Post a single piece of programming/development tools you can't live without !

HI !,
In this thread post a single piece of programming / development tool which you love most ! :)

Debugger.

compiler

well its pretty hard to pick one... but I guess Ill have to go with a good syntax highlighting editor (like Kate).

ME!!

someone should kill me for that comment...although it does prove that I'm a tool

coffee

well, i narrowed it down to a few.

1 - Coffee
2 - Compiler
3 - Debugger

Debugger.

As, atleast I can debug (play) compiled programs :cool:

A CPU that runs the crap I have coded ... :cool:

keyboard

Very recently: Recovery CD-ROMs to help me to recover my system from a 0xc2, BAD_POOL_CALLER crash. (Never sitdown over a notebook guys)

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Originally Posted by Doctor Luz

Very recently: Recovery CD-ROMs to help me to recover my system from a 0xc2, BAD_POOL_CALLER crash. (Never sitdown over a notebook guys)

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Sitdown over? Do you mean on? Like on the chair and you didn't see it?

I've spilled coffee on many a keyboard. And, the IT people always ask the same question, "Was there sugar in it?" Well, YEAH!

;)

Viggy

PS. Oh, yeah, to keep it on topic, heavy metal music...

The task manager...

Cigarettes :blush:

google

The computing device that I'm programming.

Ooo, you mean software, then my IDE (Dev-Cpp, TextPad, and JCreator).

Wow !!

Coffee and cigarettes !! cool movie..

coffee+metal/doom

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Originally Posted by Zeb

ME!!

someone should kill me for that comment...although it does prove that I'm a tool

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lol


I'll go with Notepad

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Originally Posted by Norfy

google

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in all seriousness i think this is definitely the best answer so far.

Debugger would have been a good answer but for the fact that I'm now coding in C# and not Smalltalk. :cry:

ActiveSync...

Peace and quiet, something the kid in one of the rooms has a hard time grasping.

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Originally Posted by Ejaz

Cigarettes :blush:

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Originally Posted by kirants

Wow !!

Coffee and cigarettes !! cool movie..

coffee+metal/doom

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http://bgl1ww1-a.sancharnet.in:83/madhu80/smoke.gif :wave:

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Originally Posted by Ejaz

Cigarettes :blush:

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Ah, Ejaz, my friend-- me too! Cigarettes are a must... :wave: :D
Mansoor

( and, of course my Bloodshed Dev ++ and my trusty MS Notepad :thumb: )

That's two votes for Notepad... has the world gone mad? the editor you can access from the DOS prompt is better than Notepad!

Spend a little money on UltraEdit or something good - you'll never look back.

NotePad is beautiful in its simplicity-- I use it for everything from simple sorting apps to A.I. Keep it Simple. :)

~Mansoor

but notepad doesn't even hold idents!

now i'm doing everything in Visual Studio, but before that I couldn't have lived without UltraEdit. Even the simple things it does, like adding itself to right click menus so you can "Open file in UltraEdit". It's beautiful. Especially when you work with files with no extension so you can't assign a default viewer for them.

then it has syntax highlighting, macros, hex editing, the lot. BUT, and heres the best bit, even though it has all these great features, you can just use it as a simple text editor!

-- disclaimer -- I'm in no way affiliated with UltraEdit or whoever makes it. I've just used it in the past and it's the best text editor i've used.

Holding a series of indents is really no problem for me-- I never mess with indenting until usually half-way through the initial coding phase, that is, if I don' t wait until final compile, fix, and release. I consider indenting "clean-up" and I only take time to make it nice at the end to meet others' expectations and for their convenience. I would rather just use comments to indicate code areas and modules than indents. I have never truly understood the point. Now, I have been told this is an unpopular and shoddy practice and opinion :( (I would be pleased for someone to share their opinion(s) on this, indenting and enlighten me... I'm always looking for better and more concise coding practices :) :D ) Thank-you, and GO notePad! :D

As sad (maybe?) as it may seem for one who learned all about UNIX compilers and debuggers in college, I don't know if I could now live without the MSVC++ debugger. Man that thing is SWEET.

Oh, and Spy++ is pretty freakin' cool too. I've encountered bugs that would have been almost impossible to find without it (mostly involving tooltips :mad: ).

err... girls?

Oh, how could I forget?! Its around my neck on a leash 16 hours a day :D See, I posted last nite, but here it is, very valuable and most portable: my Lexar Jumpdrive (128 MB) :thumb: Sweet. :) ;) :cool:

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Originally Posted by dimm_coder

err... girls?

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Nah, that's when you don't want any programming done ;) (heck, that's when you don't want anything at all done :) .)

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Originally Posted by bms123

http://forums.codeguru.com/ :wave:

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LOL...
I'm against cigarettes and discourage everyone from smoking. It's a bad/unhealthy habbit.

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Originally Posted by Norfy

google

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I second that. Google is the most valuable tool there is.

When it comes to code editor, VI editor is my pick. :thumb:

:D LOL

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VI editor is my pick

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Wrong thread, should be in the 'joke of the day' thread! ;)

Yeah, It's a joke for someone who is alien to Programming on Unix/Linux. :D

Have'nt you used VI editor !! ? :D

Say yes only, If you have used it for more then a month or so as sole editor !!! :D

VIM available at : http://www.vim.org/download.php

There are many excellent editors available than that ugly VIM... :rolleyes:

Regards.

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Yeah, It's a joke for someone who is alien to Programming on Unix/Linux.

Have'nt you used VI editor !! ?

Say yes only, If you have used it for more then a month or so as sole editor !!!

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LOL :D
A month or so? I've had the "pleasure" of using it as sole editor for 3-4 years (in various Unix environments), and 10 years and counting otherwise...

Does that count? :D

Just had a look at "Vim". This is not the original Unix "vi", maybe you are basing your point of view on this tool instead?

Hi Ajay,
I know there are lot of editors looking more beautiful then Aishwarya are available :D , But I still prefer VI why ?? any answers !!! D:
You won't get answer until you forget GUI and use VI till fluency is attained :cry:

And Norfy, Let stop this here ok !, we come here share knowledge and not to fight, right ? :)

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~PEACE~~~~~~~~~~~~~

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Originally Posted by bms123

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~PEACE~~~~~~~~~~~~~

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Now that makes sense. :cool:

Notepad sucks. The MFC EXAMPLE text editors are ridiculously simple and are more advanced than Notepad

Forums - I cant live without these for learning to code!!!

oh and experts exchange.