Converting VB .NET to C#: A Post Mortem Jesse Taber, January 1, 0001 This blog post has moved:http://gruffcode.com/2012/12/13/converting-vb-net-to-c-a-post-mortem/ Converting VB .NET to C#: A Post Mortem 0 0 0
Refresh Database–Speed up Your Development Cycles Robz / Fervent Coder, January 1, 0001 Refresh database is an workflow that allows you to develop with a migrations framework, but deploy with SQL files. It’s more than that, it allows you to rapidly make changes to your environment and sync ... Refresh Database–Speed up Your Development Cycles 0 0 2
HowTo: Use .NET Code on a Network Share From Windows Robz / Fervent Coder, January 1, 0001 If you use VMWare/VirtualPC and you want to offload your source code repositories to your host OS and code from it inside the VM, you need to do a few things to fully trust the share. I’ve found that I ... HowTo: Use .NET Code on a Network Share From Windows 0 0 0
How to build Visual Studio Setup projects (.vdproj) with TFS 2010... Vishal, January 1, 0001 Out of the box, Team Foundation Server 2010 Build does not support building of setup projects (.vdproj). Although, you can modify the DefaultTemplate.xaml or create your own in order to achieve this. I ... How to build Visual Studio Setup projects (.vdproj) with TFS 2010... 0 0 4
Visual Studio 2012 Launch Winnipeg–Slides Dylan Smith, January 1, 0001 The Winnipeg .Net User Group hosted a VS 2012 Launch Event at the Imax in Winnipeg on Thursday, Dec 6. Doing presentations on the giant Imax screen is always fun, and I did the first 2 sessions on: End-To-End ... Visual Studio 2012 Launch Winnipeg–Slides 0 0 2
My Upcoming Talk at South Florida’s ITPalooza 2012 - NuGet ... Sam Abraham, January 1, 0001 I am very excited to be speaking at IT Palooza next week. As this event’s audience will span professionals working in different facets of Information Technology, I chose to speak on NuGet, an essential ... My Upcoming Talk at South Florida’s ITPalooza 2012 - NuGet ... 0 0 0
Do NOT Change "Copy Local” project references to false, unless un... Michael Freidgeim, January 1, 0001 To optimize performance of visual studio build I've found multiple recommendations to change CopyLocal property for dependent dlls to false,e.g. From http://stackoverflow.com/qu... ... Do NOT Change "Copy Local” project references to false, unless un... 0 0 6
Connect to running web role on Azure using Remote Desktop Connect... Magnus Karlsson, January 1, 0001 We want to be able to collect IntelliTrace information from our running app and also use remote desktop to connect to the IIS and look around(probably debugging). 1. Create certificate 1.1 Right-click ... Connect to running web role on Azure using Remote Desktop Connect... 0 0 1
My collection of favourite TFS utilities Aaron Kowall, January 1, 0001 So, you’re in charge of your company or team’s Team Foundation Server. Wish it was easier to manage, administer, extend? Well, here are a few utilities that I highly recommend looking at. I’ve recently ... My collection of favourite TFS utilities 0 0 3
ASP.Net MVC 4 Razor Engine For Beginners Part 1 Humprey Cogay, C|EH, E|CSA, January 1, 0001 I. What is MVC? a. http://www.asp.net/mvc/tuto... II. Software Requirements for this tutorial a. Visual Studio 2010/2012. You can get your free copy here ... ASP.Net MVC 4 Razor Engine For Beginners Part 1 0 0 24
Profiling Startup Of VS2012 – Ants Profiler Alois Kraus, January 1, 0001 I just downloaded ANTS Profiler 7.4 to check how fast it is and how deep I can analyze the startup of Visual Studio 2012. The Pro version which is useful does cost 445€ which is ok. To measure a complex ... Profiling Startup Of VS2012 – Ants Profiler 0 0 0
Book “Team Foundation Server 2012 Starter” published terje, January 1, 0001 During the summer and fall this year, me and my colleague Jakob Ehn has worked together on a book project that has now finally hit the stores! The title of the book is Team Foundation Server 2012 Starter ... Book “Team Foundation Server 2012 Starter” published 0 0 5
