RRDtool is the OpenSource industry standard, high performance data logging and graphing system for time series data ... has interfaces in all the usual open source scripting languages
This is a project to build reliable .NET bindings for the Subversion version-control system libraries. This is a continuation of the SubversionSharp library initially created by Softec and released under the LGPL.
ZedGraph is an OpenSource .Net graphing library (2D graphs and charts) for Windows -- it can render multiple graphs in a single pane and offers extensive customizability.
NuPack is a free, open source developer focused package management system for the .NET platform intent on simplifying the process of incorporating third party libraries into a .NET application during development.
There are a large number of useful 3rd party open source libraries out there for the .NET platform, but for those not familiar with the OSS ecosystem, it can be a pain to pull these libraries into a project.
NuPack automates all these common and tedious tasks for a package as well as its dependencies. It removes nearly all of the challenges of incorporating a third party open source library into a project’s source tree. Of course, using that library properly is still up to the developer.
"AIR for the iPhone" because this nice little hack, first created at an
iPhone BarCamp, wraps the Web view with a container. This container gives
the view access to APIs available on the device, that may not be available
yet via WebKit alone."
I don't think this will get you past the iPhone app store, but it should make it easier for non-Cocoa coders who want access to the accelerometer, geolocation and other on board functions that aren't available to pure web apps.
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Content management systems have effectively replaced much of the tedious HTML and CSS work that was required to make changes to a website. A custom theme for your CMS still takes time and an experienced professional to execute, but business owners no longer face the hassle of learning code or paying a developer for ongoing changes for simple adjustments to content.
PTVS is a free/OSS plugin that turns Visual Studio into a Python IDE. PTVS supports CPython, IronPython, editing, browsing, Intellisense, mixed Python/C++ debugging, profiling, HPC clusters, multiple REPL's, IPython, Django, and cloud computing with client libraries for Windows, Linux and MacOS. This is an officially supported product from Microsoft's Developer Division.
Xamarin.Mobile is a library that runs on iPhone, Android and Windows Phone 7 which abstracts the underlying functionality and exposes a common API that developers can build against.
XAML Power Toys is a Visual Studio 2008 SP1 Add-In that empowers WPF & Silverlight developers working in the XAML editor. Its Line of Business form generation tools, Grid tools, DataGrid and ListView generation really shorten the XAML page layout time.
Ultimate++ is a C++ cross-platform rapid application development suite focused on programmers productivity. It includes a set of libraries (GUI, SQL, etc..), and an integrated development environment.
U++ looks like an interesting alternative to qt and wxWidgets as a cross-platform widget toolkit -- it has it's own IDE with graphical form design, etc.
The Tao Framework for .NET is a collection of bindings to facilitate cross-platform media application development utilizing the .NET and Mono platforms. Lots of library wrappers: OpenGl FreeGlut OpenAl Cg Lua Sdl PhysFs Glfw FFmpeg FreeType ... etc
Micro pledge ... a system for putting pledges or bounties on code features that you'd like to see in your favorite software. Free for open source projects -- proprietary or closed-source projects have some fees associated with them (on the developer side).
Microsoft an ASP.Net MVC "Sample" (or is it a starter kit?) source code that can be used by Web developers to build blog engines into sites ... it's called "Oxite" and it's the software running the blogs on MIX Online. http://www.codeplex.com/oxite