Chapter 15 Tools

Sponsor Tools

SubText
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Tools

NProf - |
Simple profiler for finding bottlenecks in .NET apps. Supports ASP.NET profiling.
FileMon - |
TCPView - |
Elegant, simple tool for identifying potential port conflicts and other TCP/IP problems
RegMon - |
Provides a real-time display of all registry-access attempts. Highly configurable, extremely flexible, and uses the same general user interface as other great Sysinternals tools.
Process Explorer - |
Great tool for getting details on processes, the resources they use, and system performance
CLR SPY - |
Powerful tool that lets you quickly see what’s going on in the CLR
CLR Profiler - |
Powerful, flexible tool for monitoring your application’s memory usage
ClrDump - |
Managed Stack Explorer - |
Lightweight tool that provides a quick and easy way to monitor .NET 2.0 managed processes and their stacks
Fiddler - |
HTTP debugging proxy that helps to troubleshoot calls made across the network, including calls to web applications and web services, .NET remoting calls, and more
Ping Plotter - |
Small, low-overhead traceroute tool to help you quickly and visually identify where network slowdowns are occurring
LogParser - |
Tool for querying a variety of common text-based data sources and persisting output in various formats
Regex Kit Visualizers - |
Provide a better view of your variables while debugging and add functionality to the debugging experience
NProf - |
Simple profiler for finding bottlenecks in .NET apps. Supports ASP.NET profiling.
ASP.NET Cache Visualizer - |
Provide a better view of your variables while debugging and add functionality to the debugging experience
Conchango XML Visualizer - |
Provide a better view of your variables while debugging and add functionality to the debugging experience