Monday, January 9, 2012

Useful Links



Useful links on Knowledge Base


 


Windows



  • Fences
    This tool just rocks, the number one feature I use in Fences is to show/hide all desktop icons.

  • POP Peeper
    This little tray utility notifies me of any incoming email. Supports IMAP as well.

  • Window Clippings
    My preferred choise when it comes to screen capture

  • DisplayFusion
    Makes working with dual monitoring easy

  • Launchy
    This little app has significantly saved me time through the years. It is an easy to use app launcher. I seldom enter the realm of the Start menu any more. Just type a few words into the search bar and hit enter and your app is launced.

  • Dropbox
    Save files to the cloud, then syncs them to any computer you have it installed on. Makes moving files between computers a breeze.

  • AutoHotKey
    Automate almost anything

  • Paint.NET
    Awesome free paint software for Windows, if you can find the real download button (upper right corner) instead of the huge green advertising one.

  • VirtualBox
    Use this all the time to setup different demo machines when developing.

  • Join.me
    Screen sharing, perfect when you need to show someone your screen or help out a relative or friend.

  • WinRAR
    My tools of choice for compression for many years. 7-Zip is another favourite.

  • Metrotwit
    This has been my Twitter client of choice for a while now and it is just beautiful. Lacking some more advanced features but will suffice for now.


 


Websites



 


Developer



  • TeamCity
    Awesome build server.

  • dotPeek
    Free .NET decompiler

  • Fiddler2
    A web debugging proxy which logs all HTTP(S) traffic between your computer and the Internet. Fiddler allows you you to inspect traffic, set breakpoints, and "fiddle" with incoming or outgoing data.

  • Visual Studio Extensions

    • nCrunch
      Automated parallel continuous testing tool

    • Visual Studio Color Theme Editor
      Allows users to customize the Visual Studio 2010 color palette

    • PostSharp
      Aspect framework for .NET

    • VisualSVN
      Integrates Subversion and TortoiseSVN seamlessly with Visual Studio

    • WoVS Default Browser Switcher
      Quick and easy changing of VS default browser

    • VsVim
      VIM emulation layer for Visual Studio

    • Nuget
      A Visual Studio extension that makes it easy to install and update open source libraries and tools in Visual Studio.

    • ReSharper
      Developer productivity tool for Microsoft Visual Studio



  • PowerShell
    For different kinds of Windows automation, also use it for my build scripts (since I'm using PSake).

  • PSake
    Build automation tool


 


Educational



  • Videos

    • TED
      Ideas worth spreading.

    • Pluralsight
      Hardcore developer training.

    • PeepCode
      Screencasts

    • ShowMeDo
      Learn with the open-source community

    • TekPub
      Concise, professional, top-quality screencasts

    • DimeCasts
      Screencasts where each episode review only a single concept and stays within a 10 minute (or there abouts) timeframe.

    • CleanCoders
      Code-casts for Software Professionals.

    • LearnVisualStudio 




  • Forums


  • Books


  • Other

    • KhanAcademy
      Watch. Practice. Learn almost anything for free.

    • Codecademy
      An easy way to learn how to code.

    • ProjectEuler
      a series of challenging mathematical/computer programming problems that will require more than just mathematical insights to solve. Although mathematics will help you arrive at elegant and efficient methods, the use of a computer and programming skills will be required to solve most problems.

    • Lumosity
      Reclaim your brain.

    • TopCoder
      A competetive community for software development and digital creation.

    • CodeSchool
      Learn by doing (CoffeeScript, Rails, JQuery, HTML5 & CSS3, ...).








 


Podcasts



  • Hanselminutes
    A weekly audio talk show with noted web developer and technologist Scott Hanselman and hosted by Carl Franklin. Scott discusses utilities and tools, gives practical how-to advice, and discusses ASP.NET or Windows issues and workarounds.

  • .NET Rocks
    The Internet Audio Talk Show for .NET Developers with Carl Franklin and Richard Campbell.

  • Software Engineering Radio
    The Podcast for Professional Software Developers

  • Devnology

  • Authorcast
    AuthorsCast brings you fun, entertaining, fast-paced interviews with prominent tech authors.

  • Herding Code
    A weekly podcast with K. Scott Allen, Kevin Dente, Scott Koon, and Jon Galloway.

  • Distributed Podcast
    CQRS, DDD, Cloud computing and much more.

  • This Developer's Life
    A podcast about developers and their lives.


 


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