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CR/R! Wrap up
It’s been about a month since I took the challenge to replace ReSharper (R#) with Code Rush/Refactor! Pro (CR/R!). In that time I have adjusted well to CR/R!. There are a number of areas where I am MORE productive. Yep, I said that. There are a few things I miss (So Mark of DevExpress pay attention). Code Analysis could improve Code Analysis is a fairly new feature of CR/R! and as one would expect it’s not quite as strong as R#'s (I do expect this to get better, BTW). Sometimes it doesn’t find references to ASP.NET Server Controls...
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Red Gate & Reflector: My Concerns...
Ok, before I start off I want to note that Red Gate is one of our "Friends of TRT," so they show up on just about every page of the site (and would appear in every RSS if I had the time to figure out how to do it). I also want to note that I know that I am breaking a rule with this post and may alienate a vendor, but this needs to be said (and sometimes I can’t resist). I love Red Gate tools. Their commercial stuff is absolutely awesome, and I mean that. If you...
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TRT Welcomes Back Dana Stevens
My friend Dana Stevens has decided to rejoin us (he was one of the original TRT members who never got a post up... I said he was just paranoid about being fired, but that’s me <grin />). He already beat me to the punch and started blogging, so check him out. Dana is a recovering "Pocket Protector" (Developer) who has sometimes masqueraded (in the past) as a "Black Turtleneck" (Designer). His expertise seems to be eclectic (much like my own), but he is specifically knowledgeable in matters of WCF, Services, and WPF (although he’ll probably be writing on...
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Review: Gurock SmartInspect
About a year ago, I was blogging at CodeBetter and I was given a product in hopes that I would review it. In fact I had won a copy of this product in the past. I promised and promised that I would take a look at it, but I never got around to it. Mainly because I didn’t have a use (or thought I didn’t have a use) for a logging product at the time. Logging isn’t really all that "sexy" and I was trying to dive deep into all kinds of things. Well, with my day job...
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Writing Better JS Components
Perry (my boss... a developer/manager... he codes and manages) and I have been having a recurring conversation lately. One that keeps bringing to my mind a product that I knew about when I worked for ZAC Catalogs (way back in the day). I would daresay that none of you had even heard of it (although we did pick it up as a result of Xtras carrying it, so maybe a few of you knew about it). I believe it was a called "MFC DataGrid Wizard" or something like that. Anyway what it did was build a custom DataGrid component for...
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Core Addin Challenge: 2 weeks with CodeRush/Refactor Pro (CR/R!)
[As previously mentioned I have committed to switching from ReSharper (R#) to CR/R!... the end result will be a regular guy’s comparison of the 2. DISCLAIMER: By no means is this meant to be a slight on R#, but more of me looking at CR/R! a little closer -- I think a number of us took a cursory look at CR/R! and while we found value a surface look doesn’t really give you the full picture... I’m going through the challenges of using CR/R! because it IS different from R# and hopefully I can help folks who are trying to...