I'm working on improving one of my client's websites by converting their "FAQ" section to a full blown KB article system with (preferably) nifty AJAX search mechanism. I've done some searching and found a few commercial products but would prefer something open source and wanted some recommendations before I jump blindly in to anything. ...
Being that I'm a programmer, and programmers are lazy, I'm looking for a tool that can help me analyze code and refactor, decomposing conditionals mostly. I know that products like Resharper and Refactor Pro! can do this, but I was curious about FOSS alternatives. A Google search turned this nifty tool that creates flowcharts, has anyon...
I work at a company where the rule basically is (as I understand it) that you cannot use any code unless (a) you write the code yourself or (b) there is some explicit indemnification clause guarding your use of any other code (like open source code). I am finding this making my coding difficult. For example, coding samples in books are ...
A few years before I was employed at our organization, it demoed a useful but specialized Java application (library plus GUI) to our peers and to a few conferences. We had several requests for copies, and one of my projects when I joined the organization was to release it the code as an open source project. My role was project manager (...
I' am looking for good projects in python. can anyone give me ideas? where can i look for open source projects in python? ...
I'm interested in a program that does not exist in my favourite programming language. Though, I want to port it to that language. Am I allowed to port a program, that is published under the GNU GPL, from one programming language to another? Which licensing issues will occur? CLARIFICATION This is not about translating the GUI or out...
I'm using an in-house code generator in which we supply all the metadata regarding our objects, and it generates our database, and object model including validation logic. Once we load all the data in the database, we use classic ASP <% %> to build our templates. I would like to know what open-source frameworks similar to this that are o...
Hi, I need open source database that I can ship with my commercial application. It should not have any installation (i.e., no window service and no setup). It can be single user database. It should work in Windows environment and used from Java code. Thanks ...
The other day, I tweaked a script for a friend's World of Warcraft addon. He was surprised that you could edit the addons—that they were "open source." (Word of Warcraft addons are written in the Lua scripting language) I found myself wanting to say "Sure you can—all scripts are 'open source'." Is that true? Sure, some scripts can be co...
It was mentioned to me the other day that choosing (say) ASP.NET MVC and LinqToSql (both MS libraries) over MonoRail and NHibernate would make the software product built a more attractive company asset when considered in the context of mergers and acquisitions. As in, because the first two are MS libraries, and the 2nd two are open-so...
I have a project in mind, here's the pitch. When I come to a new workspace, school, a friends computer and want to check all my favorite blogs, log into facebook, SO and all other amazing websites. I find that it's always a site that i forget to visit. The solution to this is to bookmark the site. However, should I always store the book...
For my diploma project I am creating a tool that will study a Java project and extract the parts that declare or use Web Services in order to study the classes that communicate in this way other the network, the communication channels that are created, etc. In order to test my tool I need some open source projects because I would like t...
Can anyone recommend an open source Syslog Daemon for Windows (specifically Windows 2008 64bit). Thanks ...
I'm currently studying computer science and looking for a good way to practice and hone my programming skills. Contributing to an open source project seems like a natural way to do this to me. I currently know Java, Python, and some C, but wanted to open this up to any established language. In particular, I'm looking for a project tha...
Webkit has a few bugs that prevent our software from running in this browser (and Safari/Chrome/etc). We don't have sufficient C++ knowledge to fix the bugs ourselves, but we're certainly willing to fund the development and do extensive testing of the patches. What would be the best way to proceed? I was thinking of submitting a project...
My wishlist: > ASP.NET 2.0 SQL Server Open Source Ability to use Windows Authentication It seems there are two commercial players in the market that I can find and no open source ones. Am I missing one? ...
There are lots of open-source code repositories - SourceForge, Google Code, Project Kenai, etc. Is there a one-stop place where I can find, discover, or search for open-source projects across all of these repositories? Or do I have to visit all of them to find something I'm interested in? Edit: I should specify that I'm interested i...
I'm currently a developer at my first job right out of college. I work for a large company, and the trend I notice with them is that they tend to go with more expensive, closed source software about 99% of the time, while there are perfectly good open source alternatives that are available, most of which are vastly superior to their clo...
I know many advantages of Open Source Software. But what are the advantages of Commercial software from customer view? When should I use/buy a Commercial Software instead of a Open Source Software? ...
What is some truly beautiful source code that I can browse, maybe on Codeplex.com? I am in the process of getting as good at C# as I can, and I would love to know what code I can look at and know I am looking at some beautiful code worthy of emulating. Exact Duplicate: Open source C# projects that have very high code quality to le...