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"One size fits all" solution for freezing a Grid's header rows, why not?

by Pham Dinh Truong

Enhance usability and look-and-feel of table/grid with freezing header rows. Let's discover it.

#titanium #appcelerator testing with ti.mocha

by aetheon

I've recently start working with titanium building native mobile applications.

(Memory and Resource) Leak Detection for WinCE

by Sergeant Kolja

This is an alternative for "Memory leak detection for WinCE".

(Non-)Nullable Reference Types in C#

by Paulo Zemek

This post is mostly a complaint about what could be a great feature that actually became a source of security vulnerabilities.

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"One size fits all" solution for freezing a Grid's header rows, why not?

by Pham Dinh Truong

Enhance usability and look-and-feel of table/grid with freezing header rows. Let's discover it.

#titanium #appcelerator testing with ti.mocha

by aetheon

I've recently start working with titanium building native mobile applications.

(Memory and Resource) Leak Detection for WinCE

by Sergeant Kolja

This is an alternative for "Memory leak detection for WinCE".

(Non-)Nullable Reference Types in C#

by Paulo Zemek

This post is mostly a complaint about what could be a great feature that actually became a source of security vulnerabilities.

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.NET Important Topics Summary - Code Examples

by Yaseer Mumtaz

.NET interview questions and answers with real world examples and code snippets

4 Ways to Improve Your Lotus Notes Performance

by Atul Kharecha

If you are using Lotus Notes as an email client and it is running very slowly, this tip will help you to overcome the performance issues.

A Lightweight File Backup Manager

by shijo joseph

A file backup manager with simple user interface and all the essential functionalities.

A Very High-Level Outline for a Way Cool Utility

by B. Clay Shannon

In which the author takes the "That is an Exercise Left to the Reader" cop-out to Extremes

A way for CP members to reduce RSI during spam wave events

by OriginalGriff

Unless you have sufficient permissions (i.e. you are a protector) you can't see the moderation queue, so this is useless to you. Sorry!Spam waves: A flood of spammers filling the moderation queue with new users all advertising the same thing.

Add PowerShell Scripts to TFS2012 Build

by Muhammad Magdi

Step by step guide to add pre and post PowerShell scripts to TFS2012 build

Allways start with failing test!

by Delashmate

Correct method for testing

Basic Troubleshooting for Microsoft SQL Table Lock

by NaibedyaKar

How to check the query locking the table and to unlock it

BDD Cheatsheet for Writing Good Specifications by Example

by Sean Rand

This is a guide for QA and Devs to use to make writing high quality BDDs.

Bridging the Gap between Linqpad and Visual Studio (with JSON and Extension Methods)

by _Noctis_

This will allow you to integrate your linqpad code easily to Visual Studio

C#.NET Application to Speed Up Computer

by Sanjaykumar Patel

Speed up your computer by deleting temporary data

Capture screen of webpage in different formats

by maftahur

Capturing web screen in different formats without any browser(PhantomJS)

Challenges in Data Migration Testing

by AgarwalPriyanka, ErGauravSharma

Challenges faced in data migration testing

Code Generator for SQL Server

by Homero Ibarra Ramírez

Tool on T-SQL to code basic generator for SQL Server

Code Tracing

by Gerardo Recinto

A Tracer API, simply. :)

Copy Remote Website to Modify Functionality Locally

by Bryan Lyman

A method for duplicating a web page (including all scripts and styles) to run as if it originated from your own server, then modify server-side and client-side functionality afterwards.

Copy/Synchronize Table Data between databases

by Anurag Gandhi

A Query to copy an individual table data between databases

Counting Lines of Code

by Zebedee Mason

What is the average number of lines of code in your projects files? Yes, but which average?

Create Calendar by T-SQL

by grandtree

Create a calendar by inputting month

Creating a Link in the Left Pane of the File Explorer - like OneDrive or DropBox

by Sujith Karivelil

Creating a link in the left pane of the file Explorer - like OneDrive or DropBox

Creating a SplitView / Master Details Screen in JQuery Mobile

by Anele 'Mashy' Mbanga

Create a SplitView / Master Details screen in JQuery Mobile

Dapper.NET Sample with MVC 4- Add,Edit,Update,Delete

by Gihan Liyanage

Simple Dapper.NET Example with MVC

Data Driven Testing by Excel Named Region

by Raja.Krishnasamy

Data Driven Testing in MSTest by using Excel as data source and Named Region as table name instead of sheet name

Data Object to XML (Vice-versa) using C#

by Monotosh Roy Mon

XML Serialization & Deserialization for converting our object to XML and XML to Object

Disabling "Restart Now" Windows message after automatic OS updates

by Vinod Viswanath

Are you annoyed of the "Restart now" message in Windows? Here is a solution for that.

