--- title: "[Tools and Addins] : SharpTools, web controls and various utilities - free!" url: "https://osherove.com/blog/2004/10/15/tools-and-addins-sharptools-web-controls-and-various-utiliti.md" canonical: "https://osherove.com/blog/2004/10/15/tools-and-addins-sharptools-web-controls-and-various-utiliti.html" published: "2004-10-15T23:04:00" updated: "2004-10-15T23:04:00" tags: [".Net Original", "Cool Tools"] author: "Roy Osherove" description: "Jon Schwartz of \" Morrison Schwartz \" sent me an email saying he wished he knew about the (now closed) add-in competition , cause he's got a great add-in to put up there. Nevertheless, he sent me a link to his add-in,…" usage: "Licensed under CC BY 4.0 — reuse, quote and adapt with attribution (Roy Osherove, link to the original page)." license: "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/" --- # \[Tools and Addins\] : SharpTools, web controls and various utilities - free! By Roy Osherove October 15, 2004 In [.Net Original](https://osherove.com/blog/category/net-original), [Cool Tools](https://osherove.com/blog/category/cool-tools) **Historical article** · Originally published October 15, 2004; technical details may be outdated. Jon Schwartz of "[Morrison Schwartz](https://osherove.com/blog/2004/10/15/www.ms-inc.net)" sent me an email saying he wished he knew about the (now closed) [add-in competition](http://dev.magen.com/AddinContest), cause he's got a great add-in to put up there. Nevertheless, he sent me a link to his add-in, called "[SharpTools](http://www.ms-inc.net/Default.aspx?Page=SharpToolsInfo)". It's totally free, and is extensible (you can write your own plug-ins for it). here's what the site description says: _[**What is SharpTools?**](http://www.ms-inc.net/Default.aspx?Page=SharpToolsInfo)_ _SharpTools is an extensible add-in to the Microsoft Visual Studio.NET development environment, and a software development kit (SDK) supporting the **rapid** development of further extensions which will run within SharpTools. These further extensions to SharpTools are called SharpTool plug-ins. SharpTools also includes several specific plug-ins, implemented to assist programmers in developing, debugging, testing and documenting code developed within the Visual Studio.NET development environment. SharpTools is Visual Studio.NET, made better!_ If I had more time I'd go to the site and grab me a free copy but there's other news too. There are several other **totally free** controls, Addins and utilities for developers on their site. Among them: MSDE DB manager, Database scripter (schema and data), ASP.Net date picker and calendar controls, authorization, view state optimization and other web controls, most of them freeware. Very cool. [See the complete product listing over here.](http://www.ms-inc.net/Default.aspx?Page=Products) Thanks for the tip Jon! ## More in .Net Original [All posts in .Net Original](https://osherove.com/blog/category/net-original) - Oct 19, 2004 ### [Osherove.Interception 1.04 - Change return values and incoming parameter values at runtime easily](https://osherove.com/blog/2004/10/19/osheroveinterception-104-change-return-values-and-incoming-p.html) - Oct 15, 2004 ### [Solving Team Development with web projects hell](https://osherove.com/blog/2004/10/15/solving-team-development-with-web-projects-hell.html) - Oct 12, 2004 ### [Introducing the Osherove.Interception framework](https://osherove.com/blog/2004/10/12/introducing-the-osheroveinterception-framework.html) - Oct 12, 2004 ### [\[Rediscovered\] Advanced debugging tips and stuff you never knew about the "Find" combo box](https://osherove.com/blog/2004/10/12/rediscovered-advanced-debugging-tips-and-stuff-you-never-kne.html) --- ## About the author **Roy Osherove**: Senior Solutions Architect at AWS working on AI for production and AI-driven development; author of The Art of Unit Testing and Elastic Leadership, with about 20 years of consulting and training on unit testing, TDD, team leadership and continuous delivery. ### Sites - [RobotPaper](https://robotpaper.ai/): This blog: AI patterns and anti-patterns, AI and coding agents, and engineering leadership. - [osherove.com](https://osherove.com): Roy's personal site. 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