Useful developer tools , Fire fox plugins and tweaks

Useful developer tools:
Smart Draw 7 -- for drawing good quality diagrams. Loads of templates to quickly do the task(free).
Jude -- Very easy UML developer tool(free).
JProfiler -- To profile java application(10 day licence free).
Profiler4j  -- Opensource profiler for java
wink - A good screen capture/presentation tool . Can convert to compressed swf, etc. http://www.debugmode.com/wink/
freemind - a opensource mind mapping tool.
currports - for getting the port information on windows.
BareTail - A linux tail for windows
Archiva -
Surround SCM
Test Track ProBug tracker. Better use free JIRA bug tracker instead.
Mingle - highly recommended for agile process management. But pricy!
Sonar - Code report and monitoring app.
PuTTY Connection Manager - My favourite. Manage multiple putty consoles in this tab based connection manager. Also the windows can be arranged and split up..excellent!!
DownThemAll - Good when you want to download large sized files on firefox
Capistrano - automating remote tasks. Works only for linux
Crucible - Code review tool remotely.
Confluence- collaboration software. (news, etc)
Perfect Macro Recorder (http://www.perfectiontools.com/) for automation

Best firefox plugins for developers:
LightShot-- Nice screenshot add-on. 
Firebug -- Best of the breed, javascript debugging, DOM explorer
LiveHttpHeaders -- shows request header
UrlParams -- shows get and post params
iMacros -- macro to automate work.
tamperData - to check post/get request in browsers..my fav!
Secure Login - To auto fill login submission.
web developer - html, css, xhtml compliance, table border...good tool for html development
 bugmenot- to auto login site with dummy password
autopager - reduce clicks while searching

Others:
ImgLikeOpera  -- save bandwidth
ScribeFire -- Quickest way to blog from firefox.                        Type about:config in browser url

Then search and update the property

display.history.numbertoshow (default is 10)

Restart browser. This should list more blogs
GSpace  --virtual file system
del.ico.us -- online tagging (book marks)
Autocomplete Manager 2.0
                                 
Firefox AutoFill  address bar 
As you type a web site address into Firefox's location bar, by default
a dropdown with suggestions based on your history expands, and you can
use the down arrow key to select one. For more aggressive URL
auto-completion, head on into Firefox's about:config area and set the browser.urlbar.autoFill

For more check  http://lifehacker.com/software/firefox-tip/enable-firefox-address-bar-autocompletion-313533.php

 value to true.
Firefox Memory Optimization (Ref http://nicusor.com/internet/firefox-memory-optimization/ )

Open Firefox browser, go to address bar, type about:config and hit enter
You’ll see a page full with text under 4 columns: Preference Name, Status, Type, Value
Right-click anywhere on that page and select New -> Boolean
You’ll get prompted to enter a Preference Name - enter this: config.trim_on_minimize and hit enter
You’ll be prompted for a value - select True and hit enter
That’s it - close Firefox and open it again!
Now, whenever you minimize your Firefox, the amount of memory used will be reduced to approximately 20%. Minimize Firefox and see what happens
Enable network.http.proxy.pipelining to true
Enable network.http.piplelining to true
Enable network.http.pipelining.max... to 30 from 4
create integer nglayout.initialpaint.delay and set value to 0

Ref:
http://c4lpt.co.uk/Top100Tools/

Firefox plugin development :
http://www.gmacker.com/web/content/tutorial/firefox/firefoxtutorial.htm

http://www.captain.at/howto-firefox-toolbar-tutorial.php



http://www.slideshare.net/skeevs/mozilla-firefox-extension-development/



Tools for firefox plugin development
extension developer extension https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/7434/
spket ide

XUL booster

Windows XP performance tuning:
Right click my computer-- properties -- advanced -- performance -- Select adjust for best performance.Appy.
click start -- run -- msconfig -- startup -- disable all ( note do selective disable if u want to have some programs in task bar).
Go to start -- all programs -- accessories -- system tools -- disk clean up. This will clean up all crap.


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