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Open Source Tools for .NET Developers

Ben Carey and I will be speaking at the .NET Developers Group in Central Ohio this Thursday (9/23) on Open Source Tools for .NET Developers.

In the discussion, we'll go over several of the popular tools that assist in the development process:

  • Nant - the infamous build tool.
  • Nunit - test first, dawg.
  • CruiseControl.NET - makes all the other tools smile.
  • Nmock - because unit testing your web service is your job, not mine.
  • Ndoc - comparing JavaDoc and MSDN output should tell you something.

Ben's really good with a lot of these tools. He's got a lot of background in XP and TDD. I've been digging into Nant for the past couple months on my current project. I've learned a ton from Ben in just discussing some of the high-level concepts preparing for this presentation. Good stuff.

Print | posted on Wednesday, September 22, 2004 12:31 AM

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# re: Open Source Tools for .NET Developers

left by Jonathan de Halleux at 9/22/2004 2:05 AM Gravatar
Waht about MSBuild ? It's far better for compiling .Net solutions...

# re: Open Source Tools for .NET Developers

left by Drew Robbins at 9/22/2004 1:37 PM Gravatar
Last time I checked, MSBuild wasn't an Open Source tool. :) The idea of this presentation was to show some of the great work that the community has done in building tools around the .NET framework.

Our user group has been switching back and forth between presentations about Whidbey and presentations about currently available technologies.

# re: Open Source Tools for .NET Developers

left by Justin Long at 9/22/2004 5:25 PM Gravatar
Sounds like a quick overview of this book:

http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0321228103/ref=ase_samgentile/002-8854220-3341667?v=glance&s=books

This is a really good book for anyone interested in this topic.

# re: Open Source Tools for .NET Developers

left by Drew Robbins at 9/22/2004 9:22 PM Gravatar
Yep. In fact, we are referring people to that book to get more information on the tools. Pearson sent me two copies to give away.

# re: Open Source Tools for .NET Developers

left by Sean McCormack at 9/24/2004 9:27 AM Gravatar
Looks like I'm a little late for your presentation, but I was hoping you could look at a unit testing framework that I just released under open-source. It enhances existing NUnit tests w/ performance metrics, result graphing, perfmon integration, etc. Also has additional attribute capabilities.

I'd greatly appreciate any feedback! http://www.adapdev.com/zanebug/
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