Most useful free SharePoint 2010 utilities / libraries?

Question

Please provide all the free information about Utilities / libraries here so that we can make a single store for users to find free utilities Mine contribution

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SharePoint AJAX Toolkit for SharePoint 2010

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Microsoft Patterns and Practices - Guide for SharePoint

• SharePoint 2010

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SharePoint 2010 Service Manager - Easily enable or disable SharePoint services in your dev block.

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SharePoint Manager : A visual representation of the SharePoint object model that allows you to interact with lists, websites, etc.

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U2U CAML Query Builder for SharePoint 2003 and SharePoint 2007. In any case, for experienced SharePoint developers, this will be useful!

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All the tools and functionality available as part of the CKS core extension: DEV Visual Studio 2010 http://cksdev.codeplex.com/ are absolutely essential for anyone who develops any code-related features in SharePoint 2010.

I am also a big fan of the Senior Pages http://startermasterpages.codeplex.com/ , which helped me a lot when I had to create my first 2010 project.

To quickly create a virtual environment, I like the scripts available in the Auto SharePoint Installer http://autospinstaller.codeplex.com/

Finally, don’t forget that SharePoint Designer 2010 is free as a little brother, and unlike the terrible mess that was the previous edition, this new release is much more stable and less awkward (it’s still not something I would easily recommend, but it’s helps to do some things when you know what you are doing).