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title: "Cool Tools Every .Net Developer should be aware of"
url: "https://osherove.com/blog/2004/11/26/cool-tools-every-net-developer-should-be-aware-of.md"
canonical: "https://osherove.com/blog/2004/11/26/cool-tools-every-net-developer-should-be-aware-of.html"
published: "2004-11-26T09:52:00"
updated: "2004-11-26T09:52:00"
tags: ["Cool Tools"]
author: "Roy Osherove"
description: "Wow. I have lots to write about my past week, but first I owe a list of cool tools to the attendees of the .Net Deep Dive event in Israel from yesterday. Here's the list of tools I showed: (*== free) CodeSmart (add-in)…"
usage: "Licensed under CC BY 4.0 — reuse, quote and adapt with attribution (Roy Osherove, link to the original page)."
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# Cool Tools Every .Net Developer should be aware of

By Roy Osherove November 26, 2004 In [Cool Tools](https://osherove.com/blog/category/cool-tools)

**Historical article** · Originally published November 26, 2004; technical details may be outdated.

Wow. I have lots to write about my past week, but first I owe a list of cool tools to the attendees of the .Net Deep Dive event in Israel from yesterday.

Here's the list of tools I showed:

(\*== free)

- [CodeSmart](http://www.axtools.com/) (add-in)
- [C# Refactory](http://www.xtreme-simplicity.net/CSharpRefactory.html) (add-in)
- [Resharper](http://www.jetbrains.com/resharper) (add-in)
- [CodeRush + Refactor!](http://www.devexpress.com/) (competes with resharper on many features)
- [CodeSmith](http://www.ericjsmith.net/codesmith/) (\* add-in + external templating system)
- [DsWatch](http://www.codeproject.com/csharp/DSWatch.asp) (\* debug your datasets - see what's inside them easily at debug time)
- [The Regulator](http://regulator.sourceforge.net/) (\* debug regular expressions)
- [NUnit](http://www.nunit.org/) (\* write unit tests easily)
- [TestDriven.Net (a.k.a NUnit-Addin)](http://www.testdriven.net/) (\* run unit tests even more easily)
- [FinalBuilder](http://www.atozedsoftware.com/finalbuilder/) (automate your build and deployment process)
- [PowerMarks](http://www.kaylon.com/power.html) (share your favorites)
- [Process Explorer](http://www.sysinternals.com/) (\* the ultimate task manager replacement and more)

And here's a couple of tools that didn't make it into the presentation:

- [Reflector](http://www.aisto.com/roeder/dotnet/)
- [Dave's Quick Search Bar](http://www.dqsd.net/)

## More in Cool Tools

[All posts in Cool Tools](https://osherove.com/blog/category/cool-tools)

- Dec 2, 2004

    ### [More cool tools, and a cool Add-in for C++](https://osherove.com/blog/2004/12/2/more-cool-tools-and-a-cool-add-in-for-c.html)

- Nov 29, 2004

    ### [TestDriven.Net version 1.0 is out (with a new site design as well)](https://osherove.com/blog/2004/11/29/testdrivennet-version-10-is-out-with-a-new-site-design-as-we.html)

- Nov 7, 2004

    ### [IntelliJ IDEA keeps getting better](https://osherove.com/blog/2004/11/7/intellij-idea-keeps-getting-better.html)

- Oct 15, 2004

    ### [BlogMatrix: RSS news reader with podcasting reception abilities.](https://osherove.com/blog/2004/10/15/blogmatrix-rss-news-reader-with-podcasting-reception-abiliti.html)


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## 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.

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