software-tools

Total commander and displaying sytem icons of TFS files and folders.

Hi, I would like to see in total commander file and folder icons as in OS, with green triangles etc, like after installation of power tools for team foundation server. Does anybody know how to achieve this? Is there any way to see file status (check in, check out etc.) inside total commander? ...

How do you design, sketch, and blueprint a complicated piece of software? What are some workflows or tools that can be used to do so?

Hi, I have been programming for a couple of years and am now studying computer-science at university. Every time I have coded something, I did so by starting up my editor and improvise. Writing methods, classes as I go. Off course, I think about it beforehand, I take out sketch paper and write my ideas down, do a little list of things t...

Which Windows web development software supports HTML5 and CSS3?

I am looking for development software that has a live preview of the page as you code it, and is aware of HTML5 and CSS3 syntax. Obviously it'd be useful if the live preview enngine was HTML5 and CSS3 capable too. I favor lightweight editors over heavyweight IDE's as I don't want much more than syntax highlighting, suggesting and checkin...

Are there any tools to find out which changeset caused a specific bug?

After a bug has been located and fixed, we would like to trace the bug back to the change that originally caused it. That way, our team can look at it and learn how to avoid that type of bug in future changes. Obviously, if automated tests catch the bug, then it was probably a recent change. But that doesn't work in the case where the b...

Reproduce a network filesystem error without a network

I have some software that is usually relies on data that is stored on a local hard drive. However one of my clients is encountering an error that I am unable to reproduce, and I think this may have something to do with the fact that their data is on a SAN. The program crashes randomly, and only when manipulating files. It would be usefu...

Get hyperlinks to all PDFs on a website

I need to download all PDFs (or any other files) available on a given website. I have a separate download module to which I provide a link to a pdf file and it downloads the file.I need a tool that can crawl through a given website and extract hyperlinks of all the pdf files available on the site so that I can send them to my download mo...

Must have tool set for MOSS 2007 development.

I'm trying to compile a list of Must have tools/extensions for developing MOSS 2007 to build a dev machine. The dev os is Window 2008 R2 64 bit. MOSS 2007 Visual Studio 2008 Sharepoint Designer WSS/Office Server SDK Visual Studio 2008 Extensions for WSS 3.0 Is there any additional required/nice to have tools? ...

What exactly does SCM stand for?

In the software world, it seems to me that SCM is an unfortunately overloaded acronym. It can mean:- Source Code Management Software Configuration Management Which one of these is the dominant term? Do they mean the same thing? To me Source Code Management is essentially synonymous with Version Control. Whereas Software Configurati...

python simpleftpserver module ftp

i need a simple implementation of ftp that i can setup quickly for some experiments. is there an equivalent of python -m SimpleHTTPServer for ftp. Google sarch didn't help. i just need a simple implentation of ftp that is easy to setup. (so i don't have to go through the installation trouble for a lot of PC's). ...

What is your workflow when designing HTML/CSS layouts?

I have been working with PHP/MySQL as a hobby for close to a couple of years now, I have been working with photoshop for a very long time, I know CSS & HTML well enough to write without any reference, so, I would not consider myself someone who's very new at this. I have recently started developing websites professionally - (only person ...

How to keep a record how many changes (in terms of LOC) to I make?

I want to keep a record how many changes do I make to my source code in terms of LOC. For example, let's say I have a directory with sources/header files, etc. I need a tool that shows me what files are changed How many LOC are modified (changed/removed/added) since my last check point. What tool does that for me? If there is no...

Best way to explain to someone that software developers need to install tools (mainly build integration), and that end-users don't

I work at a software company where most of the people are afraid to install new tools to increase productivity. They give me excuses like: I don't need to install something else. I can do this myself. etc...many other baseless arguments. In an ecommerece business, the end-users should not have to install anything, everything should ...

Dreamweaver equivalent for Linux

Hello, I am looking for an equivalent software to Dreamweaver in Linux. Thanks Jean ...

software to manage applications within business.

Hi I have been tasked to either find an off the shelf solution or to build inhouse some software that can maintain a list of all of the applications within our business, assign them to the different business areas that use them and list all the servers, documents, knowledge base etc that relate to the app in question. Does anyone know ...

Computer Quiz Management Software

My university is holding a quiz contest in 2 weeks, and I need some sort of software (desktop or web based) that can be used to manage the quiz. I need functionality like an admin panel for adding teams, creating matches between 2 teams, adding questions and answers. I then need the software to automatically display the questions, accept...

Courier Tracking Software - GPS - iPhone

Hi Guys, I am developing a delivery management system that aims to allow a dispatcher to monitor where their couriers are around the city and be able to send addresses to the couriers, which would give them directions, etc. I am developing the backend in ASP.Net/MSSQL and am looking for an iPhone app that might give me a head start with...

Are there any good tools to integrate BaseCamp in XCode or OS X?

Are there any recommended Basecamp plugins/stand alone apps for XCode/OSX to manage milestones & to-do's etc? ...

Sequence diagram to state diagram

Can we make state diagram from sequence diagram....Is there any tool for the same... plz reply ASAP thnx in advance........... ...

Tools to test softwares against any attacks for programmers ?

in these days, i'm interested in software security. As i'm reading papers i see that there are many attacks and researchers are trying to invent new methods for softwares to get more secure systems. this question can be a general including all types of attacks.There are many experienced programmers in SO, i just want to learn what are u...

C# code cleaning/auditing tool (stand-alone outside of the IDE).

Does anyone know of a stand-alone tool for C# code cleaning/auditing that can run outside of Visual Studio IDE so as to be part of a build. Or if that isn't possible can someone provide some guidance as to how to make Visual Studio part of a build process -- by that I mean it would be nice to run the IDE's Sort and Remove unused using s...