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MZ-Tools

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Author: MZTools Software

Latest version: 2005
Added 2004-12-28Updated 2006-01-25

All-in-one add-in for Visual Studio 2002/2003/2005 that adds 40+ features to the IDE: Code Templates, Detect dead code, Find and Replace All, TabIndex Assistant, Favorite Procedures, Favorite Solutions, HTML/XML Documentation, Private Clipboards, Select Case Assistant, Sort Procedures, Collapse Projects, Split/Combine Lines, Open Folder of File, MsgBox Assistant, Connect String Assistant and more.

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devAdvantage

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Categories: Code analysis - Standards verifiers, IDEs - IDE add-ins, Refactoring

Author: Anticipating Minds

Latest version: 2.1.102.0
Added 2004-06-06Updated 2004-10-07

Refactoring tool coupled with a C# code analyzer that can find and help you quickly fix issues.
Features include:
- Visual Studio .NET integration
- Issue detection and correction
- Create your own standards
- C# best practices for threading, exception handling, instrumentation, naming conventions, design, .NET usage and performance
- Free community edition
- Professional edition trial license available

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XNA Game Studio

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Author: Microsoft

Latest version: 3.0
Added 2008-12-08

Toolset and cross-platform gaming libraries based on the .NET Framework for creating video games for Windows-based PCs, the Zune digital media player, and the Xbox 360 console.
XNA Game Studio is required to create games for Xbox LIVE Community Games.

Features include:
- Visual Studio 2008 integration: Support for C# 3.0, LINQ and most versions of VS 2008.
- Try Before You Buy: Allow your customers to try your game before they buy it.
- Invite Friends: Developers can allow players to invite friends to join their game.
- 1-click installation of Windows games.
- Highly compressed distribution of games.

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StudioSpell

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Author: Keyoti

Latest version: 3.0
Added 2007-01-11

Speller add-in for Visual Studio 2002/2003/2005 for checking a web page's HTML and strings in source code.
StudioSpell analyzes only the text that could appear in-front of a user.

Features include:
- Summary screen shows all errors found in project prior to launching dialog checker
- Prechecks files for spelling errors before querying the user when cycling through documents
- Checks API documentation
- Checks string literals inside script tags (Javascript and/or server code)
- Can ignore URLs and emails and warn about duplicate words
- Options and custom dictionaries are savable with a project, or globally
- Files to check are user configurable; By default StudioSpell recognizes and checks aspx, cs, vb, jsl, ascx, htm, html, asp, cpp, resx, xml
- Cycles through multiple levels of project items (eg. sub-folders, and project items under main project items)

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CodeXchange

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Author: DeveloperLand

Latest version: 1.0
Added 2005-04-20

Visual Studio.NET add-in and standalone application providing you with integrated access to an online repository of ready to use .NET code snippets.

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Agent Smith

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Latest version: 1.1.0
Added 2008-02-25

C# code style validation plugin for ReSharper.

Features include:
- Naming convention validation
- XML comment validation
- XML comment, string literals, identifiers and resources (.resx files) spell checking
- Smart paste

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SlickEdit

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Author: SlickEdit

Latest version: 2007
Added 2003-05-20Updated 2007-12-19

Multi-platform, multi-language code editor that enables programmers to create, navigate, modify, and debug code.

Features include:
- can be used as a complementary editor or as a stand-alone development tool
- allows setting preferences for indenting, brace style, and other code format options For - allows writing your own macros to add new capabilities
- supports a wide range of programming languages including C#, J#, VB.NET, Java, Javascript, etc.
- runs on Windows, Linux, Unix, MacOs

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IntelliCommands

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Categories: IDEs - IDE add-ins, Refactoring

Author: Mojab Software Solutions

Latest version: 1.9
Added 2008-03-25Updated 2008-07-29

Add-in for Visual Studio 2005 and 2008 with features such as Refactor Commands, Region Commands, Data Commands, and Interfaces.

