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20 Must-Have Free Windows Tools for Software Developers | Switch
We've all got them, that core set of tools that seem to get put on every computer we set up. After asking around and combining the results from several software developers, here's a list of the most common and must-have free Windows tools for software developers. I've left off the obvious things like version control, compilers, and IDEs. This is a list of utilities that with either help a developer be more productive or aid a developer when writing and debugging software. If I've left off your favorite tool, please share it to the world by dropping us a comment.Joomla Developer's Toolbox | Developer's Toolbox | Sma
Joomla is a popular free and open-source content management system (CMS) that can be used to power all kinds of websites. After we published developer’s toolboxes for a variety of other CMS’, many readers requested a collection of resources for Joomla users and developers, so here it is. Joomla grew out of the Mambo 1 CMS and has since built a large and loyal group of users, much like the other popular open-source options. What this means for users and developers is that there is a wealth of information and resources available, and in this post we’ll take a look at many of the best. Although the Joomla community of users provides plenty of valuable resources, there are also some official resources from Joomla that are worth noting: 7
We’ve already told you to start doing your spreadsheets online , and now it’s time to let you know how to get your documents done the same way. We’ve lined up a mixture of 13 paid and free word processing alternatives for you to give a try, and hopefully find one that meets your needs. AjaxWrite – AjaxWrite is designed to look somewhat like Word so you have a familiar interface, and it can also read and write to Microsoft formatted documents. It does have a drawback in that it only works in Firefox browsers above version 1.5, but they make up for it by being completely free. Google Documents – It would be impossible to do any list of online word processors without mentioning Google Docs. Easy to use, easy to collaborate, it’s just plain easy.
Forget Word: 13 Online Word Processors
28 Rich Data Visualization Tools - InsideRIA
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What is a Game Engine? - GameCareerGuide.com
If you follow the game industry, you'll hear the term "game engine" thrown around a lot. And I bet sometimes, late at night when everyone else has gone to sleep, you sit and wonder, "What is this nebulous thing I keep hearing about?" You would expect that the answer would be as simple as being shown a car's engine: "Yeup, thar she is."By Jacob Gube PHP is one of the most widely used open-source server-side scripting languages that exist today. With over 20 million indexed domains using PHP, including major websites like Facebook, Digg and WordPress, there are good reasons why many Web developers prefer it to other server-side scripting languages, such as Python and Ruby. PHP is faster ( updated ), and it is the most used scripting language in practice; it has detailed documentation, a huge community, numerous ready-to-use scripts and well-supported frameworks; and most importantly, it’s much easier to get started with PHP than with other scripting languages (Python, for example).
50 Extremely Useful PHP Tools | Developer's Toolbox | Smash
Webware : Cool Web apps for everyone - CNET
Google and China remain strange bedfellows, conducting business back and forth amid their dicey relations. Speaking with Reuters today, Google's APAC (Asia-Pacific) President Daniel Alegre stressed the company's ongoing and deepening investments in China . "We continue to have operations in Beijing, Shanghai, and Guangzhou; we have a thriving engineering centre, our sales infrastructure is something that we continue to grow, and the display, export and mobile opportunities are growing much faster than we had ever predicted."