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VB2005 Tips and Tricks - part 1

Mon, 04 Dec 2006 12:26:36 GMT

Symbolic Rename

Right-click on any local variable and select Rename. This will rename all appropriate instances in your code of that variable.

Symbolic Rename works with any property, class or method.

Right click on a form, and select rename. You will see the same result.

Unlock that file

Wed, 29 Nov 2006 12:20:56 GMT

Discover which program is locking that file you want to delete with this utility

Using VirtualPC?

Sun, 12 Nov 2006 13:42:58 GMT

Check this link to reduce the VirtualPC HD size:

Noah Coad's Code : Getting a Small Virtual PC Image - WinXP Pro in 550MB

How to configure a Mom's PC

Wed, 25 Oct 2006 18:32:18 GMT

Roy Osherove has great tips about this in his website here

Javascript IDE

Mon, 09 Oct 2006 12:09:06 GMT

Javascript IDE with intellisense and more at aptana web site

Cool .NET tips

Tue, 26 Sep 2006 13:51:44 GMT

Check this CodeProject site

VB.NET 2005 Power Pack

Thu, 21 Sep 2006 17:08:45 GMT

If you are a VB.NET 2005 fan, check this website

Fiddler

Mon, 18 Sep 2006 14:09:49 GMT

Fiddler is a transparent proxy that automatically adds itself to the WININET chain so that it can see every request being made. It logs those requests and the responses to allow you to see what is working and what isn't working. Tutorial and info here

Installation of .NET server-side application with NSIS

Mon, 11 Sep 2006 15:18:52 GMT

Great tips and scripts at http://20.targetprocess.com/2006/09/installation-of-net-server-side.html

Threading in .NET

Mon, 21 Aug 2006 19:03:27 GMT

Do you really know how to implement it? Check it out here

Developer Roadmap for .NET

Mon, 21 Aug 2006 14:38:46 GMT

Check this for a great roadmap for .NET
Many steps to follow from new, 1.1 or 2.0 perspective.

Source Control - HOWTO

Sat, 05 Aug 2006 21:03:08 GMT

Interesting article about Source Control with different tools.

Source Control HOWTO

Access Denied issues?

Fri, 21 Jul 2006 13:54:48 GMT

Check this excellent post about how to solve them

Free Data Models to reuse

Mon, 10 Jul 2006 15:20:54 GMT

Free Data Models to reuse at http://www.databaseanswers.org/data_models/index.htm

Main Patterns in Posters for your office

Fri, 05 May 2006 19:35:20 GMT

Pattern Posters at

http://codebetter.com/blogs/raymond.lewallen/archive/2006/05/03/143979.aspx

A Tour of Microsoft's Mac Lab

Thu, 20 Apr 2006 15:08:39 GMT

With this kind of facilities, I would use a Mac with out any question! Check:

David Weiss: A Tour of Microsoft's Mac Lab

SQLServer Security

Fri, 07 Apr 2006 14:24:11 GMT

Check this Free Tools to help you securing your SQLServer. Also check this to see ten hacker tricks to exploit SQL Server systems

Detecting duplicate code with Simian

Thu, 16 Mar 2006 16:08:34 GMT

This tool should help you to detect your duplicated code. Check Howard van Rooijen's Blog : Detecting duplicate code with Simian

SQLServer Data Dumper

Thu, 16 Mar 2006 16:01:08 GMT

A must have tool to backup, export or recreate data. It generates INSERTS for SQLServer Databases
Check Ruizata Project

Agile Development Checklist

Wed, 22 Feb 2006 11:46:43 GMT

Agile Development Checklist - The Code Project - ASP.NET

Neowin's Freeware Alternative List - Neowin.net

Fri, 17 Feb 2006 14:10:13 GMT

Freeware list - updated!

Neowin's Freeware Alternative List - Neowin.net

Skin Maker for your applications and installers

Wed, 15 Feb 2006 16:55:53 GMT

Skin maker & GUI design software for professional GUI development

Improve your web application UI

Wed, 15 Feb 2006 16:53:23 GMT

Check this Ajax Web UI from Yahoo: Yahoo! UI Library and build better applications now!

Free ASP.NET controls

Mon, 13 Feb 2006 16:54:55 GMT

Check Excentrics World to get free ASP.NET controls for your applications.

::guimp:: world's smallest website and games

Fri, 10 Feb 2006 16:23:41 GMT

Who needs a 20 inch monitor when you like playing games like this:

::guimp:: world's smallest website

Enterprise Library - patterns & practices Live

Thu, 19 Jan 2006 12:34:37 GMT

Enterprise Library Hand On Labs
Don't miss them if you are developing with .NET 1.1 and MS SQLServer

Make your own Logo

Wed, 07 Dec 2005 11:54:04 GMT

Check searchdon.com to create your own logo and search engine with cool fonts like: Google, Yahoo, Coca Cola, Harry Potter and more.

