Productive Toolset for C# Developer Marko Apfel, January 1, 0001 Programming Visual Studio ReSharper Agent Johnson Agent Smith StyleCop for ReSharper Keymaps SettingsManager Git Source Control Provider Gist NuGet Package Manager NDepend Productivity Power Tools PowerCommands ... Productive Toolset for C# Developer 0 0 6
ANTS CLR and Memory Profiler In Depth Review (Part 1 of 2 –... ToStringTheory, January 1, 0001 One of the things that people might not know about me, is my obsession to make my code as efficient as possible. Many people might not realize how much of a task or undertaking that this might be, but ... ANTS CLR and Memory Profiler In Depth Review (Part 1 of 2 –... 0 0 0
Entity Framework, Code First: where is the database? Marko Apfel, January 1, 0001 With Entity Framework 5 in Visual Studio 2012 the code first feature could let you come to the question “Where is the automatically created database located?” I run in the question after changing the model ... Entity Framework, Code First: where is the database? 0 0 0
TransformXml Task locks config file identified in Source attribut... alexhildyard, January 1, 0001 As background: the TransformXml MSBuild task is typically invoked in a custom build step to mark up a web.config file with per-environment configuration; its flexible directives offer highly granular control ... TransformXml Task locks config file identified in Source attribut... 0 0 1
Executing NUnit Tests using the Visual Studio 2012 Test Runner David Paquette, January 1, 0001 At a recent Visual Studio 2012 event at the Calgary .NET User Group, I was told that I could run my NUnit tests directly in the Visual Studio 2012 without any special plugins. Naturally, I was very excited ... Executing NUnit Tests using the Visual Studio 2012 Test Runner 0 0 1
Using Sitecore RenderingContext Parameters as MVC controller acti... Kyle Burns, January 1, 0001 I have been working with the Technical Preview of Sitecore 6.6 on a project and have been for the most part happy with the way that Sitecore (which truly is an MVC implementation unto itself) has been ... Using Sitecore RenderingContext Parameters as MVC controller acti... 0 0 4
Setup and configure a MVC4 project for Cloud Service(web role) an... MagnusKarlsson, January 1, 0001 Update Oct. 29 2012: Got a question about how to upload Certificate files. See part 4 for instructions.I aim at keeping this blog post updated and add related posts to it. Since there are a lot of these ... Setup and configure a MVC4 project for Cloud Service(web role) an... 0 0 0
Clint Edmonson Talks Season of Launch | AJI Report #11 Jeff Julian, January 1, 0001 We are back in the office for another installment of AJI Report where we talk with Clint Edmonson of Microsoft about their Season of Launch events. We get into Windows Azure, Windows 8, and Visual Studio ... Clint Edmonson Talks Season of Launch | AJI Report #11 0 0 0
PostSharp deployment to build machine- use Setup installation, no... Michael Freidgeim, January 1, 0001 PostSharp has well documented different methods of installation. I've chosen installing NuGet packages, because according to Deploying PostSharp into a Source Repository NuGet is the easiest way to add ... PostSharp deployment to build machine- use Setup installation, no... 0 0 0
What is the Coded UI feature of VS2010 and VS2012? TATWORTH, January 1, 0001 A question recently arose as to what is coded UI? It is a feature of the ultimate and premium versions of Visual Studio 2012 (and 2010).It is described as "Automate user interface tests to validate application ... What is the Coded UI feature of VS2010 and VS2012? 0 0 0
Presenting at VS Live! Orlando in December Steve Michelotti, January 1, 0001 I’ll be presenting at VS Live! December 10-14 in Orlando, FL. I’ll be presenting Azure Web Sites. This is the session abstract: Azure Web Sites brings a whole new level of power and simplicity to cloud ... Presenting at VS Live! Orlando in December 0 0 0
Hosting and consuming WCF services without configuration files martinsj, January 1, 0001 In this post, I'll demonstrate how to configure both the host and the client in code without the need for configuring services i the <system.serviceModel> section of the config-file. In fact, you ... Hosting and consuming WCF services without configuration files 0 0 3
