Monitoring Visual Studio 2010 Performance Problems TATWORTH, January 1, 0001 At http://visualstudiogallery.... Microsoft have provided a tool for Visual Studio to provide reports on Visual Studio 2010 performance problems. The ... Monitoring Visual Studio 2010 Performance Problems 0 0 0
Prepping a conference Laurent Bugnion, January 1, 0001 I have had the chance to talk at many conferences these past few years, and came up with a way to prepare them which works really well for me. Most importantly, it would make it quite easy to overcome ... Prepping a conference 0 0 0
Stylecop 4.5.20.0 is available TATWORTH, January 1, 0001 Stylecop 4.5.20.0 is available is available at http://stylecop.codeplex.co... This is the StyleCop 4.5 RC8. "This release includes the very latest StyleCop for ReSharper plugin and will ... Stylecop 4.5.20.0 is available 0 0 0
TFS SDK: Connecting to TFS 2010 & TFS 2012 Programmatically Tarun Arora, January 1, 0001 Great! You have reached that point where you would like to extend TFS. The first step is to connect to TFS programmatically. Download: Working Demo - VS 2010 Working Demo - VS 2012In this blog post I’ll ... TFS SDK: Connecting to TFS 2010 & TFS 2012 Programmatically 0 0 16
What Every Developer Should Know About MSI Components Alois Kraus, January 1, 0001 Hopefully nothing. But if you have to do more than simple XCopy deployment and you need to support updates, upgrades and perhaps side by side scenarios there is no way around MSI. You can create Msi files ... What Every Developer Should Know About MSI Components 0 0 9
Visual Studio 2010: Extension Manager Natasa Gavrilovic, January 1, 0001 If you still didn’t explore Extension Manager under Tools in Visual Studio 2010 now it’s the time! VS2010 can be expended to include add-ons you wish to have. The Extension Manager list is pretty extensive, ... Visual Studio 2010: Extension Manager 0 0 0
The busy developers guide to the Kinect SDK Beta mbcrump, January 1, 0001 The Kinect is awesome. From day one, I’ve said this thing has got potential. After playing with several open-source Kinect projects, I am please to announce that Microsoft has released the official SDK ... The busy developers guide to the Kinect SDK Beta 0 0 4
Why Windows 8 does not mean the end for .NET development Webgui, January 1, 0001 Since the demo of Windows 8 given by Microsoft Vice President Julie Larson-Green at the recent D9 conference windows developers have been described in many articles as feeling "Horrified" "Worried" "Deeply ... Why Windows 8 does not mean the end for .NET development 0 0 10
Whitepaper “Aufbau eines pragmatisch smarten DevTree“ Marko Apfel, January 1, 0001 Motivation Kommen Ihnen diese Szenarien bekannt vor: der Build scheitert, weil ein Kollege ein 3rd Party Framework eingeführt hat und nur lokal auf seiner Maschine die benötigten Bibliotheken installiert ... Whitepaper “Aufbau eines pragmatisch smarten DevTree“ 0 0 1
What happened to my Entity Framework (edmx) File? Paula DiTallo, January 1, 0001 If you're like me, you've probably clicked/clacked, docked/undocked the window with the edmx file while you were working on it in visual studio without intending to--and now, the entity diagram is gone ... What happened to my Entity Framework (edmx) File? 0 0 0
Cascading Dropdownlist in ASP.NET MVC 3 using jQuery Harish Ranganathan, January 1, 0001 MVC 3 is becoming hugely popular thanks to Razor and the Helpers that make building web applications much easier. One of the common requirements in web development, both with web forms as well as MVC based ... Cascading Dropdownlist in ASP.NET MVC 3 using jQuery 0 0 31
Silverlight Cream for June 13, 2011 -- #1106 Dave Campbell, January 1, 0001 In this Issue: Vikram Pendse(-2-), Christian Schormann, Pete Brown, Kunal Chowdhury, Andrea Boschin, SLMPerf, WindowsPhoneGeek, Jesse Liberty(-2-), and Michael Washington. Above the Fold: Silverlight: ... Silverlight Cream for June 13, 2011 -- #1106 0 0 0
Generated tests assign enums to enum constructor Michael Freidgeim, January 1, 0001 When Visual Studio generates tests, for initial value for enums it uses enum constructor. MyClass.TracingMode tracingMode = new MyClass.TracingMode(); // TODO: Initialize to an appropriate value It looks ... Generated tests assign enums to enum constructor 0 0 1
