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[#HUMOR] Duckfooding, walks like a duck, swims like a duck, is yellow and uses batteries
Hello! As soon I saw this one, I remembered when 7 years ago I used to start my scrum sessions with the following phrase – Is yellow as a duck, swims like a duck, walks like a duck and uses batteries You have to know the work of James Withcomb Riley to know the context, but if… â read more
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[#VS2015] Some #NuGet new features in Visual Studio 2015
Hello! Right now work with Visual Studio 2015 is a pleasure. Even if the current version “less than a Beta”, it is rather stable and you can use it to work fine. One of the things that I like most in the new IDE, is the new NuGet window which is not modal. For sure, in the past you get… â read more
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[#KINECTSDK] Error: Kinect Monitor (KinectMonitor) failed to start.
Hello! Today is (again) a quick post. I hope this one is my last error fixing of the year 2014. Todays issue is related to the installation process of Kinect SDK V2. If you were using old sdks, you’ll probably find this error message Error code: 1920 Kinect Monitor (KinectMonitor) failed to start. Verify that you have sufficient… â read more
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[#VS2013] Some build errors, #Bing Developer Assistant and how you can probably skip a couple of steps ;)
Hello! Bing Developer Assistant is so cool. Some time ago I already wrote about it, specially for scenarios where the addin could help us while we in “code mode”. Today I see that when a build fails, we also get some support in the error list panel. the way it works is simple, you select the option “Contextual… â read more
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[#VS2013] NuGet Error: Failed to initialize the PowerShell host. If your PowerShell execution policy setting is set to AllSigned, open the Package Manager Console to initialize the host first.
Hello! Today I’ll go with a and easy-to-fix Visual Studio error. I was fixing some old projects and I find that suddenly NuGet decided to stop working. The error message was pretty clear ‘ EntityFramework 6.1. 1Ⲡalready installed. Adding ‘ EntityFramework 6.1. 1Ⲡto BigAndCoolProject. Successfully added ‘ EntityFramework 6.1. 1Ⲡto BigAndCoolProject. Executing script file ‘… \src\packages\EntityFramework.6.1.1\tools\install.ps1â˛. Failed to… â read more
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[#HUMOR] Try/Catch in love / couple mode ;)
Hello! As incredible description of our beloved (and sometimes bad usa) Try / Catch for couples Greetings @ Home /El Bruno Source: Seen on twitter, but I could not find the original. Google Images has helped me a bit (link) â read more
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[#VSONLINE] New license model and prices for builds, load testing, release management, etc.
Hello! A few days ago Brian Harry has released some Christmas news with some changes in the licensing model for Visual Studio Online, and also he make some clarification related to the prices of some of the services in VSO. Some time ago he already announced some important changes, for example StakeHolders will not require to pay… â read more
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[#ALM] About Annual Performance Reviews, new Managers and feel free to break walls !!!
Hello! When we are getting closer to end-of-year, we usually get to that fabulous moment where we face the annual performance review. I know, I am not going to talk about that topic for 2 reasons: first one, is that painful model gives me hives and that would also give to write a full post. Is much better… â read more
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[#VS2015] HowTo: Change the IDE based on your work environment
Hello! If your like me, you probably get to work on different computers. So, the chances that you also have to adapt to each of these environments to VS IDE are great. For example, the Surface Pro has a very cool super definition HD and is very good , but the size is kind of a… â read more
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[#VS2015] A little about #Roslyn, #ReSharper 9.0 RTM available and now is part of a very cool suite ;)
Hello! With the arrival of Roslyn, Visual Studio 2015 as IDE was able to take a big step and incorporate some tools that are in the line of “code / syntax helpers” very similar to the ones we know in ReSharper. For example, the Syntax Tree Visualizer is an interesting one. Also, now that compilers for C# and VB.Net… â read more
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[#HUMOR] One of the better and worst things that happens to Developers
Hello! Long ago that do not put one of the posts from humor, today has been reviewing earrings, see this post and automatically feel identified Greetings @ Paracuellos /El Bruno Source: http://geek-and-poke.com/geekandpoke/2014/11/29/developers-madness â read more
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[#TFS2013] Do you need a sample source code of TFS integration? You got it! TFS WordAddIn is OSS
Hello! I-m trying to getup and do some stuff while I’m dealing with a strange fever. So i just found that the ALM Rangers have released, the source code for the Word AddIn which works with TFS. The Homepage is on CodePlex, and here you will find some explanation about the project. It would nice to use GitHub (as other MS… â read more
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[#WINDOWS10] HowTo: Speed up your Windows 10 Technical Preview updates
Hello! A few seconds ago I was pulling my teeth with pliers, because I have different versions of Windows 10 Technical Preview in my development laptop and in my Surface Pro for demos . This may seems trivial, but it has already complicated me a lot. In previous versions of Windows 10 Technical Preview there are some features of WinRT… â read more
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[#HOC] Hour of Code: Learning to code with future generations
Hello! The school of my children is amazing and I know that much of their work lies on my. So that’s why I try to help every time I can. That’s why, besides helping in football (Argentinian topic) and play the guitar for the kids, now I have the opportunity to share something closer to my dayly basis with… â read more
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[#VS2015] Some cool new stuff in Blend 2015
Hello! After running the 10 K race put a brake, now a little review what has been learned after using Blend 2015 for a couple of weeks. There are posts from the official Visual Studio Team where he discussed all of the new features, I’ll try to comment what I liked during this last time.… â read more
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[#VS2015] Evolution: references, services and now #ConnectedServices! ;)
Hello! If you have some years as developer, for sure you’ll remember the mother or grandmother of a colleague that “has complicated the easy use of references in a development project“. Even with diferent words, the functionality of the references in different languages is the same: import a module which provides a feature XYZ. And… â read more
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[#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… â read more
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[#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… â read more
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[#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… â read more
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