with Nant, NUnit... take your pick.
I think part of the issue is that SO many of the tools are really bad, have poor/no documentation and it takes a while to learn them... only to realize the tool itself is flawed. A lot comes down to plain ole usability - complicated tools are hard to use, and won't get used much (a theme in "Don't Make me Think" by Krug)
Not a bad starting list - what are you guys using?
http://msdn.microsoft.com/msdnmag/issues/04/07/MustHaveTools/
Current tools I'm using daily/weekly/would die without:
Notepad ++
NAnt
NUnit
ClearContext (Outlook add-in, still under investigation)
Fiddler
IE Developer Toolbar
Reflector
Regulator
Google Bookmarks
FeedReader
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How about Google Notebook (http://www.google.com/notebook/), FireBug (http://www.getfirebug.com/), and Google Reader (www.google.com/reader) which I'm currently using to view this blog.
Firebug's a good one - I don't use it, but one of our developers does uses it a lot.
Haven't seen Google Notebook - looks neat. I tried Google Reader, but it didn't stick. Maybe time to try again.
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