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I am going to be pinch hitting for Scott Mitchell on a couple Toolbox columns for MSDN Magazine and while I have plenty of my own favorite tools and books I want to write about, I wanted to get some reader input as well. What tool have you recently starting using that you love (I mean really love)? What book have you recently finished that you would recommend I read?
-James
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I am a software developer living in the Raleigh, NC area where I run Infozerk. This blog is about writing software and the business of software, as well as some .NET or Ruby on Rails from time to time. I have written a number of books and articles, the most recent being Windows Developer Power Tools.
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RhinoMocks. Maybe it’s old news, but it has really changed the way I test. Also, the “fluent” interface style it exposes has changed the way I think about providing APIs.
I am a big fan of RhinoMocks myself, it’s definitely in contention.
SubSonic and RhinoMocks
Is it against the rules to suggest a book I helped write? Professional Team Foundation Server by Wrox Publishing. Some people have said they found it effective for studying for the Team Foundation Server certification exam.
A tool I have been using lately that I love is Synergy, which allows you to use a keyboard and mouse across multiple computers. It has a couple of hiccups, but it is free, and I have found it very useful.
I have to agree about Rhino Mocks.
TDD.Net
MbUnit
R#
Reflector
Feel free to suggest a book or tool you worked on, I will definitely check it out.
-James
One tool that I always have to hand for XML development is something I’ve published myself, SketchPath – The XPath Tool.
My job involves me working with XSD and XSLT a great deal. Schemas change all too frequently and XPath expressions need constant testing and modification so SketchPath’s auto-generation, tracing and expression library features come into their own in this environment.
This complements the other XML tools that I use, namely Visual Studio, surprisingly good at XML editing and XSLT developement, and XMLSpy (the best up till now for XSD Schema design/visualisation – IMO, but must check out the VS CTP for XSD that is out now).
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