Updated: Visual Studio 2010 Image Library

Make sure you check out the new Image Library that gets installed with Visual Studio 2010. It was updated and contains many great-looking icons and images that are free to be used even in commercial software.

Link: Install the Visual Studio Image Library

Source: http://blogs.msdn.com/b/visualstudio/archive/2010/03/29/tips-and-tricks-visual-studio-2010-image-library.aspx

Certified as Professional Scrum Developer Trainer

"A fool with a tool, is still a fool."

TFS is a great tool, but still it doesn't tell you how to do things. To close the missing gaps you need practices and a framework (like Scrum). Luckily, Scrum.org and Microsoft started the Professional Scrum Developer Program (PSD), which trains people in all three topics.

An ideal combination:

Additionally this will be the only official course on Visual Studio 2010 team features and Team Foundation Server 2010 autorized by Microsoft (no MOC courses).

Since this summer, I 'm certified as Professional Scrum Master (PSM) and as one of the Professional Scrum Developer Trainers (PSDT) that will be teaching the course.

 

Links:

• Learn more about Scrum Developer
• Attend a course
• Get certified as Professional Scrum Developer through the PSD assessment

Lookup .NET Format Strings

{0:N2} – N2 stands for a number with 2 decimals.

I wish I could remember all those – if you can't, look them up at:

• Formatting Types (this is the root chapter for all of the links below and many more)
  The most important ones are probably:
• Standard Number Format Strings
• Standard Date and Time Format Strings

IIS7 FTP service: How to enable/disable logging

It's easy… well, if you know where to look…

Step 1: Open "FTP Logging" settings

Step 2: Click "Disable" on the panel on the very right.

Download Tip: Create Regular Expressions in a snap

I have almost no clue about Regular Expressions, but still I can create even pretty complex RegEx patterns in a snap and therefore can impress collegues with those (almost non-existant) skills.

How do I do that, you will ask?

Well, I use Expresso Regular Expression Tool

It's free (although you have to register after a period to receive your free registration code) and helped me a lot. Highly Recommended!