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Regex - 7 Free Test Tools

by Mark Pelf

We are giving an overview of 7 free Regex tools to test and develop Regex expressions

MSTest or TRX to HTML with Animated Charts

by Sunasara Imdadhusen

MS Test Result Viewer is a free open source library to convert MS Test result (.trx) file into HTML. It is also allowed you to perform MS Test on your test container project (.dll) file. This utility will work with simple command line arguments to generate test report in HTML format with excellent U

UNITY 3D – Leap Motion Integration

by Vahe Karamian

This article will cover the basics of Leap Motion integration into your Unity 3D project. We will look at the basic setup and implementation of the basics to get you started. In order for you to try the code, you will need to have the Leap Motion hardware.

cobj: Polymorphism in Plain C

by GProssliner

cobj is a preprocessor based generator for interface based polymorphism

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Git – 6 Free GUI Clients

by Mark Pelf

We are giving an overview of 6 free Git GUI clients

Regex - 7 Free Test Tools

by Mark Pelf

We are giving an overview of 7 free Regex tools to test and develop Regex expressions

Gradient Color Picker

by gggustafson

This article presents a tool that provides developers with the ability to pick colors from a linear color gradient.

How to Build a Tokenizer/Lexer Generator in C#

by honey the codewitch

Build a full featured tokenizer generator in C#

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Git – 6 Free GUI Clients

1 Aug 2022 by Mark Pelf

We are giving an overview of 6 free Git GUI clients

Regex - 7 Free Test Tools

14 Jun 2022 by Mark Pelf

We are giving an overview of 7 free Regex tools to test and develop Regex expressions

C++ with gradle and kotlin-dsl; usages of buildtypes & flavors

27 May 2022 by Phoenix Liveon

How do we implement some buildTypes and flavors configs for our project(library or an application). I had a hard time finding tutorials or references about it, especially if it is implemented in kotlin-dsl. I tried to simulate the concepts from...

C++ with gradle and kotlin-dsl; usages of buildtypes & flavors

27 May 2022 by Rick York

I am not entirely clear on what you are asking but I'll take a shot. First, there are two kinds of libraries you can build - statically linked and dynamically lined. You define which kind(s) in the project settings of the library's solution. ...

Using the gradle build tool to create multi-root projects in vscode

13 Apr 2022 by Phoenix Liveon

It seem there's a bug or maybe the local vscode application in my computer got corrupted? But the multi-module projects or subprojects features are working properly and I already configure the "gradle.nestedProjects" to TRUE, nonetheless I want...

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How to improve back end skils?

26 Dec 2021 by Member 15435322

Hi all.I started working as a junior java developer at my workplace. But I am facing some problems. The moment I worked was actually understanding what a back end developer was doing. But I couldn't understand. I finally realized something, that...

Is it good tool in VS for answer?

29 Apr 2021 by Member 15170612

Hi, I would like to ask if there is a good tool for marking the answer in Visual Studio? I create WPF Application in which it would be possible to mark the answer.In short, there would be a mathematical example and the user would be able to...

Is it good tool in VS for answer?

29 Apr 2021 by Dave Kreskowiak

That's not "tools". What you're talking about are controls you can use in your app. There's plenty of them, like RadioButtons, CheckBoxes, TextBoxes, ... You can even create your own controls. There is nothing that is going to fit and do exactly...

Easiest and cheap tool to build a web and mobile app

17 May 2020 by RickZeeland

Here are some options: free-cross-platform-mobile-and-desktop-no-web-app-development-frameworks-that-can-be-used-to-create-commerci[^] frameworks-for-developing-cross-platform-mobile-apps[^] frameworks-for-creating-mobile-web-apps[^] If you like...

Easiest and cheap tool to build a web and mobile app

17 May 2020 by Member 14835524

Hello everyone :) so let me tell you something about me related to my question.... first let's say that I am over 50 ;P so be patient with me :) I was old school coder, LM, Pascal and then Basic (almost any version of it) lucky me I was...

