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Tools for your SharePoint 2013 development toolbox
Introduction Some of my students, clients and community peers have asked about my favorite tools for working with SharePoint. So with that in mind, I quickly noted down some of my favorite tools that every developer should have in their toolbox. I’ve written posts about this before but as times and technology moves forward, new tools and techniques are evolving. I may post about the tools I recommend for IT-Pros at some point, but right now let’s stay on track with the dev-focus.
CAML Designer 2013
Download: https://spcb.codeplex.com/
smtp4dev
Download: http://smtp4dev.codeplex.com
SharePoint Manager 2013
Download: http://spm.codeplex.com
ULS Viewer
Windows version download: http://archive.msdn.microsoft.com/ULSViewer
CKS Dev
Download: http://visualstudiogallery.msdn.microsoft.com/cf1225b4-aa83-4282-b4c6-34feec8fc5ec
Color Palette Tool for Branding
Download: http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=38182
Debugger Canvas
Download: http://visualstudiogallery.msdn.microsoft.com/4a979842-b9aa-4adf-bfef-83bd428a0acb
SharePoint 2013 Search Tool
Download: http://sp2013searchtool.codeplex.com/
Fiddler. Always use Fiddler!
Download: http://fiddler2.com/get-fiddler
SPCAF – SharePoint Code Analysis Framework
Download: http://www.spcaf.com
.NET Reflector from Red Gate
Download: http://www.red-gate.com/products/dotnet-development/reflector/
F12 Debugging experience in your browser
PowerShell Tools for Visual Studio
Download: http://visualstudiogallery.msdn.microsoft.com/c9eb3ba8-0c59-4944-9a62-6eee37294597
SPFastDeploy
Download: http://visualstudiogallery.msdn.microsoft.com/9e03d0f5-f931-4125-a5d1-7c1529554fbd
Advanced REST Client plugin for Google Chrome
Postman – REST Client plugin for Google Chrome
Download: https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/postman-rest-client/fdmmgilgnpjigdojojpjoooidkmcomcm
SharePoint 2013 Client Browser