Applications and Utilities

kat: Online Bookmark Manager

kat is an online bookmark manager that enables you to organize internet links and other brief snippets of information in a hierarchy of categories. You can view the documentation here, or access the demonstration site here. [Java, J2EE webapp (servlets, JSPs, Taglibs), Struts, MySQL, Hibernate]

PWKeep: Password Keeper

PWKeep stores passwords (and related information like user IDs) in an encrypted file protected with a single master passphrase. [Java, Cryptography, Swing, FormLayout, XML, JDOM]

TOCGen: Generate XHTML Table of Contents

TOCGen generates a Table of Contents (TOC) for an XHTML document, and stores the TOC into the document. [Java, XML, XSLT, JDOM, BeanShell]

FileSnap: Save Files with Snapshots

FileSnap takes a snapshot (copy) of one or more files, so that you can later recover or compare different versions of the file. [Perl]

FSBackup: Automate tar-Based Backups

FSBackup automates the execution of backups using the tar archiving utility. [bash, tar, awk]

ToClip: Send Text to the Windows Clipboard

ToClip is a replacement for the Send File To Clipboard (as name) feature that used to be available as part of the Microsoft Windows PowerToys. [C, Windows, Cygwin, gcc, MinGW]

RotateWallpaper: Select Windows Wallpaper

RotateWallpaper scans a directory of image files, and replaces the Windows desktop wallpaper with one of those images. It can select the new image at random, or by cycling through each image in alphabetical order. [C#, .NET Framework]

PropKeyConst: Property Key Constants Utility

PropKeyConst is a utility that provides compile-time checking of the property keys used in your Java program. It also provides other property key related features: enhanced development productivity, automated documentation of property keys, and comment preservation during code-based editing of property files. [Java]

JWhich: Find Java Resources

JWhich is a program to find Java resources such as class files or property files. Just as the Unix which command finds executable files by searching the PATH, JWhich finds Java classes by searching the CLASSPATH. [Java]

JMailSend: Email Sending Utility

JMailSend is a program to send email messages using the SMTP protocol. It is a tool for programmers and system administrators who need to send "raw" emails for testing or automation. [Java, JavaMail, Swing]

HashGUI: Hash Utility GUI

HashGUI is a graphical interface to the hashing and password related functions of the FSJUtil library. The utility computes hash values based on plaintext and salt values. [Java, Swing, GridBagLayout]

FSJUtil: FullSpan Java Utilities

FSJUtil is a collection of utility classes used by various FullSpan Java programs. [Java]

Perforce Utilities

Utilities to enhance the Perforce configuration management system. You can download these utilities and the documentation from the Perforce Public Depot. [Python, wxPython, Perforce]

Articles and Technotes

Java GUI Builders

This article discusses and compares tools for building Graphical User Interfaces (GUIs) in Java. Also available in PDF and MSWord format.

Linux Newbie Admin Tips

This article has tips about setting up and configuring Linux, with an emphasis on network services (ssh, telnet, httpd, etc.).

Automating log4j Logger Names

This article explains how to automatically follow a standardized naming convention for log4j Logger instances.

EJB Backlash: A Developer's Story

In the past couple of years, there has been a significant and growing backlash against Enterprise JavaBeans technology. In this article, I recount my personal backlash against EJBs.

Using CVS

This article describes the CVS version control software, provides some tips and recommended practices, and gives pointers to additional information and resources.

Saving Partial Path Info with WinZip

This article explains how to use the popular WinZip utility to store a file with some - but not all - of its directory path information.