BitTorrent Skins – Templates & Resources For Torrent Tracker Development

Here on FILEnetworks, we talk about torrent trackers and file sharing forums pretty much every single day. Almost all of the sites and forums we have featured up until now cater towards end users of BitTorrent & DDL, in other words the regular pirates who download stuff from the net. However, the forum we are featuring today, BitTorrent Skins (aka BTSkins), is somewhat different. It’s a gathering place and a central location of information sharing for BitTorrent tracker developers – you can discuss and download templates, hacks & mods for all major tracker codebases including Gazelle, TBDEV, TorrentStrike, TorrentTrader & more. That’s not all, BTSkins is currently developing their own tracker source named TfK (TBDEV featuring Kidvision). If you are a tracker developer or if you are interested in the underlying works of a BitTorrent site, you might want to check this forum out.

BTSkins is not really a new forum. According ApocalypseMan, one of the site’s moderators, this site was formerly known as Kidvision.me. This is essentially a resurrection of Kidvision which shut down due to server issues. The site currently has 125 members (at the time of writing) and more are expected to join as word spreads in the BitTorrent community.

As mentioned in the first paragraph, BTSkins indexes templates, mods and hacks for all major tracker codebases out there. This allows developers to share there work and re-use components developed by others without having to reinvent the wheel. A screenshot of the ‘Development’ section in the main forum is shown below – this is where you can share/download/request add-ons for trackers scripts.

There are already quite a few mods & templates indexed in BTSkins, most of which seem to be TBDEV related. In addition to these, BTSkins has separate forum threads for Graphics and Artwork sharing as well as a Guidelines & Tutorials section for BitTorrent trackers. The source code for BTSkin’s own tracker script, TfK, can also be downloaded from this site.

BTSkins is currently open for registrations and is accepting new members. Again, keep in mind that this is a development related forum – you won’t find any tracker invite giveaways here.

Site Name: BitTorrent Skins (http://btskins.net)

Registration URL: http://btskins.net/index.php?app=core&module=global§ion=register

Special thanks to ApocalypseMan for sending us this news.

Microsoft Web Platform Installer 2.0 Beta – All you need to develop web applications

Microsoft have released v2.0 of heir Web Platform Installer suite. This is a useful utility for both students and professionals who are interested in developing web applications. Web Platform Installer basically integrates several web development tools and technologies together so that you don’t need to waste time downloading various apps and frameworks scattered in several dozen places. Note that this is a web setup – only the components you select will be downloaded over the web.

What's included

• Popular Web Apps - Install free popular ASP.NET and PHP web apps such as DotNetNuke and WordPress.
• .NET Framework - Install the latest version of the .NET Framework. This includes everything you need to work with ASP.NET.
• IIS and Extensions - Install the latest version of IIS, including latest IIS Web extensions like IIS Media Services.
• SQL Server  - Install the latest version of SQL Server 2008 Express. This includes both the database engine and tools.
• Visual Web Developer - Install the latest version of Visual Web Developer Express, Our full featured free web development tool.
• Extra and Goodies  - In addition to everything above, the Web PI also includes the latest community version of PHP for Windows.

Note that there are more downloads available other than the ones listed above. This includes CMS, DB management tools and more.

Download

All download links are direct links that point to official Microsoft servers. No 3rd party links are given.

[Click Here] to download Microsoft Web Platform Installer 2.0 Beta

IDM UltraEdit 14.10.0.1018

UltraEdit is the ideal text, HTML and HEX editor, and an advanced PHP, Perl, Java and JavaScript editor for programmers. An industry-award winner, UltraEdit supports disk-based 64-bit file handling (standard) on all 32-bit Windows platforms. UltraEdit is a powerful disk-based text editor, programmer's editor, and hex editor that is used to edit HTML, PHP, javascript, Perl, C/C++, and a multitude of other coding/programming languages. UltraEdit can handle and edit files in excess of 4 gigabytes.

