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MSBuild Extension Pack – October 2012


I’m pleased to announce the availability of the MSBuild Extension Pack October 2012 release. The October 2012 release contains version 3.5.12.0 for those using .Net 3.5 version 4.0.6.0 for those using .Net 4.0 This release consolidates 40+ change sets and

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Visual Studio 11 Beta – an initial ‘review’


I’m sure many are eagerly awaiting the Release Candidate of Visual Studio 11, though in the mean time here are a few of my thoughts on the beta which I missed being published on the MSDN UK  blog a while

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Professional Application Lifecycle Management with Visual Studio 2010 – Review


When writing my review for Professional Team Foundation Server 2010 I embarrassingly noticed that I failed to get a review out for another great book in the Wrox Professional series, namely Professional Application Lifecycle Management with Visual Studio 2010. Disclaimer:

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Improving the Visual Studio 2010 UI Menu System – Part 4


[ In this series – Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, Part 4 ] Please note that updates have been made to Part 3. In this final part of the series, I’ll be covering suggested changes to the UI for

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Improving the Visual Studio 2010 UI Menu System – Part 3


[ In this series – Part 1, Part 2, Part3, Part 4 ] UPDATE: 10 April 2011 Added Robert Maclean’s VS Extension to synchronise settings Added link to Scott Hanselman’s simplification blog post. In Parts 1 & 2 we did

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Improving the Visual Studio 2010 UI Menu System – Part 2


[ In this series – Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, Part 4 ] This part is essentially all about ‘Why?’. We’re going to spend a bit more time on the menus we saw in Part 1 and also take

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Improving the Visual Studio 2010 UI Menu System – Part 1


[ In this series – Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, Part 4 ] UPDATED: 26 Sep 2010 – Added additional menus available once Project is added to Source Control. Something different! This is the first post in a series

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Visual Studio Database Edition 2010 – Static Code Analysis Review (Part 2)


In Part 1 we got to see what Visual Studio Database Edition 2010 Static Code Analysis does for us. In Part 2 I’d like to take a look at what it doesn’t. Unfortunately for those who read my previous reviews

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Visual Studio Database Edition 2010 – Static Code Analysis Review (Part 1)


I’ve previously completed two reviews on the Static Code Analysis features provided in Visual Studio Database Edition (aka Data Dude). The first was on the 2005 Power Tools in October 2007, and the second on the 2008 Power Tools in

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Professional Application Lifecycle Management with Visual Studio 2010


This appears to be the book of the moment for TFS people. I received a review copy today, so hope to have it read and reviewed here shortly…

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