Friday, April 13, 2012

Tools list 2012

I got a new computer at work and had to reinstall a bunch of software. Here is the list I made along the way.

General tools

  1. Chrome: http://www.google.com/chrome/
  2. GreenShot (Screen capture tool): http://www.getgreenshot.org/
  3. NotePad++ (replacement for notepad): http://notepad-plus-plus.org/
  4. Windows Live Writer: http://writer.live/com/
  5. Paint.Net (replacement for Paint): http://www.dotpdn.com/downloads/pdn.html
  6. Fences (Desktop management software): http://www.stardock.com/products/fences/
  7. Spotify (music!): http://www.spotify.com
  8. DisplayFusion (multiple monitor enhancements): http://www.displayfusion.com/
  9. TeraCopy (enhanced file copy): http://codesector.com/teracopy
  10. 7-Zip (archive file tool): http://www.7-zip.org/

Developer tools

  1. Visual Studio 2012 (msdn)
  2. NuGet: http://www.nuget.org/
  3. LinqPad: http://www.linqpad.net/
  4. Fiddler: http://www.fiddler2.com/
  5. WinMerge: http://winmerge.org/
  6. SoapUI: http://soapui.org/
  7. WCFStorm: http://www.wcfstorm.com/
  8. PowerGui: http://powergui.org/
  9. Sql Server (msdn)
  10. SqlComplete Express/Free: http://devart.com/dbforge/sql/sqlcomplete
  11. SSMS Tools: http://www.ssmstoolspack.com/download
  12. Balsamiq (Screen mock-ups): http://www.balsamiq.com/
  13. Hypermodel (UML modeling tool – great to visualize XSDs): http://www.xmlmodeling.com/hypermodel
  14. Oracle DataModeler: http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/developer-tools/datamodeler/overview/index.html
  15. Team Foundation Kicks: http://www.attrice.info/cm/tfs/
  16. Team Foundation Power Tools 2011: http://visualstudiogallery.msdn.microsoft.com/c255a1e4-04ba-4f68-8f4e-cd473d6b971f
  17. XML Notepad: http://www.microsoft.com/download/en/details.aspx?id=7973
  18. Expresso Regular Expression development tool: http://www.ultrapico.com/Expresso.htm

SDKs and such:

  1. Microsoft SDK for Windows 7 and .Net 4: http://www.microsoft.com/download/en/details.aspx?id=8279
  2. Silverlight SDK: (4.0): http://www.microsoft.com/download/en/details.aspx?id=7335
  3. Enterprise Library (5.0): http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ff632023.aspx
  4. Prism: http://compositewpf.codeplex.com/

System tools:

  1. SysInternals Suite (awesome set of sys tools): http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/bb842062
  2. Oracle VirtualBox (Virtual PC): https://www.virtualbox.org/
  3. Remote Desktop Connection Manager (manage multiple remote desktop connections): http://www.microsoft.com/download/en/details.aspx?displaylang=en&id=21101
  4. Virtual Clone Drive (mount ISO files): http://www.slysoft.com/en/virtual-clonedrive.html
  5. FileZilla FTP Client: http://filezilla-project.org/
  6. WinDirStat (graphically view disk space usage): http://windirstat.info/

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