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From Windows Phone 7 to Windows 8 Metro, one app's journey

MSDN: Coding4Fun, May 14, 2012
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Last week we highlighted Den Delimarsky's Visual Studio Achievements for Windows Phone 7 app. On this Metro Monday, seems fitting to pair that post up with this one.With Windows 8 and Metro a common q...

Attend my GTC sessions

The Moth, May 13, 2012
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The last GTC conference in the US was 2 years ago and I was there as an attendee. You may recall from that blog post that we were running UX studies at the time. It really feels great 2 years later, ...

Visual Studio 11 – Now with some Color

Jason N. Gaylords Blog, May 9, 2012
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The Visual Studio is constantly reviewing items that have been posted to their User Voice site. One of the items that Ive been asking for, installation customization in Visual Studio, has been voted u...

Visual Studio 11 UI Update - Improvements in RC

WebLog of Ken Cox [MVP], May 9, 2012
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I see by the Visual Studio Blog that Microsoft has backed out the worst of the darkness in the default Visual Studio 11 interface. Many of the ALL CAPS headings are gone and theyve even added some col...

Visual Studio Achievements for Windows Phone

MSDN: Coding4Fun, May 7, 2012
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While it's very possible we're nearing a gamification bubble bust (gamepocalypse?) [evidence], it doesn't mean getting badges it isn't still fun.Today's Mobile Monday project is from a Friend of the B...

Visual Studio Project Manipulations

The Code Project Latest Articles, May 3, 2012
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This project provides mass manipulation of Visual Studio projects....

ERROR: Resource name XXX cannot be used more than once

Scott on Writing, May 2, 2012
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A couple weeks ago I had a client call me up with a perplexing build error. He had an ASP.NET 4 Web Application project open in Visual Studio 2010 that he was working on when, suddenly, the following ...

Async Targeting Pack for Visual Studio 11, now available for .NET 4 and Silverlight 5

The Visual Basic Team, April 26, 2012
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If you’ve held off trying Visual Studio 11 Beta because your .NET 4 or Silverlight 5 app uses the Async CTP, your wait is over! Today we’ve published the Async Targeting Pack for Visu...

Async Targeting Pack for Visual Studio 11 now available for .NET 4 and Silverlight 5

C# Frequently Asked Questions, April 26, 2012
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If you’ve held off on trying Visual Studio 11 Beta because your .NET 4 or Silverlight 5 app uses the Async CTP, your wait is over!  Today we’ve published the Async Targeting Pack for ...

There's an Ogre in my Metro...

MSDN: Coding4Fun, April 25, 2012
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I could/should have saved this project for a Metro Monday post, but, well, I couldn't wait on this any longer.This project had me at "... includes binaries of Ogre, FreeImage, Hydrax and SkyX for x64...

JustTrace and JustMock in Visual Studio 11

the telerik blogs, April 19, 2012
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Microsoft released Visual Studio 11 Beta just over a month ago, and we quickly ensured bleeding edge developers would have access to their favorite productivity tool, Telerik JustCode! So, what about ...

Lazy Programming for Smarties

the telerik blogs, April 10, 2012
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As a programmer, I can honestly say that I am lazy. Forget the menial job of repeating tasks... if it takes me an hour to complete an iteration, I would rather spend 3 hours automating the process. Yo...

A Starter Guide to Page Inspector

The Code Project Latest Articles, April 9, 2012
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This article talks about Page Inspector that got introduced with Visual Studio 11...

Learn About External Templates with KnockoutJS

JohnPapa.net, April 4, 2012
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Templating is a killer feature of many technologies that helps reduce code and make it more manageable and adaptable. Knockout.js has a native template engine (or you can tie in a custom templating en...

Telerik OpenAccess ORM now with Visual Studio 11 Beta support

the telerik blogs, April 2, 2012
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Visual Studio 11 Beta has already been around for several weeks and most of you have already tried it. Plenty of different opinions were out there – from praising the cool new features it offers...

Telerik is a Sponsor of the Microsoft VS 11 Beta Celebration in Las Vegas!

the telerik blogs, March 27, 2012
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If you LOVE Telerik and like to party, then stop by the Visual Studio booth on Tuesday during DevConnections and grab a ticket to join us on March 27th  in the evening at Haze Nightclub at the Ar...

Building a Simple Window Service Application in Visual Studio 2010 That Runs, Sleeps and Stops

peterkellner.net, March 26, 2012
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IntroductionThe goal is to create a simple Service in Windows 7 (or other similar OSs) with Visual Studio 2010 that simply starts, sleeps for 15 seconds, then stops.  I realize this is not that useful...

