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What do you use to make programming flowcharts, diagrams, etc?

I've always just used OpenOffice Draw and it just occurred to me that there has to be something better out there. So what do you use? Do you like it? Bonus points for free things and for web apps.
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VSS or SVN for a .Net Project?

At work, one of the head managers asked me to research on what could be the benefits of changing the current source control server (Visual Source Safe) of my project to SVN. I really don't have anything against SVN, actually I kind of dig it, but…
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Application for sketching ideas on a computer

I've always wanted to sketch all ideas I come up with in the computer instead of on paper, but everyone knows that sketching with good 'ol fashioned pen and paper beats the crap out of trying to do it with a mouse (or even worse, a touch pad). So I…
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How do you organize and keep track of multiple (many) projects

As a contractor, out-sourcer and shareware author,I have about 5-10 projects going on at any one time. Each project has a todo list, requirements need to be communicated to other outsources and employees, status needs to be given to clients, and…
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What's the best way to generate a (nice looking) roadmap?

I'm using internally a simple text list to represent roadmaps. But that's not enough when it comes to present the roadmap to some powerpoint accustomed decision makers. Do you know of any techniques to generate (nice looking) development roadmaps?…
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Functional Specifications vs. Requirements Document

Currently in my comp., there are some changes going on regarding project documentation. There is a LOT of time and effort spent on discussing functional specs vs. requirements doc. However, I don't think anyone here understands the reason why you…
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Recommended WPF Project Structure?

I'm a stickler for good Visual Studio Solution and Project structures. I'm about to start a WPF proof of concept piece of work. Can anyone recommend some WPF Project structures they have used and found worked well? Here…
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How do you plan your Rails app?

I'm starting a Rails app for a customer and am considering either creating a mind map or jumping straight to a Cucumber specification. How do you plan your Rails app? As an additional question, say you also start with Cucumber, at which point would…
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Developing a Robocode type game with .Net, for a School Assignment

I am currently in my final year at school, studying for a Higher National Diploma in Computer Studies, and basically in this final semester, we need to develop a Software Project, that basically incorporates a whole system. Now, what I'm thinking…
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How to design/plan for web application development?

I'm interested in learning how to design/plan for web application development, in a multiple developer team scenario. Assuming the role of "Project Manager/Lead": What "documents" are needed for successful web application development? What UML…
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Ideatorrent open source alternative

Are there any open source not drupal bundeled alternatives to the not very active Ideatorrent project?
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Web Project planning tutorial

I am about to start a web project in PHP/MySql and would like to do proper planning but i have no experience in doing this, so i am looking for an online tutorial i can read that will help me learn how to plan web projects. Please post resourcesful…
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How do you go from an abstract project description to actual code?

Maybe its because I've been coding around two semesters now, but the major stumbling block that I'm having at this point is converting the professor's project description and requirements to actual code. Since I'm currently in Algorithms 101, I…
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Is LOC correct parameter for project estimation?

Is LOC correct parameter for project estimation? there are so many scenarios where complexity takes much more time for a single line of code, other than LOC what could be the suggested parameter for project estimation? As peoples are talking about…
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How do you do very quick (and dirty) estimations for coding tasks?

So you've just been put on the spot by The Boss. You've got 15 minutes to come up with a back of the envelope estimate for the addition of some new feature. Your boss (fortunately) recognizes that you can't provide an accurate estimate in that time…
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