Questions tagged [programming]
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Web App Tool to figure out memory usage of a link
I'd like to figure out the memory cost of a link, eg foobar.com, as would be used if a general-purpose laptop/cbk would load it.
Ideally the webpage has an input field where I can type foobar.com, ...
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A version of BASIC that can make .exe files and read and write to .txt files
I would be grateful for recommendations of a version of the BASIC programming language that meets the following criteria:
required
can create portable .exe files
can input from .txt files
can write ...
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Game to teach kids numbers and vectors along x and y axes and programming
I am looking for a simple app, which I think would be good for five to eight year olds, to learn a little bit about numbers and programming.
On the top left, some icons which can be scrolled and ...
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Is there an equivalent of Python Tutor for R?
Is there a tool like Python Tutor that help beginners by showing code execution step by step?.
I know that you can use the RStudio's debugger, be I will be using it in a course where the students don'...
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Which software can automatically detect subtitles match with dialogue?
I have the subtitles already but there are some lines doesn't match up with the dialogue and there are some line do match up so I want ask is there a program can know which lines of subtitles know ...
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BusyBox sed REPL (online)?
There is https://sed.js.org/, a GNU sed REPL online to test the sed command in a browser. BusyBox's implementation of sed is heavily simplified, though. Is there an (online) REPL to test with the ...
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Calculator application allowing you to share calculations or data to Excel
I am using the standard Calculator app that comes with my Android 12 Realme 8 5G phone.
In another post, I have asked for an Excel extension that allows you to plugin a keyboard with a calculator ...
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Program to demonstrate evolution to kids by creating numerous generations with unnoticeable changes adding up to appreciable difference
After being asked about it I tried to explain evolution to my niece and nephew, 6 and 8. The younger niece struggles with the concept of it happening over generations, asking why some kids are ...
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GUI for source code documenting system, that can resolve references to comments in dual pane window?
I often have this problem, coding in C or Python: I start writing an expression, and it starts with a simple line comment, so far so good; say:
// initiate sending to hardware:
hardware_send_init(&...
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Free ASN.1 Viewer and Editor
I am trying to specify a binary file format and I like to have the code generated for multiple languages, like C++, C# etc. so that file exchange works flawlessly. For that to be successful, the file ...
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Is there a programming language that is just math?
I am looking for a language that would allow me to do the following
let me write code in math notation (sort of)
allow me to read and write memory
write to stdin, stdout, and stderr
I am running ...
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Are there IDEs that automatically create onClick function. Besides Embarcadero's RAD?
Embarcadero IDEs are very convenient. For instance if you click on a button located on a form then RAD automatically generates 'onclick' function in the code.
Are there any other IDE's or RAD's that ...
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I need a web interface to run code on
I have a blade center where I would like to run code on it through a web interface. At the minimum, I should be able to write and execute code on the web interface. An example would be something akin ...
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What's the most used alternative to React Native?
I am not a native app developer but to broaden my general knowledge I ask:
What's the most used alternative to React Native?
What will you recommend to try as such?
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Software for coding similar repetitive code e.g. in a for loop
I have previously heard of a code that is useful for coding similar repetitive code e.g. a series of if statements in a for loop that are very similar. Rather than writing each statement manually you ...
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Regular expression search for multiple files with summary for Regex groups
I have a lot of files to search (17000+). I would like to search the file content using a regular expression. Unlike all programs that I know until now, I don't want to get a list of files (there will ...
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Visual Studio Code extension to emulate LinqPad
I'm a frequent user of LinqPad primarily for it's handy Dump extension method. With recent changes to C# which means far less boilerplate code, I thought that maybe I could replace LinqPad with VSC ...
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Which IDEs with GUI builder would you recommend for programming desktop applications with GUI?
I'm looking for IDEs for macOS and/or Windows with a GUI builder for desktop applications.
Which ones would you recommend? Especially for macOS desktop applications with GUI.
I don't care about the ...
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Any reliable raster library in C?
I'd like a minimal library that'll allow me to read/write/manipulate raster image formats, like BMP and PNG.
Written in C99 or C11 or otherwise portable.
Any recommendations?
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I need to:
load bmp
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Recommendations for a platform for unified web development
Historically there are a lot of different "languages" to create websites. Maybe "language" is not the correct word, as for example html is not a programming language. But it is a ...
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Open-source software to automatically generate simple flow chart
I want to programmatically create small, really simple flow charts like the one below:
Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:LampFlowchart.svg
What is a good open-source software choice to ...
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Learning a new programming language
I want to learn a new programming language and that language should combine a few features I know from other programming languages and should avoid the things I dislike from those.
Must have:
object ...
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How do I get started learning COBOL and which compiler should I use?
I'm interested in learning COBOL, but I'm absolutely lost, the only learning resource seems to be from IBM but their compiler is paid and seems to be more towards mainframes and z/OS, and the only ...
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Editing the volume peaks of multiple audios at the same time
I have an English to Spanish audio dubbing job.
Where I have to take the volume peaks of the English audio and duplicate them in the correlative Spanish audio.
I would like to do it automatically ...
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Does someone know a text editor which is multi document, support programming languages, images and support RTL languages?
my wet dream of the perfect text editor would be:
Multi documents \ tabs
Programming languages support (indentation, keywords colors, etc.)
RTL languages support (Arabic, Hebrew, etc.)
