Visual Studio 2010

Code. Just show me the code... Code samples can be are our a dev life blood. Sure documentation is great and has a place, but in the end what dev doesn't just want to see some code? Today's project is one we've highlighted before, yet with this update easily deserves to be mentioned again. Releasing…

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…

In this episode, Kael Rowan of Microsoft Research joins us and shows the Debugger Canvas. Debugger Canvas is a power tool for Visual Studio 2010 Ultimate that pulls together the code you're exploring onto a single pan-and-zoom display. As you hit breakpoints or step into code, Debugger Canvas…

This week on Channel 9, Dan and Brian discuss the week's top developer news, including: [0:41] Announcing MSDN Profile Integration (Geoffrey, karstenj, Mike Sampson) [1:26] .NET 4.5 Improvements for Cloud and Server Applications (Soma Somasegar) [2:27] My Favorite Features: Improved…

The recent beta release of Visual Studio 11 and Team Foundation Server, as well as the discounts available for upgrades will have you contemplating whether you will make a case for an upgrade. What will you gain by upgrading and what will it mean to you, to the dev teams, to the infrastructure…

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…

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…

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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…

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…