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All the technical gyrations I go through to build software, so I don't forget them and others can benefit from them.

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NDoc 2.0 is (Not Quite) Dead!
Many of you were saddened by the news that Kevin Downs quit development on NDoc , the .NET documentation engine. For those of you who haven't moved on to Sandcastle , though, there may be hope for you. Kim Christensen has taken up the torch and continued...
Posted: Jul 23 2008, 04:49 PM by John | with no comments
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Code Formatter for Windows Live Writer
Here's a handy tool for all of you code-slinging bloggers out there. Steve Dunn has created a Code Formatter for Windows Live Writer , which allows you to paste formatted code directly into your blog posts. It supports C#, XML, and other languages...
Posted: Mar 08 2007, 01:52 PM by John | with 1 comment(s)
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GMail vs. Windows Live Mail
As you probably know by now, I'm a Microsoft fan. My company is a Microsoft certified partner, I develop using Microsoft technologies, and in general, I really like what I get from them. That being said, when GMail appeared, I was looking for a webmail...
Posted: Aug 28 2006, 04:04 PM by John | with 1 comment(s)
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NDoc 2.0 is Dead!
I just got an email from Kevin Downs, chief of the NDoc .NET code documentation project, saying that he is no longer supporting development of the 2.0 version of the software. His primary reasons for quitting are (1) a lack of community support (read...
Posted: Jul 26 2006, 07:39 PM by John | with 1 comment(s)
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DataSet Toolkit: Can't Live Without It!
I haven't been this excited about the release of a product, but I really think that this one will make the lives of developers a whole lot easier. The DataSet Toolkit from Hydrus Software is an intelligent framework that makes data access in .NET...
Free Intellisense for SQL Server!
I read this morning that Red Gate Software has released a *free* program that adds Intellisense to your standard SQL editors (Query Analyzer, Enterprise Manager, Management Studio and VS). I tried it out, and had it up and running in less than five minutes...
Posted: May 22 2006, 07:31 PM by John | with no comments
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Moving SQL Server Objects
Well, I'm preparing for a significant move to production tomorrow morning, including a bunch of new database code. I really can't remember how I was confident that I moved everything before I discovered Red Gate's SQL Compare and SQL Data...
Posted: Nov 30 2005, 09:47 PM by John | with no comments
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