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Questions tagged [development]

Technical questions related to software development—programming questions are off-topic and should be asked on Stack Overflow instead.

This tag is intended for general technical questions related to software development, such as setting up or troubleshooting software needed during development.

However, questions about programming proper are off-topic for Super User and should be asked on Stack Overflow instead. For broader conceptual questions on programming and software development, consider asking on Software Engineering Stack Exchange.

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Lightweight CSV viewer for Mac?

I need to view (large) CSV files on my Mac. I could use something like OpenOffice, but unfortunately it's pretty big and slow. I'm wondering if there's a Mac equivalent of some of the Windows tools mentioned on this SU question.
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What is "upstream"?

I always hear people saying it's better to "merge upstream" and stuff like that when it comes to designing software and the like. I have a feeling it's to do with mainstream linux kernel stuff but I'm probably wrong. And also, what is the opposite…
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Is it possible to set up a bare-metal hypervisor on my laptop?

Say I had a Core i7 Laptop with 16GB of RAM and a 750gb drive. Is there a mechanism where I can partition the HD into a Linux, Windows, OS X, Shared Data, Hypervisor setup where I boot a small hypervisor. I can start/stop a linux, Windows and OS X…
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Windows 11 dev drive: how and why does it work?

Windows 11 has a "dev drive" feature which can improve performance of developer workloads. Developer drives use ReFS. Questions: Why is using ReFS going to help performance? After all, in general, changing to a more advanced filesystem is usually…
Holding Arthur
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Workstation for a software developer

I'm a software developer, planning to get a new desktop workstation. Partly because of company policies and partly because I've got other things to do than building hardware, the machine must be a readily available package from a major manufacturer…
Joonas Pulakka
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Set windows `always below bottom-most`?

There is an "Always on topmost" menu option for windows. I'm not sure if it's related to compiz or metacity. I want to set the Totem player or Cheese the WebCAM player, always below the bottom-most, so I can view the movie when I'm working. And,…
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Can I install mono alongside .NET?

I'm currently a .NET developer, and I want to test my applications with mono to make sure for cross-platform compatibility, but don't want to give up the offical .NET implementation. Can I install it side-by-side on my main development PC, or do I…
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How to develop a Google chrome theme?

I have some design ideas for Google Chrome. I want to convert it into a theme. I searched a lot, but did not find a satisfactory explanation on how to go about doing that. Do you know what needs to be done? Some link, perhaps?
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Enso Launcher: dead or lives on? where?

I just discovered Enso Launcher, and seems it's a tool I always dreamed about (even tried to made some part of its functionality myself). But it seems, it dead now, and community Enso is only fork of Enso 1.0, and there is no Enso 2.0…
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Best practices for setting up LAMP development environment

I'm having a nightmare setting up a decent environment for developing Wordpress on a local machine. I'm constantly manually tweaking file permissions every time I add a plugin. I can't install themes or plugins through the Wordpress interface. I…
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What are the risks of giving developers admin rights to their own PCs?

I need to convince my internal IT department to give my new team of developers admin rights to our own PCs. They seem to think this will create some security risk to the network. Can anyone explain why this would be? What are the risks? What do…
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How can we discover what programming language was used to make a software?

How can we discover what programming language a software was written in? For example: Office, Photoshop or any other application and their corresponding languages (C#, Java or ...). Does anyone know?
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Do you really need a license to develop Windows 8 metro apps?

Do you really need a license to develop Windows 8 metro apps? Even for third party ones not intended to be included in the Windows 8 store? I thought the Metro was the future, and I understand why Microsoft would want to moderate what gets added to…
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How can I create a small handheld wireless device?

I've been wanting to play around with some low level hardware stuff and simple operating system development. I've got an idea for something that would be fun to work on, and useful, but I don't really know if it's possible, and if it is, what to…
Max Schmeling
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software development under chromeOS?

Will I be able to do software development (scala, java, python, ruby, etc.) when I'm using the chromeOS? What are the development environments gonna be like? Currently I use vim, bash, and eclipse primarily. Will these be available?
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