Friday, 24 June 2011

My Top 5 Development Related Apps

Inspired by this Tweet by @netmag from last week, here are the 5 software programs I use for work which I couldn't live without.

  1. Resharper Visual Studio Plugin - I simply could not code in Visual Studio without it, adds all the extra bits that Microsoft forgot about.
  2. LLBLGen Pro - writing database access code by hand is dull and boring, that is just a fact. This marvellous O/R Mapper takes the pain out of it.
  3. Google Chrome - to quote Apple "It Just Works". Fast, lightweight and with a well oiled JavaScript rendering engine make it the best browser out there at the moment.
  4. Spotify - OK, not strictly work related but would struggle to get through a whole work week without it. Despite a few gaps in the catalogue (no AC/DC or Metallica) it is pretty much awesome and all for a £5 month.
  5. Leech FTP - this may be a controversial one with the likes of FileZilla and various others out there. My problem with most of those is that they overcomplicate things - FTP is not a complicated thing and the fact that Leech is no longer being developed means it will continue to remain simple.          

So what do you think? Disagree or have I missed any biggies? Would be interested to know what everyone else thinks.

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