Easiest and cheap tool to build a web and mobile app

17 May 2020 by Richard MacCutchan

I am sorry to say this but if you find Visual Studio confusing then learning any of the frameworks and languages needed for your projects is going to be hard work. Creating websites with ASP.NET is probably the best choice, but it is quite a...

Gradient Color Picker

5 May 2020 by gggustafson

This article presents a tool that provides developers with the ability to pick colors from a linear color gradient.

How to Build a Tokenizer/Lexer Generator in C#

27 Nov 2019 by honey the codewitch

Build a full featured tokenizer generator in C#

code-generation

Installed SQL server data tools still it neither shows up in the project templates nor in the start menu

17 Sep 2019 by CHill60

I found the following ssis - Is it possible to install SQL Server Data Tools in Visual Studio 2017 Community?[^] (despite the SSIS in the title it is actually referring to SSDT) It suggests that a complete reinstall of Visual Studio would be the solution. Another link suggests installing it...

Installed SQL server data tools still it neither shows up in the project templates nor in the start menu

17 Sep 2019 by simpledeveloper

Hi I have installed SQL Server Data Tools, with VS 2017, now it is not showing up in the Services section, not in the VS project Templates and not in the Start menu. Its very embarrassing why is it not happening, any help would be greatly helpful - thanks in advance. What I have tried: ...

Csminify: A Merge/Minifier for C# Source

29 Aug 2019 by honey the codewitch

Easily create single source file drop-ins from multiple C# source files

How can I prevent files to be modified or deleted but still backup them ?

9 Apr 2019 by Dave Kreskowiak

Quote: 1) I want only a specific software/application which creates the data, being able to write on C:\temp Not possible. You cannot assign permissions to application, only to user accounts. Applications run as the user that launches them and inherit the permissions of the user. If the user...

How can I prevent files to be modified or deleted but still backup them ?

9 Apr 2019 by Member 14221764

Hello Everyone, I have a software producing measurement data locally on C:\temp. Following are my goals: 1) I want only a specific software/application which creates the data, being able to write on C:\temp 2) I want NO USERS being able to modify or delete the data 3) I want to move (not...

Example of Microsoft Flow usage or Flowers for my Wife

1 Oct 2018 by Ivan Yakimov

Here, I'll show you not so simple example of usage of Microsoft Flow for one practical task.

How to hide my followers & following list on instagram

3 Sep 2018 by LucyPage

Instagram officially does not give you such an option to hide your followers from others. Also, there is no such third party app available through which you can hide your followers on Instagram. But still, there are some ways around to hide your followers or following. Let’s see in detail what...

Any way to download or extract all whatsapp group contact list?

3 Sep 2018 by Sneha Kapoor

Is their any script or tool to download Details of all members of a Whatsapp group? Script in case if I use it on Computer using Whatsapp Web. What I have tried: I have not found any working tool or script for this.

[Offtop] [survey] front-end code playground tools

22 May 2018 by Richard MacCutchan

This forum is for technical questions. If you want collaboration on some subject then please use Collaboration / Beta Testing Discussion Boards[^].

File Explorer Clone with Tabs and Parallel File Search Tool

21 Apr 2018 by Wade Harvey

This article shows how to use Winforms, WPF and C# to create a File Explorer Clone with Tabs and an extremely fast parallel file search utility.

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Working with CodeProject Workspaces::Code (::GitMachine)

13 Dec 2017 by Marco Bertschi

CodeProject Workspaces was closed by August 30th 2014 - I decided to keep this article available since Workspaces is now a part of CodeProject's history.

How to test website for X-content-type-options header?

11 Sep 2017 by DGKumar

How to Test website for X-Content-Type-Options header? Could you please tell me the list of tools that find the X-Content-Type-Options What I have tried: I have tried but got the online urls but i am trying to check in any tools which provide security to test.

How to test website for X-content-type-options header?

11 Sep 2017 by Jochen Arndt

You can use any tool that can send a HTTP HEAD request and parse the answer. With curl for example: # curl -I http://www.codeproject.com HTTP/1.1 301 Moved Permanently Cache-Control: private Content-Length: 59 Content-Type: text/html; charset=utf-8 Location: https://www.codeproject.com/...

