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Employ refactoring via Visual Studio to write better code
Refactoring is the practice of making your code cleaner and clearer without affecting the functionality. Find out what's included in Visual Studio's Refactor menu, and discover a couple of Visual Studio add-ins that bring refactoring to the Visual Basic community. by Tony Patton
Tags: Developer, Microsoft Visual Studio, Microsoft Visual Basic, Code, Feature, Refactoring, Refactor, Refactor Menu, Visual Studio IDE, Microsoft Development Tools, Programming Languages, Development Tools, Software Development, Software/Web Development, Tony Patton
Blog posts 2008-08-04
Keeping up with development technology at TechEd 2008
Bill Gates kicked off last week's TechEd North America 2008 Developers conference in Orlando, FL by talking about the fact that he's taking a less active role at Microsoft to spend more time as a philanthropist. Even though this was old news, I learned plenty of new information during the...
Tags: Developer, Microsoft Visual Studio, Microsoft Silverlight, Product, Microsoft Corp., Conference, Silverlight 2 Beta 2, Microsoft Sync Framework, Microsoft Development Tools, Enterprise Software, Development Tools, Software Development, Software/Web Development, Software, Tony Patton
Blog posts 2008-06-09
Visual Studio 2008 simplifies JavaScript debugging
One of the more cumbersome development tasks is debugging client-side JavaScript code. Tools such as Firebug are helpful, but in the case of Firebug, you're forced to use Firefox. Thankfully, Visual Studio 2008 provides a robust and developer-friendly environment for debugging JavaScript. Simplification Whenever I hear developers discuss...
Tags: Microsoft Visual Studio, Microsoft Visual Studio 2008, JavaScript, Debugger, Breakpoint, Breakpoints, Figure B, Microsoft Development Tools, Scripting Languages, Development Tools, Software Development, Software/Web Development, Web Development, Tony Patton
Blog posts 2008-05-15
Create custom Visual Studio 2005 code snippets
Visual Studio 2005's built-in code snippets are great, but you can extend the concept by creating custom code snippets to easily reuse common code blocks in your application. This tutorial walks you through the process of creating custom code snippets. Creating the file Code snippets are defined in...
Tags: Microsoft Visual Studio, Microsoft Visual Studio 2005, Snippet, CodeSnippets Element, Code Element, Microsoft Development Tools, XML, Development Tools, Software Development, Software/Web Development, Web Development, Tony Patton
Blog posts 2008-04-18
Take advantage of code snippets in Visual Studio 2005
The auto-complete features of Visual Studio .NET are wonderful if you are a Visual Basic developer, but C# developers sorely missed out on the feature. (Of course, C# developers who never use Visual Basic may be unaware of its existence.) Fortunately, Visual Studio 2005 brings auto-complete for code snippets to...
Tags: Folder, Microsoft Visual Studio, Microsoft Visual Studio 2005, Microsoft Visual Basic, Snippet, CodeSnippets Element, Declarations Element, Code Element, Microsoft Development Tools, C#, Programming Languages, Development Tools, Software Development, Software/Web Development, Tony Patton
Blog posts 2008-04-15
Don't sweat migrating legacy .NET projects to Visual Studio 2008
I'm always a bit apprehensive when moving to a new development tool or a new version of an existing tool because of the possibility of breaking existing code and projects. Little did I know that migrating to Visual Studio 2008 would be such a breeze. Visual Studio...
Tags: Project, Microsoft Visual Studio, Solution, Microsoft .NET, Version, Microsoft Visual Studio 2008, Conversion, Solution File, Wizard, Microsoft Development Tools, Development Tools, Software Development, Software/Web Development, Tony Patton
Blog posts 2008-04-07
Visual Studio 2008 released to non-MSDN subscribers
Microsoft has made the latest version of Visual Studio available to non-MSDN subscribers as of January, ahead of the official corporate launch next month. Excerpt from ZDNet: Microsoft released to manufacturing Visual Studio 2008 on November 19, 2007, and made it available at that time to...
Tags: Microsoft Visual Studio, Microsoft Visual Studio 2008, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Development Tools, Development Tools, Software Development, Software/Web Development, Paul Mah
Blog posts 2008-01-29
Visual Studio 2008 offers developers more testing options
Unit testing has evolved from a fringe activity to an industry-accepted way to develop software. This change in attitude was aided by the introduction of numerous freely available testing frameworks -- most notably, NUnit. Microsoft's testing options have drawn the ire of the development community for years...
Tags: Developer, Microsoft Visual Studio, Microsoft Visual Studio 2008, Goal, Microsoft Corp., Framework, Tool, NUnit, xUnit.net, TestDriven.NET, Microsoft Development Tools, .Net, Development Tools, Software Development, Software/Web Development, Tony Patton
Blog posts 2008-01-29
Working with LINQ in Visual Studio 2008
Last week, I introduced the basics about the .NET Language-Integrated Query LINQ technology. Now I'll cover how the O/R Designer feature in Visual Studio 2008 that allows you to use LINQ to access SQL Server. (Before diving into the code, I want to mention that TechRepublic member...
Tags: Microsoft Developer Network, Microsoft Visual Studio, Database, Query, Microsoft SQL Server, Microsoft Visual Studio 2008, Data, LINQ, O/R Designer, DataContext, Query Expression, DataClasses1DataContext, Tony Patton
Blog posts 2008-01-15
Initial impressions of Visual Studio 2008
Visual Studio 2008 was recently released to MSDN subscribers, and it's slated to be available to the general public soon. These recent developments spurred me to take a closer look at the latest version of Microsoft's flagship IDE. In this overview of Visual Studio 2008, I'll start...
