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Freeware developer and editor tools for programming, developing, coding, database management and SEO.

» Freeware Files » Developer Tools » Coding Utilities:

Crimson EditorOS:All
Crimson Editor is a professional source code editor for Windows and can serve as a good replacement for Notepad, but also offers many powerful features for programming languages such as HTML, C/C++, Perl and Java.

Notepad++ 1OS:All
Notepad++ is a free source code editor and Notepad replacement that supports several languages. It features extra functionality like syntax highlighting and multi-view feature, which allows the user to edit the different documents at the same time.

» Freeware Files » Developer Tools » Color Pickers:

RGB Color Box 1OS:All
RGB Color Box find color codes and generates BODY-tags for your HTML-documents.

» Freeware Files » Developer Tools » Components & Libraries:

.NET Framework - Old versionsOS:98/ME/2000 SP3/2003/2008/XP/Vista/7
Required for running applications created with .NET.

Java RuntimeOS:2000/2003/2008/XP/Vista/7
Required for applications & webpages created in Java.

Microsoft Java VMOS:9x/NT4/ME/2000/XP
Required for Java Applications (created with programing language Java).

VB6 Run-Time FilesOS:9x/NT/ME/2000/2003/XP
Run-time Files required for applications created with Visual Basic 6.

» Freeware Files » Developer Tools » Content Management:

Joomla! 1OS:All
Joomla is an open source content management system for building professional Web sites. It can deliver a robust enterprise-level Web site, empowered by endless extensibility for your bespoke publishing needs.

» Freeware Files » Developer Tools » Database Management:

Microsoft SQL Server 2008 ExpressOS:2003 SP1/2008/XP SP2/Vista SP1/7 + .NET 3.5
Microsoft SQL Server 2008 Express is a free edition of SQL Server that is ideal for learning, developing and powering desktop, web and small server applications, and for redistribution by ISVs.

» Freeware Files » Developer Tools » Embedded Database:

Advantage Data Architect - Advantage Developer Zone (Extra downloads, help etc.)OS:All
Advantage Data Architect assists in designing, creating and maintaining the database layer of a developer's applications. This also includes Advantage Local Server, which allows for royalty-free distribution for shared and local environments.

Microsoft SQL Server CompactOS:2003 SP2/2008/XP SP2/Vista SP1/7 + .NET 3.5
SQL Server Compact is a free, easy-to-use embedded database engine that lets developers build robust Windows Desktop and mobile applications that run on all Windows platforms including Windows XP, Vista, Pocket PC, and Smartphone.

» Freeware Files » Developer Tools » Extensions & Add-Ins:

ASP.NET AJAXOS:2000/2003/2008/XP/Vista + .NET 2
ASP.NET AJAX is a set of technologies to add AJAX (Asynchronous JavaScript And XML) support to ASP.NET. It consists of a client-side script framework, and server controls. Used to quickly creating efficient and interactive web pages on the client side.

SetACLOS:Windows 2000 & Later
SetACL is a set of routines for managing Windows permissions (ACLs) from the command line, from scripts and from programs.

vbAdvance 3.1 1OS:98/2000/XP/Vista/7
vbAdvance is a Visual Basic Add-In that gives you access to advanced build features and many IDE convenience features.

Visual Basic 6.0 Code AdvisorOS:98/NT/ME/2000/XP/Vista
If you are programming in Visual Basic 6.0 and planning to move to Visual Basic .NET, then the Visual Basic 6.0 Code Advisor is for you. It scans your VB 6 projects to ensure they meet predetermined coding standards, and can also suggest changes.

» Freeware Files » Developer Tools » Help & E-book Creators:

HTML Help WorkshopOS:All
HTML Help Workshop is a help authoring application designed to provide a simple system for creating and managing help projects and their related files. Can easily be embedded into applications, using custom API function to interact with the content.

» Freeware Files » Developer Tools » HTML Editors:

Alleycode HTML Editor 1OS:9x/NT4/ME/2000/XP
Fast, sleek and highly productive award winning HTML editor with unique features. Beyond HTML, Alleycode's wizardry focuses on PHP and CSS interaction for professional and easy management of your projects.

Arachnophilia 1OS:All + Java
Arachnophilia is a full featured HTML editor with an internal browser "Instant View" mode shows your HTML changes as you make them with each keystroke. Arachnophilia offers development of HTML, frames, CGI, Perl, C++, Java and Javascript.

HAPedit 1OS:All
HAPedit is an acronym for Html Asp Php editor; a win32 text-mode editor useful for all developers of dynamic web pages. Its main features are: syntax highlighting, page preivew in browser, SQL console, FTP manager, Code Explorer and more.

HTML-Kit 1OS:All
HTML Kit is a full-featured free editor for HTML, XHTML, XML, CSS, JavaScript, PHP and other text files. Over 400 plugins are available for it, including HTML Tidy for creating standards -compliant web pages.

KompoZer 1OS:All
KompoZer is a complete web authoring system that combines web file management and easy-to-use WYSIWYG web page editing, designed to be extremely easy to use to create an attractive, professional-looking web site without needing to know HTML or web coding.

PSPad Editor 1OS:98/NT/ME/2000/2003/2008/XP/Vista/7
PSPad Editor is a programmers editor with support for multiple syntax highlighting profiles. It comes with a hex editor, CP conversion, text differences, templates, macros, spellcheck option, auto-completion, Code Explorer and much more.

