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Development Components

Name Comments
SharpZipLib A Zip, GZip, Tar and BZip2 library written entirely in C# for the .NET platform.
Mentalis.org Security Library An add-on for the .NET framework. Its goal is to provide various security related tools to the C# and VB.NET developers.

Development Tools

Name Comments
Query Express A simple Query Analyzer look-alike written in C# and Visual Studio.NET.
Inno Setup Inno Setup is a free installer for Windows programs.
Sharp Develop A complete open source IDE for C# and VB.NET projects.
The Regulator Quite simply the best free regular expression development tool.
redgate Essential tools for SQL Server and .NET professionals. Excellent tools.

WEB Tools

Name Comments
Apache HTTP Server Open source HTTP server for Unix and Windows.
MySQL The MySQL database server is the world's most popular open source database.
PHP: Hypertext Preprocessor PHP is a widely-used general-purpose scripting language that is especially suited for Web development and can be embedded into HTML.
hMailServer Capable free email server for Microsoft Windows.
Smart FTP An excellent FTP client, free for personal use.

WEB Development - Reference

Name Comments
Web Design from Scratch Free web design course - basics, layout, free tutorials, case studies, how to guides and examples.

WEB Development - Examples

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Web Developer Tidbits: Help For Web Developers Good WEB bits and pieces. Specifically how to get IE to display PNG files properly.

Utilities

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Sync My Call Excellent utility to synchronize an Outlook calendar with Google calendar.

Articles

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Exception Handling Best Practices in .NET Excellent article on exception handling.
C# Concepts: Value vs Reference Types

Resources

Name Comments
GotDotNet Microsoft's .NET community site.
Code Project Thousands of C#/.NET articles and code samples. Excellent site
123aspx.com A large ASP.NET code library
Devdex.com
C# Corner
.netWire
C# Help
.NET 247