As I mentioned last week, I am new to TDD. For better or worse, all of my tests (and spikes) have been generated via Visual Studio Test Projects. Working with VS Test Projects hasn’t been all that bad although I noticed a couple of annoyances right away. Is anyone else bothered by the fact that, [...]
NDepend is a static analyzer that simplifies the management of a complex .NET code base. Architects and developers can analyze code structure, specify design rules, plan massive refactoring, do effective code reviews and compare different versions of the code. The result is better communication, improved quality, easier maintenance and faster development. Sounds good, eh? Full [...]
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I’ve previously written about managing your Subversion repositories via the TortoiseSVN client. TortoiseSVN integrates with Windows Explorer and provides a really slick way to do things like view the status of your source code, update your Subversion working copy and commit change. But as slick as it is, TortoiseSVN requires one to bounce between their [...]
I am releasing/distributing a Windows application and service in a couple weeks. Both application use the .NET 3.5 Framework and are wrapped up in a custom installer. Rather than having my installer prompt the user to download the .NET 3.5 framework installer, I’m packaging it up with my setup program. Very simply, I check to [...]
I started using the TextMate Theme for Visual Studio a week ago. This afternoon I switched back to the default VS theme and nearly threw up. It’s really flipping plain to the point of being ugly. All the same, I looked at the white screen for less than a minute and I reinstalled TextMate. I [...]
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Today I did what I should have done a lot while ago. I watched the Jedi Coding Demo and installed JetBrain’s ReSharper – The Most Intelligent Add-In To Visual Studio about 30 seconds later. Finally… After launching VS2008, R# 4.0 Beta asked me a couple configuration-preference-type questions and then I completely stomped on my code until [...]
Resource Refactoring Tool provides developers with a super easy way to extract hard coded strings from your code into resource files. I won’t say this tool has saved me days of time but has certainly saved me hours (especially on those hand-me-down projects which tend to require a good amount of clean up. ) You’ll [...]
I brought attention to my dreaded mouse addiction a couple of months back. For those of you with a similar problem, The Daily Grind made reference to a keyboard shortcut reference poster available for download here. I printed out the C# shortcuts and paste the poster on my monitor. I can’t see what I’m typing any longer, [...]
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