Tags: Microsoft Visual Studio, IDE, Microsoft .NET, Version, Microsoft Visual Studio 2008, LINQ, Feature, Microsoft Development Tools, Development Tools, Software Development, Software/Web Development, Tony Patton
Blog posts 2007-12-17
Microsoft attempts to streamline .NET development with Volta
In the ads for Visual Studio and for .NET, Microsoft promised to revolutionize and streamline daily development tasks. While .NET is a vast improvement over past Microsoft development platforms, it still requires a certain level of expertise. Microsoft continues its push to simplify Web development with Volta. Is it...
Tags: Microsoft Visual Studio, Application, Microsoft .NET, Microsoft Intermediate Language, Goal, Microsoft Corp., Tier, Volta, Volta Remodulation, Microsoft Development Tools, Development Tools, Software Development, Software/Web Development, Tony Patton
Blog posts 2007-12-11
Read about Microsoft's development offerings for 2008
I spend much of my time knee deep in Microsoft technologies, and I often find it difficult to keep up with the new products and versions. Fortunately, I usually have some time to get up to speed because most organizations are slow to adopt new technologies and upgrade to new...
Tags: Developer, Microsoft Visual Studio, IDE, Microsoft .NET Framework, Microsoft SQL Server, Microsoft Visual Studio 2008, Microsoft Windows Presentation Foundation, Microsoft Corp., Feature, Tool, .NET Framework 3.5, LINQ, SQL Server 2008, Microsoft Development Tools, .Net, Databases, Development Tools, Software Development, Software/Web Development, Enterprise Software, Software, Data Management, Tony Patton
Blog posts 2007-11-27
Microsoft set to ship Visual Studio 2008 and .NET Framework 3.5
What's really new in VS2008?Has anybody tried it yet?
Tags: Microsoft Corp., jose.a.nunez@..., Microsoft Visual Studio 2008, Microsoft Visual Studio, Microsoft .NET Framework
Discussion threads 2007-11-23
Save time with Visual Studio 2005 project templates
While application development provides plenty of opportunities to be creative, there are numerous aspects of every project that require developers to perform the same tasks over and over again. Automating such tasks provides you with more time to concentrate on the more challenging aspects of your work. Visual Studio 2005...
Tags: Project, Directory, Microsoft Visual Studio, Microsoft Visual Studio 2005, Template, Default Directory, Starter Kit Concept, New Project Dialog Box, Microsoft Development Tools, Development Tools, Software Development, Software/Web Development, Tony Patton
Blog posts 2007-11-21
Microsoft set to ship Visual Studio 2008 and .NET Framework 3.5
Microsoft is set to ship the next version of its Visual Studio IDE Integrated Developer Environment and .NET Framework. Visual Studio 2008 comes packed with more than 250 new features while .NET adds SOA, Web 2.0 and SaaS. Features in Visual Studio 2008 include: ...
Tags: Microsoft Visual Studio, Microsoft Visual Studio 2008, Microsoft .NET Framework 3.5, Microsoft Corp., LINQ, Microsoft Development Tools, .Net, Middleware, Development Tools, Software Development, Software/Web Development, Enterprise Software, Software, Arun Radhakrishnan
Blog posts 2007-11-21
Creating an icon without Visual Studio
I need two unique icons for my users' desktops so it will be easier to click the correct icon for maintenance or housekeeping work requests.I do not have Visual Studio.re: icon programsPrograms to create icons are easily available all over the internet. Basically, any graphics program capable of saving...
Tags: Microsoft development tools, gwatson@..., graphics program, GIMP, Microsoft Visual Studio
Discussion threads 2007-11-20
Visual Studio 2008 shipping by end of November
Microsoft will be releasing Visual Studio 2008 and the .NET Framework 3.5 by the end of this month. The announcement was made at Microsoft's TechEd Developers 2007 conference on Monday. According to Soma Somasegar, corporate vice president of Microsoft's developer division, "Visual Studio 2008 and...
Tags: Microsoft Visual Studio, Microsoft Visual Studio 2008, Microsoft Corp., Sync Framework, Microsoft Development Tools, Development Tools, Software Development, Software/Web Development, Paul Mah
Blog posts 2007-11-07
Visual Studio 2008 will be released this month
Visual Studio 2008 shipping by end of NovemberAre there any plans to switch over to Visual Studio 2008 in the near future?
Tags: Microsoft development tools, paulmah@..., Visual Studio 2008, Microsoft Visual Studio
Discussion threads 2007-11-07
Microsoft wants to F# Visual Studio
There are quite a few F words that people use when talking about Microsoft, but the most recent buzz is all about F#, because Microsoft has announced F# support integration with Visual Studio. Check out the scoop on Ars Technica: "Microsoft to push functional programming into the mainstream with...
Tags: Microsoft Visual Studio, Functional Programming, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Development Tools, Development Tools, Software Development, Software/Web Development, Sonja Thompson
Blog posts 2007-10-23
Visual Studio 2003 & SQL Server 2005 - Database Updating
Every so often, my database and/or VB code gets a concurrency exception when I try to write to the database. If I alter the code using the acceptChanges method on the dataset, I eliminate the exception, but the database is not being updated. It seems that the data...
Tags: Storage, Databases, Microsoft development tools, vlenza@..., database, Microsoft Visual Studio, Microsoft SQL Server, Microsoft SQL Server 2005
Discussion threads 2007-10-12


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