Contents tagged with General Software Development
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EntityDataSource control for Entity Framework 6 Preview
It took a while but we now have a preview version of the EntityDataSource control for Entity Framework 6.
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Assemblies Go Missing in MVC 2 Project!
Sometimes, my MVC 2 project fails during development because an assembly has disappeared from the /bin folder.
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Deleting a Project From TFS.visualstudio.com
I really appreciate having the online Team Foundation Service (http://tfs.visualstudio.com/) as free source control for my personal projects. It has saved my bacon more than once when I’ve needed to roll back my code to a known good point, regroup, and dive in afresh.
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Entity Framework Code First–Magic SQL Tool
Having written the plain old classes (POCO) for my latest Web application, I wasn’t looking forward to creating the corresponding tables in SQL Server. I’m not a database guy really. Just a guy who needs to use databases.
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Tell Visual Studio 2012 UI Designers What to Fix
If you hate the default interface themes in Visual Studio 2012 as much as I do, you have another outlet to vent.
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Hate That Gray? Wash It Away! Visual Studio 2012 Color Theme Editor
Microsoft’s Matthew Johnson has updated his excellent free tool.
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Repairing The Visual Studio 2012 UI
I have sympathy for ‘Softies who don’t like the controversial ‘Metro’ UI changes but are afraid to say so. After all, who wants to commit a CLM (Career-Limiting Move) by declaring that the Emperor has no clothes (or gradients) and that ALL CAPS IN MENUS ARE DUMB?
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A Small World in ASP.NET–NimblePros Acquired by Telerik
A few weeks ago, fellow ASPInsider Steve Smith of NimblePros passed a client to me. It’s a part-time “tweaks and maintenance” gig for a small startup. I was quite happy to take this on. I’m mostly retired and no longer work fulltime but still want to keep my hand in ASP.NET and Visual Studio - and earn money for toys.
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Not Happy With the Monochrome Visual Studio 11 Beta UI
I can’t wait for a third-party to come out with tools to return some colour to the flat, monochrome look of Visual Studio 11 (beta).
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Fix: 'Unable to load one or more of the requested types' Errors
A long time ago, I reported on an intermittent ‘Could not load file or assembly‘ bug where ASP.NET 4 was encountering a bizarre error on start-up in System.Reflection.RuntimeModule.GetTypes(RuntimeModule module). I neglected to post a follow-up here.