Category: Tools and Utilities

  • Code Syntax Highlighting in my blog posts

    For who wants to have code in their blog post I would invite you to check out CopySourceAsHtml. [more]That's what I'm using here and seems working fine so far. For BlogEngine.net there is also [code:C#] <code block here> [/code] but when I used it previously there was no color highlighting so it must be it…

  • My First days with Resharper

    Nope, I'm not working with or for JetBrains' Resharper team but resharper has been my buddy for a couple of days now. And I love it. [more] I started my 30 day Trial for the C# only lately since I as I've mentioned in my previous posts, I don't mess up with Visual Studio as…

  • My first bug catch with WatiN

    I caught my first bug (regression) because of WatiN and NUnit just now. Something I wasn't able to catch during my previous manual tests. [more] Two items that I run into but got over with: 1. AJAX (UpdatePanel). I show/hide controls with AJAX and previously finding elements by id had some issues if it's hidden…

  • What’s New in Internet Explorer 8

    IE8 is still in it's beta stage and expected to be released in this or next year. [more] But here's an overview of what's to come : What's New in Internet Explorer 8  Or register to Microsoft Connect and access this link Internet Explorer Beta Feedback  There are a lot of links to checkout but…

  • My Picks at CodePlex

    Been up for around 24 hrs yesterday and guess what I’ve been doing? Browsing projects in CodePlex This is the first time I did this and for sure there are a lot of benefits you could think of but here’s my list: finding interesting starter kits some basis / base code for future projects getting…

  • ZoneAlarm and localhost

    Regardless of privacy settings, ZoneAlarm will always rejects cookies when using localhost. Something that is not very developer friendly. The work-around is to use 127.0.0.1 instead. If you are using Visual Studio, you can set whether to use IIS and have the starting url to use 127.0.0.1. At least that how it works for ASP.NET…

  • Tool List

    Aside from essentials installations here are some of the application I have on my PC which proved useful to me so you might as well look into. Will post the links soon. General TimeSnapper Pro Diskeeper Pro Premier Ad-Aware (Free) Spybot S&D (Free) Windows Defender Zone Alarm (just turned Pro) HiJackThis (Trend Micro) RSSReader TuneUp…