El Bruno

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[#SLIDES] #SpeakerDesk, nice one to add to #SlideShare options

Hello! If you are from those who use Powerpoint, SlideShare, surely you know. It is one of the major resources available to use if you need to share slides. I use it since years and the truth is that I am pretty happy with it. I can view my profile (elbruno@slideshare), see some followers and… — read more

Nov 28, 2014
[#VS2015] Unity PlugIn for VS2015? Oh yeahhh ;)

Hello! I’ve always said that tests of software or OS must be done directly in a production environment. That download is a demo, try it out and let it is not real. That’s why, for some time, I’m trying to use Visual Studio 2015 as main development tool. Unity projects, as… rummaging them me although… — read more

Nov 27, 2014
[#EVENT] My (fleeting) time by the #Codemotion_es with #coding4Fun has been amazing (as always) thank you!

Good on the 2nd day of the event, I had lucky enough to be on the last track of CodeMotion talking as… as we can have fun with new technologies. The truth is that it was to arrive and begin to see familiar faces, the child and the Martina playing there, get off and see… — read more

Nov 24, 2014
[#VS2015] Where are Cross Platform installers? (patience patience everything comes)

Hello! After the hype of Visual Studio 2015, with their emulators for Android, multi platforms dev tools, etc. Today someone asked me why those options are not available in the installer? (weird one) The truth is that I had tried VS2015 using Azure VMs and had spent zero time in the installation process. And of course it is better to… — read more

Nov 19, 2014
[#IOT] Internet of Things: I probably add more contents in the #Connect event

Hello! A few days ago the event Connect() was presented online. In the event Microsoft turn the current dev direction 180º with new features like Net in Open Source mode, a version of Visual Studio Professional for free, now in Visual Studio 2015 are included out of the box features to create apps for Android and iOS (I still… — read more

Nov 17, 2014
[#VS2013] Visual Studio 2013 2013 Community, my opinion: is just the tip of the iceberg… ;)

Hello! When a developer working with a development platform, it is normal that you are interested the news related to this platform. After a while, it is easy to see and filter the correct sources of information which provides news that really are relevant on this platform. The Microsoft Connect() event was 5 days ago, and now you… — read more

Nov 17, 2014
[#NUGET] Package at Solutions level now can consolidate between projects and other interesting news for the new #NuGet release

Hello! I was talking to Victor a couple of days ago about how hard is to keep the NuGet packages updated in a big solution. In example, in a Visual Studio solution that’s been used for plenty of users, when he had to accommodate NuGet packages references. Although the packages dilema is not as complicated as DLL Hell in COM,… — read more

Nov 15, 2014
[#NET] .Net and Mono are now Open Source ;)

Hello! Now that we’re in the Connect() is time to finally release some interesting news. When I found the news about .Net Core is released as Open Source (link), this also promotes a cross platform model for .net developments and it seemed a little strange. Next step was to go to Miguel de Icaza blogs to review his… — read more

Nov 13, 2014
[#EVENT] Connect, amazing online event about vNext and Azure

Hello! If you are in Europe this Wednesday and Thursday and you get bored in the afternoon, I you to connect to the Connect() sessions. I’ll be travelling and working full time in Amsterdam, but the truth is that seeing the speakers think that I will download OffLine materials to then see the sessions at the airport… — read more

Nov 11, 2014
[#ALM] #PairProgramming in transmitter / receiver

Hello! Pair Programming is very cool, and at some point you start to get addicted to this practice, kind of a 12-step program. In an early stage, it is usually difficult to have a with a good pace of work. However, in the next phase, the team start to realize that something like “this is amazing”; and from now on, the team… — read more

Nov 9, 2014
[#ONENOTE] #OneCalendar gives you a calendar view of your note (#Onetastic dudes are great !!!)

