The often overlooked Xcode FileMerge app lets you spot what's changed between two files. Here's how to spot the differences using the tool. Most developers of Apple software are familiar with Apple's ...

If you have been following our earlier posts, you may already be aware that OneDrive (SkyDrive) now lets you edit many kinds of text files in the browser. OneDrive.com already offers Office Web Apps, ...

And one final great grep feature: recursive search. Running “grep -r pattern” will search all files within your current ...

Any file on a computer is basically reduced to a binary code which in turn could be written as a text code. An image file is no exception to this. Since an image file has a form in a text code, you ...

Runestone is the latest app from Simon Støvring, the developer behind Scriptable, Jayson, and Data Jar. Støvring’s apps tend to be focused on developer or automation use cases, filling holes in the ...

In my comparisons of JavaScript editors and JavaScript IDEs, my top recommendations often include Sublime Text (as an editor) and Visual Studio Code (as either an editor or an IDE). Neither is ...

Welcome to part two in a series about steganography, the art of hiding things in plain sight. We are practicing steganography because it can be a useful skill if you don't have access to encryption ...

One of the most common problems identified by static code analysis tools is the presence of plain text passwords written directly into configuration files. It's ...