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My toolset:
1) Ultraedit - but I feel guilty, as it's Windows-only (and shareware)
2) GVIM - Not powerful, but pretty darn strong, and Vi is everywhere. I
don't use EMACS, not because I don't *like* Emacs, but I'm not from a
UN*X background. I simply happened to learn Vi first.
3) Beyond Compare - Very useful Windows utility for doing diffs of
directories and files.
4) Treesize Pro
5) Awk - Very useful for manipulating file contents
6) Python - Lots of tools that help you do custom checks of HTML
7) Ant - Cross-platform, good for automating tasks
Joe Malin
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[mailto:bounce-techwr-l-216553 -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com] On Behalf Of Rob
Hudson
Sent: Friday, September 30, 2005 7:28 AM
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Subject: Tools and Utilities
I'm not sure if this posted before because of the HTML view of my GMAIL,
but here's another shot:
What tools and utilities do you all use to help in your job?
I'm quite fond of:
1) MindManager- for planning and mapping out tasks
2) UltraEdit- for text editing and formatting
3) X1 - searching through my files to find "lost" items
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