Features include:
- Region Commands: organises members within designated #region directives
- Refactorings: Proxy Type, Comparer Type, Sortable Collection Type, Field Encapsulations, and more
- Data Commands: Business Object Generator, Virtual Business Object Generator, Xmlize Type
- Interfaces: IDisposable, ISerializable, ICloneable, IComparer, IComparable
- Miscellaneous tools: Hex Tool, Encryption Key Tool...
- Support for C# and VB

Previous name: Smarties 2008

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VS Explorer

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Author: Lahey Computer Systems

Latest version: 2009, Build 582223
Added 2009-02-03

File and folder explorer addin for Visual Studio.
VS Explorer adds a Windows Explorer-like file and folder browsing window to Visual Studio. It provides complete access to file and folder context menus (including third party extensions such as TortoiseSVN) and drag-drop functionality that allows directly adding files/folders to your projects. VS Explorer eliminates switching back and forth between Visual Studio and Windows Explorer and other external programs.

Features include:
- Quickly browse to the current solution folder, project folder or the selected item
- Add selected dll/exe files as references
- Open command prompt window on selected folder
- Filter files matching specified patterns and automatically open specified files in the current Visual Studio instance
- Thumbnail View, Details View, Icon View and List View and various layouts which show/hide the folder tree and the file/folder list
- supports Visual Studio 2008 and 2005

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SonicFileFinder

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Author: Jens Schaller

Latest version: 2.1
Added 2007-12-05Updated 2009-01-06

Add-in for Visual Studio that allows a search for any file within every project of the loaded solution by entering the complete filename or just a part of it.

Features include:
- Display modes: As a popup window or as a dockable tool window.
- Best match: By sorting the Match column in descending order, you see the best matching result on top of the result list.
- Shortened paths: To keep the file paths shown in the Path column short, the common base path of all files is determined, extracted from the original paths and shown in the column header.
- Search options: You can use wildcards, use placeholders or search by initials.
- Completely keyboard controllable.
- Found files can either be edited with a single keystroke, or a Windows Explorer, command-line prompt, or Powershell console can be opened at the file's location.
- Live preview: When navigating through the result list using the Cursor Up/Down keys with Use live preview enabled, the selected file will be automatically loaded into the editor.

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devMetrics

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Categories: Code analysis - Standards verifiers, IDEs - IDE add-ins

Author: Anticipating Minds

Latest version: 2.0.45.0
Added 2004-06-06Updated 2004-11-22

Analysis tool that gathers software metrics on C# code such as lines of code, number of classes, cyclomatic complexity and more.
devMetrics integrates with Visual Studio .NET and runs as a stand-alone command line utility for build integration.
Version 2.0 offers an SDK that allows you to develop your own metrics and reports. A free Community Edition is available.

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MonoDevelop

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Latest version: 2.4 Beta 2
Added 2004-07-02Updated 2010-06-04

IDE primarily designed for C# and other .NET languages.

Features include:
- Code completion: attempts to complete type, method and field names as you're typing.
- Class management: a class viewer allows you to list the classes in your project, their methods, and properties. Your namespaces are also kept track of to keep the classes separated.
- Integrated debugger.
- Built-in help: the .NET documentation and the Gtk# documentation are built into MonoDevelop.
- Project support: comes with built in projects that help get you started with your console, Gnome# or Gtk# application.
- MSBuild file format support.
- Add-ins: an add-in engine, which together with a modular API and a complete set of extension points, provides a platform upon which to build your own development tools. MonoDevelop also provides an Add-in Manager you can use to install add-ins from online repositories.
- Supports Windows and Mac OSX

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Windows Azure Tools for Microsoft Visual Studio

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Author: Microsoft

Latest version: 1.2 (June 2010)
Added 2010-04-23Updated 2010-06-09

Extends Visual Studio to enable the creation, configuration, building, debugging, running and packaging of scalable web applications and services on Windows Azure.
Installation includes the Windows Azure SDK.

Features include:
- C# and VB Project creation support for creating a Windows Azure Cloud Service solution with multiple roles
- Tools to add and remove roles from the Cloud Service
- Tools to configure each Role
- Integrated local development via the Development Fabric and Development Storage services
- Running and Debugging a Cloud Service in the Development Fabric
- Browsing cloud storage through the Server Explorer
- Building and packaging of Cloud Service Packages
- Deploying to the Windows Azure
- Monitoring the state of your services through the Server Explorer
- Debugging in the cloud by retrieving IntelliTrace logs through the Server Explorer
- Support for VS 2008 and 2010

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Dexter

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Author: NilgiriHouse.com

Latest version: 1.0
Added 2004-01-12

Add-in providing automatic code completion for Visual Studio.
When you begin to type in a language statement (e.g. an if or while statement) Dexter will recognise this and automatically complete it for you.

