.NET developer tools list

Non-exhaustive list of useful tools:

.NET General

ILSpy (http://wiki.sharpdevelop.net/ILSpy.ashx)

Open source .NET browser and disassembler.

Or: Telerik JustDecompile, or JetBrains DotPeek, all free tools.

HTTP and webservices

Fiddler

Obviously

SoapUI (http://www.soapui.org/)

Handy tool for scanning wsdl & sending SOAP requests.

Xenu's Link Sleuth

Find broken links. Free!

http://home.snafu.de/tilman/xenulink.html

.NET Files and filesystem

Working with CSV files: http://filehelpers.sourceforge.net/ 

Visual Studio

Slow Cheetah (http://visualstudiogallery.msdn.microsoft.com/69023d00-a4f9-4a34-a6cd-7e854ba318b5)

Free extension, enables config transforms while debugging.

SQL

SQL Dumper (http://sqldumper.ruizata.com/)

Free tool. Very useful for dumping SQL data into insert/update scripts.

DB Comparer (http://dbcomparer.com/)

Free tool. Comparing 2 databases. However, it doesn't generate the change scripts to syncronize the databases. OpenDBDiff does.

Open DBDiff (http://opendbiff.codeplex.com/)

Free tool. Basically does the same as DB Comparer, but WITH change scripts generation.

SQL Delta (http://www.sqldelta.com/)

Commercial tool. Compares database contents, as apposed to schema (like DB Comparer and Open DBDiff do).

 UX and design

Indigo (http://www.infragistics.com/products/indigo-studio/)

Fantastic free tool from Infragistix for creating rich prototypes.

System

Moo0 System Monitor (http://www.moo0.com/)

Free tool. Monitor what is hogging your system resources.

SlySoft Virtual CloneDrive (http://www.slysoft.com/en/virtual-clonedrive.html)

Free tool. ISO and BIN mounting.

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