Copy text from a MessageBox

vkreynin.wordpress.com — How many times you wished you could copy text from the MessageBox. YOU CAN. read more...

4 comments | category: Tips & Tricks | Views: 500

Separate Assemblies != Loose Coupling

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Getting rid of strings (3): take your app settings to the next level

published 2 months, 27 days ago, submitted by aloker 2 months, 27 days ago

blog.andreloker.de — 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 read more...

2 comments | category: Patterns | Views: 746

Remotely Log Off Remote Desktop Users

danrigsby.com — How to remotely log off remote desktop (terminal service) users when you get that annoying: "The terminal server has exceeded the maximum number of allowed connections.” read more...

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ASP.NET MVC Tip #35 – Use the NHaml View Engine

weblogs.asp.net — In this tip, I explain how you can use the NHaml view engine as the view engine for an ASP.NET MVC application. I demonstrate how to create NHaml views that display both static content and database records. I also discuss how you can use master pages and user controls with the NHaml view engine. read more...

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A Serious Challenge for Open Source?

chriscyvas.wordpress.com — . . . what Mindscape has done is really quite impressive. To evaluate, accept, and incorporate feedback that quickly into the product and to have the installer ready that afternoon is impressive – for anyone. read more...

15 comments | category: C# | Views: 612

Free Visual Studio File Explorer Add-in

mindscape.co.nz — 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. read more...

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Documenting Coding Standards - Less is More

published 3 months, 26 days ago, submitted by tokes 3 months, 26 days ago

andrewtokeley.net — A colleague and I were recently invited to provide feedback on a client's coding standards and were sent a 60+ page document to review. In preparation for the meeting I diligently started to go through each section providing comments and suggestions as I went. But after about page 30 my concentration began to wane and my comments grew more and more sparse. The moral of this story... If someone that's being paid to review your coding standards is struggling to get through them then you can bet your bottom dollar your development team won't be reading them either. This post reflects on the things to consider when documenting your company's standards. read more...

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