My SharePoint developer toolkit

Every SharePoint developer should invest some time in building up his own toolkit to make the development experience a more fluid and efficient one. This is a preliminary list of SharePoint tools aimed at SharePoint developers. I will update this list quite regularly to keep it up to date with new releases. If you think there is something missing  in this toolkit - just leave a comment.

Build and Packaging Tools

• STSDEV
• AppPool Recycle Utility
• Solution Installer
• WSPBuilder
• AC's Project Utility
• Visual Studio Extensions for WSS (VSEWSS) 1.1 and VSEWSS 1.2 and VSEWSS 1.3 CTP Feb 2009

CAML/Search Tools

• U2U Query Builder
• YACQT
• Search Service Tool
• SharePoint Search Coder
• CAML.NET
• LINQ to SharePoint
• Search Community Toolkit
• CAML.NET Intellisense for SharePoint 

Visual Studio Optimisations

• AC's CodeRush Tools
• SPDevMod
• Imtech Fields Explorer for Visual Studio 2008

Content/Config Replication

• Content Deploy Wizard
• CMP Package Explorer
• Cross Site Configurator
• SPS Tips Utility Pack

SharePoint Extensions

• SP Features
• Smart Tools
• SP Config Store
• Enhanced CQWP

Testing Tools

• Test Data Population
• Imtech Test Content

Inspection Tools

• SharePoint Manager
• SharePoint Inspector
• SP Explorer Client (IE)

Governance/Manageabilty

• SP Governance Tools
• Reporting Framework
• MS Asset Inventory
• MS Monitoring Kit: Only usefull if you are also using System Center Operations Manager (SCOM)
• SP Admin Toolkit v3 (incl SPDiagnostics)

STSADM and Powershell Tools

• AC’s STSADM
• Imtech STSADM
• Gary LP’s STSADM
• STSADM Win
• SP Powershell Extensions

Planning/Design Tools

• MS Capacity Planning
• Visio Shapes

Other tools

• SP Logging Spy
• SPTraceView
• SharePoint Toolbox
• SharePoint SUSHI
• TraceInfo WebPart

.NET Essentials

• Fiddler
• Reflector
• Sysinternals
• IE Developer Toolbar

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