Smart Technical Debt Estimation with NDepend

22 Mar 2017 by Fiyaz Hasan

Just like financial debt estimation, technical debt can also be estimated. Know more about this metaphor developed by Ward Cunningham and how the estimation can be done though NDepend's smart technical debt estimation feature.

Custom DataGridView for Data Management

8 Dec 2016 by haisol

Custom DataGridView for managing data

Useful Tools for Angular JS Developers

18 Aug 2016 by M,AqibShehzad

The most demanding framework can ease the life of a developer as it streamlines creating dynamic views in web applications.

Useful Tools for .NET Developers

18 Aug 2016 by M,AqibShehzad

Here are some useful tools for .NET developers

Tool for testing exactly the performance of program / algorithm

13 Aug 2016 by Aamir Yousafi

With today's modern computers, for novice programmers who write mostly small programs, it's not possible to tell which program / algorithm performs better. Is there a tool that measures CPU load and memory load and other performance metrics of a particular program in Windows (an .exe file, an...

Tool for testing exactly the performance of program / algorithm

13 Aug 2016 by Patrice T

A simple timing of the program can be enough. At beginning, save the time in a variable, run the program, read time at the end, the difference is your runtime.If program is too fast, put it in a loop and run it as many times as needed.StartTime = TimerFor RunCount = 1 to 10 ' My...

cobj: Polymorphism in Plain C

7 Jun 2016 by GProssliner

cobj is a preprocessor based generator for interface based polymorphism

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Tools that Will Make a Web Developer's Life Easier

30 Apr 2016 by Passion4Code

Here are some tools which will make a web developer's life easier

What are the tools that can be used for creating a UI in C?

29 Mar 2016 by venkat28vk

Hi,Which is the best and most efficient tool that can be used for creating a UI for a C code?What I have tried:I have tried with creating a UI in java and calling the C object file in java program. I am looking for more alternative and efficient ways to achieve this.

What are the tools that can be used for creating a UI in C?

29 Mar 2016 by VR Karthikeyan

Hi, you can try GTK+, also refer following links,1. How to create a GUI(Graphical User Interface) using C programming Language.. | Gihan's Blog..[^]2. Erco's FLTK Video Tutorials[^]3. Creating a simple GUI programm with C and GTK+ (Создание ГУИ программы на GTK+) - YouTube[^]My...

Createtoolwindow2 from vspackage

13 Mar 2016 by Ishan Malik

Can anyone please guide me how can I convert Add-Ins to VSPackage Extention without recreating/replicating everything into VSIX?I have one addin which is supporting VS2010 to VS2013. I have everything in .sln. I want to migrate/create .addin into .vsix for compatibility issue of VS2015....

Simple Performance Timer

11 Jan 2016 by Bartlomiej Filipek

Description of a simple performance timer that can be used to profile cpp code in your app

Super Message Box

18 Dec 2015 by Redgum

A customizable MessageBox() DLL and test application with dozens of built-in icons and color schemes

Get image from any window.

25 Nov 2015 by hansoctantan

How can I get image that is viewed from a window. Not just capturing it using screen capture but need to get the original image.Idea here is even the image is zoomed out/in or not whole image is displayed by being too big on its viewer. I can still get the whole image, this is one of the...

Unzip Multiple Zip Files on File Name's Alpha-numeric Sequence

17 Nov 2015 by Shangwu Qi

A utility application that uses .NET 4.5 ZipFile class to unzip multiple files on file name sequence and save unzipped files to a same root directory.

Need a tool manage SQL Attribute Store and Custom Claim Rules for ADFS

2 Sep 2015 by Member 11874788

Hello everyone,Since ADFS 3.0 provides interface to use SQL Server database as additional claim attribute store, is there a tool a tool to manage SQL Attribute Store?I am working on a task to use Active Directory authentication, and use SQL server database and custom claim rules to...

video (mp4) to Mp3 convert

28 Aug 2015 by Sergey Alexandrovich Kryukov

Wrong question. First, video is not converted to audio (what it would even possibly mean?) It's just video files contain several streams, and some of them are video, and some are audio, and you can have some different kinds of streams (subtitles, for example). So, you can first extract some...

video (mp4) to Mp3 convert

28 Aug 2015 by Redwan Irheem

HI, i need code c# to convert video (mp4) to MP3 or WAV >>pleas any answer >>advice >:)

alternate to socket workbench

21 Aug 2015 by BVandenbon

There's a kickstarter project: TCP/IP bouncer. It's a java application to analyse TCP/IP communication.It is based on the principles of socket workbench, but it goes way beyond that. It uses draggable building blocks, which allows you to also simulate communication.

