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
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.