tools

Database compare tools

My company has a number of relatively small Access databases (2-5MB) that control our user assisted design tools. Naturally these databases evolve over time as data bugs are found and fixed and as the schema changes to support new features in the tools. Can anyone recommend a database diff tool to compare both the data and schema from ...

Does anyone use mindmapping tools?

I wonder if anyone (or any team) uses mindmapping tools (mindstorms/brainstorms before projects). I'm going to start a new project and I think if it would be useful. If yes, which tool should I use. ...

Is it possible to find code coverage in ColdFusion?

I am trying to be a "good" programmer and have unit tests for my ColdFusion application but haven't been able to find a code coverage tool that can tie into the test that I'm using. For those of you who do unit tests on your ColdFusion code, how have you approached this problem? ...

Multi-site development

Most of the development teams I have worked with have been geographically dispersed often across several continents. What techniques and tools have you found effective when working with a team which does not sit together in the same office? ...

Is Jad the best java decompiler?

It hasn't been updated since 2006. Are there better alternatives? Homepage: http://www.kpdus.com/jad.html ...

Tool for commandline "bookmarks" on windows?

Hi, Im searching a tool which allows me to specify some folders as "bookmarks" and than access them on the commandline (on Windows XP) via a keyword. Something like: C:\> go home D:\profiles\user\home\> go svn-project1 D:\projects\project1\svn\branch\src\> I'm currently using a bunch of batch files, but editing them by hand is a daun...

Regex Testing Tools

Hi all, I know of The Regulator for testing regular expressions. And there's also RegExr for testing regular expressions as well. Does anyone know of other regex testing tools? Do any of these tools allow you to specify which RE engine you're testing against? I changed this question to community wiki ...

Are there similar tools to Code Detective for Other languages/IDEs?

Just saw this linked on YCombinator news and the idea heavily appeals to me, and seems like it would be useful for many languages, not just c#, but haven't seen anything similar elsewhere. For reference: http://www.codeplex.com/CloneDetectiveVS edit: basic description of the tool for those who don't want to follow the link - It scans ...

How do you keep your tools updated?

I don't know why, but I always seem to neglect updating my tools, even when they nag me. I think I'm encountering two problems. First, for the tools that tell me there is a new version, I don't want to update at the moment because I'm using the tool, so I put it off, and then forget to update it later. Second, the tool doesn't tell me an...

What free and preferably open source development tools for windows would you recomend?

Currently, I use MinGW for C/C++, Sun's SDK for java, and the Crimson Editor or Notepad++ for editing and Eclipse for my IDE. Microsoft limits what you can do with the code you create with the Express versions of Visual Studio so as far as I am concerned it doesn't count as free development tool. I see them more as a training tool for ...

What is in your JavaScript development toolbox?

I have to do some JavaScript in the future, so it is time to update my toolbox. Right now I use Firefox with some addons: JavaScript Shell from https://www.squarefree.com/bookmarklets/webdevel.html Firefox Dom Inspector Firebug Greasemonkey Stylish I plan to use Venkman Javascript debugger as well as jsunit and js-lint. For program...

How do I get the assembler output from a C file in VS2005

I think the file that is produced is an .asm file, any idea how to produce this in Visual Studio when you do a build? ...

Best Scrum tools

What tools for managing Scrum would you recommend? ...

What tools do you use for WPF development?

What tools beside Visual Studio's Cider do you use? Have you succeed in using something from Microsoft Expression product family? EDIT: Here are revealed tools: Snoop Mole debugger visualizer Perforator suggested by Matt Hamilton The Expression Blend 2.5 Preview suggested by Anthony Conyers Kaxaml suggested by Anthony Conyers & Brad L...

Tool to check Doxygen markup is up to date

I'm using Doxygen to generate documentation for my (C++) code, and am wondering if there is a tool that would give me a list of all functions/methods for which the current Doxygen markup doesn't describe all the arguments (or describes too many)? Maybe this is already included in Doxygen? (in which case I couldn't find the feature !) ...

Tool for degrading my network connection?

I've written some applications than heavily use network, and I would to test it over a slow network. I'm looking for a tool to simulate this kind of connections. Edit: I'm only interested in Windows tools ...

What is your favourite Code Coverage tool(s) (Free and non-free)

What is your favourite Code Coverage tool(s) (Free/non-free) and how do you use them effectively? There are several options available, such as: CodeCover Coverlipse Emma / EclEmma Atlassian Clover (commercial) Cobertura Crap4j I have CodeCover telling me various chunks of my code are 58% covered etc. But how does this help me write ...

What tool do you miss more for WPF development?

In my previous question we have gathered a list of useful WPF tools. Today my question is what tool do you miss more? Personally I miss a WPF designer for programmer. I want to concentrate on writing code, so I need a good XAML editor with intellisense support not a fancy forms editor. Take a look at Paul Stovell’s article “Th...

Tool to track #include dependencies

Any good suggestions? Input will be the name of a header file and output should be a list (preferably a tree) of all files including it directly or indirectly. ...

Tools to convert asp.net dynamic site into static site

Are there any tools that will spider an asp.net website and create a static site? ...