The Windows 8 Customer Preview is upon us! Joining the party are the Visual Studio 11 and .NET 4.5 Betas along with the Windows Server 8 Beta. Links: Windows 8 Customer Preview – Main Site Windows 8 Customer Preview – Setup Windows 8 Customer Preview – ISOs Visual Studio 11 Beta – Main Site Visual [...]
Archive of posts filed under the Software Development category.
Retroactive Browser Compatibility
When working on an existing web application you may be placed in a situation where you need to support new browsers, or just other browsers that your app wasn’t originally coded for or tested in. In my case, this took the form of a web app developed exclusively for Internet Explorer that now needed to [...]
Official jQuery 1.3.0, 1.3.1 Visual Studio Intellisense Files
It looks like this weekend while I was at the South Florida Code Camp the jQuery team has posted the official jQuery 1.3.1 Visual Studio intellisense file. You can get it from the jQuery downloads page, or more directly from the jQuery Google Code download page. The official 1.3.0 documentation was posted this weekend as [...]
Slide deck for my JaxDug Session
My the slide show for my session today can be downloaded here: Free Developer Tools.pptx It’s in PowerPoint 2007 format, so if you don’t have PowerPoint 2007 installed, you can download the viewer here: http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=048dc840-14e1-467d-8dca-19d2a8fd7485&displaylang=en Thanks to all who attended!
Automatic Code Regions, Virtual Earth Controls, and Vista Performance Tweaks, Oh My!
I do like to point out neat things when I come across them, so I’d like to bring your attention to some useful resources I stumbled across today: Windows Vista Performance and Tuning Guide “Windows Vista and SP1 focus on delivering greater performance and overall system responsiveness. By striking a balance between speed and responsiveness, [...]