FAST & SharePoint Developer Tools

This is mainly a reference list for myself for when I start using a new development VM. It's a list of urls to tools I use often while developing for SharePoint (2010).

General tools

• 7-zip http://7-zip.org/
• Notepad++ http://notepad-plus-plus.org/
• JSMinNpp Javascript plugin http://sourceforge.net/projects/jsminnpp/
• WinMerge http://winmerge.org/
• ILSpy (open source alternative to .NET Reflector) http://wiki.sharpdevelop.net/ilspy.ashx
• Fiddler http://www.fiddler2.com/ 
• Virtual CloneDrive (ISO Mounting Software) http://www.slysoft.com/nl/virtual-clonedrive.html

SharePoint specific tools

• SharePoint 2010 Manager http://spm.codeplex.com/
• ULS Viewer http://archive.msdn.microsoft.com/ULSViewer/
• SPDisposeChecker http://archive.msdn.microsoft.com/SPDisposeCheck 
• Steve Peschka Search Explorer http://blogs.technet.com/b/speschka/archive/2010/08/15/free-developer-search-tool-for-sharepoint-2010-search-and-fast-search-for-sharepoint.aspx

FAST Search 2010 for SharePoint specific tools

• FAST Search for SharePoint Query Tool http://fastforsharepoint.codeplex.com/
• FAST Search for SharePoint Query Logger http://fs4splogger.codeplex.com/

Office 365 specific tools

• Office365 Sandbox FxCop rules http://o365fxcoprules.codeplex.com/
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PowerShell specific tools

• PowerGUI http://powergui.org/
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 This list is probably never complete, so I will update it whenever I think something's missing!