Here is a free job search tool that I wrote with a Java Swing GUI that searches Dice, Monster and Craigslist for jobs and allows you to e-mail your resume very easily. First you download the app and configure your settings, set your e-mail info, select your resume attachments and message. Then you can search for all the job sites, or any one of the sites at a time. It gives you a list of the jobs found, so you can select the jobs of interest by checkmarking it. You can then apply to all the selected jobs by selecting a menu item to mail out the resume/message with attachments.
Requires JDK1.4 and works on Mac, Windows and Linux.
Whats most important to me is the User Experience. The Macs does it best.
I programmed the Mac for a long time, then was forced to switch to the PC, so I chose to switch to Java instead, because the alternative (MFC) was an ugly hack of a class lib (like most of Microsoft's products).
What an intrusive OS Windows was... As for the user interface, PCs sucked a lot, but I got used to it eventually. However, I kept up current with my Mac skills, because thats what I love to do... good and innovative engineering as opposed to creating forms after forms type of applications under the PCs.
Now with OSX, Apple's got it right again. Its a cool new UI for those who dont want to mess around with a command line, and a stable Unix machine for those who do. Its truelly the best of both worlds. I'm doing my own Java development for the Mac now at home (aside from work) and would switch back to a Mac job as soon as I get one!
If you are developing cross-platform, give CodeWarrior a try http://www.metrowerks.com Its available for Windos, Mac, Unix, and embedded systems. If you get used to it, very hard to give it up. Comes with a built in class hierarch browser, a class browser to view class/method/field level code, numorous ways to navigate (for instance control-clicking a class or method anme brings up a menu listing all methods that match the method name or to view the class herarchy, etc), custom color coding, etc... their website dosent give justice to it. I've been using it for about 10 years and wouldnt give it up for anything. Even bought my own personal copy when I was forced to use other IDEs (not without trying), so I can work without having to think about the mundane issues like file management, or what file I saved a class, etc. They also have a very impressive C++ framework (PowerPlant) which I used many years back, and its now availbale for doing cross platform development, but that needs a site licence. CW can compile C/C++/Java and objective C.
For cross-platform code, have you given Java a try? Java Swing is pretty good and easy to make GUI applications.
http://www.metrowerks.com/MW/Develop/Desktop/defau lt.htm
Mahesh.
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Here is a free job search tool that I wrote with a Java Swing GUI that searches Dice, Monster and Craigslist for jobs and allows you to e-mail your resume very easily. First you download the app and configure your settings, set your e-mail info, select your resume attachments and message. Then you can search for all the job sites, or any one of the sites at a time. It gives you a list of the jobs found, so you can select the jobs of interest by checkmarking it. You can then apply to all the selected jobs by selecting a menu item to mail out the resume/message with attachments.
Requires JDK1.4 and works on Mac, Windows and Linux.
http://www.sharperlogic.com/reapply
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Whats most important to me is the User Experience. The Macs does it best. I programmed the Mac for a long time, then was forced to switch to the PC, so I chose to switch to Java instead, because the alternative (MFC) was an ugly hack of a class lib (like most of Microsoft's products). What an intrusive OS Windows was... As for the user interface, PCs sucked a lot, but I got used to it eventually. However, I kept up current with my Mac skills, because thats what I love to do... good and innovative engineering as opposed to creating forms after forms type of applications under the PCs. Now with OSX, Apple's got it right again. Its a cool new UI for those who dont want to mess around with a command line, and a stable Unix machine for those who do. Its truelly the best of both worlds. I'm doing my own Java development for the Mac now at home (aside from work) and would switch back to a Mac job as soon as I get one!
If you are developing cross-platform, give CodeWarrior a try http://www.metrowerks.com Its available for Windos, Mac, Unix, and embedded systems. If you get used to it, very hard to give it up. Comes with a built in class hierarch browser, a class browser to view class/method/field level code, numorous ways to navigate (for instance control-clicking a class or method anme brings up a menu listing all methods that match the method name or to view the class herarchy, etc), custom color coding, etc... their website dosent give justice to it. I've been using it for about 10 years and wouldnt give it up for anything. Even bought my own personal copy when I was forced to use other IDEs (not without trying), so I can work without having to think about the mundane issues like file management, or what file I saved a class, etc. They also have a very impressive C++ framework (PowerPlant) which I used many years back, and its now availbale for doing cross platform development, but that needs a site licence. CW can compile C/C++/Java and objective C. For cross-platform code, have you given Java a try? Java Swing is pretty good and easy to make GUI applications. http://www.metrowerks.com/MW/Develop/Desktop/defau lt.htm
Mahesh.