Remember way back when we had a free decompiler? Justin Jones, January 1, 0001 I, like probably so many of the rest of you, was mortified when Reflector was sold to RedGate. I knew where it was going. Suddenly you had to install it instead of just download and run it. I had a deep ... Remember way back when we had a free decompiler? 0 0 2
How to write your unit tests to switch between NUnit and MSTest Justin Jones, January 1, 0001 On my current project I found it useful to use both NUnit and MsTest for unit testing. When using ReSharper for running unit tests, it just simply works better with NUnit, and on large scale projects NUnit ... How to write your unit tests to switch between NUnit and MSTest 0 0 26
Windows 7 Registered Owner and Organization Mark Treadwell, January 1, 0001 This is another of those memory aid posts. After I got tired of seeing Hewlett-Packard as the licensed organization on my laptop, I dug into the registry and changed it. Go to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE... ... Windows 7 Registered Owner and Organization 0 0 0
VS2010 crashes when opening a vsp generated using VS 2012 Tarun Arora, January 1, 0001 I recently profiled some web applications using Visual Studio 2012, a vsp (Visual Studio Profile) file was generated as a result of the profiling session. I could successfully open the vsp file in Visual ... VS2010 crashes when opening a vsp generated using VS 2012 0 0 0
Windows 8 Developer Camp - Raleigh September 25th Jim Duffy, January 1, 0001 Time is ticking away and the time to act is now! How's that for some motivation? :-) Microsoft Developer Evangelist Brian Hitney and I want to help you get your app in the store in time for the October ... Windows 8 Developer Camp - Raleigh September 25th 0 0 0
Node.js Adventure - Node.js on Windows Shaun, January 1, 0001 Two weeks ago I had had a talk with Wang Tao, a C# MVP in China who is currently running his startup company and product named worktile. He asked me to figure out a synchronization solution which helps ... Node.js Adventure - Node.js on Windows 0 0 10
A new free book from Microsoft - Programming Windows 8 Apps with ... TATWORTH, January 1, 0001 At http://borntolearn.mslearn.... there is mention of a new free book from Microsoft Press - Programming ... A new free book from Microsoft - Programming Windows 8 Apps with ... 0 0 0
Web optimization hmloo, January 1, 0001 1. CSS Optimization Organize your CSS code Good CSS organization helps with future maintainability of the site, it helps you and your team member understand the CSS more quickly and jump to specific styles. ... Web optimization 0 0 2
My Visual Studio Demo Video Link disappeared – How do I get... Tarun Arora, January 1, 0001 ***Special thanks to Adam Cogan for asking this question and to Andrew Bragdon for answering this question on the ALM Champs list.*** 1. Problem – The link to demo videos will disappear once you have watched ... My Visual Studio Demo Video Link disappeared – How do I get... 0 0 1
Monitoring Windows Azure Service Bus Endpoint with BizTalk 360? Michael Stephenson, January 1, 0001 I'm currently working with a customer who is undergoing an initiative to expose some of their line of business applications to external partners and SAAS applications and as part of this we have been looking ... Monitoring Windows Azure Service Bus Endpoint with BizTalk 360? 0 0 6
VSDB to SSDT part 4 : Redistributable database deployment package... Etienne Giust, January 1, 0001 The goal here is to use SSDT SqlPackage to deploy the output of a Visual Studio 2012 Database project… a bit in the same fashion that was detailed here : http://geekswithblogs.net/8... ... VSDB to SSDT part 4 : Redistributable database deployment package... 0 0 0
Visual Studio 2012 and .NET 4.5 now Live! Tarun Arora, January 1, 0001 Today was the formal launch event for Visual Studio 2012 and .NET 4.5, a state-of-the-art development solution for building modern applications that span connected devices and continuous services, from ... Visual Studio 2012 and .NET 4.5 now Live! 0 0 1
