Programmers Tools

The following programs are very useful especially for programmers (Free and open source), it is may also be usefull for non programmer computer users :

1. Notepad + +, a very good open source text editor. Supports nearly 50 languages ​​with easy to use programming interface and a variety of features including plugins support.
2. WinMerge, Program to compare and merge two source code in a file or folder.
3. UPX, one of the tools to compress the application (executable file), so the size of the exe or dll file can be half or much smaller.
4. NSIS, To make the installer of the application or program that we created. It has great Scripting capabilities and only adds a very small size to the installer file.
5. Inno Setup, such as NSIS, to create Windows installers, it features easier and plus pascal support scripting. The resulting size is generally larger than NSIS.
6. PEiD, tools to detect most of the packers, cryptors and compilers for PE files (exe, dll, sys, etc.). Can detect more than 600 signatures of PE files. Can be used to determine the program used to create applications, such as VB, Delphi, Visual C + +, Borland C + + and others.
7. HelpMaker, Application to create a help / manual file with an easy and simple interface. The resulting output can be in HTML help format (*. chm), html for the web, WinHelp (*. hlp) also RTF.