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How to write an Eclipse plugin with line highlighting [closed]
In Eclipse, how can I change already determined code's background from Java side?
I mean that when I get the line number, I then want to change background or highlight it in Java file.
To be clear, ...
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Does this violate the using exceptions for flow control “rule”?
I plan to make use of this interface in a plug-in architecture.
/// <summary>
/// Generic interface allowing you to react to an event.
/// You can block the event or just use it for ...
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What is the tool he is using to select a rectangle on the browser? [closed]
I am looking at some CSS framework tutorial, and I got this video:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KHLrEF9tHjw
at 2:42-2:48. It seems that a tool which is super useful, what is this tool? Thanks.
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serving up future-proof kinfolk - extensible contract interfaces [closed]
Ok, I have this human here, but what can it do, how would you discover its special abilities? And when you find out what kind of expert you've got then how would you actually make use of its unique ...
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GPL License on solution that is partly using fuctionalities of proprietary software [duplicate]
I developed a WordPress plugin that I would like to be open source and GPL compatible. My plugin covers very few functionalities, but now I have an option to use some proprietary software solution to ...
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What's the protocol for a autoexecuting JQuery plugin?
I have a jQuery Plugin that I use myself which modifies the selected value of select items on a page.
In my own code the plugin automatically executes as soon as it is included in the page this code ...
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Plugin Architecture: How to Handle Databases and Logging?
I am in the process of designing an architecture for a plugin based application and I have some questions about how to handle database access and logging. The goal of my application is to allow a ...
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Building an RPC framework
I'm curious about what it takes to build a simple and robust RPC framework. I've only looked at a few ruby frameworks but they are all lacking in some way. What I want out of an RPC framework is some ...
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Which Open Source License is right for my project?
I'm developing a suite of software tools that I need help with which is why I want to release my software open-source. People should be able to use and modify my code as they please while contributing ...
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Custom maven mojo and tools
I'm writing maven plugin which depends on several java tools. I'm quite happy with it and want to share it with the community. I'm interested in correct way to handle dependency to these tools:
Use ...
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While learning is it better to use other's plugins or develop my own?
As I have been learning to program, be it in my intern-ship or school, I have often come across situations where an extra piece of software is needed (from fairly basic to quite complex) and I am ...
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Can I display part of the source code of an open source plugin's with GPLv2 liscence?
I would like to publish part or full source code of one or more plugins (licensed under GPL, GPLv2, MIT or no license) in my website/blog. Website I am talking about is for everyone, free to use and ...
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Designing a plug-in system
I'm working on a Java project and I would like to add a plug-in system. More precisely, I would like to let the user design his own module, pack it into a jar, leave it in a "plugins/" subfolder of my ...
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Why does Eclipse need to be restarted after installing a plugin?
As Eclipse uses OSGi to handle modules and bundles, and therefore should be able to hot-deploy them, why does it suggest to restart after installing a plugin "for changes to take effect"?
Has Eclipse ...
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How do I architect 2 plugins that share a common component?
I have an object that takes in data and spits out a transformed output, called IBaseItem.
I also have two parsers, IParserA and IParserB. These parsers transform external data (in format dataA and ...
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For a Javascript library, what is the best or standard way to support extensibility
Specifically, I want to support "plugins" that modify the behavior of parts of the library.
I couldn't find much information on the web about this subject. But here are my ideas for how a library ...
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When writing tests for a Wordpress plugin, should i run them inside wordpress or in a normal browser?
I have started using BDD for a wordpress plugin i'm working on and i'm rewriting the js codebase to do tests. I've encountered a few problems but i'm going steady now, i was wondering if i had the ...
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How does a website latency simulator work
Sites like webpagetest allow users to enter a website url and a test location, to run a speed test on the site from multiple locations using real browsers. Can anyone give me a basic idea of how sites ...
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Java web app, with plugin framework and ability to connect to source for updates
I've searched all around for some good sources, but either have been searching for the wrong keywords, or I'm just missing something. I'm looking to redevelop a web app I've been using for some time ...
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Are RIA plugins a thing of the past?
In the not-so-distant past our department was touting Silverlight as the de facto standard for corporate intranet applications. A robust framework that allowed us to implement SOA while leveraging our ...
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Idea versus NetBeans for writing plugins
Between IntelliJ IDEA and NetBeans, which is better from the perspective of writing a plugin? That is, if you want to add support for a new JVM-based language, which of the two makes it easier, allows ...
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How do we call a concept when my acceptor loop is ran by some real application while all services are plugins for that application?
So say we have an app (server) that somehow attaches to itself plugins (services) in form of .dll or .so libraries. Is there any nice short name for such server behaviour model?
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How do I share my jQuery plugin with the world?
I made a plugin for jQuery, which I think is quite useful. It combines an animated colours plugin with an easings plugin, and adds a completely new feature of being able to refer to colours ...
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Designing web-based plugin systems correctly so they don't waste as many resources?
