I am developing in visual studio 2008 (new) and it would be convenient to to have an Enterprise Manager / SQL Server Development Studio like tool to manage the databases. I am wonder what other developers who don't have acccess to SSDS are using. ...
Hi there, I was wondering, which tools are must have at the moment for a project driven by git vc in a windows OS. I am talking about GUIs, console apps, plugins for visual studio etc, etc, etc. ...
I am looking for a tool that will allow me to compare schemas of MySQL databases. Wich is the best tool to do that? ...
This weekend I installed Windows 7 (brilliant!) and there I found this genious tool called Problem Steps Recorder. Apparently a tool that came with the beta bug reporting tool thingy. I am currently trying to document some application usages for other developers. (In this exact case, how to get Showplan XML Statistics in SQL Profiler an...
Hi I need a quick advice. I'm looking for a couple of tools to do these tasks take some images and combine them into a multipage pdf take a pdf and output each page as a separate image I can't find anything free on google, apart from suggestions like "open an openoffice doc, add each image on a page and print to a pdf file" ... Any...
Hi, I'm trying to write a eBook, for the iPhone, using PDF format. The problem is, I can't create a PDF with 5 cm x 5 cm (example). I've tried Adobe Acrobat Pro 9. Didn't work, since it is not possible to custom the paper size. I've tried Pages 08, but it's also not possible (it's possible to set the custom size, but it doesn't work...
Are there any interactive merge tools that, when they get a merge conflict on a given line, go back and try to do a char-at-a-time merge of the conflicting lines? I'm thinking of cases where you get a merge conflict between a changed line of code and the same line getting indented. BTW: I'm using Beyond Compare called from TortoiseSV...
Are there any open source (or not) alternatives to the WCFTestClient? The WCFTestClient has a lot of limitations that make it hard to work with (for example it does not support Entity Framework objects). So I am looking to see if there is anything else out there that may be better (or even different). ...
I'm working on migrating some Flash files from AS2 to AS3, and I'm realizing that there are several pieces of text that I need to copy over and over and over. Right now I have those pieces of text in an open notepad file, but I would love to have the ability to store those pieces in a clipboard so I can easily access them like by pushin...
I am trying to use Spring for the first time in an application. The general issue that comes up again and again is that I have no idea how to debug Spring. The framework is so configuration heavy that traditional code debugging seems fruitless. Short of turning on the debugging level logs (which are lacking) and scanning through I have n...
What kinds of tools do you use to determine the efficiency of code? Do you use home grown applications that run a statistically significant number of tests, or some commercial product? Do you use your own knowledge to test certain areas of your code, or some tool that analyzes your code for weak spots? ...
I'm about to start a new job where the coding practices are heavily centered around TDD and refactoring, and whose primary development language is Python. I come from the Java world, and have been a confident user of Eclipse for a good, long time. When not working in Java, I use emacs. I'm looking for an IDE for Python that will give ...
I need to find out all the file system and registry operations that intstaller of some application performs. Is there a software tool for this? OS is windows xp, if that matters. ...
Let's assume you're in the middle of a long running project (long running = several years) and, as expected, there will be several things coming up with brand new releases. There might be a new .Net Framework with brand new features (e.g. Linq, Entity Framework, WPF, WF...), a new Visual Studio or V.next of your favorite Control Library,...
I recently graduated in Computer Engineering. I don't have a permanent job yet. The recession is making a good difference in my aim and reality. I don't want to just sit down. I want to sharpen my capabilities. I want to learn and practice in a professional work environment. Now my question is: What are the tools and practices followed ...
What i'd like to generate into method bodies: private void SomeMethod() { Logger.Log("Entering SomeMethod."); // do stuff here Logger.Log("Exiting SomeMethod.") } Is there a tool which can generate that for me? If there isn't, and I'd like to implement one myself, then where do I start, which library should I look into for recogniz...
If you had to choose one tool, other than Visual Studio, that helps you write better code, which would it be? ReSharper, nDepend, nUnit, other? ...
I am looking for a way to track memory allocations in a C++ program. I am not interested in memory leaks, which seem to be what most tools are trying to find, but rather creating a memory usage profile for the application. Ideal output would be either a big list of function names plus number of maximum allocated bytes over time or better...
Does anyone have any good link to a website or a good tool to create regular expressions rather than break your head to create one. The tool should be able to create regular expressions by simply selecting some sort of pattern text. For e.g If I want a phone number to be validated, I should be able to enter (000)-(111)-(1111) or 000-000-...
Do you now any tool or library to split german compound words like "Hochhaus" into single words ("Hoch", "Haus"). It would be great if it's open source and/or cheap. ...