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  • Recursive Fields in Umbraco with XSLT

    Ive been working with Umbraco quite a bit lately and Im really loving it as a content management framework. Ive already converted GeekGive.org, GeekRoadTrip.com, and Im working on a few others. Being a developer though I often find myself outside the box and today is no different. Im building a site where the homepage will actually reflect ...
    Posted to .NETicated (Weblog) by Steve on 09-09-2010
  • Code Recovery Services

    Do you have a .NET assembly that youve lost the source code for? Has the assembly been obfuscated thereby rendering tools like Reflector useless? I have done a few community talks entitled May the Source Stay With You based upon my work in code recovery and these services are available to you. If you have a .NET assembly and have lost the ...
    Posted to .NETicated (Weblog) by Steve on 08-04-2010
  • Community Event Website Tips

    Every user group, conference, or other community event has a website. Its a great way to provide easy accessibility to event information. Except a good number of sites dont do that very well. I am increasing frustrated by the amount of effort required to find even the simplest detail about a user group such as a GPS-able address or contact ...
    Posted to .NETicated (Weblog) by Steve on 06-30-2010
  • Easing ASP.NET Deployment with Visual Studio 2010 and Web Deployment

    Deploying ASP.NET applications is not as easy as it should be. Whether you are deploying to a shared hosting environment or to your companys web servers there are a lot of manual steps involved. In this session we'll learn how Visual Studio 2010 and Web Deployment can help you deploy your web projects along with their dependencies like ...
    Posted to MSDeploy (FileGallery) by Steve on 05-25-2010
  • Visual Studio Project and Solution Version Compatibility

    I should be able to open a Visual Studio 2008 solution in Visual Studio 2010 and still be able to open it in Visual Studio 2008 again. Currently, I cannot do incremental upgrades across a team of developers or share solutions with another developer with a newer version. Every release of Visual Studio I talk to countless developers who encounter ...
    Posted to .NETicated (Weblog) by Steve on 05-01-2010
  • The Code Coverage Mirage

    In an online Q&A webcast with Scott Hanselman today the topic of Code Coverage was raised. One audience member asked what the optimal level of Code Coverage is. The answer is that there isnt an optimal level because Code Coverage can be a misleading statistic. Take for example the following method:public class Math { public static int ...
    Posted to .NETicated (Weblog) by Steve on 04-15-2010
  • What is Community?

    Ive travelled the world and the seven seas ok, ok, just North America, but since September of 2007 Ive had the opportunity to visit nearly 100 community events from user group meetings, code camps, micro-conferences to major tradeshows such as Tech-Ed and PDC. During my travels Ive been able to talk one on one with numerous user group leaders ...
    Posted to .NETicated (Weblog) by Steve on 12-24-2009
  • Tips for Releasing Sample Code

    When Im learning a new technology, Ill frequently download code samples that help me better understand the concepts. Often though I find myself frustrated by having to deal with formatting and extraneous information before even looking at the code. To that end I have some rules for releasing sample code. Format Every Document The keyboard ...
    Posted to .NETicated (Weblog) by Steve on 12-23-2009
  • Visual Studio Code Formatting

    Working on a website in Visual Studio I found myself annoyed again by the extra spaces around <script /> tags when I type Ctrl+K+D (Format Code). It turns out however that this is easy to change. As with most Visual Studio customizations, the answer lies in Tools > Options. Under Tools > Options > Text Editor > Html > Format, ...
    Posted to .NETicated (Weblog) by Steve on 12-20-2009
  • Help Rebuild New Orleans At Tech·Ed NOLA

    Just announced, registration is now open for Microsoft Tech·Ed 2010, June 7-10, in New Orleans, Louisiana. Tech·Ed isnt the only reason you should come to New Orleans though. It has been four years since Hurricane Katrina devastated the gulf coast as the worst civil disaster in American history. It is estimated that 400,000 jobs were lost and ...
    Posted to .NETicated (Weblog) by Steve on 12-14-2009
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