Does Service Virtualization’s "Shift Left" Burden Developers?

by cynthia_dunlop

Service virtualization undeniably benefits the development process, but it can be both a blessing & a curse for developers. Learn how to minimize the burden on development to achieve maximum acceleration of delivery cycles.

Easy C# Exception (Or Whatever) Logging Service

by B. Clay Shannon

Add a singleton exception logger to your app for easy logging of interesting occurrences in your app

Eggplant tips and ticks

by Mircea Sirghi

The article exposes some useful functions for making Eggplant easier.

Entity Framework DBInterception(Exception Handling+Optimizing Performance)

by Dholakiya Ankit

Logging database operations in Entity Framework and handling Exceptions

Error MSB4057: The Target "Package" Does Not Exist in the Project.

by Randy Kroeger

MSDeploy package was not found (MSB4057)

Export Primary, Unique, Foreign Key and Default Constraints in SQL Server

by Anil kumar Bhardwaj

Export all the primary, Unique, Foreign key and default constraints from existing database

Federate Your Data for Internal and Limited External Consumption

by B. Clay Shannon

Create peace and unity in your organization by separating data and coding responsibilites

FetchXML Executor for CRM Online

by Rashmi Wadhawan

FetchXML executor for running your FetchXML query on Microsoft CRM Dynamcis Online

Fiddling around with the TeamCity REST API

by RickZeeland

Automating package downloads with a PowerShell script and the TeamCity REST API

Gems for typedef and namespace in C

by Southmountain

Gems for typedef and namespace in C

Getting Notifications Upon Your Application Writing an Error to Events Log

by Kamran Bilgrami

You can use this trick for getting notifications when your app writes an error to event logs

Hello World, Basic Server/Client Example of WCF

by Hasan Habib Surzo

Basic Server/Client Example using Windows Communication Foundation (WCF) programming

Hosting EXE Applications in a WPF Window Application

by Erxin

Introduce a simple way to embed an EXE into a WPF window application.

How to Build Application Libraries in JavaScript using Encapsulation, Inheritance and Polymorphism with jTypes

by Nick Gaulin

A quick tutorial on how to define classes in jTypes

How to Capture and View Local Network Traffic

by B. Clay Shannon

How to Capture and View Local Network Traffic Using Two Free Tools

How to Create Version Numbers that are Actually Semantic

by Olivia Glenn

Create meaningful version numbers that everyone - developers, testers, operations, managers, and even end-users - will find helpful

How To Do Custom Image Validation In ASP.NET MVC?

by Siddharth A. Pavagadhi

Custom image validation method in MVC which is useful for validating images in web.

How to Effortlessly become a Historian, Archaeologist, and Forensic Technician (with your Android code)

by B. Clay Shannon

How to View Every Change You've Ever Made to a File in Droidio With No Setup

How to Get Words Separated in a String Concatenated by Delimiter

by Ankur .K. Vishwakarma

This tip shows you a T/SQL function to split a string concatenated by a delimiter.

How to Identify if the Executable is 32-bit or 64-bit

by Amit KD

How to identify if the executable is 32-bit or 64-bit

How to NLog (4.2) with Visual Studio 2015

by _Noctis_

This will let you start logging quickly with VS2015 and NLog 4.2.

How to Setup and Configure Selenium Webdriver With Eclipse and Java

by pratimard

Setup and configure Selenium Webdriver With Eclipse and Java

How to Unit Test the JSon Result in MVC Unit Test Case

by GauravSaxena.Net

How to unit test the JSon result

How to View SQLite Data from Droidio

by B. Clay Shannon

Step-by-step instructions on how to view SQLite data from Android Studio and SQLite Data Browser

How-To Convert a String Collection to a Multi-Enum Item Using TryParse

by BenScharbach

How-To Convert a String Collection to a Multi-Enum item using TryParse

Large Size Data Feed File Testing (.txt/.csv) - Tools

by RVS Krishna Prasad

Large size data feed files testing tools

Loading the Class Information using Reflection

by john0609

This tip will provide the basics and one place use of reflection in Java.

