Tools
Visual Studio:
- SmartPaster - is an Add-In that enables you to paste a block of text as either a Comment, String, StringBuilder or Region.
- PowerCommands - is a set of useful extensions for the Visual Studio 2008 adding additional functionality to various areas of the IDE.
- TestDriven.NET - makes it easy to run unit tests with a single click, anywhere in your Visual Studio solutions. It supports all versions of Microsoft Visual Studio and it integrates with the best .NET development tools.
- ReSharper - IDE productivity Add-On that helps applying TDD (Test Driven Development) practices.
- CodeRush™ with Refactor!™ Pro - allows you to code faster. Think of it as the ability to write code in short hand.
- ASP.NET MVC - is a free and fully supported Microsoft framework for building web applications that use a model-view-controller pattern. Like ASP.NET Web Forms, ASP.NET MVC is built on the ASP.NET framework.
- .NET Reflector - enables you to easily view, navigate, and search through, the class hierarchies of .NET assemblies, even if you don't have the code for them. With it, you can decompile and analyze .NET assemblies in C#, Visual Basic, and IL.
- ELMAH (Error Logging Modules and Handlers) - is an application-wide error logging facility that is completely pluggable. It can be dynamically added to a running ASP.NET web application, or even all ASP.NET web applications on a machine, without any need for re-compilation or re-deployment.
- GhostDoc - is a free Visual Studio extension that automatically generates XML documentation comments for methods and properties based on their type, parameters, name, and other contextual information.
- jQuery - is a fast and concise JavaScript Library that simplifies HTML document traversing, event handling, animating, and Ajax interactions for rapid web development.
- Microsoft Chart Controls for Microsoft .NET Framework 3.5 - ASP.NET and Windows Forms Chart Controls for .NET Framework 3.5 SP1.
- xUnit - Unit Testing Framework.
- xUnit Contrib - Resharper xUnit Test Runner plugin.
- MSpec - Behavior Driven Development Framework.
- WPF Toolkit - is a collection of WPF features and components that are being made available outside of the normal .NET Framework ship cycle.
- TinyMCE - is a platform independent web based Javascript HTML WYSIWYG editor control.
- Telerik - is a leading vendor of ASP.NET AJAX, Silverlight, WinForms and WPF controls and components. Great customer support and easy to use controls.
Source Control:
- VisualSVN Server - is an all in one package for setting up your own Subversion server.
- TortoiseSVN - provides source control integration into Windows.
- AnkhSVN - is a Subversion SourceControl Provider for Visual Studio.
- RapidSVN - is a Subversion Administration GUI. (dependency wxWidgets)
Utilities:
- Evernote - is an awesome tool for organizing notes, photos, receipts, etc.
- WinMerge - is a differencing and merging tool for Windows.
- PDF Creator - easily creates PDFs from any Windows program.
- Foxit - is a small and fast PDF viewer.
- FreeMind - is a premier free mind-mapping software written in Java. (dependency JRE)
- Filezilla - is a free ftp client.
- Miro - is a free podcast aggregator and much more.
- Digsby - is a multiprotocol IM client that lets you chat with all your friends on AIM, MSN, Yahoo, ICQ, Google Talk, and Jabber with one simple to manage buddy list.
- Dropbox - Sync your files online and across computers.
- VLC Video Player - is a highly portable multimedia player and multimedia framework capable of reading most audio and video formats (MPEG-2, MPEG-4, H.264, DivX, MPEG-1, mp3, ogg, aac ...) as well as DVDs, Audio CDs VCDs, and various streaming protocols.
- Copy Path to Clipboard - adds a new command "Copy Path to Clipboard" to the context menu for files and folders. Pasting the complete filename or foldername into any dialog or editor is just a mouse click away. You always get the full path.
- Fiddler - is a Web Debugging Proxy which logs all HTTP(S) traffic between your computer and the Internet.
- Balsamiq - Create software mockups in minutes. Doodle your way to done.
- HippoEdit - is a powerful, fast and easy to use text editor for MS Windows, primarily targeted at power users and developers. It has modern and lightweight user interface, which supports different interface schemes, Multi Tab environment, seamless web and help browser, File and Project Explorer, External Tools integration and much more.
- 7-Zip - is a file archiver with a high compression ratio.
