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Debugging VB6 code with Visual Studio 2008
I was reviewing an old DNA app (more on this in a different post) and I got really surprised when I...
Author: Rido - [MSFT] Date: 10/05/2009
Is UX the new Agile?
In the last days I’ve seen how the UserXperience movement is getting attention in the community and...
Author: Rido - [MSFT] Date: 09/24/2009
Classic Event Viewer
While we migrate all our servers to Windows Server 2008, quite often we need to manage remote event...
Author: Rido - [MSFT] Date: 08/24/2009
New Objectives for FY10
The vacation period has ended, my collaboration in the Terra project has finished and now I'm...
Author: Rido - [MSFT] Date: 08/21/2009
The Terra Project
El principal motivo por el que este blog ha estado tan calladito en los últimos meses, es el...
Author: Rido - [MSFT] Date: 05/03/2009
VRTA: Como medir el rendimiento de un cliente Web
Siempre que hablamos de rendimiento de aplicaciones web, instintivamente pensamos en cuantas...
Author: Rido - [MSFT] Date: 01/22/2009
Azure aka RedDog is here
Just one hour ago, Ray Ozzie has announced the new Cloud OS from Microsoft: Windows Azure, it's...
Author: Rido - [MSFT] Date: 10/27/2008
PDC Starts
Not really the PDC, just the Pre-Conf sessions. I've chosen .Net Data Access from A to Z. By now,...
Author: Rido - [MSFT] Date: 10/26/2008
Choosing a JavaScript library
Some months ago I started to dig in different JavaScript libraries like prototype, MooTools, Dojo or...
Author: Rido - [MSFT] Date: 09/29/2008
How to show CodeRegions expanded by default
If you know me, and my code, you know I dont like regions, but I cant stop people to use them,...
Author: Rido - [MSFT] Date: 09/06/2008
SEO keywords and My PageRank
In the last months I've seen how SEO has become a day-to-day conversation in web projects. From...
Author: Rido - [MSFT] Date: 05/28/2008
Video Interview
I've been interviewed by some folks of DPE, here in Spain. You can watch it here:...
Author: Rido - [MSFT] Date: 02/16/2008
trx2html supports VS 2008
See update https://blogs.msdn.com/rido/archive/2010/04/10/trx2html-0-6.aspx I have released a new...
Author: Rido - [MSFT] Date: 02/12/2008
RidoCode
Since gotdotnet is phased out, I'm moving all my samples to codeplex...
Author: Rido - [MSFT] Date: 09/26/2007
trx2html @ CodePlex
I have moved the trx2html project to CodePlex https://www.codeplex.com/trx2html I'm looking for...
Author: Rido - [MSFT] Date: 06/28/2007
Continuous Integration with TFS
Today I've been talking about CI with TFS in Madrid, Spain. The event has been organized by the...
Author: Rido - [MSFT] Date: 06/28/2007
TestResults Reports in TFS Builds
If you use TFSBuilds with VS UnitTests, you know how to inspect the TestResults: you must download...
Author: Rido - [MSFT] Date: 05/24/2007
Testing with VS2005 Demo
Today's workshop was based on a demo to show all the vs features about testing, it covers: Unit...
Author: Rido - [MSFT] Date: 11/27/2006
My Workshop about testing
Tomorrow I will be talking about Testing with VS2005, here is my presentation:...
Author: Rido - [MSFT] Date: 11/26/2006
Mocking SQLException
I'm working on a presentation about Testing, and one of the technics I would like to show is...
Author: Rido - [MSFT] Date: 11/26/2006
Mount ISO Files in VISTA
Because this post looks the most popular in this blog, I’ve decidede to update it. After try a lot...
Author: Rido - [MSFT] Date: 10/27/2006
My lastest desktop
Today I have switched to Vista RC2. After reinstalling the OS I have to install all the tools I use...
Author: Rido - [MSFT] Date: 10/27/2006
TFS: Change Connected user
When you setup TFS for the first time, usually you use the TFSSetup account. And with this account...
Author: Rido - [MSFT] Date: 10/24/2006
VSTS LoadTesting 64bit WebServer
Last week I had to stress a web portal running on x64 machine. Everything works as spected but when...
Author: Rido - [MSFT] Date: 10/24/2006
SQL Server Hosting toolkit
One of the most wanted features I miss from the VS2K5 platform SDLC tools is the ability to manage...
