programming

Sublime Text Is A Serious Text Editor With No Bloat

12:00AM Kevin Purdy | Windows: Looking for a text editor that helps you write text or code and doesn’t get in your way? Sublime Text lives up to its name. It’s a white-on-black, keyboard-friendly editor chock full of powerful but unuobtrusive features. More »

Google Seeks Students For Summer Of Code 2009

4:30PM Angus Kidman | There’s few options more appealing to the uber-geek than getting to work with Google — so if you’re a student looking to beef up your programming resume and demonstrate some open source mojo in these tough times, Google’s annual Summer of Code program should be right up your street. Google is accepting applications until April 3 for the 2009 scheme. If the thought of writing a proposal submission and resume makes you go weak at the non-virtual knees, check out some of our previous hints on writing winning applications and resumes. Google Summer of Code 2009 More »

SourceEdit Is A Beefy Text Editor For Programmers

11:30PM Jason Fitzpatrick | Windows only: SourceEdit is a feature rich text editor geared towards programmers. The editor has support for dozens of programming languages and their accompanying formatting and syntax. The HTML purists among you will be pleased to see the support for launching previews of your HTML code in your default system browser directly from SourceEdit. The interface is extremely customizable, you can edit the colour of tags, operators, and other code components to make them stand out. The File Mapping feature ensures the modifications you made to the layout and colour scheme is recalled based on the file type you’re working on. If you have one set of colour coding for C++ editing and one for HTML, SourceEdit will automatically load them when you open either file type. If you frequently cut and paste or just need to compare portions or version of the code you’re writing, SourceEdit supports up to four panes of code at once. SourceEdit is freeware, Windows only. SourceEdit [via MakeUseOf] More »

XML Notepad 2007 Is A Simple, Smart Editor For Web Code

10:30PM Kevin Purdy | Windows only: If you’re delving into XML programming for the first time, or want to tweak a few software files, Microsoft’s XML Notepad 2007 may be the no-nonsense editor you’re looking for. It’s not a beginner’s tool due to lack of features or context—we’re just assuming that most full-time or experienced programmers have their own platform preference for editing all sorts of code. XML Notepad 2007 is themed around the same kind of just-the-text-ma’am simplicity of Windows’ Notepad, but does add relevant features for markup language hacking. The left-hand pane breaks an XML document into a tree view of classes, tags, and their key values. All the text is color-matched to its identifier on the left, and writing in Tree View allows you to leave all the tag containers behind. If you want to see what your raw XML looks like, click “XSL Output,” and you’ll see what Internet Explorer would see when checking out the file. Copying and pasting are modified to ensure the nodes you shuffle around keep their contexts, and, well, that’s about it for basic features. There’s more to find in XML Notepad, but nothing more is required to get started. XML editing gives one all kinds of powers over a system. XML Notepad 2007 is a free download for Windows systems only. XML Notepad [via Online Tech Tips] More »

Google Offers ‘Native Client’ For Heavier Webapps

1:15AM Kevin Purdy | Google comes out with an open-source project, Native Client, that lets users run more resource-heavy applications using their own hardware—in a simple example, that means opening Quake from a web page. It could take off if other developers dig in, or might just be a peek at something bigger Google’s got coming down the pike. What’s your take? [via Blogoscoped] More »

Programmer’s Notepad 2 Helps You Code Wrangle

11:30PM Jason Fitzpatrick | Windows only: Programmer’s Notepad is a free Notepad replacement with features aimed towards those who spend their days dealing with code. On top of the basic functionality afforded by Notepad, Programmer’s Notepad has code outlining, docking toolbars, tags, interactive error finding—clicking on an output error will jump you to the section of code that generated it—, quick search, syntax highlighting, and a user customizable interface which can be exported via xml files. Programmer’s Notepad is freeware, Windows only. Programmer’s Notepad 2 More »

Chumby Seeking Aussie Apps

10:30AM Angus Kidman | Internode has been selling Chumby, its hard-to-describe programmable Internet gadget/toy/tech fetishist’s dream, for a few weeks now, and the ISP is keen to encourage the development of more Chumby widgets that supply Australian content. If you’ve got some basic programming chops and fancy winning a Chumby, there’s a competition running offering up Chumby prizes for the best efforts. If you want a basic course in building Chumby widgets (not too hard if you can handle basic Flash and RSS), check out this overview on the Chumby wiki. Chumby Competition More »

Etherpad Tracks Group Editing Or Coding With Colours

9:00PM Kevin Purdy | Etherpad, a collaborative-minded text editor forged by a group of ex-Google employees, focuses on making documents live and easy to collaborate on. That means that, at this point, the interface is pretty much straight text on numbered lines, but two or more people can work on a document in real time using a single URL to share, with different colours highlighting their work, a chat function for explanation, and revision-minded saving. For JavaScript coders and teams, there’s also a syntax highlighting function, and, well, that’s about it. If you, like many Lifehacker readers, dig the advanced but back-to-basics style of Notepad++, Etherpad might be right up your alley. No sign-up required. Etherpad [via TechCrunch] More »

Small Basic Teaches Programming Fundamentals

1:00AM Lifehacker US Edition | Windows only: If you’ve never played around with programming before, this weekend is a perfect time to start. Small Basic is a recent offering from Microsoft based on the venerable BASIC programming language and implemented with .NET. Designed for coding novices and children, the system is easy to learn and extensible with third party libraries. Out of the box Small Basic has only fifteen keywords to help new users quickly learn the core of the language and get them programming. Can’t think of a pressing reason why you need to learn a programming language? Expand your mind with Project Euler, the only way to complete the entire sequence of puzzles is with some smooth programming chops. Small Basic is freeware, Windows only and requires .NET 3.5 Framework or higher. Small Basic [via ReadWriteWeb] More »