A COLLECTION OF LINKS FOR LOVERS OF I.T. Dirk Strauss . . . . Feature link: Simulate Low Bandwidth Connection How to simulate a low bandwidth connection for testing web sites and applications, Scott Hanselman Other Visual Studio Tips, Ricardo Peres Visual Studio Tips 2, Ricardo Peres Visual Studio Tips 3, Ricardo Peres…
A COLLECTION OF LINKS FOR LOVERS OF I.T. Dirk Strauss . . . . Feature link: GitHub Integration in Visual Studio 2015 GitHub Integration in Visual Studio 2015, Tillman Dickson Other Visual Studio 2015 Update 1 RC Available, Eric Battalio Using Pex And Microsoft Code Digger To Better Understand And Test Your…
Sad Facebook is sad and it wants you to be happy…. well perhaps not, but it sounded cool saying that. I have come across very few people that don’t use Facebook. Some might not have their own account, but they invariably use their spouse’s Facebook account. Then you get the John and Jane Smith accounts. You know, those husband and wife accounts one seems to find more often these days. A very cool video uploaded by Higton Bros illustrates exactly what I believe many experience in some small way or another.
A COLLECTION OF LINKS FOR LOVERS OF I.T. Dirk Strauss . . . . Feature link: Apache Cordova Visual Studio Tools New Visual Studio Tools for Apache Cordova Documentation Site and Beginner’s Guide, Linda Zhong Other Display Just One Project in Solution Explorer, Peter Vogel Web Performance Testing with Visual Studio Ultimate…
The Visual Studio Solution Explorer is the one part of the IDE that I’m betting most developers use so often, it tends to melt away in the background of ‘doing one’s job’. But yet, there it is, an indispensable tool of sheer brilliance waiting to be discovered. There is much more to the Visual Studio Solution Explorer than meets the eye. Let’s take a closer look. (more…)
A COLLECTION OF LINKS FOR LOVERS OF I.T. Dirk Strauss . . . . Feature link: Two Weeks Of Being Almost Blind Being Almost Blind, Dirk Strauss Other Gunnar Computer Eyewear Do Computer Glasses Really Work?, Melanie Pinola Why Write Python in Visual Studio?, Steven Lott Introduction to Azure Search, Gunnar Peipman Essential…
Being Almost Blind – Some of you might have noticed that the updates to this blog have been a little sparse the past two weeks. There is however a good explanation for this. On Friday, October 2nd I woke up and noticed that I could no longer see properly. I saw everything around me, but when I looked directly at something (especially on a computer screen), all I saw was a white mist. The reality of my situation quickly began to sink in. (more…)
A COLLECTION OF LINKS FOR LOVERS OF I.T. Dirk Strauss . . . . Feature link: Containers 101 Containers 101, Bob Reselman Other Outlook Add-In: How to search and highlight inside email body?, Kunal Chowdhury How to Capture the Windows Mobile 10 Network Traffic with Fiddler?, Senthil Kumar LINQPad Is A Must Have…
A COLLECTION OF LINKS FOR LOVERS OF I.T. Dirk Strauss . . . . Feature link: Azure SQL Elastic Database Pools Better Density and Lower Prices for Azure’s SQL Elastic Database Pools, Scott Gu Other Visual Studio Online – output colouring by tag, Ruslan Albu If statements: Do you really need…
There is one thing in this world that many people fail to do. That is maintain regular backups of important files and documents. I often wonder why this is? I have come to the conclusion that many people don’t do it because it is a hassle. We often don’t have the time to make regular backups or we get so entrenched in everyday life, that making backups is the last thing on our mind. CloudBerry Backup definitely has a solution for you. (more…)