AppDev: Something You Should Know by Irena Kennedy : Tools

SYSK 375: Visual Studio Add-In for Managing Configuration Files Across Environments

irenak — Wed, 16 Dec 2009 20:15:00 GMT

One of common customer questions/requests I get is about industry best practices and recommendations on managing configuration file settings when deploying code across environments. There are several options to change different configuration settings...(read more)

SQL Server Connection Leak Simulation Tool

irenak — Wed, 16 Sep 2009 23:41:00 GMT

Sometimes it’s necessary to test application performance in low available resource situations… I’ve seen tools that simulate low available memory, do network throttling, etc., but I have not come across one that simulates a lot of SQL Server connections...(read more)

SYSK 369: What’s Taking So Much Hard Drive Space? ... or Getting ‘True’ Folder Size

irenak — Tue, 16 Jun 2009 18:13:00 GMT

If, from time to time, you delete some files & folders from your hard disk, either because it’s no longer needed or just takes too much space and needs to be moved elsewhere, you may find the following utility useful… Basically, the tool below goes...(read more)

SYSK 367: Outlook Add-In to Archive E-Mails

irenak — Wed, 17 Dec 2008 01:43:00 GMT

Do you wish there was an easier way to save individual messages to your hard disk in Outlook 2007? Moreover, do you want this utility to automatically modify the file name making it unique? For example, you may want to search for all messages from/to...(read more)

SYSK 366: Tool to Automatically Set Internet Explorer Proxy

irenak — Tue, 16 Dec 2008 21:24:00 GMT

As a consultant, I frequently work at my customer sites, and at my home office. Needless to say, remembering the proxy configurations, and changing them every time I plug in is a chore I’d rather delegate to software running in the background and automatically...(read more)