Visual Studio 2019 came out on April 2. And I’ll say I’m excited about the new features in the new VS 2019. Especially the new Live Share feature. If your does pair-programming, code/peer reviews, this Live Share should come in handy. When you download VS 2019 installer from VisualStudio.com, the setup downloader, it’s only 1.2MB. … Read more
I just started using SQL Server Project template in Visual Studio 2012 and my first impression? This is great! There are several ways we traditionally create databases and manage the schema over time. Sometimes you just go to SQL Server Management Studio and simply create database objects such as tables, views, indices, and stored procedures … Read more
I am in the process of getting up to speed with the new Visual Studio 2010 IDE and how it can be used to develop custom SharePoint 2010 solutions. It’s so easy to do a “Hello World” Web part project now. These days, my Hello World projects typically involve opening up a database table and … Read more
There is big SharePoint team in one of my customers and it’s a good blend of developers, engineers, analysts, and managers. When this team started in 2007, only a handful (2 people really) was knowledgeable in the ways of SharePoint. But because the user-base for this organization is so big, technical resources of other backgrounds … Read more
Using VSeWSS 1.3 with Visual Studio 2008, when you create a new Web Part project, you can edit the Web part properties and descriptions using the WSP View. The typical Solution Explorer in VS 2008 looks like the following when working on a Web part project: In order to see the manifest.xml or feature.xml file, … Read more
In my previous post, I listed the sessions that I attended on SharePoint Saturday. Michael Lotter’s session was about building and deploying custom SharePoint Application Pages. Out-of-the-box pages suffice for more SharePoint users. But at some point, your customers or organization will want to add custom ASPX pages into SharePoint. This topic is relevant to … Read more