Good I use a lot OneNote. I’ve been using to store notes, ideas, blueprints, etc. all in OneNote. A nice evolution happened a couple of years ago, when we could also have a “portable” version of OneNote, I mean Windows Phone and Tablets with Windows 8, at this moment the number of pages increased considerably. The search engine of OneNote… — read more

Nov 6, 2014
[#SKYPE] HowTo: try Skype Translator? Link, register and go!

Hello! Do you remember Skype Translator? This amazing extension included in Skype that allows real time translations for people in a conversation where they can “talk” using different languages. Probably the best to explain it is to see a video The idea is great, I’m also close to this idea because we did something similar in Lync long… — read more

Nov 5, 2014
[#WINDOWS] HowTo: Create a virtual machine from a existing SO; check Microsoft Virtual Machine Converter 3.0

Hello! About to leave for Berlin, I find that a task that for years took almost a day is now completed in minutes… thanks to SSDs discs my fast and Microsoft Virtual Machine Converter 3.0 We also have a bonus which is the ability to convert VMWare images to images of Hyper-V. Is fun this… — read more

Nov 1, 2014
[#WINDOWS10] HowTo: Add a Product Key in the trial of 10 windows

Hello! I’ve done an upgrade in my old Windows 8 Enterprise to Windows 10 Technical Preview. After this I get the annoying message asking me to activate Windows license. For me, everything should be allright, however the Product Key in my SO is my Windows 8’s one, so it is impossible to activate it in Windows 10. The funny thing is… — read more

Oct 27, 2014
[#RESHARPER] ReSharper 9.0 EAP available to everyone ;)

Hello!!! Quick weekend post: everyone can try the version for Early Adopters of ReSharper 9, it is downloaded from their nightly builds, and today the more stable available is from October 21. In addition, interesting novelty is the possibility to use it and test it in Visual Studio. Best regards /El Bruno Download: http://confluence.jetbrains.com/display/ReSharper/ReSharper+9.0+EAP — read more

Oct 26, 2014
[#KINECTSDK] Kinect for Windows SDK V2 Final Release, adapter for Kinect of XBoxOne and a couple of very cool apps

Hello! great day for Kinect Developers. First the SDK to version 2.0 has been released in mode “release”. So no more excuses to not create apps for Windows 8.1 (and 10), now they are fully supported, the SDK is stable and there is no excuse 😉 Another interesting topic, now we have a special adapter (US$ S49.99)… — read more

Oct 24, 2014
[#TFS] Microsoft Leader in Gartner magic Quadrant for Integrated Software Quality Suites

Hello! Every year the suite of Visual Studio ALM improves in every aspect, today recognition is dedicated to the testing stuff. The current version included in Visual Studio 2013 and 2013 Team Foundation Server is a big improvement over the 1st versions and also has improved in key areas such as reporting, adaptation to changes and… — read more

Oct 22, 2014
[#TFS2013] TFS 2013 Update 4 Release Candidate, #Bugs in the #Kanban board and suggestions for Visual Studio ALM for free

Hello! more than one year ago, I wrote a post where I mentioned how to modify the default configuration in TFS2012 to use the WI type Bug on a Kanban board. Eventually TFS 2013 was available and I’ve to update the story with a little tweak, when you upgrade a TP deom 2012 the changes were lost on… — read more

Oct 22, 2014
[#ALM] Microsoft Virtual Academy + Visual Studio ALM Training = true!

Hello! Once in a while I get some mail, DM or similar where ask me some training materials for Visual Studio Alm MSDN is the primary resource, although clear, somewhat more guided always is appreciated. Here comes into play Microsoft Virtual Academy, an excellent site of virtual training. There are several courses that may be… — read more

Oct 12, 2014
[#WINDOWS10] New options for Docking Windows

Hello! Those of us who use the keyboard a lot, for sure we appreciate the options that we have with the Windows key combination + Cursor (up, down, right, or left) since Windows 7. When you perform one of these combinations, the window with focus is docked to a specific section in your desktop. I personally use it a… — read more

Oct 10, 2014