This is my page for all the tools in my development toolbox. There always seems to be a new tool to help with some specific task. Tools are great when they are actually useful. The problem is that some tools create more complexity for your project. Sometimes we pick the wrong tool. A tool isn't everything, but in the right hands, a great tool can produce a great product.

Programming Tools

NUnit for unit testing, but looking into XUnit.  The main difference I am seeing is that NUnit has its own client to run tests, whereas, XUnit needs ReSharper.NET or TestDriven.NET, which is a commercial product.

Web Deployment Projects for Visual Studio 2008

Reflector - owned and managed by Red-Gate, but still a free utility for inspecting compiled DLLs and EXEs

Web Development Tools

• jQuery - there is no doubt that jQuery has proven itself for client-side javascript, and is likely to continue into the future.

Considering...

ReSharper - plugin for Visual Studios with enhanced code highlighting, intellisense, and testing support