These tools are great, and probably many of you have already found this Visual Studio 2015 extension. They really help when trying to review code changes. The Benefit Today I had to compare a file from two different points in time. Unfortunately, some developers had the productivity tools and others did not. As a result […]
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Long Live Live Writer!
I was so happy to see this on my most recent quest to install Live Writer when I got a new computer! http://www.computerworld.com/article/2934449/windows-apps/its-alive-microsoft-to-let-live-writer-live-on-as-open-source.html This application does what it needs to do and makes it very easy to do attractive blog posts! I’m happy to help (if I can).
Skype for Business Location
Headline: If you have an entry in the “What’s happening today?” text box, that will show up. If you don’t, then the location will show up. I want to see location information As best I recall in Lync 2010 I would see a user’s name and status on one line, their “What’s happening today” on […]
TDD Series for MVC 5
Here is a series of posts by Eric Vogel on testing MVC 5 applications: Attain Code Management Nirvana via Test-Driven Development, Part 1 Oh, CRUD … It’s Test-Driven Development for ASP.NET MVC, Part 2 TDD for ASP.NET MVC, Part 3: Contact Service Class
Dynamically Load Bootswatch Themes
Monday, May 11th, 2015 by Karl | 1 Comments
Filed under: Technology | Tags: Bootstrap, Bootswatch, MVC
Filed under: Technology | Tags: Bootstrap, Bootswatch, MVC
This post shows how I dynamically load a user’s selected theme in an MVC 5 application that’s using Bootstrap and Bootswatch. App_Themes Folder I didn’t use use that… So you can skip this section if you like. In the past, different themes were placed in different folders and you could just enumerate the subdirectories in […]
ClaimAuthorizeAttribute
Headline: Here is what I use for authorizing controller and actions in an MVC application that uses the new Claims based authorization. Some Great Resources Before I even begin, let me point people to some great resources I found today on this topic. The first has so many posts on the topic and they are […]
UPPERCASE Menu Items in Visual Studio
I felt the tension go out of my shoulders today when I found this option! Not sure what caused them to think all caps for the menu options would be a good idea.
My Daily Scrum Routine
Headline: This describes my daily routine as I participate on a virtual team scattered about the globe as we work on a project using the Scrum template. The Situation Currently I’m working with a team where no two people are in the same time zone! We’re using Visual Studio Online (VSO) with the Scrum process […]
Related Work Items to Reinforce Good Process
Friday, Apr 17th, 2015 by Karl | 0 Comments
Filed under: Technology | Tags: Agile, TFS, Visual Studio 2013, VSO
Filed under: Technology | Tags: Agile, TFS, Visual Studio 2013, VSO
Headline: Always associate related work items to your changesets upon check-in. This post shows an easy way to do that using a Query that also reinforces the process. Scrum Sprint Board Overview Most projects I work on with Visual Studio and Team Foundation Server use the Scrum process template. I also do some work using […]
What is a phone?
Headline: Seems the old telephone is going by the wayside… Some observations. Calling from the desktop For several years now I’ve not used a phone in the office. Instead I used other audio communications like Microsoft’s Lync or Skype. I have an excellent microphone and speaker setup… Or, if needed, I have some good headphones […]