StyleCop 4.5 (build 4.5.19.0) released TATWORTH, January 1, 0001 StyleCop 4.5 (build 4.5.19.0) has been released at http://stylecop.codeplex.co... For the last few versions, StyleCop has checked for a new version at the start-up of Visual Studio, so ... StyleCop 4.5 (build 4.5.19.0) released 0 0 0
Windows Phone Garage – Greenville, SC on 6/17/2011 Chris G. Williams, January 1, 0001 Friday June 17th, 2011 there will be a Windows Phone Garage event. It will be held at Immedion at 78 Global Drive, Suite 100, Greenville, SC. There are only 40 spots, so register now at http://www.eventbrite.com/e... ... Windows Phone Garage – Greenville, SC on 6/17/2011 0 0 0
Design data sarahkjork, January 1, 0001 I just have to write about design data because it makes my life so much easier. More than I could imaging before I started to use it. There are two ways for creating design data; Either you let Expression ... Design data 0 0 0
Fighting Architecture and Design Erosion tiagomargalho, January 1, 0001 It is no big news that whatever the architecture you plan and implement, soon or later you'll start to see some code "bad smells". In the early phase of implementation you might do some team training and ... Fighting Architecture and Design Erosion 0 0 0
Visual Studio:"The following breakpoint cannot be set" message Michael Freidgeim, January 1, 0001 In Visual Studio I’ve started the application with debugging(F5) and then tried to click url in one of the source code comments. After opening URL within VS I suddently start to receive dosens of messages ... Visual Studio:"The following breakpoint cannot be set" message 0 0 1
How to Encrypt connection string in web.config Jeroen Bourdeaud'hui, January 1, 0001 A couple of years ago, I used 'something' to encrypt the connectionstring on a production server. But I never wrote anything down about it. And in the other projects I did later, I never had deploy to ... How to Encrypt connection string in web.config 0 0 2
Getting started with SharePoint 2010 and Silverlight Web Parts &n... mbcrump, January 1, 0001 I wanted to get familiar with SharePoint 2010 because I have noticed how the market is starting to demand it. Also, most of the SharePoint 2010 guides on the net are outdated. They show everything from ... Getting started with SharePoint 2010 and Silverlight Web Parts &n... 0 0 3
Some information on Visual Studio vNext ALM Enrique Lima, January 1, 0001 If you were at TechEd 2011 in Atlanta, you likely heard or saw what is coming in the next release of the Visual Studio product line and technologies. Here is a summary of some of those items: Visual Studio ... Some information on Visual Studio vNext ALM 0 0 0
WCF SQL Adapter not working after installing BizTalk 2006 R2 SP1 Vishal, January 1, 0001 Recently I was building a VM for a BizTalk 2006 R2 project. My VM configuration was : Windows 2003 R2 SQL 2005 with SP4 Visual Studio 2005 with SP1 BizTalk Server 2006R2 I installed the BizTalk Server ... WCF SQL Adapter not working after installing BizTalk 2006 R2 SP1 0 0 0
Workflow 4.0.1 StateMachine - Distributed Tracking Visualization JoshReuben, January 1, 0001 Workflow 4 State Machine – Distributed Tracking Visualization · Disclaimer: This post requires an understanding of WF 4.0.1 , WCF and WPF. · Before I explain the how, look at the following image for the ... Workflow 4.0.1 StateMachine - Distributed Tracking Visualization 0 0 4
How we’re going to use NuGet Wes McClure, January 1, 0001 This is a quick introduction to moving from our own internal assembly repository to using NuGet. It’s terse for a reason, just a note to self and those I work with: What we had One source of builds external ... How we’re going to use NuGet 0 0 0
CodeStock Presentation “Tools and Utilities for the .NET De... mbcrump, January 1, 0001 As promised, here is a link to all of the applications from my session at CodeStock 2011: Entity Framework Profiler Studio Styles Reflector Telerik JustDecompile Beta dotfuscator CodePaste.NET Silverlight ... CodeStock Presentation “Tools and Utilities for the .NET De... 0 0 0
