Derik Whittaker

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• How to share configuration files between projects

  Sharing configuration files between multiple projects in Visual Studio is a simple task, but it is not intuitive in how it is done.  In fact, until recently I did not know how to do it via the IDE, I would always hand edit the .sln file to enable... Posted Apr 15 2008, 07:47 AM by Derik Whittaker with | with 21 comment(s) Filed under: Development Tools, .Net IDE, HowTo, Featured

• The VS Team Branch Merge Dance Explained

  Just wanted to dump a quick how-to on doing branch to trunk merges in VS Team. It is pretty simple really, only a few steps. Pull the latest of the branch to your local disk Pull the latest of the trunk to your local disk Merge and Pray (more on this... Posted Feb 14 2008, 09:43 PM by Derik Whittaker with | with 2 comment(s) Filed under: Development Tools, .Net IDE, Best Practice

• Breaking on exceptions reveals the ugly truth of your application

  So, you wanna know how good or bad your application really is?  Setup your IDE to break on all thrown exceptions.  This will really let you know how good or bad your application is.  This is also great way to find a pesky unhandled exception... Posted Feb 04 2008, 08:38 AM by Derik Whittaker with | with 6 comment(s) Filed under: Development Tools, .Net IDE, HowTo

• Debugging .Net Framework Source from VS 2008

  As you may have heard, Microsoft has released the .Net framework source to the world.  No, you cannot make changes or additions, in fact it is being released under the Microsoft Reference License .  If you would like more information about the... Posted Jan 17 2008, 06:33 AM by Derik Whittaker with | with no comments Filed under: Development, Development Tools, .Net IDE

• Regionerate, a Code Layout tool for C#

  Anyone who has coded with me knows that I am pretty anal about code layout and #regions in my class files (Lou, Ken I am sure you will attest to that). I like to have my code organized so that I can quickly find stuff later and I think #regions are the... Posted Jul 04 2007, 10:48 AM by Derik Whittaker with | with 1 comment(s) Filed under: Development Tools, .Net IDE, Cool New Tools

• MSTest and Nunit Attributes Compared

  I just came across a great blog entry that compares the different attributes in both MSTest and NUnit. In this post the author also talks about some of the differences between MSTest and NUnit. This is a great post, just wish I would have stumbled across... Posted Apr 01 2007, 04:29 PM by Derik Whittaker with | with no comments Filed under: Development, Development Tools, .Net IDE

• Determining if the .Net IDE is in Design Mode

  [NOTE: Before you read this, please understand I am a WinForms developer so I can only tell you that I know the code in this article works on WinForms. I assume it will work for WebForms, but not sure.] How many times have you been working on a WinForms... Posted Sep 25 2006, 12:58 PM by Derik Whittaker with | with 4 comment(s) Filed under: Development, Development Tools, .Net IDE