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asp.netPRO Readers Choice Awards 2007
By David Riggs
From American Idol
to Dancing with the Stars, everyone
seems to have a results show on television these days. Oh, the drama. Making
us wait a day after the performances to find out who stays and who goes home. Sitting through playbacks of the best and worst performances.
Commercial breaks just when you think you ll find out who s in and who s out.
Snippy comments from the judges and contestants, alike. I guess it makes for
good ratings.
But this isn t television. So, without the drama, and
without having to endure any singing or dancing, this is our version of the asp.netPRO
Readers Choice Awards results show. Hopefully you exercised your right to
vote in our annual Readers Choice Awards balloting. You are, after all, our distinguished panel of judges. It
was your chance to vote for the products and services that make your ASP.NET
development easier, more efficient, and more profitable maybe even more fun. There
are many exceptionally talented people in this industry; this was your opportunity
to show them your appreciation and recognition for a job well done.
There were repeat winners, new winners, and a couple of
dominant companies. And we expanded our results table by adding an honorable
mention column to provide more depth and insight into the spectrum of winners.
So, without the fanfare, without the commercial breaks,
without the drama ... we present the results of the 2007 asp.netPRO Readers
Choice Awards.
Product of the Year
With a variety of products and services from which to
choose, it takes quite a following to take top honors in this category.
Emerging as your favorite from all the contestants on this year s asp.netPRO Readers Choice Awards ballot
is AbleCommerce Asp.Net Shopping Cart. Runner-up honors go to DXperience
ASP.NET, and DiscountASP.NET receives honorable mention.
Congratulations and Thanks
I d like to thank all the third-party vendors who create
the products and services included in our survey. The products they create and
the risks they take to bring them to market are what these awards are all
about. Their efforts make our ASP.NET development efforts more efficient, more
productive, and, hopefully, more profitable. Congratulations to every company
on the ballot; there would be no ASP.NET community without their efforts.
And I d be remiss if I didn t extend my thanks to all of
you in the ASP.NET community who took time to vote. The asp.netPRO Readers Choice Awards really do belong to you. By
selecting the winners, you have recognized those who have excelled at their
craft and issued a challenge to all the others.
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Category
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Winner
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Runner-Up
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Honorable Mention
|
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Add-in
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CodeRush for
Visual Studio .NET (Developer Express)
|
ReSharper
(JetBrains)
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CodeObject -
Visual Studio .NET (Madinina Software)
|
|
Charting & Graphics Tool
|
XtraCharts
(Developer Express)
|
Dundas Chart for .NET (Dundas Software)
|
telerik radChart
(telerik)
|
|
Chat Application
|
JaxterChat ASP.NET
Chat Control (Web Furbish)
|
Cute Chat
(CuteSoft)
|
Absolute Live
Support .NET (Xigla Software)
|
|
Code Editor
|
TextPad
(Helios Software Solutions)
|
UltraEdit (IDM
Computer Solutions, Inc.)
|
ASP Express (ASP
Express)
|
|
Communications Tool
|
IP*Works! (/n
software)
|
PowerTCP for .NET
(Dart Communications)
|
SocketTools .NET
(Catalyst Development Corp.)
|
|
Community Resource
|
The Code Project
(CodeProject)
|
4GuysFromRolla.com
(4GuysFromRolla.com)
|
Microsoft's
ASP.NET Site (Microsoft)
|
|
Component Set
|
DXperience ASP.NET
(Developer Express)
|
telerik
radControls for ASP.NET (telerik)
|
ComponentOne
Studio Enterprise
(ComponentOne)
|
|
Content Management System
|
Microsoft Office
SharePoint Server 2007 Web Content Management (Microsoft)
|
Sitefinity Web CMS
(telerik)
|
Dozing Dogs CMS
(Dozing Dogs)
|
|
e-Commerce Package
|
AbleCommerce
Asp.Net Shopping Cart (Able Solutions Corp.)
|
AspDotNetStorefront
(AspDotNetStorefront.com)
|
.netCART (Corporate
Web Solutions)
|
|
E-mail Control
|
EasyMail .Net
Edition (Quiksoft)
|
aspNet Email
(Advanced Intellect)
|
IP*Works! S/MIME
(/n software)
|
|
Forum Application
|
Community Server
(Telligent Systems, Inc.)
|
dotNetBB Forums (BV Software)
|
InstantForum.NET (Instant ASP)
|
|
Grid
|
ASPxGrid (Developer
Express)
|
telerik radGrid
(telerik)
|
NetAdvantage for
ASP.NET WebGrid (Infragistics)
|
|
Hosting Service
|
DiscountASP.NET
(DiscountASP.NET)
|
CrystalTech Web
Hosting (CrystalTech Web Hosting)
|
CWS Hosting (Corporate
Web Services)
|
|
IDE
|
Microsoft Visual
Studio (Microsoft)
|
Delphi
(Borland Software Corp.)
|
Iron Speed
Designer (Iron Speed)
|
|
Navigation Control
|
ASPxNavigation
Suite (Developer Express)
|
telerik radMenu
(telerik)
|
ComponentOne
WebMenus and WebBars (ComponentOne)
|
|
Online Editor
|
telerik radEditor (telerik)
|
FreeTextBox Pro
License (FreeTextBox)
|
NetAdvantage for
ASP.NET WebHtmlEditor (Infragistics)
|
|
Polling Tool
|
Peter s Polling
Package (PeterBlum.com)
|
OnlineVoting/Survey
Web-App (Comrie Software Solutions)
|
|
|
Printing/Reporting Tool
|
XtraReports (Developer
Express)
|
Crystal Reports (Business Objects)
|
ActiveReports for
.NET (Data Dynamics)
|
|
Project Management/Defect Tracking
|
OnTime 2007 (Axosoft)
|
FogBugz (Fog
Creek Software)
|
TestTrack Pro
(Seapine Software)
|
|
Scheduling/Calendar Tool
|
telerik radCalendar (telerik)
|
NetAdvantage for
ASP.NET WebSchedule (Infragistics)
|
ComponentOne
WebSchedule/WebCalendar (ComponentOne)
|
|
Security Tool
|
Dotfuscator
(PreEmptive Solutions)
|
IP*Works! SSL
(/n software)
|
Visual Input
Security (PeterBlum.com)
|
|
Testing/QA Tool
|
ANTS Profiler
(Red Gate Software)
|
TestComplete
(AutomatedQA)
|
Infragistics
TestAdvantage (Infragistics)
|
|
Training
|
AppDev Training
(AppDev)
|
Wintellect (Wintellect)
|
Transcender
(Transcender)
|
|
Utility
|
CodeSmith
(CodeSmith Tools, LLC)
|
telerik radSpell
(telerik)
|
Altova XMLSpy (Altova)
|
David Riggs is
editor-in-chief of asp.netPRO and its
companion e-newsletter, asp.netNOW.
Reach him at mailto:driggs@informant.com.