Tools

On this page I will share with you all a list of my favorite tools / utilities along with a link to download it (mostly Open Source products).

1. Notepad ++ : http://notepad-plus-plus.org/download/
Awesome  Open Source tool for programmers. I use it mostly to debug SQL code:

 Select the language of code you are working on for easy formatting:

2. Greenshot : http://getgreenshot.org/downloads/
Great Open Source tool for taking screen shots and editing before sending or sharing

3. 7zip : http://www.7-zip.org/download.html
Forget about WipZip, use Open Source 7zip. Great tool for zipping and unzipping files. Fully compatible with .zip file extensions

4. Tortoise SVN : http://tortoisesvn.net/
Nice Open Source tool for version control of code

5. FileZilla :  https://filezilla-project.org/ 
My favourite FTP client software (Open Source)

You can also use WinSCP for this : http://winscp.net/eng/index.php

6. CamStudio : http://camstudio.org/
Its a free screen recording tool, for capturing any sessions you would like to refer back later

Using this tool for screen capture can potentially end up with very large AVI files making it difficult to share. The trick to that is to capture screen at "ok" quality setting of around 15, and only one frame per second as below (this is a great setting for screen capture with mouse movements / presentations although not so much for video capture)



7. VNC Viewer : https://www.realvnc.com/
Remote access for your desktop. They have a nice free license version

8. FreeConference Calls : https://www.freeconferencecall.com/
Awesome way to create audio conference calls

9. FaxZero.com : http://faxzero.com/
One of the best way to send a free fax to anyone (upto 3 pages only). I personally use maxemail.com (which is a paid service)

10. SQL Developer : http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/developer-tools/sql-developer/downloads/index.html
Free database client software. A bacis DB client software. If your company provides, go for PL SQL Developer or Toad instead.

11. Microsoft One Note : http://www.onenote.com/
Surprisingly a free tool from microsoft, which is very powerful in keeping you organized. I use it for most office note, meeting minutes, status tracking, ToDo lists, pretty much everything.

12. AVG Anit Virus software : http://free.avg.com/us-en/homepage
Its amazing, how AVG has been able to provide free anti virus software for so many years. Hats off to AVG.

13. Malwarebytes : https://www.malwarebytes.org/
Free tool to protect you from malware.

14. VLC Player : http://vlc-media-player.en.softonic.com/
Great tool to open any media file (video)

15. VM Player : https://my.vmware.com/web/vmware/free#desktop_end_user_computing/vmware_player/6_0
Free tool to open and run any Virtual Appliance (Virtual Machine with installed OS).  You can also use VirtualBox for Oracle specific appliances.

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