KingTermite
06-13-2003, 05:04 AM
How about a thread for great tools and utilities that are good for programmers. Not necessarily free (although free is great), but good tools and not too expensive (by programming tool standards anyway).
I'll start with a few that I swear by.
Beyond Compare (http://www.scootersoftware.com) is a pheonominal file comparison tool. Even good for merging two disjointed versions of the same file. It will compare binary files too.
UltraEdit (http://www.ultraedit.com) is the best Window text editor you can find. If you've moved to Visual Studio.NET then much of it might be unecessary for your programming needs, but if you work on code and then move into the IDE or work outside of an IDE (like with GNU) then it's a great editor tool.
Visual Assist (http://www.wholetomato.com) is the most seamless Visual Studio Intellisense around. It is great to just click on a variable or constant and see a tiny statusbar type window automatically show you its definition. Or you can click [GO] and go right to its definition.
Enterprise Architect (http://www.sparxsystems.com.au/) is a great UML design tool. It has all the power (and then some) of Rational Rose, but for about 1/10th the price.
I'll start with a few that I swear by.
Beyond Compare (http://www.scootersoftware.com) is a pheonominal file comparison tool. Even good for merging two disjointed versions of the same file. It will compare binary files too.
UltraEdit (http://www.ultraedit.com) is the best Window text editor you can find. If you've moved to Visual Studio.NET then much of it might be unecessary for your programming needs, but if you work on code and then move into the IDE or work outside of an IDE (like with GNU) then it's a great editor tool.
Visual Assist (http://www.wholetomato.com) is the most seamless Visual Studio Intellisense around. It is great to just click on a variable or constant and see a tiny statusbar type window automatically show you its definition. Or you can click [GO] and go right to its definition.
Enterprise Architect (http://www.sparxsystems.com.au/) is a great UML design tool. It has all the power (and then some) of Rational Rose, but for about 1/10th the price.