Zen Coding (Emmet)

23 Jul 2015 by xszaboj

Zen Coding (Emmet)

Downloading Stock Quotes with Stocks Tracker API

14 Jul 2015 by Sergey Nizhegorodtsev

The article shows how to implement open source Stocks Tracker API in Java projects. Individual stock quotes can be easily fetched from various free online sources with this library.

UNITY 3D – Leap Motion Integration

8 Jul 2015 by Vahe Karamian

This article will cover the basics of Leap Motion integration into your Unity 3D project. We will look at the basic setup and implementation of the basics to get you started. In order for you to try the code, you will need to have the Leap Motion hardware.

Code Usage Coverage Tools

2 Jul 2015 by Sergey Alexandrovich Kryukov

You can consider this list and review each suggested product:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_tools_for_static_code_analysis#.NET[^],see also http://bfy.tw/dKE[^].I personally only used FxCop; I simply don't remember if dead code is detected, probably it should. This product has...

Code Usage Coverage Tools

2 Jul 2015 by stixoffire

I am looking for an open source tool that can scan my code and determine unused code in 4 solutions (3 are referenced by one solution ) I would like to know what methods are not used, and what classes are not used so I can streamline things to make it easier to maintain. Any help is appreciated.

VB.NET runtime control designer for windows forms

28 Jun 2015 by NightWizzard

Simply add a single code module to add instant design capabilities to all windows forms of your application!

Git History Tool

15 May 2015 by Vasil Trifonov

Git History Tool

Small Helper Tool for Configuration Transformations

21 Apr 2015 by Vasil Trifonov

Small Helper Tool for Configuration Transformations

Export SAP Table Structures to Google Drive

10 Mar 2015 by Jim F. Johnson

This tip describes how to use a 3rd party tool to review SAP tables structure and exporting the metadata to Google Drive in CSV format.

please configure your config/database.yml first

9 Mar 2015 by Mdzzzl5

Not trying to seem smart-alecky, but have you opened config/database.yml and filled it in with the correct values to access your database? That would be my first guess. If you've left the default values, Rails can't access the db.

SQL-Server-2008R2

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How To Display x y coordinates in Canvasjs tool

15 Feb 2015 by Dinesh92d

We are developing charts controls in Mouse Over to Display X y coordinates.Refer http://canvasjs.com/html5-javascript-spline-chart/[^]

Developing a testing tool

12 Feb 2015 by Mehdi Gholam

Testing is just executing your code with the added feature of collecting the results, at the very least you can run a command line for JUnit or any other testing tool and parse the results : http://stackoverflow.com/questions/2235276/how-to-run-junit-test-cases-from-the-command-line[^]

Developing a testing tool

11 Feb 2015 by anas_murray

I am developing a testing tool. Is it possible to add JUnit functionality to a java application so that the application (itself) can run test cases against a specified java code. In a more specific way, the application takes a folder of test cases, and the code to be tested, it then runs the...

Please suggest best application lifecycle tool

11 Feb 2015 by Member 11446846

while doing the application development which tool is best one to implement developed and maintenance Projects ?

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please configure your config/database.yml first

12 Jan 2015 by Hapisha

I m trying to install redmine on my PC using the installation step http://www.redmine.org/projects/redmine/wiki/redmineinstall[^] found here. but getting the error please configure your config/database.yml first while executing the command "rake generate_secret_token" . i need help on this...

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Seo, what's this actually?

1 Jan 2015 by sunil.m123

Search engine optimization refers your website appears at in the search results returned by sites such as Google.

How to prepare Reports with different gadgets...

