programming-tools

Lorem ipsum of Perl, C#, C, Java?

In visually testing interfaces where code might live what do you use for your particular language for a standard? "Hello World" is not sufficiently complex enough in most cases. I am particularly interested in Perl but C#, C, C++, and Java are coming up. Per the comment: Lets say you created a new IDE, color scheme, or a web page whe...

Enable all firebug tools for ALL webpages?

Hey everyone, I'm using Firebug 1.3.3 with Firefox 3.0.10, and I wanted to know if it was possible to enable the Console, Script, and Net consoles all the time. It used to be such that it was always on. Now, if its disabled I have to manually turn on each tool and send requests again to see whats going on. Is there any way to do this...

How to compile and run c/c++ programs in Notepad++ using the WinAvr compiler

I want to use notepad++ instead of programmer's notepad. How can i use the WinAvr compiler with notepad++?? ...

RESTful Services Samples Generation

What is the fastest way to create a list of RESTful services from data structure or simple XML files? (even with configuration files.) Is there any tools that can read a DB or a Python/Java/.Net class and generate RESTful services? Prefer something that runs on Apache or Tomcat. Programming language is not a concern, I just need to...

Where to find list of developer tools/programming languages to create autocomplete ?

I need data that has a list of developer tools/programming languages, etc. I need it in some kind of format (xml, spreadsheet, db format, text etc) so I can programmatically create an autocomplete. Any ideas? Thanks! ...

Is a touchscreen useful/effective while programming?

Does anyone have experiences if working with a touch screen monitor is useful and effective while programming? I mean most things an effective programmer will do with the keyboard, but I wonder if the other things (clicking through menus, scrolling through compilation logs, and of course copy'n'paste) can be done more efficiently with a ...

Does a slow PC really affect productivity for great developers?

This is one of Joel's well-known assertions, it's even step #9 in the Joel Test and the classic view is nicely illustrated here: However as part of considering this, I wondered if a counter-claim is at all reasonable. After all, most of the time writing complicated software is done away from writing code. Wouldn't a great developer us...