Developer Tools and Resources

Malice · 28-05-2011 5:12pm

I've been doing some work recently with a third-party module that generates an application's data access layer. One thing that annoyed me was that the underlying SQL queries all come out on one line. In my search for a tool that would format it into something readable I found Instant SQL Formatter. You can just copy your SQL into it, press the format button and then copy out the readable SQL.

ocallagh · 01-06-2011 8:49am

http://www.ajaxload.info/

I know not dev.. but is handy none the less. For loading gifs that need certain bg

fasty · 16-06-2011 7:55am

https://github.com/mizage/DBUserDefaults

DBUserDefaults, works like NSUserDefaults but with Dropbox! Quite cool!

Sparks · 21-09-2011 1:16pm

poul111 wrote: »

Oh, and how could I forget RockScroll, one of the best plugins for Visual Studio there.

It might help everyone else agree with you if you explained what it does and why you find it so useful...

oeb · 06-01-2012 11:46am

Sublime2 has completely replaced Notepad++ as my developers text editor of choice.

It's brilliant. It's got all kinds of neat features like a file map (Kind of like a tiny version of the file that sits in the sidebar and allows you to quickly jump around it), support for VI key bindings, distraction free mode, a built in python interpreter, multiple select, fantastic autosave functionalityand more.

It's not open source, it's about €50, but it does have a fully featured unlimited trial (With a nag notice that appears once or twice a week), and it's fully cross platform too.

conor.hogan.2 · 03-03-2012 9:41pm

http://www.codinghorror.com/blog/files/Pragmatic%20Quick%20Reference.htm

Ludo · 04-03-2012 3:40pm

oeb wrote: »

Sublime2 has completely replaced Notepad++ as my developers text editor of choice.

Tried it but find it way too slow to launch...I find notepad++ far faster to open so sticking with it.

randombar · 05-03-2012 1:49pm

Mac Based SW

Coda
Navicat
Transmit
Terminal
Mamp
KDiff
Name Mangler
Photoshop

Any other gems for the Mac?

mhkdeveloper · 05-03-2012 9:12pm

26 Worth Knowing PHP Tools & Resources For Web Developers

http://pelfusion.com/tools/26-worth-knowing-php-tools-resources-for-web-developers/

Friel · 05-03-2012 9:16pm

Kompozer

Not quite at Dreamweaver level, but it could get there. Plus it's completely free.

Colonel Panic · 06-03-2012 3:49pm

I spent the weekend porting my game to run with Chrome's Native Client and am quite in love with the whole thing, so it was very convenient that this GDC talk was posted yesterday. Answered quite a few of my questions!

Porting games for Native Client

Korvanica · 13-04-2012 11:42am

Snippet Compiler

Very handy little tool for just firing together a bit of code quickly to see if it'll work properly.

bellylint · 13-04-2012 12:56pm

Wanna see the web requests, and the returned response from your application, this lil web debugger has saved my @ss so much time since I came across it. N its free.

www.fiddler2.com

conor.hogan.2 · 12-06-2012 8:21pm

Someone else posted this elsewhere in this forum but I just want to point it out again.

http://www.pluralsight-training.net are offering free access to their video courses.

Very MS influenced (that is mainly what they do) but still great information.

Brussels Sprout · 27-11-2012 11:02pm

I find soapUI really handy. I'm not sure exactly what it's official purpose and title is but I use it to create and edit SOAP .xml requests and view the responses that they get from a given WebService. Best used in conjunction with Fiddler2!

Basq · 06-05-2013 6:15pm

Doing an online course learning Python and one of the professors teaching the course did developed this browser based Python interpretor.

CodeSkulptor

Very handy!

RealistSpy · 15-05-2013 10:29pm

Android Studio

Mmmm_Lemony · 16-05-2013 11:47pm

Nice web application for creating sql db schema on the go.

Unfortunately its silverlight based, so not great if you are linux. Found it very handy for illustrating mySQL schema for basic college projects etc... You can also export to multiple formats (requires a few tweaks to the sql but not too shabby). If you log in you can save the schemas created, but this is optional.

dbschemaeditor.com/OnlineDB.aspx

ThrowinShapes · 23-06-2013 9:03pm

If this gets a more stable version then I'd definitely make the switch from Sublime Text 2
http://brackets.io/

tobsey · 12-07-2013 2:40pm

Create an SQL schema, populate data and run queries. Great for testing ideas if you don't have access to a server. Supports numerous RDBMS:

http://sqlfiddle.com/

Similar to the above but for javascript/html/css.

http://jsfiddle.net/

dxter · 16-07-2013 2:44pm

One tool that I have not yet seen listed here is:

Website Analysis and Review SEO Tool by iwebchk - which is basically a full website audit tool providing website analysis in performance, validity, seo, and social media.

PeakOutput · 18-07-2013 11:35am

I havnt used these guys yet but I am planning to on my next projectand not sure if its a developer tool or resource but I end up doing this sort of analysis for clients anyway. its free for now and I have heard great things

https://sumall.com/

Manach · 15-08-2013 1:27pm

Free education course edX - www.edx.org.
Numerous topics, including software engineering.
I'm trying the Software as a service one myself, which uses VM and Ruby.
One cavaet in that, is need to really purchase the textbook to keep up with video lectures.

Trojan · 02-09-2013 12:37pm

Probably well known, but I just stumbled across these online compilation tools today:

codepad - simple online compiler/interpreter & collaboration. Example code snippet.

This looks like a more featured version of the same: http://www.compileonline.com/

Two more:
http://ideone.com/
http://codetwist.com/

[-0-] · 21-09-2013 12:43pm

This is a fantastic resource if you want to get started on Linux Kernel Programming. This course is backed by Robert Love, and the guy running it is a co-author of his.

Enjoy!

Introduction to Linux Kernel Programming

[-0-] · 23-09-2013 2:07pm

5 Minute Guide to C Pointers

[-0-] · 17-10-2013 1:24pm

Vundle
Syntastic
my .vimrc:

syntax on
se nu
set autoindent
set cindent

set rtp+=~/.vim/bundle/vundle/
call vundle#rc()

" let Vundle manage Vundle
" required!
Bundle 'gmarik/vundle'


Bundle 'scrooloose/syntastic'
let g:syntastic_enable_signs=1
let g:syntastic_auto_loc_list=1
let g:syntastic_mode_map = { 'mode': 'active', 'active_filetypes': ['c'], 'pa
ssive_filetypes': ['html', 'css', 'slim'] }

Bundle 'scrooloose/nerdtree'
Bundle 'scrooloose/nerdcommenter'
nmap <leader># :call NERDComment(0, "invert")<cr>
vmap <leader># :call NERDComment(0, "invert")<cr>
Bundle 'majutsushi/tagbar'
Bundle 'gregsexton/gitv'
Bundle 'sjl/splice.vim'
Bundle 'tpope/vim-fugitive'

See the attached image for syntastic in action

KonFusion · 22-10-2013 7:18pm

Can't remember if I found this here?

Anyway, big list of free programming books:

https://github.com/vhf/free-programming-books/blob/master/free-programming-books.md

ThrowinShapes · 13-02-2014 11:56pm

Been working on a barebones project scaffold for mobile first site development. Might be of some use!
https://github.com/tjFogarty/mobile-first-scaffold

smcelhinney · 15-02-2014 12:52am

Not sure if anyone has mentioned WebStorm? It's not free, but boy is it worth the couple a quid. I love it - really good clever syntax highlighting and code completion, boilerplate Node project templates, SASS watch and compile, love it.

Definitely my fave web dev IDE at the moment, fully made the switch from Coda 2.

Webstorm by JetBrains

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