Just picked this up from Scott on Writing . Ctrl +- allows you to navigate through the stack of cursor positions in your VS session. Invaluable when going through multiple F12 (go to definition) in a multilayred application or any comlex debugging session...

I don't normally work with a huge number of tables and do a lot of SQL work. But when I do start one of the most painful experiences is generating test data. Painful and un-rewarding. This is the data generation that is purely schema driven and does not...

The Web Platform Installer (Web PI) is a simple tool that installs Microsoft's entire Web Platform, including IIS7, Visual Web Developer 2008 Express Edition, SQL Server 2008 Express Edition and the .NET Framework. Using the Web Platform Installer’s user...

He was just like all the other developers when the project started. His eyes gleamed at the thought of starting off on a new code base - the thrill of the first include statement. He knew excatly where the code would be located - D volume (obviously ...

Its out and its... well much much nicer than the current PIE. Can you have it ? - No - it will not be made available as a seperate download for your exisitng WM devices. (Personally i dont think this is such a bad move if its not going to perform well...

Its been a while since I got a chance to post. I've been knee deep in developer mode - fun fun. A lot of work has been around Ado.Net Sync Services v2. One of the issues I face during debugging Sync issues is analysis of the SQL Server CE database state...