tools

Best way to convert text files between character sets?

What is the fastest, easiest tool or method to convert text files between character sets? Specifically, I need to convert from UTF-8 to ISO-8859-15 and vice versa. Everything goes: one-liners in your favorite scripting language, command-line tools or other utilities for OS, web sites, etc. Best solutions so far: On Linux/UNIX/OS X/cy...

Good Java Practices in Ubuntu

Hey all, my Computational Science course this semester is entirely in Java. I was wondering if there was a good/preferred set of tools to use in ubuntu. Currently I use gedit with a terminal running in the bottom, but I'd like an API browser. I've considered Eclipse, but it seems to bloated and unfriendly for quick programs. ...

Where am I supposed to see FirePHP output?

Ok, so I am finally trying out FirePHP. I installed it and restarted firefox, enabled firebug for my localhost, moved the demo oo.php file that comes with the download into an IIS virtual directory, changed the include path, removed the apache_request_headers() call since I am running IIS and the only output I see? Notice: Undefined...

Topology drawing tool

I need to draw some simple network topology charts, suggestions of some good tools appreciated. Edit: love freeware :-) ...

What can I use as a Notepad++ alternative in Linux (ubuntu)?

I got addicted to notepad++ on windows and I've recently moved to Ubuntu. I'm missing a tool as such. ...

Penetration testing tools

We have 100s of websites which were developed in asp, .net and java... and we are paying lot of money for an external agency to do a penetration testing for our sites to check for security loop holes. Are there any (good) software (paid or free) to do this? or.. are there any tehnical articles which can help me develop this tool. ...

Translate C++/CLI to C#

I have a small to medium project that is in C++/CLI. I really hate the syntax extensions of C++/CLI and I would prefer to work in C#. Is there a tool that does a decent job of translating one to the other? EDIT: When I said Managed c++ before I apparently meant c++/CLI ...

Is there a code review tool with Word like annotation functionality and TFS integration?

I'm looking for a code review tool that has something like Word's review tools. I would like the ability to add a note in the side bar that references a specific block of code as well as to have portions of the code that are changed tracked so that someone else can open the file later and accept/reject the changes. If it were integrate...

Is it possible to connect to Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard's built in vnc server at a low color depth from Windows?

If I attempt to connect to Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard's built in vnc server at a low color depth from Windows, the client bombs after connecting. It only works when I set it to the highest color depth. I've tried with at least 3 windows VNC clients. Any ideas? There some setting I can set in Mac OS X? It takes about 20 seconds to repaint the...

Tools to effectively manage the information?

How do you guys manage the information overflow? What are the tools that you guys use? One of the usefull tool is RSS feed reader. Does Any body uses any other tools or any other ways to effectively manage the information? ...

Rhino Mocks: What scope do actions inside Do() execute in?

I notice that if I write Expect.Call(delegate { obj.Method(null); }).IgnoreArguments().Do( new Action(() => {Console.Write("executed");throw new Exception(); })); Provided that the method does run, MbUnit will recieve the "executed" message but will not detect an exception being thrown. Does anyone know why that is so? Is this som...

Any tools to generate an XSD schema from an XML instance document?

I am looking for a tool which will take an XML instance document and output a corresponding XSD schema. I certainly recognize that the generated XSD schema will be limited when compared to creating a schema by hand (it probably won't handle optional or repeating elements, or data constraints), but it could at least serve as a quick star...

Tool to parse a file

I'm trying to figure out the best way to parse a GE Logician MEL trace file to make it easier to read. It has segments like >{!gDYNAMIC_3205_1215032915_810 = (clYN)} execute>GDYNAMIC_3205_1215032915_810 = "Yes, No" results>"Yes, No" execute>end results>"Yes, No" >{!gDYNAMIC_3205_1215032893_294 = (clYN)} execute>GDYNAMIC_3205_12150...

Free/cheap PowerDesigner alternative?

We are using PowerDesigner at work for database modelling. But there is a hell of a price tag on that piece of software. And frankly, all I use is physical diagrams for MS SQL, which is about 1% of what PD knows. Are there any good alternatives? I know about Visio and MS SQL Diagrams, but looking for other options. ...

Rhino Mocks: Is there any way to verify a constraint on an object property's property?

If I have class ObjA { public ObjB B; } class ObjB { public bool Val; } and class ObjectToMock { public DoSomething(ObjA obj){...} } Is there any way to define an expectation that not only will DoSomething get called but that obj.B.Val == true? I have tried Expect.Call(delegate { mockObj.DoSomething(null);}).Constraints(n...

Test framework for black box regression testing

I am looking for a tool for regression testing a suite of equipment we are building. The current concept is that you create an input file (text/csv) to the tool specifying inputs to the system under test. The tool then captures the outputs from the system and records the inputs and outputs to an output file. The output is in the same ...

Do you know of any language-aware diffing tools?

I got to thinking about how annoying messy merges can be and was wondering if there are any language aware diffing tools that go beyond the typical language-aware features of comment skipping and case sensitivity. Seems like the diffing engine could infer a lot more if it were aware of the syntax of what it is diffing instead of just tr...

What do you use to keep notes as a developer?

Where as a developer do like to you keep your code snippets, links, checklists, final solutions to problems etc? I've fooled with Google Notebook, MS Onenote, TreePad, textfiles, and Evernote a bit (currently leaning toward Evernote). All have pros and cons but none seem to be really suited to developers. Is anyone super-happy with ...

Best automated testing tool for web applications?

Having repeatable automated tests of web applications lets one detect regression with very little ongoing labour cost (the main cost being writing the test scripts up front). However there seems to be a bewildering array of such tools available. We used eValid in the past but now use Sahi. Ideally we'd like a tool for which IT-literate ...

Is there any good tool for working on Database apart from Toad which requires license and DBVisualiser not supportive

Is there any good tool for working on Dabtabase apart from Toad which requires license and DBVisualiser not supportive ...