DotNetKicks.com - Stories tagged with Tools

RedGate acquires .NET Reflector

Tue, 26 Aug 2008 12:24:54 GMT

This morning I got an e-mail from Lutz Roeder, creator of the marvelous .NET Reflector in which he announces that he handed development of .NET Reflector over to Red Gate Software

Clone Detective for Visual Studio

Tue, 19 Aug 2008 19:16:03 GMT

Clone Detective is a Visual Studio integration that allows you to analyze C# projects for source code that is duplicated somewhere else. Having duplicates can easily lead to inconsistencies and often is an indicator for poorly factored code.

WPF application localization kit

Tue, 29 Jul 2008 16:24:25 GMT

Article describes WPF application localization pattern and offer to use localization tool which helps to easily translate and to support many language dictionaries. Hope it will be useful.

CodeRush with Refactor! Pro vs ReSharper

Wed, 09 Jul 2008 19:41:54 GMT

Every developer knows already, that Visual Studio is not sufficient enough for code writing. Maybe this comparission will show other developers what can do with theses addons.

Useful Diagnostic Tools

Tue, 08 Jul 2008 16:31:36 GMT

I recently visited a customer site to diagnose some problems with an application deployed on a server. This is the set of tools I took with me.

NDepend: code metrics at your service

Wed, 09 Jul 2008 18:31:08 GMT

If you ever wrote code for a non-trivial project chances are that from time to time you stop an think: "I don't know, but I have the feeling that the code is not really clean/too complex/[insert adjective here that makes you feel bad about your code]". Chances are even that you did not had these thoughts - but your source code indeed was not really clean, too complex or what not. While the latter situation is certainly the worse of the two, both situation make clear that we need means to quantify the quality of our code. NDepend is an excellent tool that can be used to generate those metrics

Working with Fiddler on LocalHost - Scott Cate's WebLog

Fri, 04 Jul 2008 04:04:47 GMT

Then last month while speaking at Orlando ASPConnections, I was demoing some AJAX calls on stage, and an audience member told me that Fiddler will work on 127.0.0.1 with a trailing . on the IP address. So the address ends up like ...

Less MSIèrables - Extract the content of a .MSI file

Thu, 29 May 2008 20:17:41 GMT

A review about a little tool called "Less MSIèrables" that extract the content of a .MSI file.

Trying out PowerCommands 1.1 for Visual Studio 2008

Wed, 16 Apr 2008 17:46:03 GMT

Generally, I don't like to install any Visual Studio extensions at all, but I thought I should give this one a chance. I installed PowerCommands 1.1 for Visual Studio 2008, and went to play with the new functionality. Here is what I found as the most useful...

Important VSTS links Outside MS Site

Wed, 02 Apr 2008 14:57:56 GMT

For Begginers to VSTS these are very Important VSTS links Outside MS Site

Microsoft Office Communicator 2007 Presence Controls

Thu, 28 Feb 2008 20:40:03 GMT

Microsoft Office Communicator 2007 Presence Controls are designed to provide presence information and real time collaboration options to Microsoft Windows Forms, Web Forms and GUI applications that are based on the Microsoft Win32 application programming interface. The controls provide developers of these applications with the ability to drag-and-drop the control from the toolbox in Visual Studio onto applications and provide access to the capabilities of Communicator in an easy to incorporate manner.

New Toolbox Links - Windows Developer Tools List

Tue, 12 Feb 2008 19:44:38 GMT

I know I said last week I was not going to post this week's links until Wednesday, but since I have already put together the list I might as well share! This week I'll be focusing on Windows Tools that help make our lives as developers easier. I have personally use (or have used) all of these tools and I stand by my recommendations! Do you have any utilities to add to the list??

Editors and other free tools.

Sat, 05 Jan 2008 04:35:47 GMT

A short list of editors and other tools that may help you to develop your apps.

Vista Preview Handler for .Net Files

Mon, 31 Dec 2007 04:51:28 GMT

Hate having to open Visual Studio or even Notepad to see what is in that cs file? If you are runnning Vista try this preview handler and check out the contents of your .Net code files without even leaving Windows Explorer!

Get latest buildable code

Tue, 18 Dec 2007 14:11:17 GMT

Utility to integrate and automate Team Foundation Server operations ensuring your build doesn't brake

15+ FREE Visual Studio Add-ins - Part 2

Sat, 01 Dec 2007 16:31:02 GMT

15+ Free Visual Studio Add-Ins (Part 1) was such a hit, that I've decided to use the feedback (and Google) to create Part 2 of the list. If I'm missing a FREE must have add-in, I'd love to hear about it.

Free Camtasia & SnagIt downloads! (full function)

Thu, 29 Nov 2007 23:16:03 GMT

TechSmith is now offering Camtasia 3 & SnagIt 7.2.5 (see the first blog comment for link) as free downloads.

Copy Source As Html add-in for Visual Studio 2008 RTM

Thu, 22 Nov 2007 06:59:06 GMT

The title says it all. Article contains a link for VS2005 -version, too.

Using Symlinks to Ease Development with Visual Studio Express

Wed, 21 Nov 2007 17:09:26 GMT

Since Visual Web Developer Express and Visual C# Express (or VB for that matter) are separate products and you can't create DLLs in VWD or build web sites in VCS it is painful to develop ASP .NET controls using the Express editions of Visual Studio. You can simplify the process by utilizing symbolic links. This post explains how.

Free SQL Server tools that might make your life a little easier

Tue, 20 Nov 2007 20:16:03 GMT

Free MS and non MS tools for easoer work with SQL Server 2005 and 2000

15 -hot- tools that made me a coding Paris Hilton.

Thu, 15 Nov 2007 16:31:03 GMT

Look good while doing things the easy way. 15 tools I use every day that make me a "hot" coder. You sling code every day. So do I. You sit down at your box, throw on those noise canceling headphones, fire up some mp3s, and get jiggy wit' it. That's hot. But could it be hotter?

ADInsight - new utility by Microsoft

Thu, 08 Nov 2007 08:36:14 GMT

Utility for real-time monitoring aimed at troubleshooting Active Directory client applications.

BGInfo - display PC information on the desktop

Thu, 08 Nov 2007 08:26:41 GMT

A tool automatically displays relevant information about a Windows computer on the desktop's background, such as the computer name, IP address, service pack version, and more.

Software Factories for Mass Customizing Solutions

Mon, 22 Oct 2007 14:34:07 GMT

Software Factories are a new paradigm that promotes the formation of supply chains to deliver software solutions. This article of Jack Greenfield, software architect for Microsoft, explains how to achieve this objective.

Listas - new feature from Microsoft

Sun, 21 Oct 2007 08:00:19 GMT

Listas is a tool for the creation, management and sharing of lists, notes, favorites, and more