Who could ask for more with LESS CSS? (Part 2 of 3–Setup) ToStringTheory, January 1, 0001 Welcome to part two in my series covering the LESS CSS language. In the first post, I covered the two major CSS precompiled languages - LESS and SASS to a small extent, iterating over some of the features ... Who could ask for more with LESS CSS? (Part 2 of 3–Setup) 0 0 0
Advanced Continuous Delivery to Azure from TFS, Part 1: Good Enou... jasont, January 1, 0001 The folks over on the TFS / Visual Studio team have been working hard at releasing a steady stream of new features for their new hosted Team Foundation Service in the cloud. One of the most significant ... Advanced Continuous Delivery to Azure from TFS, Part 1: Good Enou... 0 0 4
light.exe : error LGHT0217: Error executing ICE action ‘ICE... Vishal, January 1, 0001 Hi there, Recently I was working with BizTalk Deployment Framework v5.0 for my BizTalk Sever 2009 projects and TFS 2010 Builds. I had followed all the steps mentioned in the BTDF documentation to create ... light.exe : error LGHT0217: Error executing ICE action ‘ICE... 0 0 0
Microsoft Channel 9 Interviews Mei Liang to Introduce Sample Brow... Jialiang, January 1, 0001 This morning, Microsoft Channel 9 interviewed Mei Liang - Group Manager of Microsoft All-In-One Code Framework - to introduce the newest Sample Browser extension for Visual Studio 2012 &2010. This ... Microsoft Channel 9 Interviews Mei Liang to Introduce Sample Brow... 0 0 0
Call Stored Procedures from Script Components dataintegration, January 1, 0001 The source task and the destination task are the easiest ways to transfer data in SSIS. You can use source and script components to output data to the data flow.This article shows how to create a script ... Call Stored Procedures from Script Components 0 0 0
Download files from a SharePoint site using the CData SSIS Compon... dataintegration, January 1, 0001 The CData SSIS data flow components allow you to easily import and export data from various data sources. However, in some cases the type of operation you need does not fit the SSIS Source or the SSIS ... Download files from a SharePoint site using the CData SSIS Compon... 0 0 0
Build an MVC Application with Connectivity to QuickBooks dataintegration, January 1, 0001 This article shows how to use wizards in Visual Studio to create a simple MVC (model, view, controller) project and execute CRUD (create, read, update, and delete) commands to QuickBooks using the Entity ... Build an MVC Application with Connectivity to QuickBooks 0 0 0
Working with QuickBooks using LINQPad dataintegration, January 1, 0001 The CData ADO.NET Providers can be used from many applications and development environments. This article shows how to use LINQPad to connect to QuickBooks using the CData ADO.NET Provider for QuickBooks. ... Working with QuickBooks using LINQPad 0 0 0
How to undelete files in TFS Tarun Arora, January 1, 0001 Have you accidently deleted files from TFS and are looking at a way to undelete the file? You don’t have to undo your previous check in to get the files back, there is a simpler way. 01 – View Deleted ... How to undelete files in TFS 0 0 0
BizTalk: Internals: Namespaces Leonid Ganeline, January 1, 0001 BizTalk team did a good job hiding the .NET guts from developers. Developers are working with editors and hardly with .NET code. The Orchestration editor, the Mapper, the Schema editor, the Pipeline editor, ... BizTalk: Internals: Namespaces 0 0 0
A story of Murphy–my technical issues at TechDays Switzerla... Laurent Bugnion, January 1, 0001 I had two sessions at the recent Swiss TechDays. While the first one (Advanced Development for Windows Phone 8) went extremely well (I think), I had a very annoying technical issue in the beginning of ... A story of Murphy–my technical issues at TechDays Switzerla... 0 0 0
Windows 8, the biggest struggle…. Dennis Vroegop, January 1, 0001 As always, it’s hard to be original. It’s easy to copy great stuff others have done but to think of something nice that others might have done is not trivial. The number of applications in the Windows ... Windows 8, the biggest struggle…. 0 0 0
ANTS CLR and Memory Profiler In Depth Review (Part 2 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 2 of 2 –... 0 0 0
