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Development Tools & Software Utilities (Dev Tools & IT Utilities)

In this area of our product catalog you will find programming tools and IT utilities that will help you with almost every aspect of software development. These software development tools will help you with: designing, coding, testing, deploying and maintaining your software application. As well as complete IDE tools, there are developer tools for version control and also software build tools to help you in reliably building new releases of your software. There are also documentation tools, issue tracking and help desk tools that allow you to cover almost every aspect of the Software Development Life-Cycle (SDLC).

It's not just developer tools! There are IT utilities for Systems Administrators, Network Administrators and Database Administrators (DB Admins) to use. For example, we have database tools, like database backup utilities to make sure you are backing up your MSFT SQL Server database reliably, db tools to speed up data maintenance tasks on MySQL databases and database utilities to compare data schemas in Oracle databases prior to live deployment. We have an extensive range of XML tools, to help you manage your XML based data files. There are application packaging and deployment tools to help you manage and distribute your software applications across your organization. There are SharePoint tools to help you monitor the Audit logs from your SharePoint server farm.

For technical writers, technical authors, business process & workflow creators and the developer who has turned into the accidental documenter at the end of the project, we have a wide selection of help authoring tools to help you create basic help files right through to full on-line published or Web based integrated software documentation and self-help systems for users. These range for basic help generators, through to sophisticated modern documentation tools that take a capture, document and share or collaborative approach to creation on-line documentation.

The Dev Tools & IT Utilities catalog is split into 3 main categories based on platform and compatibility: Windows, Linux and Unix. We have many more tools for Windows environments than we do for Linux & Unix and as such the Windows tools category is sub-divided into further categories based on product compatibility. In general for all the tools listed here you can: find, compare, download, review, try and buy the dev tools and IT utilities from our Web site. If you are interested in News about DevTools we also have many Tools News RSS feeds that you can subscribe to, to help keep you up to date with all the latest releases in your specific area of interest. So whether you are watching for the latest version of your favorite bestselling installation tool to be released or looking for a brand new DevTool to help with a new problem - you will find high quality, commercial grade software developer tools and IT utilities here to meet your needs.

Microsoft (Tools & Add-ins, Controls & Components)

The Microsoft software platform provides Microsoft developers with an array of Microsoft tools to create solutions for their customers and end users. The Microsoft applications that programmers develop can be created using the MS Visual Studio range of Microsoft development tools, including: MS Visual Basic; MS Visual C# (C-sharp); MS Visual C++ (C Plus Plus), as well as older MS dev languages and MS IDEs, such as MS Visual FoxPro. MS Visual Studio, the Microsoft .NET Framework and the more mature Microsoft COM platform can be extended to provide additional functionality to help MS developers create solutions faster. For example, there is a Microsoft add-in model that allows a Microsoft tool to be extended by other third-party companies, as long as they comply with the Microsoft addin model. As a result you can get a Microsoft extension for Visual Studio to refactor your Visual Basic code to make it easier to read or maintain and to speed up your coding by helping with code layout. Many Visual Studio add-ins are available, including add ins to do C# code generation for you, giving you a faster way to create an application from scratch.

Microsoft Visual Studio software can also be extended beyond the Microsoft controls and Microsoft components that are supplied within the Visual Studio Integrated Development Environment (VS IDE) to give additional functionality. You can get Microsoft .NET components from companies that specialize in writing Internet communications components or eCommerce components that can be programmed like any other Microsoft component and save you a vast amount of time and money in programming your next Microsoft project. Or you can get an advanced Microsoft control for charting that enables you to draw many more styles of charts and graphs than are available inside the standard Microsoft controls in Visual Studio. These Microsoft components are available in many different forms as: Microsoft DLLs or as a Microsoft library, or as a Microsoft ActiveX or COM component supporting the COM object model or for the .NET Framework as Microsoft WinForms controls or ASP.NET controls, or as Microsoft WPF controls for Windows Presentation Foundation applications or as Silverlight controls for Microsoft Silverlight developers to use.

In this Microsoft marketplace you will find lots of different MS UI controls, as well as non-visual components, Microsoft utilities and Microsoft plug-ins to help you program in Microsoft Visual Basic, Visual C++ & Visual C#. You will also find Microsoft visual tools written by ISVs that can be used by MS Access developers or by MS Office programmers as Office components to be embedded inside their MS VBA or VSTO apps. There are also SharePoint tools and SharePoint Web Parts for MOSS bases apps being created by SharePoint developers. Plus for SQL Server you will find Microsoft utility products that allow you to access or bind to your data sources, compare data, manage your data, backup your data efficiently and much more. There are over 1,800 commercial products compatible with Microsoft software shown here in this Microsoft product gallery and many come with free downloads or free software trials for you to use listed in our Microsoft downloads product pages.

