Cool tools list
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Here's a few of the tools I use on a regular basis:
- Visual Assist X[^] ($149). Undoubtedly the best productivity tool there is for Visual C++ developers.
- SmartFTP[^] ($36.95; free for personal use). Really solid and easy to use FTP app
- Axialis Icon Workshop[^] (£38.69 for corporate edition) - The best icon editor I've ever encountered.
- ToDoList[^] (free). Need I say more?
- Memory Validator[^] ($299). Far more flexible and easy to use than Boundschecker, and just as effective.
- Sizer[^] (free). Great if you're doing screenshots and want a specific window size.
- WinMerge[^] (free). The best free diff/merge tool I've seen. Indespensible.
Finally, we've just bought two licences for InstallAware Studio ($899). From what I've seen, it's everything InstallShield should have been, but never was. :cool:
Anna :rose: Linting the day away :cool: Anna's Place | Tears and Laughter "If mushy peas are the food of the devil, the stotty cake is the frisbee of God"
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Hope that this helps then: Spybot: http://www.safer-networking.org/en/index.html[^] AdAware: http://www.lavasoftusa.com[^] Notepad2: www.flos-freeware.ch/notepad2.html[^] FinePrint: http://www.fineprint.com/products/fineprint/index.html[^] And, a couple of my favourites: XmlNotepad (Free): http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=72D6AA49-787D-4118-BA5F-4F30FE913628&displaylang=en[^] TopStyle ($79.95): http://www.bradsoft.com[^] TopStyle Lite (Free): http://www.newsgator.com/NGOLProduct.aspx?ProdId=TopStyle&ProdView=lite[^] Lutz Roeders Reflector (Free): http://www.aisto.com/roeder/DotNet/[^] SharpDevelop (Free): http://www.icsharpcode.net/OpenSource/SD/[^]
Arthur Dent - "That would explain it. All my life I've had this strange feeling that there's something big and sinister going on in the world." Slartibartfast -
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As a follow up to this thread[^] I'll give it a try and list up all the tools/apps/add-ins/etc... we CPians find cool and handy :cool:. So for me to get an initial list, please answer to this mail with a list of links to tools that you think deserve to go on the list, with for each an inliner about what it does and how much it costs (approximatively). Thanks for the help !
~RaGE();
I think words like 'destiny' are a way of trying to find order where none exists. - Christian Graus
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My new favorite program: Wink (Here[^]) - Great for creating screen capture movies in flash (free!)
The worlds most powerful batch image processing [^] application is here...
BigAndy wrote:
Wink (Here[^]) - Great for creating screen capture movies in flash (free!)
That's great man. I've been looking for something like this for a while.
Arthur Dent - "That would explain it. All my life I've had this strange feeling that there's something big and sinister going on in the world." Slartibartfast - "No. That's perfectly normal paranoia. Everybody in the universe gets that." Deja View - the feeling that you've seen this post before.
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As a follow up to this thread[^] I'll give it a try and list up all the tools/apps/add-ins/etc... we CPians find cool and handy :cool:. So for me to get an initial list, please answer to this mail with a list of links to tools that you think deserve to go on the list, with for each an inliner about what it does and how much it costs (approximatively). Thanks for the help !
~RaGE();
I think words like 'destiny' are a way of trying to find order where none exists. - Christian Graus
Roboform[^] (US30) - integrates with browser to remember your passwords and fill in forms. I know some browsers do this... but it also remembers windows passwords, and database is shared accross browsers.
"For fifty bucks I'd put my face in their soup and blow." - George Costanza
~ Web SQL Utility - asp.net app to query Access, SQL server, MySQL. Stores history, favourites.
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As a follow up to this thread[^] I'll give it a try and list up all the tools/apps/add-ins/etc... we CPians find cool and handy :cool:. So for me to get an initial list, please answer to this mail with a list of links to tools that you think deserve to go on the list, with for each an inliner about what it does and how much it costs (approximatively). Thanks for the help !
~RaGE();
I think words like 'destiny' are a way of trying to find order where none exists. - Christian Graus
Beyond Compare - best diff tool ever!
