tools

Hibernate Tools and the ever changing database

I am currently using Hibernate Tools 3.1; I customized naming convention and DAO templates. The database (SQL Server 2005) in early development phase and I'm in charge of rebuilding the mappings, entities, DAOs, configuration, whatever. Each time I have to reverse-engineer the tables and so I lose every customization I made on the mappin...

What IDE to use for Python?

Asking as a Python beginner, what IDEs ("GUIs/editors") do others use for Python coding? If you can just give the name (for example, Textpad, Eclipse ..) that will be enough. If it is already mentioned, you can just vote for it. But if you can also give some more comparative information, that will be much appreciated. Update: Result...

Task/issue tracking system with command-line interface

Are the any task tracking systems with command-line interface? Here is a list of features I'm interested in: Simple task template Something like plain-text file with property:type pairs, for example: description:string some-property:integer required command line interface for example: // Creates task <task tracker>.exe...

Reviews for programmable, tiling window manager ion3

I find the concept of the programmable, tiling, keyboard-focuessed window manager ion3 very appealing, but I think it takes some time to customize it to your needs until you can really evaluate this totally different UI-concept. Therefore, I would like to read reviews of people who tried it for a longer time as environment for programmi...

Is there any free C++ code coverage tool which is useful?

AFAIK, there isn't a free code coverage tool for C++. ...

Fix argument handling in SQL Server 2005 Mgmt Studio custom Keyboard Accelerator shortcuts?

I've long been a fan of Stored Procedure Keyboard Accelerators, as described in this article. When we moved from SQL 2000 to 2005, though, and from Query Analyzer to Management Studio, the handling of the arguments changed. In QA, comma-separated arguments were automatically read as two separate arguments. In SSMS -- at least for me -...

How do I enable more than 8-bit colors in Terminal.app?

In the Vim and Emacs terminal apps, the color schemes look horrid. How do I enable the colors to be as vibrant as the GUI version (or more than 8 colors for that matter)? Should I just give up, and move over to their respective GUI applications? And if so, which? ...

How do you keep a personal wiki (TiddlyWiki) current and in sync in multiple locations?

If one were to use TiddlyWiki as a personal database for notes and code snippets, how would you go about keeping it in sync between multiple machines. Would a svn/cvs etc work. How would you handle merges? ...

Converting SQL Result Sets to XML.

I am looking for a tool that can serialize and/or transform SQL Result Sets into XML. Getting dumbed down XML generation from SQL result sets is simple and trivial, but that's not what I need. The solution has to be database neutral, and accepts only regular SQL query results (no db xml support used). A particular challenge of this tool...

Any other tools/plugins like VisualAssist that will change my life (MSVS)?

I was introduced to VisualAssist a few years ago and for me there's no going back. Are there any other tools I'm missing out on? ...

Is there anything like RegexBuddy in the open source world?

I've used RegexBuddy several times and found it to be a really useful tool. Is there anything like it in the open source world, preferably something that is platform agnostic? (the fact that regexbuddy is windows only is a real downer) The only thing I've been able to find is Kodos, which I've also used quite a lot, but it doesn't quit...

Is there any tool to see at a glance the changes of a TFS checkin (for review)

I'm an architect doing reviews on the code checkins of many developers using TFS. Currently, I have to use Source Control history to see individual checkins, then for each checkin I have a list of changed files, and I must double click each file to see its changes (if it was existing) or its contents (if it's new). This is time consumin...

Generating classes automatically from unit tests?

I am looking for a tool that can take a unit test, like IPerson p = new Person(); p.Name = "Sklivvz"; Assert.AreEqual("Sklivvz", p.Name); and generate, automatically, the corresponding stub class and interface interface IPerson // inferred from IPerson p = new Person(); { string Name { get; // i...

Tips on walking through unfamiliar code or info on tools that help the process?

I would love tips on how to walk unfamiliar code with many objects. Before OOP this was still a difficult thing and I would do it with listings and have tabs and 8 fingers holding my place. With multiple monitors I have advanced my techniques so it's easier but still difficult. Eclipse does a pretty good job with letting you jump to ...

Which is the best tool for automatic GUI performance testing?

We are currently testing a Java Swing application for it's performance. I wonder if there is a good tool to automate this? ...

A free tool to check C/C++ source code against a set of coding standards?

It looks quite easy to find such a tool for Java (Checkstyle, JCSC), but I can't seem to find one for C/C++. I am not looking for a lint-like static code analyzer, I only would like to check against coding standards like variable naming, capitalization, spacing, identation, bracket placement, and so on. ...

Add RSS to any website?

Is there any website/service which will enable me to add RSS subscription to any website? This is for my company I work. We have a website which displays company related news. These news are supplied by an external agency and they gets updated to our database automatically. Our website picks up random/new news and displays them. We are ...

What tools are available for a team leader & members to manage tasks (Agile programming)

I are working in a small development team of 4 people. We are trying develop "Agile style" - story points, small tasks, etc... Unfortunately, we are currently managing our tasks in a (shared) excel table. We looked at some available tools (Mingle, TFS, Scrum for Team System), but all of these looked like they would be too much overhead ...

Tasklist replacement for Visual Studio

I would like to use the task-list in Visual Studio but it really lacks almost any useful feature a task-list should provide. So I use Todo-List externally, to keep track of the things I need to get done. Would be nice to have it all in one place. So does anyone know of a cool replacement Add-On for the tasklist in Visual Studio? Thanks...

Batch source-code aware spell check

What is a tool or technique that can be used to perform spell checks upon a whole source code base and its associated resource files? The spell check should be source code aware meaning that it would stick to checking string literals in the code and not the code itself. Bonus points if the spell checker understands common resource file...