DotNetKicks.com - Stories tagged with Productivity

Developer productivity is important - Reality or Myth?

Mon, 11 Jan 2010 23:51:29 GMT

Today i was reading a post by Rob Conery in which he discussed both his thoughts on developer productivity in relation to the creation of a new OS project (ASP MVP), and how he may have thought that in some instances hiding behind WebForms and not touching MVC was really just laziness or ignorance mistaken for productivity. Additionally i also read another post by Scott Bellware in which talks about a similar subject, in that developer productivity when viewed in isolation, is really a myth.

Being Lazy with Rake

Fri, 29 May 2009 19:09:26 GMT

Stop working so hard. Let Rake do the menial stuff for you!

Top tips to increase your productivity

Sun, 08 Feb 2009 02:30:13 GMT

You want to increase your productivity? Follow those quick advices and you will increase your productivity instantly.

Documents 2.0 - Consumable Documents

Wed, 03 Sep 2008 14:46:02 GMT

Sidar discussing the need for more agile documents in business environments.

Save Your Fingers, Use a BDD AutoHotKey Script!

Sun, 08 Jun 2008 10:00:13 GMT

Using a bdd_style_naming_convention_for_you_specifications? Save yourself some time and keystrokes by using BDD AutoHotKey Script.

Visual Studio Usability Tip: Highlight Current Line

Sun, 18 May 2008 05:01:02 GMT

A small tweak you can make to your Visual Studio color scheme to help you navigate your code faster... maybe.

Visual Studio Tip: Kill That Build!

Fri, 18 Jan 2008 03:41:38 GMT

Have you ever accidentally started to compile your code and you didn't mean to... so you're stuck waiting for Visual Studio to finish so you can get back to work? Why not just cancel the build with a keystroke?

Using a RAM drive to compile faster Visual Studio .NET projects

Sat, 22 Dec 2007 05:25:52 GMT

If you have a modern CPU (like a Core Duo), you may experience significant improvements since a RAM disk reads your code files at about 900 MB/sec!!

Does 10 Times More Developer Productivity Warrant Ten Times More Pay?

Tue, 26 Jun 2007 15:31:01 GMT

Becoming a better developer... learn more to earn more.

Some Small Ways to Reduce Daily Development Friction

Thu, 21 Jun 2007 03:31:01 GMT

The start of a new series of posts to highlight some tips, tricks, and shortcuts to reduce the friction of day-to-day development tasks in Visual Studio and Windows.

Visual SVN: Another Zero Friction Tool In The Toolbox

Thu, 07 Jun 2007 12:31:01 GMT

If Mr. "Zero Friction" himself (Ayende) is recommending a tool it must be good. And boy is it! Visual SVN extends Visual Studio with the same interface as TortoiseSVN - making it nearly transparent for anyone already using TortoiseSVN.

WinMerge - visual text file differencing and merging tool.

Wed, 25 Apr 2007 17:46:01 GMT

Tool for visual comparison text documents in Windows to change them

World Clock for your Vista Sidebar

Wed, 04 Apr 2007 11:44:10 GMT

My team is spread across the US - in 3 different time zones - so keeping everyone on the same page... and ON TIME is even more challenging than usual. But I've found a great Vista Sidebar Gadget that helps me keep the time mix-ups to a minimum - the Digital World Clock.

Using Virtual PC with Multiple Monitors, Sort Of

Thu, 05 Apr 2007 11:01:01 GMT

Use the new Remote Desktop Connection client to get multi-monitor support for Virtual PC... sort of. :)

Cool WPF Note taker application

Thu, 22 Feb 2007 12:46:01 GMT

This is a cool WPF created application for note taking. No more sticky notes

Increase productivity with ReSharper templates

Mon, 11 Dec 2006 18:01:01 GMT

Download useful ReSharper templates and learn how to use them

13 Productivity Tips for ADO.NET 2.0

Fri, 17 Feb 2006 23:01:00 GMT

13 Productivity Tips for ADO.NET 2.0