Mar
06
Unlike most Visual Studio products, Test Professional does not use the familiar IDE. In addition, Test Professional requires Team Foundation Server to function. As a result, someone who installs the Test Professional trial bits may be in for a surprise when they try to use it – an unfamiliar UI that doesn’t do much of …
Mar
04
In July 2010, I took on a new role in Developer Marketing – online marketing manager for the Visual Studio and Express marketing websites. I previously worked on the Visual Studio marketing website and developer center back in 2006-2008 when both were hosted on MSDN. Occasionally, I’ll blog on here about significant changes I’m making …
Jan
29
A little over two years ago, I wrote about Sara Ford’s book, Microsoft Visual Studio Tips (Coming Soon: Microsoft Visual Studio Tips by Sara Ford). I just learned that she worked with a co-author, Zain Naboulsi, to update the book: Coding Faster: Getting More Productive with Microsoft Visual Studio. Although I haven’t seen the manuscript …
Apr
16
Based on feedback and my own need for a theme that’ll work for a widescreen and a portrait-oriented monitor, I created another theme. This one is a bit larger to work with a wider variety of resolutions. It also includes 6 more backgrounds. I also changed the default picture position to Center. As before, I …
Apr
12
To put these all in one place, here are the links to the Visual Studio 2010 trial editions and .NET Framework 4 downloads on the Microsoft Download Center. .NET Framework 4 .NET Framework 4 – Web Install .NET Framework 4 – Redistributable .Net Framework 4 Client Profile – Web Install .Net Framework 4 Client Profile …
Apr
10
This is a simple Visual Studio theme I put together for Windows 7 on my laptop. Enjoy! Okay, I think this should be working now. I wasn’t able to host a .themepack file directly on this Web server, so it’s in a ZIP. Unfortunately, I’m unable to update the tinyurl.com link that I had originally …
Apr
10
Keybinding reference cards are now available for the following languages in Visual Studio 2010: Visual Basic Visual C++ Visual C# Visual F# You can download them from here: Visual Studio 2010 Keybinding Cards.
Aug
11
Last week, I had the privilege of writing the Foreword for Sara Ford’s forthcoming book, Microsoft Visual Studio Tips, which is based on her popular Visual Studio Tip of the Day blog posts. Whether you’re a veteran of multiple versions of Visual Studio, or you are using Visual Studio for the first time, this book …
Jul
23
In the US, middle school starts with Grade 6. How would seeing stuff like this when you were about 12 years old have influenced your decision to pursue software development as an occupation? I think back on the first computer course I took in the early 80s and remember learning BASIC with an Ohio Systems …