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Finally, Microsoft gets their shit together with VS

9 April 2005

Looks like they have picked another date for Beta 2 to be released for VS 2005. Hopefully they’ll reach this one. It’s close enough in the future that they shouldn’t miss it.   Read more »

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Speaking at the Victoria .NET Users Group

5 April 2005

I’ll be speaking tomorrow to the Victoria .NET Users Group. The topic is introducing Visual Studio 2005. I’ll cover some of the new features that previous versions don’t have, as well as give an overview of all the new editions. So, if you’re in Victoria and you’re not related to me, come down to UVic at [...] Read more »

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Resharper 2.0 is going to be sweet

1 April 2005

If I was told I could choose only one add-in for VS, it would definitely be ReSharper. Even the modest functionality that they came out with Version 1.0 was worth the price. And now they have Version 1.5. I found out from Phil that they’re increasing the price to $149. Don’t care, already got it. [...] Read more »

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IEnumerable<T> in .NET 2.0 Beta 2

19 March 2005

I’ve started playing with the full version of Visual Studio 2005, the Feb CTP. I’ve abandoned the Express edition because they stripped it of all functionality. No wonder they’re giving it away free. No Add-Ins, no refactorings: do they think that hobbyists and students are idiots and won’t want those features? Anyway, I had some [...] Read more »

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It’s Alive! It’s Alive!

28 January 2005

ScottWater has a very informative post about the state of .Text, my blog engine of choice, that, quite frankly, should have been posted months ago. Every time I’d search for more info on the status .Text, I’d get stuck in this link loop to sites that had no info whatsoever about .Text. I’m glad he [...] Read more »

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