How do i parse a text file in c#.
How do i parse a text file in c#? ...
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What is the best (free) Font Explorer for Windows?
I am looking for an alternative to my old "Font Navigator" that I... borrowed... from the CorelDraw Suite :-) Googling for it, took me to hundreds of pages with old software, so I hope to find a quick idea from here (waiting for FontExplorer X from Linotype). Which Font Explorer for Windows do you currently use? My "requisites" are: ...
To Tool or Not To Tool: Visual Studio Plugin
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...
REST tools support for development and testing
There is a similar question here but it only covers some of the issues below. We have a client who requires web services using REST. We have tons of experience using SOAP and over time have gathered together a really good set of tools for SOAP development and testing e.g. soapUI Eclipse plugins wsdl2java WSStudio By "tools" I mean...
Pre-existing tool for validating file names and formats
We have to validate large amounts of resource files for naming conventions and format integrity, etc. Is there a framework/tool available to make this easier? Build tools like Ant/Phing spring to mind but I wonder if there's something more focused to this kind of testing. Ideally it would cache results based on modification-time and g...
What's the difference between SysPrep and NewSid?
I'm setting up some Virtual PC images. I want to customize the machine with some pre-installed tools and then use this as a base for creating new machines. What's the best practice for prepping the machine for use? Should I use SysPrep or NewSid? When's the appropriate time for use and the contrast between them? ...
An ASP.NET Developers Toolset
I posted a question early yesterday and got some really good responses back that got me thinking. I agree with everyone that using tools to get the job done and be more efficient is the right choice. So now, what do you feel is the set of tools (or a set of tools or a single tool) that you as a .NET developer ought to have/use? What do ...
What is the optimal productivity stack for developers?
What is the optimal productivity stack for developers? When deciding what to include in your personal productivity stack, what criteria do you use? ...
Http Request Monitoring Tool
Hi! I would like to know if anybody can recommend an Http Request Monitoring Tool aside from HttpWatch and Firebug. What I want from the tool is for it to show me the time it took the request to arrive at the web server. HttpWatch can show me the network latency and the server times in one result but i want them separately. My goal is to...
Must haves for developers office
We are designing our office right now and want to know what stuff you guys really care about or started loving in your office. So - What are your must-haves for a developers office? What things can't you live without? ...
Lightweight XML Viewer that can handle large files
There are plenty of "heavyweight" tools such as XmlSpy, which are good for prodding around in xml docs - but often (very often in some cases!) you just want to quickly open and browse an xml doc, and have it pretty printed. Possibly with some basic search functionality (textual is probably fine). I usually use a browser such as IE of Fi...
What tools does your team use for writing user manuals?
Basic requests are: human readable / text format (for easy version control) online (for collaboration) easy formatting (markdown ok, html is too much) strict formatting (so authors don't invent new types of titles, bullets etc.) exportable to PDF, HTML easy backup and deployment (so we can "deploy" to customers site as read only versi...
Tricks for generating SQL statements in Excel
Do you have any tricks for generating SQL statements, mainly INSERTs, in Excel for various data import scenarios? I'm really getting tired of writing formulas with like ="INSERT INTO Table (ID, Name) VALUES (" & C2 & ", '" & D2 & "')" ...
Tools to search for strings inside files without indexing
I have to change some connection strings in an incredibly old legacy application, and the programmers who made it thought it would be a great idea to plaster the entire app with connection strings all over the place. VS "current project" search is INCREDIBLY slow, and I don't trust Windows Search. So what's the best free, non-indexed t...
Realign namespace definitions with file structure
Like all developers with OCD I try to organise my namespaces within our project so that they match where the file they are contained within sits of disk. However after a pretty massive refactoring session within VS.NET I've moved files within projects and created new subfolders a plenty, leaving the refactoring of the namespaces to late...
Tool for making a video tutorial?
I'd like to make a video tutorial for my SDK--one of those videos that shows the screen while some dude talks about what he's doing. Can someone direct me to easy and preferably free tools for doing so? Desired features: - Cuts (recording several snippets of video and putting them together afterward) - Subtitles (not only for user conve...
db4o development tools and resources?
Since the 7.x versions of db4o ObjectManager are only available as a commercial product (very expensive!) are there any alternative tools that are available to inspect/explore db4o 7.x databases? Also, what other tools would you recommend to a beginning db4o developer? ...
Aspect-oriented programming in Java
What is the best tool for Java for aspect-oriented programming? The requirements for a tool are of course IDE support, expressiveness and proper documentation. ...
What are your favourite funny lines from programming tools
Just for fun, what are your favourite funny lines from programming tools? For instance, from subversion: --This line, and those below, will be ignored-- Not terribly fun on its right context, but added to the fortune database: EDIT: I have marked the question as Communuity Wiki and reopened. ...
Implications of Sharepoint, BizTalk, Microsoft Dynamics and Microsoft CRM for a .NET developer
As a programmer, I am first and foremost interested in Architecture, Data persistence, analysis, testing and programming. You get the idea. I happen to like Microsoft's tools for developers, like .NET, VS and ASP.NET MVC. I have used SQL Server a lot. I also like other tools like Java or MySQL. But when I look at jobs at .NET shops (b...