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Automated Web Testing
A quick note of interest to ASP.NET developers and testers: Visual Studio Magazine has posted my review of Automation Design Canvas , a fine Web testing product from ArtOfTest . I see that Telerik is also selling this as Telerik WebUI Test Studio . Visual...
Posted 02 April 2009 09:59 PM by Ken Cox [MVP] | 2 comment(s)
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Windows Server 2008 R2 For Developers, Please
I notice Microsoft is releasing Windows Server 2008 Foundation for small businesses which doesn't include Hyper-V. How about a workstation version * with * Hyper-V? There's a lot of interest among developers in using Windows Server 2008 (and of course...
Posted 01 April 2009 10:40 AM by Ken Cox [MVP] | 4 comment(s)
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Visual Studio 2008 Service Pack 1 Released
Important: Run the Visual Studio 2008 Service Pack Preparation Tool at http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkID=121685&clcid=0x409 . Microsoft Visual Studio 2008 Service Pack 1 (exe)
Posted 11 August 2008 11:59 AM by Ken Cox [MVP] | 8 comment(s)
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IntelliSense Fosters Inattention
I count on IntelliSense a lot when programming - especially in C# which (arrggh!) is case-sensitive. However, I just had a case where IntelliSense led me to make a mistake that cost me half an hour. I was happily working in LINQ and had the following...
Posted 26 July 2008 12:09 PM by Ken Cox [MVP] | 5 comment(s)
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Visual Studio 2008 Command Window and 'The first 100' Items
Here I am debugging JavaScript in an ASP.NET 3.5 site using Visual Studio 2008. In the Command Window, I type: ? grid to see the properties of a JavaScript object. So far so good until the Command window reports: < More... (The first 100 of 429 items...
Posted 18 July 2008 02:14 PM by Ken Cox [MVP] | 1 comment(s)
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Found! ASP.NET Dynamic Data Documentation
Just to save others from having to drill down a million levels to locate the Dynamic Data online documentation, here's a convenient starting point, Using ASP.NET Dynamic Data . ( http://vs2008sp1docs.msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/ms336422.aspx ) I'm digging...
Posted 20 May 2008 09:08 PM by Ken Cox [MVP] | 1 comment(s)
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Come Say 'Hello' at Energize IT 2008 in Toronto!
Hey folks, Along with a number of other MVPs, regional directors, and community leaders, I've signed up to help out in the Ask the Experts area of Energize IT 2008 in Toronto on Saturday, May 24, 2008. It's a free event (including lunch) sponsored by...
Posted 16 May 2008 10:55 AM by Ken Cox [MVP] | 2 comment(s)
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Code Snippets Manager in VWD 2008
I want to use snippets rather than clumsy typing during my talk at the Victoria .NET code camp on Saturday. New to snippets, I read the online documentation about accessing the Code Snippets Manager . Go to Tools --> Code Snippets Manager they say...
Posted 23 January 2008 04:27 PM by Ken Cox [MVP] | 10 comment(s)
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Canadians: Register Now for the VS 2008 Launch Events!
Sheesh! I had a nasty shock yesterday when I went to register for the Vancouver Launch & Technical Readiness event on March 4th - it said the event was full ! What?!?! Already?!?! It turns out it was a glitch at the Web site and the "full" message...
Posted 18 January 2008 10:31 AM by Ken Cox [MVP] | 4 comment(s)
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The FTP In Copy Web Site is Slow!
Although Visual Web Developer 2008 makes it convenient to connect to a remote site, doing so with the built-in FTP client is a pain in the butt. There's something wrong with the VS-embedded module that handles FTP transfers. Am I the only one seeing slow...
Posted 02 January 2008 10:11 AM by Ken Cox [MVP] | 11 comment(s)
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