Thursday, August 5, 2010

Some nice code editor features provided by the VS 2010 Power Tool Extensions

Some nice code editor features provided by the VS 2010 Power Tool Extensions

Some nice code editor features provided by the VS 2010 Power Tool Extensions

Posted: 04 Aug 2010 10:53 PM PDT

I've blogged in the past about the VS 2010 Productivity Power Tool Extensions – a free set of Visual Studio 2010 extensions that provide some nice additional functionality. You can read my previous blog posts about it here and here .  In today's post I'm going to briefly highlight a few small, but nice, code editor capabilities that are enabled when you install the free extensions (and which I didn't highlight in my previous blog posts). Ctrl+Click "Go to Definition" One of the small, but useful, features that I find myself using a lot with the extensions is the "Ctrl + Click" go to definition feature.  For those of you who haven't tried it, it enables you to quickly navigate to the definition of a member or type within your code...(read more)

Using EF “Code First” with an Existing Database

Posted: 03 Aug 2010 10:09 PM PDT

Last month I blogged about the new Entity Framework 4 "code first" development option.  EF "code-first" enables a pretty sweet code-centric development workflow for working with data.  It enables you to: Work with data without ever having to open a designer or define an XML mapping file Define model objects by simply writing "plain old classes" with no base classes required Use a "convention over configuration" approach that enables database persistence without explicitly configuring anything In my initial blog post I introduced EF "code-first" and demonstrated how to use the default EF4 mapping conventions to create a new database.  These default conventions work very well for new applications, and enable you to avoid having...(read more)

Apply the critical Security Bulletin MS10-046 for the Windows Shell vulnerability

Posted: 04 Aug 2010 06:49 PM PDT

On August 2, 2010, Microsoft has released an Out of Band Security Update to address a .LNK vulnerability in Windows. MS10-046 addresses that vulnerability in Windows which has a maximum severity rating of Critical and an Exploitability Index rating of 1. The security vulnerability affects all supported editions versions of Windows XP, Vista, Windows 7, Windows Server 2008, and Windows Server 2008 R2. It is recommended that customers deploy the updates as soon as possible to help protect their computers from criminal attacks. In order to continue to benefit from security releases, it is highly recommended that customers who are currently on unsupported version of Windows upgrade to the supported versions.

101 Visual Studio Tips in 55 Minutes Challenge

Posted: 04 Aug 2010 06:48 PM PDT

When Sara Ford, Microsoft Developer Evangelist, gets excited she talks fast. Very fast. So fast in fact that she decided to race the clock at the Visual Studio Launch Event in Mountain View, CA and attempt to demo 101 Visual Studio tips in under 55 minutes. Did she succeed? Watch and see!

Silverlight Non-Linear Navigation Video on Silverlight TV

Posted: 05 Aug 2010 10:00 AM PDT

John Papa has posted the Silverlight Non-Linear Navigation Silverlight TV video we recorded. Here are the links: Video Silverlight Non-Linear Navigation post with code download MSDN Navigation Overview topic John's blog and on Twitter (@john_papa...( read more )...(read more)

Silverlight Navigation Part 2 (Silverlight TV #39)

Posted: 05 Aug 2010 09:16 AM PDT

In the second of two navigation videos we filmed for Silverlight TV, Karl Shifflett joins John Papa to demonstrate how he made some simple extensions to the navigation API in Silverlight in order to solve very common business problems. Karl demonstrates...( read more )...(read more)

Zoom.It

Posted: 05 Aug 2010 08:19 AM PDT

I had a quick play with with the (relatively) new Zoom.It site from LiveLabs ( click the image ); If you visit the site, you can point it at any image on the web or any website and create a DeepZoom from it. I visited, entered my URL and it created me...( read more )...(read more)

Silver Diagram Beta + SDK released

Posted: 05 Aug 2010 07:47 AM PDT

We have released Silver Diagram Beta + SDK, you can try it out here , and read more information about it here . About Silver Diagram: Create your custom diagram based application with Silver Diagram. Make a mind map application, create flow charts for...( read more )...(read more)

Silverlight Cream for August 04, 2010 -- #918

Posted: 04 Aug 2010 11:02 PM PDT

In this Issue: Jeff Fansler , Chris Klug , Kirupa Chinnathambi , Mike Taulty , David Anson , Florent Pajani , Kunal Chowdhury , Mike Snow , and Jesse Liberty . Shoutouts: The Swiss Team Blog announced Hands-on Lab: Silverlight 4 Line of Business Application...( read more )...(read more)

Windows Phone 7 sticker

Posted: 04 Aug 2010 08:47 PM PDT

> > Got a Windows Phone 7 sticker today. >...(read more)

Why didn't I think of that in the first place? [Windows Phone 7 Charting example updated to include reusable, platform-consistent Style and Templates]

Posted: 04 Aug 2010 03:39 PM PDT

I've previously blogged about how to get the Data Visualization assembly from the Silverlight Toolkit / WPF Toolkit working on Windows Phone. It's quite simple with my Data Visualization Development Release 4 and the Windows Phone Developer Tools Beta...( read more )...(read more)

Book preview: Microsoft Silverlight 4 and SharePoint 2010 Integration

Posted: 04 Aug 2010 03:28 PM PDT

Check out the new book "Microsoft Silverlight 4 and SharePoint 2010 Integration" by Gastón C. Hillar: This is the overview taken from the publisher site: Develop Silverlight RIAs that interact with SharePoint 2010 data and services Explore...( read more )...(read more)
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