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 firefoxCapistrano - 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:Others:
- 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
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
- 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
about:config
area and set thebrowser.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/ )
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:
- 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
- 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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Monday, June 30, 2008
Useful developer tools , Fire fox plugins and tweaks
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