Software Needed to create Ajax Applications

well there's a lot of approaches to create ajax applications but i like .net and c#, I use asp.net controls to render the initial page and then do all the manipulation using manually coded javascript.

and for the server calls i use normal asmx's and a script manager to generate a javascript that i can use to send and receive data

so this way the tools i need are simple

1. Visual Studio 2005 : which i use to create asp.net pages and create my web services and handle all server code and database logic
2. Aptana : an eclipse based IDE that i can use for editing client side javascript it works perfectly has inttellisence feature that treats javascript variables as if they were typed and it tells you what code would run on which browser, i intend to have a sepparate post(s) about it, it has debugging features but i don't really like it
3. FireFox + FireBug : well this combination proves to be the best way to
• debug javascript where you can set breakpoints and watch variables and trace call stacks
• inspect the resulting dynamic html and styles
• also firebug is a great tool that can be used to trace XMLHTTPRequests and view their contents
4. for IE i use
• web developer tool bar for inspecting dynamically generated HTML
• Visual studio to debug javascript
• and fiddler to inspect requests