- Interbase/Firebird Development Studio 5.0 — Any database specialist knows how much his work effectiveness depends on the «right» tools. Of course, you can do database design, analysis, and query development «by hand». But wouldn’t visual «designers», SQL syntax highlighting, code auto-completion, and much more of advanced stuff make you happier and let you do your work faster? Well, if you really want to be a fast and happy database…
- EymBarcodeReader.ocx Decode Bar Code — Barcodes (the approach to encoding data in black-and-white bars) are widely used since their invention in the middle of the XXth century. They have proven themselves to be a universal and reliable mean in cases when a small amount of uniform significant data is to be associated with multiple things and then processed automatically. Though in last years the usage of barcodes has gradually yielded to distant…
- Country Codes 2.7, Data at Fingertips — In today’s vague times of «common» unlimited broadband Internet connection (which is not so common, really) and «modern cool» web-services it is thought that one doesn’t have to store on one’s computer information one can find on web. People with such thoughts typically don’t take into account the amount of time they waste when to find a byte of frequently-used data…
- VBto 2.30, Visual Basic No More — For its time, Visual Basic 6 was an excellent tool. It was easy to learn, write and read, had reasonably good visual forms designer, allowed easy usage of ActiveX controls... Unfortunately, those times have gone. Now, there is .NET, there is VC++ MFC, there are other IDE with form designers, like Delphi. There is no place for good old VB6. Old projects are to be translated to new environments, but it is not an easy…
- PSpad, Code Looks Natural — Have you ever tried editing any programming code in the Windows’ standard notepad program? Wasn’t that easy and fun? I bet it was NOT. Although Notepad is light and easy to use, you can hardly recognize your even own code in it: no syntax highlighting or line numbering, and some important characters may even fail to appear. Is there a way to edit a code block without having to run those heavy development…
- www-Sharp 1.42, Exciting IDE for Web and Desktop — Speaking on www-Sharp IDE, I’m in a big trouble. Not because the software is bad or strange; it’s just the other way around: it has so many of so well designed and coupled capabilities that I still can’t believe all of that is real. But it is! Look here: www-Sharp is a tool for the client-side and/or server-side Web development, AS WELL as for the development of HTML-based…
- Easy Adder 1.7.3, It's All About Communication — The new age of Web, with its social services, had extended ways of communication far beyond usual e-mail/IM measures. Social services like MySpace have introduced a very important concept of a «friend», which, despite its name, means a completely new thing in the world. This concept with related actions (like «Add as a friend») alongside is a completely new method of communication. And, as any communication…
- Euphoria Programming Language, Software Development Made Easy — Do you like the modern software? I’d doubt that and don’t know anyone who does — today’s software sucks, to put it mildly; it’s crooked and works not the way it’s supposed to. If you were to re-write all the software that’s installed on your computer, you would have definitely made it a lot prettier, more natural and intuitive — simply better. Just because you know what…
- StudioLine Photo Classic: Intuitive Enhancement and Archiving — What’s the good of over-enhancing a photograph if there is no way to find it when it is most needed? On the other hand, browsing through a streamlined gallery of sloppy snapshots doesn’t do a pleasure either. How would you like to resolve both these issues with a single shot? Check out StudioLine Photo Classic. Unlike «heavy» and sophisticated image editing applications, StudioLine…
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