Did you ever try VSS 2005 Internet connection? I did once just for testing. I need it now for real, to connect to a client of mine. The […]
Assigning default values to fields trivia
class Tubo { bool value; bool TuboTubo() { return value; } } Will this piece of code compile (answer without compiling, please )?
How do you assign default values
In previous post I was asking whether a method returning an unassigned variable will compile and the answer is no, it won’t. So this brings an interesting question, […]
Assigning default values to variables trivia
bool Tubo(string text) { bool value; if (text == "Tubo") value = true; return value; } Will this piece of code compile (answer without compiling please [:)])?
Speeding up build times dramatically
I have a VS 2005 solution with 19 projects.In total it consumes ~600MB of disk space (entire solution folder, including binaries). Needless to say that build times are […]
Ribbon mania
I often wonder why is everybody jumping on the (Office like) ribbon wagon. Ribbon UI is clumsy if it isn't done properly and furthermore, if you ask me, […]
What’s cooking in Developer Express house
[DevEx] improved public insight into DXperience next versions – they created a forum where their employees post news about forthcoming versions. So, if you curious what’s next by […]
Dock.Fill should be used more often
Look at the picture below. These are the Team System tests results I run today. Why the heck is more than half of the window empty (huge red rounded […]
Spell checker for developers is a good thing
Here is an output from Intel’s Matrix Storage Console when repairing a RAID array: Yep, it says Verifing instead of Verifying. This is a common harmless error that […]
Command prompt utilities should have a readable help message
Today I had to display ILMerge‘s help information (btw, ILMerge does merge assemblies in a single assembly and it is a must have free utility produced by [MS] […]