active and             idle sessions connected to the server in the             connection pool with the error message “Server             shutdown in progress”.           + Connection idle: This is due to the connection             idling for longer than the relevant timeout             settings. It causes Connector/J to close the current             connection with the error message “IO Read error:             read_timeout exceeded”.           + Connection killed: This is due to the connection             being killed by another client session. It causes             Connector/J to close the connection in the current             session with the error message “Session was killed”.      * A new connection property, scrollTolerantForwardOnly, has        been introduced, which preserved the legacy behavior of        Connector/J 8.0.17 and earlier by tolerating backward and        absolute cursor movements on result sets of type        ResultSet.TYPE_FORWARD_ONLY. This is for maintaining        compatibility with legacy code that took advantage of the        old behavior. See the description for        scrollTolerantForwardOnly for details. (Bug #31747910)        References: See also: Bug #30474158.      * Connector/J now supports “userless” authentication for        JDBC connections: When the user for the connection is        unspecified, Connector/J uses the name of the OS user who        runs the application for authentication with the MySQL        server. See Connector/J: Obtaining a connection from the        DriverManager (https://dev.mysql.com/doc/connector-j/8.0/en/connector-j-usagenotes-connect-drivermanager.html#connector-j-examples-connection-drivermanager)        for more details.      * Starting from this release, whenever an authentication        plugin is explicitly set for the connection property        defaultAuthenticationPlugin (https://dev.mysql.com/doc/connector-j/8.0/en/connector-j-connp-props-connection.html#cj-conn-prop_defaultAuthenticationPlugin),        the specified plugin takes precedence over        the server’s default when Connector/J negotiates a plugin        with the server. There is no behavioral change for        Connector/J if no value is explicitly set for the        property, in which case the server’s choice of default        plugin takes precedence over the implicit default of        mysql_native_password for Connector/J. See the        description of defaultAuthenticationPlugin (https://dev.mysql.com/doc/connector-j/8.0/en/connector-j-connp-props-connection.html#cj-conn-prop_defaultAuthenticationPlugin)        for details.      * In the past, for JDBC connections, when the server closed        a session because a client was idling beyond the period        specified by the server’s wait_timeout system variable,        Connector/J returned a generic IO error. Connector/J now        relays a clearer error message from the server. Bugs Fixed      * X DevAPI: Concurrently getting and closing multiple        sessions from the same X DevAPI Client object might        result in a ConcurrentModificationException thrown by        Connector/J at the closing of a session. (Bug #31699993)      * X DevAPI: Under some specific conditions, when using        Deflate as the algorithm for compression of X Protocol        connections, Connector/J threw an        AssertionFailedException (ASSERTION FAILED: Unknown        message type: 57). It was because when a compressed        packet was just a few bytes longer than the size of some        internal buffer used by a Java InflaterInputStream, the        leftover bytes from the inflate procedure were being        discarded by Connector/J, causing inflation of subsequent packets        to fail. With this fix, no data bytes are discarded, and        the inflation works as expected. (Bug #31510398, Bug        #99708)      * When a SecurityManager was in place, connections to a        MySQL Server could not be established unless the client        had been properly configured to use SASL-based LDAP        authentication. It was because the        AuthenticationLdapSaslClientPlugin in Connector/J        requires a special permission to load the provider        MySQLScramShaSasl when a SecurityManager is in place; but        since the provider was loaded by a static initializer        during initialization for the plugin, the lack of the        permission was causing an error and then failures for all        connections, even if the plugin was never used or        enabled. This fix changes how the provider is loaded: the        loading now happens only at the plugin instance’s        initialization and the initialization was deferred to the        time when the plugin is actually needed, so that        connections that do not use SASL-based LDAP        authentication are unaffected by security settings        regarding the plugin. (Bug #32526663, Bug #102188)      * When using Connector/J 8.0.23,        ResultSetMetaData.getColumnClassName() did not return the        correct class name corresponding to DATETIME columns.        (Bug #32405590, Bug #102321)      * Creation of an UpdatableResultSet failed with a        NullPointerException when it was generated by querying a        view with a derived value. (Bug #32338451, Bug #102131)      * Using getLong() on the CHAR_OCTET_LENGTH column of the        ResultSet for DatabaseMetaData.getProcedureColumns() (or        getFunctionColumns()) resulted in a NumberOutOfRange        exception when the column’s value exceeded 2^32 − 1. With        this patch, the value of 2^32 − 1 is returned in the        situation. (Bug #32329915, Bug #102076)      * Connections to a server could not be established when the        user supplied an implementation of the        ConnectionPropertiesTransform interface using the        connection property propertiesTransform. This was because        Connector/J called PropertyKey.PORT.getKeyName() instead        of PropertyKey.HOST.getKeyName() for getting the host        name, and that has been corrected by this fix. (Bug        #32151143, Bug #101596)      * A NullPointerException was returned when a statement that        could not be used as a ServerPreparedStatement was        executed and the connection property useUsageAdvisor (https://dev.mysql.com/doc/connector-j/8.0/en/connector-j-connp-props-debugging-profiling.html#cj-conn-prop_useUsageAdvisor)        was set to true. With this fix, a SQLException        is returned instead. (Bug #32141210, Bug #101558)      * Using the setSessionMaxRows() method on a closed        connection resulted in a NullPointerException. With this        fix, a SQLNonTransientConnectionException is thrown        instead, with the error message “No operations allowed        after connection closed.” (Bug #22508715)      * Using the setObject() method for a target type of        Types.TIME resulted in a SQLException when the value to        be set had a fractional part, or when the value did not        fit any pattern described in Date and Time Literals (https://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/8.0/en/date-and-time-literals.html).        This patch introduced a new logic that can        handle fractional parts; also, it performs the conversion        according to the patterns of the literals and, when        needed, the target data type. (Bug #20391832) Enjoy and thanks for the support! On Behalf of the MySQL Engineering Team, Nawaz Nazeer Ahamed https://insidemysql.com/mysql-connector-j-8-0-24/

