| Purpose | Tool Name |
|---|---|
| IDE | Visual Studio (Community Edition - FREE) |
| Visual Studio Code | |
| Source Control | Git (Git Bash) |
| Database | Microsoft SQL Server |
| API Testing | Postman |
| Profiling and Diagnostics | Prefview |
| Visual Studio Profiler | |
| DotTrace | |
| DotMemory | |
| Load and Stress Testing | Apache JMeter |
| ApacheBench (ab) | |
| Gatling | |
| jmeter-dotnet-dsl.net | |
| k6 | |
| Locust | |
| West Wind WebSurge | |
| Netling | |
| Vegeta | |
| NBomber |