Today as I was diving further into my Linq2Sql Odyssey I ran into a need to do grouping on data.  Bud not just single column grouping, I needed to group by multiple columns from multiple tables.  Because it took me a few minutes to get right, I thought I would share my experiences. Imagine...

In my last post I talked about how you can share a single config file among multiple project in a solution.  One of the feedback comments I got was how to have a single config file for multiple developers or even multiple environments.  So, today I thought I would chat about the different ways...

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 this feature (sad I know).  Today I thought...

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 at a later date) Yea sounds pretty easy right.......

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. To tell your IDE to break on thrown exceptions...

The System.ComponentModel namespace (more information here ) in .Net contains an array of various attributes that every .Net developer should know about.  These attributes provide a way for the developer to implement design-time and run-time behavior on both controls and components.  In addition...

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 release of the source, check out Scott Guthrie's...

Before I get started, I personally am a fan of using #regions in my code.  I think it cleans up everything, allowing me to only see what I want to see.  I also know that many of you disagree with me, and that is fine. Here are 2 posts that voice their disapproval for regions if you are interested...

As I am sure most of you are aware, Microsoft has released the VS 2008 IDE to MSDN subscribers yesterday. I decided to give it a download and take it for a twirl. I thought I would must dump a few random thoughts from my hour or so of 'playing' with it. It appears to be running MUCH faster. However...

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 greatest thing since sliced bread to archive this...