Comments on Web 2.0 ASP.NET: Top ASP.NET Developments Tools

2009-06-05T19:29:05.100+09:00

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Some hosting companies have isapi_rewrite as part ...

2009-02-03T01:19:00.000+09:00

Some hosting companies have isapi_rewrite as part of their hosting tools, this is probably the best solution of all as the rewrites are done entirely outside of the asp.net pipeline. I have used this extensively and would thoroughly recommend it.

I use firebug too, but I agree with David, you hav...

2009-02-03T00:41:00.000+09:00

I use firebug too, but I agree with David, you have to test your application with IE.

David, do you know other tools to rewrite urls ? Or a better way to get the rewriterules instances ?

Thanks for the comments.
I wouldn't agree on th...

2009-02-02T16:37:00.000+09:00

Thanks for the comments.
I wouldn't agree on the better part as each tool has it's strengths, but of course there are many great non microsoft tools out there.

If you are developing web applications then you would be very remiss not to do testing on IE (it still has about a 26% share for usage). I also use firefox (and firebug), opera and safari for this purpose.

I don't know why top ASP.NET development tools sho...

2009-02-02T15:48:00.000+09:00

I don't know why top ASP.NET development tools should be IE related.

I use C# Developer for my C# coding, Dreamweaver WYSIWYG, firefox + firebug + webdeveloper.

And if i keep this at a minimal standards level ... it works on ie too ...

And for http debugging ... there is nothing in the world like java tool Charles from XK72

So ... if you managed to head pass "indispensable" visual studio autocompletion and mind block that vs+asp.net goes only with ie ... you can discover an entire NEW, PROBABLY BETTER world out there.

Thank you for this post.
Here are some comment...

2009-02-02T12:40:00.000+09:00

Thank you for this post.
Here are some comments :
UrlRewriting.net : I use it but I see two bad points :
- first the rewrite rules aren't public, you can only get them by reflexion.
- loading rules via reflexion is slow so you may want to load them once the application start and store them in a application variable. Unfortunately you have to get a collection of HttpModule to get these rules. You can get it this way :
HttpModuleCollection modules = HttpContext.Current.ApplicationInstance.Modules;

but HttpContext.Current.ApplicationInstance is null inside Application_Start() (global.asax).

I use this urlrewriter though because I didn't found a better one...

Telerik Rad Controls : is there an equivalent free library ?

I think that Fiddler 2 and Internet Explorer Developer Toolbar can be replaced by the new debugging tools of IE 8.

Regex Workbench : I use the regulator, which contains some bugs but is also very good...