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PostSharp - The best way to do AOP in .NET

Sun, 14 Jun 2009 00:37:14 GMT

Who knows about Aspect-Oriented Programming (AOP)? Common! Don't be shy! Ok, now lower your hands. My prediction is that a lot of you didn't raise their hands. So let's resume what AOP is: Aspect-oriented programming is a programming paradigm that increases modularity by enabling improved separation of concerns. This entails breaking down a program into distinct parts (so called concerns, cohesive areas of functionality). [.]

StExBar - A Great Add-on for Windows Explorer

Fri, 22 May 2009 02:28:29 GMT

One of the best utilities that I have been using recently is StExBar. It's a great utility that comes from Stefan's Tools ( http://tools.tortoisesvn.net/ ). From the site: The StExBar provides many useful commands for your everyday use of Windows explorer. And you can add as many custom commands on your own as you like. Have you ever needed to open a console window while you were using the explorer? And to have that console already set to the directory you're showing in explorer right now? Well, StExBar provides that with one simple mouseclick. There's also a hotkey defined for this: simply press Ctrl-M to open the console. It does a bunch of other great things as well.

Part 3 - Advanced mocking functionalities of Moq

Mon, 23 Feb 2009 08:33:34 GMT

When you have some simple scenario like "when the method "GetTax" is called, return 5$" it's a simple scenario that a lot of mockers will see. However, there is some rarer scenario that people will wonder how to do it. One of those scenario is with event handlers.

List of C# Tools

Wed, 07 Jan 2009 12:24:00 GMT

A collection of C#/.NET tools.

NArrange or Keeping Your Code in Order

Wed, 07 Jan 2009 11:51:57 GMT

An overview of NArrange, an open source .NET code formatting tool, and how to run it on a single C# file from Visual Studio.

27 Free Must-have Online Collaboration Tools

Fri, 28 Nov 2008 07:46:12 GMT

hese days teams can be dispersed all over the globe. With outsourcing, telecommuting, distance learning and complex project collaboration, it's often helpful to have tools that can assist with the various collaborative tasks need to be done by dispersed teams. I've put together a great list of 27 free...

The problem with SVN

Thu, 27 Nov 2008 16:01:02 GMT

Are you working on the most recent code? Read more...

SVN-Monitor is finally out for free download!

Mon, 27 Oct 2008 02:31:02 GMT

A full-featured .net application that integrates SubVersion, TortoiseSVN and all your checked-out folders and repositories. Use it to perform all your svn commands and monitor all your projects' activities in a single place. Access all commands from the tray menu or from the main window. This is a must-have tool for every windows+svn user!

Have you seen the new ANTS profiler?

Mon, 15 Sep 2008 22:07:13 GMT

Red-Gate has put out a new version (4.0) of their ANTS profiler. The updates to the performance profiler blew me away.

RedGate acquires .NET Reflector

Tue, 26 Aug 2008 20:24:54 GMT

This morning I got an e-mail from Lutz Roeder, creator of the marvelous .NET Reflector in which he announces that he handed development of .NET Reflector over to Red Gate Software

Clone Detective for Visual Studio

Wed, 20 Aug 2008 03:16:03 GMT

Clone Detective is a Visual Studio integration that allows you to analyze C# projects for source code that is duplicated somewhere else. Having duplicates can easily lead to inconsistencies and often is an indicator for poorly factored code.

WPF application localization kit

Wed, 30 Jul 2008 00:24:25 GMT

Article describes WPF application localization pattern and offer to use localization tool which helps to easily translate and to support many language dictionaries. Hope it will be useful.

CodeRush with Refactor! Pro vs ReSharper

Thu, 10 Jul 2008 03:41:54 GMT

Every developer knows already, that Visual Studio is not sufficient enough for code writing. Maybe this comparission will show other developers what can do with theses addons.

Useful Diagnostic Tools

Wed, 09 Jul 2008 00:31:36 GMT

I recently visited a customer site to diagnose some problems with an application deployed on a server. This is the set of tools I took with me.

NDepend: code metrics at your service

Thu, 10 Jul 2008 02:31:08 GMT

If you ever wrote code for a non-trivial project chances are that from time to time you stop an think: "I don't know, but I have the feeling that the code is not really clean/too complex/[insert adjective here that makes you feel bad about your code]". Chances are even that you did not had these thoughts - but your source code indeed was not really clean, too complex or what not. While the latter situation is certainly the worse of the two, both situation make clear that we need means to quantify the quality of our code. NDepend is an excellent tool that can be used to generate those metrics

Working with Fiddler on LocalHost - Scott Cate's WebLog

Fri, 04 Jul 2008 12:04:47 GMT

Then last month while speaking at Orlando ASPConnections, I was demoing some AJAX calls on stage, and an audience member told me that Fiddler will work on 127.0.0.1 with a trailing . on the IP address. So the address ends up like ...

Less MSIèrables - Extract the content of a .MSI file

Fri, 30 May 2008 04:17:41 GMT

A review about a little tool called "Less MSIèrables" that extract the content of a .MSI file.

Trying out PowerCommands 1.1 for Visual Studio 2008

Thu, 17 Apr 2008 01:46:03 GMT

Generally, I don't like to install any Visual Studio extensions at all, but I thought I should give this one a chance. I installed PowerCommands 1.1 for Visual Studio 2008, and went to play with the new functionality. Here is what I found as the most useful...

Important VSTS links Outside MS Site

Wed, 02 Apr 2008 22:57:56 GMT

For Begginers to VSTS these are very Important VSTS links Outside MS Site

Microsoft Office Communicator 2007 Presence Controls

Fri, 29 Feb 2008 03:40:03 GMT

Microsoft Office Communicator 2007 Presence Controls are designed to provide presence information and real time collaboration options to Microsoft Windows Forms, Web Forms and GUI applications that are based on the Microsoft Win32 application programming interface. The controls provide developers of these applications with the ability to drag-and-drop the control from the toolbox in Visual Studio onto applications and provide access to the capabilities of Communicator in an easy to incorporate manner.

New Toolbox Links - Windows Developer Tools List

Wed, 13 Feb 2008 02:44:38 GMT

I know I said last week I was not going to post this week's links until Wednesday, but since I have already put together the list I might as well share! This week I'll be focusing on Windows Tools that help make our lives as developers easier. I have personally use (or have used) all of these tools and I stand by my recommendations! Do you have any utilities to add to the list??

Editors and other free tools.

Sat, 05 Jan 2008 11:35:47 GMT

A short list of editors and other tools that may help you to develop your apps.

Vista Preview Handler for .Net Files

Mon, 31 Dec 2007 11:51:28 GMT

Hate having to open Visual Studio or even Notepad to see what is in that cs file? If you are runnning Vista try this preview handler and check out the contents of your .Net code files without even leaving Windows Explorer!

Get latest buildable code

Tue, 18 Dec 2007 21:11:17 GMT

Utility to integrate and automate Team Foundation Server operations ensuring your build doesn't brake

15+ FREE Visual Studio Add-ins - Part 2

Sat, 01 Dec 2007 23:31:02 GMT

15+ Free Visual Studio Add-Ins (Part 1) was such a hit, that I've decided to use the feedback (and Google) to create Part 2 of the list. If I'm missing a FREE must have add-in, I'd love to hear about it.