The Making Of ...

Rob van der Woude's Scripting Pages

The most important tools used for creating and maintaining this site and its scripts, besides coffee:

• HTML / PHP / JavaScript / CSS
• Batch files
• C#
• HTAs
• KiXtart
• Perl
• PowerShell
• Rexx
• VBScript

HTML / PHP / JavaScript / CSS

Editors:

Apache NetBeans
phpDesigner
File Commander
UltraEdit

Help files:

PHP.net
CSS.chm
W3 Schools
A List Apart

Bulk Conversion:

PowerGREP

Validators:

CSE HTML Validator
Marc Gueury's validator add-on for Firefox (based on Tidy and OpenSP)
Tilman Hausherr's Xenu's Link Sleuth

Debuggers:

phpDesigner
FireBug extension for Firefox

Script source to HTML conversion:

Txt2Src.vbs

Menu:

SlicNav Menu with a customization by Jason Butera and icons by Yannick Lung

Source Code Highlighting:

GeSHi

Tabs for tabbed source code samples:

(Better) Tabs with Round Out Borders by Chris Coyier, modified by yours truly to "switch" all sample blocks simultaneously

Testing:

Firefox with Web Developer, Validator and FireBug extensions
Internet Explorer
phpDesigner
SSL testing: WhyNoPadlock.com

Uploading:

FileZilla

Batch files

Editor:

File Commander

Help files:

AllHelp
ADSHelp

Utilities:

DEVCON
DS Tools
PS Tools
Resource Kits

Code generator:

WMIGen

C#

IDEs:

Visual Studio Community Edition

Help files:

MSDN Library
Windows SDK

Code generator:

WMIGen

HTAs

Editor:

HTAEdit

Help files:

WSH 5.6 Documentation in .CHM format
MSDN's online HTML Applications Reference
HTAEdit's adaptation of the WSH 5.6 Documentation in .CHM format

Code generators:

Scriptomatic
WMIGen
HTA Helpomatic

Testing:

HTAEdit

KiXtart

Editors:

File Commander
KixScripts editor
UltraEdit

Help file:

Help file in Word format included in Scriptomatic (needs manual "translation")
WMIGen

Testing:

KiXtart interpreter

Perl

Editors:

File Commander
Visual Studio Code

Help files:

Perl.chm

Code generators:

WMIGen
Scriptomatic

Testing:

ActivePerl

PowerShell

Editors/IDEs:

PowerShell Integrated Scripting Environment (ISE)
PowerShell Plus
Visual Studio Code
PoshGUI Editor (for GUIs)

Help Files:

Sapien's PowerShell Help

Code generator:

WMIGen

Testing:

PowerShell Plus

Rexx

Editor:

File Commander

Help file:

Regina Rexx documentation

Rexx libraries:

RexxUtil
W32Funcs
RexxRE
RexxLib (OS/2)

Code generator:

WMIGen

Testing:

Regina Rexx interpreter

VBScript

Editor:

VBSEdit

Help files:

WSH 5.6 Documentation in .CHM format
VBSEdit's adaptation of the WSH 5.6 Documentation in .CHM format

Code generators:

Scriptomatic
WMIGen

Testing:

VBSEdit