"Hi Roy , Writing as a followup to your blog about our freeware developer tools in October - thanks for spreading the word about us! We've done almost 100 freeware developer downloads a day since then, btw, and are glad to think a lot of others are using our tools and components. We have since updated...

Jon Schwartz of " Morrison Schwartz " sent me an email saying he wished he knew about the (now closed) add-in competition , cause he's got a great add-in to put up there. Nevertheless, he sent me a link to his add-in, called " SharpTools ". It's totally free, and is extensible (you can write your own...

it's free 50$, it sounds wonderful, and its at a version 3.0(via Mike ) - so its mature enough. I should really give the WilsonORMapper a try. I wonder why COM+ transactions are not supported though. What's an OR mapper? its an Object-relational mapping utility - that allows you to create objects that...

Oh, i know there are some people looking exactly for something like this : Vertigo Software's Managed Smart Documents WrapperT simplifies Microsoft® Office Smart Document Development with a new, object-oriented, declarative programming model, supported with new project templates, samples, and documentation...

It's just a beta , and most of the documentation will only be available on the wiki in the coming future, but: -added: installer -added: generate C# or vb.net code from regex(via tools menu) -added: regex Analyzer. Describes in plain language the regular expression(via view menu) -added: Compile to Assembly...

CodeRush . What can I say? I may be a little less on the objective side, having used CodeSmart for the past several years, but any tool that claims they are the only tool to have a “code templates“ feature , either is lying or have no idea what is in the market. Hell, CodeSmart have had this...

I never felt comfortable with doing unit tests against live database, alas, I feel it is a necessary evil to contend with, because the feedback you get is much more helpful than using Mock objects for such a task, I mean, c'mon, you need to test that you actually got something into the database, right...

Ah. My home machine is back up meaning Feedable is live again and so is The Regulator site. For some odd reason, the only person in the world who can not access these sites is little ol' me from Norway. Ah well, as long as you all have you fun.. Also, here are some tips for your first week in Norway...

Scripter allows you to configure a linked Javascript or VBScript file. Select a script file and Scripter will tell you which files in your Web are currently linking to that script. You can then add and remove files very easily. [via Downloads[at]Microsoft feed]

AXTools has been on my “favorite tool makers” list for a couple of years now, if not more (disclaimer: I got a free copy of this product so that I can review it). When I did VB6 development, they came out with one of the best add-ins for VB that I've ever used (and I'm a tool freak) - CodeSmart...