19 Nov 2014 by Member 11248800

Hi,I would like to create a report where the report should be colorful with different gadgets like charts, graphs, pictures etc...dymanic drag of chart lines to see values...I have tried in SSRS and dev xpress, want something new.I want anyone to suggest a tool or s/w to create...

sql server 2008 business intelligence tools fails to load

8 Nov 2014 by deeptul

dear sir,i have install sql server 2008 and business intelligence tools but the at the accessing any ssis project it shows error dynamically.i unable to load any ssis projectfollowing error i am facing please help me out to resolved this issue or i have to again newly install sql server...

How to migrate sql server database into mongodb

27 Aug 2014 by Ajay 10186562

How to Migrate Sql Server Database To Mongodb . When migrate By SqlToMongo Tool With Different Schema Name then show an Error Invalid Object name 'dbo.ScrapReason' .It is a Schema issue ..How to Migrate Different Schema name Sql server Database in to MongoDB please guide Me.

Utility to make important windows remain always on top

15 Aug 2014 by Omar Al Zabir

Do you sometimes fail to notice Outlook reminder window? Do you wish a chat window would remain always on top of other windows so that you never miss a message? Here's an app for that.

Proprietary coding tools

21 Jul 2014 by Member 10822017

I can't answer for mobile development but for web app developmentJava - Eclipse or IntelliJ for IDE, Svn or Git for version control, junit/easyBs for testing, tomcat/jboss for local server deployment,Rails - RubyMine, (there is a version for eclipse), Git for version control, rspecs,...

Proprietary coding tools

14 Jul 2014 by OriginalGriff

We can't answer that. Remember that we can't see your screen, access your HDD, or read your mind; and that we have no idea about your project or the languages it is written in, the environment you will be coding in, the environment it will will running in - and all these things affect the...

Program Error Reports with Visuals from .bat Files (Win7)

12 Jun 2014 by Jani Mäkinen

Program return values inspected by .bat files with visual feedback

How Do I Find If There Are Multiple Export And I Use Only Import And It Should Be Importmany

30 May 2014 by Gabriel Sas

Is there a tool that can find out if i am using Export[typeof(IMyExport)] on multiple classes but i am only using this as [Import] IMyExport TestObject; and it should be used with [ImportMany]

A List of Developer Tools: A Tech Blogger Must Have

12 May 2014 by Francis S Michael

List of tools

How Intel is working to get new, young programmers into Android Development

17 Apr 2014 by Christopher Coey

An educator's look into Beacon Mountain.

how to use n-gram extract tools that is open source

14 Apr 2014 by zeguang zhang

today I want to use N-GRAM to identify some languages, so I downloaded n-gram extract tools to build n-gram model,but I did not know how to use it,who can help me? thank you .

ToDoList don't recognise italian keyboard

30 Mar 2014 by KalimeroBlues

I have just started using v.6.8.10 on MS 7 (not installed, I run the executable from a USB dongle).I have an Italian keyboard, but ToDoList identify it as an English keyword: how I can set the correct configuration?KalimeroBlues

Open and Close CD/DVD Drive Tray

13 Mar 2014 by Indivara

Illustrates a method of ejecting and closing the CD or DVD drive tray programmatically

Directory Size Utility - Version 2

16 Feb 2014 by Indivara

This is the second version of my previous directory size utility. It has improved accuracy and supports older .NET frameworks.

A Directory Size Utility

31 Jan 2014 by Indivara

A little command line utility that will tell you the total size of all files in a directory

How to add spaces between words in a spaceless strings

2 Jan 2014 by Viktor Kovács

A simple solution for processing spaceless strings

how create report in Asp.net

14 Dec 2013 by joginder-banger

i think you can try crystal report. try this link crystal-reports-sample-in-aspnet.html

how create report in Asp.net

14 Dec 2013 by Abhinav S

Tryhttp://weblogs.asp.net/rajbk/archive/2010/05/09/creating-an-asp-net-report-using-visual-studio-2010-part-1.aspx[^]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c-wup1EBkeI[^]http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa479018.aspx[^]

mshtml.dll - Parameters

14 Nov 2013 by Erdinc Ay

%1: the path to the HTML file%2: the printer name %3: the printer driver name (optional)%4: the printer port name (optional) This is windows depended and can change.

mshtml.dll - Parameters

14 Nov 2013 by Erdinc Ay

I have searched for the Parameters of mshtml.dll, but could not find them, what are the parameters of mshtml.dll? (numbered %1, %2, %3, %4 in this registry information:)"%systemroot%\system32\rundll32.exe" "%systemroot%\system32\mshtml.dll",PrintHTML "%1" "%2" "%3" "%4"Many thanks!