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MMM-Experts

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Author: Morgan Martinet

Latest version: 1.0.0.20
Added 2004-02-01

Set of tools built to increase the productivity of C++/C#/VB programmers by adding features to the IDE such as:
- quick access to any function in your source code and any file in your solution
- toggle between the declaration/definition of a function for C++ users
- quickly find and open any file in your solution

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Code Store

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Author: Salamander Software

Latest version: 2.1.1298
Added 2003-09-04

Add-in for Visual Studio .NET 2003 that provides instant, integrated access to an online repository of .NET components.

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DPack

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Author: USysWare

Latest version: 2.5.7
Added 2004-04-20Updated 2006-10-11

Collection of Visual Studio 2003 and 2005 add-ins.

Features include:
- Code Browser add-in: select file code members (procedures, functions, variables, enums, structs, etc.) from the dialog accessible via Alt-G keyboard key combination or Tools menu
- File Browser add-in: allows to locate and open files in the solution
- Framework Browser add-in: allows to locate a type, its corresponding namespace and assembly
- Code Navigation add-in: quickly jump to the next or previous code element in the current file via Alt-Down Arrow or Alt-Up Arrow key combination
- Bookmarks add-in: set and recall bookmarks from 0 to 9 via unique keyboard key combinations (Ctrl-Shift-N to set and Ctrl-N to recall)
- Surround With add-in
- Delphi Keyboard Mapping Scheme: keyboard re-mapped to match Borland Delphi layout
- Solution statistics tool: allows one to evaluate the size of the entire solution.
- Solution backup.

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FeinEvaluator

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Author: FeinSoftware

Latest version: 1.1
Added 2004-06-17

Expression evaluator for the std::string class and std::string collections, string vectors, string lists, including their iterators.
The use of std::string, and particularly collections of std::string's in Visual C++ is somewhat spoiled by inconveniences during debugging sessions. There is no simple way to view the content of the string in Visual Studio 2002, and to view the content of collection of strings in any version of Visual Studio to date.
FeinEvaluatorPro also evaluates window's styles: common window styles (WS_...), extended styles (WS_EX_...) and specific styles for Windows Common Controls (CListCtrl, CTreeCtrl, CEdit, CButton, CStatic, CListBox, CComboBox and CDateTimeCtrl).

Two versions are available: FeinEvaluatorPro and FeinEvaluator "lite" (free).

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Visual Studio 2005 IDE Enhancements

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Author: Microsoft

Latest version: 1.0
Added 2006-10-31

set of Visual Studio extensions provides tools to effectively use Visual Studio resources.
Set of Visual Studio extensions that includes:
- Source Code Outliner: provides a tree view of your source code's types and members and lets you quickly navigate to them inside the editor.
- Visual C++ Code Snippets: lets you insert snippets in your code by using a pop-up menu that contains programming keywords. VB.NET and C# languages have this functionality in Visual Studio 2005.
- Indexed Find: uses the Microsoft Indexing Service to provide improved search capabilities to the IDE. It sends the results of a search to the Output Window.
- Super Diff Utility: compares text files. It uses color coding and graphics to show the difference between the files in deleted text (red), changed text (blue), inserted text (green).
- Event Toaster Utility: notifies users about specific events within the Visual Studio IDE.

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Spell Checker Add-In for Visual Studio

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Author: Microsoft

Spell checker for HTML, ASP.NET, JScript, VB, C#, CSS and C++ for Visual Studio 2005 and 2008.
Supports text verification in:
- HTML style comments <-- HTML -->
- ASP.NET server side comments: <%-- ASP.NET --%>
- JScript, C# and C++ comments: // C++ style comments
- CSS and C style comments: /* C style comments */
- VB and VBScript style comments: 'This is VB comment
Spell checking is supported in style and script blocks as well as in JS, CS, VB, CSS, CPP and H files.
Requirements: Visual Studio 2008 or 2005, any edition except Express; Microsoft Word 2003 or 2007.

