tools

Technologies for centrally storing and publishing perl scripts and "small tools"?

My problem: There are numerous (>100) tools the development teams use which are "home" written. They are sometimes a perl script, or a "web page", or just something that does a couple of small functions. I need to find a way (as part of my "Middle Manager in charge of tools" job) to collect these into a single catalogue. None of these...

What is the best way to handle change management?

My organization's main project went live on Monday. That was my third day here. Now that I've been here almost a week, I'm tasked with creating a change management plan for the maintenance of the application and preparation for phase 2, which will commence "someday." We're a Microsoft shop but open-minded. I'm looking for some suggestio...

Remote log viewer for Java/Glassfish log files

I'm looking for a log viewer with similar capablilties as Chainsaw, in which I can tail Glassfish log files over for instance SSH/SCP. Does anyone know if such a tool exist? ...

Map SSH drive in Windows

Does anyone know of a good (hopefully free) tool that can be used to map a SSH server as a Windows network drive (i.e. SCP)? EDIT: SFTP not supported EDIT2: Windows File Sharing/Samba not supported ...

Is there a way in VBA to know about variables that aren't being used?

Is there a tool, method or setting in VBA to warn about variables that have been DIMmed, but aren't being used? ...

What's in your web-developer toolbox?

What's in your web-developer toolbox, please share. ...

Statistical tools for programmers

I'm trying to evaluate the purchase of a statistical tool. This will be used in part by non-programming users (doing clinical studies) and in part by programmers, so I'm trying to find a good compromise between usability and automation. Of course, cost is an issue, but if I can build a solid case, we could probably buy a commercial packa...

pre-commit code review

I'd like to have such scenario: I have a repository and lots of folks committing to it. For some of them I prefer looking at their code first, before allowing them to submit their code. There are many good code-review tools, but none actually allows me to easy support this workflow: Edit your code. Easily submit your code from within ...

What's the best way to document Perl code?

Any suggestion how I can document my Perl code? What do you use and what tools are available to help me? Which module do you use to convert pod to html? ...

Browsing SQL Server

Are there any tools for just browsing SQL Server? I ask because sometimes SSMS is a little heavy weight when I just want to look through the database and find one record, and SQLCMD doesn't really seem like a good choice when browsing through a lot of different records or a lot of large records. ...

How to detect code duplication during development ?

We have a fairly large code base, 400K LOC of C++, and code duplication is something of a problem. Are there any tools which can effectively detect duplicated blocks of code? Ideally this would be something that developers could use during development rather than just run occasionally to see where the problems are. It would also be nice...

What is your favorite source formatting tool?

We all know that deadlines and/or critical bugfixes and make us forget a bit about source formatting guidelines. Or sometimes you need to work with 3rd party source code which seems to have been coded by someone who doesn't know the meaning of whitespace and readability. What is your favorite tool to tabulate your code (or 3rd party code...

Tool to compare sql server tables

Looking for a free tool to compare two sql server tables (both data and schema). Sorry, cannot afford any solutions from Red Gate. No Sql queries please. It would be great if the tool can script the differences found. I also went through some older posts. The closest I have seen is SQLDBDiff but I would love to try more options. ...

Free XML Formatting tool

Hi, Is there a free XML formatting (indent) tool available where I can past an XML string and have it formatted so I can read the XML document correctly? Thanks Edit ~ I am using XML Notepad on Windows XP. ...

How to update contacts in Zimbra by scripting ?

I have a Zimbra installation and I need to programmaticaly update contacts in it. It seems that its REST interface is only working to add new contacts, but I need to update existing ones. Is there a way, tool or something, open-source, to do that ? ...

Internet Explorer Debug Mode - Is there a quick way to enable/disable it?

I do web site debugging with IE (as well as other browsers) but my problem is with IE, as it is the browser i usually use for regular browsing. In order to debug you need to turn on debug mode in the advanced options. Ok, fine. Its turned on. But the issue I have that is quite annoying is that it seems 30% of websites have JS errors, an...

Is there a tool which lists exported methods from a DLL?

As the question states - is there a good tool out there which lists methods an unmanaged DLL exports? I would like it to list COM methods and interfaces too. ...

What is the minimum list of tools required to work on F#? Does the express edition work?

I have looked at a few posts that state the need for Visual Studio 2008 in order to run F#. Is there a simpler tool (maybe in interactive mode such as Ruby/Python) to learn F#? I have the Visual Studio Express edition on my machine. Your suggestions are welcome. Any good links (for a C# developer) to get started are welcome as well. I...

Free Bug Tracker in .NET

Is there any good bug tracker based on .NET which is free? ...

How to find all dependencies of a .NET project?

Basically, what I need is something like Dependecy Walker, but it should work with .NET applications. Is there anywhere such tool? ...