Subinacl.exe issue encounted!

13 Nov 2013 by OriginalGriff

A quick google: "subinacl errorlog"[^] suggests that early versions did not have the errorlog switch: perhaps you need to upgrade?

Subinacl.exe issue encounted!

13 Nov 2013 by LeeCooper2288

Hi Guys,I need your help to check my code below using Subinacl.exe which i could not generate out the errorlog file, is that my parameter was put wrong for /errorlog="C:\temp\SubinAcl\sme_caicor_ErrorLog.txt"?Subinacl.exe /playfile sme-caicor_logfiletest.txt...

Django and Tornado: Python Web Frameworks

29 Oct 2013 by Software Developer's Journal

Learn about Django and Tornado

Javascript libraries

11 Oct 2013 by ASP.NET Community

Ext JS - http://www.extjs.com/jQueryMoo Tools - http://mootools.net/Prototype - http://www.prototypejs.org/script.aculo.us -

Windows Workflow Foundation

11 Oct 2013 by ASP.NET Community

Windows Workflow FoundationWindows Workflow Foundation is the programming model, engine and tools for quickly building workflow enabled

Testing of ASP.NET Applications

11 Oct 2013 by ASP.NET Community

This page is dedicated to collecting resources related to testing of ASP.NET applications. There are a number of tools and techniques available for

CSS

11 Oct 2013 by ASP.NET Community

Take control of your angle-brackets and optimize. Note: This article spans over the debugging tools for your CSS, JavaScript and other

Monster Set of FREE Resources for Game Design

22 Sep 2013 by Simon Jackson

Free resources for game design.

UI Design tool for android app development

3 Sep 2013 by prabu19

Hi friends, I need a best tool for creating a user interface for android application development.Thanks in advance

How to add ISBN Book Search in asp.net C#

2 Jul 2013 by Mycroft Holmes

Who are you going to use to search against? This may give you some ideas book search api[^]Amazon and Google books seem to be the best candidates. the code you require will be in the samples the api suppliers will provide.

How to add ISBN Book Search in asp.net C#

2 Jul 2013 by coru

How can I implement Book Search by ISBN number in c#. is there any tool or API to do so?Kindly post some samples as well.

Regex Logviewer

16 Jun 2013 by Amit Bezalel

Using the power of regex to parse your logs

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Visual Studio Visualizer: Part 1

10 Jun 2013 by Frederico Regateiro

This project shows a work around to make a non-serializable object available to a custom visualizer.

Using Additional Include Directories

4 May 2013 by bkelly13

Include code from other directories

C# Random String Generator

18 Apr 2013 by brol.sergii

A C# class that can generate random strings and supports customisation.

Could not get the Request calls trace in Fiddler on server

29 Mar 2013 by Vasudevan Deepak Kumar

I think you need to make Fiddler first to listen to traffic from any binding. Second you have to configure the individual machines to route the request through the machine running Fiddler and at Fiddler port (which I believe is defaulted to 8888)

Could not get the Request calls trace in Fiddler on server

29 Mar 2013 by rhtbhegade

Hi Experts,I wanted to know that which are the service calls that are been requested on to my server and from which client. I did want to know which are the client machines\IPs that are giving server the requests or ViceVersa.I can trace this in Fiddler , but Fiddler do gives me only...

Developing Sharepoint Windows Forms

23 Mar 2013 by AfnanMof

Steps How to Develop Sharepoint Windows Forms

Minimal Key Logger Using RAWINPUT

8 Mar 2013 by joejames111

This is a VB.NET and C# version of "Minimal Key Logger Using RAWINPUT".