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Eiffel ENViSioN!

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Author: Eiffel Software

Latest version: 2.5
Added 2003-05-20Updated 2005-11-05

Plug-in for Visual Studio .NET that enables you to use the features of the Eiffel language, including design by contract, multiple inheritance, and generics.
Features include:
- Design by contract
- Integrated with the VS.NET 2003 and 2002
- Multiple inheritance
- Incremental compiling
- Windows Forms Designer support
- Source code control management support
- .NET resources support

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SharpDevelop

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Author: IC#SharpCode

Latest version: 3.0 Beta 3
Added 2003-05-20Updated 2009-01-07

#develop (short for SharpDevelop) is a free open-source IDE for C#, VB.NET, Boo, IronPython and F# projects.

Features include:
- Forms designer
- Code completion; Code AutoInsert
- C# to VB.NET converter and VB.NET to C# converter
- XML Editing
- NUnit, PartCover, FxCop, WiX support
- Assembly analyzer
- XML documentation preview
- Everything templated: add new project or file types, or even compilers to SharpDevelop
- Component inspector
- Code navigation history
- Supports targeting different frameworks (.NET 1.1, 2.0, 3.0, 3.5, Mono, Compact Framework)
- Parallel build support for multi-core machines
- Hosting of SharpDevelop in third-party applications

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Sharp Builder Tools

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Latest version: 3.1
Added 2003-07-25Updated 2004-05-08

Set of experts (Helpers) for Borland C#Builder and Delphi for .NET.
Contains a lot of tools integrated directly in the IDE (Ant / NAnt, AStyle, NUnit, Expresso, NDoc, WinMerge) as well as coding utilities.

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Visual3D.NET

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Categories: Frameworks, Graphics, IDEs - IDE add-ins, RAD - Dev automation

Author: RealmWare Corporation

Latest version: Beta 1.3
Added 2006-03-20Updated 2007-09-05

Shader-based 3D engine and design toolset for rapid development of 3D games and simulations built on .NET and XNA.
Visual3D.NET provides a visual authoring environment for the design, development, and rapid prototyping of interactive 3D applications including PC and Xbox 360 games, Massive-multiplayer online games (MMOs), simulations, marketing demos, visualizations, engineering environments, and other 3D virtual worlds. This platform is not geared exclusively towards game development, but instead provides a suite of visual tools for rapid, component-based construction of scenes, object behaviors, application workflow, and action sequences as well as tools for application module management and object prototyping.

Features include:
- 3D engine with middleware technologies including 3D Graphics, Animation, GUIs, Physics, Audio, Input, Networking, AI Behaviors
- Shader-based 3D graphics with normal mapping, displacement mapping, shadows, terrain, dynamic visual effects
- Construct environments from objects
- Prototype actors with behaviors for interactivity
- Script Logic with C#, Visual Basic, JavaScript, C++, Java, Python, and Script Diagrams
- Extend the world, engine, and toolset with Visual Studio
- Deploy on PC and Xbox 360 with XNA Framework
- Expand with end-user modding and scenario creation
- Continue using tailored tools and reusable content for the next worlds...

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WSE Item Templates for Visual Studio .NET 2003

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Author: Kirk Allen Evans

Set of item templates to generate stub code for WSE 2.0 SoapClient, SoapService, and SoapReceiver classes in Visual Studio .NET 2003.

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CodeRush with Refactor! Pro for Visual Studio

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Author: Developer Express

Latest version: 3.0
Added 2004-03-18Updated 2008-01-02

Add-in for Visual Studio designed to help you create more code with fewer keystrokes, see complex software with clarity, and design forms with ease.
CodeRush will help you create code blocks and extend code templates. It will complete identifiers as you type and expand or contract selections logically. You will be able to place selected code inside Try/Catch blocks, Regions and your own custom wrappers.

