Here’s something that all you, my fellow C# developers, will find useful. Yesterday a company called Browserling announced that they’re launching a network of online developer tools.

If you haven’t heard about Browserling then you should check them out. They’re a friendly and fun cross-browser testing service and they’ve created and open-sourced over a hundred projects, including browserify for node.js.

Online developer tools network is a collection of websites where each website focuses on a single category of developer tools. Right now there are four websites in the network and they’re releasing 30 more websites over the next couple of years.

• Online String Tools – A collection of online string utilities
• Online JSON Tools – A collection of online JSON utilities
• Online XML Tools – A collection of online XML utilities
• Online CSV Tools – A collection of online CSV utilities

All websites in the network are ad-free. The reason why Browserling built this network is because their developers got fed up with other online services that offer similar tools. They were often filled with ads, popunders, blinking buttons and other crap. Browserling’s developers had had enough of this and they decided to create their own utilities that just work in your browser and do the right thing.

Let’s take a look at each site in more details.

Online String Tools

String Tools for Developers

Online String Tools has hundreds of tiny string utilities for converting strings, generating strings, encoding/decoding strings, filtering and replacing strings and more. All string utilities work right in your browser. There is no server-side processing going on and everything is super fast.

Online JSON Tools

JSON Tools for Developers

Online JSON Tools has two dozen utilities for working with JSON config files and JSON documents. Just like string tools, JSON tools work in your browser and are powered by modern JavaScript code, which makes them very fast. You can convert JSON to various data formats, encode and decode JSON, and compress, validate and prettify JSON.

Online XML Tools

XML Tools for Developers

Similar to string and JSON tools, this website offers two dozen utilities for working with XML configuration files and XML documents. All tools on this website also work inside your browser and nothing gets sent to the server. You can pretty much do all XML tasks with these tools. For example, you can compress XML, prettify XML and validate XML documents, and you can also convert XML to other data formats, such as YAML, TSV, CSV, JSON and Base64.

Online CSV Tools

CSV Tools for Developers

Online CSV Tools offers over two dozen different utilities for working with CSV data files. All CSV data processing happens in the browser and it’s super fast. You can convert CSV to a bunch of other data formats, like JSON and YAML, then you can work with CSV columns and rows. You can insert rows, swap columns, as well as change CSV delimiter and change quoting of CSV fields.

What’s next?

Browserling loves marathons. They will be adding 30 more websites to their network over the next 5 years. Here are some of the other sites they will be launching:

• Online BROWSER Tools – A collection of browser/web developer tools
• Online YAML Tools – A collection of Yet Another Markup Language tools
• Online TSV Tools – A collection of Tab Separated Values tools
• Online IMAGE Tools – A collection of image editing tools
• Online AUDIO Tools – A collection of audio editing tools
• Online PDF Tools – A collection of PDF editing tools
• Online CRYPTO Tools – A collection of cryptography tools
• Online RANDOM Tools – A collection of randomization tools
• Online FILE Tools – A collection of file editing tools
• Online TIME Tools – A collection of various time and date tools
• Online LIST Tools – A collection of tools for working with data lists
• Online CSS Tools – A collection of CSS tools
• Online JS Tools – A collection of JavaScript tools
• … and more websites!

If you found these tools useful, please follow Browserling on Twitter and follow Browserling on Facebook.

SN.exe is a Strong Name tool that can sign assemblies, manage strong name keys, and generate and verify signatures.  You will typically find it here:

C:Program Files (x86)Microsoft Visual Studio 8SDKv2.0Bin

If you cannot find it there, check “C:Program Files” on 32-bit systems.  Also check the folders corresponding to other versions of Microsoft Visual Studio, such as “Microsoft Visual Studio 9.0” etc.  If you still cannot find it, run a search on your C: drive. 

If SN.exe is not installed on your hard drive, you can download it here:

.NET Framework 2.0 Software Development Kit (SDK)
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According to Microsoft, since .NET Framework versions 3.0 and 3.5 are built incrementally on the .NET Framework version 2.0, many of the tools included in the .NET Framework 2.0 SDK are the latest versions available.  But just in case, you can download the newest version of .NET:

.NET Framework 4 redistributable package

DeveloperFusion offers a free .NET code converter.  Simply paste your C# or VB.NET code into this web-based tool, then select your target language: C#, VB.NET, Python or Ruby.  Supports syntax up to .NET 3.5.

Code Converter

NP .NET Profiler Tool is designed to assist in troubleshooting issues such as slow performance, memory related issues, and first chance exceptions in any .NET process.  The tool has the following features:

• XCopy deployable: no install or reboot required
• Supports all types of .NET applications
• Generates true callstacks for exceptions, memory allocations, and function calls
• Can monitor a specific namespace to reduce overhead and generate a smaller output file
• Memory profiler reports total number of objects allocated per function
• Custom reports using SQL-like queries
• Wizard-based UI
• Supports all versions of .NET (1.0 , 1.1, 2.0 and 3.5)
• Supports all platforms (x86, x64 and IA64)
• Supports all OSes (Windows XP, Windows 2003, Windows 2008 and Vista)
• Support virtual machines

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Following are some simple but useful FREE tools for software developers. Each tool is freely distributable and includes the original C# source code so you can modify the tool to your needs. These tools are not supported. Enjoy!

Color Gadget

Select a .NET KnownColor or other color, copy RGB and hex values to the clipboard.

Free Download

Guid Generator

Generate a new globally-unique ID and copy it to the clipboard.

Free Download

Hex Converter

Quickly convert between hex and decimal numbers.

Free Download

Shortcut Replace

Search/replace the path and working directory in a collection of shortcut (.lnk) files.

Free Download

Visual Studio Toolbox Installer

Console program that installs/removes tabs and custom controls and components in the Visual Studio .NET Toolbox.

Free Download

Window Watcher

Shows the form and client bounds of the active window.

Free Download

Microsoft has released Visual Studio 2008 and .NET Framework v3.5. These upgrades enable .NET software developers to rapidly create more secure, manageable, and reliable applications and take advantage of new features found in Windows Vista and Microsoft Office 2007.

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