Top Reviews

Enterprise Enabler (EE) for WSS by Stone Bond Technologies

Average Review: based on 5 reviews.

What an amazing product!!! We had to complete an integration project in 4 weeks. We did a little search to see if there was anything in the market to meet our demands since we would have many such small projects coming from time to time, that is when we found EE. We evaluated the trial version and found that it was a perfect fit for our needs and we were able to complete the project in just 1 week ...
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ReSharper 6.1 by JetBrains

Average Review: based on 3 reviews.

Resharper is one of those tools that reminds you of best practice, and warns you of potential code that could loop indefinately! I downloaded the demo 2 years ago, and after the 30 days, ordered purchasing department to buy this ASAP. This tool gives you control over your development environment you wouldnt think possible!!! If you dont believe me, download the evaluation, and prepare to realis ...
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LEADTOOLS Imaging Pro SDK by LEAD Technologies

Average Review: based on 2 reviews.

Easy to implement and great support
ECO for Visual Studio by CapableObjects

Average Review: based on 2 reviews.

Compared to Entity Framework and other Model-centered environments ECO looks more mature and has much more powerful features like built-in unlimited Undo/Redo capability, rich runtime model information, executable state machines, powerful object repository with strong query mechanism (both Linq and OCL in-memory/in-database queries are allowed). ECO easily binds to any UI, and even has automated U ...
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Desaware Licensing System by Desaware

Average Review: based on 2 reviews.

Licensing is a very complex proposition. When you add in the need to obfuscate and otherwise attempt to protect your intellectual property rights/copyright, it can really be a daunting task. Fortunately for us, the Desaware Licensing System is available and has been nicely done. It was written by Dan Appleman author of the Win32 API book, so I knew that it would be good. The software includes ...
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InstallShield 2012 Spring Professional by Flexera Software

Create strong, reliable Windows Installers. InstallShield 2012 Professional allows you to create flexible installations quickly and easily across all Windows operating systems. With InstallShield 2012 Professional first-time developers find it easy to create installations, while power users find its depth and flexibility perfect for developing complex software installations. InstallShield 2012 Professional supports the latest technologies, including Windows 7/8 and Windows Installer 5 (MSI 5). InstallShield 2012 Professional also supports Microsoft's latest products, including Visual Studio 11, .NET Framework, MSBuild, and DirectX 9.0c. With InstallShield 2012 Professional you can expand installations to servers and Web services, including IIS, Oracle, MySQL, SQL Server 2008 and Windows Server 2008. InstallShield 2012 Professional also lets you target mobile devices with support for Windows Mobile, Windows Embedded CE, SQL Server Compact Edition and PalmOS.
ReSharper 6.1 by JetBrains

Increase your .NET productivity. ReSharper is an intelligent add-in to Visual Studio 2005/2008/2010. ReSharper comes equipped with a rich set of features including: intelligent coding assistance, on-the-fly error highlighting and quick error correction. ReSharper also supports code refactoring, unit testing, navigation and search. NAnt and MS Build Scripts Editing and ASP.NET Editing are also features ReSharper offers. ReSharper advanced features are available right from Visual Studio. ReSharper is available in 3 Editions: ReSharper Full Edition, ReSharper C# Edition and ReSharper Visual Basic .NET Edition. ReSharper Commercial Licenses are available for companies and organizations as well as ReSharper Personal Licenses for individual developers and ReSharper Academic Licenses for educational institutions and trainers.
InstallShield 2012 Spring Premier by Flexera Software

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Pcl2pdf for Unix (including Linux, OpenVMS) Server by Visual Software

Convert LaserJet PCL print files to PDF (Portable Document Format). Pcl2pdf for Unix (including Linux, OpenVMS) Server quickly converts HP PCL print files to concise, industry standard PDF. Documents can be viewed and printed using the Adobe(R) Acrobat(R) product range and distributed by web or e-mail. Pcl2pdf for Unix (including Linux, OpenVMS) Server produces PDF documents that are fully text searchable and ready for indexing. Data encryption, passwords and access permissions can be applied. Pcl2pdf is available for Windows PC, Windows Server and UNIX systems with command line converters.
SQL Developer Bundle by Red Gate Software

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Aspose.BarCode for SharePoint by Aspose

