james kovacs [email protected] january 27, 2007
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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
SourceGear Vault (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=A362781C-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/#XmlSerializerPreCompiler 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/CopySourceAsHtml/ 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
