I'm looking for open source libarary that I can use to enable users of my site to open any page (perhaps in an iframe) and allow them to select an html element from it just like firebug allows. It should be done in a website (no by a browser plugin). Any idea where to begin? Thanks! ...
Background: There are a couple of concerns that are not core business for us. They are essential to our core business, but we have no business writing on our own, in terms of manpower, time, and expertise. I am familiar and very comfortable with some open-source implementations, using closed-source-friendly licenses, that could fill thes...
I downloaded JGraphT, and I want to make some changes to the core files. I'm using Eclipse. It wants a .jar or .zip to attach source files to the .class file. I have the .java file, but I'm not sure what I should do. Do I edit it, then recompile the jar? ...
I'm just wondering if anybody knows an open source project devoted to convert ppt (or pptx) file to an easy-to-render format - html, jpg or other picture type, pdf... I've developed some code to start reading an office file (I'm talking about the Compound Binary File) and now I've started to crack on the internal ppt streams like Pictur...
The producing open-source software book is a gold mine of information on starting open-source projects. Yet I am hoping to learn more from the experience of stackoverflow users and was wondering what are the mistakes you made when starting a new open-source project (or difficulties you encountered when attempting to contribute to a new p...
Hi, I'm developing a commercial application and would like to include ffmpeg to extract thumbnails from videos. ffmpeg is licenced under LGPL 2.1. I would like to know how I can include ffmpeg in my software installer while meeting the requirements of LGPL 2.1. If it makes any difference I haven't modified the ffmpeg exe in any way. ...
Are there any open source projects using both asp.net mvc and silverlight together? ...
I'm writing a .NET library for the Stack Overflow pre-alpha API. After uploading some early code to a new project over at Google Code, I set the license info to GPL and added the appropriate license disclaimers to the code files. After posting an announcement on Meta, though, Kevin Montrose told me that LGPL is better. I have also looked...
Hello All, I am currently working on my own implementation of MVC php framework. I would like to know what opensource extentions/libraties are good enough to be added to a common php MVC framework. Thanks ...
Are there any open Source libraries for tracking objects and over-laying graphics in videos ? Specifically, to create effects similar to the products offered in the below link :- http://www.orad.tv/en/page.asp?id=85 ...
I do most of my programming as one-off work ("scaffolding" code for testing, data analysis, etc.) for a small company + have benefited a lot from open-source software projects over the past 5-10 years. Many of the libraries I've used are free and have saved my company money. I don't have the time/skills to give much back to these proje...
Is there some sort of application/API with which I can graph sets of numbers(line graph)? I will be interfacing with an external device which will provide me with some readings(via a custom format through a /dev/cua file) at a rate of about 1000 readings per second. I want to be able to graph this as a line graph. So I will need to be...
In March or April 2009 Qt Jambi was made open source and then the commercial project was kicked. I'd really like to use Qt Jambi but can't do that if the code isn't maintained any longer. Is there a fork of Qt Jambi, either commercial or open source? ...
Dear Community, I need a bit of web software (ideally Open Source) that will manage my business -i.e invoices, accounts, clients, contacts, time spent on work, notes, diary. Any ideas ? ...
These are some of the things that every web developer should know when building a web app. This tools will save everyone lots of time. Tools like "memcached" and "beanstalkd" are super dead simple and provides lots of value. If someone could list their simple yet effective tools in this list, it would be good. I'll make this community...
Hi, I want to get some suggestion for a Customizable/Opensource Booking Engine for Hotels That you've used or had coded them. The booking engine I'm looking for is the one you can add and customize the fields (address,rates, and other stuffs). Also I could easily integrate it to my existing site. I was looking at CultBooking but I've be...
I am a co-op at a company and I was tasked with patching Roumen Petrov's OpenSSH w/ x509 certificates patch (http://www.roumenpetrov.info/openssh/) to include one of the features in his wanted list: wildcards in Distinguished Names. On his site he says that he will gladly accept patches. After finishing, I asked my manager to implore th...
I've looked all over the SubSonic website, but I can't find anything about its licensing. With the project I am working on, I need to list all the open source projects I use along with their licenses. ...
I am looking for a PHP library which does more or less the same thing as this webpage: http://textalyser.net/ I know that there are popular libraries in python and java, but I am looking for a PHP version. Thanks for your help! ...
It's possible to download old source code versions from open source projects. I want to learn from history. Maybe, more people in Stack Overflow want to learn from history too. What open source projects do you know that made a transition from bad php code to good php code? How do you describe the transition (big, fast, easy...)? What c...