Is there any convenient way to get the Processing language working in Visual Studio?
Haven't used VS much, but do check out this great answer on the Best Java IDE for VS.
I am not fully aware of your setup/needs, but I would say, if Processing is must and you don't find the 'Processing IDE' usable, use eclipse.
If you need to use bits and bobs that Processing has to offer, why not try OpenFrameworks, which is C++ and is very similar to Processing.
Depending on your needs, might be worth having a quick look at Cinder or Polycode which are C++ also. Personally I think OpenFrameworks is the closest to Processing and it's fairly easy to port code from Processing to it.
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I am looking from a security perspective and are there any frameworks available to build and use JSON?
I am interested because of the performance which C++ can offer. Currently, Python and Node.js are also available option for me. How can I decide which language+framework should I use ?
Appreciate your support.
Thanks !
PS. - Currently, I am using Java Spring to implement restful apis.
There's plenty of them out there. The absolute simplest one I found, and use, is this. https://github.com/eidheim/Simple-Web-Server .
There are clearly more sophisticated ones out there, just "ask the google". I don't know of any exhaustive comparisons between these frameworks and the ones you specified. However, you could write your own simple benchmarks around the domain you're most interested in. That's what really matters, right?
For json libs there's rapidjson and spirit json. Don't waste your time with boost::property_tree, it's not fully fleshed out wrt JSON.
As for speed. It's compiled so.... its a good possibility that a C++ framework will outperform one based on an interpreted language. So lets say it's faster, you have a heck of a learning curve to climb (assuming you don't know C++ already) but in the end, in my humble opinion it's worth it. I've done these before in Python and Ruby. I really enjoy having the compiler check types. My code is more robust, it does what I tell it to do, and I'm not forced to use exceptions.
Tip: get a code completion plugin like YouCompleteMe
I'm looking at writing an application for my dissertation that runs on XP, Vista and 7. Would you say C# or C++ is the best language? Sorry I'm new to programming and wanted some expert opinion.
Thanks in advance.
Two guidelines:
Use C# (or even Visual Basic .NET) if you need something to work (mainly) only on Windows and if you don't care if your application takes a little while to start up or ends up being a few nanoseconds slower than its native counterpart. If you're new to programming, you might find Visual Basic .NET to be a lot more like English than C#, and there's no real reason to choose one over the other: they both end up being the same kind of executable with the same power and performance. (Furthermore, debugging is also easier with C#, so try that.)
Use a native language (like C or C++) if you need more speed/power, especially if you need to be sure that it's your code that's executing, not some translated version of it. If you're new to programming, this will be overwhelming (not to mention time-consuming and confusing), so I highly don't recommend it.
If you don't mind another option, though, also take a look at Java -- it's similar to C# in some ways but it's designed to be simpler in other ways, and also to be platform-independent.
I think the question you want to ask is 'What is the difference between C# and C++?' because there is no clear cut answer for the question of which is better.
As for writing an application to work on those three operating systems, both languages work well. Because you are a beginner in programming, I would use C# just because it is much easier to learn.
C# runs on top of the .NET Framework, which will clean up some of your mistakes especially if your new to programming. It's also easier to produce and output of your application. All that of a cost, C++ is much more faster more complex and requires experience before you can build something useful or high profile looking.
We've got this large application written in Delphi 5, and development is ongoing to this day. There is research going on into migrating to newer versions, but so far there is no success, as some 3rd party components have not been updated in ages and do not work on later versions.
In the meantime however people need to continue work on it. Now Delphi 5 IDE is no real treat. It's pretty bug-ridden and lacks a lot of features of contemporary IDEs which makes it difficult to use. Especially when it comes to debugging.
So I was wondering - would it be possible to use Visual Studio in the process? As far as I know the .PDB file format is pretty old and is well documented. Could it be possible to make the Delphi compiler to somehow generate a .PDB files for it's compiled results? Then the program could be debugged with Visual Studio, possibly to a much greater extent than in the original IDE.
Well, the absolute Holy Grail would be to move all development to VS, just keeping the compiler from Delphi, but I imagine that would be pretty impossible.
No, and neither can any other version of Delphi. You can use Map2Dgb to turn a detailed map file into a dbg file, though, and you can use that in WinDbg.
I'm curious what debugging features you're expecting to use in Visual Studio that aren't in Delphi 5 and that also don't rely on the IDE understanding the Delphi language. I was always rather pleased with Delphi 5.
