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Clone Detective for Visual Studio

Tue, 19 Aug 2008 19:16:03 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.

Day-to-day with Subversion

Wed, 07 May 2008 14:46:03 GMT

A good post that highlights some of the functionality of Subversion

11 More Visual Studio Shortcuts You Should Know

Tue, 06 May 2008 13:16:02 GMT

Following our First Visual Studio Shortcuts post here is another batch of shortcuts.

SQL Server 2005: Get full information about transaction locks

Tue, 06 May 2008 19:16:03 GMT

Get information about what locks are being held by the transaction, what SPID owns the transaction, on which objects the locks are being held, what SQL statement caused the locks, etc...

Setting up authentication in asp.net MVC

Tue, 01 Apr 2008 19:16:02 GMT

Step by step guide on setting up a simple forms authentication scenario in asp.net MVC.

How to grayout an image in .Net

Mon, 31 Mar 2008 21:31:02 GMT

This article shows how to gray out an image in .net programmatically. This can be useful for making "Disabled" versions of images, etc.

Regular Expression Generator

Tue, 01 Apr 2008 21:31:08 GMT

Generate regular expressions from sample text input

How to reset Identity Increment value in MS SQL

Sat, 29 Mar 2008 21:01:02 GMT

An Identity column in SQL Server is used to auto number the rows. When you delete rows from the table, the identity will not reset but you have few options of doing it yourself.

Integrate PayPal Checkout Button with ASP.NET 2.0

Mon, 31 Mar 2008 17:01:02 GMT

I recently posted a solution to the eternal PayPal / ASP.NET form submission problem using Jeremy Schneider's custom GhostForm class. Since then, several people have made mention of a problem of a problem that I came across myself when coding this, namely getting your project to recognize the reference to the new custom form class.

There is too much money to be made in software development

Thu, 24 Jan 2008 02:16:02 GMT

Opionions on the fact that "Too many developers don't have incentive to improve their processes and abilities because they are overly compensated for their skills"

Speed up Visual Studio 2005

Thu, 11 Oct 2007 20:46:12 GMT

Nice tricks to speed up Visual Studio 2005

Speed Up Your Site! 8 ASP.NET Performance Tips

Wed, 10 Oct 2007 19:16:02 GMT

Sample chapter from the book "The ASP.NET 2.0 Anthology". Many nice tricks to improve the performance of you site/app.