Tools

Add tools to your Toolbox by using the "Add To My Toolbox" button on each tool's page. (Find tools by browsing through the tag cloud.)

WSCF - |
A Visual Studio add-in that provides a number of wizards and code-generation tools that make it easier to create web services contracts before writing the code.
Tags:
  Web Services
  Chapter 5
  Code Generation

XSD.exe - |
Quickly and easily generate classes from schema and/or generate schema from classes
Tags:
  Chapter 5
  XML
  Code Generation

Codus - |
A code-generation tool that will generate a complete data-access layer, including entities, data-access objects, and even NUnit tests.
Tags:
  Chapter 5
  Code Generation

MyGeneration - |
A flexible template-based code generator with a generic metadata provider supporting over 12 major databases. Comes with dOOdads, a popular open source O/RM architecture written by the MyGeneration team.
Tags:
  Chapter 5
  Code Generation

Peli's Reflector Addins - |
Create dependency graphs and code metrics from within Reflector
Tags:
  Chapter 9
  Code Analysis
  Reflector

SourceMonitor - |
Lightweight, customizable, easy-to-use tool for gathering metrics on several languages. Can be used by automated build and CI processes.
Tags:
  Chapter 9
  Code Analysis

CR_Metrics - |
Handy tool for quickly examining assembly and file metrics inside Visual Studio
Tags:
  Chapter 9
  Code Analysis

NDepend - |
Provides several vital benchmarks and a potentially bewildering wealth of statistics. Dependencies and abstractness versus instability charts give immediate visual feedback on the dependency state of your assemblies. Visual explorer lets you browse metrics via a unique UI.
Tags:
  Chapter 9
  Code Analysis

Vil - |
Provides analysis and metrics of .NET assemblies, classes, and methods.
Tags:
  Code Analysis

FxCop - |
Invaluable tool for checking if .NET assemblies conform to well-established design guidelines. Can be used by automated build and continuous integration processes.
Tags:
  Chapter 9
  Code Analysis
  Microsoft

NProf - |
Simple profiler for finding bottlenecks in .NET apps. Supports ASP.NET profiling.
Tags:
  Chapter 15
  Code Analysis
  bottleneck
  performance
  Open Source

SVN 1-Click Setup - |
Simple tool to install and configure a Subversion repository.
Tags:
  source control
  Chapter 11
  Open Source
  subversion

TortoiseSVN - |
Provide GUI interfaces into Subversion via Windows Explorer shell extensions
Tags:
  Open Source
  Chapter 11
  source control
  subversion

TortoiseCVS - |
Provide GUI interface into CVS and Windows Explorer shell extensions
Tags:
  Open Source
  Chapter 11
  source control
  CVS
  source control
  Chapter 11

AnkhSVN - |
Get access to all the power of Subversion while working inside Visual Studio
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SourceSafe Binding Remover - |
Cleans all SourceSafe bindings from your source tree, enabling you to quickly and cleanly distribute code folders
Tags:
  Chapter 11
  Open Source
  source control
  Visual Studio
  SourceSafe

WinMerge - |
Quickly and easily track down differences in files and merge changes between versions
Tags:
  Chapter 11
  Open Source
  source control

ASP.NET AJAX (formerly "Atlas") - |
A client- and server-side framework providing components and infrastructure that allow the creation of highly interactive web applications while hiding the complexities of Ajax and JavaScript portability
Tags:
  Chapter 1
  Web Development
  AJAX

Anthem.NET - |
Provides web form controls with Ajax built right into them; no client-side JavaScript required
Tags:
  Chapter 1
  Web Development
  AJAX

Ajax.NET Professional - |
A lightweight Ajax framework that makes it easy to call server-side methods from client-side code.
Tags:
  Chapter 1
  Web Development
  AJAX

UrlRewritingNet.UrlRewrite - |
An open source library that enables you to rewrite URLs with ASP.NET 2.0
Tags:
  Chapter 1
  Web Development
  Open Source
  URL rewriting
  Chapter 1

BusyBoxDotNet - |
An ASP.NET web-control library capable of showing a customizable message during time-consuming activities
Tags:
  Chapter 1
  Web Development
  Open Source
  UI

CSS Friendly ASP.NET 2.0 Control Adapters - |
Lets you get better HTML out of your ASP.NET controls, making it easier to style them with CSS
Tags:
  Chapter 1
  Web Development
  CSS

FreeTextBox - |
An HTML editor web control that lets you easily add word-processor-like functionality to your applications
Tags:
  Chapter 1
  Web Development
  Editor

WebChart - |
A freely available charting control that, though it might not include all the features of commercial controls, handles creating standard charts in excellent fashion
Tags:
  Chapter 1
  Web Development
  chart

