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Tree Surgeon 2.0 Release

Tue, 01 Jul 2008 16:16:04 GMT

A tool to automatically generate Visual Studio solutions with proper directory structure

Lambdas

Wed, 02 Jul 2008 21:31:03 GMT

Lambdas are a simple technology with an intimidating name. They sound like they are going to be difficult to understand, but in practice prove to be relatively trivial. Read this post to get an easy to understand overview of a topic is not really so terribly difficult to understand.

10 Tools Which I Still Use, Even I Have VSTS 2008

Wed, 25 Jun 2008 15:31:11 GMT

In my last post, titled "10 Tools Which I Left After Using VSTS 2008", I have included a list of 10 tools which I am not using currently, as I have the corresponding features available in Visual Studio Team System 2008. However, on the other hand, I am still using few tools even I have VSTS 2008!

VisualSVN 1.5 Released

Wed, 25 Jun 2008 03:31:02 GMT

We are glad to announce new version of the professional Subversion integration for Microsoft Visual Studio - VisualSVN 1.5. This release brings to you the new release of Subversion 1.5 with a bunch of great fetures and bug fixes.

Speed up Firefox when using Development Server

Wed, 18 Jun 2008 18:31:02 GMT

Using Firefox on Vista to view websites hosted by the Visual Studio Development Server can be unbearably slow. Pages take aeons (i.e. several seconds) to load while viewing the same site under IE does not suffer from this issue. Here's how to solve the problem.

Introduction to Mocking with Rhino Mocks

Tue, 17 Jun 2008 14:01:09 GMT

A short screencast introduction to Mocking with Rhino Mocks

.NET Runtime Embedding

Tue, 17 Jun 2008 08:01:08 GMT

Hi all, One interesting product, BoxedApp, can be used to pack .NET runtime with .NET application into a single exe. Instead of other solutions (Salamander), you will see which files are embbeded and how does it work at all, you will see the whole picture. BTW, I've tested it under my Win2k3 machine and it really works well...

Introduction to Moq

Mon, 23 Jun 2008 17:01:04 GMT

In this post, I provide an introduction to Moq which is the newest of the Mock Object Frameworks. Moq is promoted by its creators as easier to learn and use than other Mock Object Frameworks such as Rhino Mocks and TypeMock Isolator.

ReSharper 4.0 Released

Wed, 11 Jun 2008 13:07:08 GMT

Version 4.0 of our favourite productivity tool for Visual Studio has come out of beta and been released. Follow the link see the new features and then download it. If you haven't tried ReSharper yet, give it a try, its worth it.

Two Great Web Development Tools

Tue, 10 Jun 2008 13:16:02 GMT

Here are two interesting tools I found while working on our Silveredo 2 theme.

Stop Polluting the UI Thread - Use a ThreadBarrier

Tue, 10 Jun 2008 17:01:10 GMT

A ThreadBarrier is a technique for simplifying the interaction between the UI and a worker thread. No longer do UI Controls need to check InvokeRequired and do the posting of events from a worker thread.

Cool links for programmers

Fri, 06 Jun 2008 17:46:02 GMT

In this post I do not intend to make a list of the best programmers web sites, but to share with you some you might not know:

SubSonic: Using Migrations

Mon, 09 Jun 2008 17:01:02 GMT

Rob Conery has a nice post (and video!) of the new Migrations support that will be included in SubSonic 2.1 (Pakala)

Windows Live writer update (preview)

Wed, 11 Jun 2008 14:01:10 GMT

The update for windows live writer is now available.

Alt.NET Podcast Episode 3: Adopting Agile

Tue, 03 Jun 2008 17:46:09 GMT

The latest episode of the ALT.NET Podcast is a discussion with Owen Rogers focused on adopting agile practices.

How to Find Memory Leaks With CLRProfiler

Fri, 30 May 2008 14:01:07 GMT

Track down, discover and eliminate memory leaks in your applications with this free open source tool.

ReSharper 4.0 beta for Visual Studio 2008 is out!

Fri, 23 May 2008 13:16:05 GMT

- New code analysis, context actions and quick-fixes; - New refactorings (such as Convert to Extension Method, Convert to Automatic Property, Convert Anonymous Type to Named); - Updated IntelliSense

SharpTemplate.NET pre-release on CodePlex

Wed, 21 May 2008 15:31:02 GMT

Introducing SharpTemplate.NET, a lightweight general-purpose template engine for .NET 2.0. It allows you to incorporate template parsing in your .NET applications. Perfect for code generators, reporting tools, mass-mailing applications, etc.

Read Properties from an MSI File

Tue, 20 May 2008 18:55:21 GMT

How to open an MSI installer file and read properties like the Product Version or Product Name from it. The code provided could be easily modified to read information from any table in the MSI database.

ReSharper 4 approaching beta status

Tue, 20 May 2008 16:16:05 GMT

No official announcement yet, but the ReSharper 4.0 Nightly Build page is showing the first build marked as stable and with the status "Beta Candidate".

Visual Studio 2008 and .NET Framework 3.5 Service Pack 1 Beta

Mon, 12 May 2008 17:46:04 GMT

public beta of upcoming .NET 3.5 SP1 and VS 2008 SP1 releases is published

best programming jokes

Thu, 08 May 2008 17:46:05 GMT

a very big good collection of programming jokes, WOWwwwwwww

Becoming a Jedi - Part 1 of N

Wed, 07 May 2008 11:07:42 GMT

Many developers don't see the value of JetBrains' ReSharper until they've seen it in action. So I'm putting together this screencast series to show off my favourite ReSharper features.

Resharper 4.0 vs coderush refactor smack down results

Thu, 08 May 2008 21:31:05 GMT

Derik Whittaker compares both tools

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.