Logging in C++

by Pankaj Choudhary - C++ Devepoler

Logging in C++

Migrate from WCF Rest Services to Web API 2- Basics of Attribute Routing

by RaviAakula

Web API 2- Basics of Attribute Routing

Migrating Repository Data from TFS to SVN with History

by Prem1964

This article will help to migrate TFS repository data into SVN repository with history

Moles (Shims) vs. Mock Frameworks Count - Why So Less

by Snesh Prajapati

Moles (Shims) vs. Mock Frameworks Count - Why So Less

MS SQL SERVER APPLY AND JOIN Keyword

by Dinesh K.S. Kushwaha

Tip on CROSS APPLY and OUTER APPLY

Multiple URL Stress

by Hernán Hegykozi

Multiple URL Stress is a tool to test the performance of servers and websites, allowing you to test multiple URLs at the same time

MySQL can’t specify target table for update in FROM clause

by Lopamudra Pradhan

How to fix the error "MySQL can't specify target table for update in FROM clause" while executing an update query.

Obtaining the Customer ID in Google Apps Admin Audit API

by Hovanes Manucharyan

Programming with Google Apps Admin Audit API

Online Whiteboard using HTML5 and SignalR

by Alvin George

A whiteboard you can instantly share with others and all can start drawing and watching together in real-time

Parse Log4Net log files with PowerShell

by Rumnha

PowerShell in general can be used for searching text in files. The same fearture helps to get required debugging info from log files on the production server,

Perform Drag and Drop of Elements using Selenium Webdriver

by pratimard

Drag and Drop using Selenium

Popup Log Viewer

by Lance Roberts

A tray utility for monitoring log files and popping up error messages

Practicing Scrum

by Mack Ait-Aoudia

Pocker Planning, Estimation, Velocity And Other Scrum Practices

Quick and Easy Date Range Selection

by George H. Slaterpryce III

Easy Between replacement.

Quick-and-Dirty Deployment of Apps

by B. Clay Shannon

Simply, quickly, and freely make your apps available to the public

Quick-and-Dirty Way to Get All Records from Any SQLite Table (Using Java from Android)

by B. Clay Shannon

Learn how to get all records from any SQLite table, passing the Table Name as String and receiving a StringBuilder

Random Date/Time Test Data Generation

by Gene R. Browning

Generate random dates (and times if you like) for your test data environment.

Really Simple RSS Setup with FeedReader

by B. Clay Shannon

Save time checking up on new content on your favorite websites by downloading, and setting up an RSS newsreader

Refactor C# code to become more expressive

by Rafael Nicoletti

Refactor C# code to become more expressive

Relational Database Design with an Auto Insurance Database Sample

by Prakash Lekhak

Create an ER diagram for complex database

Remember Me

by Thang Believe

Deep dive into cookies generation to support Remember Me at login

Remove Default Background Color of ListBox Item on Selection in Windows Universal App

by Sumit Samediya

Here we will learn how to remove default background color of ListBox item on selection in Windows Universal App

Rounding Up values ()- The Coder's Dilemma

by Anant Beriwal

How rounding up values cause troubles in calculations

Running NUnit GUI tests using FinalBuilder

by RedSunBeer

A self created final builder tutorial

Safely expose your methods for Unit Testing

by _Noctis_

How to Unit Test private methods using wrappers and preproccesor directives

Selenium automates browsers: ComboBox fix using C#

by Luciano Culacciatti

What you need to complete a form with tricky ComboBoxes.

Selenium WebDriver Browser Commands

by Sipra Ray

Here I describe all the commands that are required for the Selenium to perform specific tasks.

Session 1: Setup SoftEther L2TP server on Amazon AWS Ubuntu

by WoodyMou

Session 1: Setup SoftEther L2TP server on Amazon AWS Ubuntu

Set Focus on the Same Control after Postback using C# ASP.NET

by Md Shahbaz Khan

Setup for Test Servers to Run Coded UI Tests from VSO/TFS 2015

by Metaphysico

Setup required for Test Servers to run Coded UI Tests

SharePoint REST API: Get User Id by User Name

by Chintankumar Panchasara

The below tip will help developers retrieving user id by account name using SharePoint REST APIs.

Simple Technique to Exclude Column from SELECT * FROM TABLENAME

by SERokon

Exclude Column from SELECT * statement

Six Sigma vs. Lean

by Alex Orlov1

Six Sigma vs Lean - Which improvement method is Better?

Software Development Process

by V.

