tools

What is the recomended setup for a small .net/php development shop?

First of all I don't know if it this question belongs here if not please tell me. I've recently evolved from freelancer to a small .net/php development shop and we're trying to figure out what the best tools for team development will be (code repository, continuos integration server, automated testing, etc.). Do you have some recommend...

What tools & media are available out there that helps me in understanding statistics in better way?

Hello, I'm a graduate student very much interested in Machine Learning, Pattern Recognition & Artificial Intelligence. These subjects are just applications of great mathematical subject Statistics. As an undergraduate, I've done courses in Probability and Statistics. We've used it in many other subjects. But sadly its still is very abs...

What tool for printing Invoices and similar documents in Java Swing?

I'm looking for a good tool for printing Invoices, Receipts and similar documents in Java Swing. I have tried JasperReports but it is pretty hard to get a dynamic layout and it is designing for reports. A requirement that I have is that the document should be sent directly to the printer and must not be saved to a file. So some tools th...

Open source web design toolsets

I'm looking for recommendations on an open source toolset for WYSIWYG HTML/CSS design. What you have you found to be valuable in your work? ...

How do I bind a jQuery Tools overlay event to an existing overlay?

Say when the page loads, this code runs: jQuery(document).ready(function($){ $('#overlay').overlay( api: true ); }); How would I bind an event to it? I've tried: $('#overlay').onBeforeLoad( function(){ alert('Hi'); }); $('#overlay').bind( 'onBeforeLoad', function(){ alert('Hi'); }); var api = $('#overlay').data('overlay'); api.o...

Which programs can I use to visualize a JSON File?

I need a program to visualize a json response from a URL or a json file, which organizes the data so it's more human readable. Any suggestions? ...

Help me understand WebDAV and Autoversioning

I just read the WebDAV Appendex in the O'Reilly Subversion book. I don't quite understand it. It talked about users being able to "mount" WebDAV directories (trees) and manipulate the files like they would normally and on saves the server would automagically create a new revision. The way it explained it, it sounded like it would work f...

intercepting http traffic to/from Google Chrome

I use Fiddler for intercepting HTTP traffic when using IE or Firefox. Now that I'm using chrome for most of my day, I would like to be able to see the http traffic using something like Fiddler. What do chrome developers use ? I prefer something automatic like Fiddler but something that needs config, etc would also help. P.S : I'm on win...

What tools do you use to share knowledge amongst developers in your company?

I'm looking for some good tools that help to share tips, best practices, company standards, etc. amongs developers in my company. Two tools I'm currently considering are a wiki (screwturn wiki) or Sharepoint 2010. I'm wondering if there is something better suited to the task, or any input anyone has on this subject. I'd prefer somethi...

Tools, scripts for working with SQL Server 2008

Hi, While working with DB, I find useful using some tools, that help me to solve DB problems. Some of them are: 1) Insert generator 2) A tool that can execute a script on a list of DB's 3) Finding a text in stored procedures and functions. 4) DB Back up scripts My question is, what are most useful tools, scripts(anything else), ...

Better language or checking tool?

This is primarily aimed at programmers who use unmanaged languages like C and C++ in preference to managed languages, forgoing some forms of error checking to obtain benefits like the ability to work in extremely resource constrained systems or the last increment of performance, though I would also be interested in answers from those who...

How to detect a bad way of re-throwing a C# Exception using StyleCop or VS2010?

My colleagues are seasoned C++ hackers switching to .Net. One of the mistakes that they make unintentionally is writing code like this: catch(ArgumentExcepttion ae) { // Code here logs the exception message // And this is supposed to re-throw the exeception throw ae; // as opposed to throw; // But, as we all know, doing ...

What's a good free tool for investigating unintentional object retention in Java?

My multithreaded Java program crashes because it runs out of heap space and I don't think it should. Assuming the culprit is unintentional object retention, what's a good free tool to investigate what objects are being unintentionally retained? My IDE is Eclipse. ...

What tools are available for collaborating with a small number of people?

Hi, I am collaborating with someone on a project and currently use Skype for collaboration. I like it because we can be on a call to say things that are hard to say by typing out. We can share our screens so we can help with code writing. And we can use the text chat to copy-paste code between each other. We also use Subversion for vers...

I'm building a configuration tool for client - is there existing software I can re-use?

Hi, I'm building a web app that allows our customers to create a configuration for our application. The configuration consists of multiple fields, each with a type of either Number, String, Date (eventually Array and Object) and is backed by an object-relational model in MySQL database. The tool allows basic CRUD capability for the co...

How to Login Google webmaster tools with XMLHTTP

Hello, I have tried so many times but I couldn't get it worked. I am trying to log in google webmaster tools to get Search Queries List (top 20) I used XMLHTTP and AspTear, but no action :(. It says "my browser isnt cookie supported" But how can I log in google webmaster tools via xMLHTTP cookied enables? xmlhttp has any parameter ...

How Can I convert Java To Exe

Possible Duplicate: Compiling a java program into an exe Hi, I'd like to convert my java application to exe file which is not depends on a pre installed JRE file. Which tool can do so? I prefer to converty my application to a real exex file. Thanks, Eyal. ...

Drawing Server Layout

Hi All, I am currently using Visio to draw the layout of our server systems for future developers to grok. We program on Open Source tools like ruby and Ubuntu, and using Visio is rubbing me the wrong way. Are there any good open source alternatives for making pretty charts to explain hwow are servers are laid out? ...

CVS tools for repo monitoring on windows?

I sometime use the very simple but effective svncommitmonitor, http://tools.tortoisesvn.net/CommitMonitor to monitor activity. It's easy to see in the sys tray on a windows box and I've become used to it by now. So, is there a similar/identical tool for CVS. Some googling and to my surprise I couldn't find one. Any tips? ...

free, recommendable Tools for data modeling?

Hello, are there free, recommendable Tools for data modeling? ERM/ORM Diagrams Creating database models (SQL SERVER 2005) As Simple to use as Visio(no license here) Code generation is only a nice to have (VB.Net) ...