BTW, you can vote for this feature here.
Note, that VS-compatitible debug info will be useful not only for debugging application (I agree: it's better to use Delphi), but it will be useful for using tools like Process Explorer. For example, Process Explorer may be able to show human-readable call stack, instead of RAW numbers.
I've tried tds2pdb and it works great for me.
Apparently you can't. Seems that PDB is after all a propieritary Microsoft format without documentation, and as such there are no other tools generating it. Pity. :(
I would recommend moving to a later version of Delphi. We have done this with various applications for clients. Moving to a newer version of Delphi is normally straightforward, but there were issues moving from D5 to D6 due to changes in the way components were handled (design time code being separated from run time) and the change to Unicode in D2009 was a bigger change.
The main thing is to sort out the third party components. We only ever use third party components that come with source so if the worst happens and the vendor disappears, we can still work on the components ourselves.
Which components are causing the issues?
What real-world projects would you suggest looking through the sources?
As I'm learning Java Swing, mucommander seems to be a decent example. The code is excessively commented though.
EDIT: No shameless plugs plz :).
I learned a lot from looking at the source code to GoGrinder. It's well thought out, uses MVC correctly, and the comments are helpful (and no, I didn't write it). It's also a fun program to use if you want to learn how to play Go.
For Gui design, Patterns and general good advice I highly reccomend Jeremey Miller's series of articles on building a better CAB. For C#, but equally applicable to Java. Also using
the MVC style which Stackoverflow follows, and Apple uses for Interface Builder.
Build your own CAB
Jeremy's articles/ideas are followed in his own project, which you can download and inspect at http://storyteller.tigris.org/
Take a look at the Windows version of truecrypt. It is one of the best organized open source projects I've ever seen. You can almost tell how the whole thing works just from the directory and file layout.
What I've done to learn some new technologies over the years is to look to open source projects that both match the criteria you're looking for and also interest you.
I'm not a Swing guy, but I'd suggest finding a project that uses Java Swing, does not appear too complicated, and then start digging through the source. The nice thing is you can then see the app before you start poking through it, and then you can see what happens as you change stuff.
The idea behind picking something that interests you is that it will keep you engaged. I am intrigued by content management systems, so I might download a CMS that I can then see how stuff works, and I'm engaged because the problem domain of the project fits in with an interest.
I've done this once or twice when I had to get up to speed on C# and I think it works will. YMMV....
Some of the most well thought out source code ( c++ ) I have seen in an open source project is the Ogre3D graphics engine, I've learned a lot about OOA&D just by looking at the structure and reading the comments. It is also well maintained and the community is very active.. http://ogre3d.org
We are about to get a canned package in that has been modified to our needs. I'm part of the team setup to prepare tests for it. It has an Oracle back end and I believe it's written in C++ .NET.
My question is what free or open source testing tools would you recommend.
Thanks
Ken
For regression testing of our applications I use a free tool called AutoHotKey http://www.autohotkey.com/. It is simple, batch configurable, and can work for virtually any application you have. Not exactly designed for black box testing, but a good free tool to add to your toolbox.
While there are a few good commercial applications for black box testing of applications (HoloDeck http://www.sisecure.com/holodeck/index.shtml, Cenzic Hailstorm http://www.cenzic.com/), the only open source applications that I know about only test network security (Spike http://www.immunitysec.com/resources-freesoftware.shtml, OWASP WebScarab http://www.owasp.org/index.php/Category:OWASP_WebScarab_Project, and Nikto http://www.cirt.net/nikto2)
Value checking. See if only valid dates are exempted, number fields except the full range, ect.
What do you expect from such a tool? I don't know of any tool that can arbitrarily test any piece of software.
For what is sounds like you already know what it is that you want to check. Being a custom application your best bet would be to devise a test plan and manually test the values that you would like to validate.
Agree with the others - since the application has been modified to your needs, you should make sure that it actually is modified to your needs.
If the assembly isn't obfuscated, you can use FxCop to analyze the binaries and see if there are any critical bugs (note - if you're not familiar with fxcop and static analysis, find someone who is before reporting a ton of bugs that won't be fixed).
Beyond that, you're looking at more techniques vs. tools to get the job done.
Testing, either functional or non-functional, without reference to the
internal structure of the component or system.