Aug
29
2011
.NET // Software products // Tips and Tricks // Tools

ILSpy versus .NET Reflector

ILSpy - open source.NET assembly browser, decompiler and software utility for Microsoft .NET combining class browsing, static analysis and decompilation. Tool for code internal assemblies code analyze or reflector tool for our applications to improve the performance or to know the internals of the assembly we have created. I was using Red Gate .NET Reflector earlier for same as it was free and with frequent updates. Now Red Gate has made that tool paid (about 35$) version so I found alternative tools from that I can see IL and C# code easily for free. Why we need to pay money if we can develop open source product like ILSpy? That decompiler tool almost giving same functionalities like .NET Reflector. More...

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May
28
2011
Software products // Tips and Tricks // Visual Studio 2011

vNext - Microsoft Visual Studio 2011 IDE features

VS 2011vNext – is new version of Visual Studio 2011. First article about features was created by Weston Hutchins - Program Manager, Visual Studio IDE Platform Microsoft Corporation 19 May 2011. I am going to discuss new features presented by VS2011 IDE  vNext presentation in this article. What is cool about brand new 2011 Visual Studio? It is more organized, clean, nice look and feel. If you with VS 2011 it can save a lot of time, it is busy a lot of toolbars and buttons, especially in debugging. You can do each thing in different ways. For example search and replace changed from Find and Replace -> Find symbols -> Navigate to, few examples how to do same thing in new VS 2011 in demo from channel 9 below. Challenge for vNext release is simpler (reducing amount of buttons, setting UI to concentrate on your code) + faster (overall responsiveness, long running operations, memory utilization and better feedback / telemetry) = more productive. Project is fully supported between 2011 and 2010 solution projects.

Simpler + Faster = More Productive More...
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May
12
2011
Software products

Skype and Microsoft together

Skype and Microsoft togetherSkype - is my favourite program in a last few years and now it is a new product and new business division of Microsoft.  I like Skype and I use Skype that is why it is really nice purchase.
With 170 million connected users and over 207 billion minutes of voice and video conversations in 2010, Skype has been a pioneer in creating rich, meaningful connections among friends, families and business colleagues globally. Microsoft has a long-standing focus and investment in real-time communications across its various platforms, including Lync (which saw 30 percent revenue growth in Q3), Outlook, Messenger, Hotmail and Xbox LIVE. More...
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Dec
20
2010
Software products // Tips and Tricks // Tools // Visual Studio 2010

Microsoft Test and Lab Manager and Visual Studio 2010

Dedicated testing tool that allows manuals tests plan, test cases, file bugs, create bugs in TFS for quality assurance team. This article demonstrates how to use the Microsoft Test and Lab Manager in Visual Studio 2010 to manage test suites and test cases. This article is based on the Application Lifecycle Management Hands-on Labs. That article will include end-to-end software testing capabilities of Visual Studio 2010. This includes a deep look at manual testing, lab management, data diagnostics adapters, the "actionable bug", functional UI testing, test impact analysis, test automation, and much more which will help you more easily find and eliminate defects from your software. More...

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Aug
21
2010
Software products // Visual Studio 2010

Visual Studio 2010 Ultimate Setup Insallation and features analyze

Ultimate version of Visual Studio is most powerful and it is cost around 11,899$ that is not cheap at all. In this post I'm going to discover why it is so expensive and what additional features include this package. 2010 Ultimate lets you bring your vision to life targeting an increasing number of platforms, technologies—including cloud and parallel computing it provides an integrated environment of tools and server infrastructure that simplifies the all application development process. More...

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