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This is something I downloaded a while back, and use sporadically, but every time I do, I'm amazed. In a single right-click menu it gives you access to just about any tool a good web developer needs when browsing their app. Turn off styles/javascript/cache/images/etc for testing. Switch CSS Media types, edit css on-the-fly. Outline divs, tables, links, etc. Validate using a variety of tools- even localhost sites. The one humble menu item that spurred me to post this, though, is 'Resize To... 800x600'. Perfect for testing your app on that ginormus monitor. http://chrispederick.com/work/webdeveloper/
Microsoft has released a free utility called XML Notepad that serves as a lightweight, stand-alone XML editor. Probably not the most full-featured product available, but it does handle schema validation and performs XSL transforms...and the price is right.
It'll be pushed down in Windows Update on Nov. 1, but IE 7 is out of beta now, and can be downloaded here: http://www.microsoft.com/windows/ie/default.mspx It'll be interesting to see who switches back and who stays with FireFox. The main factors for my switch to FF were tabbed browsing and RSS, both of which have been added.
I was reminded again today how freaking awesome ClickOnce is. Awesome to the developer, because you run a little wizard and get a deployment package, installation page, and auto-update (and rollback) functionality. Awesome for the user because you click a button to install an app, (maybe another to grant it permissions), and get notified whenever it updates. To bad it doesn't work natively with FireFox. Fortunately there's a plugin for it until Microsoft gets it working. The first article also mentions a workaround you can use on your installation page.
There's a ton of free content on MSDN and elsewhere, but these professional courses usually cost about $50 each, and cover a specific task or topic in-depth. Enjoy!
One of my favorite development tools is Google. It's better than MSDN's built in search at putting the links I want at the top. For example, you can search for "site:microsoft.com Some Class, Method, etc." and quickly get MSDN docs on anything that's bugging you. And what developer hasn't Googled an error message? Now there's a new feature in Google labs that lets you search public source code. Obviously, you'll need to be wary of licensing issues, but if you want to see how a, say, an HttpHandler is used "in the wild", you'd just search lang:C# (or VB.NET, etc), and the keyword. One caveat: there's tons of bad code (tm) out there. Even on MSDN, there are hard-coded connection strings, unclosed readers, and un-disposed disposables galore. Don't use Google as a crutch for really learning your trade!
This is a pretty good article on some security considerations in ASP.NET applications, and how they can be addressed by editing your web.config file.
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