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When a new resource is created and it needs to do some lengthy processing before the resource is ready, how do I send that processing away into the background where it won't hold up the current request or other traffic to my web-app? in my model: class User < ActiveRecord::Base after_save :background_check protected def background_check # check through a list of 10000000000001 mil different # databases that takes approx one hour :) if( check_for_record_in_www( self.username ) ) # code that is run after the 1 hour process is finished. user.update_attribute( :has_record ) end end end ujh You

my application read a shoutcast. The meta data of the music played is collected from a webservice that return me a Json (so i don't have to decode the stream). I call the webservice every 20 seconds with a timer, this works in my application, but doesn't works in the AudioPlayer.cs //Timer private DispatcherTimer timer; /// <remarks> /// AudioPlayer instances can share the same process. /// Static fields can be used to share state between AudioPlayer instances /// or to communicate with the Audio Streaming agent. /// </remarks> public AudioPlayer() { if (!_classInitialized) { _classInitialized

I have a Django website, and one page has a button (or link) that when clicked will launch a somewhat long running task. Obviously I want to launch this task as a background task and immediately return a result to the user. I want to implement this using a simple approach that will not require me to install and learn a whole new messaging architecture like Celery for example. I do not want to use Celery! I just want to use a simple approach that I can set up and get running over the next half hour or so. Isn't there a simple way to do this in Django without having to add (yet another) 3rd

In WP7 app I am calling some code to update a live tile from the onInvoke method on the ScheduledAgent class. Getting an invalid cross-thread error. The line it is failing on is var fontForeground = new SolidColorBrush(Colors.White); I understand that there are limitations ans API's that I cannot call from within this background task, but I am only trying to setup some stuff to generate my own image to display on the Live tile. Is there something obvious I am doing wrong here. thanks Update... I have discovered this question How can I render text on a WriteableBitmap on a background thread, in