Toolbox

Categories

.NET software development

  • CruiseControl.NET
    Continuous integration tool made by Thoughtworks. Allows project automated build and unit test execution.
  • Html Agility Pack
    .NET library to process HTML files using DOM methods such as XPATH and XSLT. Could be used for processing malformed HTML files, which are not processable by XML parser
  • MyGeneration
    Template based code generation tool for .NET. Integrates with multiple databases for ORM class generation
  • PartCover
    Open source unit test coverage reporting tool.
  • ReSharper
    One of the most useful plugins for Visual Studio. Makes static analysis of the source code and highlights problem areas. Also simplifies code navigation and refactoring, in code view unit test execution. Not free, but it’s definelely worth it.

Firefox plugins

  • Adblock Plus
    Hides advertisements from pages
  • Delicious Bookmarks
    Integrates Delicious bookmarks with browser
  • DownThemAll!
    File download manager built in into Firefox
  • FireGestures
    Faster navigation by using mouse gestures
  • FireShot
    Creates screenshots of web pages (entirely or just visible part). Windows only
  • Firebug
    Best browser debugger for your JavaScript, CSS and HTML
  • FlashGot
    Provides download manager integration for loading multiple web links, saving YouTube videos
  • Flashblock
    Selectively blocks flash animations
  • FoxyProxy
    Switch your browser proxy settings quickly
  • Fullscreen
    If you have a device with smaller screen, such as netbook, this plugin allows you to run Firefox in convenient to use full screen mode. The full screen functionality in Firefox does not provide some functionality
  • Greasemonkey
    Allows changing and extention of any web page with custom JavaScript. Has large number of ready to use scripts for improving the look of some popular web sites.
  • LastPass
    Online service to store your login passwords and registration form details. I would use it for storing all non-critical accounts. Makes life easier by making automatic login to websites, registration form prefilling and sharing your account details accross multiple computers.
  • SEO
    Displays information about displayed page from SEO perspective
  • Screengrab
    Makes screenshot of the web page. Not as good as Fireshot, but this one work on Linux.
  • Scribefire
    WordPress blogging from Firefox (also supports other applications)
  • Selenium IDE
    Used for UI testing, but can also be used for scripting repeatable actions. See also Selenium.

Graphic editiing and processing

  • GIMP
    Advanced open source graphical editor for Windows and Linux

Other

  • Selenium
    Web application testing system. Allows you to automate web UI testing by scripting the interaction with the page and setting the expected results. Good for testing client-side JavaScript, Ajax, cross-browser compatability.

Security

  • KeePass Password Safe
    Free open source password manager, which helps you to manage your passwords in a secure way. The databases are encrypted using the best and most secure encryption algorithms currently known (AES and Twofish).
  • TrueCrypt
    Free open source on-the-fly disk encryption software for Windows Vista/XP/2000 and Linux

Software development

  • TortoiseGit
    Integrates Git distributed version control system with Windows Exporer. Open source.
  • TortoiseSVN
    Really easy to use Revision control addon based on Subversion. Integrates with Windows Expolorer, so you can do source control management by right clicking files and folders.

Text editors

  • Notepad++
    Open-source code editor for Windows. An excellent replacement for Notepad. Has large number of plugins and code highlighters for different languages.

Utilities

  • 7-Zip
    Open source multiplatform file compression tool. Supports all major archive formats and provides both GUI and command line interfaces. Why people are still using WinZip?
  • Fiddler
    Web Debugging Proxy which logs all HTTP(S) traffic between your computer and the Internet. Allows you to inspect all HTTP(S) traffic, set breakpoints, and "fiddle" with incoming or outgoing data including Internet Explorer, Mozilla Firefox, Opera, and others
  • Greenshot
    Makes a screehshot of selected area on the screen and allows to make notes directly on the image. A free alternative to SnagIt
  • Launchy
    The Open Source Keystroke Launcher. Start your apps quickly without "Start" button
  • PDF Creator
    Open source tool for PDF document creation. Alternative to commercial tools like Adobe Acrobat
  • Paros
    Open source HTTP debugging proxy with extended support for event filtering, replacing HTTP requst/response data on the fly, etc. Could be also used for web site penetration testing and security cheking. Similar to Fiddler in some aspects, but, since its written in Java it is good for both Windows and Linux. Open source
  • Process Monitor
    Advanced monitoring tool for Windows that shows real-time file system, Registry and process/thread activity.
  • Web-Harvest
    Web-Harvest is Open Source Web Data Extraction tool written in Java. Uses XSLT, XQuery and Regular Expressions for text and XML manipulation
  • WinSCP
    Free SFTP and FTP client for Windows. Transfer files from Windows to Linux over secure connection using SSH connection

Web based tools

  • Free DNS Report
    Checks your DNS entries for errors
  • Global DNS Propagation Checker
    Check you DNS record update propagation using 13 DNS servers accross the planet
  • Google Reader
    Best web based RSS reader. Fetches new articles from server using Ajax, so no more navigating to next page while viewing articles. Some desktop and mobile RSS readers integrate with Google Reader in order to keep read and unread articles in sync.
  • Search-based keyword tool by Google
    Shows additional keyword suggestions, avegage AdWords price per click for given website and keywords
  • was it up?
    Monitors your website and reports via e-mail if site is unavailable or contains (or does not contain) certain string on configured URL address. Cost: free
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