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Online MSDN Library - Switch View Feature
22 October 09 12:55 | Simon Phillips | with no comments

I was looking up some documentation on MSDN today I noticed a new button has appeared in the bottom right hand corner named Switch View. (Not sure how long it has been there!)     Clicking on the button give you the option of changing the style...

Filed under: Visual Studio IDE / Addins, .Net, ASP.Net, Microsoft, Developer, MSDN

Programming for Absolute Beginners
28 September 09 01:19 | Simon Phillips | 2 comment(s)

One of the questions I get asked lot is { our kid | son | daughter | parent | granny | dog | add own tag } (* delete appropriately) is wanting to start programming what’s the best place to start this thing called .Net? I while back I posted about the...

Filed under: Visual Studio IDE / Addins, .Net, ASP.Net, Developer, Training, Windows Forms

Are you new to developing in .Net and looking for Free Training?
01 June 09 10:47 | Simon Phillips | 4 comment(s)

Microsoft has posted some free online training course for developers as part of their Ramp Up series. I came across this a while ago but there has been some new content released. Ramp Up is a free, online, community-based learning program that will help...

Filed under: SharePoint, .Net, ASP.Net, Developer, Training

Astoria - Online Data Service
04 October 07 11:10 | Simon Phillips | with no comments

At the moment I'm recovering from a bad cold, today is the first time I've felt like logging on and I am catching up with my reading. One thing on this weeks UK MSDN news cast (Note: guys at MSDN Ireland I read your email as well!!) was Microsoft...

Filed under: XML, .Net, ASP.Net, Silverlight (WPF/E)

"Orcas" March CTP Released
01 March 07 05:30 | Simon Phillips | 1 comment(s)

Well that's my weekend blown... The next version of Visual Studio has been released as a Community Technology Preview (CTP). There are two ways that you can download the CTP, the individual componants or as a Virtual PC image . My personal choice would...

Filed under: Visual Studio IDE / Addins, Office 2007, .Net, ASP.Net, Vista

Roll up of the Latest Software and Services packs
23 February 07 02:29 | Simon Phillips | with no comments

SQL Server 2005 SP2 - This has been in CTP for what seams like ages, and I for all but one project have been holding off installing it for my development environments. As well as the usual fixes and enchancements they have put alot of work in data anaylsis...

Filed under: Virtualisation, .Net, SQL

NIMTUG Event: Generics - Kathleen Dollard (1st March)
21 February 07 06:41 | Simon Phillips | with no comments

The next NIMTUG event is going to be on the 1st March and should be a right treat, we're very fortunate to have Kathleen Dollard from the States coming over to Northern Ireland and having the time to do a talk for us. Generics (for thoses of you who don...

Filed under: NIMTUG, Events, .Net

VS 2005: Gotcha DataGrid Dataset and uniqueidentifier (GUIDS)
03 August 06 06:19 | Simon Phillips | 1 comment(s)

I've never been a great fan of the point and click nature of the DataGrid in .Net, it all seams too easy and there was always the problem with the bloat that was the ViewState. I'm having to put together a quick proto-type atm so I'm just dragging and...

Filed under: Visual Studio IDE / Addins, .Net