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Mar 20 2012
If you are like me and you rely on trace information generated by your programs to diagnose production issues then you might like NLog.
NLog is a lightweight open source logging library which has worked well for me in the last couple of projects that I have shipped. Amongst many different configuration options that NLog offers, the 2 that I have used mostly are Console logging and Flat text file logging.
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Jan 12 2012
If you are like me and you have a similar problem of having to share common in-house library code between various Visual studio solutions and you are using SVN for your source code control, then SVN Externals might be a good option to consider.
In my scenario, I had a class library which contains a lot of utility classes that are shared amongst different applications I write. Before starting a new project, I would typically create a Solution Items / bin folder in the solution directory of the new project and would place the compiled library dll in this folder which gets checked into SVN repo along with the application code. This approach sort of worked but had the following pain points:
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Oct 15 2011
If you are like me and you’ve:
It all works fine, if you try to generate the service proxy (using svcutil.exe) from the local network, but the 3rd party complains that they can’t. Although they can see the default service help/greeting page when they view it in a browser.
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Oct 02 2011
If you are like me (a lay-dev) and you swing back and forth between writing .net 4 and .net 2 apps. You are also asked to write simple winform applications from time to time, then this might help just a tad bit.
Like the rest of the world I’m in love with lambdas, extension methods, LINQ and all the cool stuff that was introduced post .net 2.0. So when i am writing in.net 2.0, this is the first pain point. I finally decided to look for a smarter way this time around & found something quite incredible.
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Sep 30 2011
If you are like me and you develop a lot of small Visual Studio Solutions that need to be checked into SVN then you’ll love this tool.
I found it on Jeff Attwood’s site a while ago. Basically, the tool gets the crap out of your solution folder, makes it ideal for you to check in the entire folder as-is into subversion using windows explorer.
Sep 14 2011
If you are like me and you need to set up this environment on your machine then this is what you could potentially do:
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Aug 28 2011
If you are like me and hate having four console window icons pinned to your taskbar then you’ll like Console-2.
The four console windows are:
The first tab when i run the program is the Windows Command shell with the prompt set to >. This gives me plenty of room to type my commands without the directory path getting in my way. To achieve that, i had to go to Edit > Settings > tabs. Changed the title of the default tab to CMD and added the following:
