At http://stylecop.codeplex.com/discussions/250592 there is a discussion about using Irony as the parsing engine for Style Cop for VB.NET. I am investigating this option. My initial step is to make that solution style Cop compliant and I only have 317 violations to go!
Passionate aboutProductivity Visual Studio add-in for C#, VB.NET, XML, XAML, ASP.NET and more Resharper is an excellent productity tool for both C# and VB.NET! When I first saw it demonstrated, I wanted to buy my own licence for it ......
The Author provides a very thorough grounding in WCF, The book is excellent and well worth working through the sample downloadable from the Apress web site. I do have an issue with the advertising of the book. It states "You'll also learn how move your current .Net remoting and web service applications to WCF". There were a few pages on upgrading web service to WCF but not the case study and upgrade pointers that I was expecting. In spite of this, I have no hesitation in recommending this book to ......
Some 20 years ago when disk space was say £1 per mega-byte, there some virtue in using tab characters in your code, but now with current prices the cost saving of using tab characters is even more insignificant than it was. So how do we get rid of tab characters. First turn off tab characters in your options and use spaces instead. A quick way to get rid of tab characters is select all of the text, do a control-X and a control-V. Another way in Visual Studio is to select the affect text and then ......
When updating code to be Style Cop compliant, one of the issues frequently encountered is SA1401: SA1401: Fields must be declared with private access. Use properties to expose fields. The code concerned is: public TransitionSet Lookbacks = new TransitionSet(); The first step is to select Lookbacks. In the left margin, Reshaper has a series of actiosn and I select the one for "move initialization to constructor(s)". The adds the following live to the constructor. Lookbacks = new TransitionSet(); This ......
I have just come across a spendid new site that is commemorating the 400th anniversary of the Authorised (King James) Translation of the Bible into English. The site URL is http://www.thekingsbible.com/
I was very impressed by the clear style of the graphics and even more impressed when the pages proved to be 100% XHTML compliant! This is a site with a message for all people that will clearly display across all browsers.
I am in the midst of style-copping the Irony project for possible use for a VB.NET parsing for StyleCop. I have GhostDoc Pro and a licence for ReSharper. When I first un-zipped Irony, I compiled it and then run the unit tests - all pased. I then started the style-cop process. The first step was to put in a Style-Cop compatible copyright header. Initially there were so many style issues that Stylecop stopped after its self-imposed 1000 issue limit. To get round this, StyleCop is run either per file ......
O'Reilley have an interesting notice about the iPhone tracking your movements.
See http://radar.oreilly.com/2011/04/apple-location-tracking.html
StyleCop 4.5 RC2 has been relased at http://stylecop.codeplex.com/releases/view/62209
Please try it out. I have tried it and like the RC1 predecessor, it installs and runs flawlessly.
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If you have never read the Fred Brooks book "The Mythical Man-Month", I suggest you do see http://en.wikipedia.org/wik... There is a summary of his essay "No Silver Bullet" at http://en.wikipedia.org/wik... At http://www.codeproject.com/... there is an interesting thread. I will reproduce some of it here as Code Project Loungs discussions can become inacessible. It starts with an excellent article at: http://www.simple-talk.com/... ......
Do you still need to run any Dos Applications?
These may be keyboard and mouse dexterity exercises as manadated by your equivalent to the Keyboard Working Regulations mandated by the UK Health and Safety at Work Act.
If so go to http://www.dosbox.com/
Just had the notification that StyleCop has gone RC1. Download is at http://stylecop.codeplex.co... Updated release "4.5 RC" for project stylecop This is the StyleCop 4.5 RC1. The version number is 4.5.12.0. This release includes the very latest StyleCop for ReSharper plugin and will automatically uninstall previous versions of StyleCop. This updated release contains over 100 bug fixes since the 4.4 RTW release and includes 5 new rules. SA1125 - UseShorthandForNullableTypes SA1411 ......
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At http://studiostyl.es/schemes there is wide selection of colour schemes for Visual Studio. I hestitate to use the word comprehensive, as from what I have been told by an expert on colour schemes for computer applications, the best background is a neutral grey and I have yet to see a colour scheme there I really like.
