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What Gives? Microsofts Code Generation Tool

Wed, 19 Nov 2008 01:31:12 GMT

In a world of Microsoft and third party applications, out comes t4. t4 is a code generation tool that can compete with CodeSmith, but its FREE and built right into Visual Studio. It has been years since the first edition with very little publication of the actual application. t4 is a free code generation engine from Microsoft that underpins the Domain Specific Languages and Software Factory toolkits.

Update on Silverlight 2 - and a glimpse of Silverlight 3

Mon, 17 Nov 2008 14:16:21 GMT

ScottGu unveils the plans for Silverlight 3, shipping next year

How to Use Visual Studio jQuery IntelliSense Supported Through Hotfix

Mon, 10 Nov 2008 03:46:02 GMT

Jeff King, Program Manager for Visual Studio Web Tools blogged VS2008 SP1 Hotfix to Support "-vsdoc.js" IntelliSense Doc Files on Friday. The HotFix (VS2008 SP1 only) allows Visual Studio to find "-vsdoc.js" files that have commenting for IntelliSense in the same folder as a script file linked to from your document. In this post I am going to show you how to get IntelliSense working once the HotFix is installed in both a normal aspx page as well as ASP.NET MasterPage.

Silverlight Toolkit Released on CodePlex!

Tue, 28 Oct 2008 18:46:07 GMT

The Silverlight Toolkit is a collection of Silverlight controls, components and utilities made available outside the normal Silverlight release cycle. It adds new functionality quickly for designers and developers, and provides the community an efficient way to help shape product development by contributing ideas and bug reports. This first release includes full source code, unit tests, samples and documentation for 12 new controls covering charting, styling, layout, and user input.

jQuery IntelliSense documentation file available

Tue, 28 Oct 2008 10:31:12 GMT

IntelliSense documentation files for jQuery just got published on jquery.com. This enables great IntelliSense at design-time for jQuery in Visual Studio 2008.

Free Winforms and ASP.NET Chart Controls

Mon, 27 Oct 2008 16:31:02 GMT

Directly from Microsoft

ScottG:October 22nd Links: ASP.NET, Visual Studio, WPF and Silverlight

Thu, 23 Oct 2008 17:46:09 GMT

Latest quality link collection by Scott

Two ASP.NET/VS 2008 Performance Tricks That Even Microsoft Didn't Know

Tue, 16 Sep 2008 14:46:02 GMT

Two interesting ASP.NET with Visual Studio 2008 performance tips that were not documented and discovered by chance

Sending Email in a Development Environment without an SMTP Server

Thu, 11 Sep 2008 20:46:02 GMT

Very handy... I'm forever looking this stuff up :-|

MSDN Social Bookmarks

Wed, 10 Sep 2008 20:46:02 GMT

MSDN Social Bookmarks was released today. This is a candid look at what it's all about and why you should consider using it.

More F# At Code Camp Hartford

Tue, 19 Aug 2008 01:16:02 GMT

Rick Minerich writes about CodeCamp in Hartford and his recent F# presentation with slides and code examples

The Complete Reference for Any jQuery Developer

Mon, 25 Aug 2008 00:31:02 GMT

If you ever to do something with jQuery, you should find it in this extensive list.

Free Visual Studio File Explorer Add-in

Wed, 13 Aug 2008 09:31:03 GMT

The Visual Studio File Explorer Add-in (sexy name we know, but hey, it's self documenting) is a free Tool Window add-in for VS 2008 that provides a Windows Explorer style file system view. It's particularly useful for performing routine file system tasks without the need to "context switch" away from Visual Studio, which can be time-consuming over the course of days and weeks. It is shell-enabled so extensions like TortoiseSVN work too.

How To Design State Sharing In A Peer Network

Tue, 12 Aug 2008 01:36:27 GMT

This article is all about peer-enabling business applications by allowing them to share state in a serverless peer network. Before getting into the details of a sample app, I want to talk about some of the various ways that people typically try to share state in a peer network, as well as the pros and cons of those approaches. Finally, I'll show you a sample application called WeSpend, a tool for tracking your bank book ledger. This application automatically synchronizes data with all other instances of itself on your home network.

