Archive for the 'Dev-NET' Category

Nov27th2008

Microsoft IIS Web Platform Installer

Microsoft IIS Web Platform Installer 
http://www.microsoft.com/web/channel/products/WebPlatformInstaller.aspx
 The Web Platform Installer (Web PI) is a simple tool that installs Microsoft's entire Web Platform, including IIS7, Visual Web Developer 2008 Express Edition, SQL Server 2008 Express Edition and the .NET Framework. Using the Web Platform Installer’s user interface, you can choose to install either specific products or the [...]

Nov27th2008

XamlpadX-WPF XAML editor

XamlpadX-WPF XAML editor
http://blogs.msdn.com/llobo/archive/2008/08/25/xamlpadx-4-0.aspx

The UI has been revamped to give the Blend sorta look.

Menus have been rearranged to maximize the space.

New addins: Clipboard viewer - which works well for analyzing rtf/xaml … Path Designer/Jasema (thanks to Marlon)

Snapshot utility to take snapshots and save the xaml rendering

Syntax highlighting and collapsing (thanks to the editor control from SharpDevelop [...]

Oct19th2008

XAML Power Toys- Visual Studio 2008 SP1 Multi-AppDomain XAML Editor Add-In

XAML Power Toys- Visual Studio 2008 SP1 Multi-AppDomain XAML Editor Add-In
http://karlshifflett.wordpress.com/xaml-power-toys/
XAML Power Toys is a Visual Studio 2008 SP1 Multi-AppDomain Add-In that empowers WPF & Silverlight developers while working in the XAML editor.  Its Line of Business form generation tools, Grid tools,  DataGrid and ListView generation really shorten the XAML page layout time.
It’s [...]

Aug30th2008

SourceMonitor-monitor complexity in source code

SourceMonitor-monitor complexity in source code
http://www.campwoodsw.com/
The freeware program SourceMonitor lets you see inside your software source code to find out how much code you have and to identify the relative complexity of your modules. For example, you can use SourceMonitor to identify the code that is most likely to contain defects and thus warrants formal [...]

Aug29th2008

Clone Detective for Visual Studio

Clone Detective for Visual Studio
http://www.codeplex.com/CloneDetectiveVS
Clone Detective is a Visual Studio integration that allows you to analyze C# projects for source code that is duplicated somewhere else. Having duplicates can easily lead to inconsistencies and often is an indicator for poorly factored code.

Aug29th2008

Continuous LINQ- create continuous self-updating result sets

Continuous LINQ- create continuous self-updating result sets
http://www.codeplex.com/clinq
Continuous LINQ is a .NET Framework 3.5 extension that builds on the LINQ query syntax to create continuous, self-updating result sets. In traditional LINQ queries, you write your query and get stale results. With Continuous LINQ,
you write a query and the results of that query are continuously [...]

Aug28th2008

LINQ to SQL Debug Visualizer

LINQ to SQL Debug Visualizer
http://weblogs.asp.net/scottgu/archive/2007/07/31/linq-to-sql-debug-visualizer.aspx
One of the nice development features that LINQ to SQL supports is the ability to use a "debug visualizer" to hover over a LINQ expression while in the VS 2008 debugger and inspect the raw SQL that the ORM will ultimately execute at runtime when evaluating the LINQ query expression.
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Aug28th2008

Huagati DBML/EDMX Tools-Linq to SQL ADO.NET Entity Framework

Huagati DBML/EDMX Tools-Linq to SQL ADO.NET Entity Framework
http://www.huagati.com/dbmltools/
Do you want to be able to automatically update your Linq to SQL classes to reflect your database schema after making schema changes?  You don't need to look for the "refresh" button anymore - it is available now as an add-in for Visual Studio!
Huagati DBML/EDMX Tools is an [...]

Aug28th2008

MbUnit-Generative Unit Test Framework NET

MbUnit-Generative Unit Test Framework NET
http://www.mbunit.com/
This is the home of the Generative Unit Test Framework for the .NET Framework.  MbUnit provides advanced unit testing support with advanced fixtures to enable developers and testers to test all aspects of their software.  MbUnit has just released version 2.4 and has a dedicated development team working on MbUnit [...]

Aug17th2008

Axialis IconWorkshop Lite for VS 2008

Axialis IconWorkshop Lite for VS 2008
http://www.axialis.com/download/iwlite.html
Axialis Software, in association with Microsoft Corporation, presents Axialis IconWorkshop Lite for Visual Studio 2008:
    * 100% Free for Visual Studio 2008 users;     * Make icons for Windows up to 256×256 PNG-compressed icons for Windows Vista™ and include them in your software projects;     * Use an [...]

Aug5th2008

IntellisSense for Expression Blend

IntellisSense for Expression Blend
http://blogs.telerik.com/StefanDobrev/Posts/08-08-04/IntelliSense_for_Expression_Blend.aspx
Expression Blend has been out in the wild for quite some time. However one of the most annoying thing was the lack of autocompletion (aka IntelliSense). Most of devs/designers out there were constantly switching from Blend to VS and backwards to do their stuff. The great free tool Kaxaml is at [...]

Jul30th2008

EasyDiagram.NET 1.3 BETA

EasyDiagram.NET 1.3 BETA
http://www.EasyDiagram.net
A custom composite control using pure AJAX and Javascript to provide real-time diagram and flowcharting to your asp.net 2.0 pages. Unlike most commercial products that I've seen, EasyDiagram.NET offers a smooth real-time redrawing of node hierarchy.
EasyDiagram.NET can be imported into your toolbox for use on your webforms. The component [...]

