I love Windows 8. There, I said it. Right, now that that’s over with, lets get to the nitty gritty of the shut down sequence. WinKey+C -> Settings -> Power -> Select Shut down. Doesn’t that seem a bit drawn out?
I decided to upgrade from Windows 7 Ultimate to Windows 8 Pro. It was the best decision I have ever made. I didn’t upgrade purely because of all the hype surrounding Windows 8, but more because I wanted to start developing Windows 8 style apps.
Well, I must say that after playing with Windows 8, I am absolutely hooked. The UI is so intuitive and easy to navigate. Getting around the OS is a breeze and I don’t even want to mention the Windows Store. But let me start off from the beginning and go on from there.
So you have just purchased your new laptop, and along with all the other software, it came pre-installed with Windows 7 Home Premium. Did you know that you can upgrade your version of Windows 7 without having to use a disk? Looking For Something Else? Try these links instead: Script…
With the release of Visual Studio 2010 came support to package up your ASP.NET
The only problem was that the Import Application option was missing from the Actions pane in my IIS Manager. (more…)
Today saw the All-In-One Code Framework Sample Browser updated to Version 4. I have to say, that I really love the look and feel of this latest version. Now while I know that there is a Sample Browser Visual Studio Extension for 2010, I feel that version 4 looks nicer and I wanted to have it available inside Visual Studio 2010. To enable this, follow these steps:
Step 1
From the Toolbar, select the Tools menu item.
Okay, you probably all know this, but somewhere someone doesn’t. And I thought it might be a nice article to post. Have you created a Windows Service Timer that isn’t working? The reason for this is because you probably added a Windows Forms Timer to your Service instead of a System Timer. So for future reference, this is what I did:
I just wanted to post a quick note here regarding a build error I got for the Log4Net Logging Service and Visual Studio 2010. I added the Log4Net DLL and some logging to my application, but on the Build, I received the following Warning: The referenced assembly "log4net, Version=1.2.10.0, Culture=neutral,…
Trust but Verify
This was the almost signature phrase adopted by Ronald Reagan. At the signing of the INF Treaty he used it again and his counterpart Mikhail Gorbachev responded: “You repeat that at every meeting,” to which Reagan answered “I like it.” Well in my mind, Ronald (who by the way, would have been 100 years old on the 6th of February 2011) had a point going there. How can we as developers adopt that mantra to our work?
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Streams of Inspiration
When do you know it all? You might be wondering what I mean by saying that, but is it possible to ever say that you know all there is to know about your chosen programming language? There are really some very good programmers out there. Guys and girls that dedicate their lives in the pursuit to knowing all there is to know about their language of choice. And when you come across one of these individuals, their grasp on that specific technology or topic is astounding. How do they do it, you wonder? They must know everything about XYZ. (more…)
Hello C# My Old Friend
Simon & Garfunkel’s song title (Hello Darkness my old friend) reminds me of how I feel we should see the language we develop applications in. It should be a friend, not true? In other words, you should be very comfortable with your abilities developing in your language of choice. I’m a C# developer, and I love the language. I try to expand my understanding of it continually. In fact, you should never think that you know it all. Most importantly, you have to remember, that your pride must be left at the office door before starting your work day. There will always be another developer that knows more about a specific topic than you do. And you need to be big enough to take advice when given. But I don’t specifically want to talk about this. (more…)