RSS Toolkit - |
Includes a plethora of RSS-related features, including an RSS data source, an HTTP handler, and an object model
Tags:
  Chapter 1
  Web Development
  RSS
  feed

NUnit - |
A tool for writing and running unit tests in .NET code
Tags:
  Chapter 10
  Open Source
  unit test
  testing

NUnit Code Snippets for Visual Studio 2005 - |
Save significant time by using a few keystrokes to generate annoyingly repetitive,commonplace NUnit code
Tags:
  Chapter 10
  Open Source
  unit test
  testing
  snippets
  productivity

MbUnit - |
Extensible unit-test framework with impressive support for data-driven,combinatorial,and other testing types. Many unique features distinguish it from other test frameworks.
Tags:
  Chapter 10
  Open Source
  unit test
  testing

Zanebug - |
Fast test runner with great control over how tests execute; gives tremendous amounts of performancerelated data
Tags:
  Chapter 10
  Open Source
  unit test
  test runner
  testing

FitNesse - |
An acceptance-testing framework written as a Wiki that supports test-driven development
Tags:
  Chapter 10
  Open Source
  unit test
  acceptance test
  testing
  wiki

NCover - |
Monitors a .NET program while it is running and reports which lines of code were executed and which were not
Tags:
  Chapter 10
  Open Source
  unit test
  code coverage
  testing
  Metrics

NCoverExplorer - |
GUI tool for viewing, sorting, and filtering source code coverage results provided in NCover Coverage.xml files. Integrates with Visual Studio using TestDriven.NET. Automated build and CI processes can use the console version for merging and reporting.
Tags:
  Chapter 10
  Open Source
  unit test
  code coverage
  testing
  Metrics

TestDriven.NET - |
Integrates unit-testing functionality directly into Visual Studio
Tags:
  Chapter 10
  Open Source
  unit test
  test runner
  code coverage
  testing
  Metrics

Rhino.Mocks - |
Solid mock-object library supporting strongly typed mock objects with a host of other handy features
Tags:
  Chapter 10
  Open Source
  unit test
  mock objects
  testing

NUnitForms - |
Makes it easy to write automated unit tests for your Windows Forms and control classes
Tags:
  Chapter 10
  unit test
  windows forms

NTime - |
Easy framework for getting simple timing statistics to identity potential problem areas in your software
Tags:
  Chapter 10
  unit test
  performance

Selenium - |
Automate web testing, including browser-compatibility and functionality tests
Tags:
  Chapter 10
  unit test
  web

Watir - |
A Ruby library for end-to-end automated testing of web applications through the browser
Tags:
  Chapter 10
  unit test
  web
  ruby

DotNetNuke - |
Robust, flexible framework system for developing web applications
Tags:
  Chapter 18
  Web Development
  Framework

PicoContainer.NET - |
A lightweight Dependency Injection framework with no requirement or dependency on XML files for configurations
Tags:
  Chapter 18
  Inversion of Control
  IOC

Mono - |
A cross-platform framework capable of running client and server .NET applications in Windows, Linux, Mac OS X, and other Unix varieties
Tags:
  Chapter 18
  Mono
  Linux
  Framework

Rotor (Shared Source Common Language Infrastructure) - |
Open source implementation of the ECMA-standard Common Language Infrastructure and ECMA-standard C# language spec
Tags:
  Chapter 18
  Shared Source
  Framework

Castle MonoRail - |
Agile MVC framework for web applications
Tags:
  Chapter 18
  Web Development
  MVC
  Framework

Castle Windsor Container - |
A simple Inversion of Control container that is easily augmented by using facilities
Tags:
  Chapter 18
  Inversion of Control
  IOC

Enterprise Library for .NET Framework 2.0 - |
Common infrastructure components for enterprise applications
Tags:
  Chapter 18
  Framework

OpenNETCF Smart Device Framework - |
Application framework to extend .NET CF
Tags:
  Chapter 18
  Compact Framework

NAnt - |
Automate nearly all processes for your builds, tests, and deployment
Tags:
  Open Source
  Chapter 12
  automated build
  continuous integration

MSBuild - |
Manage your project’s builds and tie into automated continuous integration processes
Tags:
  Open Source
  Chapter 12
  automated build
  continuous integration

MSBee - |
Addition to MSBuild that allows developers to build managed applications that target .NET 1.1
Tags:
  Open Source
  Chapter 12
  automated build
  continuous integration
  msbuild

MSBuild Community Tasks - |
A collection of community-written tasks that add functionality to MSBuild, including the ability to call FxCop, NDoc, NUnit, and much more
Tags:
  Open Source
  Chapter 12
  automated build
  continuous integration
  msbuild

MSBuild Sidekick - |
A visual editor for creating and managing MSBuild and TFS Build Type files
Tags:
  Chapter 12