Development Software I Use Now
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I’ve setup a new development PC, so I thought it was time once again to review the software I normally install and use for development (I last did this in December 2007).
I find that most of these kinds of lists are pointless, but every now and then I run across a handy tool I’ve never seen before, so in the hope that someone else might find something useful, here’s my current list of PHP and .NET development essentials.
- Apache - web server
- CopyAsHtml Addin - copy from Visual Studio to HTML
- Fiddler - view HTTP requests and responses
- FileZilla - ftp client
- FxCop* – code analysis from Microsoft
- Ghostdoc Addin – simplify repetitive commenting
- Hyper Addin – format and word-wrap comments
- MySQL 5.1 – database engine
- MySQL Connector/Net - .NET adapter for MySQL
- MySQL GUI Tools – query and administration
- NAnt – automated build tool
- NUnit – unit testing framework
- Paint.NET – image processing
- PHP 5.2.x – web development
- RegexBuddy ($) – regular expression builder
- Smart Paster Addin (2008 here) – paste text as comments
- StyleCop* – code analysis from Microsoft
- Subversion – remote version control
- TextPad – text editor
- TortoiseSVN – subversion client integrated with Windows explorer
- TreeComp – file comparison and synchronization
- Visual SourceSafe – local version control
- Visual Studio 2008 – you know, the IDE
- Wireshark – packet analyzer
Note that I get along just fine without Resharper or any ORM, Mocking or Dependency Injection frameworks. That’s just how I roll.
- I don’t consider these essential, but they are instructive.
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