Kate Gregory
27 Aug 2010
A Look at VS Add-in for Windows 7 Taskbar Extras
Kate Gregory writes
"...If your build results in errors or warnings, you'll also get a taskbar icon overlay when it's done letting you know about them.) And here we have handy thumbnail buttons - for build, debug, and start without debugging:..."
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Steven Smith
24 Aug 2010
Bug Solution to System.Core in VS2010 Projects
Steven Smith writes
"...I just ran into an odd issue with a VS2010 project. In my case it was an MVC 2 application I was upgrading from VS2008. One of the built-in controllers (ProfileController) was failing to compile because it could not resolve the Linq extension method symbols Single() and Matches(). These are located in the System.Core assembly. I checked my project references in Solution Explorer, and..."
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Andrew Brust
23 Aug 2010
LightSwitch Needs to Succeed and so do the People who Need it
Andrew Brust writes
"...I think developers should be productive quickly and then have the opportunity to learn more and do even better. In other words, the skill levels should be Good and Better, rather than Bad and Good. LightSwitch makes that possible...Version 1 won’t be perfect. Version 1 is never perfect. If things go well, Version 1 proves a point, and..."
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Brian Noyes
23 Aug 2010
Where to Find the Hidden Toolbox Search in VS 2010
Brian Noyes writes
"...frustrated wading through the dozens of Silverlight controls in my toolbox trying to spot one I needed, and it occurred to me that there “ought to be an add-in to search the toolbox...You can read about it here..."
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Steven Smith
18 Aug 2010
Example Using Code Contracts in VS2010
Steven Smith writes
"...With the Code Contracts installed, you can start to use them in your code in place of things like guard clauses to ensure that a parameter is not null. The benefit of this approach is that you get a richer experience at design/development time and you can also ensure, via compilation errors, that certain things simply cannot occur in your application. Code Contracts uses..."
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