Features include:
- Visualization Tools
- Selection Tools
- Clipboard Tools
- Navigation Tools
- Code Templates
- CodeRush Extensibility
- Refactor! Pro included (see this tool for details)
- Supports C# and VB.NET
- Supports Visual Studio .NET 2002, 2003, 2005, 2008

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Guidance Automation Toolkit

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Author: Microsoft

Latest version: February 2008
Added 2008-02-17

Using the GAT, you can make reusable code and pattern assets directly available in Visual Studio 2005 and 2008.
The GAT is designed to simplify integrating reusable code into applications allowing architects to automate development activities that developers would usually have to perform manually; often by following a series of instructions. By using the toolkit, architects can also ensure that repetitive and often error-prone activities are performed in a consistent manner, streamlining and accelerating the development process.
The toolkit can be used with assets developed in-house or by third parties; such as the assets created by the Microsoft patterns & practices team. These assets can be exposed to developers within Visual Studio, and in some cases, configured by using configuration files, templates, and wizards.
In order to use GAT, you must first install the Guidance Automation Extensions (GAX), which expands Visual Studio by allowing guidance packages to run.

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Grasshopper

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Author: Mainsoft

Latest version: 2.0 Technology Preview
Added 2005-06-23Updated 2006-09-24

Visual Studio .NET plug-in, developer edition of Visual MainWin for J2EE, which enables you to use C# or VB.NET to develop, debug and deploy Web applications and Web services that run on Windows, Linux and any Java-enabled platform.
Grasshopper supports single-source code development, so you can develop an ASP.NET application that will compile and run on multiple platforms. Grasshopper bundles the Apache Tomcat application server and PostgreSQL database, so you get a complete cross-platform Visual Studio development environment for any platform running Apache Tomcat.

Features include:
- MSIL to Java bytecode compilation
- Visual Studio integration
- Access to external Java components
- Open source .NET Framework: sources are shared with Mono, and compiled to Java bytecode, using the Grasshopper binary compiler.

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Rapid Layout .NET

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Author: Jalindi Software

Latest version: 2005.2
Added 2006-04-24

Layout panel for Visual Studio 2005 that enhances the development of Windows Forms or dialogs.
Rapid Layout .NET enables GUI designers to align components against form borders, special guide lines or other components. The spacing, positioning and sizing of components will be correct regardless of window size, font style or language. This is achieved with an interactive extension to the Microsoft forms designer.

Supports Visual Studio .NET 2003 and Visual Studio 2005 (including Express).

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Spelly

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Author: Oz Solomonovich

Allows to easily spell-check source code and/or comments.

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CodeSMART for VS.NET

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Author: AxTools

Latest version: 10 with VS10x Extensions Beta 2
Added 2003-05-20Updated 2010-05-04

Multi-purpose add-in for Visual Studio 2010/2008/2005/2003/2002.
CodeSMART addresses both single and team developers through a range of features to improve VS.NET development productivity and enhance team collaboration.

Features include:
- Code Explorer that combines the standard Solution Explorer and Class View into one tool.
- You type two letters and AutoText expands them to entire code lines or blocks, while SmartComplete starts from where Intellisense left... and adds everything.
- The Code Flow Explorer and the Designer Explorer will help you navigate complex procedures and designers respectively.
- Extended text search and replace, plus find references, both with browsable result lists, results filtering/grouping etc.
- Code builders can generate collection, custom formatter/exception classes, overrides, implement interfaces, common object operations, serialization.
- XML comments support for VB.NET, enforce code commenting standardization with standard/XML comment templates (VB.NET and C#).
- XML Comments Analyzer, XML Comments Preview
- Code Snippets Manager that can be used to build code libraries and share them within your team.
- Exception handling tools will assist you in defining protection strategies and implementing necessary code for exception trapping.
- Code formatter and the sort procedures tools will help in reorganize and adjust code appearance.
- Spell check strings and comments, review strings to detect phrasing problems, check code commenting conformity.
- Tab Order Designer (has an auto-tab feature) and HotKey Designer to help fine-tune user interfaces.

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CodeRush Xpress

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Author: Developer Express

Latest version: 2009.2.4
Added 2009-09-08

Assistance add-in for Visual Studio 2008.

Features include:
- Selection features: select code more efficiently
- Code navigation features: seven features to make getting to that important location fast and easy
- Declaration features: declare classes, members, fields, local variables and more
- Over 50 refactorings for C# and VB: Changing Signatures, Conditionals, Declaration and Initialization, Expressions, Lambda Expressions and Anonymous Methods, Loops and Blocks, Properties and Fields, Moving/Extracting Methods, Resource Files and Strings, Types, Visibility

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NetCommander

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Author: HHI Software

Latest version: 2.0.12
Added 2004-10-07

Add-in that adds productivity tools to Visual Studio .NET.
Features include: menus for comments, menus for windows, menus for error handling, menus for design, menus for various utilities, persisten global bookmarks.