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As a follow up to this thread[^] I'll give it a try and list up all the tools/apps/add-ins/etc... we CPians find cool and handy :cool:. So for me to get an initial list, please answer to this mail with a list of links to tools that you think deserve to go on the list, with for each an inliner about what it does and how much it costs (approximatively). Thanks for the help !
~RaGE();
I think words like 'destiny' are a way of trying to find order where none exists. - Christian Graus
When I remember more, I will update here :) FreeLaunchBar[^] TaskSwitchXP and WinSnap[^] KeePass[^] Paint.Net[^] KompoZer[^] Aptana[^] Process Explorer and AutoRuns[^] Foxit PDF Reader[^] ZipInstaller[^] e-Sword (Very cool Holy Bible)[^] Another tools included RssBandit, AntiVir, GetRightPro, Google Desktop and WinRAR Regards
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Thank you!
Anna-Jayne Metcalfe wrote:
ToDoList[^] (free). Need I say more?
:cool:
~RaGE();
I think words like 'destiny' are a way of trying to find order where none exists. - Christian Graus
Anytime. :rose: If I think of any more (other than our own stuff, which I'll obviously leave to others!), I'll add them to the list. :)
Anna :rose: Linting the day away :cool: Anna's Place | Tears and Laughter "If mushy peas are the food of the devil, the stotty cake is the frisbee of God"
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My new favorite program: Wink (Here[^]) - Great for creating screen capture movies in flash (free!)
The worlds most powerful batch image processing [^] application is here...
Damn. I knew I'd missed one. :doh:
Anna :rose: Linting the day away :cool: Anna's Place | Tears and Laughter "If mushy peas are the food of the devil, the stotty cake is the frisbee of God"
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As a follow up to this thread[^] I'll give it a try and list up all the tools/apps/add-ins/etc... we CPians find cool and handy :cool:. So for me to get an initial list, please answer to this mail with a list of links to tools that you think deserve to go on the list, with for each an inliner about what it does and how much it costs (approximatively). Thanks for the help !
~RaGE();
I think words like 'destiny' are a way of trying to find order where none exists. - Christian Graus
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As a follow up to this thread[^] I'll give it a try and list up all the tools/apps/add-ins/etc... we CPians find cool and handy :cool:. So for me to get an initial list, please answer to this mail with a list of links to tools that you think deserve to go on the list, with for each an inliner about what it does and how much it costs (approximatively). Thanks for the help !
~RaGE();
I think words like 'destiny' are a way of trying to find order where none exists. - Christian Graus
Here goes: Code Editors/IDEs XACC[^] http://blogs.wdevs.com/leppie/ [FREE] An opensource IDE aimed at mainly .NET development. It is written in 100% C# code and is faster than most commercial offerings. It provides syntax highlighting for 33 languages. Scite[^] http://scintilla.sourceforge.net/SciTEDoc.html [FREE] A compact source code editor based on the Scintilla source code editing component. Provides syntax highlighting for 70 languages, plus the ability to define new syntax highlighting definitions. Supports regular expression search, Find in Files, and bookmarking, as well as build, term completion, and folding for many languages. SnippetCompiler[^] http://www.sliver.com/dotnet/SnippetCompiler/ [FREE] Allows you to quickly try out C#, VB, and J# snippets in a compact but feature-rich IDE, complete with build error/warning highlighting and list, basic code completion, bookmarking, and code formatting options. HTML-Kit[^] http://www.chami.com/html-kit/ [FREE] Full-featured editor for HTML, XML, CSS, Javascript, and more. Boasts client-side and server-side live preview, HTML tag completion, spell checker, numerous entity insertion and formatting options, WYSIWYG prototyping pad, and much more. 400+ plugins available. UI Enhancements ScreenshotCaptor[^] http://www.donationcoder.com/Software/Mouser/screenshotcaptor/index.html [FREE] Take quick screenshots that are automatically saved to files. Multiple capture options including whole-screen, single-monitor, workspace, arbitrary region, window, scrolling region, and windows object. Annotate screenshots with text, borders, arrows, and other objects, ap
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As a follow up to this thread[^] I'll give it a try and list up all the tools/apps/add-ins/etc... we CPians find cool and handy :cool:. So for me to get an initial list, please answer to this mail with a list of links to tools that you think deserve to go on the list, with for each an inliner about what it does and how much it costs (approximatively). Thanks for the help !
~RaGE();
I think words like 'destiny' are a way of trying to find order where none exists. - Christian Graus
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Here goes: Code Editors/IDEs XACC[^] http://blogs.wdevs.com/leppie/ [FREE] An opensource IDE aimed at mainly .NET development. It is written in 100% C# code and is faster than most commercial offerings. It provides syntax highlighting for 33 languages. Scite[^] http://scintilla.sourceforge.net/SciTEDoc.html [FREE] A compact source code editor based on the Scintilla source code editing component. Provides syntax highlighting for 70 languages, plus the ability to define new syntax highlighting definitions. Supports regular expression search, Find in Files, and bookmarking, as well as build, term completion, and folding for many languages. SnippetCompiler[^] http://www.sliver.com/dotnet/SnippetCompiler/ [FREE] Allows you to quickly try out C#, VB, and J# snippets in a compact but feature-rich IDE, complete with build error/warning highlighting and list, basic code completion, bookmarking, and code formatting options. HTML-Kit[^] http://www.chami.com/html-kit/ [FREE] Full-featured editor for HTML, XML, CSS, Javascript, and more. Boasts client-side and server-side live preview, HTML tag completion, spell checker, numerous entity insertion and formatting options, WYSIWYG prototyping pad, and much more. 400+ plugins available. UI Enhancements ScreenshotCaptor[^] http://www.donationcoder.com/Software/Mouser/screenshotcaptor/index.html [FREE] Take quick screenshots that are automatically saved to files. Multiple capture options including whole-screen, single-monitor, workspace, arbitrary region, window, scrolling region, and windows object. Annotate screenshots with text, borders, arrows, and other objects, ap
Nice list - thanks :cool:
"For fifty bucks I'd put my face in their soup and blow." - George Costanza
~ Web SQL Utility - asp.net app to query Access, SQL server, MySQL. Stores history, favourites.
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As a follow up to this thread[^] I'll give it a try and list up all the tools/apps/add-ins/etc... we CPians find cool and handy :cool:. So for me to get an initial list, please answer to this mail with a list of links to tools that you think deserve to go on the list, with for each an inliner about what it does and how much it costs (approximatively). Thanks for the help !
~RaGE();
I think words like 'destiny' are a way of trying to find order where none exists. - Christian Graus
I would probably add NullSoft Installer[^]to the list as well. Free installation scripting program. Regards,
Brigg Thorp Senior Software Engineer Timex Corporation
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As a follow up to this thread[^] I'll give it a try and list up all the tools/apps/add-ins/etc... we CPians find cool and handy :cool:. So for me to get an initial list, please answer to this mail with a list of links to tools that you think deserve to go on the list, with for each an inliner about what it does and how much it costs (approximatively). Thanks for the help !
~RaGE();
I think words like 'destiny' are a way of trying to find order where none exists. - Christian Graus
In order of must have to sometimes used. $Free Subversion[^] Source code control. $Free TortoiseSVN[^] Integrates Subverion into windows file explorer. $249 CodeRush[^] & Refactor! Pro[^] CodeRush is a context sensitive, customizeable code template expansion add-in for VS.Net 2003 & 2005 for use with C# and VB. Refactor! Pro is a much more complete version of the refactoring software which ships with VS 2005, but works in both C# and VB. $295 SQLCompare[^] Compares and updates db schemas. $Free Reflector[^] Browse assemblies. $Free Firebug[^] Debug web pages in FireFox. $Free FxCop[^] Style rules enforcement. $295 Ants Profiler[^] A good code profiler. $Free FireBug[^] Web page debugging tools.
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As a follow up to this thread[^] I'll give it a try and list up all the tools/apps/add-ins/etc... we CPians find cool and handy :cool:. So for me to get an initial list, please answer to this mail with a list of links to tools that you think deserve to go on the list, with for each an inliner about what it does and how much it costs (approximatively). Thanks for the help !
~RaGE();
I think words like 'destiny' are a way of trying to find order where none exists. - Christian Graus