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This Developer's Life 1.1.4 - Obsession
In this episode we have our first listener-submission: Rob Sullivan talks about his obsessive-ness and how it helps him, and hinders him in his job. Rory Blyth and Scott then talk openly about Rory's...
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Transferring/Moving a VHD from Windows Virtual PC (Windows XP Mode) to...
One of the great things about Windows 7 is "Windows XP Mode" which is basically that you get a copy of Windows XP that runs under Windows Virtual PC. It can run "seamlessly" which means you can run XP...
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NuGet Package of the Week #1 - ASP.NET Sprite and Image Optimization
I was thinking since the NuGet .NET package management site is starting to fill up that I should start looking for gems (no pun intended) in there. You know, really useful stuff that folks might...
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NuGet Action Plan - Upgrade to 1.1, Setup Automatic Updates, Get NuGet...
I've got three small actions for you, Dear Reader. They will make your life better. Perhaps follow along and do them as you read? First, go get NuGet, the .NET Package Manager. What? You already have...
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Simplify your Visual Studio 2010 Toolbar and Free Your Mind
You aren't using those toolbar buttons. Certainly not all of them. In fact, ScottGu once bet a group that they couldn't name every button from left to right. In some cases toolbars get added, then...
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Figuring out why my SVCHOST.EXE is at 100% CPU without complicated tools in...
The SvcHost.exe process hosts services that run in the background on Windows. It's literally "Service Host." You may have a dozen services or more running inside that process. More complex is that...
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NuGet Package of the Week #2 - MvcMailer sends mails with ASP.NET MVC Razor...
Have you implemented the NuGet Action Plan? Get on it, it'll take only 5 minutes: NuGet Action Plan - Upgrade to 1.1, Setup Automatic Updates, Get NuGet Package Explorer. The Backstory: I was thinking...
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Entity Framework 4.1 Release Candidate with Go-Live (with Final Release to...
I was in Redmond this last week and talked to Jeff Derstadt, the Lead Developer on Entity Framework Code First (or, as I say, EF Magic Unicorn). What's the deal with this new feature in Entity...
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Hanselminutes Podcast 257 - Selenium for Web Automation Testing with Jim Evans
Scott chats with Jim Evans from the Selenium team about how to get into Web Automation Testing. What's new in Selenium v2? Can you use Selenium with any browser? How does .NET fit into the process?...
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NuGet Package of the Week #3 - PhoneyTools for Windows Phone 7
Have you implemented the NuGet Action Plan? Get on it, it'll take only 5 minutes: NuGet Action Plan - Upgrade to 1.1, Setup Automatic Updates, Get NuGet Package Explorer. The Backstory: I was thinking...
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Microsoft "Video Kinect" Chat Review - Video Chat on the Big Screen, The Good...
I use Video Chat all the time. Like ALL the time. If you check out the Remote Work section of my blog you'll find dozens of posts about optimizing your video chat experience. Living in rural Oregon...
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This Developer's Life 1.1.5 - Revolt
In this special episode of This Developer's Life we explore the Egyptian revolution. We talk to Remon Zakaria about his experience writing software for a day job and overthrowing the government at...
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Good Exception Management Rules of Thumb - Back to Basics Edition
Almost five years ago I posted this "Good Exception Management Rules of Thumb" and had some interesting and useful comments. As with all lists of rules of thumbs, they may no longer be valid. What do...
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Modifying the default code generation/scaffolding templates in ASP.NET MVC
One of the things people like the most about my ASP.NE MVC 2 Ninja Black Belt Tips video, besides the Bill Cosby sweater, is the tip where I show how to modify the default CodeTemplates that are used...
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Enabling dynamic compression (gzip, deflate) for WCF Data Feeds, OData and...
I'm working on a thing that uses an HttpWebRequest to talk to a backend WCF Data Service and it'd be ideal if the traffic was using HTTP Compression (gzip, deflate, etc). On the client side, it's easy...
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Hanselminutes Podcast 258 - Inside Entity Framework 4.1 CodeFirst with Jeff...
This week Scott sits down with the Lead Dev and Lead PM for Entity Framework 4.1 (Magic Unicorn Edition!) to talk about the improvements from the first version. What's improved and changed? What do...
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NuGet Package of the Week #4 - Deserializing JSON with Json.NET
Hey, have you implemented the NuGet Action Plan? Get on it, it'll take only 5 minutes: NuGet Action Plan - Upgrade to 1.2, Setup Automatic Updates, Get NuGet Package Explorer. NuGet 1.2 is out, so make...
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Hanselminutes Podcast 259 - Remote Eclipse/Java Development using TFS at...
Scott talks to Martin Woodward, a Microsoft Program Manager who lives and works in Northern Ireland on the Java-based Eclipse plugin for Team Foundation Server. Martin Woodward is the Program Manager...
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Spring 2011 Fiction Reading List - Young Adult eBooks Will Save Science Fiction
I haven't done a Reading List blog post in a few years now. I used to do them with some regularity but full off lately. Interestingly, I'm still reading about a book a week pretty consistently since I...
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Hanselminutes Podcast 260 - .NET API design that optimizes for Programmer Joy...
Scott sits down with Jonathan Carter to brainstorm about optimizing APIs for programmer happiness, rather than programmer productivity. Download: MP3 Full Show Links: Jonathan Carter's Blog NOTE: If...
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