Many CMS systems which rely on third parties for much of their code often build "plugin" or "hooks" systems to make it easy for developers to modify the codebase's actions without editing the core ...
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Extensibility in multi-tenant systems? [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
How do you manage extensibility in your multi-tenant systems?
I asked this on StackOverflow, but I thought it might be more appropriate for Programmers.
I've got a ...
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How do you manage extensibility in your multi-tenant systems?
I've got a few big web based multi-tenant products now, and very soon I can see that there will be a lot of customizations that are tenant specific.
An extra field here or there, maybe an extra page ...
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Designing a plugin-based architecture - what is a protocol service supposed to provide to a plugin?
I'm starting a hobby project and I'm in the middle of designing its architecture. I would like to make my program plugin-based (never done anything like that before), to make it extensible. Now I'm ...
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What's there in Eclipse, other than PyDev, for a Python developer?
Like many other people, I use Eclipse with the excellent PyDev plugin (available in the Eclipse Marketplace) to develop my Python projects. And like most people with the same setup, I came to PyDev ...
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Source control approach for plugins?
I'm writing an application and a set of many small plugins—where “many” means dozens and “small” means one or two sources. It's not necessarily going to be possible to divide the plugins into neat, ...
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How to design a system that allows for multiple parallel extensions of the same “component”?
As a player, I found the following problems about creating and using "extensions" (aka mods) for games:
1) Whenever the game is updated, all the mods break.
2) Most mods don't work with each ...
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Is anyone doing “real” TDD with Visual-C++, and if yes, how do they do it?
Test Driven Development implies writing the test before the code and following a certain cycle:
Write Test
Check Test (run)
Write Production Code
Check Test (run)
Clean up Production Code
Check test ...
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How to share my plugins
I am not an expert in programming world but over the last few months i have developed some light weight utility jQuery plugins. I want to know how can i share them as open source. I have seen some ...
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eclipse code review plug-in for C [closed]
What is a good open source Eclipse plug-in for C that can be customized to enforce/review specific coding standard?
Update: "Codan" is one of the good plug-in. This is what I expected. Thanks for ...
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How would one go about building plugable software?
If you have an application of some sort and you want your users to be able to write plugins for it, how should the application be designed?
What do you have to take into account, what design ...
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Books to learn to develop Rails Plugins [closed]
I am using Ruby on Rails 3.0.7 and I would like to learn to write "advanced" plugins for the current versione of the framework. In order to do that I would like to buy some books but what I have seen ...
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is it ok to include jQuery in a jQuery plugin
The question jQuery plugin file including the jQuery library came up today on stackoverflow, and I strongly advised against including jQuery in the plugin.
I didn't really get any support from others ...
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Why aren't browser extensions monetized?
With the monetization of mobile apps being so popular, I'm surprised that extension developers are still mostly relying on donations as their primary form of compensation for their software.
While ...
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Which language was used to create Visual Studio 2010?
In order to produce a plug in and incorporate it (merge) easily with Visual Studio 2010.
I was wondering which language was used by Microsoft to create it?
In order to offer our product to ...
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Strategy for designing a plugin API
I am working on an application for which a rich plugin API is crucial. What is the best process for creating an API that is intuitive and easy to learn?
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Writing jenkins plugin: where is the documentation?
On my current project we're using Jenkins to monitor our builds.
Now they want me to write a Jenkins plugin to add some more monitoring parameters.
I've taken a look at how the status monitor plugin ...
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Writing a Jenkins plugin - non-Java-Expert
Can anyone point me (.NET by career, primarily Ruby by hobby) in the right direction(s) for learning how to write a Jenkins plugin? I'm looking specifically at build summary information and trend ...
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Google Chrome Extension Development for Dummies?
I want to get started writing extensions for Google Chrome. I am a long time C, C++, Delphi, etc. developer for many years with some Java skills. I believe Chrome extensions are written in C++ but ...
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Where do I go to hire a freelance programmer? [closed]
I want to hire a programmer freelance to develop a small InDesign plugin, but I have no idea how to go about finding one. Most of the freelance bidding sites are garbage, but aside from finding a few ...
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shipping a recompiled plugin under lgpl
I have recompiled a plugin (making changes before they are accepted upstream) for the gstreamer media framework. I did not recompile the whole library -- just a plugin.
If I want proprietary python ...
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Is there any plugin for better viewing of exceptions?
I don’t think that I’m the only one that thinks that Visual Studio exception window is very poor. Trace information lacking formatting and is hardly readable.
Is there any plugin or external tool ...
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Rails Document Conversion Suggestion?
I am currently learning rails, day to day, and I get more attached. I would like to use Rails to build a Web app with similar functionality like Scribd or Docstoc.
What ...
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Good intellisense extension for Visual Studio? [closed]
Are there any good extensions for Visual Studio that build on Intellisense and assist with code-completion? I've heard that refactor is awesome, but does anyone have any experience with any others? VS ...
