Top "Bootstrapping" questions

A bootstrap is a series of procedures ran when an application starts up or a request over the web is received.

How can a language's compiler be written in that language?

Possible Duplicates: implementing a compiler in “itself” Bootstrapping a language How can you write a compiler in the same language …

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Configuring Automapper in Bootstrapper violates Open-Closed Principle?

I am configuring Automapper in the Bootstrapper and I call the Bootstrap() in the Application_Start(), and I've been told …

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Self updating application install with WIX?

I am writing an application that needs to be installed on a large number of desktops and also needs to …

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.net 3.5 SP1 Bootstrapper not found for Setup

I am getting a warning when trying to include the .net 3.5 sp1 prerequisite for my setup project. The warning states …

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How to Bootstrap numpy installation in setup.py

I have a project which has a C extension which requires numpy. Ideally, I'd like whoever downloads my project to …

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How to perform low-level IO with a USB flash drive under the BIOS (compared to a floppy)?

I have recently been studying some bootstrap code which was intended for use with a floppy drive. My goal is …

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How can a JVM be written in Java

I was briefly reading about Maxine which is an open source JVM implementation that written in Java. This sounds circular …

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Why 55 AA is used as the boot signature on IBM PCs?

Why does the IBM PC architecture use 55 AA magic numbers in the last two bytes of a bootsector for the …

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Why does Tomcat skip the scanning jars specified in DefaultJarScanner.jarsToSkip

In catalina.properties it says: # List of JAR files that should not be scanned for configuration information # such as web …

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Grails bootstrap on integration tests

Im trying to insert some test data into my database, for which a class called BootStrapTest does the work. In …

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