MashupJS Dev Tools

http://robertdunaway.github.io

http://mashupjs.github.io
The Mashup is a learning tool that also serves as a bootstrap project for line-of-business applications.
Please commend tools/tips…

Tools

Tools used in the development workflow of the MahsupJS.

Update Versions
Periodically check for the latest version of dev tools and libraries.

Dev Tools

Visual Studio .NET 2013

Check for latest update - update 4

Web Essentials

http://vswebessentials.com

Latest update for VS.NET Update 4

dropbox

Productivity Power Tools

Microsoft’s link

dropbox

Resharper

https://www.jetbrains.com/resharper/

dropbox

Version 9.0 update 1

TortoiseSVN

Is the subversion client. I’m using subversion to access GitHub.

http://tortoisesvn.net/

Version 1.8.10.26129-x64-svn-1.8.11

dropbox

VisualSVN

Visual Studio integration with TortoiseSVN.

https://www.visualsvn.com/

Version ‘4.0.11’

dropbox

NodeJS

http://nodejs.org/

npm cache clean -f 

npm install -g n 

n stable

Updating NodeJS

• http://davidwalsh.name/upgrade-nodejs
  
• http://theholmesoffice.com/node-js-fundamentals-how-to-upgrade-the-node-js-version/

Utilities

LPE.exe (Long Path Eraser)

Removes long file/dir names node_modules creates a lot of directories and exceeds windows ability to deal with them.

I cannot find the original source or author on this. I’d like to find another utility that works as well but with a more well known source.

http://long-path-eraser-free.en.softonic.com/
 
http://www.softpedia.com/get/System/System-Miscellaneous/Long-Path-Eraser-Free.shtml

dropbox

Dropbox

Using Dropbox to bundle development tools for the team.

dropbox - Client Install

Libraries

Grunt

Task manager

http://gruntjs.com/getting-started
 
http://gruntjs.com/installing-grunt

Upgrading Grunt

Before switching to the latest version of Grunt, be sure to uninstall the old one if you installed it globally. Then reinstall grunt with the command above.

npm uninstall -g grunt


npm install -g grunt-cli

Gulp

Task manager
https://www.npmjs.com/package/gulp

Install
https://www.npmjs.com/package/gulp-install

npm install --save gulp-install

npm_modules

Go through each npm_modules and look for updated releases.

Libraries
Angular
Angular-UI
Bootstrap
Font-Awesome
jQuery
jQWidgest or Kendo ?
lodash
modernizr 2.6.2 ( doesn’t change much )
ocLazyLoad.js ( not sure how long this will last. new angular router should replace )
ydn ( this should go away at some point. needs refactored out )

NuGet

Keep NuGet updated.

Check all NuGet packages for updates.

Databases

These might not be tools you need but if you plan to leverage SQL Server files in ASP.NET for development purposes then you’ll need these.

SQLExpress2014

Enable the use of the SQL Server file within a WebApi
http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=42299

SQLManagementStudio

Visual management tools for SQL Server
http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=35579

IndexedDb

No installation required
https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/IndexedDB_API

DevOps

Team City

This isn’t integrated yet but I’m looking for a build system to adopt.
https://www.jetbrains.com/teamcity/

Chef

https://www.chef.io/solutions/devops/