Jul 21, 2012

Vikas

18 Must Have Microsoft .Net Development Tools

Microsoft windows can be most effectively defined as a series of graphical interface operating systems which is developed, marketed and even sold by Microsoft. For doing a job correctly and effectively using the right kind of tools is very important the same goes for IT professionals too and windows administrators too.

There are a lot of windows tools that the programmers would require in their daily lives. All the tools that are used by these programmers/developers solve different important purposes from them. For instance the notepad++, de-compiler, coffee script allows developers to solve and viewing a process.

Other tools like SharpDevelop is a free IDE for C#, VB.NET and Boo projects on Microsoft’s .NET platform that helps to download both sourcecode and executable from this site and some for testing web services, tools for creating websites, visual studio express and many more helpful for .net developers. Similarly there are a lot of tools which are absolutely free of cost and they can be really helpful to the .net developers in a lot of different ways. Visit this list and select your favorite tool that helps .net programmer.

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1) Open Source – Sharp Develop

SharpDevelop is a free IDE for C#, VB.NET and Boo projects on Microsoft’s .NET platform. It is open-source, and you can download both sourcecode and executables from this site.

2) Storm Codeplex

STORM is a free and open source tool for testing web services.

STORM allows you to
1. Test web services written using any technology (.NET , Java, etc.)
2. Dynamically invoke web service methods even those that have input parameters of complex data types
3. Save development time and money. Creating throw-away test client apps just to test the web service is just too wasteful
4. Test multiple web services from within one UI.
5. Edit/Manipulate the raw soap requests.
6 Others (Try out the tool and find out yourself!)

3) Cruise Control

CruiseControl is both a continuous integration tool and an extensible framework for creating a custom continuous build process. It includes dozens of plugins for a variety of source controls, build technologies, and notifications schemes including email and instant messaging.

4) CoffeeScript-Compiler-for-Windows

Using this tool developers can compile CoffeeScript files on Windows. Called CoffeScript Compiler for Windows.

5) Silver Light Spy

Silverlight Spy is a runtime inspector tool providing unprecedented access to all aspects of any Silverlight in-browser, out-of-browser and Windows Phone 7 application

6) Nuget

NuGet is a Visual Studio 2010 extension that makes it easy to add, remove, and update libraries and tools in Visual Studio projects that use the .NET Framework. This topic lists documentation that will help you use NuGet packages and create your own.

7) Style cop

StyleCop analyzes C# source code to enforce a set of style and consistency rules. It can be run from inside of Visual Studio or integrated into an MSBuild project. StyleCop has also been integrated into many third-party development tools

8) Codeinject

CInject (or CodeInject) allows code injection into any managed assembly without disassembling and recompiling it. It eases the inevitable task of injecting any code in single or multiple methods in one or many assemblies to intercept code for almost any purpose.

9) Webmatrix

WebMatrix is a free web development tool from Microsoft that includes everything you need for website development. Start from open source web applications, built-in web templates or just start writing code yourself. It’s all-inclusive, simple and best of all free. Developing websites has never been easier.

10) Visual Studio Express

Visual Studio 2010 Express is a set of free, entry-level products with streamlined interfaces and core capabilities that help you create applications for a single platform. The opportunities presented to developers by Microsoft platforms have never been greater. Pick your platform, download your tool, and get started.

11) notepad plus

Notepad++ is a free (as in “free speech” and also as in “free beer”) source code editor and Notepad replacement that supports several languages. Running in the MS Windows environment

12) decompiler

JustDecompile is a new, free developer productivity tool for easy .NET assembly browsing and decompiling. JustDecompile builds on Telerik’s years of experience in code analysis and developer productivity tools. JustDecompile lets you effortlessly explore and analyze compiled .NET assemblies, decompiling code with the simple click of a button.

13) fiddler

Fiddler is a Web Debugging Proxy which logs all HTTP(S) traffic between your computer and the Internet. Fiddler allows you to inspect traffic, set breakpoints, and “fiddle” with incoming or outgoing data. Fiddler includes a powerful event-based scripting subsystem, and can be extended using any .NET language.

14) filezilla

FileZilla, the free FTP solution. Both a client and a server are available. FileZilla is open source software distributed free of charge.

15) linqpad

LINQPad is more than a LINQ tool: it’s an ergonomic C#/VB/F# scratchpad that instantly executes any expression, statement block or program with rich output formatting – the ultimate in dynamic development. Put an end to those hundreds of Visual Studio Console projects cluttering your source folder!

16) soapui

soapUI is the world leading Open Source Functional Testing Tool, mainly it is used for Web Service Testing. SoapUI supports multiple protocols such as SOAP, REST, HTTP, JMS, AMF and JDBC. soapUI enables you to create advanced Performance Tests very quickly and run Automated Functional Tests

17) ncrunch

NCrunch is an automated parallel continuous testing tool for Visual Studio .NET. It intelligently takes responsibility for running automated tests so that you don’t have to, and it gives you a huge amount of useful information about your tests (such as code coverage and performance metrics) inline in your IDE while you work.