Set up a TFS Server/Service demo environment in less than 1 minut... Tarun Arora, January 1, 0001 Release Notes – http://tfsdemosetup.codeple... | Download | Source Code | Report a Bug | Ideas To Demonstrate the capabilities of TFS 2012 Server/Service Task board you would need to set up TFS with ... Set up a TFS Server/Service demo environment in less than 1 minut... 0 0 11
Sandcastle Help File Builder - October 2012 release TATWORTH, January 1, 0001 At http://shfb.codeplex.com/re... the latest Sandcastle has been released. I am pleased to say that it incorporates the generic version of a fix, I originated that allows projects including ... Sandcastle Help File Builder - October 2012 release 0 0 3
Update 1 for Visual Studio 2012. TATWORTH, January 1, 0001 One of the features of Visual Studio 2012, is that it is much easier to deploy new features to it. The first update is due in November and a CTP (Community Technology Preview) is available now.The details ... Update 1 for Visual Studio 2012. 0 0 0
Typescript - A free add-on for Visual Studio 2012 TATWORTH, January 1, 0001 At http://www.microsoft.com/en... Microsoft are providing a free add-on for Visual Studio. If you have any version of Visual Studio 2012, it provides an editor for Typescript."TypeScript ... Typescript - A free add-on for Visual Studio 2012 0 0 0
A few unpleasant facts about Visual Studio 2012. Ilya Verbitskiy, January 1, 0001 I have been playing with Visual Studio 2012 for the last couple of days. New IDE is pretty good, but, unfortunately, I found a few unpleasant facts. First of all, new release is coming without Visual Studio ... A few unpleasant facts about Visual Studio 2012. 0 0 1
Getting Started with jqChart for ASP.NET Web Forms jqChart, January 1, 0001 Official Site | Samples | Download | Documentation | Forum | Twitter Introduction jqChart takes advantages of HTML5 Canvas to deliver high performance client-side charts and graphs across browsers (IE ... Getting Started with jqChart for ASP.NET Web Forms 0 0 0
Pizza and IntelliTrace at NextGenUG on 16 and 23 October 2012 Tarun Arora, January 1, 0001 Free Pizza and a session on diagnosing Production bugs using IntelliTrace. I’ll be presenting a session at the Next Gen User Group and you are more than welcome to join in, 16th October at Oxford – http://www.nxtgenug.net/Vie... ... Pizza and IntelliTrace at NextGenUG on 16 and 23 October 2012 0 0 0
Consuming OData based Rest service in C# [en-US] ruimachado, January 1, 0001 Nowadays comunication between applications is an active topic with daily usage and a large amount of pratical appliances. While developing an app in witch I had to consume an OData I found out that combining ... Consuming OData based Rest service in C# [en-US] 0 0 1
VS2012 Launch Event – Combating Bugs And Poor Performance I... Tarun Arora, January 1, 0001 I presented a session “A techies guide to combating bugs & poor performance in production” at the Microsoft IT Visual Studio Launch event. The key message was to demonstrate what common production ... VS2012 Launch Event – Combating Bugs And Poor Performance I... 0 0 0
Setting XSL-FO XML Schema in Visual Studio Lukasz Kurylo, January 1, 0001 I'm playing lately with an XSL-FO for generating a pdf documents. XSL-FO has a long list of available tags and attributes, which for a new guy who want to create a simple document is a nightmare to find ... Setting XSL-FO XML Schema in Visual Studio 0 0 2
Introducing Code Map for Visual Studio 2012 September CTP krislankford, January 1, 0001 As part of the Visual Studio 2012 CTP for September, Visual Studio got a little sexier at helping you discover and visualize your code. The introduction of the Code Map feature helps compliment the variety ... Introducing Code Map for Visual Studio 2012 September CTP 0 0 19
Visual Studio 2012 Coded UI technology matrix updated! krislankford, January 1, 0001 The Visual Studio 2012 support matrix for Automated UI Testing (Coded UI) has been released by Microsoft and the full post can be found here. Thank you Shubhra! There are a couple of items on the list ... Visual Studio 2012 Coded UI technology matrix updated! 0 0 3