Windows Phone I command you...

MSDN: Coding4Fun, March 26, 2012
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Today's Mobile Monday post provides a very cool looking toolset to help you develop Windows Phone applications, but also provide you the source for those same tools...Windows Phone Commands for VS2010...

Telerik and Visual Studio 11 - Steamrolling Ahead

the telerik blogs, March 16, 2012
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Expanding on our recent blog post, Telerik and VS11 State of Affairs, here is another update for all of you exploring the Visual Studio 11 Beta.  As we near the launch of Visual Studio 11 Release...

A better way to encourage contributions to OSS

eXtensible mind, March 16, 2012
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Currently in the .NET world, most OSS projects are available via a NuGet package. Users have a very easy path towards *using* the project right away. But lets say they encounter some isssue (maybe a b...

Attach to Process in Visual Studio

The Moth, March 15, 2012
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One option for achieving step 1 in the Live Debugging process is attaching to an already running instance of the process that hosts your code, and this is a good place for me to talk about debug engin...

Visualize Git with SeeGit

youve been HAACKED, March 15, 2012
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I recently gave my first talk on Git and GitHub to the Dot Net Startup Group about Git and GitHub. I was a little nervous about how I would present Git. At its core, Git is based on a simple structure...

Updating to Entity Framework v.Latest the Easy Way

Julia Lerman Blog - Dont Be Iffy..., March 13, 2012
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Entity Framework is evolving rapidly which is why they are releasing via NuGet rather than being strapped to the .NET release cycle. (You can read more about the hows and whys of EFs release cycle her...

Add Reporting in Your VS11 Beta Projects

the telerik blogs, March 12, 2012
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In case you have missed the news, Telerik Reporting in one the many Telerik products that support the beta version of Visual Studio 11. To use it in VS11 you will just need to download the Q1 2012 Ref...

JustCode Visual Studio 11 Beta Support

the telerik blogs, March 9, 2012
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Microsoft recently released the new Visual Studio 11 Beta. The JustCode team has been working hard, and we have already published an internal build with support for Visual Studio 11. You can download ...

JustCode formatter versus Visual Studio formatter

the telerik blogs, March 8, 2012
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In one of our previous blog posts we have started looking at the formatter – one of JustCode’s many great features. In this post we will make a comparison to Visual Studio formatter and gi...

Building a deployable custom control for XAML Metro style apps

Method ~ of ~ failed, March 7, 2012
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At //build one of the surprising immediate things I heard about was folks wanting to build custom controls right away. I knew that would happen, but not so quick on something so new (WinRT). The XAML ...

CSS3 Background Gradients

JohnPapa.net, March 5, 2012
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CSS3 background gradients can add jut the right amount of pop to a web page when used properly, but its important to know how they work differently in the major browsers. This month in my Papas Perspe...

Developing With Visual Studio 2011 and the Windows 8 Consumer Build With Metro and Two (multiple) Monitors

peterkellner.net, March 4, 2012
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Wow, thats a long title. Sorry, but I just wanted to be clear what you are getting if you come here.  Do, in this article, Im going to talk about what it takes in very simple terms to build and s...

Telerik & Visual Studio 11 Beta: State of Affairs

the telerik blogs, March 2, 2012
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For those of you who are already playing with the Beta version of Visual Studio 11, we have some exciting updates, as well as a bit of a roadmap to share. We have been (and will continue) working very...

Winforms Release History : Q1 2012 VS11 Refresh (version 2012.1.301)

Telerik News RSS Feed, March 1, 2012
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Visual Studio Extensions ADDED: Support for Visual Studio 2012 Beta Telerik Presentation Framework ADDED: .NET 4.0 Client Profile Build  RadGridView FIXED: Cell layout is wron...

Bring Back Visual Studio 11 Installation Customization

Jason N. Gaylords Blog, February 29, 2012
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Earlier today Microsoft released Visual Studio 11 Beta as a general release. One of the first things you may notice is that the installation customization of VS11 Beta has been removed. If you are ins...

Visual Studio 11 Beta Is Here!

C# Frequently Asked Questions, February 29, 2012
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As you may have seen in Jasons blog, Visual Studio 11 Beta is available for download today, including the Beta version of C# 5.0!  If youve tried out the Visual Studio 11 Developer Preview, you a...

Visual Studio 11 Beta and .NET 4.5 Beta Available Now!

