I work for a small web development company (only 2 to 3 developers) that work on a wide range of projects for different customers (everything from CMS's to eCommerce sites). Usually we work on our own projects but occasionally we need to work together on one. We use subversion as our source control software and sites are developed in ....
Anyone who is a fan of the Monkey Island series of adventure games from the early 90's will know how enjoyable and addictive this genre of computer games are. Are there any tools out there that could help you build your own point-and-click adventure game? ...
I'm curious what tools people have found useful for building flowcharts. Obviously MS Visio and OmniGraffle come to mind but they both feel so bloated and also tend to emphasize the document formatting/printing side and less on helping to organize the actual logic. Is there anything else out there that fellow developers would recommend? ...
Some of the most efficient engineers, developers and IT professionals I know usually carry around a common "toolkit" of useful programs, add-ins or utilities which help them for day-to-day debugging, developing or designing. The question is: What is in your utility toolkit.. What tools couldn't you live without? ...
I'm currently using Oracle Developer Tools for Visual Studio. The plug-in plays nicely with VS and I don't have to start another app. to write stored procs etc. I also like the ability to check-in, check-out (from VSS 2005) and run the scripts. But I have few complaints as well: It is inconvenient to use the server explorer to browse...
I'm considering rolling my own, but just in case there's a good piece of software already available, I'm asking here: Is there something that will provide an interface to webserver redirect configuration, and allow redirects to be managed by a fairly non-technical userbase. The following requirements must be fulfilled: Open-source Apac...
What's in your web-developer toolbox, please share. ...
I just inherited control of a largish VB6 codebase. It doesnt have much in the way of active X other than the crystal reports engine and MS access work it does. I want to move it to .net before the tool set and skill sets dry up completely (if they havent already). Can anyone recommend any good tools to convert/migrate vb6 code to vb.ne...
A mere sub-standard screwdriver can turn a quick Do-It-Yourself job round the house into an exercise in frustration that makes you feel really exhausted, annoyed and helpless at the same time. This is a feeling that is just too familiar not only to anyone who ever attempted to use a bogus screwdriver but most software professionals who a...
How to refactor c source code that compiles with gcc, preferably a tool that can be used from the command line? ...
The graphics rendering on my development machine "feels" slow so I've just bought a graphics card to replace the on board graphics card. Before I install it I want to run some software that will measure the performance of my current card so that I can compare the before and after. Can you recommend something that will give me an object...
Possible Duplicate: What is your single favorite development tool? Every day I realize how much I love Visual Studio for .NET development.... but, I believe that Resharper, may hold a value that surpasses Visual Studio's (I am using VS 2005 for WPF/WCF development). I decided it would be great to compile a list of the most v...
I want to compare two ms-access .mdb files to check that the data they contain is same in both. Is there any tool or library exists for this type of comparison? ...
What is the best tool for managing software requirements [for Windows] ? ...
I was recently put in charge of the wiki for the development team. The wiki is still in its infancy, so I have a lot of room to work with. It goal is to house internal to the development team. Currently, the main piece of information that the wiki holds is Coding Standards. What are some best practices your dev team uses for its inter...
For a long time, I thought that to start a new project we only need 3 basic tools. 1) A Build System (e.g. Maven & CruiseControl) 2) A Version Control System (e.g. CVS & SVN & GIT) 3) A Bug Tracking System (e.g. Bugzilla) Yesterday, a senior guy told me that we need at least one thing more. That is KPI(Key Performance Index). W...
Does anyone know of an application that meets the following criteria? I'd like to use a GUI tool to generate a batch of related Visual Studio 2008 projects. For example, I know that I'll need a solution file, a web project for my UI, a class library for my business objects, and a class library for my data access layer. I'd like to use a...
What software products do you use at work that cost money and are totally worth it? Anything from dirt cheap (regex buddy) to expensive (Rational Purify). I'm at windows shop. My manager asked me what tools we might need next year. Anything from development related tools, to productivity tools, to software that just makes you happy. ...
I'm gathering requirements and I'm looking for a free Visio replacement to do UI design. Does anyone know of a good tool I can use? All I need is to be able to put together something that would look roughly like what the user would see on his screen (menus, buttons, text fields, and all the standard widgets). I'm not looking for a UML...
My friend, Dave, and I have been talking about this, well mostly him, but I think it is an excellent question and has really got me pondering it lately. Basically the question is this "Should you (ab)use tools/plugins for visual studio or use only what VS offers." More or less thats the question. The thought behind this is that as a de...