I already did my " Inessential List of Tools " back some time ago but yesterday, in the attempted install of the new VS2008 SP1 , I found that the so-called Hotfix Cleanup Utility would not work for me. Nothing was really working to remove the Beta 1 bits including manual registry methods,...
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Big news! Resharper 4 has gone to Beta! No more nightly installs. Technorati Tags: Resharper...
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I was playing around with my e editor and trying to learn how to customize it. The center of its customization story is cygwin and updating it. It was about that time that I also made the move to Console based on Scott's recommendation. His HanselShell inspired me to customize my Console to have Tabs...
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Since the site is now live and announced , I am really excited to share some information about a new experimental developer toolset that is innovative Having Eric Meijer on this truly excites me as well! On Wednesday, December 5th, Live Labs announced Volta, an experimental developer toolset that enables...
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I just started using the new SQL Prompt 3.6 from Red Gate today in ernest and I am wondering why I waited so long. This product is amazing! It provides IntelliSense for SQL Server. I am using it inside the SQL Server Management Studio 2005 but it works with Microsoft Query Analyzer, SQL Server 2005 Management...
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So, in the comments on my post about the lack of Resharper 3.0.2 Intellisense for .NET 3.5/LINQ, I made the comment that I actually I use both Resharper and CodeRush!! That's right, I can't live without either :) Both products have distinct advantages - Resharper is the better tool at working in an agile...
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So everyone who reads this blog knows of my intense love affair for CodeRush and Refactor! Pro, However, it did seem that I was the only member of ALT.NET that was not using Resharper. However, I kept hearing how Resharper was more suited for Agile development and since I had licenses, I have been reexamining...
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A nice Christmas present from the PAG team: the first CTP of the 3.0 Ent Lib and they have put it on CodePlex . See Tom's blog post for features but my list made it in: Strong-Naming, Config Tool, Validation Block and the App;ication Block Software Factory. I'm pretty pleased....
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