Somasegars WebLog, February 29, 2012
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I am very happy to announce that the Visual Studio 11 Beta and .NET 4.5 Beta releases are now available for download. I previously blogged about some of the innovation that went into the Visual Studi...

Overcoming the New Visual Studio UI

the telerik blogs, February 27, 2012
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A blog by Doug Seven, Executive Vice President at Telerik. (Original post here) In a blog post last week, Monty Hammontree, the Director of User Experience for Visual Studio, announced the UI refresh...

First Impressions: Visual Studio 11 Beta and the Telerik Report Designer

the telerik blogs, February 27, 2012
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In a few days, VS11 Beta will be revealed. This release is big for Microsoft, not only from a technological standpoint, but also from the experience it will give developers. The new UI is so substanti...

Windows 8 Preview, Visual Studio 11 Beta Set for February 29

Microsoft Certified Professional Magazine Online | Todays Top Picks, February 23, 2012
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Microsoft said it will simultaneously release the Windows 8 Consumer Preview along with the Visual Studio 11 and NET Framework 4.5 betas on Feb. 29....

Visual Studio 11 Design Changes What, Really?

Roland Weigelt, February 23, 2012
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The Visual Studio Team has blogged about the broad reaching experience improvements in Visual Studio and the comments section is exploding. The topics that generate the most negative reactions are: ...

Changing A Strong Name Is A Major Breaking Change

youve been HAACKED, February 16, 2012
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Recently, the Log4Net team released log4net 1.2.11 (congrats by the way!). The previous version of log4Net was 1.2.10. Despite which version of version you subscribe to, we can all agree that only in...

KnockoutJS NuGet Packages

JohnPapa.net, February 14, 2012
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Visual Studio has a ton of perks for making development easier. One of those perks is the package manager, better known as NuGet. Now, when you do KnockoutJS development in Visual Studio you have 4 Kn...

Visual Studio 11 not 2011

The Moth, February 9, 2012
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A little pet peeve of mine is when people incorrectly refer to the Developer Preview (or the upcoming Beta) as Visual Studio 2011 instead of the correct Visual Studio 11. The "11" refers t...

The State of NuGet

youve been HAACKED, February 8, 2012
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Ive seen a few recent tweets asking about whats going on with NuGet since I left Microsoft. The fact is that the NuGet team has been hard at work on the release and have been discussing it in various ...

Extending Visual Studio Part 1 - Creating Code Snippets

The Code Project Latest Articles, February 4, 2012
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Learn how to extend Visual Studio 2010 by creating custom code snippets....

C++ AMP Open Specification

Somasegars WebLog, February 3, 2012
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As an industry trend, advancement in heterogeneous hardware has progressed at a rapid pace.  This in turn has fueled developer desire to target such hardware for accelerated computation, necessit...

Using Async for File Access (Alan Berman)

C# Frequently Asked Questions, January 23, 2012
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The new Async feature in Visual Studio makes it easy to code asynchronous method calls. To make synchronous code asynchronous, you can simply call an asynchronous method instead of a synchronous metho...

Microsoft’s Impact on Kinect, Silverlight and Community in 2011

JohnPapa.net, January 21, 2012
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A lot changed in 2011 in fact you could say it was the beginning of what I think is a massive shift in technology on multiple levels. This week in Visual Studio Magazine I open a mini series of some ...

Gaia Ajax Widgets 3.0 "Glory" released - an Open Source Ajax framework for ASP.NET

ASP.NET Announcements, January 20, 2012
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Gaiaware has announced their 3.0 "Glory" release of their popular Ajax framework. Some of the news are: 4 New Widgets: Extended Button, Extended Panel, Calendar and Slider 8 Widgets Completely Re...

Visual Studio 11 ALM Advances

Somasegars WebLog, January 20, 2012
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Happy new year. Over the last several months since //BUILD/, I’ve published multiple blog posts outlining advancements made in Visual Studio 11, from languages to the .NET Framework to IDE produ...

Run Your Unit Tests in Parallel to Maximize Performance

Steven Smith, January 19, 2012
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If youre at all serious about testing, at some point youre going to have a rather large suite of tests that need to run, and youll find that your builds are taking longer than you would like because o...

Unit Test or Integration Test and Why You Should Care

Steven Smith, January 19, 2012
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There remains a fair bit of confusion about what constitutes which kind of test.  Many developers are fairly new to testing, and tend to call any tests of their code unit tests even when theyre d...