Let ReSharper and Code Contracts work together Marko Apfel, January 1, 0001 ReSharper by default does not recognize Contract.Requires as an annotation hint, that the proofed condition furthermore is true. So it comes to the effect, that using the following contract definition ... Let ReSharper and Code Contracts work together 0 0 0
Silverlight Cream for June 03, 2011 -- #1099 Dave Campbell, January 1, 0001 In this Issue: Kunal Chowdhury(-2-), Nitya Ravi, Beth Massi, Xpert360, Andrea Boschin, WindowsPhoneGeek, Jesse Liberty(-2-), and John Papa. Above the Fold: Silverlight: "Managing Resources with Reactive ... Silverlight Cream for June 03, 2011 -- #1099 0 0 0
Windows Azure NoReasoning, January 1, 0001 In two weeks, June 16, I will be hosting a First Look event at Centriq Training on Windows Azure. Although I will be talking about various things, such as 'what is cloud computing", "why Windows Azure", ... Windows Azure 0 0 0
Unsign the assembly for Warning VSP2013 Vipin, January 1, 0001 Recently while performing a .Net unit testing on some .Net dll, I kept getting the below error - 'XXX is a strongly named assembly. It will need to be re-signed before it can be executed. Warning VSP2013 ... Unsign the assembly for Warning VSP2013 0 0 0
ASP.NET MVC 3: Creating a Simple Sign-Up Form Vincent Maverick Durano, January 1, 0001 In this article I'm going to demonstrate how to create a simple sign-up form using ASP.NET MVC 3. So basically in this demo you will learn the following: How to insert data to the database with Entity ... ASP.NET MVC 3: Creating a Simple Sign-Up Form 0 0 49
Connecting MVC to a SunOne LDAP store by implementing a custom Me... smyers, January 1, 0001 LDAP is not Active Directory, though Active Directory is LDAP. As someone who drinks the Microsoft Kool-Aid, I found myself using LDAP for something other than Active Directory and I thought I should share ... Connecting MVC to a SunOne LDAP store by implementing a custom Me... 0 0 0
Windows Azure AppFabric May and June CTPs - A summary Charles Young, January 1, 0001 I spent some time today summarising the new features in the Windows Azure AppFabric May CTP for SolidSoft consultants. Microsoft released the CTP a couple of weeks ago and has a second CTP coming out later ... Windows Azure AppFabric May and June CTPs - A summary 0 0 0
Windows Azure MSDN How To tips in one place… Eric Nelson, January 1, 0001 With thanks to Wriju for doing the work to pull these together. How to: Build a Windows Azure Application How to Configure Virtual Machine Sizes How to Configure Connection Strings How to Configure Operating ... Windows Azure MSDN How To tips in one place… 0 0 0
The super-slidy Windows Azure Pricing Calculator Eric Nelson, January 1, 0001 In early 2010 I “complained” about the way we were explaining the Windows Azure Platform on our web site and pointed at a (IMHO) much better way of doing it by one of our competitors. A lot has changed ... The super-slidy Windows Azure Pricing Calculator 0 0 0
Making solutions with lots of projects load and build faster in V... deadlydog, January 1, 0001 I came across this great article which talks about simply unloading projects from a solution to make the solution load and build faster in Visual Studio. This is great, as some of the solution files I ... Making solutions with lots of projects load and build faster in V... 0 0 4
Setting up keyboard shortcuts to build solutions in MSBuild deadlydog, January 1, 0001 One of the greatest benefits of building your solution flies in MSBuild (vs in Visual Studio directly) is that it doesn't lock up the Visual Studio UI, which can be a huge pain if you have a large solution ... Setting up keyboard shortcuts to build solutions in MSBuild 0 0 0
Applied Design Patterns Series RonGarlit, January 1, 0001 Overview of the “AdventureWorksDesignPatterns” Project (I’ll be posting on this series here. It will be based on the presentations I’m creating for the PhillyNJ.NET user group a subgroup of PhillyDotNet) ... Applied Design Patterns Series 0 0 0
