Development Tools

For programmers, a good tools lead to good performance. If it is free,it is very good. All tools are listed below. If any of you has any idea, please suggest.


1. SharpDevelop (Support VB.NET)
The Open Source Development Environment for .NET.

#develop (short for SharpDevelop) is a free IDE for C#, VB.NET and Boo projects on Microsoft's .NET platform. It is open-source, and you can download both sourcecode and executables from this site icsharpcode.net.

2. Microsoft SQL Server 2005 Express Edition
SQL Server Express is a powerful and reliable data management product that delivers rich features, data protection, and performance for embedded application clients, light Web applications, and local data stores. Click Here

3. Microsoft SQL Server 2000 Desktop Engine (MSDE 2000)
* MSDE 2000 is FREE to distribute with your applications if you own a MSDE Universal Subscription.
* Clients can access the MSDE for FREE without requiring a licence.
* Databases created with MSDE are 100 percent compatible with Microsoft SQL Server 2000.
* Microsoft are allowing companies to freely distribute the MSDE 2000 with the objective that you will purchase the Microsoft SQL 2000, because the latter version provides a Windows interface for administration (i.e. Microsoft Enterprise Manager). However why purchase the Microsoft Tools when other options are available?
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4. DbaMgr2k (graphical interface for MSDE 2000)
DbaMgr provides a graphical management interface for MS MSDE 2000 installations. It allows you to manage and administer your server, databases and database objects from a Windows interface similar to the one Enterprise Manager provides, rather than via the standard oSql.exe command line utility. In addition to traditional Sql Server objects management and permissions, DbaMgr adds a visual interface, a query interface, and a visual interface for BCP operation as well as SQL Agent management, providing Alerts, Operators and Jobs management features..
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