Category: Visual Studio

In order to upgrade my MCSE certification, I’m taking exams for Windows Server 2008. I could upgrade through a special  upgrade path, but since I never took any exam on Windows 2003, I would first have to upgrade from 2000[…]

The debate whether to use C# or Visual Basic .NET is not uncommon for most .NET developers. Certainly, one has a distinct preference, but the general idea is that you can do in C# what you can do in VB[…]

“Congratulations! On behalf of Microsoft, we are happy to welcome you to the Microsoft Certified Trainer (MCT) Program. You will be sent a Microsoft Certified Trainer Welcome Kit within four to six weeks.” Yes, that’s the e-mail I received this[…]

It’s something very trivial, but earlier today, I accidentilly closed the folders view in my source control explorer. How to get them back? Would you consider this? I didn’t at first. But then again, it may be just me.

Upon checking rumors that SP1 for Vista was released today, I stumbled upon something else. That’s right. Windows Server 2008 is available for download from the MSDN website! Check the date.  

If you’re attending the TechEd Developers conference in Barcelona this year, you are like me. I arrived yesterday and missed the keynote speech. Biggest news for most, but not everyone, is that Visual Studio 2008 will be available end of[…]

Omar AL Zabir writes about how to use a Content Delivery Network (CDN). This is one of the 13 rules Yahoo suggests for making your web pages faster (2 – Use a Content Delivery Network). It’s been a while since[…]

Microsoft has officially announced the logo for Information Card. The reason for having a logo is that it creates recognition. People will immediately see that a website support logon with an Information Card. This is what it looks like: You can[…]

Hoster Poster made me aware of an interesting KB article that describes the issue of failures when hosting ASP.NET on Windows 2003. Simple reading the title really makes you wonder: “You may receive an error message, or the computer may stop responding,[…]

It’s taken quite some time, but I’ve finally put the new DevTips.NET website online. The old site was really… old. The codebase was from 2001 when I learned to code in C# myself. You can imagine it didn’t incorporate best[…]