Removing all those .svn files

Im working on a project now and using subversion a lot for the project. One of the things that has been annoying me in the last while is sometimes I want to move code into another svn repository while working on it, and really the only way to do it is to remove all [...]

Error Logging

The Microsoft Enterprise Library has a really good Logging Application Block that allows you to make your logging infrastructure configurable.
This framework makes logging as easy as typing:
Logger.Write(”System rolled over!”);
the framework is configurable from your config file.
The Microsoft Enterprise Library out of the box provides the following destinations for logging messages:

Email
Custom Locations
Message Queues
WMI Events
Database
Text Files
File

I took [...]

.NET Regular Expressions

What the Heck is a Regular Expression Anyway?
I’m sure you are familiar with the use of “wildcard” characters for pattern matching. For example, if you want to find all the Microsoft Word files in a Windows directory, you search for “*.doc“, knowing that the asterisk is interpreted as a wildcard that can match any sequence [...]

.NET Agile, Scrum and Visual Studio Team System

.NET developers that want to adopt more agile development methodologies, while still towing the line with their project management offices, may soon begin to tap into templates available with Visual Studio 2005 Team System. Among options available are Microsoft Solutions Framework (MSF) for Agile Software Development, which ships with Visual Studio 2005 Team System, and [...]

.NET Agile Development Practices

Introduction
The purpose of this article is to define a set of ideal practices for an agile software development project. I encourage you to leave comments about this article using the comments box at the bottom of this page. Please note that the practices listed are the practices that I believe are essential to a good agile development project; [...]

Agile Development .NET Vs. Non Agile Development….??

Q&A: Agile Vs. Formal Methodologies
 

Agile Vs. Formal Methodologies

Is “Agile” just another trend that is slowly turning into a more accepted and practiced methodology?
Is this the beginning of the end for “Formal” Methodologies?
What role, if any, as VSTS played in the struggle of Agile methodologies to become more “mainstream”?
When would you use Agile or Formal Methodologies?
What [...]

Getting into Agile Development with .NET

Following on from my previous post Getting into Agile Development with .NET.
Confluence
Atlassian’s professional WIKI solution, it works great with JIRA and provides a really nice WIKI solution. For those who want to travel light with documentation, WIKI’s provide a nice fit for technical documentation, build documentation, internal designs, etc. as they easily accommodate rapid [...]

Creating a self documenting Database (MS SQL)

With SQL Server, it is strange how some of the most radical improvements that have been introduced over the years have been slipped in almost unnoticed. Conversely, the features that were plastered all over the marketing brochures are sometimes the ones that turn out to be dead ends.
A feature that fits into the former category [...]

Bug Tracking Software Review #2 Mantis

With the current company and projects Im working on we have been using Mantis bug tracker since i set it up about 2 years ago. At the time of its introduction it was a big change for the team who weren’t used to using proper [Basic required] developer tools to get the job done.
Here [...]