ElegantCode

20 Jun

2013

Authentication error connecting to Git on TFS

By: Jason Jarrett Category:General PostTag: New Post:

I’m throwing this out there since I couldn’t find much on this specific problem. #payingItForward Problem I struggled getting the git command line to authenticate with Git Team Foundation Service online. My current environment is Windows 8, msysgit, with the git-credential-winstore tool installed. (Love that credential tool) When I first tried to (push, fetch, or […]

17 Jun

2013

So Long and Thanks for all the Manifestos : Redux

By: David Starr Category:General PostTag: New Post:

I recently wrote this article for Visual Studio Magazine’s Agile/Scrum column and it just went to press. In this article, So Long and Thanks for all the Manifestos, I make a case for a new standard for agile software delivery. Simply put, we are now standing on the shoulders of giants like the Agile Manifesto […]

4 Jun

2013

Going Top Gun on Your Code

By: David Starr Category:General PostTag: New Post:11 Comments

I am delighted to announce that I can finally talk about the feature our team has been building for the next version of Visual Studio. Yesterday at TechEd North America, we announced the new Head Up Display capability in Visual Studio. This feature provides developers with an augmented view of code in which we try […]

3 Jun

2013

Jackson Data Binding Message Serialization

By: Guest Blogger Category:UncategorizedTag: Java, JSON:

So now that I have a custom game server connected to a message-based infrastructure, I need a way to send messages back and forth to other parts of the system. Messages going to and from the custom game server are transmitted as JSON given that the format is easy to work with, supported in all […]

31 May

2013

Taking Baby Steps with ScriptCS

By: Jan Van Ryswyck Category:UncategorizedTag: C#, Nancy, Open Source, Tools and Utilities:7 Comments

I?ve been following the ScriptCS project with great interest over the last couple of months. As you may know by now, I?ve been searching for a more lightweight .NET development experience for quite some time. The ScriptCS project is here to fulfill this desperate need. Driven by the open-source .NET community, this wonderful initiative promises […]

17 May

2013

Author Report: Daniel Suarez

By: David Starr Category:General PostTag: New Post:3 Comments

I stumbled across the novels of Daniel Suarez a few weeks ago via an impulse spend of an Audible credit. I am now well into his latest novel and am looking forward to whatever he’s working on now. His first two novels are a two-part story: Daemon, and Freedom?. I have totally dug them, especially […]

9 May

2013

Developer humor

By: Jason Jarrett Category:General PostTag: New Post:4 Comments

I literally cried this morning as I scanned these posts. Note: Don’t have a drink in hand or mouth when reading these. Enjoy: http://martinvalasek.com/blog/pictures-from-a-developers-life http://martinvalasek.com/blog/pictures-from-a-developers-life-part-2 http://martinvalasek.com/blog/pictures-from-a-developers-life-part-3 If you’re a git user. http://wheningit.tumblr.com/

6 May

2013

Brian’s Resizer App

By: David Starr Category:General PostTag: New Post:

Today I was pleased to learn Brian?s Sizer App is still out there and still works, even with Windows 8. Just install it and right-click to snap a window to a specific size. This tool was indispensible to me when deving for web and I find myself needing it again these days in building mockups. […]