Visual Studio Toolbox
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With its focus on tooling both in and outside of Visual Studio, this show will help you become a more productive developer. Join your host Robert Green and see what tools you can put in your Visual Studio Toolbox.
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17 minutes, 0 secondsVisual Studio Toolbox: Productivity Power Tools Part 1May 11, 2011 at 12:25 PM
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Welcome to the debut episode of the Visual Studio Toolbox, a show that will focus on tooling both in and outside of Visual Studio. The goal is to help you become a more productive developer. In this episode, we will start to explore the Productivity Power Tools, a freely downloadable… -
23 minutes, 53 secondsVisual Studio Toolbox: Productivity Power Tools Part 2May 18, 2011 at 10:32 AM 16
Previously on Visual Studio Toolbox, we started looking at the Productivity Power Tools. In this episode, we explore additional features of this excellent extension. We will see enhancements to the Document Tab Well that make it easier to work with code files, and we'll take a look at both the… -
52 minutes, 43 secondsVisual Studio Toolbox: Entity Framework Part 1Jan 11, 2012 at 6:39 AM 47
In this episode, Robert is joined by Rowan Miller and Diego Vega of the Entity Framework team. They discuss and demo code first, database first, and model first—the three primary Entity Framework workflows—and give some tips on when to use each. They also clarify the update strategy for the Entity… -
55 minutes, 5 secondsEntity Framework Tips and TricksFeb 27, 2013 at 10:22 AM 10
In this show, Robert is joined by Julie Lerman, the author of several highly acclaimed Entity Framework books. Julie shares a number of Entity Framework tips and tricks including: Overriding the DBContext SaveChanges method [02:00] EntityFramework Power Tools [19:00] Configuring 1:1… -
17 minutes, 34 secondsVisual Studio Toolbox: Visual Studio AchievementsJan 18, 2012 at 8:00 AM 13
In this episode, Karsten Januszewski introduces us to Visual Studio Achievements. Once you install this extension, you can unlock achievements based on things you do in Visual Studio such as loading custom settings, organizing usings, or having three startup projects in a solution. Some of the… -
16 minutes, 25 secondsVisual Studio Toolbox: Creating and Using Code SnippetsJun 08, 2011 at 9:32 AM 20
In this episode, we explore code snippets, an underappreciated feature of Visual Studio. Code snippets are existing pieces of code. All you have to do is type the snippets shortcut and Visual Studio writes the code for you. Watch as we first use a couple of snippets that ship with Visual Studio.… -
29 minutes, 49 secondsVisual Studio Toolbox: DevExpress CodeRushNov 10, 2011 at 11:29 AM 12
There are a number of third-party vendors providing tools you can use to enhance your productivity when developing with Visual Studio. Recently, Robert sat down with three of them: DevExpress (makers of CodeRush), JetBrains (makers of ReSharper), and Telerik (makers of JustCode). Each had 20… -
23 minutes, 12 secondsVisual Studio Toolbox: Telerik JustCodeDec 01, 2011 at 8:34 AM 3
There are a number of third-party vendors providing tools you can use to enhance your productivity when developing with Visual Studio. Recently, Robert sat down with three of them: DevExpress (makers of CodeRush), JetBrains (makers of ReSharper), and Telerik (makers of JustCode). Each had 20 minutes… -
29 minutes, 56 secondsVisual Studio Toolbox: Manual TestingJan 04, 2012 at 11:13 AM 5
In this episode, Brian Keller shows how manual testers can use Microsoft Test Manager 2010 to manage their test cases. They can document all of the steps they will use to test a particular feature or requirement and then record whether each step passes or fails. Additionally, they can record their… -
49 minutes, 5 secondsDesigning Metro Style Line of Business AppsJul 25, 2012 at 12:53 PM 20
In this episode, Robert reviews a Windows 8 app he built. This line of business app provides the ability for employees to create and submit expense reports, and for managers to view and approve or reject them. Robert is joined by Nadine Fox of Macadamian, the design firm that helped create the…
