SQL Server credentials and authentication
NYC helicopter tours
Strong names
Generating drawings/views of C++ code
Vital .NET development tools
- Draco, NDoc, NUnit, Nant, Firebird+extensions, Araxis Merge, ieHttpHeaders,
- Desktop Sidebar, FxCop, SharpReader.
- NAnt (build system)
- NDoc (documentation creation)
- NUnit (TDD fixtures and test harness)
- CVSNT (source control)
- TextPad (text editor)
- Tortoise (Shell-based CVS client)
- Araxis Merge (3-way merge tool for CVS conflicts)
- Firebird (Extension-loving browser)
Libraries we use and like enough to recommend to others:
- dtSearch (Indexing technology)
- Dundas WebChart
- Xceed Zip (.NET ZIP wrapper)
Applications
- FogBUGZ for bug-tracking (sorry Rob!)
- FinalBuilder for automated builds
- CodeSMART to add all the Visual Studio features that Microsoft forgot
- SourceGear Vault for source code control
- Groove, Yahoo IM, and Windows Messenger for distributed collaboration
- Ndoc for developer documentation
- RoboHelp for end-user documentation
- InstallShield and Wise for installer creation (they tend to keep edging each other out in features as they stagger releases; the new InstallShield DevStudio 9 is very nice)
- AutoIt for little bits of automation
- CodeSmith for code generation
- CodeWright for text editing
- DevPartner Studio for code analysis
- dtSearch for finding things in the huge morass of e-mail and docs on my network
- PaintShop Pro for graphics twiddling
- XMLSPY for XML editing
- NUnit for unit testing
- MindManager for brainstorming
- VMWare for virtual machines
- Reflector and ActivXplorer for spelunking
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