Jul25th2008

PDFsharp - A .NET library for processing PDF

PDFsharp - A .NET library for processing PDF
http://www.pdfsharp.com/PDFsharp/
Welcome to PDFsharpPDFsharp is the Open Source library that easily creates PDF documents from any .NET language.The same drawing routines can be used to create PDF documents, draw on the screen, or send output to any printer.
It can use either GDI+ or WPF.
It includes support [...]

Jul19th2008

LinqPad’s Missing Linq - LINQtoCSV

LINQPad is a fantastic freeware application that lets you interactively query SQL databases using LINQ (Language Integrated Query).
In this brave new world where LINQ will become more popular an will be broadly adopted by the .NET community it will become very important to become fluent with your use of LINQ. One way to [...]

Jul12th2008

Snippet Compiler- write, compile and NET run code

Snippet Compiler- write, compile and NET run code
http://www.sliver.com/dotnet/SnippetCompiler/
Snippet Compiler is a Windows-based  applications. You can use it to write, compile and run code. Snippet Compiler now has support. NET Framework 3.5,

Jul7th2008

Kaxaml is a lightweight XAML editor

Kaxaml is a lightweight XAML editor
http://www.kaxaml.com/
Kaxaml is a lightweight XAML editor that gives you a "split view" so you can see both your XAML and your rendered content (kind of like XamlPad but without the gigabyte of SDK). Kaxaml is a hobby and was created to be shared, so it's free! Feel free [...]

Jul2nd2008

NArrange is a .NET code beautifier

NArrange is a .NET code beautifier
http://narrange.sourceforge.net/
NArrange is a .NET code beautifier that automatically organizes code members and elements within .NET classes. Why Use NArrange?
There are several reasons you may want to consider using NArrange for your .NET software project:
    * Reduces the amount of time developers spend arranging members within code files. [...]

Jul1st2008

Skater .NET Obfuscator Freeware Light Edition

Skater .NET Obfuscator Freeware Light Edition
http://www.rustemsoft.com/SkaterLight.htm
RustemSoft presents Freeware Light Edition of well-known Skater .NET Obfuscator, an obfuscation tool for .NET code protection. The Light Edition is the Free version of Skater .NET Obfuscator. You may use Skater .NET Obfuscator Light Edition, free of charge, to protect your .NET applications for both personal and commercial [...]

Jun8th2008

SharpDevelop-IDE for C#.NET Framework

SharpDevelop-IDE for C#.NET Framework
http://community.sharpdevelop.net/blogs/mattward/articles/FeatureTour.aspx  
SharpDevelop is an Integrated Development Environment (IDE) for .NET Framework applications. It supports the development of applications written in C#, Visual Basic.NET and Boo. It is open source and written in C#. It provides all of the features required from a modern Windows IDE, such as code completion, project templates, an [...]

May26th2008

CLR Profiler-performance profile Windows applications

CLR Profiler-performance profile Windows applications
http://www.microsoft.com/  
The CLR Profiler is a free application that allows you to profile Windows applications, ASP.NET applications or services. You can download the CLR profiler from here. Once you have downloaded it, you can extract it and run the CLRProfiler.exe. When you run the CLR profiler your code will appear to [...]

May26th2008

StyleCop-Microsoft Source Analysis for C#

StyleCop-Microsoft Source Analysis for C#
http://code.msdn.microsoft.com/sourceanalysis
Source Analysis, also known as StyleCop, analyzes C# source code to enforce a set of best practice style and consistency rules.
StyleCop for ReSharper
http://www.codeplex.com/StyleCopForReSharper
2008-07-19 - Has Issues with Visual Studio 2008

May5th2008

NHibernate- NET Framework data access layer

NHibernate- NET Framework data access layer
http://www.hibernate.org/343.html 
NHibernate is a port of Hibernate Core for Java to the .NET Framework. It handles persisting plain .NET objects to and from an underlying relational database. Given an XML description of your entities and relationships, NHibernate automatically generates SQL for loading and storing the objects. Optionally, you can describe your [...]

Apr27th2008

Vlinq-Visual Linq-query builder for Linq to Sql

Vlinq-Visual Linq-query builder for Linq to Sql http://code.msdn.microsoft.com/vlinq
Visual LINQ Query Builder is an add-in to Visual Studio 2008 Designer that helps you visually build LINQ to SQL queries. Functionally it provides the same experience as, for instance the Microsoft Access Query Builder, but in the LINQ domain. The entire UI of this [...]

Apr26th2008

ECO for Visual Studio- data application framework

ECO for Visual Studio- data application framework
http://www.capableobjects.com/ProductsServices_ECO_VS.aspx  
ECO IV is the latest release of "Enterprise Core Objects", an application framework that allows you to take applications from design to implementation in a much shorter time. ECO enables you to easily implement your applications as business classes rather than traditional data access. Instead of accessing the [...]

Apr15th2008

Atomated cleanup-remove the .NET Framework

Atomated cleanup-remove the .NET Framework
http://blogs.msdn.com/astebner/archive/2006/05/30/611355.aspx  
Automated cleanup tool to remove the .NET Framework 1.0, 1.1, 2.0, 3.0 and 3.5
I have posted an updated version of the .NET Framework cleanup tool that now contains support for automatically cleaning up the .NET Framework 1.0, the .NET Framework 1.1, the .NET Framework 2.0, the .NET Framework 3.0 [...]




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