This is a listing of Microsoft Visual Studio Add-ins and tools that you need to get your job done faster, more efficiently, and with much higher quality than you thought possible. Think of these tools as the different components that make up a swiss army knife. These products are designed to be used in conjunction with Microsoft Visual Studio. Since there are so many versions of Visual Studio (6, 2002, 2003, 2005, etc), some of these may not be compatible with the flavor you are running. I have tried to find at least 3 tools for each area that I feel are best of breed, however in some cases their is really only one or two great tools. Make sure to submit the tools you love in the comments below!
Build Tools
Refactoring
Profiler / Visualizer
Code Search
UML Modeling
Source Control
IntelliSense
Faster Coding / Templating
Testing
Documentation
Code Snippet Management
Working with Win32 API’s
Window Management
Web Services
Team Foundation Server
Deployment
Reflector
Resource Editors
Mathematics
Metrics / Code Coverage
All-In-One
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