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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39 minutes, 28 secondsVisual Studio Toolbox: Using LINQ to XML to Query Data on the WebSep 28, 2011 at 12:41 PM| 51,502 views
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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… -
20 minutes, 43 secondsVisual Studio Toolbox: Interview with Billy HollisJul 05, 2012 at 8:12 AM| 49,584 views 2
In this episode—taped at TechEd North America—Robert chats with Billy Hollis, a consultant and trainer who is a widely recognized expert on XAML and design. Robert and Billy have a freewheeling discussion that focuses mostly on the design of Windows 8 apps. -
39 minutes, 41 secondsVisual Studio Toolbox: Building Extensions with CodeRushOct 21, 2011 at 1:21 PM| 49,262 views 4
This week, Robert invites Mark Miller and Rory Becker from DevExpress onto the show. They demonstrate how you can use CodeRush to build a plug-in that will enforce naming conventions for classes, methods, and other members in a Visual Studio solution. Mark is in the studio and does all the… -
38 minutes, 5 secondsCollecting IntelliTrace Data in ProductionOct 03, 2012 at 11:47 AM| 48,114 views 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… -
27 minutes, 44 secondsVisual Studio Toolbox: Building Metro Style Apps with JavaScriptApr 11, 2012 at 12:01 PM| 48,046 views 15
Previously on Visual Studio Toolbox, Robert showed how to use Visual Studio 11 and XAML to start building Metro style apps for Windows 8. In this episode, Robert shows you how to use JavaScript, demonstrating each of the three project templates Visual Studio provides as well as building an app that… -
22 minutes, 50 secondsVisual Studio Toolbox: Performance ProfilingDec 14, 2011 at 11:35 AM| 47,162 views 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… -
40 minutes, 41 secondsBuilding Great Windows 8 AppsMar 06, 2013 at 8:06 AM| 45,659 views 7
In this show, John Papa and Pete Brown join Robert for a freewheeling discussion about building great apps. They cover a range of topics including your icon and tile, how you app looks in the Windows Store, how you display information in an app layout, gestures, design, and more. -
29 minutes, 56 secondsVisual Studio Toolbox: Manual TestingJan 04, 2012 at 11:13 AM| 44,930 views 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… -
16 minutes, 25 secondsVisual Studio Toolbox: Creating and Using Code SnippetsJun 08, 2011 at 9:32 AM| 44,796 views 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.… -
25 minutes, 58 secondsVisual Studio Toolbox: SlowCheetahJun 06, 2012 at 8:35 AM| 44,369 views 8
In this episode, Sayed Hashimi joins us to demonstrate SlowCheetah, a Visual Studio extension that enables you to transform your app.config or any other XML file based on the build configuration—you can have both debug and release versions of your configuration files and swap between them when…
