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Steve Smith | ardalis | 14 Aug 2019 12:46

Using Multiple Solutions in Visual Studio

Steve Smith writes "....I’ve given this advice quite a number of times so I figured it was time to put it into an online article. If you’re a .NET developer you probably use or have used Visual Studio. Visual Studio has two kinds of project organization file..."
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Scott Hanselman | Scott Hanselman's Blog | 13 Aug 2019 21:29

I miss Microsoft Encarta

Scott Hanselman writes "....Microsoft Encarta came out in 1993 and was one of the first CD-ROMs I had. It stopped shipping in 2009 on DVD. I recently found a disk and was impressed that it installed just perfectly on my latest Window 10 machine and runs nicely. Encarta existed..."
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Scott Hanselman | Scott Hanselman's Blog | 08 Aug 2019 23:13

The PICO-8 Virtual Fantasy Console is an idealized constrained modern day game maker

Scott Hanselman writes "....I love everything about PICO-8. It's a fantasy gaming console that wants you - and the kids in your life and everyone you know - to make games! How cool is that? You know the game Celeste? It's available on every platform, has one every award and is..."
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Oren Eini | Ayende @ Rahien | 08 Aug 2019 12:00

The big red sales button

Oren Eini writes "....I used the term “Big Red Sales Button” in a previous post, and got a question about it. You can see an illustration of that on the right.The Big Red Sales Button (BRSB from now on) is a metaphor used to discuss how sales can impact an organization...."
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Steve Smith | ardalis | 07 Aug 2019 13:33

Minimize new in Automated Tests

Steve Smith writes "....Automated tests have gained a lot of acceptance in recent years. Not long ago, many organizations bristled at the notion of having their expensive developers spend time writing code that wasn’t actually going to ship to production, but instead..."
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Scott Allen | OdeToCode by K. Scott Allen | 07 Aug 2019 12:21

Think Twice Before Returning null

Scott Allen writes "....Let’s say you are working in the kitchen and preparing a five-course meal. A five-course meal is a considerable amount of work, but fortunately, you have an assistant who can help you with the mise en place. You’ve asked your assistant to cube some..."
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Oren Eini | Ayende @ Rahien | 07 Aug 2019 12:00

Architecture for humans

Oren Eini writes "....I run across the follow on Twitter:for legacy systems/monoliths, if you want to understand the real business processes, look for the fields named: - "Comments" - "Description" - "Notes"and any generic data field of type text/nvarchar(max)— Jimmy..."
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Scott Hanselman | Scott Hanselman's Blog | 06 Aug 2019 22:39

Good, Better, Best - creating the ultimate remote worker webcam setup on a budget

Scott Hanselman writes "....I've been a remote worker and an occasional YouTuber for well over a decade. I'm always looking for a better setup because the goal is clear - how can I interact with you and my co-workers in a way that has high-enough fidelity that I don't need to..."
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Oren Eini | Ayende @ Rahien | 05 Aug 2019 12:00

RavenDB Cloud Webinar posted

Oren Eini writes "....You can watch the RavenDB Cloud webinar here:..."
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Scott Hanselman | Scott Hanselman's Blog | 01 Aug 2019 20:22

Dotnet Depends is a great text mode development utility made with Gui.cs

Scott Hanselman writes "....I love me some text mode. ASCII, ANSI, VT100. Keep your 3D accelerated ray traced graphics and give me a lovely emoji-based progress bar. Miguel has a nice thing called Gui.cs and I bumped into it in an unexpected and lovely place. There are..."
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