Windows Development Toolbox
Web Development
- IE Web Developer Toolbar
- Fiddler - HTTP debugger
- JsUnit - JavaScript unit testing
- Firefox Web Developer Toolbar
- ColorZilla Firefox extension
- Firebug Firefox extension - JavaScript debugger and more
- Edit Cookies Firefox extension
- HTML Validator Firefox extension
- Dummy Lipsum Content Generator Firefox extension
- MeasureIt Firefox extension
- GIMP
- Inkscape
- Virtual PC 2007 / IE6 Virtual PC disk image - For testing sites in IE6.
- Xenu's Link Sleuth - Link checker
- Windows Media Encoder
Development Tools
- Visual Studio Express Editions
- XNA Game Studio Express - Windows and XBox 360 game development
- Tortoise CVS / TortoiseSVN - Version control (also Pageant for managing SSH keys)
- Snippet Compiler - The closest thing .NET has to Python's command-line
- .NET Reflector - Allows you to browse the contents of .NET assemblies.
- Database Publishing Wizard
- FxCop - Checks .NET code for good coding and design practices. I haven't used this for any projects yet, but will probably try on the next major project I work on.
- LINQPad
SharePoint Development
- WSP Builder
- U2U Caml Query Builder
- SharePoint Lists extension for Reporting Services
- Windows SharePoint Services 3 Virtual PC Image
- Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 Virtual PC Image
Debugging / Testing
- NUnit - Unit testing framework/application for .NET
- Web Application Stress Tool - Stress tester
Utilities
- 7-Zip - Extraction/compression for several formats
- FileZilla - FTP Client
- Python - Even if it's not the primary language you're using, it's useful for scripting and calculating on the command line.
- vim - Text editing
- WinMerge - Windows diffing and syncing tool (plus my updated ASP.NET filter list)
- StarInix Database Compare
- GNU Tools for Windows
- putty - SSH client
- The Regulator - Regular expressions tool
- XN Resource Editor - Edit resources within executables and DLLs. (Useful if, say, you need to change the displayed name of a screen saver.)
- PowerShell
- PowerShell Prompt Here
Libraries
- GNU ASpell / ASpell.Net - provides spell-checking support
- .NET Framework 3.0 / Windows Workflow Foundation extensions for Visual Studio
- ASP.Net AJAX
- NPlot - .NET charting library
System Administration
- IIS 6 Manager for Windows XP
- IIS 6 Resource Kit
- PortQueryUI - Checks whether services are listening on certain ports.
- Sysinternals
- Windows Server 2003 Admin Tools Pack for XP (Window Server 2003 version is here.)
- BIND - comes with Windows versions of dig and host
- Virtual CD-ROM Control Panel - mounts ISO files directly
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