Table of Cool .NET Tools
Here are some cool .NET tools from MSDN / codeplex, complete with Download and tutorial links.
Tool | Summary | Where to get it | Links |
CLR Profiler | Easy way to measure memory performance for managed apps. | Download for .NET 2.0, .NET 1.1 | Tutorial |
Perf Console | Awesome for analyzing performance issues for apps. This makes perf analysis surprisingly easy to do and is perfect for the non-perf person. | Download | Demo, details |
Power Shell | A shell scripting language that's infinitely better than batch files. | Download | Tutorial, Blog, MSDN |
Iron Python | Python on .NET | See link on homepage. Source code | Homepage, Tutorial included in download. |
MS Build | Way better than NMake. | Included in .NET redist. | Tutorial, Blog, Forum |
MDbg | Managed wrappers for debugging managed apps. | Download (Also in the SDK) | Forum, Other Links |
Comments
Anonymous
November 30, 2006
Your post is titled "cool .NET tools" but all the tools you are listing are done by Microsoft. The only place where cool .NET tools are done lately is Microsoft??? Sounds like Microsoft mono-culture is starting all over again...Anonymous
November 30, 2006
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November 30, 2006
Lots of great stuff this time. CLR/Interop There has always been a ton of confusion about CLR assemblyAnonymous
November 30, 2006
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November 30, 2006
May I suggest Lutz Roeder's Reflector for .NET http://www.aisto.com/roeder/dotnet/ "Reflector is the class browser, explorer, analyzer and documentation viewer for .NET. Reflector allows to easily view, navigate, search, decompile and analyze .NET assemblies in C#, Visual Basic and IL."Anonymous
December 01, 2006
I agree with Mike and Josh. These are good tools to know. Here are some other cool tools: Scott Hanselmans's list of awesome tools - http://www.hanselman.com/blog/ScottHanselmans2005UltimateDeveloperAndPowerUsersToolList.aspx GnuWin32 tools - http://gnuwin32.sourceforge.net/packages.html Windows Server 2003 Resource Kit Tools - http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=9d467a69-57ff-4ae7-96ee-b18c4790cffd&displaylang=enAnonymous
October 20, 2007
Lots of great stuff this time. CLR/Interop There has always been a ton of confusion about CLR assemblyAnonymous
December 03, 2008
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