Useful developer tools , Fire fox plugins and tweaks

Useful developer tools:
Smart Draw 7 -- for drawing good quality diagrams. Loads of templates to quickly do the task(free).
Jude -- Very easy UML developer tool(free).
JProfiler -- To profile java application(10 day licence free).
Profiler4j  -- Opensource profiler for java
wink - A good screen capture/presentation tool . Can convert to compressed swf, etc. http://www.debugmode.com/wink/
freemind - a opensource mind mapping tool.
currports - for getting the port information on windows.
BareTail - A linux tail for windows
Archiva -
Surround SCM
Test Track ProBug tracker. Better use free JIRA bug tracker instead.
Mingle - highly recommended for agile process management. But pricy!
Sonar - Code report and monitoring app.
PuTTY Connection Manager - My favourite. Manage multiple putty consoles in this tab based connection manager. Also the windows can be arranged and split up..excellent!!
DownThemAll - Good when you want to download large sized files on firefox
Capistrano - automating remote tasks. Works only for linux
Crucible - Code review tool remotely.
Confluence- collaboration software. (news, etc)
Perfect Macro Recorder (http://www.perfectiontools.com/) for automation

Best firefox plugins for developers:
LightShot-- Nice screenshot add-on. 
Firebug -- Best of the breed, javascript debugging, DOM explorer
LiveHttpHeaders -- shows request header
UrlParams -- shows get and post params
iMacros -- macro to automate work.
tamperData - to check post/get request in browsers..my fav!
Secure Login - To auto fill login submission.
web developer - html, css, xhtml compliance, table border...good tool for html development
 bugmenot- to auto login site with dummy password
autopager - reduce clicks while searching

Others:
ImgLikeOpera  -- save bandwidth
ScribeFire -- Quickest way to blog from firefox.                        Type about:config in browser url

Then search and update the property

display.history.numbertoshow (default is 10)

Restart browser. This should list more blogs
GSpace  --virtual file system
del.ico.us -- online tagging (book marks)
Autocomplete Manager 2.0
                                 
Firefox AutoFill  address bar 
As you type a web site address into Firefox's location bar, by default
a dropdown with suggestions based on your history expands, and you can
use the down arrow key to select one. For more aggressive URL
auto-completion, head on into Firefox's about:config area and set the browser.urlbar.autoFill

For more check  http://lifehacker.com/software/firefox-tip/enable-firefox-address-bar-autocompletion-313533.php

 value to true.
Firefox Memory Optimization (Ref http://nicusor.com/internet/firefox-memory-optimization/ )

Open Firefox browser, go to address bar, type about:config and hit enter
You’ll see a page full with text under 4 columns: Preference Name, Status, Type, Value
Right-click anywhere on that page and select New -> Boolean
You’ll get prompted to enter a Preference Name - enter this: config.trim_on_minimize and hit enter
You’ll be prompted for a value - select True and hit enter
That’s it - close Firefox and open it again!
Now, whenever you minimize your Firefox, the amount of memory used will be reduced to approximately 20%. Minimize Firefox and see what happens
Enable network.http.proxy.pipelining to true
Enable network.http.piplelining to true
Enable network.http.pipelining.max... to 30 from 4
create integer nglayout.initialpaint.delay and set value to 0

Ref:
http://c4lpt.co.uk/Top100Tools/

Firefox plugin development :
http://www.gmacker.com/web/content/tutorial/firefox/firefoxtutorial.htm

http://www.captain.at/howto-firefox-toolbar-tutorial.php



http://www.slideshare.net/skeevs/mozilla-firefox-extension-development/



Tools for firefox plugin development
extension developer extension https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/7434/
spket ide

XUL booster

Windows XP performance tuning:
Right click my computer-- properties -- advanced -- performance -- Select adjust for best performance.Appy.
click start -- run -- msconfig -- startup -- disable all ( note do selective disable if u want to have some programs in task bar).
Go to start -- all programs -- accessories -- system tools -- disk clean up. This will clean up all crap.


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Chess

Blind folded Chess I browsed a few sites for how to start off with blind folded chess. Infact the chess player need not be blind folded. He just needs not to see the board. The mind is the board, the scratch pad for tactics and thinking. Start with basic's ..Try moving pawns in your mind, then knights, then rook, bishop and then queen. Crafty is a nice little program to play blind folded chess. [www . craftychess . com] This follows algebraic notation and has only a command line interface. It clearly shows how the program is taking decisions. Really playing blind folded expands your mind tremendously. More to come as I explore this Blind folded!! Good chess links: http://susanpolgar.blogspot.com/ -- GM susan polgar's blog. http://www.rajaravisekhar.com/

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