All developers want to automate menial, repetitive tasks. When you can automate tasks, it boosts productivity and cuts down on potential problems that might occur when performing tasks manually. One ...

I'm always looking for ways to develop high quality software faster with less code. Recently, I explored aspect-oriented programming (AOP) to reduce code volume, and I cover the potential benefits in ...

In this space, I typically write about tools that help you build, manage, test or deploy software development projects. The one part of the project I've mostly ignored thus far is perhaps the most ...

Using the Visual Studio Installer, install Visual Studio. To find the installer in Windows, you can type “installer” into the Start menu. The installer will ask you for what edition of Visual Studio ...

On August 9th I discussed Microsoft's recommendations for setting up a Silverlight development environment. As I noted on August 25th, this process hasn't been without its troubles for me. With the ...