Be careful when Git suppresses bin Folders Marko Apfel, January 1, 0001 Initial situation Often for Visual Studio projects the typical content of a .gitignore file contains this line bin or [B|b]in It is used to avoid that Git tries to track compile outputs as repository relevant ... Be careful when Git suppresses bin Folders 0 0 3
Visual Studio 2012 and Team Foundation Server 2012 moving to cont... krislankford, January 1, 0001 For those of you who like the new features of Visual Studio and Team Foundation Server 2012, you will need to get ready for continuous delivery. Microsoft is ramping up to start delivering a CTP for the ... Visual Studio 2012 and Team Foundation Server 2012 moving to cont... 0 0 0
Building a Repository Pattern against an EF 5 EDMX Model - Part 1 JuansAndZeros, January 1, 0001 I am part of a year long plus project that is re-writing an existing application for a client. We have decided to develop the project using Visual Studio 2012 and .NET 4.5. The project will be using a ... Building a Repository Pattern against an EF 5 EDMX Model - Part 1 0 0 6
TypeScript Resources csmith18119, January 1, 0001 TypeScript looks like a great start to evolving javascript. I am going to start playing with it seeing what it is like. This is the post I will update will all the resources I've found. Welcome to TypeScript ... TypeScript Resources 0 0 0
Free book from Microsoft - Introduction-to-Visual-Studio-Technolo... TATWORTH, January 1, 0001 At http://www.facebook.com/vis... Microsoft are offering a free e-book - Introduction-to-Visual-Stud... chapter titles are:Introducing Visual StudioGetting ... Free book from Microsoft - Introduction-to-Visual-Studio-Technolo... 0 0 13
Understanding Asynchronous Programming with .NET Reflector Nick Harrison, January 1, 0001 When trying to understand and learn the .NET framework, there is no substitute for being able to see what is going on behind at the scenes inside even the most confusing assemblies, and .NET Reflector ... Understanding Asynchronous Programming with .NET Reflector 0 0 0
Strings in .NET are Enumerable Scott Dorman, January 1, 0001 It seems like there is always some confusion concerning strings in .NET. This is both from developers who are new to the Framework and those that have been working with it for quite some time. Strings ... Strings in .NET are Enumerable 0 0 2
First Impressions of a MacBook (from a PC guy) dgreen, January 1, 0001 Disclaimer: I've been a PC guy my entire working career. I'd probably characterize myself as a power user. Never afraid to bust out the console line. But working with a Mac is totally foreign to me. So ... First Impressions of a MacBook (from a PC guy) 0 0 1
Desktop Apps in the Windows 8 Store?!?! That’s Impossible!!... David Paquette, January 1, 0001 Or is it? Since Microsoft announced the Windows Store, the official word has been that desktop apps could not be distributed in the store. But this morning I noticed this: That’s odd, but after clicking ... Desktop Apps in the Windows 8 Store?!?! That’s Impossible!!... 0 0 0
How to play a sound in Visual Studio for different different Thin... anirudha, January 1, 0001 Do you remember that in XP there is a sound play when we start the computer and shut down. Now In skype there is a lot of sound play when such a event happen inside Skype. Today I see a settings in my ... How to play a sound in Visual Studio for different different Thin... 0 0 3
Visual Studio 2012 Released anirudha, January 1, 0001 In last month I hear about Visual studio 2012's release. See hanselman's post http://www.hanselman.com/blog/VisualStudio2012AndNETFramework45IsRELEASEDHeres5MinuteVideosToGetYouUpToSpeedQuick.aspx Visual Studio 2012 Released 0 0 0
StyleCop Custom Rules Aligned, January 1, 0001 There are several blogs on how to do this (http://scottwhite.blogspot... etc). I’ve found a few useful things to point out: Debugging is difficult, but ... StyleCop Custom Rules 0 0 3
Webmatrix 2 Released ! anirudha, January 1, 0001 In last weeks I hear about Webmatrix 2 released. Webmatrix 2 is a nice tool for getting started working on html,css,javascript. it's supported one click installation of framework in php like Wordpres,joomla ... Webmatrix 2 Released ! 0 0 0
Adventures in Windows 8: Working around the navigation animation ... Laurent Bugnion, January 1, 0001 LayoutAwarePage is a pretty cool add-on to Windows 8 apps, which facilitates greatly the implementation of orientation-aware (portrait, landscape) as well as state-aware (snapped, filled, fullscreen) apps. ... Adventures in Windows 8: Working around the navigation animation ... 0 0 0