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Fun with arrow and higher order functions

Through this small article, we are going to overview arrow functions and higher order functions in JavaScript.

Arrow functions

In JavaScript, arrow functions were introduced by ECMAScript 6 and are, in a way, a shorter manner to write functions. They allow us to write functions that are small, inline and single-purpose. They have a concise syntax, implicit returns and share lexical "this" with the parent scope.

Arrow functions allow us to do something like this:

//*************************************// //***** NOT USING ARROW FUNCTIONS *****// //*************************************// var sayHello = function() { console.log('Hello world!'); } var splitePhrase = function(phrase) { return phrase.split(' '); } var multiply = function(x, y) { return x * y; } var setObject = function setProperties(id, name) { return { id: id, name: name }; }; //*********************************// //***** USING ARROW FUNCTIONS *****// //*********************************// let sayHello = () => { console.log('Hello world!'); } let splitePhrase = phrase => phrase.split(' '); let multiply = (x, y) => x * y; let setObject = (id, name) => ({id: id, name: name});

The side effect of arrow functions is, because they are anonymous, even if we place them in variables, they will not give us very good stack traces. The other thing is we can not use them as constructors because they don’t have a prototype property or other internal methods.

Higher order functions

A higher-order function is a function that can take another function as an argument, or that returns a function as a result. The fact that we can place a function into another function allows us to compose small functions into bigger functions. The function passed to the other function is also known as callback. Let's have some examples:

Filter

The filter function returns an array filled with all elements of a provided array that had passed a specific test.

const animals = [ { name: 'Spike', species: 'dog' }, { name: 'Garefield', species: 'cat' }, { name: 'Tom', species: 'cat' }, { name: 'Droopy', species: 'dog' } ]; var isCat = (function(animal) { return animal.species === 'cat'; }); var cats = animals.filter(isCat); console.log(cats); /** * Will output * Array(2) * 0 : "Garefield" * 1 : "Tom" */

Map

We can use map if we want to create an array with the values of another array after each of them went through a specific function.

const persons = [ { name: 'John', browser: 'Chrome' }, { name: 'Jane', browser: 'Firefox' }, { name: 'Sam', browser: 'Chrome' }, { name: 'Paul', browser: 'Edge' } ]; var names = persons.map(function(person) { return person.name; }); console.log(names); /** * Will output * Array(4) * 0 : "John" * 1 : "Jane" * 2 : "Sam" * 3 : "Paul" */

