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New VS Theme Site + Desert Nights 2008 Theme Updated – ReSharper + VS 2010 Support!

30-Apr-10

Just heard news of a sweet new website dedicated to Theming and Styling Visual Studio, called “StudioStyles” now that’s my kinda site.  Go check it out, tons of themes to choose from if your VS IDE is looking kinda drab or you’re sick of looking at that same old blue and white… I also just [...]

IntelliTrace debugging is available only for x86 applications

15-Feb-10

It appears the new IntelliTrace feature of Visual Studio 2010 is only available for x86 applications?! Don’t ask me, there is an article with more info, but Habib Heydarian shed some light on the workaround here. It appears to get around this problem, you must set your project to a configuration platform of x86, enabling [...]

Disable/turn off ‘Attach Security Warning’ in Visual Studio 2008/2005

20-Jan-10

If you are fed up with continually having to press “Attach” to attach to the IIS w3wp.exe to enable debugging in Visual Studio for IIS as seen in this screenshot: Then never fear, this is a way around it. All you need to do is adjust the registry setting (via regedit.exe) as Visual Studio wasn’t [...]

Visual Studio 2010 Beta 1 – Complete with Blurry WPF Font Rendering!

22-May-09

As you guys would know, Beta 1 of VS 2010 has been released, and I love Visual Studio, in fact it’s my FAVOURITE IDE, and not to mention one of my favourite tools of all time… and that’s why I CANNOT STRESS ENOUGH, how I’m hoping Microsoft will fix the WPF font rendering / blur [...]

Microsoft Visual Studio 2010 Beta 1 & .NET 4.0 Beta 1 Released to MSDN Subscribers

20-May-09

Wow that’s a big title, but with an even bigger announcement, both Visual Studio 2010 Beta 1 and .NET 4.0 Beta 1 has been released to MSDN subscribers Monday with public release due Wednesday (links at bottom), read on for further blog links or visit the official Microsoft launch site. (In Australia that’s today, so [...]

Edit WCF Configuration Context Menu Option Missing

07-May-09

Don’t have the “Edit WCF Configuration” when right clicking a Web.Config or App.Config when working with a WCF project? Click “Tools” -> “WCF Service Configuration Editor“. Now you do. Strange huh?

What's New: Visual Studio 2010 & .NET 4.0

26-Feb-09

Found a presentation today given by Jason Zander (General Manager of Visual Studio) and Matt Carter (Product Manager) for Vista Squad today. It was actually recorded a little while ago, but I could not find much exposure to this video on aggregation sites such as DotNetKicks and DotNetShoutOut, so I wanted to make sure you [...]

Multi/Dual Monitor Visual Studio Settings

16-Feb-09

As another follow up to personalising Visual Studio (I covered theming the VS IDE with the Visual Studio Desert Nights Theme not too long back), I’d like to offer the settings I run on a dual monitor setup for Visual Studio to, I believe enhance productivity and gives you easier access to common tasks.  You [...]

My Variation on an Excellent Visual Studio Theme – “Desert Nights Reloaded 2008/2010″

08-Feb-09

Hi all, Updated 30-Apr-10: Now with ReSharper 5+ custom color support, various [bug?] fixes and a new VS 2010 color codes! We’ve arrived at the weekend once again, horray! However, if you are anything like me, work (or play, depends on what code you’re wrestling with at the moment) doesn’t finish at the weekend – [...]

JQuery v1.3 Released + VS IntelliSense

19-Jan-09

Well if you did not hear, JQuery v1.3 was released on the 14th of this month which coincides with their three year anniversary, and is jam packed with a couple of neat new features, for all others check out the full release notes: Sizzle: A sizzlin’ hot CSS selector engine. Live Events: Event delegation with [...]

My name is Graham O'Neale and I'm a software architect from Gold Coast, Australia. I am an overtime thinker, full time coder and awake part time in the real world. I have a keen interest in software development, particularly in the realm of programming (C#, ASP.NET, ASP.NET MVC, LINQ (2 SQL), Entity Framework, Silverlight, Blend, WCF, WPF) and a keen interest in the cutting edge and innovation. I have a new found love for design patterns, ALT.NET practices and well crafted software architecture. The purpose of this blog is to express any thoughts, findings, tips and gripes along my travels in the wonderful world of coding and technology...