Node.js Adventure - Storage Services and Service Runtime Shaun, January 1, 0001 When I described on how to host a Node.js application on Windows Azure, one of questions might be raised about how to consume the vary Windows Azure services, such as the storage, service bus, access control, ... Node.js Adventure - Storage Services and Service Runtime 0 0 0
Calculated Columns in Entity Framework Code First Migrations David Paquette, January 1, 0001 I had a couple people ask me about calculated properties / columns in Entity Framework this week. The question was, is there a way to specify a property in my C# class that is the result of some calculation ... Calculated Columns in Entity Framework Code First Migrations 0 0 7
Real World Nuget JoshReuben, January 1, 0001 Why Nuget A higher level of granularity for managing references When you have solutions of many projects that depend on solutions of many projects etc à escape from Solution Hell. Links · Using A GUI (Package ... Real World Nuget 0 0 1
Free Windows Store and Phone Developer Accounts for MSDN Subscrib... Clint Edmonson, January 1, 0001 If you are a member/subscriber to any of the following programs you are eligible to receive one-time, 12-month Windows Store and Windows Phone developer accounts. Visual Studio Professional with MSDN Visual ... Free Windows Store and Phone Developer Accounts for MSDN Subscrib... 0 0 0
Extending QuickBooks Reporting with the QuickBooks ADO.NET Data P... dataintegration, January 1, 0001 The ADO.NET Provider for QuickBooks enables you to request almost any report available in QuickBooks Desktop and QuickBooks Online. The ADO.NET Provider for QuickBooks enables you to access reports as ... Extending QuickBooks Reporting with the QuickBooks ADO.NET Data P... 0 0 0
Executing Stored Procedures in Visual Studio LightSwitch. dataintegration, January 1, 0001 The CData ADO.NET Data Providers enable you to visualize and manipulate information from disparate data sources in LightSwitch applications. This entry demonstrates how to execute stored procedures in ... Executing Stored Procedures in Visual Studio LightSwitch. 0 0 0
Node.js Adventure - Host Node.js on Windows Azure Worker Role Shaun, January 1, 0001 In my previous post I demonstrated about how to develop and deploy a Node.js application on Windows Azure Web Site (a.k.a. WAWS). WAWS is a new feature in Windows Azure platform. Since it’s low-cost, and ... Node.js Adventure - Host Node.js on Windows Azure Worker Role 0 0 5
Review: Windows 8 - Initial Experience Tim Murphy, January 1, 0001 I originally started this post when I had the Windows 8 preview setup on VirtualBox image. I have since put the RTM bits on a Dell E6530 that is my new work laptop. It isn’t a table so I am not getting ... Review: Windows 8 - Initial Experience 0 0 3
VS 2012 Code Review – Before Check In OR After Check In? Tarun Arora, January 1, 0001 “Is Code Review Important and Effective?” There is a consensus across the industry that code review is an effective and practical way to collar code inconsistency and possible defects early in the software ... VS 2012 Code Review – Before Check In OR After Check In? 0 0 1
How To Use Twitter Bootstrap on an ASP.Net Website Jeremy Morgan, January 1, 0001 The Twitter Bootstrap is becoming a very popular tool for doing quick layouts and commonly used web elements. I'll show you how you can put this popular tool to work on your ASP.Net website. How To Use Twitter Bootstrap on an ASP.Net Website 0 0 46
A Taste of the Prairies at Confoo D'Arcy Lussier, January 1, 0001 This February, the Confoo web techno conference will once again be held in Montreal! Confoo has a very unique model for selecting speakers – proposals are posted on their website and people can then vote ... A Taste of the Prairies at Confoo 0 0 0
Node.js Adventure - Node.js with SQL Server Shaun, January 1, 0001 In my previous post I demonstrated how to install, configure and run Node.js application on Windows. In this post I will cover a specific and short topic, which is how to use SQL Server in Node.js. Install ... Node.js Adventure - Node.js with SQL Server 0 0 8