tools

Is there a tool like Microsoft's "SQL Server Profiler" for MySQL?

While developing on MySQL I really miss being able to fire up a profiler. I find SQLyog is a good enough replacement for Query Analyzer but have not found a tool that works like SQL profiler. For the MySQL folk who have not seen Microsoft's SQL Profiler, here is a screenshot At my previous job we had a tool that trumped SQL Profile...

Plugins wont work with vb.net express.

What won't plugins wont work with vb c# studio express? ...

Tool for calculating cyclomatic complexity

Can you recommend free tools for calcualting cyclomatic complexity. Looking for all languages. One tool/language per answer please. ...

Command line program to create website screenshots (on Linux)

What is a good command line tool to create screenshots of websites on Linux? I need to automatically generate screenshots of websites without human interaction. The only tool that I found was khtml2png, but I wonder if there are others that aren't based on khtml (i.e. have good JavaScript support, ...). ...

Is there a good, free Python IDE for Windows?

Is there a good, free Python IDE for Windows? I really need some good debugging abilities. ...

What new svn features/tools do you need most of all?

There are several tools that use svn and adds useful external features: Graphical diffing/merging files in Araxis tool Pre-commit changes in JetBrains Team City build server, etc. What new features/tools do you need in subversion most of all (one tool description per post)? ...

Best Tools for Software Maintenance Engineering

Yes, the dreaded 'M' word. You've got a workstation, source control and half a million lines of source code that you didn't write. The documentation was out of date the moment that it was approved and published. The original developers are LTAO, at the next project/startup/loony bin and not answering email. What are you going to do? ...

Donations for open source tools

I use several open source tools in my day to day development - and they save me a lot of money. In the absense of donating any time to these projects I decided to donate some cash to a project once per year. If you were going to donate $100 which project would get your vote? ...

Best server Performance Monitoring Tool for Java Servers

At work, we are trying to combat the monstrosity that our application servers have become - we are now running out of server resources after many months of resource-creep. I would like to begin the process of finding out what to investigate by seeing what people think the best server monitoring tools are. Specifically, I'm interested...

What's the easiest way to add a quote box to mediawiki?

I installed mediawiki on my server as my personal knowledge base. Sometimes I copy some stuff from Web and paste to my wiki - such as tips & tricks from somebody's blog. How do I make the copied content appear in a box with border? For example, the box at the end of this blog post looks pretty nice: http://blog.dreamhost.com/2008/03/21/...

Open Source Code Review Tools? (Mondrian)

I've read a bit about Google's Mondrian, and I've seen Atlassian's Crucible demonstrated - I'm convinced that the tools have value. Are there open-source code review tools? It would be used on a proprietary codebase, so it can't be a public site or service (eg: Google Code's features include some of those of Crucible). We have release...

Do you use a single editor (well)?

"Use a single editor well," The Pragmatic Programmer said. I know it's about productivity, but how many of you really use a single editor for virtually EVERYTHING? When your favorite editor doesn't integrate well with your development environment, will you struggle to use it anyway (by switching frequently between your editor and the I...

Free alternative to RegxBuddy

Are there any good alternatives that support writing regexps in different flavours and allow to test them? ...

What is a good alternative for SourceSafe on a USB Drive?

I like to keep my source files on a USB drive for the portability. To date I have been using Visual SourceSafe for this purpose. What is a good alternative to VSS that fulfils these criteria: Entire database can be held on a USB "pen" drive Code / documentation duplicated on local drives Does not require a central server Easy to backup...

What IDE would you recommend for Python development?

I'm looking for something that includes many of the common modern-day tools, such as: Code refactoring Code navigation Debugger etc... ...

Tool to optimize C# using statements?

Is there any tool out there that can identify name spaces in the Using statement that are not needed and eliminate them from the source? ...

Long compile times and lost productivity

How long can a compile time get before it starts becoming a distraction to you? For me: <1 sec, I don't notice >1 min, I'm going for coffee >10 min, S.O. here I come (any other programming task that involves letting the computer do it's thing also apropos) ...

What's the best visual merge tool for Git?

Title says it. What's the best tool for viewing and editing a merge in Git? I'd like to get a 3-way merge view, with "mine", "theirs" and "output" in separate panels. Also, instructions for invoking said tool would be great. (I still haven't figure out how to start kdiff3 in such a way that it doesn't give me an error) edit: My OS is U...

Tool to convert csv/excel to xml

Hi, As title but would like the flexibility to specify how the output xml file will look like. Any free tool available on windows platform that I can use to achieve that? Thanks ...

CSS coders out there! What is your fav editor?

Hi all, what editor are you using to edit your stylesheets? I for one prefer vim. It's a kind of poll: by the number of votes I will be able to tell which one is the most popular. Thanks. ...