When writing my unit tests I don’t like to use hard coded fixed values because I either end up using the same values or, because of that, tests may succeed by coincidence. Over time, I have developed an helper class to generate random values for testing. namespace PauloMorgado.VisualStudio.TestTools...
Note: Code in italics is not actual C# 3.0 syntax. Local Variable Type Inference C# 3.0 brought us local variable type inference mainly because of LINQ . The output of a query can vary from an IEnumerable<T> or an IQueryable<T> to a single instance of T where T can even be a projection which...
While trying to install Visual Studio 2008 Team Suite in my Windows XP Professional system it kept failing when installing Visual Studio because it couldn't find the Web Authoring Component (after installing having just successfully installed it). I've looked around for occurrences of this problem...
Web Client Software Factory 2.0 February 2008 Release Resources MSDN site: http://msdn.microsoft.com/webclientfactory Community site: http://www.codeplex.com/websf About the Deliverable The Web Client Software Factory (WCSF) provides a set of guidance for architects and developers building enterprise...
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Microsoft Portugal will be hosting Techdays 2008 from Mars 12 nd to 14 th , right after the Portuguese launch of Microsoft Visual Studio 2008 , Microsoft SQL Server 2008 and Microsoft Windows Server 2008 on Mars 11 th . This is the biggest and greatest tech event in Portugal and there will be lots of...
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For those who can't (or don't want to) deploy .NET Framework 3.5, the service packs included for the 2.0 and 3.0 versions of the framework are available as standalone downloads. Microsoft .NET Framework 2.0 Service Pack 1 (x86) Microsoft .NET Framework 2.0 Service Pack 1 (x64) Microsoft .NET...
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Visual Studio 2008 and .NET Framework 3.5 has finally shipped. MSDN subscribers can download the final version of Visual Studio 2008 from MSDN Subscription Downloads , but anyone can get a trial version or an Express Edition . The .NET Framework 3.5 contains many new features building incrementally upon...
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Today, S.Somasegar announced at TechEd Developers EMEA , amongst other things, that they the product team at Microsoft is putting the finishing touches on Visual Studio 2008 and .NET FX 3.5. They are on track to shipping these products before the end of November 2007. They will have the marketing launch...
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I've just read in Jeff Beehler's blog that Microsoft has re-released the VS2008 Beta2 VPCs with an updated expiration date. You can find the updated links on the VS2008 download page : Visual Studio Team System 2008 Beta 2 Team Suite VPC Visual Studio Team System 2008 Beta 2 Team Suite &...
Most of us have been testing the Visual Studio 2008 Beta 2 VPC images. Microsoft has announced that the current Visual Studio 2008 Beta 2 VPC images will expire on November 1, 2007, rather than March 15, 2008 as originally announced. It is strongly encouraged that you take all necessary steps before...