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IronRuby

Thu, 11 Feb 2010 14:22:10 GMT

Open Source implementation of the Ruby programming language for .NET, heavily relying on Microsoft's Dynamic Language Runtime (DLR).

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Languages

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ASP.NET MVC

Fri, 05 Feb 2010 13:40:08 GMT

Enables you to build Model View Controller (MVC) applications by using the ASP.NET framework.
ASP.NET MVC is an alternative, not a replacement, for ASP.NET Web Forms that offers the following benefits and features:
- Separation of concerns and application tasks (input logic, business logic, and UI logic)
- Testability (support for Test-Driven Development)
- Fine-grained control over HTML and JavaScript
- Intuitive URLs through a URL-mapping component
- Extensible and pluggable: the components of the ASP.NET MVC framework are designed so that they can be replaced or customized
- Support for existing ASP.NET features (forms authentication, Windows authentication, URL authorization, membership and roles, output and data caching, session and profile state management, health monitoring, the configuration system, and the provider architecture)

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dotTrace

Sat, 02 Jan 2010 11:52:11 GMT

Performance and memory profiling tool.
dotTrace profiles the performance of .NET Framework 1.1, 2.0, 3.x a 4.0 applications,
the memory usage of .NET Framework 2.0, 3.x and 4.0 applications, ASP.NET applications running on IIS and ASP.NET Development Server, Windows services.

Features include:
- profiling API
- memory profiling
- snapshot exploring, CPU snapshot comparison, support for multiple snapshots
- combined profile and source views
- command line access
- user interface features navigation, filtering, search options and source preview
- integration with Visual Studio

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Profiling - Debugging

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ReSharper

Wed, 30 Dec 2009 10:04:50 GMT

Add-in for Visual Studio that provides C# and VB.NET coding assistance, on-the-fly error highlighting and quick error correction, as well as support for code refactoring or unit testing features.

Features include:
- Syntax and error highlighting
- Error quick-fixes
- Refactoring
- Navigation
- Code assistance, code completion, code formatting
- Code generation
- Search
- Live templates
- ASP.NET editing
- NAnt and MSBuild scripts editing
- Supports Visual Studio 2010/2008/2005/2003, C# (up to version 4), VB.NET (up to version 10)

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Mono

Tue, 22 Dec 2009 21:34:17 GMT

The Mono project is an effort to create an open source implementation of the .NET Development Framework.
Mono includes a compiler for the C# language, a runtime for the Common Language Infrastructure (also referred as the CLR) and a set of class libraries.

Features include:
- Multi-platform (Linux, FreeBSD, OpenBSD, NetBSD, Solaris, Mac OS X, Windows)
- Based on the ECMA/ISO standards
- Runs ASP.NET and Windows Forms applications
- Can run .NET (C#, VB.NET, Boo, Nemerle, Python), Java, and more
- The runtime can be embedded into your application
- Open Source, Free Software
- Commercially supported

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TeamCity

Tue, 15 Dec 2009 12:44:48 GMT

IDE-independent integrated team environment.
TeamCity automates and coordinates key collaborative processes to eliminate manual systems and delays, providing integration with multiple build and test tools, real-time unit test frequency, server-side inspections and code coverage analysis.

Features include:
- continuous integration and testing
- server-side code analysis
- build management
- automated team communication
- code coverage analysis and reporting
- web-based interface and project dashboard
- extensibility
- IntelliJ IDEA, Eclipse and Visual Studio integration
- pre-tested (delayed) commit
- remote run for personal builds

Supported environments:
- Ant, Maven, NAnt, MSBuild
- Having an IntelliJ IDEA project or a Visual Studio solution, you can build your application with TeamCity, even without providing a build script
- Supports JUnit and NUnit
- Integrates with Perforce, CVS, Subversion, Visual SourceSafe, StarTeam

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Huagati Query Profiler

Fri, 11 Dec 2009 21:57:25 GMT

Runtime profiling tools for LINQ to SQL and LLBLGen Pro.
Huagati Query Profiler is a toolkit that enables runtime profiling of LINQ to SQL, and LLBLGen Pro based software accessing SQL Server databases. It consists of the Huagati Linq-to-SQL Profiler and Huagati LLBLGen Profiler runtime components, and a profiler log explorer application.

The runtime components are designed to be integrated and distributed with applications that are using either LINQ to SQL, or LLBLGen Pro for accessing SQL Server. The runtime components add functionality to log and profile database query cost and performance throughout the lifespan of an application; during development, test, and in live production environments. Runtime filters allow application developers to target specific SQL query behavior such as excessive reads, excessive execution times, table scans, queries with no matching indexes, and many other scenarios that can have an impact on database and application performance.

Use the profiler to proactively detect potential performance bottlenecks, and to gain an understanding of how your applications interact with the underlying database(s).

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LINQ

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Huagati DBML/EDMX Tools

Fri, 11 Dec 2009 21:54:27 GMT

Add-in for Visual Studio that adds functionality to the LINQ to SQL (DBML) diagram designer, and to the ADO.NET Entity Framework designer in Visual Studio 2008 and 2010 (beta 2).

Features include:
- Synchronize LINQ to SQL models with the underlying database and any database schema changes
- Mass-rename LINQ to SQL and Entity Framework generated entity classes and their members to use .NET naming conventions
- Generate documentation comments for L2S and EF entity classes from the database
- Generate SQL-DDL scripts from LINQ to SQL and Entity Framework models

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YourKit Profiler for .NET

Sun, 22 Nov 2009 23:39:22 GMT

CPU and memory profiler for .NET.