Quartz.Net Writing your first Hello World Job Tarun Arora, January 1, 0001 In this blog post I’ll be covering, 01: A few things to consider before you should schedule a Job using Quartz.Net 02: Setting up your solution to use Quartz.Net API 03: Quartz.Net configuration 04: Writing ... Quartz.Net Writing your first Hello World Job 0 0 9
Visual Studio 2010 Best Practices Etienne Tremblay, January 1, 0001 I’d like to thank Packt for providing me with a review version of Visual Studio 2010 Best Practices eBook. In fairness I also know the author Peter having seen him speak at DevTeach on many occasions. ... Visual Studio 2010 Best Practices 0 0 2
Documenting your database with Visual Studio 2012 SSDT tools krislankford, January 1, 0001 The title of this post is interesting and something I am wishing you and your colleagues had a better way to do. I understand as I am asked this question frequently. I couple of weeks ago I was asked the ... Documenting your database with Visual Studio 2012 SSDT tools 0 0 7
Team Foundation Server (TFS) Team Build Custom Activity C# Code f... Bob Hardister, January 1, 0001 For the full context and guidance on how to develop and implement a custom activity in Team Build see the Microsoft Visual Studio Rangers Team Foundation Build Customization Guide V.1 at http://vsarbuildguide.codep... ... Team Foundation Server (TFS) Team Build Custom Activity C# Code f... 0 0 0
ReSharper 7.1 update TATWORTH, January 1, 0001 Jet Brains have announced ReSharper 7.1: a considerable update to the powerful .NET developer productivity tool for Visual Studio. They invite you to download ReSharper 7.1 and take it for a free 30-day ... ReSharper 7.1 update 0 0 0
Measuring Code Quality DotNetBlues, January 1, 0001 Several months back, I was tasked with measuring the quality of code in my organization. Foolishly, I said, "No problem." I figured that Visual Studio has a built-in code metrics tool (Analyze -> Calculate ... Measuring Code Quality 0 0 0
Enable Automatic Code First Migrations On SQL Database in Azure W... Steve Michelotti, January 1, 0001 Now that Azure supports .NET Framework 4.5, you can use all the latest and greatest available features. A common scenario is to be able to use Entity Framework Code First Migrations with a SQL Database ... Enable Automatic Code First Migrations On SQL Database in Azure W... 0 0 4
Announcing the Winnipeg VS.NET 2012 Community Launch Event! D'Arcy Lussier, January 1, 0001 Back in May 2010 the local Winnipeg technical community got together and put on a launch event for VS.NET 2010. That event was such a good time that we’re doing it again this year for the VS.NET 2012 launch! ... Announcing the Winnipeg VS.NET 2012 Community Launch Event! 0 0 2
A fix for the design time error in MVVM Light V4.1 Laurent Bugnion, January 1, 0001 For those of you who installed V4.1 of MVVM Light and created a project for Windows Phone 8, you will have noticed an error showing up in the design surface (either in Visual Studio designer, or in Expression ... A fix for the design time error in MVVM Light V4.1 0 0 0
Oredev 2012: Summary and source code Laurent Bugnion, January 1, 0001 This week, I had the pleasure to be invited to talk at Oredev, a really cool conference taking place in Malmo, Sweden. The whole event is awesome, including a very special dinner on Monday including sauna ... Oredev 2012: Summary and source code 0 0 0
Book Review: Professional ASP.Net MVC4 Sam Abraham, January 1, 0001 The past few weeks have been particularly busy as I continue to dedicate a bigger portion of my free time to refreshing my memory and enhancing my knowledge of best practices pertaining to technologies ... Book Review: Professional ASP.Net MVC4 0 0 0
Connect Team Foundation Service/TFS 2012 with Visual Studio 2010 ... Vishal, January 1, 0001 Hello, Microsoft finally released the Team Foundation Service in late October 2012 after its long time in the preview phase. I was already using the TFS Preview which was free but I was happy to see Microsoft ... Connect Team Foundation Service/TFS 2012 with Visual Studio 2010 ... 0 0 4