The easy view of the Software Development Process

Sorting List using DataTable vs. Linq vs. Tuple

by Bhis

Various ways to sort list and compare results

SQL Server 2012 Auto Identity Column Value Jump Issue

by S. M. Ahasan Habib

From SQL Server 2012 version, when SQL Server instance is restarted then its auto Identity column value is jumped based on identity column datatype.

SQL Server Health Check Script with Powershell

by Atul_Kapoor

Perform SQL Server Instance health check simultaneously on more than one server using Powershell

Starting an InPrivate instance of Internet Explorer in CodedUI

by Mario Majčica

How to start an InPrivate instance of Internet Explorer by using BrowserWindow object.

String.TryTo and String.To Extensions

by D Sarthi Maheshwari

Extension method on String class to convert string to IConvertible structs and nullable types

Strongly Typed Access to .NET Resources and Pseudo Localization

by Eugene Lepekhin

A better way of handling .NET resources

Taking Screenshot of a Specific Web Element in Selenium

by Nithesh AN

This tip explains how to take a screenshot of a particular web element in automation testing using Selenium and C#.

Ten Simple Tips to Improve Performance of an ASP.NET Website

by Jithin Geroge

Tips to improve the performance of ASP.NET web applications

Test Credit Card Account Numbers

by MaulikDusara

some credit card numbers for testing purposes.

Test Credit Card Account Numbers

by Anshul R

Prefix, Length, and Check Digit CriteriaHere is a table outlining the major credit cards that you might want to validate.CARD TYPE Prefix Length Check digit algorithmMASTERCARD 51-55 16 mod 10VISA 4 13, 16 mod 10AMEX 3437 15 mod 10Diners Club/Carte...

Testing an Application on an iPhone

by Gurunath Navale

Two methods for testing applications on an iPhone.

Testing and QA

by Member 8735318

Differnces betwenn testing and QA.

Testing number inputs with special symbols

by Artur Ampilogov

Tip for testing numeric inputs with special Unicode symbols.

Testing with mock on Entity Framework 6

by Richard Silveira

EntityFramework.MoqHelper library to work with Entity Framework 6 and Moq libraries doing mocks of Entity Framework main methods that access database.

TestRail: A Test-Case Management System

by kmuratt

How we choose the test-case-management system

The (Probably) Simplest Intro to Visual Studio Unit Testing Ever Written

by B. Clay Shannon

This is a bare-bones, step-by-step tutorial into getting your first test project set up in a Visual Studio solution that already has a project that you want to test

The Web Developer Checklist : A One-Stop-Shop for Improving the Web

by Rion Williams

A one-stop-shop for improving the web.

Third Party Software Testing and its Benefits

by Garima Valecha

How do we decide if a company should outsource software testing?

Timestamp Converter for Excel (VBA)

by Member 10211581

Converts a column of timestamps with a format "hh:mm:ss.000" (or similar) to a column of cumlative decimal values of time in units of sec, min, hrs or days.

Tips for Android Application Automation Testing

by QArea Team

Testing for Android is especially important because of differences between the devices. Here are some tips.

TIPS to Running Tests Reliably

by JIANGWilliam

Tips to running tests reliably

Turn an Enum into a Simple State Machine

by LShep

Turn an Enum into a simple state machine via a generic wrapper and modular increment methods

Unit Testing Using NUnit

by Ravindra T C

Unit testing using NUnit.

Using only TCP/IP for connecting to SQL Server 2008 and Changing the SQL Server 2008's default TCP/IP port

by Aqeeel

Implementing security in SQL Server by only allowing TCP/IP Network Protocol and changing default TCP port

Validation for Decimal Number

by Sweta Mittal

Validate whether value in string is a valid decimal number or not.

What is software testing? What are the different types of testing?

by Rehman Zafar

The different types of testing.

Windows Azure Application Package New Format

by Shay Yannay

Create Azure cloud service application in OPC format

Writing automation test with Selenium WebDriver Extension jQuery - RaYell Effectively

by Chinh Vo Wili

This tip describes how to use Selenium WebDriver extension for jQuery of RaYell and customize waiting element loading

XML Strategies to Improve Test Organization

by E. Scott McFadden

XML Strategies to Improve Test Organization

Yes, You Can Move TFS 2013 WorkItems Between Projects! But, your TFS Warehousing will Break, and Microsoft Support will No Longer Talk to You.

by ergohack

This roguish way of moving a WorkItem, directly 'in-place', through SQL leaves all of the previous data associations intact, but portends issues with future major updates and current TFS Data Warehousing.