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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20 minutes, 24 secondsNew Tools for Azure Storage and DiagnosticsMay 01, 2013 at 8:46 AM| 29,888 views this month
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In this show, Robert is joined by Boris Scholl and Merwan Hade, Program Managers on the Visual Studio Azure Tools team. They provide a high level overview of the just announced new tools in Visual Studio for working with Azure Storage and performing diagnostics. These tools are available as part of… -
59 minutes, 20 secondsPrism for Windows Store AppsMay 08, 2013 at 8:54 AM| 25,650 views this month 3
Robert is joined this week by Francis Cheung and Blaine Wastell of the Microsoft Patterns and Practices team. They show us Prism for Windows Store Apps. This project provides guidance to developers who want to create a Windows Store business app using C#, XAML, the Windows Runtime, and modern… -
46 minutes, 36 secondsVisual Studio 2012 Update 2Apr 04, 2013 at 10:00 AM| 24,222 views this month 11
Starting with Visual Studio 2012, Microsoft has moved to providing updates to Visual Studio on a regular cadence of shorter intervals. The second such update, Visual Studio 2012 Update 2, is now available. In addition to bug fixes, Update 2 contains new features in four areas: agile… -
55 minutes, 5 secondsEntity Framework Tips and TricksFeb 27, 2013 at 10:22 AM| 3,780 views this month 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… -
1 hour, 3 minutes, 7 secondsVirtualization for DevelopersMar 20, 2013 at 8:13 AM| 2,819 views this month 4
There's always new stuff to play with, whether a preview version of Windows, a CTP of Visual Studio, or a prerelease of an upcoming version of ASP.NET or Entity Framework. Getting ahead of the curve and learning early sounds great, but how do you do it? You don't want to install these early bits on… -
20 minutes, 0 secondsVisual Studio 2012 Update 1Dec 12, 2012 at 8:35 AM| 2,393 views this month 2
Starting with Visual Studio 2012, Microsoft has moved to providing update to Visual Studio on a regular cadence of shorter intervals. The first such update, Visual Studio 2012 Update 1, is now available. In addition to bug fixes, Update 1 contains new features in four areas: Windows… -
17 minutes, 29 secondsSample Browser Visual Studio ExtensionNov 28, 2012 at 8:38 AM| 2,318 views this month 8
Mei Liang returns to the show this week to demonstrate the latest version of the Sample Browser extension for Visual Studio. This extension provides a way for developers to search and download more than 3500 code samples from within Visual Studio, including over 700 Windows 8 samples and more than… -
40 minutes, 41 secondsBuilding Great Windows 8 AppsMar 06, 2013 at 8:06 AM| 2,206 views this month 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. -
26 minutes, 14 secondsVisual Studio Toolbox: SQL Server Compact ToolboxMar 28, 2012 at 8:00 AM| 2,070 views this month 3
In this episode, Erik Ejlskov Jensen joins us. Erik is a SQL Server Compact MVP and the author of the SQL Server Compact Toolbox add-in, which has been downloaded more than 100,000 times! If you are using SQL Server Compact in an application, you will find this add-in very helpful. You can connect… -
38 minutes, 33 secondsSaving and Restoring State in Windows Store AppsJan 30, 2013 at 9:32 AM| 1,730 views this month 3
In this show Robert discusses managing state in Windows Store apps. When a user switches away from an app in Windows 8, Windows suspends the app. When the user switches back to the app, it looks like it was running all along. Windows can terminate a suspended app if it needs to free up memory for…