However you may find just the one for you so give the site a try!
StyleCop 4.5.11.0 beta now available at http://stylecop.codeplex.co... This release includes the very latest StyleCop for ReSharper plugin and will automatically uninstall previous versions of StyleCop. This updated release contains over 100 bug fixes since the 4.4 RTW release and includes 5 new rules. SA1125 - UseShorthandForNullableTypes SA1411 - AttributeConstructorMustNot... SA1517 - CodeMustNotContainBlankLine... SA1518 - CodeMustNotContainBlankLine... ......
Please see http://connect.microsoft.co... You need to install http://www.microsoft.com/do... first. This is the Microsoft Visual C++ 2010 Service Pack 1 Compiler Update for the Windows SDK 7.1 it restores file that the VS2010 SP1 may have deleted. Windows Update KB2455033 will then run and install without error ......
If you have problems installing KB2455033, please see: http://social.msdn.microsof... http://connect.microsoft.co... http://www.mskbarticles.com... ......
This is a security patch for Visual Studio 2010 Professional. It gave me a generic error code of Normal 0 false false false EN-GB X-NONE X-NONE MicrosoftInternetExplorer4 /* Style Definitions */ table.MsoNormalTable {mso-style-name:"Table Normal"; mso-tstyle-rowband-size:0; mso-tstyle-colband-size:0; mso-style-noshow:yes; mso-style-priority:99; mso-style-qformat:yes; mso-style-parent:""; mso-padding-alt:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; mso-para-margin:0cm; mso-para-margin-bottom:.000... mso-pagination:widow-orphan; ......
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At http://www.devart.com/dbfor... there is an intellisence tool for SQL Server Management Studio. The express version is free and the standard is only $49.95. (See http://www.devart.com/dbfor... I intend to try this tool out ......
There has been discussion within the StyleCop project at http://stylecop.codeplex.co... of extending it to check VB.NET as well as C#. If you are VB.NET developer who is aware of the benefits of using StyleCop then I suggest you respond positively to the thread at http://stylecop.codeplex.co... If you have suggestions as to a coding standard for VB.NET to implement, then please post a link to it on that thread. I would however suggest that you confine your suggestions ......
At http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/bulletin/ms11-apr.mspx there is an advance notice of patches Microsoft will release tomorrow.
There are 9 critical fixes and it is highly likely you will need to restart your PC.
My friends at Windows Server News suggest that you test the patches very carefully before deploying to a live system
The latest beta of StyleCop is released at http://stylecop.codeplex.com/releases/view/62209
This version looks good to me! I suggest that you try it.
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Version 4.5.9.0 of Stylecop has been released at http://stylecop.codeplex.co... Whilst still a "beta" version, it is excellent. The installation file will install over a previous version. It comes with ReSharper Integration Problems with FileHeaderFileNameDocumenta... have been fixed. I suggest you try this new version. I have found it to be excellent. If you do find an issue, please report it at http://stylecop.codeplex.co... ......
At http://wms.lroc.asu.edu/lroc_browse/view/WAC_GL180 there is an application for browsing the far side of the Moon. Just the app for the armchair astronomer!
At Normal 0 false false false EN-GB X-NONE X-NONE MicrosoftInternetExplorer4 /* Style Definitions */ table.MsoNormalTable {mso-style-name:"Table Normal"; mso-tstyle-rowband-size:0; mso-tstyle-colband-size:0; mso-style-noshow:yes; mso-style-priority:99; mso-style-parent:""; mso-padding-alt:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; mso-para-margin:0cm; mso-para-margin-bottom:.000... mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:10.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";} http://post.oreilly.com/for... ......
At http://messenger.jhuapl.edu/gallery/sciencePhotos/image.php?page=&gallery_id=2&image_id=448 there is an excellent April Fool article. It cetainly good for a chuckle if you know some of the history of the exploration of the solar system.
Complacency is the enemy of security.
See BBC report at http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-12933053
StyleCop 4.5.6.0 beta now available at http://stylecop.codeplex.com/releases/view/62209
When I started using the 4.5.5.0 version, I found that enums needs to be split out into their own file,