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Top 6 Tools for Dot Net Developers

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We can see how developers today create and develop amazing web applications that fulfill the needs of both business and end users. Development of web applications has now been one of the most trending opportunities that uplift the scale of competition and introduces the technological advancements for the betterment of the customers.


While we know what developers are capable of developing, we are sure you might not be aware of the tools that they use to create web applications. We are here to enlighten you with top 6 tools for dot net developers and the dot net development companies which empowers them to create some really cool web applications.


1. Chocolatey


Chocolatey is a complete windows package manager that has been gaining a lot of eyes and applaud for web applications development. The tool works with all the existing software installation technologies like NSIS, MSI, and InnoSetup along with runtime binaries and zip archives.


The chocolatey tool is highly recommended for developers to install and work on Windows. It is composed of advanced PowerShell that provides automated software management instruction and in-built module to complete any complex task efficiently and instantly. Most of the dot Net Development companies use the tool Chocolatey to develop and host their packages in a reliable and repeatable model.


2. NuGet


NuGet is another dot net package manager tool for web application developers that allows them to access various third-party libraries, develop and share their own tools. There are over 98 thousand packages currently available, and it is the largest database of third-party components for all dot net developers out there.


The best part is that NuGet is a free, open-source developer that primarily focuses on the package management system for the dot NET platform. The agenda is to simplify the process of incorporating third party libraries into a dot NET application during web application development.


3. Visual Studio


The core tool – Visual Studio, is a software for web development that a developer or development company uses on a daily basis. It is composed of an advanced environment for Dot Net applications. Visual Studio includes is a one-stop shop that is needed to develop, test, and debug web applications. The latest release is Visual Studio 2013 and is used by developers for developments such as websites, web services, web apps, and mobile apps.


While it is the best tool for application development, the tool has its own set of cons. One such con is that the tool is extremely heavy. However, Microsoft has come up with a remedy for this by introducing Visual Basic Studio. It is an open source, lightweight free tool. On top of all, it comes with IntelliSense that provides smart completions based on function definitions, variable types, and imported modules.


4. ReSharper


ReSharper is an extension of a Visual Studio tool that takes care of bringing productivity enhancement in the coding style. It has multiple benefits and time saving is one of them. It highlights and prompts the coding errors while you are writing the codes to sort them out then and there itself.


Other than this, it is composed of a number of shortcuts for quick and easy restoring and navigation. To be precise, it has 60+ refactoring and more than 450 context actions. It helps dot net developers to smartly finish their projects as multiple code editing allow instant code transformations, code rearrangement, documentation display, and auto-importing namespaces.


5. LINQPad


Another tool that dot net development company swear by is LINQPad. It offers one client-side and multiple server sides. This tool enables dot Net developers to get a hold on the testing of any snippet of the program instantly while the query databases in LINQ or SQL. The tool enables the developers to script and automate in any  dot Net languages like C#, F#, or Visual Basic. It is equipped with rich features like:


  • Rich output formatting

  • Integrated debugging

  • Optional autocompletion

  • Built-in debugger

6. NDepend


Last but not least, is NDepend tool which is an extension of Visual Studio. It measures the health of web application and ensures to continuously maintain the quality of codes. The analysis and reporting system of NDepend’s provides:

  • Continuous integration reporting

  • Detection of excessively complex code with the help of unique diagramming capabilities.

  • In-depth reporting

  • Customized code queries to maintain large and complex projects

Conclusion

Wrapping up on the blog, there are more dot net tools that are in the list. However, the mentioned 6 remains in the top preference of the developers as they seem to be comfortable with the feature lift provided by the tools. Any web application development would require the use of these tools and almost all developers would use these to fulfill their requirement. It’s essential to realize the importance of the tools before the start of the project to deliver quality output with excellence.


Author


Siya Carla is the Solution Consultant at Finoit Technologies, a leading custom software development company which provides unique web design and mobile app development services. By creating interactive mobile apps for 450+ customers across the globe, Finoit enjoys a great reputation as a prominent mobile app development company.