Extension Roll

Tools are great, but often people can make extensions for the tools to make them infinitely more useful. Here are the best of the best that I use for applications that I use often.

Visual Studio 2012

CodeMaid
Helps you navigate your code and gives you some analytic information about it.
Hide Main Menu
Does what it says. Pressing Alt still displays the menu, but frees up more space on your UI.
Microsoft Web Developer Tools
Self explanatory.
MultiEditing
Excellent feature that allows you to press/hold "Alt", then click on multiple places in you file, and then start typing. It is like being able to type in multiple places at once.
NuGet Package Manager
Just awesome
Productivity Power Tools 2012
Awesome features that didn't quite make the release build for Visual Studio, but added later as an extension. Just install it.
Team Foundation Service Power Tools 2012
Useful if you need to use TFS.
Visual Studio 2012 Photo Start Page
I don't normally like splashing things and may (probably) uninstall it in the future, but it is nice to have a nice picture display when you open Visual Studio.
Visual Studio Extensions for Windows Library for JavaScript
Adds functionality to make JavaScript development feel more like C# development.
VSCommands for Visual Studio 2012
A slew of features that extend the overall functionality to the Visual Studio UI.
Web Essentials 2012
Adds much needed functionality that make working with CSS and JavaScript files much easier.

Sublime Text

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FireFox

FireBug
GreaseMonkey
LastPass
NoScript
Page Speed
Scrum for Trello
Tab Stacking
Tabs Always in Titlebar
Web Developer
YSlow

Chrome

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