HTTP request: Rexswain

See exactly what an HTTP request returns to your browser

http://www.rexswain.com/httpview.html

Log Parser

Log Parser is a usefull tool for reading and analysing IIS logfiles.
Download Log Parser

Reflector

Reflector is a tool for disassembly a dll. So you can see the source code and you can analyse if the assembly works correctly.

Tool SourceCodeOutliner

I have read something about the SourceCodeOutliner tool. This is a plugin for Visual Studio which organize your class file in a tree. So you can quickly navigate to a field or property.

I am not yet using it. But I think I will give it a try for a couple of weeks.

Resource editors

On the blog entry there are two tools for editing the default resx files for the resources.

The Zeta Resource Editor is a Windows Tool and a Web Tool

Also a useful add-in is the automatically add to resource

Resharper 4.5 Released

I use the following tool for finetuning my code: Resharper

There is a new version released: "ReSharper 4.5 is more agile and robust than ever, with improved performance, memory usage and solution-wide analysis, as well as VB9 support"

I will report my experiences soon...

Update 22 april: I am using Resharper 4.5 a few days and it is really faster in VB.NET:) Further it is nice that the intellissence gives some suggestions for usage of fields-, variables names and so on. The rules for these name can defined by your own.

Using Free SMTP Server

In Vista (Home Premium) when you are developing on your workstation, you can not sent email. Because Vista does not support a local smtp server. (like Windows XP)

But you can use Free SMTP! Download this tool, run this tool and start your solution and now you can sent mail.

Remark: if you have running another tool which manipulates the locates host (for example Yahoo pops) you have too close them.