Key text editing features

• Code Folding
• Supports 64-bit file handling (standard) on all 32-bit Windows platforms
• Unicode support
• Disk based text editing and large file handling - supports files in excess of 4GB, minimum RAM used even for multi-megabyte files
• Mulitline find and replace dialogs for all searches (Find, Replace, Find in Files, Replace in Files)
• 100,000 word spell checker, with foreign languages support (American English, British English, Dutch, Finnish, French, German, Hungarian, Italian, Spanish and Swedish)
• Syntax highlighting - configurable, pre-configured for C/C++, VB, HTML, Java, and Perl, with special options for FORTRAN and LaTex. Multiple wordfiles available for download
• FTP client built in to give access to FTP servers with multiple account settings and automatic logon and save. (32-Bit Only) Includes support for SFTP (SSH2)
• SSH/Telnet window
• Project/workspace support
• Environment Selector - Provides predefined or user-created editing "environments" that remember the state of all of UltraEdit's dockable windows, toolbars and more for user convenience.
• Integrated scripting language to automate tasks
• Configurable keyboard mapping
• Column/block mode editing
• Hexadecimal editor allows editing of any binary file, shows binary and ASCII view
• Named templates
• HTML toolbar preconfigured for popular HTML functions
• WebSearch Toolbar: highlight text and click a websearch toolbar button to search for highlighted term from within the editor
  • Google search
  • Yahoo search
  • Wikipedia
  • Dictionary.com
  • Thesaurus.com
  • Whois
  • Network Solutions Whois
  • PHP.net search
  • cplusplus.com search
  • MSDN online search
• File encryption / decryption
  • Encrypt your sensitive source code files using your own key
  • Integrates with UltraSentry to (optionally) securely destroy original, unencrypted file
  • Decrypt files in UltraEdit only
• Integration with UltraSentry to securely delete UltraEdit temporary files
• Multi-byte support with integrated IME support

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phpDesigner 2008 Professional 6.1 : The complete IDE for PHP

phpDesigner 2008 is today's PHP IDE and PHP editor - the complete integrated development environment for PHP for both beginners and professional developers that help you boost the process of editing, analyzing, debugging and publishing applications and websites powered by PHP and other web languages!

Features

Explore the world of PHP

Explore the world of PHP and shorten the learning curve with detailed information about more than 3000 native PHP functions on the fly!

Boost your productivity

Designed to boost your productivity and simplify complex coding projects through intelligent set of editing tools that includes full support for PHP4/PHP5, syntax highlighters, highlighting of matching tags/braces and numerous tools and wizards to speed of your development!

Intelligent syntax highlighting

The intelligent syntax highlighter in phpDesigner 2008 makes it the ideal development environment for AJAX developers. Automatic switch between syntax highlighters for PHP, HTML, CSS, and JavaScript dependant on your position in the file and dim the rest of the code!

PHP, HTML, CSS, JavaScript and more

phpDesigner 2008 has the WAMP and LAMP developer in mind. The strength in PHP lies in the ability to embed it into- and together with other web-languages and technologies. Therefore, does phpDesigner 2008 not only support PHP but also other web-languages as HTML, XHTML, MySQL, XML, CSS, JavaScript, VBScript, Java, C#, Perl, Python and Ruby!

Object-oriented programming (OOP)

In phpDesigner 2008 you can work with object-oriented  programming (OOP) in PHP5, nested code completion and have code tip displayed as you type so you do not need to look into documentation to see classes and function attributes!

Projects and PHP frameworks

In phpDesigner 2008 you can work with projects and integrate any PHP framework into your project and access all your files, classes, functions, interfaces, variables and constants declared in your project on the fly!

Real debugging using Xdebug

Debugging has never been easier with the new integration of Xdebug in phpDesigner 2008.

Analyze your code step by step using breakpoints, watches, evaluations etc. Find bottlenecks in your code or see which parts of your code are slow and could use a speed boost with the profiler support!