More and More free online games

Thu, 01 Dec 2005 14:02:05 GMT

In http://www.kurnik.org there are some great board games to play online.
Don't forget to check the Blogpoly and let me know if you want to play.

Monster Blog Directory Submit List - RSS Directory Submissions

Wed, 30 Nov 2005 11:59:26 GMT

Do you want to add your website or blog to many many directories? Check this list:
Monster Blog Directory Submit List - RSS Directory Submissions

Simple photoblog script

Mon, 14 Nov 2005 01:04:57 GMT

Nice php script to show pictures in your website: folderblog: simple photoblog script

Ten Essential Tools: Visual Studio Add-Ins Every Developer Should Download Now

Fri, 11 Nov 2005 13:20:01 GMT

Ten Essential Tools: Visual Studio Add-Ins Every Developer Should Download Now

MSDN Magazine, Dec

Free Blog

Sat, 22 Oct 2005 15:02:38 GMT

If you want to blog for free, check www.blogger.com and www.blogsome.com
You can put posts, pictures and modify the design changing the template.

Free Multiplayer Online Games

Mon, 03 Oct 2005 19:41:51 GMT

The best post ever!! - Free Multiplayer Online Games

VB6 Addin for Refactoring

Tue, 20 Sep 2005 14:55:03 GMT

Interesting VB6 Addin for Refactoring at CodeShine

Free Open Source Installer

Thu, 15 Sep 2005 11:52:02 GMT

Nullsoft Scriptable Install System at http://nsis.sourceforge.net/

Refactoring Addin for .NET 1.1

Fri, 09 Sep 2005 16:47:50 GMT

Check this Free Refactoring Addin for .NET 1.1 in this website: http://www.submain.com/cio/

Over 30 Cheatsheets for developers

Fri, 02 Sep 2005 18:26:46 GMT

Cheat Sheet Roundup - Over 30 Cheatsheets for developers

MS DOS Must Files

Tue, 09 Aug 2005 23:58:54 GMT

Windows not running?...try the these tools for MS DOS

More and More Freeware

Mon, 08 Aug 2005 16:22:32 GMT

Excellent site with lots and lots of freeware: A Freeware - Home

Yahoo! Widgets

Wed, 27 Jul 2005 13:13:00 GMT

Fill your windows desktop with Yahoo! Widgets
It's Free.

Google Desktop plug-in for Visual Studio files

Fri, 22 Jul 2005 16:22:50 GMT

Install Google Desktop Search and then this plug-in :
Google Desktop Search Plug-in: Larry's Any Text File Indexer

Grasshopper VS to J2EE add-in

Fri, 22 Jul 2005 14:49:19 GMT

Grasshopper, the Developer edition of Visual MainWin for J2EE™, is a Visual Studio .NET plug-in, which enables you to use C# or Visual Basic .NET to develop, debug and deploy Web applications and Web services that run on Microsoft Windows, Linux and any Java

More and More Free Icons!

Fri, 08 Jul 2005 18:10:43 GMT

Leo's Icon Archive - 10,000 free icons, desktop icons, clip art, cartoons, buttons

Ten Free Games Worth Downloading

Wed, 29 Jun 2005 19:25:46 GMT

Free Time? Check Ten Free Games Worth Downloading

CodeTranslator: Free Code Translation From VB.NET <-> C#

Tue, 28 Jun 2005 18:07:56 GMT

Check this use of AJAX technology in CodeTranslator: Free Code Translation From VB.NET <-> C#

Interesting VS2003 Add-In: PageMethods

Thu, 23 Jun 2005 15:02:35 GMT

Check PageMethods, well-defined URLs for your ASP.NET sites by metaSapiens

More Web Templates

Wed, 22 Jun 2005 15:36:18 GMT

More web templates from WordPress at alexking.org: WordPress Theme Browser

Free Icons

Thu, 16 Jun 2005 19:42:44 GMT

Awesome collection in this website: Pixelgirl Presents Free Icons, Desktops and Gallery Shop!

Open Source Web Design

Wed, 15 Jun 2005 14:25:10 GMT

Very good source of web templates for your website: Open Source Web Design

RSS Popper - aggregator for Outlook

Tue, 07 Jun 2005 21:00:03 GMT

RSS Popper: Home - RSS aggregator for Outlook
RSS Popper is a news aggregator add-in for Outlook. News items delivered directly to Outlook as e-mails. No need to use a seperate program for reading RSS anymore. All RSS/RDF/Atom formats are supported.