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Paperback: 1312 pages
Publisher: O'Reilly Media; 1 edition (21 Dec 2006)
Language English
ISBN-10: 0596527543
ISBN-13: 978-0596527549
Product Dimensions: 23.4 x 17.8 x 6.1 cm

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Software developers need to work harder and harder to bring value to their development process in order to build high quality applications and remain competitive. Developers can accomplish this by improving their productivity, quickly solving problems, and writing better code.

A wealth of open source and free software tools are available for developers who want to improve the way they create, build, deploy, and use software. Tools, components, and frameworks exist to help developers at every point in the development process. Windows Developer Power Tools offers an encyclopedic guide to more than 170 of these free tools to help developers build top-notch Windows software from desktop applications to web services.

To help you choose the right tools for solving both common and uncommon problems you face each day, this book follows a unique task-oriented organization, laying out topics in the same order that you and your team are likely to encounter them as you work on a project. Each tool entry features a solid introduction -- a mini user's guide -- so you can get up to speed quickly and understand how to best use the tool in your environment. Inside, you'll find:

A guide to more than 170 tools covering 24 unique aspects of Windows and .NET software development, with many descriptions contributed by the tools' authors

Descriptions of freely available ASP.NET and Windows Forms controls, object relational mapping systems, testing frameworks, and build and continuous integration tools

Articles on tools to help developers troubleshoot misbehaving applications

Guides for utilities to boost productivity in the development environment as well as speeding up tasks in Windows itself

"Quick pick" lists at the start of each chapter to help you find and choose the right tool for your task

"At a Glance" and "In a Nutshell" summaries to help readers more quickly narrow their options

References to an online book site to keep you up-to-date with new releases and features

Forewords by Mike Gunderloy (Larkware) and Scott Hanselman (http://www.hanselman.com/tools), operators of the two most popular tools sites for Microsoft developers.

Also, plenty of links in each article point you to additional detail online if you wish to delve more deeply into features and functionality. This one-stop resource covers a wide range of open source and freeware tools to help you answer questions around planning, developing, testing, and rolling out great software. Best of all, they're free.

About the Author

James Avery, a solution architect working with Microsoft technologies, has been working with .NET since its second beta release. He's written articles for "MSDN Magazine", "ASP Today", and is a frequent blogger. Also, James is a Microsoft MVP, ASPInsider, and author of "Visual Studio Hacks" (O'Reilly).

Jim Holmes, a Microsoft MVP, has nearly 25 years experience in the IT industry, including network management, systems analysis, and software development in Perl, Java, C++, and .NET. He's the founder of the Dayton .NET Developers Group and co-founder of the Dayton-Cincinnati Code Camp. He has written extensively for VisualStudioHacks.com.

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5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent Reference to the tools available, 16 Aug 2007

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Looking for the right tool for the job at hand is often an arduous process usually involving the comparison of similar tools and cost. It would be nice to have a reference to some of the most widely used tools available and an understanding of what makes the tool beneficial to you.

This is where the "Windows Developer Power Tools" book can help enormously. Created by James Avery and Jim Holmes (both Microsoft MVPs with a wealth of experience), the book introduces you to over 170 tools that are either free to use or published under various open source licenses.

Although the title of the book may suggest that it concentrates on Windows Development, don't be fooled, it contains many tools and components for ASP.NET developers plus tools that will help you document, debug and profile your applications. There are also tools covered that are not language specific making it a great reference for developers using Java, PHP etc.

The book is very well laid out and each tool is covered from installation to utilisation including where applicable code samples.

All in all, if you like your toolbox to be up to date with the best tools available then this book can save you an enormous amount of time in hunting down those great tools.

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