RUAlive is a WPF utility that answers the question "Is my website still running?"
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RUAlive is written using Visual Studio 2008 Beta 2 Orcas. Download the source here.
To run RUAlive, you can either run the solution or run RUAlive.exe. Of course you need .NET 3.5 Beta 2 installed.
To use RUAlive:
1. Enter the http address of the site you want to monitor
2. Click on Config to enter the contents of the page that you want to search for. Also enter the frequency to perform checks.
3. Close the configuration screen to go back to the main screen and press the Start button.
4. To see any errors hover over the line.
5. To clear the list right-click and select "Clear History".
RUAlive is not only a simple tool that performs a useful function. It is also demonstates some useful technologies such as Windows Presentation Framework and Domain Driven Design.
The backlog of feature enhancements include:
1. Implement persistence
2. Improve the overall look and feel with images, animation and themes.
3. Enhance the plug-in architecture (similar to the Composite Application Block)
4. Implement some sort of dependency injection
5. Send alerts
6. View response page
7. Make a Vista gadget
8. Lots of other goodies that I can't recall off the top of my head now.
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