List of very useful software tools

Erel

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Here is a short list of very useful tools that I use almost daily:

- Notepad++ - This tool is a must for developers. It has many useful features. Too many to list here. The encoding stuff and proper handling of different new line characters solves many issues.

- Firefox + Firebug - This one is well known to all web developers, however it is also very useful when interacting with web services. You can easily see the browser communication.

- zscreen - A very good screenshot tool. It is especially useful for me as it can be configured to automatically upload the images to a FTP server.

- CoreFTP - Excellent FTP client.

- AutoHotkey - Allows you to create scripts and run them from keyboard shortcuts. As an example I'm using it to build the libraries jar files and copy them to the required folder.

- Looken (commercial) - A decent search engine for Microsoft Outlook. Much better than the original one. At least on my Outlook which is a bit old...

- 7-Zip - Compression tool that supports all common formats.

- Paint.NET - Pretty powerful image editor.

- novaPDF (commercial) - Creates PDF files. Unlike the free alternatives it supports hyperlinks and other advanced features. A good free alternative is: Bullzip.

That's it.
If you want to only try a single tool then go for Notepad++.
 

Amalkotey

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gSyncit for Outlook

I recommend:

gSyncit for Outlook

Synchronize your Outlook calendars, contacts, notes and tasks with and Google calendar, documents, and Gmail contacts.
 
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evilpaw

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Another tool that I have found very useful is SQLiteExpert (Commercial).

Its works will with SQlite databases created on Android, php and windows. It also has the ability to create SQL scripts incuding DDL scripts.

sqlite expert
 
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ozgureffe

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If you are not tidy while saving you files, dont forget to add ultimate search engine for Win.
Fast, small, easy and works in real time.

Everything Search Engine

You can easily find your files in just a few seconds..
 

vb1992

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Here is interesting (free) software for Android,
kind of like the MS Office Suite.

Quickoffice » Device Selection

The thing I noticed is that the offer page shows you
all the possible devices that it's offered on, so you click
it (and they track the download of what device), though
they don't have the Galaxy Tab 10.1 listed.

I think it's $15 bucks, but free now.
 
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Roger Garstang

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Erel said:
- CoreFTP - Excellent FTP client.
Click to expand...

Core never did work that great for me. The paid is probably better, but I just use Filezilla and get all I need. SmartFTP was another good one, but it had some bugs that didn't play well with my servers and the developer is a jerk...plus they hide behind their webpage and make it difficult to get real support.
 

Peter Simpson

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I spent years using CoreFTP but then I tried FileZilla. I've been using FileZilla for a couple of years now. I must say that uploading websites or client files via FileZilla is a hell of a lot faster then CoreFTP. Well that's what my tests results showed me. I then emailed CoreFTP to let them know.

Maybe it's quicker now but 2 years ago CoreFTP was seriously slow compared to FileZilla on all my machines...

Sent from my Nexus 7 using Tapatalk 2
 

Stulish

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has anyone created a Notepad++ 'user defined language addon' for B4A???
 

IanMc

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PC: Windows Explorer for ftp

Of all the ftp clients I have ever used, including ones that I wrote myself, I have found that the best is actually Windows Explorer!

I have a remote server that I keep my websites on and to access it I open windows explorer in Win7 on my PC, I use the shortcut windows key + E to open it. and then I click in the address bar and type in my server name like this:

ftp.myservername.com

(but my real server name)

and it displays 'The Internet > ftp.myservername.com' in the address bar, and then I get a login popup where I type in my username and password and then I see a list of folders, just as if they were on my local machine.

Here's where it gets good, I can use those folders exactly as I use the ones on my local machine! (almost) which means I can copy and paste to or from them, windows takes care of all the ftp stuff and it is very good at it!

I did have a time where when I put an ftp address in windows explorer it would open my site in Internet Explorer, which didn't allow cut and paste etc. but I found a fix for it somewhere which involved running a registry script.

I can honestly say that this is all I use for ftp now and it really is the best ftp client that I've ever used.

If you have a windows PC and you try it, you won't look back
 
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Peter Simpson

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Nah, been there done that. I've got well over 100 client websites to manage on multiple servers. Copy and paste just wastes my limited time.

Anyway, happy Christmas and new year to everybody including Erel.

Sent from my Nexus 7 using Tapatalk 2
 
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fdx12345

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screen capture and free

It is called SnapaShot.exe.

I have used it for years and it is still around. The program is a single executable which can run off a usb flash drive. No support files or DLL's are required. A window pops up which allows you to re-size the capture size to your exact dementions (ie what you see in the window is what you get. The controls are on the side and can be flipped from right side to left side via a checkbox. The image can be captured and put onto your clipboard where it can be pasted or it can create a file with the capture image. The file output supports a variety of formats including png.
 
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