» Freeware Files » Developer Tools » Programming Software:

Microsoft Visual Studio Express 1OS:2003 SP2/2008/XP SP2/Vista SP1/7 + .NET 3.5
Lightweight versions of the Microsoft Visual Studio product line, inluding Visual Basic, Visual Web Developer, Visual C#, Visual C++, SQL Server 2008 plus Microsoft Web Platform.

» Freeware Files » Developer Tools » SEO Tools:

Free Monitor for Google 1OS:98/2000/XP/Vista/7
Free Monitor for Google is a search engine position software. With it, you can find the position of your web site in Google searches for any keyword or phrase in 30+ languages.

Good Keywords 1OS:XP/Vista/7
Good Keywords finds the perfect set of keywords for your web pages. Good Keywords makes use of various tools provided by search engines like the Overture Search Suggestion Tool, Search Engines Like Yahoo, Google, MSN, Ask and other services like Alexa.

Keyword ExplorerOS:XP/Vista/7
Keyword Explorer provides a simple method of analyzing the keyword phrases you want to use in your web pages. It gives you a snapshot view of the how that keyword phrase is used by different web pages that are listed in Google.

KeywordPadOS:XP/Vista/7
Software for managing large keyword lists used in your Internet marketing campaigns. Includes: Remove duplicates, sort, clean keywords by removing words at start, end or in the middle in the phrase, common misspellings, konvert uppercase/lowercase etc.

PaRaMeter 1OS:98/2000/XP/Vista
PaRaMeter stands for "Page Rank Meter". It allows you to check the Google PageRank of multiple pages with one click. PaRaMeter can extract all URLs from a website and quickly check PageRank of each particular page.

» Freeware Files » Developer Tools » Server Tools:

MySQL Community ServerOS:All
The MySQL Database Server is the world´s most popular open source database. It delivers new enterprise features, including: ACID Transactions, stored procedures, triggers, views, information schema, distributed transactions (XA) and MySQL Events.

XAMPPOS:2000/2003/XP/Vista/7
XAMPP is an easy to install Apache distribution containing MySQL, PHP and Perl.

» Freeware Files » Developer Tools » Setup File Creators:

HM NIS Edit 1OS:All
HM NIS Edit is a Editor/IDE for Nullsoft Scriptable Install System (NSIS). Its Script Wizard will help you create standard NSIS Setup programs with only a few clicks.

Inno Setup 1OS:All
Feature-packed installation builder that includes a wizard interface, creation of a single EXE, support for disk spanning, full uninstall capabilities, customizable setup types, integrated file compression, installing shared files and OCX's and more.

ISToolOS:All
ISTool helps you create scripts for Jordan Russell's Inno Setup compiler.

Nullsoft Scriptable Install System (NSIS) - Unicode NSIS 1OS:All
NSIS (Nullsoft Scriptable Install System) is a professional open source system to create Windows installers. Many plug-ins and scripts are already available: you can create web installers, communicate with Windows and other software components and more.

NSIS currently supports only ANSI codepage languages. Unicode NSIS are a custom build of NSIS that will only work on Windows 2000 and later.

PackageFactory for U3OS:98/ME/2000/2003/2008/XP/Vista/7
Convert applications or EXE into a U3P Package File that can be installed onto any U3-compatible flash drive. PackageFactory for U3 works best for simple programs with few support files, but you may add as many supporting DLLs and other EXEs as you need.

» Freeware Files » Developer Tools » Source Code Tools:

API-Guide 1OS:All
API database with over 900 API functions, all documented, and explained with an example. Several functions also have a dotNET equivalent and dotNET example code. Recommended when developing in VB 6.

VB Project Analyzer (Demo)OS:98/NT/ME/2000/2003/2008/XP/Vista/7
Source code optimizer and documentor for Visual Basic. Detects unused "dead" code, builds graphical call trees, finds problems, calculates metrics.

This is a fully functional demo version with max 10 source files at a time.

» Freeware Files » Developer Tools » Updates:

Visual Studio Service PacksOS:All
Critical service packs and patches you need to keep your system up-to-date with the latest fixes and product enhancements.

» Freeware Files » Developer Tools » Web Development Software:

Ruby on Rails 1OS:All
Ruby on Rails, often shortened to Rails or RoR, is an open source web application framework for the Ruby programming language. It is intended to be used with an Agile development methodology which is used by web developers for rapid development.

Serif WebPlus SEOS:All
Web design software that enables you to create stunning websites for your home, school or business - no experience required! WebPlus offers a range of templates, smart objects and automatic navigation bars. There's no need to learn complicated HTML code.

» Freeware Files » Developer Tools » Web Site Tools:

Windows Live WriterOS:2008/XP SP2 (32-bit)/Vista/7 + .NET 2
Windows Live Writer is a desktop application that makes it easier to compose compelling blog posts using Windows Live Spaces or your current blog service. It includes a WYSIWYG blog editor as well as tools for publishing photos and maps.

» Freeware Files » Developer Tools » Website Authoring:

WordPressOS:All +
WordPress is a state-of-the-art publishing platform with a focus on aesthetics, web standards, and usability. WordPress is both free and priceless at the same time. More simply, WordPress is what you use when you want to work with your blogging software.

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