Introduction to Microsoft Sync Framwework

Mon, 11 Aug 2008 20:45:07 GMT

Microsoft Sync Framework is a platform which enables collaboration and offline access among applications, services and devices. Using Sync Framework developers can build sync systems that can integrate any application with any data using any protocol over the network.

SQL Server 2008 Express is now live!

Tue, 12 Aug 2008 22:16:09 GMT

I promised an update on SQL Express availability in my last post about the release of SQL Server 2008 so here it is. SQL Server 2008 Express is now available along with the release of the .NET Framework 3.5 SP1, which is a prerequisite and Visual Studio Express SP1. As I mentioned, there are two more editions of SQL Express on the way. There are a number of prerequisites for SQL Server 2008 that you will have to install on your own before installing SQL Express. Here is the list and basic instructions:

Visual Studio 2008 Service Pack 1

Mon, 11 Aug 2008 16:16:07 GMT

It's finally here! I haven't seen an official announcement yet, but I did a search for "Visual Studio 2008 Service Pack 1" on Microsoft's Download Center and found the following downloads added today: Microsoft Visual Studio 2008 Service Pack 1 (exe) http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=fbee1648-7106-44a7-9649-6d9f6d58056e&DisplayLang=en Microsoft Visual Studio 2008 Service Pack 1 (iso) http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=27673c47-b3b5-4c67-bd99-84e525b5ce61&DisplayLang=en

What's wrong with SOAP? - REST and .NET 3.5 Part 1 - why REST based se

Mon, 11 Aug 2008 03:31:03 GMT

SOAP vs REST

Visual Studio Theme Generator

Thu, 07 Aug 2008 13:16:02 GMT

A fun little ASP.NET MVC Application I wrote to generate Visual Studio themes based off of 3 given colors. I have always felt that selecting every color to make a decent theme is way too repetitive. This web application automatically chooses complements / contrasts based off your initial color selections (and uses jQuery to let you preview your theme before creating). Check it out and let me know what you think.

IntelliSense for Expression Blend

Mon, 04 Aug 2008 13:16:05 GMT

An add-in for Expression Blend 2.5 that adds IntelliSense for editing of XAML files.

The Work-at-Home Developer's Guide to Happiness

Mon, 04 Aug 2008 18:31:02 GMT

As a long time work-at-home developer, I've come to realize over the years how important it is to have the right work routine and balance to remain happy in both your professional and personal life. I've worked from my home 100% of the time for the last 6-7 years and had often worked from my home in spurts before that. Without question, it requires the right mindset and dedication. There's an upside as well as a downside to working from home, but with the right routine you can be successful at it.

Best ASP.NET Performance Winner For Data Binding

Mon, 04 Aug 2008 14:46:02 GMT

To achieve best performance you need to make decisions based on trade-off between coolness, coding productivity, and personal engineering values. I never thought I would be recommending my customer considering using old fashion Response.Write() in his Internet facing ASP.NET web application in order to significantly improve the application's performance. Customer Case Study...

How to install Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 SP1 on Vista x64/x86

Tue, 29 Jul 2008 16:03:51 GMT

If you are a developer for SharePoint your best friend has been Virtual PC or VMWare. It's time to introduce a new friend, Bamboo Nation's SharePointOnVista We have put together an installer that allows you to install WSS3.0 SP1 on Vista, both x86 and x64. This will allow you to develop on your workstation with all the power of a non virtualized environment

Referencing 2.0 Web Services (asmx) in Visual Studio 2008

Tue, 29 Jul 2008 00:59:33 GMT

Recently I needed to add a reference to a classic (.Net 2.0) web service inside a new project that was being created via Visual Studio 2008.

Just Released! SharePoint Lookup Field with Picker

Thu, 17 Jul 2008 17:15:22 GMT

Nerved by dropdowns in SharePoint Lookup Fields? Dropdowns for large lists are unacceptable! This custom SharePoint Field allows you to search for items and to pick them, instead of scrolling, scrolling, scrolling.... Just forget the fuc**** dropdowns! Bye, Christian