I’ve been putting this off for a while now but have finally gotten around to checking out Visual Studio 2010. You can get everything you need from this page, Visual. read more…
Editing MSBuild Xml files can be a bit of a chore. For general everyday file editing I tend to use NotePad++ which is an awesome file editor and viewer. However,. read more…
Over the last 6 months I have tried a few CI systems for my own projects. I’ve been looking for something that will formalise the “Clean, Build, Test & Deploy”. read more…
I was recently working on a project where I needed to serialize objects with properties marked as readonly (can only be set inside a constructor). The objects are part of. read more…
Interesting article on a recent discovery of a weakness in the widely used AES encryption algorithm. Seems that you might be better off with AES 192 rather than AES 256!. read more…
I’ve just published the second installment of my mini-series of using the Composite Application Library. This article covers dynamic skinning of WPF applications and a few other choice topics! Check. read more…
xUnit is great! If you haven’t used it yet it really is well worth the time to explore and get to grips with. I was recently creating some Serialization tests. read more…
I’ve just published Part 1 of my introduction to Composite WPF series of articles. The main aim of this article was to provide a really simple illustration of how it. read more…
What a day! I’ve completely lost count of the number of times I’ve tried to install SQLExpress 2008 in the last 12 hours. It seemed like a never ending series. read more…
I just finished reading Sacha Barbers latest article on CodeProject called GeoPlaces. There are a few people publishing on the CP site which are required reading in my opinion and. read more…
Anyone working on WCF components and services really need to have a good read of this. Its another great free resource from the Patterns & Practices folks. Its a big. read more…
There is no doubt that C# is a great language, on top of that Microsoft have released some great IDE’s, and on top of that, some of them are FREE! . read more…
I don’t know if you have been following certain news items regarding NASA but I have and I really can’t work out what is going on. It seems that someone. read more…
Well I had a hell of a wake up call this weekend. A nasty little ‘Fake Threat’ had leeched into my system somehow. One of the horrid little blighters that. read more…
Just found a link on Sacha Barbers blog linking too some really cool Visual Studio code snippet downloads available from The Blendables folks and DrWPF. Well worth downloading and checking. read more…
Over the weekend I was doing a fair amount of UI stuff on a major project of mine and stumbled across a very cool and neat solution to using data. read more…
Anyone that has worked on software development will have come into contact with Source (Code) Control software at some point. I’ve recently been looking for a solution to use at. read more…
Visual Studio 2010 – First Impressions / WPF UI
I’ve been putting this off for a while now but have finally gotten around to checking out Visual Studio 2010. You can get everything you need from this page, Visual. read more…
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MSBuild – Editing Xml Scripts
Editing MSBuild Xml files can be a bit of a chore. For general everyday file editing I tend to use NotePad++ which is an awesome file editor and viewer. However,. read more…
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Continuous Integration – TeamCity
Over the last 6 months I have tried a few CI systems for my own projects. I’ve been looking for something that will formalise the “Clean, Build, Test & Deploy”. read more…
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Serialization – Xml – Readonly Properties
I was recently working on a project where I needed to serialize objects with properties marked as readonly (can only be set inside a constructor). The objects are part of. read more…
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Reclaiming Disk Space
I was recently doing a spot of house keeping on the dev box and really needed to have a view on where all the space was being used and by. read more…
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AES Encryption Weakness
Interesting article on a recent discovery of a weakness in the widely used AES encryption algorithm. Seems that you might be better off with AES 192 rather than AES 256!. read more…
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Introduction to Composite WPF CAL, Prism: Part 2
I’ve just published the second installment of my mini-series of using the Composite Application Library. This article covers dynamic skinning of WPF applications and a few other choice topics! Check. read more…
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xUnit Custom Attributes – BeforeAfterTestAttribute
xUnit is great! If you haven’t used it yet it really is well worth the time to explore and get to grips with. I was recently creating some Serialization tests. read more…
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Introduction to Composite WPF (CAL, Prism) Part 1
I’ve just published Part 1 of my introduction to Composite WPF series of articles. The main aim of this article was to provide a really simple illustration of how it. read more…
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Foreign Key Constraints in SqlCe
How do you add foreign key constraints in SqlCe? Like this: How do you check it’s there?
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Install SQLExpress 2008 “Access Denied” Error
What a day! I’ve completely lost count of the number of times I’ve tried to install SQLExpress 2008 in the last 12 hours. It seemed like a never ending series. read more…
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Sacha Barber
I just finished reading Sacha Barbers latest article on CodeProject called GeoPlaces. There are a few people publishing on the CP site which are required reading in my opinion and. read more…
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WCF Security Guidance
Anyone working on WCF components and services really need to have a good read of this. Its another great free resource from the Patterns & Practices folks. Its a big. read more…
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SNOW!!
Wow, for the first time in what seems to be 20+ years we have some real snow!! Has got in the way of a few plans that’s for sure. Howeve,. read more…
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Debug – C# Express 2008
There is no doubt that C# is a great language, on top of that Microsoft have released some great IDE’s, and on top of that, some of them are FREE! . read more…
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What’s Wrong with NASA’s IT Department??
I don’t know if you have been following certain news items regarding NASA but I have and I really can’t work out what is going on. It seems that someone. read more…
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Spyware Wakeup!
Well I had a hell of a wake up call this weekend. A nasty little ‘Fake Threat’ had leeched into my system somehow. One of the horrid little blighters that. read more…
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WPF Visual Studio Code Snippets
Just found a link on Sacha Barbers blog linking too some really cool Visual Studio code snippet downloads available from The Blendables folks and DrWPF. Well worth downloading and checking. read more…
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WPF UserControl == DataTemplate
Over the weekend I was doing a fair amount of UI stuff on a major project of mine and stumbled across a very cool and neat solution to using data. read more…
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Source Control
Anyone that has worked on software development will have come into contact with Source (Code) Control software at some point. I’ve recently been looking for a solution to use at. read more…
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