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VS.Php

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Author: Jcx.Software

Latest version: 2.0
Added 2004-04-16Updated 2006-03-07

Php editor for Visual Studio.
VS.Php provides the key components of other languages supported by VS.NET like syntax coloring and checking, intellisense, integrated help, debugging. It also lets you build PHP applications with its PHP project wizards.

Features include:
- Support for Visual Studio 2002, 2003, 2005.
- integration of the help system, dynamic help and context sensitive help support.
- integrated documentation for PHP, PEAR (PHP Extension and Application Repository) and Smarty. PEAR is a framework and distribution system for reusable PHP components.
- deployment support for remote servers where users can deploy their PHP applications.
- source code control.

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SlickEdit Gadgets

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Author: SlickEdit

Latest version: 1.1
Added 2006-12-27

Collection of gadgets for Visual Studio 2005.

Gadgets include:
- Editor gadgets: Line ruler, Indentation guide, Auto-copy selection, Editor Graphic
- Command Spy
- File Explorer
- Data Object Analyzer
- SLOC Report

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CodeRun Studio

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Author: CodStore

Latest version: 1.01 Beta
Added 2010-08-04

Browser-based IDE.
CodeStore Studio is an IDE that runs in IE, Firefox, Chrome and Safari without required downloads.
It can be used for developing ASP.NET, PHP and Ajax applications. You can test and debug code in the cloud, as well as discover and share code.

Features include:
- Create projects in multiple languages: C#, PHP, JavaScript, HTML and CSS
- .NET support: ASP.NET, WCF, Silverlight and WPF browser application development and deployment
- Database support includes SQL Server 2005 and Amazon SimpleDB
- Manage your code solutions, projects and files online
- Supports opening and editing Visual Studio solution/project files, along with folder-based websites
- Syntax coloring and code-completion
- Error List window
- Debugger with breakpoints, step by step, call stack and add watch items
- Share code with hyperlinks

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Visual Studio .NET project converter

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Author: Stoyan Damov

Utility that converts 2002 to 2003, and 2003 to 2002 projects and solutions. Can also change framework version bindings.

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FeinWindows

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Author: FeinSoftware

Latest version: 1.1
Added 2004-06-17

Replacement windows manager for Visual Studio .NET
FeinWindows adds the ability to work with long file and directory names by providing a resizable dialog that will also remember where you want it.

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Tabs Studio

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Author: Sergey Vlasov

Latest version: 2.0
Added 2009-09-01Updated 2010-05-04

Visual Studio add-in that replaces the built-in window tabs bar with a more advanced one.
Features include:
- multi-row support (making all tabs always visible)
- automatic tab grouping by name (to preserve screen space and to keep relevant tabs close to each other)
- MDI mode support

Supports Visual Studio 2005/2008/2010 and SQL Server Management Studio 2005/2008.

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PocketProd

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Author: Richard Stockley

Latest version: 1.1.0.3
Added 2004-07-19

PocketNerd Productivity Tool (PocketProd) is an add-in for Visual Studio .NET.
The aim of the add-in is to provide a simple, flexible way of extending the Visual Studio .NET IDE. Custom functionality can be added to any of the context menus within the IDE or to the PocketProd tree view.
PocketProd also installs tools that are both useful developer tools and examples of how the VS.NET IDE can be extended:
- Adding and updating code documentation
- Encrypting and decrypting text and files
- Testing XPath and XSLT queries and transformations
- Performing code validation using FxCop
- Generating code documentation output using NDoc

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ReSharper

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Categories: Code analysis - Standards verifiers, Decompilation, IDEs - IDE add-ins, Refactoring, Testing

Author: JetBrains

Latest version: 6.0
Added 2004-02-27Updated 2011-08-19

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

Features include:
- Supports C#, VB.NET, XAML, ASP.NET, ASP.NET MVC, JavaScript, CSS, and XML
- Syntax and error highlighting
- Error quick-fixes
- Refactoring
- Navigation
- Code assistance, code completion, code formatting
- Code generation
- Decompiling
- 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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MeneesVSTools

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Author: Menees Software

Latest version: 2008
Added 2008-04-21

Add-ins that provide new commands for the Visual Studio

Commands include: Sort, Trim, Statistics, Run Text, Execute File, Stream Text, Comment, Generate Prime, Generate GUID, Check Spelling, Toggle Files, Close All Except, Toggle Read-Only, Add Region (VS 2005+ Only), Base Converter (VS 2005+ Only).
Supports VS 2008/2005/2003.

