Could not load type System.Configuration.NameValueSectionHandler(stevesmithblog.com)

submitted by scottcate(825) 2 years ago

Something you may run into upgrading .net projects. read more...

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A Whirlwind Tour through the Managed Extensibility Framework (MEF)(blog.bartdesmet.net)

submitted by crpietschmann(11.3k) 2 years, 9 months ago

From a hotel lobby in the sunny city of Durban, South-Africa, waiting for my plane transfer after a great TechEd Africa event. Why not write a blog post on one of my talks: the Managed Extensibility Framework, or MEF. As we steam ahead to release .NET 4.0, it’s great to see the amount of new APIs that will make it into this release. I had the opportunity to talk on three of those the past few days: * The Dynamic Language Runtime (System.Dynamic) with dynamic support in C# and VB, and dynamic languages like IronPython and IronRuby. * New additions for parallel programming (Task Parallel Library, PLINQ, Coordination Data Structures). * The Managed Extensibility Framework (System.ComponentModel.Composition). read more...

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Learning the Mediator Pattern(dimecasts.net)

submitted by dwhittaker(13.1k) 2 years, 10 months ago

Taking a look at how we can use the Mediator Pattern in our application. .The Mediator pattern allows us to create a loosely coupled system by creating a set of objects which encapsulates the way that sets of objects interact with each other. By removing this behavior from the individual objects you reduce their responsibility and reduce coupling read more...

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Should We Return Null From Our Methods?(leedumond.com)

submitted by leedumond(2144) 2 years, 11 months ago

I read a interesting article recently about the potential perils of Null Check Hell. The author’s suggestion? Stop allowing any of your methods to return nulls, ever . No nulls returned, no null checks necessary. Problem solved, right? read more...

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VSTricks Video #62 Display parameter info for a function(scottcate.com)

submitted by scottcate(825) 3 years, 2 months ago

Intellisense is great – probably the greatest thing ever invented to help developers productivity. But ListMembers isn’t always what you want. If you have CTRL+Space embedded in your brain telling Visual Studio to “Show my what I can put here” you’re getting a ListMembers popup. What you sometimes want is a ListParameters Tooltip, and this video shows you how. read more...

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VSTricks Video #61 (Presenters Must!) Increase the Editor Tooltip Size(scottcate.com)

submitted by scottcate(825) 3 years, 2 months ago

If you’re presenting Visual Studio on a projector, one of the first things you probably do is downsize to 1024X768, and edit your font size to be larger so the people in the back can read your screen. BUT … most presenters forget to also change the Tooltip font size. Did you know that could be done? This video shows you how. read more...

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VSTricks Video #60 All and Common tabs on Intellisense (VB Only)(scottcate.com)

submitted by scottcate(825) 3 years, 2 months ago

Once statement completion is up in Visual Basic context (sorry C-Sharpers) there is a tabbed view of options. One tab is Common (the default) and one tab is (ALL). You can switch between these tab from teh Keyboard - and this video quickly shows you how. read more...

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VSTricks Video #59 Resize the Statement Completion Window(scottcate.com)

submitted by scottcate(825) 3 years, 2 months ago

This video shows that you can resize the statement completion dialog box from any direction, once it’s open, grab a side or a corner. read more...

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VSTricks Video #58 How to increase the statement completion font size(scottcate.com)

submitted by scottcate(825) 3 years, 2 months ago

Go to Tools - Options - Fonts and Colors. This is where you're used to changing the font size, especially those of us that present with Visual Studio on a projector. When you change the editor font size to 20 for the audience to be able to read it, only the editor changes. This video will show you how to increase the font size on the Intellisence window that pops up for statement complete. read more...

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VSTricks Video #57 [Ctrl]+[J] invokes statement completion(scottcate.com)

submitted by scottcate(825) 3 years, 2 months ago

In the default general development settings, the keyboard shortcut to invoke statement completion is [CTRL]+[J]. The keyboard shortcut is bound to Edit.ListMembers, so you may need to confirm what your keyboard shortcut is. This video talks about the multiple ways of getting the statement complete window to popup, and how your keyboard bindings may effect the different options. read more...

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VSTricks Video #56 Show Shortcut Keys in Visual Studio Toolbar Tooltip(scottcate.com)

submitted by scottcate(825) 3 years, 2 months ago

I try to use the keyboard exclusively in Visual Studio. Sometimes I don’t know (or have forgotten) the keyboard shortcut for something, but I know there is one. If you hover over the icon, on an icon bar, you’ll see the tooltip. If this tooltip doesn’t show up, or doesn’t have the keyboard shortcut in it, this video will show you how to turn them on. read more...

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VSTricks Video #55 Navigate Bookmark folders in the Bookmark Window(scottcate.com)

submitted by scottcate(825) 3 years, 2 months ago

If you’re crazy about dropping bookmarks in your project, then you’ll love this ability to manage them. There's a Bookmark Tool Window (or Panel) that allows you to organize and arrange your bookmarks. You can create one or many folders with name, and then jump between bookmarks just in that folder. Once you've organized your bookmarks, you can use similar bookmark navigation keyboard shortcuts to navigate within the folder by adding the Shift button to the chord. read more...

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VSTricks Video #54 How to set a bookmark and navigate among them(scottcate.com)

submitted by scottcate(825) 3 years, 2 months ago

Trick number #30 also talked about Bookmarks, but this time I go into a little more detail as to why your keyboard bindings might be different than what you’re seeing in the video. The short version is that you probably chose Visual Basic or Visual C# when you installed Visual Studio and each of these has a different set of keyboard binding. The video shows you how to figure out your bindings, and spends a little more time on the bookmarking system built into Visual Studio. read more...

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VSTricks Video #53 Enable Emacs and Brief editor emulations?(scottcate.com)

submitted by scottcate(825) 3 years, 3 months ago

In VS 2005, we introduced Emacs and Brief emulations into the editor. Go to Tools - Options - Environment - Keyboard, and then drop down the Apply the following additional keyboard mapping scheme: Choose either Brief or Emacs. read more...

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VSTricks Video #52 How to enable single click URL navigation(scottcate.com)

submitted by scottcate(825) 3 years, 3 months ago

This is enabled by default for most editors, but just in case you're not able to click on a URL, here's what you do. Go to Tools - Options - Text Editor - All Languages - General, and click on Enable single-click URL navigation. read more...

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VSTricks Video #51 How to cycle through the Studio clipboard ring(scottcate.com)

submitted by scottcate(825) 3 years, 3 months ago

You can cycle through the past 20 items you've either cut or copied onto the clipboard via Ctrl+Shift+V. Pretty cool, huh? I didn't know what to draw for "cycle through clipboard ring," so I looked around my office and saw a dog paw print, and though, hey, i can draw that left-handed with a mouse. read more...

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