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Creating Visula Studio Keyborad Shortcuts Cheat Sheet

Thu, 12 Jun 2008 22:46:08 GMT

As we all know, there are a lot of keyboard shortcuts in Visual Studio. We mentioned only 21 of them here at Dev102.com but according to this article, there are about 450 shortcuts available.

Getting rid of strings (2): use lambda expressions

Fri, 13 Jun 2008 17:31:02 GMT

In the first article of this series I talked about the problems with strings in code. This article will show you how you can use lambda expressions and expression trees as another tool to avoid strings

The devil is in the details (Visual Studio Team System test policy)

Thu, 12 Jun 2008 13:44:03 GMT

What if you have a Team Project with 2 solutions in 1 team project it? How can I enforce the check-in policy to run tests from solution A only when something in solution A is checked in, tests from solution B with solution B changes, ...

Template Method Pattern

Thu, 12 Jun 2008 12:29:43 GMT

The post describe the template method design pattern and shows examples of how to useit in C#.

Matt Berseth: Creating Reusable JavaScript Components

Thu, 12 Jun 2008 12:15:12 GMT

Hello Sys.Component...

Integrate PartCover.Net, Nant and Cruise Control.Net

Thu, 12 Jun 2008 12:14:14 GMT

How to run PartCover with Nant, generate an xml report and integrate the report into CC.Net to get your coverage statistics in your Integration server.

Export large data from Gridview and Datareader to an Excel file using

Thu, 12 Jun 2008 12:05:12 GMT

An article on exporting large data to Excel files

Nice VS 2008 Code Editing Improvements

Fri, 13 Jun 2008 18:16:02 GMT

Good improvements to take notice of when utilizing VS 2008

Multi-color DropDownList using C#

Thu, 12 Jun 2008 12:01:45 GMT

An article on reading system colors and preparing a multi-color DropDownList

Redirect LINQ to SQL DataContext Log Messages To Log4Net

Thu, 12 Jun 2008 11:13:39 GMT

Visual Studio automatically generates the subclasses of DataContext class when dealing with LINQ to SQL for ORM. These auto generated classes have a property named Log of type System.IO.TextWriter. If an object of type TextWriter or its subclass is assigned to this property, then it will use that instance for writing the log messages. As Log4Net is one of the most used Logging libraries for .NET enterprise level projects, in this project I will present a solution to capture the log messages through Log4Net logging.

Change The Default CommandTimeout of LINQ DataContext

Thu, 12 Jun 2008 11:12:00 GMT

At times, the execution of a LINQ to SQL query may take a longer time and exceed the default value of the DataContext class's CommandTimeout property. The following article will present a way to achieve an application-wide CommandTimeout for your DataContext class.

Nikhilk Kothari's site (almost) made XHTML valid

Fri, 13 Jun 2008 15:16:03 GMT

I decided to try and make good old Nikhilk Kothari's personal site a valid one. I didn't have access to the source code, so all changes were made on the rendered ASP.NET. Why Nikhilk? I don't know, I guess I just like his web site! Short and entertaining video.

InCisif Software released InCisif.net 2.2 on 06/10/2008

Thu, 12 Jun 2008 09:31:01 GMT

InCisif.net is an automation tool designed to implement client-side functional testing of Web applications under Internet Explorer 6 or 7, using languages such as VB.Net, C# or IronPython. The version 2.2 focus on a better integration with Visual Studio. Tests can be recorded, edited, executed and debugged from within Microsoft's Visual Studio 2005 or 2008. Visual Studio Express is also supported. To learn more and download an evaluation copy, go to http://www.incisif.net

C# Anagrams Fast w/ Source and GUI, uses 1985 data structure DAWG

Thu, 12 Jun 2008 08:58:18 GMT

This open-source project uses a directed acyclic word graph and Windows Forms C# to find anagrams in words fast and with little memory. In my experience there are no faster algorithms (implementations, yes). Useful for word games and only about 400 lines of code. Uses a tree in C#.

Code Quality Part II: The Ineffectual DAL

Thu, 12 Jun 2008 07:14:27 GMT

Describing code received from another developer, claiming to be a DAL and BLL. Laugh out loud at the WTFery.

Good SQL Articles To Read If You Can't Afford Books

Thu, 12 Jun 2008 07:01:02 GMT

You have only $50 left and you can buy two DVDs or one SQL book, what do you do? I would buy the book but not every person has the same idea of a fun time. This is the reason why I present you with a bunch of links to articles which will give you very good info. some of this you won't be able to find in a book anyway.

How to Link/Share files between projects in Visual Studio

Wed, 11 Jun 2008 22:46:04 GMT

Short screencast on how to Link/Share files between projects in Visual Studio.

A Simple ASP.NET MVC Sample Application

Wed, 11 Jun 2008 21:16:02 GMT

This is a simple hello world example with ASP.NET MVC, to help you build your first application step by step

SubSonic 3.0: IQueryable Update

Thu, 12 Jun 2008 03:16:03 GMT

News from Rob on SubSonic: One thing I've learned is I can't stay quiet for too long on this stuff :), so here's an update on what I'm working on...

Sandcastle Removed From CodePlex

Wed, 11 Jun 2008 10:46:02 GMT

Sandcastle - the .Net community equivalent of RDoc/JavaDoc and the spiritual successor of the now defunct NDoc - has been removed from CodePlex. It's fate is currently up in the air and Microsoft is asking you for input on what should happen next.

Visual Studio Team System 2008 + MSDN giveaway contest

Wed, 11 Jun 2008 23:31:02 GMT

Alvin is giving away 3 license for Visual Studio Team System. 2008 with MSDN subscription

I finally get the point of inversion of control

Thu, 12 Jun 2008 05:31:02 GMT

A quick overview of IoC (with diagrams!).

LINQ To SQL and the Web.Config ConnectionString Value

Wed, 11 Jun 2008 15:16:02 GMT

This saved me a lot of time. Great post.

Windows Live writer update (preview)

Wed, 11 Jun 2008 22:01:10 GMT

The update for windows live writer is now available.

Joins, Grouping, Aggregating w/ Linq2Sql

Thu, 12 Jun 2008 10:46:02 GMT

Short video showing how to use Linq2Sql to perform various tasks such as joins, grouping and aggregating w/ Linq2Sql