Category Archives: Tools

Posts about technical tools, programs and software utilities

Do-It-Yourself Free XML Tool Suite

By dhirschl | Published: July 17, 2010
If you ever had to work with XML documents and XML schemas, it can be pretty challenging if you don’t have the right tools. If you are creating/modifying XML through code (e.g. XML Web Services), it can especially be difficult searching XML nodes or trying to create a validated XML document. Personally, I believe that [...]
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More Programming Books Recommended By Readers

By dhirschl | Published: January 5, 2010
Due the overwhelming success of one of my previous posts: 6 Books Every Programmer Should Own, I wanted to compile a list of books suggested by readers. These books are programming-language neutral and are an effective tool to writing succinct code. Clean Code: A Handbook of Agile Software Craftsmanship Robert C. Martin This book covers [...]
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6 Books Every Programmer Should Own

By dhirschl | Published: November 16, 2009
6 Books Every Programmer Should Own
I’ve seen many lists about the best programming books and I am sure there are a lot of books that are specific to a programming knowledge or technology – that I have not included in my list. The books I have chosen are those that are meant to inspire, increase productivity and improve your programming [...]
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How to Enter Standard Input in Xcode Debugger Console

By dhirschl | Published: November 12, 2009
How to Enter Standard Input in Xcode Debugger Console
I was having an issue when I ran a program in Xcode Debugger Console that utilized scanf() the program would just hang. The program would work correctly when run directly from the Terminal. The only solutions that I could find online were to install a previous version of Xcode. Solution When entering standard input, you [...]
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How to Choose your Next Domain with Visual Thesaurus

By dhirschl | Published: November 2, 2009
How to Choose your Next Domain with Visual Thesaurus
You have an idea for a blog or a website but how do you go about choosing the right domain name with the highest possible impact? The Rules When it came to choosing my domain name for this website, there were a few things I was looking for - The name had to be short [...]
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5 Steps for WordPress Preparation

By dhirschl | Published: October 22, 2009
5 Steps for WordPress Preparation
If you are self-hosting your WordPress blog (not using WordPress.com), it is a good idea to setup an instance on your local computer. Setting up a local instance of WordPress and a development environment will help you tweaking theme source files, test upgraded WordPress installations and test plugins – without making changes on your live [...]
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Output PDF Binary to Browser in ASP.NET

By dhirschl | Published: October 15, 2009
Output PDF Binary to Browser in ASP.NET
Here is the code to output PDF Binary to the browser using ASP.NET / VB.NET. Note: This code assumes that you already have the PDF binary data stored in a byte() array called data. Response.ClearHeaders() Response.ClearContent() Response.ContentType = "application/pdf" Response.BinaryWrite(buffer) Response.End() To add an Open / Save dialog window: Response.AddHeader("content-disposition","attachment;filename=report.pdf") If you encounter errors in [...]
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An Overview of Microsoft PowerShell

By dhirschl | Published: October 8, 2009
An Overview of Microsoft PowerShell
I decided to install SQL Server 2008 Express and while I was resolving my prerequisite issues I noticed that one of the requirements was to have Windows PowerShell installed. I have to admit, I have never heard of Windows PowerShell at this point, I just passed this off as another utility that was included as [...]
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Using Subversion with Xcode, Part III

By dhirschl | Published: October 1, 2009
Using Subversion with Xcode, Part III
In Part I, I walked through the process of setting up repositories and projects in Subversion, Part II covered configuring Subversion with Xcode, this part will provide an overview of the SCM tools within Xcode and also show you how to tag and branch your code within Subversion. Xcode SCM Attributes If you have your [...]
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Using Subversion with Xcode, Part II

By dhirschl | Published: September 28, 2009
Using Subversion with Xcode, Part II
In my previous post, Using Subversion with Xcode, Part I, I covered how to create a repository and provided a set of scripts to use to automate these tasks. In this post I will demonstrate how to use the SCM client within Xcode to access your Subversion server. SSH Before you can use Xcode’s SCM [...]
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