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Visual Studio

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Author: Microsoft

Latest version: 2010
Added 2003-05-20Updated 2010-04-13

Microsoft's IDE for developing .NET applications.
Includes support for ASP.NET (Web applications and Web services), Windows Forms, WPF, Silverlight, Windows services, Console applications, Mobile applications and more.
Comes with support for the following languages: C#, VB.NET, F#, J#, C++, Managed C++ and C++/CLI.

Visual Studio 2010 is available in several editions, including Express, Professional, Premium and Ultimate.

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NuGet

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Author: Microsoft

Latest version: 1 CTP 1
Added 2010-10-16

Package management system for adding libraries and tools to .NET projects.
NuGet automates the common and tedious tasks when referencing a package as well as its dependencies.

NuGet is available as a command line tool, integrated console window inside of Visual Studio 2010, a UI element in the Visual Studio context menu, and a series of PowerShell 2.0 cmdlets.

Previous name: NuPack

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SlickEdit Tools for Microsoft Visual Studio 2005

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Author: SlickEdit

Latest version: 1.1
Added 2006-09-25

Collection of utilities for Visual Studio that allows you to review historical changes to code, display and edit differences in files and directories, navigate code, etc.

Features include:
- Comment Wrapping
- Backup History
- Auto Code Doc Viewer
- Aliases and Acronyms
- Regex Evaluator
- Icon Extractor
- DIFFzilla
- Quick Profiling
- Word Completions
- Code Navigation
- Quick Launch

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PrimalCode

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Author: Sapien

Latest version: 3.0
Added 2003-05-20

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Visual Studio Tools for Office

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Author: Microsoft

Latest version: 2005 Second Edition
Added 2003-11-25Updated 2006-12-08

Visual Studio 2005 Tools for the 2007 Microsoft Office System (Visual Studio 2005 Tools for Office Second Edition or VSTO 2005 SE for short) is a free add-on to Visual Studio 2005 that empowers developers to build applications targeting the 2007 Office system. Developers can now harness the benefits of the 2007 Office system platform and create Office-based solutions using Visual Studio 2005.

Features include:
- Application-level add-in support for the most popular 2007 Office System applications including Outlook, Excel, Word, PowerPoint, InfoPath, and Visio, and provides safe loading/unloading and easy management of managed add-ins.
- Design-time and runtime support for key 2007 Office System features such as the Ribbon, Custom Task Panes, and Outlook forms regions.
- Design-time support for InfoPath 2007 form templates.
- Maintainability and compatibility assurances. VSTO 2005 SE ensures that the applications customers have built on Office 2003 with VSTO 2005 continue to run with 2007 Office system.
- The ability to run in Visual Studio 2005 Professional, in addition to those Visual Studio versions already supported, including all of the MSDN subscriptions and Visual Studio Team System family of products.
- Expanded application-level add-in support for these Office 2003 Standard and Professional applications: Word, Excel, Outlook, PowerPoint and Visio.

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CodePsy

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Author: mercanti

Latest version: 1.0
Added 2005-04-13

Code writer based on the analyzed coding context.

CodePsy's current implementation is an add-in for C# in Visual Studio .NET. It features the Statement Writer, which allows the programmer to write the code of conditional and iteration statements by simply pressing the Tab key next to the related keyword. It then dynamically positions the caret through completion steps by pressing Tab again.
The Statement Writer can even add the logical following statement and as it can add an optional block in the current one.
Hence, no need to write statements related code or to use the arrow keys to move the caret again. The Statement Writer saves 38% of the key presses for a simple if statement and as much as 57% for a switch statement with two cases.

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