Infragistics NetAdvantage for JQuery Review Aligned, January 1, 0001 Disclaimer: Infragistics contacted me and asked me to do a review of one of their products. They also paid me, thank you to them . I had trouble creating an account, so I fired up their chat support and ... Infragistics NetAdvantage for JQuery Review 0 0 0
Chocolatey featured on LifeHacker! Robz / Fervent Coder, January 1, 0001 Chocolatey was just featured on LifeHacker! http://lifehacker.com/59424... I was ecstatic to hear about this, of course now I ... Chocolatey featured on LifeHacker! 0 0 0
VSDB to SSDT Part 2 : SQL Server 2008 Server Project … wit... Etienne Giust, January 1, 0001 With Visual Studio 2012 and the use of SSDT technology, there is only one type of database project : SQL Server Database Project. With Visual Studio 2010, we used to have SQL Server 2008 Server Project ... VSDB to SSDT Part 2 : SQL Server 2008 Server Project … wit... 0 0 1
Windows Server 2012 "Early Experts" - Monthly Certification Study... KeithMayer, January 1, 0001 To provide a deeper in-person experience for the Windows Server 2012 "Early Experts" online certification study group, several IT Pro user groups located in the US Heartland are also organizing monthly ... Windows Server 2012 "Early Experts" - Monthly Certification Study... 0 0 0
Windows Store now open to lots more developers (120 markets!) Michael B. McLaughlin, January 1, 0001 See the post here: http://blogs.msdn.com/b/win... . This includes individual accounts now so if you tried signing up before and got ... Windows Store now open to lots more developers (120 markets!) 0 0 0
Backup Azure Tables, schedule Azure scripts… and more Herve Roggero, January 1, 0001 Well – months of effort are now officially over… or should I say it’s just the beginning? Enzo Cloud Backup 2.0 (beta) is now officially out!!! This tool will let you do the following: * Backup SQL Database ... Backup Azure Tables, schedule Azure scripts… and more 0 0 0
Book Review: Professional WCF 4 Sam Abraham, January 1, 0001 My Investigation of WCF internals have set the right stage to revisit Professional WCF 4 by Pablo Cibraro, Kurt Claeys, Fabio Cozzolino and Johann Grabner. In this book, the authors dive deep into all ... Book Review: Professional WCF 4 0 0 0
Agile Development Requires Agile Support Matt Watson, January 1, 0001 Agile development has become the standard methodology for application development. The days of long term planning with giant Gantt waterfall charts and detailed requirements is fading away. For years the ... Agile Development Requires Agile Support 0 0 3
AutoHotkey cannot interact with Windows 8 Windows…or can i... deadlydog, January 1, 0001 If you’ve installed Windows 8 and are trying to use AutoHotkey (AHK) to interact with some of the Winodws 8 Windows (such as the Control Panel for example), or with apps that need to be Ran As Administrator, ... AutoHotkey cannot interact with Windows 8 Windows…or can i... 0 0 0
Get Func-y PhubarBaz, January 1, 0001 I was working on a Windows form app and needed a way to call out to a service without blocking the UI. There are a lot of ways to do this but I came up with one that I thought was pretty simple. It utilizes ... Get Func-y 0 0 0
Updated Windows Azure Reference Architecture Clint Edmonson, January 1, 0001 Since publishing my Windows Azure Cookbook series, I’ve received a number of requests to update the reference architecture diagram for the platform to include the features in the June release. Here my ... Updated Windows Azure Reference Architecture 0 0 0
Free ebook: Introducing Windows Server 2012 (RTM Edition) TATWORTH, January 1, 0001 At http://blogs.msdn.com/b/mic... there is a free e-book on Windows Server 2012 (RTM Edition) ... Free ebook: Introducing Windows Server 2012 (RTM Edition) 0 0 0
Future of BizTalk Vamsi Krishna, January 1, 0001 The future of BizTalk- The last TechEd Conference was a very important one from BizTalk perspective. Microsoft will continue innovating BizTalk and releasing BizTalk versions for “for next few years to ... Future of BizTalk 0 0 0
