Sometimes I enjoy reading old posts on the web, so I sniffle around in the archives of some of my favorite blogs. Jeff Atwood is one of my favorites, and here he talks about COBOL. Chances are, each time you interact with your financial institution (be it online or at…
You know that feeling when you are in the groove, and the code just flows? You might be listening to music (Pink Floyd or Ahmad Jamal is my code music) or sitting in complete silence. You might code to Slayer blasting in your ears or flourish in the hum drum of the office din. Whatever your thing is, we can all agree that there is no better place than that place…. your comfort coding zone. (more…)
Steve Clayton shares a video that every programmer must watch. If you don't read any of the other links in this edition, it doesn't matter as long as you watch this clip. Then, have a look at the Multilingual App Toolkit for Visual Studio 2012 on the Visual Studio Gallery.…
As you have by no doubt heard, Internet Explorer 10 for Windows 7 is available globally. Rob Mauceri and Scott Hanselman talk about IE 10. Then, Senthil Kumar discusses Just Decompile. This might be a repost from my side, but I feel that it is essential for every developer to…
In the world of Software Development today, anyone that doesn’t protect their intellectual property is setting themselves up for disaster. Luckily, Visual Studio 2012 (as do previous editions of Visual Studio) comes with a community edition of PreEmptive Dotfuscator and Analytics. To compare the editions and other features available in Dotfuscator and Analytics visit their website. (more…)
Today we get a blast from the past with the Windows 95 Video Guide. Seriously, have a gander at this video on YouTube. Rick Marron discusses Syntax Highlighting and Bob Tabor gives us an Important Update to C# Fundamentals. Can you explain a 300 million year old gear found in…
Iris Classon give us a few tips on monitoring the time you spend on different activities on your PC. This is essential to increase your productivity; if you want to increase your productivity, you need to know where your time is going to in the first place. Pinal Dave brings…
It's the start of another new week and we kick off with David Tepper talking about how to improve the performance of your Metro style apps. Senthil Kumar reviews JustDecompile from Telerik. This is an amazing tool that needs to be part of every developers repertoire. Microsoft Malaysia shows us how…
I consider myself rather proficient with using a PC. In fact, I think that I take many of the features of the operating system and other applications rather for granted. Every once in a while, I slow down just long enough to notice something new.
Every day, I try to go through a few articles from some of my favourite bloggers of tech and just sit and absorb what they are writing about. It is during moments such as these that I usually learn something new. The following tip is (I am almost ashamed to say this) something I never knew, or took notice of.
I love finding little gems such as these, and it will make my life (and hopefully yours) a bit easier. (more…)
Today, Paul Thurrott tries to ease the transition to Outlook.com with a few great tips. Mahesh Sabnis takes us through the new shiny things in WCF 4.5 while Iris Classon asks another, very intelligent stupid question. Senthil Kumar gives us the run down on some libraries for reading and writing…