Project management

For some time I have been using basecamp for project management, but I think it's too simplistic for my needs and I plan to switch to The Trac Project. Trac has a more sophisticated priorities and categories and it also integrates with my source control subversion. It's also open source and we can host it ourselves. (I also thought about resorting back to bugzilla)

I'm also interested in some of the plug ins for Trac, like the time and estimation plugin.

GAC GUI

cool tool for managing the .Net Global Assembly cache.

CPorts: Graphic netstat program for windows

CPorts is a slick tool that provides an GUI for the netstat command.

Email Tracker

This site uses techniques that spammers use to allow you to track your email and know when it was opened, forwarded, etc.

Process Explorer

Process Explorer is a freeware that is task manager on steroids..

Project management

I recently was turned onto a cool online project management program called basecamp. My only reservation is that the data is hosted by another company and you have no control over it(I don't see an easy way to export your data either), but it's very well written and works far better than excel.

Scoop on Whidbey and refactoring

According to Bill Gates Visual Studio 2005 is coming out this summer, according to the Prashant Sridharan, the Senior Product Manager for Visual Studio, it will be the end of the year.

At any rate here is the low down on refactoring changes. VB will have refactoring features from a developers express plugin that is free w/ VS 2005, however the C# stuff will only have 5 refactoring options that the MS C# team wrote. Developer Express also has a C# plug in that has refactoring. It's $250, and there is no demo. It looks like it has lots of features, but they are missing support for pulling in using statements. However there is a user plug in that does this... Now that I have more ram I have got to get resharper or this developer express plugin.

bug me not

Bug me not is a cool web site where you can get a user/password to avoid the hassle of free online registrations. There is also a firefox plugin.

To get rid of spyware, run these programs in this order:
adaware, spybot, microsoft anti-spyware, and hijack this.

Web Testing Tools

I am searching for automated testing tools for a c# web project. I am looking for something cheap (i.e. forget about Rational, Mercury TestDirector, Segue Silk). Right now I'm using roboform, although it is a password/form tool for web users it has helped to quickly get through series of pages with required fields.
I am evaluating http://www.iopus.com/iim/ an IE plug in that runs macros.

Extensive list of web tools

Visual Studio Refactoring Tools

I am using MS Visual Studio, and I desperately miss the refactoring and productivity tools in Java IDEs. Whidbey, the next VS release, will include some of these features but may not be released till the fall. Here are the tools I'm considering buying/using:

a vs plugin from idea, the people that raised the bar for java developement. (update: I tried resharper and had to uninstall it due to poor performance and increased memory consumption)
$99
http://www.jetbrains.com/resharper/

$99
http://www.xtreme-simplicity.net/

free w/ source code
http://www.codeproject.com/dotnet/SMRefactorAddinArticle.asp

Also someone told me to check out SharpDevelop, a free alternative to MS VS

Adware continues to be a problem for everyone I know. Spybot and Ad Aware seem to be getting out of date. There is a new free that removes lots of stuff called CW Shredder. Also, it's becoming hard to google for these things and know that you are getting the right link. I suggest choosing a reputable site like pcworld.com or download.com.

my web server has gone down twice in the last few days. i set up a little program to check it once an hour to make sure it is up. http://virdi-software.com/eyeonsite/desc.shtml

http://www.download.com/EyeOnSite/3000-2155-10103479.html?tag=lst-0-5

belarc advisor is a windows program that gives you an inventory of all the hardware and software on your pc.

Tortoise, cvs

a handy windows cvs client tool is tortoise. it's handy because it's built into windows explorer.

toad is tool for oracle application developement.

vim is a really good windows vi editor.