FAQ: Highlight GridView Row on Click and Retain Selected Row on P... Vincent Maverick Durano, January 1, 0001 A couple of months ago I’ve written a simple demo about “Highlighting GridView Row on MouseOver”. I’ve noticed many members in the forums (http://forums.asp.net) are asking how to highlight row in GridView ... FAQ: Highlight GridView Row on Click and Retain Selected Row on P... 0 0 0
Adventures in Windows 8: Solving activation errors Laurent Bugnion, January 1, 0001 Note: I tagged this article with “MVVM” because I got a few support requests for MVVM Light regarding this exact issue. In fact it is a Windows 8 issue and has nothing to do with MVVM Light per se… Sometimes ... Adventures in Windows 8: Solving activation errors 0 0 0
Getting Started with Hyper-V Server 2012 #hyperv #winserv #itpro KeithMayer, January 1, 0001 With all the news this week around the launch of Windows Server 2012, you may have missed that Hyper-V Server 2012 has also launched! I've provided details on this equally important launch milestone along ... Getting Started with Hyper-V Server 2012 #hyperv #winserv #itpro 0 0 0
An unexpected pleasure from Windows 8 eddraper, January 1, 0001 This post is certainly on the more nuanced side of all the goodness that is Windows 8, but it’s about something that’s really changed my PC usage experience for the better. Besides being a geek and the ... An unexpected pleasure from Windows 8 0 0 0
Are you reporting Visual Studio 2012 issues to Microsoft correctl... Tarun Arora, January 1, 0001 Issues you may run into while using Visual Studio need to be reported to the Microsoft Product Team via the Microsoft connect site. The Microsoft team then tries to reproduce the issue using the details ... Are you reporting Visual Studio 2012 issues to Microsoft correctl... 0 0 2
C++ Succinctly now available! Michael B. McLaughlin, January 1, 0001 Over the summer I worked with SyncFusion to create an eBook based off of my C# to C++ guide for their free Succinctly Series of eBooks. Today the result, C++ Succinctly, was published for download. It ... C++ Succinctly now available! 0 0 5
Defaulting the HLSL Vertex and Pixel Shader Levels to Feature Lev... Michael B. McLaughlin, January 1, 0001 I love Visual Studio 2012. But this is not a post about that. This is a post about tweaking one particular parameter that I’ve found a bit annoying. Disclaimer: You will be modifying important MSBuild ... Defaulting the HLSL Vertex and Pixel Shader Levels to Feature Lev... 0 0 0
Speaking at SW FL Code Camp Sept 8th 2012 Nikita Polyakov, January 1, 0001 It’s always a great time when it’s a Code Camp! I will be presenting “Windows [Phone] Live Tiles & Push Notifications“ at this year’s South West Florida Code Camp 2012 on September 8th. As with many ... Speaking at SW FL Code Camp Sept 8th 2012 0 0 0
ComponentOne: New Extensions for Microsoft Visual Studio LightSwi... Vincent Maverick Durano, January 1, 0001 The ComponentOne team presents the most complete collection of extensions for Microsoft Visual Studio LightSwitch. This collection of ready-to-use extensions snaps right into your applications and extends ... ComponentOne: New Extensions for Microsoft Visual Studio LightSwi... 0 0 0
The challenge of giving a positive No MarkPearl, January 1, 0001 I find it ironic that the more I am involved in the software industry, the more apparent it becomes that soft skills are just as if not more important than the technical abilities of a developer. One of ... The challenge of giving a positive No 0 0 0
West Palm Beach Dev Group August 2012 Meeting Recap Sam Abraham, January 1, 0001 As the saying goes, it’s better late than never. Such is the case with my overdue West Palm Beach Dev Group August 2012 meeting report. Our August meeting was full of both knowledge and adventure. It comes ... West Palm Beach Dev Group August 2012 Meeting Recap 0 0 0
Register For The Sept 2012 Chicago IT Architects Group Tim Murphy, January 1, 0001 We are getting rolling again. This month I will be discussing Building Smart Phone Applications For The Enterprise. This is an area that I have been working with in my normal day-to-day work and think ... Register For The Sept 2012 Chicago IT Architects Group 0 0 0