Reduce

The reduce function reduces an array to a single value. It executes a provided function for each value of the array, from left to right.

var orders = [ { amount: 210 }, { amount: 35 }, { amount: 142 }, { amount: 47 } ]; var totalAmount = orders.reduce(function(sum, order) { return sum + order.amount }, 0); console.log(totalAmount); /** * Will output * 43 */

Let's have fun

Now, let's try to put all this information together. For some reasons, let's say we are working on a brand new video game where some Italian plumbers have to rescue a princess from a dangerous dragon monster that breathes fire (any resemblance to fictional famous characters is purely coincidental).

Down bellow, we have an array with some events concerning the big monster:

const bigMonsterEvilDragonEvents = [ { type: 'attack', value: 12, target: 'italian-plumber-1' }, { type: 'attack', value: 12, target: 'italian-plumber-2' }, { type: 'fire', value: 40 }, { type: 'jump', target: 'bridge' }, { type: 'attack', value: 23, target: 'italian-plumber-1' }, { type: 'jump', target: 'tower' }, { type: 'laugh', value: 95 }, { type: 'attack', value: 6, target: 'italian-plumber-2' }, { type: 'attack', value: 15, target: 'italian-plumber-1' } ];

If we want to know how much damage the big monster made on the Italian Plumber 1 at the end of all of these events, using what we previously saw, we can simply do it like this:

const totalDamageOnItalianPlumber1 = bigMonsterEvilDragonEvents .filter(e => e.type === 'attack') .filter(e => e.target === 'italian-plumber-1') .map(e => e.value) .reduce((prev, x) => (prev || 0) + x); console.log(totalDamageOnItalianPlumber1); /** * Will output * 50 */

That's it! That is how we can use arrow functions and higher order functions to easily have access to some results that would require more lines of code without these last functions.

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THE LAST WEEK OF MY INTERNSHIP AND THE SET OBJECTIVES THAT I ACHIEVED

My last week has been filled with activities in achieving both my research data collections objective and doing field work under the Health Directorate. Lucky I have been able to successfully achieve them all. 

Here is the background of data collected for my thesis.

Learning    Objectives  I:  

Finding  the  barriers  and  driving  force  to  food  hygiene  and  safety  practices  among  school  food  vendors  in  Winneba  District, Ghana.

INTERVIEW GUIDE

Research Topic : 

Food hygiene and safety practices among school food vendors in Winneba Municipality.

Research Question:

What are the barriers and the driving factors school food vendors face in providing safer and healthy food for school children in Winneba Municipality?

Methodological approach:

Qualitative approach

  Focus Group Discussion

  Key Informants Interview

 Focus group interview

 Obersevation

Key Area of Investigation:

 Food Safety

 Hygiene of the Environment

 Personal Hygiene

 Healthy Food and Quality

 Institutional Legislative and Law Control

 Operation Benefits

Interview Participants 

1.    Key informative interview:

8 key people in the Municipality.  

District Nutritional officer

Community Health Nurse

District Disease Control Officer

School Head Teacher

Child Reproductive Center - School Health Program Officer

School Welfare Officer

Environmental Health Officer

Community Radio – Sanitation Program Present-Member of the  Local         Assembly

  Interview:

10  School Food Vendors from 10( ten) Government schools in the  Winneba Municipality.

3 parents with children attending some government schools in the Winneba Municipality.

3.    Focus Group Discussion :

6 vendors from selected government schools in the Winneba Municipality

Observation. 

From some selected School food Vendors operational activities.

Here is the municipal map where my research data collection covered.

Effutu Municipality Map

Beside collecting the data for my thesis, I did took part in the Winneba Municipal��Health Directorate Works to gain a better understand of the works  under each of the departments. Here are the set objectives that I attained.

Learning   Objectives  2 :     

To  gain  a  greater  understanding  of  the  work  of  the  Municipal  Health  Directorate,  Winneba.

Learning Objectives  3:     

To  gain  understanding  of  the  work  of  the  various  departments  under  the  Municipal  Health  Directorate.

Learning  Objectives  4: 

 Focusing  on  more  practical  works with  the  Environmental  and  Health  Department.

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