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Create GUID tool for Visual Studio

Posted Tuesday, September 29, 2009 9:32 PM | Feedback (3), Filed Under .NET developement Visual Studio

@rewdboy a coworker had a small problem earlier today, he just couldn't find the good old Create GUID application that is packaged with Visual Studio. The tool has not been removed from the IDE it’s still there. It depends on what development type you have chosen. You may remember the first time you start Visual Studio after installing it prompts you asking what type of development you are planning to do. There are six choices, the one that I know has the Create GUID tool is the Visual C"# Development Settings, If you went with Web Development Settings you...

Highlight current line Visual Studio custom theme

Posted Friday, September 18, 2009 4:12 PM | Feedback (2), Filed Under .NET developement Refactoring ReSharper

A nice feature of ReSharper, besides all refactoring goodness, is the ability to highlight the current line. That is the line where the caret is, is highlighted. This makes it so much easier to get back and find where you last left off or where the search result is when searching around in Visual Studio. If you have ReSharper it’s easy to do this. Just go to ReSharper’s options menu ReSharper –> Options. And from there go to the Editor menu and select “Highlight current line” If you have a customized color theme like I...

The involuntary designer

Posted Monday, May 04, 2009 7:44 AM | Feedback (0), Filed Under developement Interaction design Web

In web development design is often the main force driving the project, then comes content, functionality followed by technology. Sure, the first thin the visitors see when they come to a web page is the design of the start page. In 3 seconds the visitor has judged the site by the look and feel of the site. The way the menu is composed, if the information they seek is one of the first things they see, and so on.  The first page tells you much about what you can expect of the web site. But what happens after that? ...

The involuntary designer

Posted Monday, May 04, 2009 7:44 AM | Feedback (0), Filed Under developement Interaction design Web

In web development design is often the main force driving the project, then comes content, functionality followed by technology. Sure, the first thin the visitors see when they come to a web page is the design of the start page. In 3 seconds the visitor has judged the site by the look and feel of the site. The way the menu is composed, if the information they seek is one of the first things they see, and so on.  The first page tells you much about what you can expect of the web site. But what happens after that? When...