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Developer's Corner / Re: Recommended/Best/Most Useful IDEs for Language *insert language*?

« Last post by Armando on November 28, 2008, 09:42 PM »

I've downloaded Eclipse Classic 3.4.1 (151 MB). Will start playing with it tomorrow.

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Developer's Corner / Re: Recommended/Best/Most Useful IDEs for Language *insert language*?

« Last post by Armando on November 27, 2008, 10:56 PM »

Sorry for reviving this old thread.

I want to start experimenting with another Java IDE... (Currently using BlueJ -- university requirement).

For fun, of course, but also because I want to see what tools are already available (before I start reinventing the wheel for myself).

So... jgpaiva (or whoever feels like commenting)... Do you still recommend Eclipse ? (IntelliJ sounds nice... I could probably get the 99$ student license -- but just for starting... it might not be worth it.)

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General Software Discussion / Re: Recommendation for Project Management software?

« Last post by Armando on November 27, 2008, 09:46 PM »

Actually quite funny. 

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General Software Discussion / Re: What is the currently best Desktop Search software?

« Last post by Armando on November 27, 2008, 08:45 PM »

Archivarius doesn't strain the CPU too much (yes, there'S a lot of HD activity...) but X1 does. And does it in a very irritating way. The textextractor process -- in particular -- is fairly voracious.

-Armando (November 27, 2008, 08:06 PM)

Not on my installations (XP Pro and Vista) - X1 is as light as a feather! Archivarius is a jewel, but I need the more advanced previewing capabilities that X1 offers and thus have relegated Archivarius to reserve status. dtSearch is sort of in between the two... very good previewing capabilities and easy on resources. However, it takes the longest of the three to index my drive.

NB Archivarius 4.14 is out and now indexes Acronis True Image files.

-Darwin (November 27, 2008, 08:40 PM)

dunno... Have you manually started X1's indexer ? TextExtractor is quiet for the whole time ? whatever is indexed ? Maybe it's indexing files here which are hard to... index/extract ???

But the fact is... it's been quite taxing lately...

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General Software Discussion / Re: What is the currently best Desktop Search software?

« Last post by Armando on November 27, 2008, 08:06 PM »

Hm, I doubt CPU strain would be very high from file indexing (unless something is very wrong with the indexing application)

-f0dder (November 27, 2008, 05:56 PM)

Archivarius doesn't strain the CPU too much (yes, there'S a lot of HD activity...) but X1 does. And does it in a very irritating way. The textextractor process -- in particular -- is fairly voracious.

(why oh why wasn't I/O prioritization added before Vista?).

-f0dder (November 27, 2008, 05:56 PM)

I'm learning something. I didn't know that Vista had I/O prioritization.

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Living Room / Re: Where the hell is Ralf Maximus?

« Last post by Armando on November 27, 2008, 09:55 AM »

Heeeyy, Ralph! Good to "see" you're back !

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General Software Discussion / Re: Best Python IDE

« Last post by Armando on November 26, 2008, 01:08 PM »

For what it's worth, a review of the Komodo IDE :
http://reddevnews.co...x?editorialsid=10416

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Post New Requests Here / Re: IDEA: Create a containing folder by right clicking on a file

« Last post by Armando on November 26, 2008, 09:54 AM »

Yes... Cool design, and clear. 

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Developer's Corner / Re: Programming strategies -- dealing with exceptions (... in Java)

« Last post by Armando on November 24, 2008, 09:51 PM »

i believe that one should be planning what exceptions can be thrown and how to deal with them as you are doing class design.

-mouser (November 24, 2008, 01:05 AM)

OK, thanks. That's where I tended to lean towards to.

I still wonder how to include "exceptions planing" in my algorithm. Any simple guidelines or references ?

it's not something that should be left for later -- there are very important decisions (which are hotly debated in the programming world) about whether you are going to use exceptions only for catastrophic errors, or for relatively-normal function returns called with out of range parameters, etc.

-mouser (November 24, 2008, 01:05 AM)

Thanks. Seemed to me that it might be preferable to deal with simple out of range parameters, etc. with test/validation lines (conditions, etc.) and then use exception handling for relatively "catastrophic" errors. But then, I guess it depends on the situation (I'm thinking of errors that could become Null Pointer Exceptions if not dealt with properly at the right moment, etc. -- but I might be wrong.)

