Now this is just cool.
Start with the following code:

Hit ALT+Enter to get the ReSharper drop down

Hit the conversion and get this:

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"Let us cleanup and fix this code later so we can meet our deadline".
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It should solve a problem and thus it must be valuable to its users. In short, it should do what it must do and simply work.
It should be very easy to change. Every piece of code is subject to change, so it should be darn easy to alter its behavior without complete rewrites. Some piece [...]

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I can’t believe I have lived this long without discovering this little gem inside VS options.
You know how Visual Studio creates default files in a test project when you create a new one? Those days of immediate file deletion are over, baby!

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What possible reason could there be for sealing the System.IO.File class? A sealed class means I must wrap the class just to have my own functionality, rather than extending it. Further, it becomes significantly painful to mock the class in unit tests without an interface.
Granted, Microsoft is doing mucho better these days, and I doubt [...]

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Last week, I decided that the time has come to replace my current desktop PC. I’ve been skimming through a couple of articles and reviews in order to put together a new home developer rig. Now I’ve come to the point that I know what I want, except for the operating system that I want [...]

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I work with Pete. He’s a seriously smart dude who looks at things from a different perspective to many people. He’s just started blogging on Baywords. Go check it out. Oh, and Pete has a unique (that’s a euphemism!) sense of humor. You have been warned…
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Have you ever wondered what Ebay, Facebook or Twitter looked like before they were widely adopted and successful? (OK, we know what Twitter looks like) As part of a new blog post idea, I wanted to take a look at new ‘up and coming sites’ that put unique twist on the web. These could be [...]

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I have been using Visual Studio since it first came out and have been big fan of it for quite a few years.  Until just recently it had no real competition but with the NetBeans (and Eclipse) getting better every release I cannot say definitively that Visual Studio is the best editor anymore.  Having said [...]

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I loaded up my phone with podcasts before leaving Boise to drive to Houston. I have worked my way through just about all of them due to the fact that 2000 miles one way in a pickup with 2 kids and a dog lends itself to having some time on your hands. Further, since I [...]

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