tools

Has anyone successfully deployed Sonar on Jetty 7 ?

I am trying to deploy Sonar (automatic code monitoring tool) on a Jetty 7 servlet container. I would like to use the default config first (embedded Derby DB) as a POC and transition to a production grade DB later. So far I have tried various ways to make this work (todo: document failed attempts) without any luck... Did anyone manag...

What kinds of tools do you use for conceptual design of your software?

I've never been happy with anything I've ever found. But not having good UML, or at a minimum some clear class diagrams, makes it difficult to move forward with design on a team. Especially if you're a team deeply engrained in Agile concepts wrapped in Scrum. UML Tools? Visio? Visual Studio? Other? ...

Deploy Coordination Tool?

My company maintains a SaaS platform and we're approaching a pretty major release. Deploy night activities involve a large cross-functional team spanning several Development & QA groups, Operations, Professional Services, and Customer Support. We've always used a simple task-list and a chatroom to coordinate all the work to be done dur...

Need a Java and Javascript diff tool written in Java

We need an accurate diff utility for Java and Javascript files, written in Java. It should be invokable from within an Eclipse (version 3.2 or 3.3) application. Preferably we need the Java source code for this utility also. The utility should be able to compare two files (old and new, say) and determine the following accurately: Numbe...

C#: Resource file refactoring

Does anyone know of a good tool for refactoring resources in a visual studio 2008 solution? We have a number of resource files with translated text in an assembly used for localizing our application. But they have gotten a bit messy... I would like to rename some of the keys, and move some of them into other resource files. And I would ...

What tools are best for learning reverse engineering.

I am starting to learn reverse engineering and wanted to know what tools people are using and what the pros and cons are to each. I have been using .Net Reflector to reverse engineer .Net apps but I also have to work with old COM dlls and it would be great to figure out what they are doing. Many of the developers who wrote them didn't ...

Core features required for an Agile project management app

Hi, Can you agile gurus go through at a high level, what features an agile project management application should have? ...

Good application (not code) documentation tools outputting HTML Help files?

I need to document an application -- not the underlying source code. (I use Doxygen for the internal source code documentation.) What are good documentation tools for producing HTML Help files? I know about the HTML Help Workshop, but I'm not very good at editing HTML files. I was hoping for something more integrated with a WYSIWYG...

generating a tree representation for contents of webapp folder

All, We have a ton of JSP includes in our deeply nested webapp folder.It is annoying to digg 5or 6 levals down to find out which JSP is being included where! is there a easy way to generate a nice tree like structure(on windows) showing the jsp structure? something like this: home.jsp   billing.jsp    creditcard.jsp Thanks ...

OS X Database Tools?

I'm looking for a database visualization tool for OS X. MySQL Workbench looks promising, but the binaries provided are Intel only and I haven't been able to get the source to compile on PowerPC yet. Are there any other database visualizations tools out there for OS X? What other tools do you use for database development/administration? ...

How to quickly search a subversion repository?

We are looking at writing a site using Lucene.Net to search our Subversion repository but before we do that has anybody else already tackled this problem? Something like google for our private source code would be great. Thanks ...

Any tool to automatically de-normalize a database?

I have got a normalized transactional database. I am setting up a data warehouse for reporting purposes. Are there any tools which will automatically make de-normalization suggestions? Or something to automate database changes in that manner? ...

Simple Web UI tool for non UI people

I've recently had an upswing in the number of people looking for web applications that look good too. I'm not much of a design guy though. I need a tool that isn't as complex as Photoshop or Stylevision but will still help me to create a nice clean web UI (like stackoverflow for example) that can be then be integrated into a ASP.NET ma...

Is there a way to change the preferred base address of a dll once it's compiled?

I'd like to modify the base address of a few compiled dlls I'm using to move them out of the middle of the virtual space and help with big allocations. Anybody knows of a tool to do that? If it's doable in the loader it seems it would be possible do to it permanently in the dll file. ...

Firebug vs. Safari Javascript debugger

[DISCLAIMER: My development machine is running OS X Tiger, so my question and experiences are specific to that. But I would not mind hearing feedback on Webkit for Windows.] I've been a longtime Firebug user, but I've grown tired of it's twitchiness. I'm talking specifically about when it will not stop on breakpoints, lose the current...

Compact framework equivalent of traceview

My day job is using the compact framework but as a home/side project I'm starting to learn Android development. Having seen Androids traceview (a visual profiling tool) does anyone know if there's anything similar for .net and the compact framework (version 2)? ...

Any best Bug-Tracking tool?

Possible Duplicates: What bug tracking software do you use? Free/Cheap Task/Bug Management software I am working as a Jr. Software Tester (Manual testing) in a firm. Here, we dont have a bug-tracker to report the errors in the application. So, I need a tool preferably open-source for bug-tracing. It should be a best one. ...

Visio the standard for software development sketching?

I feel that my professional exposure has been biased towards Visio, by the choice of IT managers and project managers. I've worked only in Microsoft solution centric shops where MS Office was the standard. Are there any other professional shops out there using other tools? ...

Tool to remove hanging code.

This question is in continuation to http://stackoverflow.com/questions/979129/. It would be great if there is some tool that would allow to remove the hanging code (code not being used). Examples would be unused variables,references,functions or even class (old code or code only written for experimentation). ...

MySQL scheme database builder

I'm currently putting together (on old fashioned paper) a layout for my new database, but was told I should probably lay it out as a scheme, which is true. Is there a tool that allows me to create my table structure/scheme in a plan type layout interface with all relationships and when it's finished it automagically creates the tables i...