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Author Topic: software/script/code/macro repositories  (Read 5074 times)

kalos

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software/script/code/macro repositories
« on: December 03, 2011, 03:18 PM »
hello

I found that google search often does not help to find the program I need

at the same time, a look up in websites like sf.net and codeproject.com may reveal a software diamond

so are there any other software/code/script/macro repositories?

thanks!
« Last Edit: December 04, 2011, 06:56 AM by kalos »

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Re: software directories
« Reply #1 on: December 03, 2011, 03:36 PM »
Now and then I hit a gem on this site:
http://www.techsupportalert.com/

Often the reviews are for utilities with names you know. But the user comments sometimes mention a nice program flying under the radar.

Sometimes this site is handy:
http://alternativeto.net/

Also I do like Softpedia:
http://win.softpedia.com/

I often search Softpedia. If I find an app that looks interesting then I try to find the home page.  Softpedia can be several versions behind. Once I know the exact app name I can usually dig out the latest version.

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Re: software directories
« Reply #2 on: December 04, 2011, 04:51 AM »
A good place for open source software is Sourceforge.

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Re: software directories
« Reply #3 on: December 04, 2011, 05:29 AM »
A bit difficult to search, but github also has several gems

@DerekHal: sf.net (as mentioned by the OP) is a working redirect for Sourceforge ;)

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Re: software directories
« Reply #4 on: December 04, 2011, 05:58 AM »
You can try this:

http://www.koders.com/

It's a code search engine.

A lot of component vendors offer source code, but you won't find that in repositories.

There's also Codeplex - http://www.codeplex.com/ - Lots of stuff there.

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Re: software/script/code/macro repositories
« Reply #5 on: December 04, 2011, 11:16 AM »
Rob van der Woude's Scripting Pages
On this site you will find all kinds of (administrative) scripting related information:

    * several scripting languages: batch files, JScript, KiXtart, Perl, PowerShell, Rexx, VBScript ... even some C# code ...
    * some language reference material
    * regular expressions
    * lots of sample scripts
    * scripting techniques and best practices
    * undocumented features, tricks and work-arounds
    * links to more scripting info
    * commands for unattended (silent) installations
    * downloadable tools and utilities
    * titles of relevant books on scripting
    * and more...
Plus WMI, ADSI, WSH, books, scripting tools.
« Last Edit: December 04, 2011, 02:23 PM by rjbull, Reason: Removed redundant bit »

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Re: software/script/code/macro repositories
« Reply #6 on: December 06, 2011, 03:42 PM »
Rob van der Woude's Scripting Pages
On this site you will find all kinds of (administrative) scripting related information:

    * several scripting languages: batch files, JScript, KiXtart, Perl, PowerShell, Rexx, VBScript ... even some C# code ...
    * some language reference material
    * regular expressions
    * lots of sample scripts
    * scripting techniques and best practices
    * undocumented features, tricks and work-arounds
    * links to more scripting info
    * commands for unattended (silent) installations
    * downloadable tools and utilities
    * titles of relevant books on scripting
    * and more...
Plus WMI, ADSI, WSH, books, scripting tools.

wow, this is very interesting! thanks!

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Re: software/script/code/macro repositories
« Reply #7 on: December 06, 2011, 06:29 PM »
Here's a couple of useful forums:

http://www.autohotke...56a61f80a89406c65b50

http://www.autoitscr...m/9-example-scripts/

Although it's scripting, many of the user libraries and contributed functions use WinAPI calls.  In fact AutoIt has a couple of UDF libraries of WinAPI functions with AutoIt wrappers.

Same with AHK. Many of the small useful functions use DllCall to call a WinAPI. There's so many API calls it's easy to overlook items.

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Re: software/script/code/macro repositories
« Reply #8 on: December 06, 2011, 10:20 PM »
http://snipplr.com is a good place to find code/scripts.