PDFTk from AccessPDF

Pdftk is a command-line tool for doing everyday things with PDF documents:

  • Merge PDF documents
  • Split PDF pages into a new document
  • Fill PDF forms with FDF data and/or flatten forms
  • Apply a background watermark
  • ...

Pdftk allows you to manipulate PDF easily and freely. It does not require Acrobat, and it runs on Windows, Linux, Mac OS X, FreeBSD and Solaris.  Pdftk is free software (GPL).

Fietspassie

Het boek ‘Fietspassie' van Eddy Merckx en Toon Claes is een complete gids voor sportief fietsen op de weg.

Handboek fietsreparaties

Het nieuwste boek van Rob van der Plas, Handboek fietsreparaties, wil je helpen bij het onderhoud van een moderne fiets. Aan de hand van duidelijke instructies kan je zelf het noodzakelijke onderhoud van en de meeste reparaties aan je fiets uitvoeren.

Deze handleiding biedt o.m.

  • onderhouds- en reparatieprocedures voor alle fietstypes.
  • duidelijke en gedetailleerde stap-voor-stapinstructies.
  • talloze foto’s en instructietekeningen in full-colour.
  • up-to-date informatie, ook over de nieuwste accessoires.
  • alles over preventief onderhoud en aanpassingen aan versnellingen, remmen, aandrijving etc.

Open Source Alternatives to 50 Proprietary Applications

Zack Urlocker points to a list of 50 open source software alternatives to proprietary applications.

View the .NET Source Code in VS 2005

Recently Microsoft released the source code for portions of the .NET framework to VS 2008 users. Fortunately for those still using VS 2005, Kerem Kusmezer and John Robbins built a tool that gives them access to it as well. This tool also speeds up VS 2008 by caching all the source code at one time.

Scott Guthrie Outlines the .NET 3.5 Client Roadmap

Scott Guthrie recently outlined some of the changes developers can expect when building .NET 3.5 Windows Client applications.  These changes will be released over the next few months.

Enterprise Web 2.0: Catching a Wave of Business Innovation

Web 2.0 is at the center of a wave of excitement concerning how enterprises—commercial or public organisations—are trying to exploit the current generation of Internet technologies. This four-part article series examines aspects of Web 2.0 relevant to the enterprise. In this first installment, take a look at the business and technical drivers behind Web 2.0, the challenges and opportunities Web 2.0 presents to enterprises, and the relationship between Web 2.0 and Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA).

The Best of The Rational Edge

In case you missed them over the past year, here is a round-up of the most popular features and technical articles recently published in The Rational Edge. Please take a look at the archives, either by category or by date, to find more content to help you in your understanding of software development concepts.

WCF Communication Options in the .NET Framework 3.5

David Chappell, Principal of Chappell & Associates, presents the various communication styles provided by Windows Communication Foundation (WCF) in his white paper called "Dealing with Diversity: Understanding WCF Communication Options in the .NET Framework 3.5".

Global Software Development and Delivery

Series of articles from The Rational Edge about the trends surrounding global development and delivery in the marketplace and their underlying motivations, the benefits to be found in a globalized delivery model, and the challenges that such a model can present.