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• Running VS2008 & VS 2005 side by side - project file difference

  Previously, I posted how to support developers running Visual Studio 2008 and Visual Studio 2005 on the same .Net 2.0 solution on the same team, built, CI server, etc . The solution is to have 2 solution files. These files have to be kept in sync to keep... Posted Nov 27 2007, 05:55 PM by Jeffrey Palermo with | with 4 comment(s) Filed under: Developer Community, Tips & Tricks, Tools

• What are the Alt.Net principles? - my answer

  I'll be attending the AltNetConf . Convenient for me that it's in Austin, TX. It's an open space conference, and I consider it the founding conference of a conversation that is "Alt.Net". I'll be proposing the topic: What are... Posted Sep 23 2007, 11:49 AM by Jeffrey Palermo with | with 29 comment(s) Filed under: Agile, Build Automation, Coding Principles, Data Access, Developer Community, Featured, Learning, Tips & Tricks, Tools

• Results of a SOLID pair-programming day - level 200

  There it is. A pile of ripped up note cards denoting all the engineering tasks completed by my pair. This was an unusual day because it started at 7:30am with some white board modeling and brain-crunching a very, very tough problem. We wrote out some... Posted Apr 16 2007, 08:46 PM by Jeffrey Palermo with | with 1 comment(s) Filed under: Learning, Agile, Tips & Tricks, Tools

• New line shortcut keys for Visual Studio 2005 - level 200

  I am a big fan of shortcut keys. I find that if I can keep my hands on the keyboard and not reach for the mouse, my productivity stays high. First, I want to say thanks to Steve Donie for this change in my mindset. Steve has a key for everything, and... Posted Feb 02 2007, 07:04 AM by Jeffrey Palermo with | with 11 comment(s) Filed under: Tips & Tricks, Tools

• Making images in .resx files available to other projects (they default to internal) - level 200

  I find it very frustrating that there is no obvious way to have the .resx generator mark members as public instead of internal. In my team's solution, we have a need for these to be public. Here's how I solved it: Add a nant target that can do... Posted Nov 10 2006, 01:48 PM by Jeffrey Palermo with | with 2 comment(s) Filed under: Tips & Tricks, Tools, Build Automation

• Firefox 2 installed - love the spellchecking! - level 100

  There's a lot of talk about IE7 vs. FF2. It's all pretty boring for me. Browsers are boring. They are glorified terminals. Dave Thomas (of Pragmatic Programmers fame) puts it in an interesting way: (paraphrasing) -We have the same client-server... Posted Nov 09 2006, 05:38 AM by Jeffrey Palermo with | with 2 comment(s) Filed under: Tips & Tricks, Tools

• GAIM & MSN crash bug fixed - level 100

  I use GAIM for all my instant messaging. I used to use Trillian, but I switched. I use MSN, Yahoo, AOL, and GoogleTalk (Jabber). I dropped ICQ some time ago because no one I knew still used it. Recently, some MSN server changes caused GAIM to crash when... Posted Aug 31 2006, 06:55 AM by Jeffrey Palermo with | with no comments Filed under: Tools, Tips & Tricks

• If it takes forever to start your app with the debugger, check for thrown exceptions - level 300

  Overview of Exceptions There are quite of a few things that are just laws of Object-Oriented development, and one of those is that exceptions should be avoided. If you can prevent an exception from being thrown, do it. In the world of managed runtimes... Posted Aug 17 2006, 09:03 AM by Jeffrey Palermo with | with 10 comment(s) Filed under: Coding Principles, Testing, Tips & Tricks, Tools

• Build and publish .Net 2.0 projects with NAnt and the MSBuild task - level 200

  When .Net 2.0 first came out, I was left using the <exec /> task to call msbuild.exe to build my solution. The NAnt <solution /> task is specific to .Net 1.1 because Microsoft change the structure of project files to be MSBuild scripts. I... Posted Aug 12 2006, 12:38 PM by Jeffrey Palermo with | with 13 comment(s) Filed under: Tips & Tricks, Tools