As I’ve previously mentioned, one of the things that I spend a good bit of time doing is home automation. For prototyping, I have a bunch of very old computers that I’ve acquired for free. These are scattered around the house (much to the dismay of anyone with a sense of decor) and I use…
My impression (and somebody please correct me if I’m wrong) is that MS Test is really designed to operate in conjunction with Microsoft’s Team Foundation Server (TFS) and MS Build. That is, opting to use MS Test for unit testing when you’re using something else for version control and builds is sort of like purchasing…
One of my favorite OSS tools is Subversion. I’ve used it a great deal professionally for managing source code, and it’s also the tool of choice for my academic collaborations between students not located on campus (which describes me, since my MS program is an online one). It seems a natural progression from CVS, and…
Today I’m going to briefly describe one of the cool and slightly more advanced features of CodeRush in a little more detail. But first, a bit of background. One of the many things I found enjoyable about CodeRush is the templated shortcuts, ala VS code snippets but better. I found myself typing “tne-space” a lot…
For some months now, I’ve been using CodeRush/DevExpress express (read: free) version, and I’ve just recently upgraded to the paid version. After playing with it for only a few short weeks, I’ve come to find it indispensable, so I thought I’d log a post highlighting some of my favorite features. These are relevant to C#…