Author: Rido - [MSFT] Date: 10/22/2006
Load Test and Perf Counters
The first time I saw the Load Tests in action I got impressed: you can watch the performance...
Author: Rido - [MSFT] Date: 10/10/2006
Visual Studio vs. Vista: What's going on here?
Interesting opinions about Vista about a development environment, we have to wait for a "better...
Author: Rido - [MSFT] Date: 10/02/2006
ploeh blog : Cleaning Away The TestResults Folder
Link to ploeh blog : Cleaning Away The TestResults Folder
Author: Rido - [MSFT] Date: 09/19/2006
Some workaround for ObjectDataSource: could not find a non-generic method '...'
Today I was playing with the new DataBind capabilities of ASP.Net 2.0, and found this error.. here...
Author: Rido - [MSFT] Date: 09/07/2006
Using Code Coverage with Manual Testing
https://blogs.msdn.com/marcalt/archive/2006/07/02/654157.aspx A good thing to remember about...
Author: Rido - [MSFT] Date: 08/28/2006
Hirlpoo West : Cool Notepad Trick
Another great trick of our old friend notepad.exe Link to Hirlpoo West : Cool Notepad Trick
Author: Rido - [MSFT] Date: 08/22/2006
The Future of Programming Languages
Two years ago I wrote about "The Future of Programming" bercause it was the keynote at OOPSLA04. I...
Author: Rido - [MSFT] Date: 08/21/2006
Two Rules from Grady Booch
Grady Booch (the legendary methodologist) talks in an interview about architectural patterns. I...
Author: Rido - [MSFT] Date: 08/21/2006
.Net 3.0 Discussion (Who defend it?)
Since Soma announced the official rename from WinFx to .Net 3.0 everyone is talking about it here,...
Author: Rido - [MSFT] Date: 06/13/2006
My fav WinShell Trick
Good tools are forever. One of my favs is the old "Command Prompt Here" power toy. If you want to...
Author: Rido - [MSFT] Date: 06/13/2006
trx2html
Updated !! now this tool has it's own homepage at codeplex www.codeplex.com/trx2html...
Author: Rido - [MSFT] Date: 05/22/2006
VSTS TestRuns Report
One of the great things about TDD and unit testing, is how you record the team progress with the...
Author: Rido - [MSFT] Date: 05/21/2006
6 months
This blog has been without any activity for 6 months, this is because my life has changed since I...
Author: Rido - [MSFT] Date: 05/17/2006
Web compatibility, Ajax in the 90s (IE3 days)
Some years ago I was focused on web development, on those days, end of the 90s, I was relativity...
Author: Rido - [MSFT] Date: 02/18/2006
Rido's agile books list
I have published aan Amazon list with my favorite agile books...
Author: Rido - [MSFT] Date: 12/07/2005
Helpers and Utils are CodeSmell's
I never like too much the concept of "helper classes", First of all I tried to found some written...
Author: Rido - [MSFT] Date: 11/17/2005
NUnit 2.2.3
I was waiting for the new version, it has been tested with .Net 2.0 RTM....
Author: Rido - [MSFT] Date: 11/16/2005
Petzold and new IDEs
With the proximity of VS 2005 launch everybody is talking about IDEs. I know it's not a new...
Author: Rido - [MSFT] Date: 11/05/2005
Windows Live (another RSS reader)
If you are a RSS user, not just to read blogs, instead almost every syndicated content, you will be...
Author: Rido - [MSFT] Date: 11/01/2005
NUnit vs VSTS
One of the most popular open source application for .Net developers is NUnit. With the next release...
Author: Rido - [MSFT] Date: 10/30/2005
HowToUseXmlDataDocument
One test is better that thousand words... [TestFixture] public class XmlDataDemo { [Test] public...
Author: Rido - [MSFT] Date: 10/26/2005
Scrum for MSProject 2003
Honeslty, MSProject it's not my favorite tool to track software development projects (or at least...
Author: Rido - [MSFT] Date: 10/15/2005
Good Intentions and Abstractions
Do the simplest thing that could possibly work Do the simplest thing that could possibly work Do the...
Author: Rido - [MSFT] Date: 10/14/2005
Ultimate Developer And Power Users ToolList
Every dev has it's own tool collection, Scott offers a nice categorized selection with more than 100...
Author: Rido - [MSFT] Date: 10/09/2005
PrinciplesOfObjectOrientedDesign
Does everybody agree about the "Principles Of Object Oriented Design" ? from:...
Author: Rido - [MSFT] Date: 10/03/2005