The C# Team has scoured the Web for other implementations of the CLI, cool object browsers, IDE tricks, add-ins, obfuscators, and other useful tools and utilities that will help you get your job done faster.

Check out the Classes and Libraries page for more links to useful tools, frameworks, and class libraries, including code-generation tools.

Featured Tools

• IMSL™ C# Numerical Library for Microsoft® .NET Applications
  

  The C# Numerical Library is a leadership math and stat library with roots going back 30 years.

• Extreme Optimization Mathematics Library for .NET
  Extreme Optimization Mathematics Library for .NET includes classes for complex numbers, curves, solving equations, numerical integration, numerical differentiation, vectors, matrices, and various special functions.
• devAdvantage : C# Source Code Analyzer for Visual Studio .NET
  

  Identifying issues in code early can result in shorter development cycles and lower project costs by reducing time spent doing code reviews, testing and fixing bugs late in the process. devAdvantage is a Microsoft Visual Studio .NET Add-in which automates code reviews by analyzing C# source code looking for bugs and issues.

Libraries and Other Stuff

• Visual Guard
  Create and manage users' roles and permissions and determine what each user can do, see and modify in any new or existing .NET application without modifying any code.
• LibCheck
  
• AQdevTeam
  
• C-Sharpener For VB
  
• {smartassembly}
  
• SmartInspect
  
• Visual Studio Spell Check Add-In - StudioSpell
  

C# Compilers and Frameworks

• .NET Framework SDK Downloads
  Contains the .NET Framework and runtime, and compilers for C# (and other languages).
• Visual C# 2008, Express Edition
  
• Mono
  
• DotGnu
  

Obfuscators

• {smartassembly}
  
• DeployLX CodeVeil
  
• Dotfuscator .NET Obfuscator
  
• Salamander .NET Obfuscator
  
• Semantic Designs: C# Source Code Obfuscator
  
• Spices.Net
  
• Thinstall
  
• Demeanor for .NET
  
• Xenocode Postbuild for .NET
  
• .NET Reactor
  
• IntelliLock
  
• Eazfuscator.NET
  

Decompilers

• Dis#
  
• Decompiler.NET
  
• Exemplar/Anakrino
  
• Reflector .NET Decompiler
  
• Salamander .NET Decompiler (C#, C++, Visual Basic .NET, IL, MSIL)
  
• Xenocode Fox Code Analyzer
  

Profiler/Optimization Tools

• NCover
  
• ANTS Profiler
  
• {smartassembly}
  
• Salamander .NET Decompiler (C#, C++, Visual Basic .NET, IL, MSIL)
  
• .NET Memory Profiler
  
• AQtime .NET Edition 2 - Automated Profiling and Debugging
  
• Compuware DevPartner Studio Professional Edition
  
• Rational PurifyPlus - Product Overview - IBM Software
  

Refactoring

• C# Refactory
  
• dotEASY
  
• devAdvantage : C# Source Code Analyzer for Visual Studio .NET
  
• ReSharper
  
• DocumentatorMacros
  

Object Browsers

• Reflector for .NET
  
• .NET Component Inspector
  
• LSW DotNet-Reflection-Browser
  

Editors

• C# for emacs
  
• Improve C# Plugin for Eclipse
  
• CodeObject
  
• Semantic Designs: C# Source Code Formatter
  

Development Environments (IDEs)

• SharpDevelop
  

Build Tools

• NAnt—A .NET Build Tool
  
• CruiseControl.NET
  
• FinalBuilder
  
• Visual Build Professional
  
• Hippo.NET
  
• MegaBuild
  

Standard Verifiers

• FxCop
  

Testing

• Visual T#: simplified unit tests
  
• TestRunner for NUnit
  
• POCMock
  
• .NETUnit
  
• NUnit
  
• TestComplete
  
• X-Unity
  
• csunit
  

Documentation

• NDOC—Code Documentation Generator for .NET
  
• SoftSteel C# Tutorial on Documentation
  
• NetDoc
  
• Roland Weigelt's GhostDoc
  

Database

• ADO.NET Express
  
• Data Access Application Block for .NET
  
• DataLG: Generate Assemblies for Visual C# and Visual Basic .NET
  
• DeKlarit
  
• OlyMars
  

Regular Expressions

• Regular Expression Designer
  
• Expresso—A Tool for Building and Testing Regular Expressions
  

Graphics, Games, and Drawing

• CadLib
  
• Sharp3D.Math Library
  
• Animated Vector Graphics