Shoestring toolkit for startup projects

Integrated Development Environments

• Visual Web Developer 2008, Visual C# Express Edition 2008 (includes .NET 3.5 SP1)
• http://www.microsoft.com/Express/Download/

Database Environment

• SQL Server Express 2008 (available in the above download page)

Web Framework

• ASP.NET MVC – Download
• Download jQuery
• Download jQuery.UI

More Frameworks might be added based on requirements.

ORM

• Castle ActiveRecord – Download

Testing

• NUnit – Download
• PartCover – Download
• Rhino Mocks – Download
  

No code would be accepted without proper tests and high code-coverage. More on it during our discussions.

Source Control

Register with xp-dev.com and give me your username. I would later post the details on how to checkout the source code. I would also show you on how to work with the source control using TortiseSVN tools. All our source code checks into the xp-dev project repository. More details later. For now, download the SVN tools from here.

Additional tools

• Code Analysis – FxCop
• Text Editor – InType
• Command Line - PowerShell (Pick your version - x86 or x64 based on your CPU)
• XAML Editor - KaXAML (for some XAML/WPF/Silverlight learning)
• Paint.NET – Graphics
• .NET Reflector - I will give you later, when required.

Feel free to comment on what you think or if you have good general tools in mind, advice me.