Be Different…

If you are into XP practices and wonder what are some tools that can make your agility grow, here is a starter kit.

 
1) You need a tool to code – Eclipse or if you are a .NET dev, some version of VS
2) You need a good refactoring tool – Eclipse has a very decent refactoring tool. If is VS land try resharper.
3) If you are a command line person, you can customize anything you repeat. Programmers are lazy by choice. Automate any command you do often
4) You need to get NotePad ++ or some such intelligent editor
5) If you are into webservice development you  have to get Soap UI
6) You need a sql generator so that you can script out database. If using SQL server , try
7) Dont forget a code generator – Try mygeneration or codesmith
You need a code repository. Nothing beats subversion
9) You need a way to get to the code repository – Try tortoise SVN
10) You have to do continous integration – Use Cruise Control
11) You will need cctray ( This is a small notifier that notifies build status, get this from your Cruise control install
12) If you do TDD – you need Junit or NUNIt
13) If you want to acceptance test – Try fitnesse
14) For Load test  – try JMeter
15) A tool to view database – Try webyog for MySQL or in the Microsoft world, SQL management studio works well
16) A place to store requirements – Run to walmart and get some index cards

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