Microsoft Visual Studio Express
Here is a set of tools from Microsoft for single type development, there is a Windows Desktop One a web one and others, if you want the power of Visual Studio but can't afford it (no Surprise there) then this might be a good starting point.
CutePDF
Now we all know the best format for completed documentation is PDF but hey Adobe PDF writing is like 2 arms a legs and the left nipple to buy, so it didn't take long for other to write PDF writers, this one is my favorite it work very well and doesn't even cost a arm hair. works well from just about any application that has the option to print from, basically like all the others it creates a document to PDF printer driver so instead of the document coming out on paper it comes out as a PDF magic huh
Winmerge
Need to compare two files or need to merge two files then you need Winmerge merges all know files dead, oopps got in advert mode there. but seriously (no not the album by Phil Collins) this is a great little tool can be used also anywhere from the file system, from within Dreamweaver or WinCVS. oh and its open source too.
Opera
Figaro figaro figaro oopps sorry not that sort of Opera but in fact yet another web browser and yes once again its open source with loads of widgets once again good for testing not really a lot more to say except Thunder bolt and lightning very very frightening Me Galileo.
Net Tools
A set of network Diagnostic, security and monitoring tool over 150 different tools in one package, from port checkers to time sync and IP Calculator if your dealing with any kind of network Security or monitoring you want this set of tools, all runs in a single window so easy to keep open while you do other thing without taking up all the room on your taskbar.
First Page 2006
This is more than just an application the whole web site is dedicated to web master / designer. The application itself is a good basic WYSIWYG HTML editor but it also comes with loads of JavaScript ready to run so taking a leave out of the book of my friends over at lazy view why reinvent the wheel, someone done all the hard work all I have to do is copy and paste it. the web site also has a lot of online tools worth looking at.
The Sea Monkey
Remember Netscape ? well when I installed Sea Monkey suite. It was a bast from the past, Netscape renamed with all the old tools, again really just another browser but still worth checking your pages with.
Acrobat Reader
well you need to be able to read all those PDF you create, Still the best reader for its money
Developer's Tips & Tricks - Standard version
Great little tool, if you use may different program languages and scripting languages you end up collecting lots of different tips you really want to keep, this is a great little tool for keeping them indexed
There are many great tools out there I haven't even started on Online Resources that I use or browser extensions. I will talk about these in the future and I am sure I will have more tools and Applications to tell you about, I normally look at one or two most days
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