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Manipulate text and data with light-weight patterns:
http://www.nimbletext.com/Live

Enable QuickEdit mode, under the Options tab of your shortcut to the Command shell. Mark with the mouse, right-click to copy, right-click again to paste. While you’re there, enable a hotkey (like CTRL + ALT + C) for lightning fast access to the shell. And no, you can’t have CTRL + C for COPY, because CTRL + C means BREAK.

PsTools manage remote system

Displays logs and Javascript errors in an overlay on top of your site.

chrome://net-internals/

Windows 7 and 8 has a hidden steps recorder software that you can use to record what you do on the screen and it turns it into step-by-step instructions next to screen captures.

Search PSR or steps recorder in on your computer to find it.

Note that it only stores the screenshots for the last 25 steps by default (max 100 in the settings).

Request.Url.AbsoluteUri : http:// localhost:2000 /virtual_dir/webapp/ page.aspx?q=qvalue… more →

microsoftvirtualacademy.com

Don’t guess, use a color palette

Work extra hard at describing how hard you work to those around you.

1. Could a new developer run the code on their machine within five minutes?
2. Could you look at any section of code and understand its purpose?
3. Could you locate the code for any feature within ten minutes?
4. Could you explain all of the code in a way that a junior developer could understand?
5. Could you re-factor the code without fear of breaking it?
6. Could you test a component without testing its dependencies?
7. If any library or technology becomes obsolete, could you replace it easily?
8. Could you take modules and re-use them in other projects with no modification?
9. Can you be certain that each line of code is actually being used?
10. If the code became open-source, would you be happy to be associated with it?

… more →

A tool for tracking jQuery events.

Tracker Bookmarklet

jQuery Bookmarklet

One of the best TED talks about the work environment

There are 5 main types of e-commerce shoppers:

• Product focused
• Browsers
• Researchers
• Bargain hunters
• One-time shoppers

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$(‘img’).error(function(){
$(this).attr(‘src’, ‘img/broken.png’);
})

Breaking down the details of the design for front-end and also back-end

can lead to happier users.

Avoid using select elements here as they cannot be fully styled in WebKit browsers.

There are no managers at Valve. The people who are really talented often don’t fit into rigid boxes, it’s part of why they’re good. And the company doesn’t track things like sick days or vacation time.

Are available on modern.IE site.

Because each version update means higher performance and several bug fixes. Use the jQuery Migrate plugin if you are upgrading from pre-1.9 versions of jQuery or need to use plugins that haven’t yet been updated. jQuery 2.x does not support Internet Explorer 6, 7, or 8.

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This problem is sometimes called “the curse of knowledge“.

We study things until they seem entirely natural to us and then assume that everyone else easily understands them too.

in other words “refactoring”.

DevExpress CodeRush Xpress
Go To Definition
Indent Guides
JSEnhancements
Numbered Bookmarks
Duplicate Selection
C# outline
Code alignment (also in Notepad++)

Just few ideas (and more): “a third of the source files have only been edited by one engineer, and another quarter by two”, “code review”, “developers also test the software by using the development version of Facebook for their personal Facebook use”, “released on Tuesday”.

“the trouble with doing something right the first time is that no one realizes how difficult it was”

If we knew exactly what code needs to be written, what needs to be done and how it can be done, we would need very little time to write it. It is the discovery of the knowledge what to build and how to build it that takes all the time.

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According to this and this:

Great colleagues
Challenging problems
Cool technology
Good salary
Minimal bureaucracy
Uninterrupted time
Space