With continuous integration being integrated into Team Foundation Server 2008 we can sometimes run into unexpected results. Such as extended build times. By default the build file is set up to inform the TFS Build Agent that it should perform a “Full Build”. What is a “Full Build”? By default, when TFS performs a build…
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Why Windows Task Manager Sucks
It never fails… I’ll boot up, start a program, walk away, log back into my PC and all of a sudden the disk light on my laptop or desktop is lit up like a Christmas tree for the next 10 minutes. The computer is rendered useless until its done “working”. I can’t do anything at…
Texting/SMS Your Mobile Phone From .NET (or any other technology)
This is mainly a post for myself so I can have all the resources in one area, but hopefully it helps someone else out too. There are a few ways to send a Text Message to your phone. The most common way is to send an email to your mobile provider. Here’s a list of…
Simulating Bandwidth in Web Applications
Many times during developing web applications you will need to simulate a users experience. Certain questions come up, such as: Will this page load fast on a dial up connection? What are the response times with my new AJAX functionality on a slow connection? How long will it take the user to upload/download file xxx?…
.NET Scaffolding
Jeremy D. Miller has a great post on keeping source code where it belongs. The thought process behind this is that code should be where YOU would assume it would be. If its data access code, it should be in a project/namespace that is something like Data Access or DAL or Data or something that…
