For developers - A directory of links to utilities and tools just for the Windows operating system.
ASP.NET MVC 1.0 provides a new Model-View-Controller (MVC) framework on top of the existing ASP.NET 3.5 runtime. This makes it easier to enforce separation between user interface and business logic. You need Visual Studio 2008 and you should read the release notes as there may be additional downloads needed.
Desktops is a free downloadable utilit, just 62Kb in size that lets you have up to four virtual desktops. You can configure it to switch on a certain key combination or click the systray icon. it lets you read email on one desktop, browse the web on the second, and work in a third, keeping each desktop simple and uncluttered.
Doloto is an AJAX application optimization tool, useful for large and complex Web 2.0 applications that have a lot of code, such as Bing Maps, Hotmail, etc. It analyzes AJAX application workloads and performs code splitting of large Web 2.0 applications. After processing an application will only transfer the code needed for initialization. The rest comes later.
Microsoft SQL Server 2008 Express with Advanced Services is a free, easy-to-use version of SQL Server Express and includes a graphical management tool and useful features for reporting and advanced text-based searches. It's ideal for small server applications and local data stores.
Microsoft SQL Server 2008 Express with Tools is a free, version of SQL Server Express with more features that makes it easier than ever to start developing powerful data-driven applications for the web or local desktop. This includes SQL Server 2008 Management Studio Basic.
SQL Server 2008 Express is a free edition of SQL Server that is ideal for learning and building desktop and small server applications, and for redistribution by ISVs. Note, this is the version without the client SQL Server 2008 Management Studio Express
G-WAN is a free small-footprint (barely 100Kb) Web server with C scripts that are executed in real-time with no compiler needed. The G-WAN executed C scripts are as fast as static pages.
Git Extensions is a toolkit to make working with Git under Windows more intuitive. The shell extension will integrate in Windows Explorer and presents a context menu on files and directories. There is also a Visual Studio plugin to use git from Visual Studio.
LINQPad is a free utility that lets you enter LINQ queries and run them. It supports everything in C# 3.0 and Framework 3.5, LINQ to SQL, LINQ to Objects and LINQ to XML. It instantly executes any C#/VB.NET expression, statement block or program.
Microsoft .NET Framework 3.5 Service Pack 1 is a full cumulative update that contains many new features building incrementally upon .NET Framework 2.0, 3.0, 3.5, and includes cumulative servicing updates to the .NET Framework 2.0 and .NET Framework 3.0 subcomponents.
SQL Server Compact 3.5 is a free, easy-to-use embedded database engine that lets developers build robust Windows Desktop and mobile applications that run on all Windows platforms including Windows XP, Vista, Pocket PC, and Smartphone. It's for single user and installs as a
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MinGW is a collection of freely available and freely distributable Windows specific header files and import libraries, augmenting the GNU Compiler Collection, (GCC), and its associated tools, (GNU binutils). MinGW provides a complete Open Source programming tool set which is suitable for the development of native Windows programs that do not depend on any 3rd-party C runtime DLLs.
PowerShellASP is an ASP-like template language for Web Applications where templates contain a mixture of markup (HTML, XML or whatever you want to generate) and PowerShell code. Templates/pages are fully translated to PowerShell code and at run-time executed as a single unit inside a PowerShell pipeline, with the results sent to the client browser.
RockScroll extends the scrollbar in Visual Studio 2005/2008 to show a syntax highlighted thumbnail view of your source, useful for quickly navigating long source code files. It's just one DLL, comes with an installer and can be disabled from Tools|AddIns just by un-checking the checkbox. Note: Does not work with regions.
The samples environment for Microsoft Chart Controls for .NET Framework has over 200 samples for both ASP.NET and Windows Forms. The samples cover every major feature in Chart Controls for .NET Framework. They let you see the Chart controls in action as well as provide code as templates for your own web and windows applications.
This is a publicly accessible guest access (no login needed) Windows shared drive setup by the sysinternals people at Microsoft. Access this from Windows explorer \\live.sysinternals.com\tools and copy or run the utilities directly from there.
This download installs Visual Studio 2008 Service Pack 1 (SP1) and the .NET Framework 3.5 SP1.
Gpg4win is a installer package for Windows (2000/XP/2003/Vista) with computer programs and handbooks for EMail and file encryption. It uses GnuPG encryption.