Test Plans with Microsoft Test Manager 2010 Mickey Gousset, January 1, 0001 Visual Studio Magazine just put up my latest column on their website: Test Plans with Microsoft Test Manager 2010. Go check it out and let me know what you think ... Test Plans with Microsoft Test Manager 2010 0 0 0
Silverlight Cream for May 31, 2011 -- #1097 Dave Campbell, January 1, 0001 In this Issue: Alex Golesh, Walter Ferrari, Kunal Chowdhury, Rob Eisenberg, Michael Crump(-2-), WindowsPhoneGeek(-2-), Jesse Liberty(-2-), and Nigel Sampson. Above the Fold: Silverlight: "The ABC of streaming ... Silverlight Cream for May 31, 2011 -- #1097 0 0 0
Consuming ADO.NET Entity Framework from Silverlight berthin, January 1, 0001 PREREQUISITES DEVELOPPMENT TOOL In this tutorial, component that follow is required and need to be install: Visual Studio 2010 Express ADO.NET Entity Framework 3.5/4.0 Microsoft Silverlight 4 Tools for ... Consuming ADO.NET Entity Framework from Silverlight 0 0 16
Resolve 404 in IIS Express for PUT and DELETE Verbs Steve Michelotti, January 1, 0001 IIS Express is a new web server that replaces the old Visual Studio web server (aka Cassini). IIS Express provides a number of benefits which you can read about here and they key aspect is that it is IIS. ... Resolve 404 in IIS Express for PUT and DELETE Verbs 0 0 16
Part 2 - Automating a Visual Studio Build with PowerShell Dittenhafer Solutions, January 1, 0001 In my prior blog post on this topic, I showed how to use the PowerShell Start-Process command to initiate the rebuild of a Visual Studio solution using MSBUILD. With today's post, I'll show how I've wrapped ... Part 2 - Automating a Visual Studio Build with PowerShell 0 0 14
Windows Azure Platform Roadmap from Microsoft UK TechDays May 23r... Eric Nelson, January 1, 0001 Several attendees asked me to share the roadmap slide from the developer track at Tech.Days 2011 this week. This is my summary as of May 23rd 2011. Beta Extra Small compute instance Windows Azure VM Role ... Windows Azure Platform Roadmap from Microsoft UK TechDays May 23r... 0 0 0
Save 30% at LearnVisualStudio.NET TATWORTH, January 1, 0001 Save 30% at LearnVisualStudio.NET http://www.learnvisualstudi... Learn Visual Studio have just added dozens of new Silverlight 4.0 videos to their collection and ... Save 30% at LearnVisualStudio.NET 0 0 0
vNext for C++ developers raccoon_tim, January 1, 0001 TechEd 2011 got us talking about the next Visual Studio version called vNext. The update adds multiple small and subtle performance improvements as well as major new ALM tools. These tools focus on helping ... vNext for C++ developers 0 0 0
Design Patterns 100–Part5 RonGarlit, January 1, 0001 “Design Patterns 100″ is a prerequisite for .NET Developers. (Part 5 – Excerpts from July 2010 – PhillyNJ.NET Presentation) Continuing our discussion from Part-4 we ask. What are the “Gang of Four” (GoF) ... Design Patterns 100–Part5 0 0 0
Design Patterns 100-Part3 RonGarlit, January 1, 0001 “Design Patterns 100″ is a prerequisite for .NET Developers. (Part 3 – Excerpts from July 2010 – PhillyNJ.NET Presentation) Continuing our discussion from Part-2 we ask. What are the “Gang of Four” (GoF) ... Design Patterns 100-Part3 0 0 0
Debugger Canvas Tarun Arora, January 1, 0001 A new power tool that promises to redefine the way you debug. You would need the high end Visual Studio 2010 Ultimate edition to run this power tool, the idea is to enhance the debugging experience and ... Debugger Canvas 0 0 3
Debugging Install Functions in Visual Studio 2010 Sam Abraham, January 1, 0001 Most of us have probably used or know of the System.Diagnostics.Debugger... For more information on Debugger.Break checkout this link http://msdn.microsoft.com/e... ... Debugging Install Functions in Visual Studio 2010 0 0 2
Integrating Twitter with your ASP.NET MVC 3 and Razor Web Applica... Harish Ranganathan, January 1, 0001 Much has been talked about the new release of ASP.NET MVC, i.e. MVC 3 and the new Razor syntax and the ability to simplify the development. Razor uses the @ prefix for switching between code and HTML and ... Integrating Twitter with your ASP.NET MVC 3 and Razor Web Applica... 0 0 11