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copied!<ul> <li><strong>Versioning.</strong> <em>Subversion</em> is the popular choice. If you can afford it, <em>Team Foundation Server</em> offers some benefits. If you want to be super-modern, consider a distributed versioning system, such as <em>git</em>, <em>bazaar</em> or <em>Mercurial</em>. Whatever you do, don't use SourceSafe or other lock-based tools, but rather merge-baseed ones. Consider installing both a Windows Explorer client (such as <em>TortoiseSVN</em>) as well as a Visual Studio add-in (such as <em>AnkhSVN</em> or <em>VisualSVN</em>).</li> <li><strong>Issue tracking.</strong> Given that Joel Spolsky is on this site's staff, <em>FogBugz</em> deserves a mention. <em>Trac</em>, <em>Mantis</em> and <em>BugZilla</em> are widespread open-source choices.</li> <li><strong>Continuous integration.</strong> <em>CruiseControl.NET</em> is a popular and open-source choice. There's also <em>Draco.NET</em>.</li> <li><strong>Unit testing.</strong> <em>NUnit</em> is the popular open-source choice. Does the job. Consider installing the <em>TestDriven.NET</em> Visual Studio add-in.</li> </ul> <p>That said, you want to look at the answers to <a href="https://stackoverflow.com/questions/2187/essential-programming-tools">Essential Programming Tools</a> and <a href="https://stackoverflow.com/questions/23490/what-is-your-best-list-of-must-have-development-tools">What is your best list of ‘must have’ development tools?</a>; while not .NET-specific, they should apply anyway.</p>

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