Then I guess I have to decide whether it's better to manage my exceptions at the sub-class/sub-method level (not sure hoe to qualify that...) or at the super-class and "main" level (propagating exceptions using "throws" and "throw")...


what's your own position (mouser, or mahesh2k... or whoever who'd like to share...) ? Maybe is that a dumb question, impossible to really give an answer too... 

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Developer's Corner / Programming strategies -- dealing with exceptions (... in Java)

« Last post by Armando on November 23, 2008, 10:57 PM »

I'm wondering how/when to best approach exception handling in a program.

It's not about how to technically deal with any exception in particular, but about strategies to deal appropriately with exceptions, in general.

Might sound simplistic, but my first question would be... When (at what stage of the programming phase/process) do you generally deal with exceptions?

1- As you code, you deal with the possible exceptions right away (before finishing a class, a even a small method), where they seem likely to happen,
2- or once a big block of code is written (e.g. : an entire class, or even the whole program...) then you deal with the possible exceptions...

Thanks.

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Find And Run Robot / Re: Is "Launch and stay open" broken?

« Last post by Armando on November 23, 2008, 09:59 PM »

Thanks Lanux... Now I know why I had disabled FarrAltTab...!
Re-enabled it a few weeks ago thinking "Why did I disable this...? Works fine...".
 

Weirdly, ctrl-alt-enter works fine. Only "Launch and stay open" is affected.

So did you just give up on farrAltTab?

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Find And Run Robot / Re: Is "Launch and stay open" broken?

« Last post by Armando on November 22, 2008, 06:01 PM »

hmmmm.... i'm curious -- where do you get the option to have "Launch and stay open" assigned to "ctrl+left click" ?

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Find And Run Robot / Re: Is "Launch and stay open" broken?

« Last post by Armando on November 22, 2008, 05:54 PM »

does not work:
shift+enter, control+enter  (one of those is supposed to work, right?)

-Nod5 (November 22, 2008, 05:48 PM)

well... not yet... ?

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Find And Run Robot / Re: Is "Launch and stay open" broken?

« Last post by Armando on November 22, 2008, 03:01 PM »

Just wanted to say that "Launch and stay open" doesn't work here either. I've tried different shortcuts, etc.
[EDIT : it doesn't work whether I'm using the context menu option, or a chosen keyboard shortcut -- like ctrl+alt+#]

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General Software Discussion / Re: Writing to two folders simultaneously. Possible? Tired of running synch progs

« Last post by Armando on November 22, 2008, 11:34 AM »

actually, it's the reverse... it should be implemented with a filter driver.

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General Software Discussion / Re: List of newbie questions regarding software

« Last post by Armando on November 22, 2008, 12:59 AM »

I'm saying the obvious, but here : unless you write your own application or pay someone to write it for you, it's very unlikely (still... ok... slightly possible) that you'll find exactly what you want, with all the mini details. Software and organization is a lot about compromise -- right? Compromise and choices about security, accessibility, flexibility, ease of use, portability, scalability, sexiness, price, etc. etc.

One needs to find something that's close enough and try to work with it, find ingenious solutions (use one's imagination, creativity...) to circumvent limitations. Sometimes it's a combination of different software that'll create the best solution. Sometimes one has to adapt his/her ways of doing things slightly to match the software's design, etc.

There are no perfect software. I don't have one software -- especially the ones that I intensely use everyday -- that's perfect. They're all great, but they always have a little something I wish was different. Isn't this the same with... anything else in life?

I tend to obsess too about these types of things (it's a disease) : trying to find the perfect tool for such and such, the perfect career, the perfect place to live, etc. But in the end, really, it's probably not that important -- unless, of course, one likes the fun of always looking for that "thing" that's "better" than what here and now. Nothing wrong with that, I guess... depends.

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General Software Discussion / Re: Semi-Automated file naming

« Last post by Armando on November 21, 2008, 10:07 PM »

Thanks SleepingWolf. Actually, since the time I first started this thread (a year and half ago...), I found ways to use AHK and other software (like Renamer, X1, InfoQube (AKA SQLNotes), FARR... ) in very speedy and efficient ways. There's another thread explaining how I do things (still do it the same way today).

