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James Avery does it again with his popular list of developer tools. This time he covers the best Visual Studio add-ins available today that you can download for free.

James Avery

MSDN Magazine December 2005

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C# allows developers to embed XML comments into their source files-a useful facility, especially when more than one programmer is working on the same code. The C# parser can expand these XML tags to provide additional information and export them to an external document for further processing. This article shows how to use XML comments and explains the relevant tags. The author demonstrates how to set up your project to export your XML comments into convenient documentation for the benefit of other developers. He also shows how to use comments ...

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This article introduces 10 development tools that can increase your productivity, give you a better understanding of .NET, and maybe even change the way that you develop applications. The tools covered include NUnit to write unit tests, Reflector to examine assemblies, FxCop to police your code, Regulator to build regular expressions, NDoc to create code documentation and five more.

James Avery

MSDN Magazine July 2004

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Writing a Web application with ASP.NET is unbelievably easy. So many developers don't take the time to structure their applications for great performance. In this article, the author presents 10 tips for writing high-performance Web apps. The discussion is not limited to ASP.NET applications because they are just one subset of Web applications.

Rob Howard

MSDN Magazine January 2005

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The MVP pattern helps you separate your logic and keep your UI layer free of clutter. This month learn how.

Jean-Paul Boodhoo

MSDN Magazine August 2006

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July 2009
Silverlight: Composite Web Apps With Prism
This article reviews the Prism project developed by the Microsoft patterns & practices group and demonstrates how to apply it to composite Web applications using Silverlight. Shawn Wildermuth
RESTful XHTML: RESTful Services With ASP.NET MVC
This article describes how to use XHTML and ASP.NET MVC to implement REST services. Aaron Skonnard
Scale Out: Distributed Caching On The Path To Scalability
Developers frequently face issues related to scalability bottlenecks when they have applications that need to handle a lot of load. This article describes the role of a distributed cache in building scalable applications. Iqbal Khan
Inside Windows 7: Introducing The Taskbar APIs
This is Part 2 of a multipart article series on Windows 7. The focus of Part 2 is the Windows 7 taskbar. Yochay Kiriaty & Sasha Goldshtein
Testable MVC: Building Testable ASP.NET MVC Applications
Justin Etheredge

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Editor's Note: Viva la Evolution!
Howard Dierking
Toolbox: Static Analysis Database Tools, Managing Remote Computers, And More
If you want to apply static analysis to your databases, connect to remote computers, find out more about the Entity Framework, or just check into some cool podcasts for your daily commute, then you'll want to read more about these latest tools and resources. Scott Mitchell
USABILITY IN PRACTICE: Usability Testing
This month's column describes the benefits and methodologies of usability testing. Dr. Charles B. Kreitzberg and Ambrose Little
CLR Inside Out: Building Tuple
In this column, the author lays out some guiding principles that you should follow when working with the ASP.NET MVC framework. Matt Ellis
Basic Instincts: Stay Error Free With Error Corrections
Error corrections are an essential part of the Visual Basic coding experience. This article explores the many error correction features offered by Visual Basic and provides a glimpse at the future release of Visual Studio 2010. Dustin Campbell
Cutting Edge: Comparing Web Forms And ASP.NET MVC
In this month's column, we’ll explore the pros and cons of both ASP.NET Web Forms and ASP.NET MVC. Dino Esposito
Test Run: Request-Response Testing With F#
This month we show you how to use F# to perform HTTP request-response testing for ASP.NET Web applications. James McCaffrey
Service Station: More On REST
This month's column answers frequently asked questions about implementing REST. Jon Flanders
Extreme ASP.NET: Guiding Principles For Your ASP.NET MVC Applications
In this column, the author lays out some guiding principles that you should follow when working with the ASP.NET MVC framework. Scott Allen
Wicked Code: Taking Silverlight Deep Zoom To The Next Level
With the help of Silverlight Deep Zoom and a remarkable control named MultiScaleImage, you can create scenes with many levels of zoom. Jeff Prosise illustrates with what else but the Mandlebrot set. Jeff Prosise
Foundations: Securing The .NET Service Bus
This column shows you how to secure the .NET Services Bus and also provides some helper classes and utilities to automate many of the details. Juval Lowy
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