Local LINQtoSQL Database For Your Windows Phone 7 Application Tim Murphy, January 1, 0001 There aren’t many applications that are of value without having some for of data store. In Windows Phone development we have a few options. You can store text directly to isolated storage. You can also ... Local LINQtoSQL Database For Your Windows Phone 7 Application 0 0 0
Free books from Microsoft TATWORTH, January 1, 0001 Here are couple of links to lists of free books from Microsoft:http://blogs.msdn... ... Free books from Microsoft 0 0 0
Introducing the Metro User Interface on Windows 2012 andywe, January 1, 0001 Although I am a big fan of using PowerShell to do many of my server operations, that aspect is well covered by those far more knowledgeable than I, and there is vast information around the web already ... Introducing the Metro User Interface on Windows 2012 0 0 1
Adventures in Windows 8: Understanding and debugging design time ... Laurent Bugnion, January 1, 0001 One of my favorite features in Expression Blend is the ability to attach a Visual Studio debugger to Blend. First let’s start by answering the question: why exactly do you want to do that? Read the rest ... Adventures in Windows 8: Understanding and debugging design time ... 0 0 0
Nokia Lumia 920 Windows Phone 8 Announcement Tim Murphy, January 1, 0001 Today Nokia and Microsoft had an event to officially introduce the Lumia 920. Below is a rundown of some of the things I found interesting. As a person who likes photography there was a lot to drool over. ... Nokia Lumia 920 Windows Phone 8 Announcement 0 0 2
TFS 2012 Upgrade and SQL Server - SharePoint - OS Requirements. Vishal, January 1, 0001 Hello folks, Recently I was involved in Installation and Configuration of Team Foundation Server 2010 Farm for a client. A month after the successful installation and configuration, Microsoft released ... TFS 2012 Upgrade and SQL Server - SharePoint - OS Requirements. 0 0 0
O'Reilly Deal of the day - 5/JSep/2012 - Programming Windows 8 Ap... TATWORTH, January 1, 0001 Today's deal of the day from O'Reilly at http://shop.oreilly.com/pro... is Programming Windows 8 Applications with C# ."With Early Release e-books, you get books in their earliest ... O'Reilly Deal of the day - 5/JSep/2012 - Programming Windows 8 Ap... 0 0 0
Windows Phone 8 Emulator will only run on Windows 8 ihaynes, January 1, 0001 One of the things that came out of 'DDD10' was the fact that the forthcoming Windows Phone 8 tooling, including the emulator, will only run on Windows 8. This emulator will also be needed to test Window ... Windows Phone 8 Emulator will only run on Windows 8 0 0 0
Localization in ASP.NET MVC – Upgraded Shaun, January 1, 0001 This is the upgraded version of one of my previous post named “Localization in ASP.NET MVC – 3 Days Investigation, 1 Day Job”. I updated my solution to the latest ASP.NET MVC 4, Visual Studio 2012 with ... Localization in ASP.NET MVC – Upgraded 0 0 32
Could not load file or assembly 'System.Data.SQLite' or one of it... Om Talsania, January 1, 0001 Problem Description: Could not load file or assembly 'System.Data.SQLite' or one of its dependencies. An attempt was made to load a program with an incorrect format. Likely to be reproduced when: You will ... Could not load file or assembly 'System.Data.SQLite' or one of it... 0 0 0
Cloud Computing Forces Better Design Practices Herve Roggero, January 1, 0001 Is cloud computing simply different than on premise development, or is cloud computing actually forcing you to create better applications than you normally would? In other words, is cloud computing merely ... Cloud Computing Forces Better Design Practices 0 0 0
Open Source Highlight: namebench eddraper, January 1, 0001 DNS is a big deal. Even small incremental changes to improve its performance can yield significant value due to the vast quantity of look-ups required when using the internet. Until now, It’s always been ... Open Source Highlight: namebench 0 0 1
Stackify Aims to Put More ‘Dev’ in ‘DevOps’ Matt Watson, January 1, 0001 Originally published on VisualStudioMagazine.com on 8/22/2012 by Keith Ward.The Kansas City-based startup wants to make it easier for developers to examine the network stack and find problems in code.The ... Stackify Aims to Put More ‘Dev’ in ‘DevOps’ 0 0 1