Windows Developer Tools Day
Earlier today I got a email from some of our friends at O’Rilley about Windows Developer Tools Day (
http://www.oreillynet.com/windows/blog/2007/01/announcing_windows_developer_t.html). What a great idea. To that end I would like to add my submissions to the list.
First of all the Visual Studio Express tools (
http://msdn.microsoft.com/vstudio/express/) (Visual Web Developer Express, Visual Basic Express, Visual C# Express, Visual C++ Express, Visual J# Express, SQL Server 2005 Express, and even XNA Game Studio Express). These tools licensed free from Microsoft allow many that are just starting out the power of Visual Studio without the cost! But most important since they are so similar to the Professional versions of the tools they provide a great stepping stone for students. Great job Microsoft!
Next on my list would have to be MyGeneration (
http://www.mygenerationsoftware.com/portal/default.aspx) this is a code generator. I cannot imagine writing any applications today without some form of code generation.
I urge anyone reading this to join-in with their suggestions. There are so many great tools out there and so little time to try them all out!