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other than framework and java syntax, what else is a must to master?

Other than learning java, spring, hibernate, servlets, jsp's, how to use eclipse/netbeans, databases like mysql/oracle/postgresql, JMS, JUnit, etc. What other skills are essential? Coming from a MS background, and I am just a little overwhelmed by all the things going on in the java world! (btw, you guys have TONS of dlls also, a big...

How to find the namespace of a class easily in Python without using an IDE?

Normally, I use IntelliJ for python programming. But sometimes I don't have access to it or just to make a quick edit I open a Python file in a text editor. At those times, it is really difficult to find the namespace of a class. I am googling it. But it takes time. Is there a better way to do this? Edit: Looking at the responses, I n...

Tools used to develop your websites?

What are the best tools do you use(paid ones as well as free) to develop a webapplication? I am looking for RAD(rapid application development) tools which increases productivity like IDE, decent debugger, drag and drop for web UI. Any added functionalities to check for security like SQL injection etc., will be added bonus points. I am p...

Concurrent system modeling tools

I'm currently taking a course in concurrent software design, and we're focusing a lot on modeling. I see the value in this, but I am not sure if the tool we are using is horrible, good, or somewhere in between, because I can't find any other examples. We're currently using LTS Analyzer, with some more information here. So my questio...

Free Barcode API for .NET

Is there a decent free API/component for printing barcodes in C#? ...

Are there any tools for consolidating a whole bunch of style tags into classes?

Example: Say for instance you had the following two tags some where in a legacy page you've been assigned to work on: <table style="padding:0px; margin:0px; border: 0px; width:100%;"> <td style="width:100%; margin:0px; padding:0px; border: 0px;"> Would there be a program that could make a list of these random style tags and...

SQL optimization newbie looking for tools/scripts

Hello, I am new to sql query optimization and i would like to know if there is anyone can suggest a profiling and optimization tool that i can use. I am trying to optimize queries running on mysql. Thanks for any help. ...

Integration Test Tools

What are the popular integration testing tools, especially for desktop non-Web applications? In my projects, I have been using a combinations of scripting and jtreg/jtharness. While they work, they lack the support from other development tools. IDE and CI tools cannot run them easily and/or don't understand the test results. I like t...

Line Level Profiling for iPhone

I'm looking for a way to find out how much time is spent in each of my program's source line when running on the iPhone.Similar to what Shark can provide on the method/function level. Is this possible with the standard tools? Are there 3rd party tools that can provide this sort of granularity? It wouldn't be necessary for profiling data...

Real Programmer's Calculator

Hi I know there are plenty of good software "programmer's" calculator, but I often find myself in places where access to my favorite soft calculator is not possible. Where can I find real (ie: hardware) programmer's calculators? I already did a google but the vast majority of results are of software or calculators that are no longer be...

Natural Language Parsing tools: what is out there and what is not?

I'm looking for various NLP tools for a project I'm working on and right now I've found most useful the Stanford NLP projects. Does anyone know if there are other tools that are out there that would be useful for a language understander? And more importantly, are there tools that are NOT out there? Most specifically, I'm looking fo...

launch gdb and print out variable value using ruby

Hi , I want to write a ruby program that could inspect the variable value of a program by launch the gdb and then print that value. How could I achieve this? If I were in the shell, I would do this : shell > gdb test [...gbd started] (gdb) p variable $1 = 20 (gdb) I also like to hear other ways that can achieve the same g...

Time tracking from within an IDE

Hi all, I would like to track how much time is spent on each project within my IDE. For as long as I've been developing, I've used a standalone application or even a web application. I would like it to tie into the IDE directly because it will automatically track time spent based on the open project / file (ideally). I started to rea...

Advice on code scanning / penetration testing tools

As far as I can see the offerings fall into two categories – scanning services such as McAfee, Comodo, etc. and tools such as Burp Proxy, HP’s WebInspect,CodeScan, etc. In an ideal world, I’d use something that actively scanned a certain URL (the target being a LAMP stack) on a daily basis (or as required if it’s a standalone tool), bu...

Tools for understanding large codebase

Hi! My whole life I have been programming in simple plain text editor. Lately, I was contemplating about joining an open source project which is fairly large and written in C. I downloaded the sources, started to look around, read this, forget that... Then I thought to myself: this can't be true. This is 21st century there must be som...

What tool do you use as a web developer?

As a web developer there are a number of languages that most of us are usually familiar with Ruby, PHP, HTML, Javascript, etc... I want to know what programs you frequently use to code in? Even if it's NotePad, I'm interested... ...

Auto code completion in VIM?

Hi, Can VIM do auto code completion like what Eclipse does? Usually I connect to my Linux developing server through Putty from my Windows laptop. So, I hope I can find a plugin for VIM which can do drop-down menu like auto completion when I can type variable names in Putty, is this possible? Thanks! ...

SonarJ like tool for .NET

I'm looking for a tool like SonarJ but for .NET instead of Java. SonarJ helps you to find deviations between he architecture and the code within minutes. It can be integrated into your IDE to help you avoid the introduction of new architetural violations to your code base. You can also use it to maintain metric based so...

List names of files that are referenced by projects but don't exist on disk

I have inherited some source code (Visual Studio solutions and C# projects) and have found a couple of scenarios where a project references a file that is missing. Does anyone know of a tool that will recursively parse a directory structure, read each .csproj project file and list the names of any files that are referenced by the projec...

php tools to detect bottle neck

Hi there I'm developing a web-application with PHP and some libraries. The problem is that i need to generate some excel files, and this procedure takes a lot of time. Can you help me with some tools to identify where my application spends a lot of time,. Can you recommend a php tool which will help me to detect the bottle necks? ps: t...