Visual Studio Toolbox
- 65 Episodes
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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30 minutes, 4 secondsVisual Studio Toolbox: Dependency GraphsMar 07, 2012 at 8:54 AM
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In this episode, Cameron Skinner joins us to talk about the enhanced dependency graphs in Visual Studio 11. Dependency graphs represent your application structures as nodes and the relationships in your application as links. Cameron shows us how these graphs help you better understand your… -
22 minutes, 50 secondsVisual Studio Toolbox: Performance ProfilingDec 14, 2011 at 11:35 AM 5
In this episode, Robert shows how to use the profiling tools in Visual Studio Premium and Ultimate to identify performance issues in your applications. He demonstrates two profiling methods: Sampling and Instrumentation. Sampling collects data on the CPU methods are using. Instrumentation collects… -
41 minutes, 45 secondsVisual Studio Toolbox: Web Essentials and CSSCopFeb 01, 2012 at 9:25 AM 9
In this episode, Mads Kristensen returns to show extensions he wrote to make Web development easier. Mads shows us what's new in the Image Optimizer and how the Web Essentials extension provides a number of features that help you write Web apps faster. He also previews a new extension: CSSCop, which… -
15 minutes, 53 secondsVisual Studio Toolbox: Using LINQ to XML to Write XMLOct 05, 2011 at 10:15 AM 8
Previously on Visual Studio Toolbox, Robert showed how to use LINQ to XML to query data from Web sites. In this episode, Robert shows how to use LINQ to XML to write XML. He starts with a simple example that stores personal settings in an XML file, and then retrieves wines from Wine.com and writes… -
38 minutes, 50 secondsVisual Studio Toolbox: Analyzing Your CodeNov 02, 2011 at 1:01 PM 6
In this episode, Robert looks at how you can analyze your code to see if it meets coding standards. Standards are made up of rules and Visual Studio includes about 200 rules organized into rule sets. If you are using Visual Studio Premium or Ultimate, you can use the managed code analysis tool… -
38 minutes, 5 secondsCollecting IntelliTrace Data in ProductionOct 03, 2012 at 11:47 AM 6
IntelliTrace is a great tool. It records and traces your app's code execution and stores this information in a trace file. You can open up that trace file later on and figure out why your app isn't behaving as expected. This can save you huge amounts of time during development. But what happens… -
19 minutes, 23 secondsUsing SQLite in Windows Store AppsNov 14, 2012 at 3:43 PM 34
In this episode, Robert shows you how to add SQLite support to your Windows Store apps. SQLite is a free open source library that provides a self-contained transactional SQL database engine. Watch as Robert demonstrates how to setup a project to use SQLite as well as how to query, add, update,… -
42 minutes, 11 secondsVisual Studio Toolbox:Portable Class LibrariesJun 13, 2012 at 7:52 AM 4
Portable class libraries enable you to write and build managed assemblies that work on more than one .NET Framework platform. You can create classes that contain code you wish to share across many projects, such as shared business logic, and then reference those classes from different types of… -
32 minutes, 40 secondsOData Support and HTML Clients in LightSwitchAug 01, 2012 at 8:40 AM 2
In this episode, Beth Massi joins us to demonstrate some cool new features in LightSwitch. First, she shows us how LightSwtich now has built-in support for OData. Then, she shows us how to use the LightSwitch HTML Client Preview to build a cross-browser, mobile web client. -
39 minutes, 28 secondsVisual Studio Toolbox: Using LINQ to XML to Query Data on the WebSep 28, 2011 at 12:41 PM 12
These days, Web sites are providing access to a large amount of data, everything from RSS feeds to pictures to movie titles and more. Often, all you need to do in an application is send an HTTP request to a Web site. The Web site sends the data back via XML, and the easiest way to work…
