Must-Have .NET Utilities for Development Tasks
Discover essential tools of the trade for .NET development, including source control, virtualization, code analysis tools, build tools, debugging tools, and coding utilities. Learn about key frameworks, testing tools, and API documentation generators to enhance your development workflow effectively.
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TOOLS OF THE TRADE: MUST-HAVE .NET UTILITIES James Kovacs JamesKovacs.com jkovacs@post.harvard.edu January 27, 2007
AGENDA The Holy Trinity Source Control Virtualization Code Analysis Tools Build Tools Debugging Tools Coding Tools
THE HOLY TRINITY NUnit (http://www.nunit.org) Unit testing framework See also: TestDriven.NET (http://www.testdriven.net) JetBrains UnitRun (http://www.jetbrains.com/unitrun/) NAnt (http://nant.sourceforge.net) Make without the wrinkles See also: NAntContrib (http://nantcontrib.sourceforge.net) MSBuild (VS 2005) NDoc (http://ndoc.sourceforge.net) API documentation generator for .NET Framework v1.X See also: Sandcastle (http://www.sandcastledocs.com) Sandcastle Builder (http://www.codeproject.com/useritems/SandcastleBuilder.asp) GhostDoc (http://www.roland-weigelt.de/ghostdoc)
SOURCE CONTROL Subversion Subversion server (http://subversion.tigris.org) Command-line BerkeleyDB or file system backend TortoiseSVN (http://tortoisesvn.tigris.org) Explorer extension RapidSVN (http://rapidsvn.tigris.org) Traditional VSS-style GUI AnkhSVN (http://ankhsvn.tigris.org) Visual Studio add-in vss2svn (http://vss2svn.tigris.org) Perl script to convert VSS DB to SVN SourceGearVault (http://www.sourcegear.com/vault/) VSS- or CVS-style check-ins SQL Server DB backend Team Foundation Server (TFS) SQL Server 2005 backend Includes project portal, work item tracking, process enforcement, build server, reports, etc. Requires Visual Studio Team System (VSTS)
VIRTUALIZATION Virtual PC 2007 (http://www.microsoft.com/windows/virtualpc) Free x64 Host, but not Guest VMWare Workstation 6.0 (http://www.vmware.com/products/ws/) USB support beyond mice and keyboards Multiple snapshots x64 Host/Guest Multi-monitor in Guest Headless VMs Many more features
CODE ANALYSIS TOOLS Static FxCop(http://www.gotdotnet.com/team/fxcop/) Analyzes code against a rules database including coding standards, best practices, and defects LibCheck (http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=4B5B7F29-1939-4E5B-A780- 70E887964165&displaylang=en) Displays API differences between two assemblies
CODE ANALYSIS TOOLS Dynamic NCover (http://www.ncover.org/) Analyzes code coverage NProf(http://nprof.sourceforge.net) OR JetBrains dotTrace Profiler (http://www.jetbrains.com/profiler/) Profiles application performance CLR Profiler (http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=A36 2781C-3870-43BE-8926-862B40AA0CD0&displaylang=en or http://tinyurl.com/ozsgr) Profiles allocations and garbage collections
BUILD TOOLS CruiseControl .NET(http://ccnet.thoughtworks.com/) Continuous integration server Builds via NAnt, MSBuild, DevEnv, or custom Runs unit testing (NUnit), coverage (NCover) and/or code analysis (FxCop) on builds (optional) Reports build and/or test failures via email Dashboard (ASP.NET app) shows current and past build status
DEBUGGING TOOLS Lutz Roeder s Reflector (http://www.aisto.com/roeder/dotnet/) Reverse engineers MSIL into C#, VB.NET, or Delphi See also: FileDisassembler Add-in (http://www.denisbauer.com/NETTools/FileDisassembler.aspx) Reflector Diff Add-in (http://www.codingsanity.com/diff.htm)
DEBUGGING TOOLS ClrSpy (http://www.gotdotnet.com/Community/UserSamples/Details.aspx?SampleGuid= c7b955c7-231a-406c-9fa5-ad09ef3bb37f or http://tinyurl.com/2vvms) Exposes Customer Debug Probes (CDP) for diagnosing problems with COM Interop and P/Invoke Fiddler(http://www.fiddlertool.com) HTTP debugging proxy, which logs all HTTP traffic between your browser and the network Allows you to fiddle and replay requests
DEBUGGING TOOLS XmlSerializerPreCompiler (http://www.sellsbrothers.com/tools/#XmlSerializerPreComp iler or http://tinyurl.com/mqm1) Fantastic tool for debugging mysterious XmlSerializer exceptions Everything by SysInterals.com! (http://www.sysinternals.com) Tools for monitoring disk, files, handles, registry, processes, and more
CODING TOOLS Notepad2(http://www.flos-freeware.ch/notepad2.html) Notepad++ (http://notepad-plus.sourceforge.net/) Both excellent Notepad replacements CopySourceAsHtml (http://www.jtleigh.com/people/colin/software/CopySourceA sHtml/ or http://tinyurl.com/s7mea) Visual Studio Add-in for copying source code as HTML
CODING TOOLS Database Publishing Wizard (http://www.codeplex.com/sqlhost) Scripts a SQL Server database, including data RegexDesigner.NET (http://www.sellsbrothers.com/tools/#regexd) Runs regular expressions using System.Text.RegularExpressions pinvoke.net (http://www.pinvoke.net) Public wiki for P/Invoke signatures
CODING TOOLS CodeRush (http://www.devexpress.com/Products/NET/CodeRush/) Intuitive coding tool Refactor Pro! (http://www.devexpress.com/Products/NET/Refactor/) Refactoring tool with awesome previews ReSharper(http://www.jetbrains.com/resharper/) Refactoring/coding tool with excellent support for TDD
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