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New versions of my favourite Cop(that’s police to you and I) Duo, FxCop and StyleCop are out. FxCop 1.36 is out including but not limited to 200+ bug fixes over Beta2, new globalisation rules (I smell a Guy at work), half the memory requirement. StyleCop...
I have been consistently impressed by the blog/efforts of the ever lovely Sara Ford . for those of you who do not know who Sara is, she is a SDE/T on the Visual Studio Core team at Microsoft and via her blog provides us time strapped developers with visual...
Visual Studio 2008 SP1 is now available on MSDN subscriber downloads. or from Microsoft download. Microsoft Visual Studio 2008 Service Pack 1 (exe) Microsoft Visual Studio 2008 Service Pack 1 (iso) there are a good number of fixes and new features in...
there are some nice themes for Visual Studio 2008 but if you want your own try this online tool to get that colour scheme you have always wanted. b.
I am not at TechED Dev in Orlando ( I am going to IT Pro next week , see me at the BizTalk ATE stand ), but there are some important announcements to cover off. Microsoft Project Codename “Velocity” CTP “ Velocity” allows high availability to data...
Phew what a name, well if you want consistent style across developers this is the tool for you. Previously known as StyleCop inside Microsoft. Microsoft Source Analysis is pretty much a mandatory addition to any team development toolkit. In the same way...
Visual Studio 2008 SP1 Beta is out for testing. Scott has a great blog post on SP1, but the highlights (which are numerous) - Classic ASP intelisense and debugging is back - Faster application startup time - Better client side rollout - New Windows Form...
Microsoft have made a series of training packs available for free for developers wanting to skill up to .NET 2.0 and Visual Studio. Sign up for the free training packs here when you have finished Microsoft will give you discounts on exams and further...
Microsoft Research have been working on the next generation of compiler optimisation and analysis tools for sometime, if this is your area I recommend looking at the Phoenix Connect Web Site . I saw Jim Hogg ( with a surname like that , how great must...
Richard and I headed down to Heroes Happen Here event in Birmingham in preparation for our launch events in a few weeks time. Due to external pressures and Richards driving ( he won't spring for a helicopter ) we didn't arrive until a bit after...
if you have listened to me talk about code quality and engaging with developers about the need to produce quality code from the get-go, you will not be surprised at the deep pleasure that a new release of FxCop brings to me. if you haven't had the...