Windows C++ Development Tools (5 Years)

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I’ve been doing C++ development on Windows for 5 years. As I’m about to switch to Android development, I’m organizing the tools I’ve used. Star indicates the tool is frequently used.

  • Tools

    Star Tools Comment
    * Visual Studio 2008 (SP1) + Windows SDK 7.1 + MSDN + 2013
    * Windbg  
    * VMWare 10
    * DbgView in Sysinternals Toolset
    * Xmind  
    * TotalCommander  
    * Beyond Compare  
    * Everything  
      VisualKD  
      Google Chrome  
      StarUML  
      Python27  
      WingIDE  
      FeiQ  
      Notepad++  
    * RapidEE Rapid Environment Variable Editor
      FlashFXP ftp tools
      SQLyogEnt mysql tools
      Dependency Walker  
      emacs  
      gvim  
      VisualBox  
      Axure  
    * 360zip  
      7z  
      Git  
      mysql  
    * NSIS  
      Qt Creator Qt Library + Qt Visual Studio Plugin
    * Office  
    * ViEmu Visual Studio Vim Plugin (for VS2008)
    * VsVim Visual Studio Vim Plugin (for VS2013)
      UltraISO  
      TortoiseSVN svn client
      VisualSVN svn server
      SogouPinyinInput IME
    * Visual Assist X Visual Studio Plugin
      Balsamiq Mockups mockup
      c32asm  
      devicetree  
      Fast Stone Capture screen capture tool
      GoAgent  
      IceSword  
      XueTr (PCHunter)  
      LordPE  
      OllyDbg (OllyICE)  
      reshack  
      SYSTEMRUN  
      todolist  
      winapioverride  
      wmiexplorer  
      Application Verifier  
      AStyle  
      cpplint.py  
      FileTest  
      hidewizard  
    * IDA pro  
      mongoose  
      PE Explorer  
      PEiD  
      psiphon  
    * SQLiteExpert  
      SuperRecovery  
      Svchost Viewer  
      UsbSteal  
      Windows Service View  
      HttpDebuggerPro  
      ApateDNS  
      INetSim  
      Netcat  
    * ProcessExplorer  
    * ProcessMonitor  
      RegShot  
      WireShark  
      UPX  
      ExeScope  
      PEBrowseProfessional  
      PEView  
      ResourceEx  
      ResourceHacker  
      StudyPE  
      GetWinPassword  
      md5deep  
      NatureMouse  
    * Systernals  
    * UltraEdit binary edit
      WinHex  
      WinMD5  
      YuJian  
    * Metasploit  
      Kali Linux (Back Track)  

  • C++ Libraries

    Star Library Name Comment
    * boost  
    * Poco C++ Library  
    * libjson  
    * RCF Remote Call Framework
    * TinyXML (ticpp)  
    * protobuf  
    * google mock include google test
    * Qt 4.8.x + 5.3
      apache log4cxx  
      openssl  
      winpcap  
      lzma sdk 7z
      deelx  
      libpng  
      zlib  
      zint QR Code
      WTL  
      libtomcrypt  
      mysql++