Enjoyable to use for hours and hours

The philosophy behind phpDesigner 2008 is to make it, enjoyable to use for hours and hours for both beginners and professional developers through an easy-to-use-, intuitive-, customizable- and tabbed interface!

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SQL Assistant 3.5.30 : The ultimate tool for SQL developer productivity!

SQL Assistant equips database developers and DBAs with the productivity tools they need to speed up the database development process, improve code quality and accuracy. Depending on what you are coding, SQL Assistant could boost your SQL coding productivity by 100% or more.

Features:

• Raises SQL developer productivity
• Improves code quality and accuracy
• Integrates with many SQL and non-SQL editors
• Provides interactive SQL reference and SQL code assistance systems
• Provides advanced SQL code intellisense features, including support for databases, objects, parameters, script variables, syntax elements and more...
• Includes code formatters and beautifiers; SQL syntax validation, code structure views for fast code navigation, and more...
• Provides integrated spell checker
• Supports 7 major database systems: Oracle, SQL Server, DB2 and MySQL, Sybase ASE, Sybase ASA, MS Access, and their SQL dialects
• Fast and has small disk and memory footprint
• Can be easily installed without interrupting any existing processes and used immediately

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Microsoft Visual Studio 2008 Express Edition [All in One ISO]

Visual Studio 2008 is focused on development of Windows Vista, 2007 Office system, and Web applications. Among other things, it brings a new language feature, LINQ, new versions of C# and Visual Basic languages, a Windows Presentation Foundation visual designer, and improvements to the .NET Framework. It also features a new HTML/CSS editor influenced by Microsoft Expression Web. J# is not included. Visual Studio 2008 requires .NET Framework 3.5 and by default configures compiled assemblies to run on .NET Framework 3.5; but it also supports multi-targeting which lets the developers choose which version of the .NET Framework (out of 2.0, 3.0, 3.5, Silverlight CoreCLR or .NET Compact Framework) the assembly runs on. Visual Studio 2008 also includes new code analysis tools, including the new Code Metrics tool.

Applications Included

     

How to get it

You can download the Visual Studio 2008 Express Edition All-in-One DVD ISO image. This DVD contains all the Express products as well as optional components. Once done downloading, mount the image in a DVD emulator program such as Daemon Tools or burn to a DVD using a DVD burning application such as Nero. Since these are Express Editions which are free, there will be no need to apply cracks.

Get Visual Studio 2008 Express Edition ISO : Download Now! (Direct Download - MS Server)

Ultraedit32 - Version 13.10 [NoPE release]

UltraEdit is a commercial text editor for Microsoft Windows initially created in 1994 by IDM Computer Solutions. The editor contains tools for programmers, including macros, syntax highlighting, code folding, file type conversions, project management, regular expressions for search-and-replace, remote editing of files via FTP, interfaces for APIs or command lines of choice and more. Files can be browsed and edited in tabs. UltraEdit compares well feature-wise with other development editors like Emacs or Vim. An installation takes about 30 MB of disk space. It also supports Unicode and hex editing modes, however it does not have full support of Unicode File Handling.

Features

• Code Folding
• Supports 64-bit file handling (standard) on all 32-bit Windows platforms
• UNICODE support
• Disk based text editing - supports files in excess of 4GB, minimum RAM used even for multi-megabyte files
• 100,000 word spell checker, with foreign languages support (American English, British English, Dutch, Finnish, French, German, Hungarian, Italian, Spanish and Swedish)
• Syntax highlighting - configurable, pre-configured for C/C++, VB, HTML, Java, and Perl, with special options for FORTRAN and LaTex.
• FTP client built in to give access to FTP servers with multiple account settings and automatic logon and save. (32-Bit Only) Includes support for SFTP (SSH2).
• SSH/Telnet Window
• Project/Workspace support
• Integrated scripting language to automate tasks
• Configurable keyboard mapping
• Column/block mode editing

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