My top 5 free development tools

May 7, 2007 ·  


    Visual Studio Express Editions
    The free editions of Visual Studio are just fantastic. If you’re developing for Windows they are the best free IDE:s out there.
    TortoiseSVN
    Lets you use Subversion from Explorer. It doesn’t get much easier than that. With OpenSVN you have no excuse to program without source control.
    Testdriven.NET
    Run your unit tests from within Visual Studio. You don’t have to release buggy code because you are using free tools.
    NSIS
    The easy way to create install programs for your projects.
    FreeMind
    Keep track of your ideas and all the things you need to do.

This is my entry for the Top 5 – Group Writing Project

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  5. robinson go on May 8th, 2007 3:37 pm

    whoa that’s cool Johan- especially for an IT noob like me! thanks

    if you have time, maybe you can check my post for the problogger project as well:

    http://robinsongo.com/2007/05/08/top-5-tips-to-be-the-next-darren-rowse/

    good luck to us!

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  7. Ian Eltringham on May 8th, 2007 9:55 pm

    Thanks for these great tips, just off to take a look at Visual Studio.

    Ian

  8. JoLynn on May 8th, 2007 10:15 pm

    Wow, thanks Johan. I’m a bit familiar with .Net (don’t use express edition but have heard it’s great), but have never heard of the other 4. Great tips, I’ll be checking them out!

    Good luck in the Problogger project! Can’t wait ’til Friday! :)

    JoLynn

  9. Rehuel on May 9th, 2007 3:58 am

    I’m no fan of .NET.

    Good luck with the writing project

    A fellow participant.

  10. Tom O'Leary on May 9th, 2007 12:51 pm

    Hi
    Nice top 5
    I don’t really know what to write here as I am a complete computer idiot. I’d just like you to know that when the world is run by computers and guys like you are kings, I will be looking for a job as a bell boy or something. Please remember me!

    Thanks
    Tom

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  12. Jennifer on May 9th, 2007 3:32 pm

    I am not a developer, but your suggestions do look like the top of the line for people on a shoestring budget just getting into development.

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    Nice top 5! I can second the TortoiseSVN & FreeMind selections… but, I’m a PHP developer primarily. Subversion is great since it supports any content type. It recently saved my hide by letting me recover something I deleted six months ago!

    Stop by and read my top 5…

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    Interesting article! I haven’t heard of NSIS and will be checking it out.

    Check out my Problogger submission, which I think you’ll find relevant: Top Five Essential Practices for Developing Software

    I have also written an article on using Subversion which you may find useful: My Experience with Subversion

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