I recently had a problem to copy my PDF files to a different folder, to do this I could have used windows file search and select all and copy to a different location. But that’s a slow process and my windows explorer says “not responding” many times as there was above 3K PDFs on my computer. So I thought what if I can write a command line program which searches rigorously to the folders provided and finds all PDFs files for me and let me have a copy option to different folder as well. Initially I wrote a program to find files with “.pdf” extension but after successfully searching PDF files, I made it generic for all extensions provided. One interesting thing I found was the count of all the movies with “.avi” extension in some of my shared computer in my office. That was really interesting. And I thought of providing this to everyone, it would be more fun and useful for the needy as well. So let me share my small work which can be an effective tool for you as well. Download FileUtility.exe
The only thing required is JRE C:\Program Files\Java\JRE folder. For non-java users JRE can be downloaded on http://javadl.sun.com/webapps/download/AutoDL?BundleId=45832.
For Java Developers if you want to reuse the FileUtility API. You can download the JAR and browse the Javadoc and if you want to download Javadoc
Enjoy!!!!!!
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Helping tools for development
Besides the core programming knowledge on any language there are lots of technologies that needs to be known in order to develop applications may it be desktop or web apps, to be stay connected with peers or colleagues. List goes like
Version Control System(VCS) Tools
1. Subversion(SVN) by Collabnet Details
SVN Clients
a. Tortoise SVN for windows.
b. SmartSVN for Ubuntu
2. GIT is Fast Version Control system developed by Linus Torvald which is created natively for Linux and now is also available for windows at http://code.google.com/p/msysgit/
GIT is very good at command, and IDEs are also integrating it well like IntelliJ Idea.
Integrated Development Environments (IDEs)
1. Netbeans supports Ajax, C/C++, Databases, Debugger, Desktop Editor, Groovy, GUI Builder, Hudson, Java EE, JavaFS, Java ME, Java SE, JavaScript, Kenai, Maven, Mobile, PHP, Profiler, Python, Refactor, REST, Rich Client Platform, Ruby, SOAP, Web.
2. Eclipse a lightweight IDE which has plugins for various programming languages.
3. IntelliJ Idea very intelligent IDE.
4. Microsoft Visual Studio windows based IDE.
5. Spring Source ToolSuite eclipse based IDE for best result on Spring Framework (Spring based project).
Client-Side Debugging Tools
1. Firebug (An Addon for Firefox) a very good Debugging Tool.
2. Web Developer (Also an Addon for Firefox).
3. IE Developer Toolbar for Internet Explorer.
JavaScript/AJAX Frameworks (Knowledge of any one of the following)
1. Dojo
4. DWR
6. Ext JS (javascript library)
7. jQuery – New Wave Javascript
8. Prototype
11. ZK
13. JSON-RPC-JAVA
Online backup Sync and Sharing
1. Dropbox can also be used for Version Control as it uses SVN internally for managing files/folders. This article could be useful for using dropbox with GIT for version Control.
Instant Messaging Tools
1. MSN Messenger(For hotmail/msn account)
2. Google Talk (for Google Account)
3. Yahoo Messenger (For Yahoo Account)
4. Digsby supports many accounts of different vendors.
5. Pidgin which also supports many accounts of different vendors.
Here the list is long, so depends on your choice.
Twitter/Facebook/LinkedIn Clients
1. TweetDeck
2. Yoono Addons for Firefox
3. Echofon currently only for twitter at the time of writing.
Here the list is long, so depends on your choice.
Mail Clients
2. Thunderbird
3. Evolution Mail/Calendar which comes by default on Ubuntu
RSS/Feed/News Reader
2. Thunderbird can also be used as Reader.
Graphical tool for Database Development
3. SQL Tools
Remote Desktop Viewer
1. TiemView
2. Vinagre comes by default on Ubuntu
3. Tight VNC
4. Real VNC
SSH Clients
SSH Clients
FTP Clients
Text Editing Tools
1. Geany
2. Notepad++
3. Textpad
Comparision of various Text Editing Tools
File Comparision/Merge Tools
1. WinMerge
2. KDiff3
3. Kompare
Comparision of File Comparision Tools
Online Bookmarking Tools
1. Delicious
This is small attempt to recollect additional technologies needed for any developers regardless of the programming language they will be developing. In my opinion at least one in all of the above criteria (Bold and Underlined) are needed for the developers for developing software may it be desktop/web applications besides core programming language. Comments for additional helping technologies are anticipated.