[WARNING to other posters : this thread is reeeeaaally old]

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General Software Discussion / Re: List of newbie questions regarding software

« Last post by Armando on November 19, 2008, 11:52 PM »

I was going to suggest MLO (My life organized), but... No web sync... Unless you're willing to go use Outlook as a channel, and then from there to somewhere else.

and it might not have the "Large Colorful icons/Multiple Skins/Pretty Graphical User Interface" you're looking for (I like the interface, but it's fairly simple -- no big colorful icons...)

Apart from that... it seems to fit the bill...

well, unless :

- Which <favorite program> to export to do you have in mind ?

- A systray program...? What do you mean by that ? A program is a program, whether it shows in the systray or not... No?

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Find And Run Robot / Re: [feature request] add "launch and stay open" option for CTRL+enter

« Last post by Armando on November 19, 2008, 11:11 PM »

@Armando
what's your trick ?
i've made this request several times with no luck 

-nitrix-ud (November 19, 2008, 02:43 PM)

Interesting question. I think it has to do with the time. Past midnight, mouser is softer (he just snacked -- at 11h55 pm, approximately ; and he's having a chamomile herbal tea as his last 6pm-ish coffee effect is fading ). That's when you have to post your special requests. Try to avoid the end of the afternoon. He's grumpy then.

Could you ask mouser not to forget about the future ResultFromFile command 

-nitrix-ud (November 19, 2008, 02:43 PM)

Sure :

mouser, would it be possible for you to not forget about the future ResultFromFile command ? 

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Find And Run Robot / Re: [feature request] add "launch and stay open" option for CTRL+enter

« Last post by Armando on November 19, 2008, 11:03 AM »

Cool! 

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Find And Run Robot / Re: [feature request] add "launch and stay open" option for CTRL+enter

« Last post by Armando on November 18, 2008, 11:36 PM »

+ 1 

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General Software Discussion / Re: Do you keep two computers synchronized? i.e. work + home. If so, how?

« Last post by Armando on November 14, 2008, 11:43 AM »

Goodsync, mentionned by cmpm a few times is 19.95 today (34% saving) on bitsdujour.

http://www.bitsdujou...ftware/goodsync-pro/

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General Software Discussion / Re: SQLNotes...what is it exactly?

« Last post by Armando on November 13, 2008, 11:00 PM »

BTW, if you haven't created new fields in a database, everything in the copied/pasted items should transfer. So, it's pretty straight forward, really. Pierre was only referring to the extra fields one might have created. At this time, those won't be created on the fly.

At the moment, F5 (refresh) is VERY important to get used to.

In a grid, all filters/source bar related changes on items (removing some fields, adding items with the "add item" window...) won't appear/be updated in the grid if you don't refresh .

(So, in the above mentioned case, if you added items using the add item window to an  already opened grid, you have to refresh --> that will "reload" all items meeting the source and filters and show them on the grid. Same applies if you untick some key fields on some items so that they don't meet the source anymore : a refresh is necessary to clear them of the grid.)

Having to refresh has some downsides, but also some advantages. But autorefresh is coming anyways (as an option...) -- isn't it, Pierre? 

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General Software Discussion / Re: SQLNotes...what is it exactly?

« Last post by Armando on November 12, 2008, 09:46 PM »

Version 0.9.24 Pre-release 3 is out

New in this (pre) release:

    * Firefox extension to ease web page clippings. Details here: http://sqlnotes.wiki...paces.com/WebClipper

 

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General Software Discussion / Re: SQLNotes...what is it exactly?

« Last post by Armando on November 12, 2008, 12:10 PM »

If it is due to filters, then I'm baffled, as I have not touched any of the filters.

-J-Mac (November 10, 2008, 11:42 PM)

This is a point I like to emphasize also.  This behavior should be minimized as much as possible.

-superboyac (November 12, 2008, 12:01 PM)

Scoop :  "All items meet the source in a grid"   +    a slightly redesigned GUI (where everything filter related is centralized +  applied filters appear in the status bar + button to activate/deactivate all filters +  the birth of the famous "named filters" ) should help to fix this.