Category: Tools and Utilities
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Link: Sandcastle Source Code published in Codeplex
After some issues regarding the license and terms of SandCastle in CodePlex, the project is now again available at CodePlex; this time with source code and not just the executable and documentation. You can read more on this at this SandCastle blog post : Sandcastle Source Code published in Codeplex Or go directly to their…
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Spread Firefox | Download Day 2008
Firefox 3 now available Download and help set a record Download Day is here! Set a Guinness World Record Enjoy a Better Web Sounds like a good deal, right? All you have to do to help us set the record for the most software downloaded in 24 hours is get Firefox 3 now – it’s…
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Code Generation with MyGeneration
I had the chance to grab and have a short look at MyGeneration for a few hours over the weekend and I should say I'm quite impressed with the features that it has. [more] In one of my previous companies we developed our own custom code generator to fit the company's standard process/way of doing…
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Link: SandCastle removed from CodeProject (temporarily I hope)
Due to popular outcry against having a non-open source project on the site, Microsoft has pulled Sandcastle from CodePlex. According to Anand, Microsoft is considering either moving the project to MSDN Code gallery or republishing the project with the source code. In the mean time you can download the May CTP from Paulo Santos' mirror.…
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Acronis True Image Home 11 vs Norton Ghost 14
Acronis True Image Home 11 vs Norton Ghost 14 which one is better? or do I choose? [more] I've ran into some a number of issues in my machines that required resetup and what would have been reinstallation but thanks to Symantec Ghost 2003 I didn't to reinstall windows from scratch. As I was thinking…
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VisualSVN Server
In a previos post on My SubVersion experience I received a comment from Ivan Zhakov of VisualSVN to try out the said product (which by the way is free) and so I did. [more] Not much to say except that it was an amazing experience. No issues with installation, simple but does it wizard steps…
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My Subversion (Version/Source Code Control) Experience
I had a chance to look into subversion today and here are some of my notes. It's a version control system (source code control but it's really more than just code) along side Visual SourceSafe, SourceGear Vault among others. Why subversion [more]of all other is worthy of another post but first one, it's free (Vault…
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Help File for .NET Assemblies (SandCastle and SHFB)
I needed to create a sort of simple API Programmer's Reference for an assembly I'm working on so I figured I'd give SandCastle (an open source project from Microsoft) a try. [more] SandCastle Help File Builder (SHFB) on the other hand is created by Eric Woodruff and also housed in CodePlex. I've used NDoc before…
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Firefox Bookmarks Location and Moving it
It just so happened that I've been asked where Firefox Bookmarks are stored a number of times [more](and I have to admit I also had to look for it the first time) so I figured I'd post here for everyone's convenience (did the gooling for you) It's usually (by deafult I believe) located at C:Documents…
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Resharper vs CodeRush
I installed CodeRush into one of machines just a while ago and it didn't take me long to decide to uninstall it and have Resharper instead [more](have resharper on another machine). CodeRush have more "eyecandy" as they say, looks more pleasing to the eye (subjectively of course), has very powerful use of templates (type pi…