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Document existing Visual Studio Project [duplicate]
I am a small business owner and my sole developer quit. Cold. I am not a coder. He developed an existing application that works .net, c#, javascript, sql, visual studio based, 250,000 lines of code. ...
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Main differences between “Monodevelop” and “Visual Studio” [closed]
What are the main differences between Monodevelop and Visual Studio? I specifically want to know the differences while writing programs on C# language.
I want to know the difference because I am a ...
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Should I start MCPD training now or wait for new exams? [closed]
i apologize if this question has been asked before, or if this is the wrong place to put it.
I'm beginning my study track for the MCPD certification in Web Development. However, Microsoft plans to ...
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Visual studio for Windows XP [closed]
Visual Studio 2012 do not support windows XP and Microsoft Store does not seem to sell VS 2010 anymore, any idea how can I use Visual Studio Professional for development in Windows XP?
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Best thing to do about projects supporting multiple versions of Visual Studio?
I have an open source project that works on .Net 2.0 and up. The thing is though that I prefer to use Visual Studio 2012, which forces the solution and project files to only work with VS2010/2012.
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Declaring interface in the same file as the base class, is it a good practice?
To be interchangable and testable, normally services with logic needs to have interface, e.g.
public class FooService: IFooService
{ ... }
Design-wise, I agree with this, but one of the things ...
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Writing scripts for Visual Studio project
What is the best way to write and run small scripts and tasks that are specific to a particular .Net project?
Such things as configuring a database or confirming proper connections to servers.
In ...
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How much should I rely on Visual Studio's Auto Generated Code?
I'm reading about ASP.NET (VB.NET) and I want to built my professionally website. I'm wondering though; I'm still using the basics so I'm really just a novice, but how much should I rely on Visual ...
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Pair programming remotely with Visual Studio?
What tools exist to facilitate pair programming with Visual Studio when the programmers are not in the same physical location? At the moment we are thinking voice (Skype?) plus remote desktop (VNC? ...
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Is it safe to download VS11/.NET4.5 beta and still deploy to servers with .NET 4.0?
I've been wanting to try out VS2011 and .NET 4.5 beta, but the upgrade path is confusing at best. If I understand what I've read, the .NET 4.5 framework overwrites the .NET 4.0 libraries on your local ...
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How to properly structure a project in winform?
A while ago I started to create a winform application and at that time it was small and I did not give any thought of how to structure the project.
Since then I added additional features as I needed ...
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Moving away from .Net to Ruby and coping without intellisense
I am in the process of trying to learn Ruby, however after spending nearly 10 years in the MS stack I am struggling to get by without intellisense. I've given RubyMine a try which does help however ...
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How do you avoid working on the wrong branch?
Being only a little careful is usually enough, but sometimes I need to double check the branch I'm working on (e.g "hm..i'm on dev branch, right?") and I check the source control path of a random ...
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What are ways I can speed of development time when building applications? [closed]
I noticed that overtime with experience that the curve of learning shifts from trying to learn a language or technology (the way it works) to how to develop applications faster and with less code. I ...
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What is the difference between a prototype and a production level solution?
This question is purely for learning and to step-up my technical understanding. I know there is no perfect solution and this question has possible never ending solution list but I think it's very ...
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Why isn't the line count in Visual Studio zero-based?
This just struck me as an oversight by Microsoft. Since arrays and other data-structures within the .NET framework begin from zero (zero-based) why don't we have a line 0 within the code view in ...
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Best way to contact Microsoft about accessibility in their developer tools?
I'm a totally blind programmer who would like to learn .net. It appears that the Visual Studio express additions are not accessible since the scripts that come with Jaws for Widnows, the screen ...
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Is kick-starting myself into the programming world by reading from a book about VS 2008 & .NET 3.5 a bad idea?
Basically what the title says. I'm completely new to programming and decided C# to be the best language to start learning, so I went ahead and installed Visual Studio Express 2010 C# to get started.
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In .NET (Visual Studio), when do you create a new assembly?
I'm working on a Silverlight application. I've split it up in several assemblies:
Domain
Repositories (everything with persisting to the Sterling database)
UI
...
This is how I've learned it, but ...
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Is “VS Lightswitch” the “Oracle APEX” from Microsoft?
What do you think? Is "Visual Studio Lightswitch" becoming the "Oracle APEX" for SQL Server in the futrure? Are these two technologies comparable?
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what info do wcf/.net developers need when joining a new project?
I'm a technical writer tasked to document a rather complex WPF/WCF .net application for a governmental agency. I'm not sure where to start and would like some suggestions from .net developers about ...
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