Language Wizards considered harmful?
Wizards can kick-start features. They can also obfuscate your code, and are anti-YAGNI. On balance, do you think Wizards are more useful or more harmful? ...
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What IDE / Editor do you use for Ruby on Windows?
The SciTE editor comes with the Ruby installer, and it's just a generic code editor. I installed FreeRIDE but it seems a little buggy; it actually just crashed on me for no reason. :( So my question is... What IDE / Editor do you use for Ruby on Windows? What are the best editors out there? ...
Clojure editor/IDE recommendations on Mac OS X
I am starting to learn the Clojure programming language. Are there any recommendations for Clojure editors/IDEs on Mac OS X? Update 2009-09-23: The Clojure space has changed tremendously since I originally posted this question. Many of the links below, especially those that refer to clojure-mode with Emacs, are out-of-date. The best Clo...
IDE, SVN and pushing to sites!
Im thinking of updating my practices, and looking for a little help and advice! I do a lot of work on sites that run joomla, oscommerce, drupal etc and so I have created a lot of custom components/plugins and hacks etc. Currently each site has its own folder on my xampp setup. What I would like to do is have a default setup of (for exa...
What is your recommendation for a good SQL IDE?
What is the best SQL IDE you have used? ...
Visual Studio 2008, no longer see the Refresh item on right click
Hi, I used to be able to right click Folders in my project and click 'refresh' to refresh the files within them, I don't see the option to do this any more, how do I fix it? The same thing has happened at work and at home.. has it always been like this and have I gone insane? ...
What program do you use to edit php remotely and then upload to your server?
So I am just starting out developing PHP web applications and have finished setting up my server with the following: Ubuntu Server Apache2 PHP MySQL VSFTPD and all the other goodies... Currently when I edit files, I have two methods to update/upload them to the server. I can use vi on the server to make small changes or I can use Ne...
What do you think of "RubyMine".
Jetbrains has just released a "public preview" of a Ruby IDE called RubyMine The roadmap follows: Nov 1 - Public Preview Release Nov 10 - EAP Opens Q1 2009 - RubyMine 1.0 Release May 28 '09 - RubyMine 1.1 Released Oct '09 - RubyMine 2.0 Beta I don't have much Ruby experience myself, but coming from the creators of IntelliJ IDEA...
Eclipse Europa search references feature stopped working
I'm working with Eclipse Version 3.2.1 Build M20060921-0945 on a MS-Windows 2000 SP4 using a JDK 1.5.0-12. I takes my locale that is es-AR and sets all menu and context in Spanish which I don't like. So I had included in eclipse.ini file one parameter "-nl en". Since that, "References..." feature in both "Search" and contextual menu stop...
What IDE / Editor do you use for Ruby on Linux?
I've been using vim, but after reading this question was wondering what is being used in the linux world. ...
Is there a Windows IDE that can handle both C and Perl?
I'm using Strawberry Perl which includes MinGW's GCC, I'm also making use of the GNU debugger GDB and Subversion. How can I have a single development environment that would suit this (other than just UltraEdit, the command shell and IE), and how can I further enhance its features? ...
The Framework/IDE Knowledge Trap
We don't teach children calculus first. We first teach them arithmetic, then algebra, then geometry, the analytical geometry, then finally calculus. Why then, do we teach our computer scientists frameworks and IDE first. Some curriculum do force students to learn computer science fundamentals, but the vast majority of graduates that I...
Are there any compact utilities with functionality similar to Query Analyzer for use with SQL Server 2005/2008?
I have to say that I am really missing Query Analyzer now that the functionality has been integrated into the much heavier SQL Management Studio provided with SQL Server 2005/2008. I was looking for suggestions for a cheap/free and lightweight querying IDE with functionality similar to query analyzer so I don't have to wait for this big ...
Looking for a simple HTML text editor for Windows
I'm looking for a simple free/cheap Windows text editor for a family member learning HTML. Ideally it would be as simple and non-intimidating as possible. Basically Notepad with code highlighting. Any help would be much appreciated! ...
On Windows is there a **light-weight** IDE that can be used both with C and Perl?
When I asked this previously I should have mentioned that it's particularly a light-weight IDE that I'm after, so I’m having to ask again as a different question. Something that is not just a text editor, is light-weight and versatile, that would suit Strawberry Perl, the GCC that comes with MinGW, GDB and Subversion. Something that whe...
What is a development framework? What is an IDE?
When I started programming I was using Ruby and the colorful little notepad that came with it. Since I started learning Java I've been using Eclipse, which is apparently an IDE. Now I've read a bit about this Mono on Reddit, but I don't think I understand exactly what it is. The website says it is a development framework: is that just an...
CodeGear Delphi 2007 VI/VIM Key Mapping
After reading The Pragmatic Programmer, I became quite accustomed to VIM. When in Visual Studio I have ViEmu (http://www.viemu.com/) to provide me with VIM functionality. Is anyone aware of a similar program/key binding/workaround to integrate VI/VIM key bindings in CodeGear Delphi 2007? ...
What's a good Prolog IDE for Linux?
I need to write some Prolog programs for a class. Any recommendations? ...
With what kind of IDE (if any) you build python GUI projects?
Is there any IDE (like VS) with drag and drop support for building python GUI, connecting to dbs etc? Eventhough I am an emacs guy, I find it much easier to create GUI with VS. ...
Visual Studio C# statement collapsing
When editing really long code blocks (which should definitely be refactored anyway, but that's beyond the scope of this question), I often long for the ability to collapse statement blocks like one can collapse function blocks. That is to say, it would be great if the minus icon appeared on the code outline for everything enclosed in br...