Accept images
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Automatic flowchart generator from files
I need a flowchart program that can generate a flowchart from the source files, as I do not know the layout of the program.
I am aware of some programs that generate a flowchart from their own ...
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Games like Human Resource Machine?
I have found Human Resource Machine to be very helpful at teaching programming skills to a child with ADHD and some other issues and I'm hoping to find other games that are similar in design to teach ...
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Free and intuitive Low Code/No Code MS PowerApps alternative for 80+ year old IT guy?
My Grandfather would like resume his IT adventure and exercise his brain more. He's got a PhD when IT term hadn't been coined yet and was programming in 60s,70s,80s in languages like ALGOL, Basic etc. ...
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Generate PDF from Net Core [closed]
I want to generate PDF files from my net core app, I was searching on internet, but there are many options for libraries.
Could you suggest a good library or a package to generate PDF files from net ...
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Portable Python interpreter for Windows 7
Please recommend a Python interpreter with a few specific requirements:
Portable (no writing to the Windows registry or creating/modifying files outside of its own folder/subfolders)
Gratis for ...
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What would be a good Java library for implementing a graphical programming interface?
I would like to make a graphical programming interface somewhat like Blender's node interface, which looks like this:
There's no need for automatic layout of the graph, the user's going to manually ...
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Which tool can I use for replacing appBuilder/procedure editor?
As mentioned in quite some questions on Progress-4GL, I'm working with the appBuilder and the corresponding procedure editor for developing windows and procedures for ABL database handling.
Regularly ...
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Can you recommend an interactive cellular automata/2D sparse grid visualization and computation framework?
I want to play around with different local rules for discrete and continuous cellular systems on arbitrarily large sparse 2D grids.
Think a 2D simulation of the wave equation, heat equation, ...
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How To Program Repetitive Actions on Desktop Applications?
I have to do repetitive actions like croping segments from images.
I do it quite well with "Windows capture screen" + MC Paint, but I believe that it can be automated. I have no idea how to ...
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OCR software/application that transforms hand-written code to digitally-written code
What I am looking for is a software/application that takes a source code written by hand on a piece of paper and converts it to digital code in a clean, tidy, and orderly fashion. I do not want just ...
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Find conflicts in two different CSS files
Is there a tool where I can upload/(or add content of files in textboxes) two CSS files and it shows me the conflicting css rules?
Example
foo.css
body { font-size: 1rem; }
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Programming languages with IDE, fast compilation, popularity, static typing, performance, DRY
Which programming languages have powerful IDE with good IntelliSense, fast compilation times, popularity, static typing, decent performance (not VM/interpreted), enough syntax sugar to minimize ...
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I need help learning to code python, can't find anything good
I have a decent understanding of python, however in order to advance I definitely need to learn.
I have tried to use wikis, youtube, etc and coding whilst reading/watching, but for me it just doesn't ...
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A non-opinionated equivalent to StyleCop?
Wikipedia says that StyleCop "checks C# code for conformance to StyleCop's recommended coding styles and a subset of Microsoft's .NET Framework Design Guidelines". Frankly, I don't agree with some of ...
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Easy to use C++ IDE for use with C++17 and beyond
I have been building console apps for a short while now with Dev C++. I would like to ween off of it and get a more modern IDE with better features and better visuals (like dark mode) and the ability ...
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C++ library for the 3-dimensional assignment problem
The 3-dimensional assignment problem is an extension of the Assignment Problem.
Given 3 groups of n people we want to split them into n triplets such that each possible triplet has a non-negative ...
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Database description language with converter backends?
I develop on a project that failed in the first run (without me) because the database was getting more and more inconsistent, having been defined ambiguously and never documented officially. A new ...
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Is there a software, making questions with given data as answer to it?
Is there a software, making questions with given data as answer to it? I have a math project; I am writing a review of the "search of solution set of quintic equations". I have taken primary sources ...
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Linker .map file browser for AVR-GCC
I am looking for a linker map file browser / analyzer, like http://www.sikorskiy.net/prj/amap/ but able to work with AVR-GCC (avr-ld) linker map files.
I am currently doing avr-nm -l --size-sort ...
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Teaching tools (looking for a program to control what the students are doing in real time)
I am teaching how to code Python at a high school and I wanted to know if there's some software I could use to control what the students are doing in real time. I only want to watch their screens in ...
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Raspberry Pi for Scratch programming and retro gaming?
I know that the Raspberry Pi can do either of these things, but can it do both?
I am aware that there is an OS flavor(?) RetroPie that specializes in retro gaming. But then can it still do other ...
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Which software/programming language to use?
I want to create a code or a program that I will use in order to investigate market opportunities and system optimization. What I want the program to be able to do is among other (but not limited to) ...
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Software to Simulate Programming (Which writes text slowly like a human)
for my school project I want to make a short video about programming.
In the video I want to show how I write code but in faster speed like 3x or 5x with music in the background. But I cant type too ...
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Adapting to Python/R as a SAS expert
I'm learning Python and R, because so many companies demand those skill sets now. This is me shamelessly looking for training wheels because my older habits are taking time to unlearn.
I am an ...
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What is the best inter-process communication approach or software for programs written in different languages?
I want my C++ and JavaScript programs to communicate with Java and Go programs. And I want it to do with the lowest possible latency.
I am familiar with standard input/output (aka iostream/stdio). ...
