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• Code Review Tip: Using the ‘warning’ Preprocessor Directive

  Using C#'s #warning preprocessor directive to flag remote code review feedback so it shows up as a build warning instead of getting lost in email.

  Donn Felker – May 26, 2009

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  Updated Visual Studio Settings

  Updated my dark Visual Studio theme settings to properly support Spark View Engine syntax highlighting, with a free download included.

  Donn Felker – May 26, 2009

• Booting to a VHD

  A quick pointer to Hanselman's writeup on booting Windows directly from a VHD, handy for anyone who runs all their development inside a VM.

  Donn Felker – May 22, 2009

• Twin Cities Pragmatic Beer Tonight

  Its tonight at Kierans in Downtown Minneapolis. See you there! More info here.

  Donn Felker – May 21, 2009

• The new MarketWatch.com

  After 5+ months and an NDA, I can finally share that I helped lead the Magenic team behind the complete ASP.NET MVC overhaul of MarketWatch.com.

  Donn Felker – May 18, 2009

• MVC HtmlHelper.ActionLink with Css Class

  ASP.NET MVC's HtmlHelper.ActionLink chokes on class as a reserved word in htmlAttributes -- use @class instead and your CSS class renders fine.

  Donn Felker – May 14, 2009

• Productivity Boost: The SVN Switch Command

  Switching branches by re-checking out a huge SVN tree wastes time. The svn switch command repoints your working copy in seconds, not minutes.

  Donn Felker – May 11, 2009

• New Twin Cities Pragmatic Beer Events

  Two new Twin Cities Pragmatic Beer meetups are on the calendar: a repeat at Kierans Irish Pub and a June gathering at The Herkimer.

  Donn Felker – May 8, 2009

• Tonight, ReMix

  Last week, I posted info about the reMix event happening here in Minneapolis. It's tonight! Don't forget! See you there.

  Donn Felker – May 8, 2009

• Dual Monitor Support for Windows 7 RC Dell D630

  Dual monitor support broken after installing Windows 7 RC on a Dell D630 laptop? Here's the exact video driver that fixes it for good.

  Donn Felker – May 7, 2009

• Castle Windsor 2.0 RTM

  Castle Windsor 2.0 has finally RTM'd after years of running off the trunk build. A quick note on the release and where to grab the new bits.

  Donn Felker – May 6, 2009

• ASPNET MVC IIS7 and Bad Request

  Custom 404 handling working in Cassini but IIS7 returns Bad Request instead? Unlock the httpErrors config section with appcmd to fix it.

  Donn Felker – May 1, 2009