Features include:
- On-demand profiling
- ASP.NET support
- Ability to profile in production environment
- Remote profiling
- Ability to export profiling results to HTML
- Telemetry: allows viewing key information about an application in runtime within live graphs, providing details about memory, garbage collection activity, loaded classes, threads, as well as general CLR and OS information
- CPU profiling: hot spots, method call tree and method list; "Merged callees" view; Method back traces view
- Memory profiling: Objects view; Browse instances of particular class; "Find Paths" helps to find reasons of memory leaks; Find strings that match given pattern; "Quick Info" action; Ability to compare memory snapshots
- Integration with Visual Studio 2003, 2005, and 2008
- Supports 32-bit and 64-bit systems

Free for open-source projects.

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Profiling - Debugging

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ILMerge

Thu, 19 Nov 2009 22:03:41 GMT

Command-line and library utility for merging multiple .NET assemblies into a single .NET assembly. It works on executables and DLLs alike. It comes with several options for controlling the processing and format of the output.

ILMerge is a utility that can be used to merge multiple .NET assemblies into a single assembly. ILMerge takes a set of input assemblies and merges them into one target assembly. The first assembly in the list of input assemblies is the primary assembly. When the primary assembly is an executable, then the target assembly is created as an executable with the same entry point as the primary assembly. Also, if the primary assembly has a strong name, and a .snk file is provided, then the target assembly is re-signed with the specified key so that it also has a strong name.

ILMerge is packaged as a console application. But all of its functionality is also available programmatically. While Visual Studio does not allow one to add an executable as a reference, the C# compiler does, so you can write a C# client that uses ILMerge as a library.

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Mono Tools for Visual Studio

Thu, 12 Nov 2009 12:25:51 GMT

Port your applications to Mono and Linux without leaving Visual Studio.

Features include:
- Scan for Mono compatibility: Scan your application with the Mono Migration Analyzer (MoMA) directly in Visual Studio.
- Test on Windows: Compile and launch your application running in Mono on Windows.
- Test on Linux: Automatically compile your application and launch it on your Linux PC or virtual image.
- Debug remotely on Linux: Debug your application running on Mono on Linux directly in Visual Studio, just like you normally do.
- Package for Linux: Visually create a SUSE RPM installer package for your application.
- Create a SUSE Linux appliance: Bundle your application into a SUSE Linux appliance for easy distribution to your users.

Requirements:
- Windows XP, Vista, or 7, 32 or 64 bits
- Visual Studio 2008 SP1, Standard or Professional
Linux image runs in VMWare (vmx/ova) or Virtual PC (vpc)

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Deployment - Installation

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MySQL Connector/Net

Tue, 10 Nov 2009 00:36:12 GMT

Fully-managed ADO.NET driver for MySQL.
Supports major features of MySQL 3.23x and 5.0x such as InnoDB transactions, data stream compression, named pipe connections.
Implements all standard ADO.NET provider interfaces and uses the same syntax as SqlClient.

Features include:
- Full support for MySQL 5.4, 5.1, 5.0, 4.1
- Large-packet support for sending and receiving rows and BLOBs up to 2 gigabytes in size
- Protocol compression that allows for compressing the data stream between the client and server
- Support for connecting using TCP/IP sockets, named pipes, or shared memory on Windows
- Support for connecting using TCP/IP sockets or Unix sockets on Unix
- Fully managed, does not utilize the MySQL client library
- Initial Entity Framework support

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ADO.NET providers

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IMSL C# Numerical Library

Fri, 06 Nov 2009 22:53:20 GMT

Numerical library that offers mathematical and statistical numerical analysis as well as charting and graphing for .NET.

Features include:
- Mathematical functionality: Linear Systems; Eigensystem Analysis; Interpolation and Approximation; Nonlinear Equations; Optimization; Finance and Bond; Calculations; Differential Equations; and more.
- Statistical functionality: Basic and Non-parametric Statistics; Time Series and
Forecasting; Tests of Goodness of Fit; Regression; Multivariate Analysis; Probability Distribution Functions; Random Number Generator; and more.
- Charting functionality: Function and Spline; Line, Pie, Scatter, Bar, and Box; Polar, Area, Contour, and Histogram; Date and Time Support; Fully Interactive Capabilities; High-Low-Close; Heat Map; and more.
- Data Mining functionality: Neural Network Engines; Neural Network Data Pre-processors; and more.

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Math - Logic - AI - Rules

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Composite Application Guidance for WPF and Silverlight

Tue, 03 Nov 2009 17:46:29 GMT

Guidance that can help you split the development of your WPF and Silverlight client application across multiple development teams, each responsible for the development of a piece of the application, and help you compose those pieces together into a client application.
The Composite Application Guidance for WPF includes a reference implementation, reusable library code (called the Composite Application Library), documentation, quick start tutorials and hands-on labs.

Codename: Prism

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SVG - XAML - WPF - Silverlight

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Eclipse4SL

Sat, 31 Oct 2009 11:17:34 GMT

Open Source application development environment for Silverlight in Eclipse.

Features include:
- Silverlight 2.0 support
- C# code editor with syntax colorization, keywords and template code completion assist
- Silverlight project system and Silverlight compiler
- Project resource management in Eclipse IDE
- Project explorer to show a configuration view of project resources
- XAML editor and preview: editor with code hinting and code completion features that helps detect and correct coding errors
- Automatic Build & Run
- Configurable Web application launch facilities
- Move and Rename refactorings
- Media features
- Cross platform capabilities (Mac version)
- Defects and regression testing
- Developer usability testing

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