Windows Azure Training Kit October 2012 Release Clint Edmonson, January 1, 0001 The Windows Azure Technical Evangelism team have been busy bees lately and we want to share with you what they’ve been working on. As you know we release the Windows Azure Training Kit on a regular cadence, ... Windows Azure Training Kit October 2012 Release 0 0 0
Install BizTalk Server 2013 beta on Windows 8 (with Visual Studio... Vishal, January 1, 0001 Hello BizTalkers, Finally, Microsoft released the beta version of BizTalk Server 2010 R2 and now its called BizTalk Server 2013. I had tried the BTS 2010 R2 CTP version on Windows Azure VM and particularly ... Install BizTalk Server 2013 beta on Windows 8 (with Visual Studio... 0 0 5
Build 2012, some thoughts.. Dennis Vroegop, January 1, 0001 I think you probably read my rant about the logistics at Build 2012, as posted here, so I am not going into that anymore. Instead, let’s look at the content. (BTW If you did read that post and want some ... Build 2012, some thoughts.. 0 0 1
Visual Studio 2010/2012 Context Menus and a Keyboard SergeyPopov, January 1, 0001 As a software developer, I spend a lot of time using Visual Studio. I have to say that I completely satisfied with Visual Studio generally. Nevertheless, sometimes Visual Studio starts annoying me. One ... Visual Studio 2010/2012 Context Menus and a Keyboard 0 0 3
Web API, JavaScript, Chrome & Cross-Origin Resource Sharing Brian Lanham, January 1, 0001 The team spent much of the week working through this issues related to Chrome running on Windows 8 consuming cross-origin resources using Web API. We thought it was resolved on day 2 but it resurfaced ... Web API, JavaScript, Chrome & Cross-Origin Resource Sharing 0 0 9
Add SQL Azure database to Azure Web Role and persist data with en... Magnus Karlsson, January 1, 0001 By: Magnus Karlsson, http://geekswithblogs.net/M... my last post I went for a warts n all approach to set up a web role on Azure. In this post I’ll describe how to add an SQL Azure database ... Add SQL Azure database to Azure Web Role and persist data with en... 0 0 0
Announcing the Mastering SharePoint 2013 Development lab Erwin van Hunen, January 1, 0001 If you’re a seasoned SharePoint developer and you’d like to get up and running with all the new goodies that SharePoint 2013 is bringing, make sure you check out the Mastering SharePoint 2013 Development ... Announcing the Mastering SharePoint 2013 Development lab 0 0 0
MVVM Light V4.1 with support for Windows Phone 8 Laurent Bugnion, January 1, 0001 Today is a very exciting day: After the official release of Windows 8 (and Microsoft Surface!) on Friday, and the official release of Windows Phone 8 on Monday, the Build conference is starting! This is ... MVVM Light V4.1 with support for Windows Phone 8 0 0 0
Combining Shared Secret and Certificates Michael Stephenson, January 1, 0001 As discussed in the introduction article this walkthrough will explain how you can implement WCF security with the Windows Azure Service Bus to ensure that you can protect your endpoint in the cloud with ... Combining Shared Secret and Certificates 0 0 50
Teach Your Kid to Code (…and Vote early!) Steve Michelotti, January 1, 0001 Next Tuesday I will be at the CMAP main meeting presenting Teach Your Kid to Code. Next Tuesday is of course Election Day so you have to make sure you vote early in order to get over to CMAP for the 7:00PM ... Teach Your Kid to Code (…and Vote early!) 0 0 0
Combining Shared Secret and Username Token – Azure Service Bus Michael Stephenson, January 1, 0001 As discussed in the introduction article this walkthrough will explain how you can implement WCF security with the Windows Azure Service Bus to ensure that you can protect your endpoint in the cloud with ... Combining Shared Secret and Username Token – Azure Service Bus 0 0 28
No More NCrunch For Me Steve Wilkes, January 1, 0001 This blog now lives here. No More NCrunch For Me 0 0 0
Extending Expression Blend 4 & Blend for Visual Studio 2012 Chris Skardon, January 1, 0001 Just getting this off the bat, I presume this will also work for Blend 5, but I can’t confirm it… Anyhews, I imagine you’re here because you want to know how to create an addin for Blend, so let’s jump ... Extending Expression Blend 4 & Blend for Visual Studio 2012 0 0 4