Insert barcode symbols in Microsoft SharePoint lists. Aspose.BarCode for SharePoint supports more than 40 of the most popular barcode symbologies including linear (Code128, Code39, Code93, EAN13, EAN14 (SSCC14), EAN8, UPCA, UPCE, Bookland EAN, Interleaved 2of5, Standard 2of5, MSI, Code 11, Codabar, Postnet, Planet, SSCC18 and more) and 2D (PDF417, QR, DataMatrix and more) barcodes. Aspose.BarCode for SharePoint supports Microsoft SharePoint Foundation and SharePoint Server.
MailBee.NET Queue by AfterLogic

Easy-to-use .NET service to deliver e-mails in the background. MailBee.NET Queue helps applications send e-mails faster by means of the background delivery. Instead of actual sending, your application can just write all the e-mails as .EML files into a certain folder, and MailBee.NET Queue will do the rest. Internally, Windows service of MailBee.NET Queue monitors that disk folder, picks up all .EML files other applications submit to it, and sends them out through SMTP server. To feed the pickup folder, you can use any tool capable of producing .EML files, including MailBee.NET Objects and MailBee Objects products.
TeamSpec by TeamSolutions

Integration between Word and Team Foundation Server. TeamSpec is a Word Addin that provides full access to your Team Foundation Server project from Word. If you use Team Foundation Server for your Application Lifecycle Management then you need TeamSpec for your Requirements Management. With TeamSpec you can publish exiting Word documents to TFS, or easily generate documents from queries using customizable templates. Avoid stale specifications with bi-directional synchronization, allowing team members to edit, update, and review even if they are offline.
Functional Project Manager for Visual Studio by SLPSoft

Create and manage projects in Visual Studio. Functional Project Manager for Visual Studio enables developers to collaborate and make Visual Studio more productive. It includes object oriented support, agile methodology support and multi-user environment support. Each project created in Visual Studio has a lifetime and each developer is assigned a function. Functional Project Manager then generates an overall view of the project and shows when a function is executed or a problem is solved.
Nevron SharePoint Vision by Nevron

Create digital dashboards and reports in SharePoint. Nevron Data Visualization technology for Microsoft SharePoint Server is designed to provide exceptional reporting and dashboarding features to SharePoint IT professionals. Nevron SharePoint Vision is a turn-key solution for every SharePoint IT professional that wants to create advanced digital dashboards and reports in SharePoint - quickly, on budget and on time.
Nevron Gauge for SharePoint by Nevron

Advanced data visualization for your SharPoint Dashboards, KPIs and Scorecards. Nevron Gauge for SharePoint is an advanced web part, which delivers a complete set of radial and linear gauges, numeric displays and state indicators which are driven by pivot data aggregation. This allows the creation of complex gauges, KPIs, Scorecards and Dashboards, that are tightly integrated with your data, to be done visually and directly in SharePoint environment.
Nevron Chart for SharePoint by Nevron

Deliver advanced charting solutions to the SharePoint environment. Nevron Chart for SharePoint is an advanced chart web part, which delivers a complete set of 2D and 3D charting types, highly customizable axes, advanced data analysis features, tight data integration and visual effects to your SharePoint sites. It combines the Nevron Charting engine for ASP.NET together with the elegant Nevron Pivot Data Aggregation engine. This allows Nevron Chart for SharePoint users to create complex pivot charts visually and directly in the SharePoint environment.
ReportServer/Universal by VersaReports

A report server for SAP Crystal Reports, Grape City/Data Dynamics ActiveReports and Telerik Reporting. ReportServer/Universal is a report server that hosts reports created with SAP Crystal Reports, Grape City/Data Dynamics ActiveReports and Telerik Reporting. It works with any version and allows you to schedule reports to run at any frequency. You can pass parameters to reports, including dynamic and cascading parameters and easily integrate it with your network security infrastructure. Store reports in any supported format.
Extended Search for SharePoint 2007 by Stoic Technologies

Provides Faceted navigation for SharePoint search. SharePoint 2007 offers extensive search capabilities to the enterprise. However the presentation of the search results lacks means of search navigation. By design SharePoint does not offer users a mechanism to easily refine nor expand search criteria. That is the huge problem and Extended Search for SharePoint solves it. The product provides powerful and yet intuitive way for users to run search by category using faceted navigation. It allows search refinement as well as expansion based on the information SharePoint already has.
TeamLook by TeamSolutions

Full access to your Team Foundation Server from Outlook. TeamLook increases productivity and communication when using Team Foundation Server for your Application Lifecycle Management. TeamLook is an Outlook Add-in that provides full access to your TFS project. With TeamLook you can easily convert emails, meetings, and tasks to Work Items and organize them using Outlook views. Use TeamLook templates for work item creation and increase your productivity with access to TFS queries, quick search, project reports, and email alerts.

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