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VC++ 2005: IDE Tips and Tricks

Was speaking to a friend on Friday about VS2005, and he was sharing his company has finally taken the plunge and bought each developer a copy of VS2005, and is using it to work with the VC++ code in his company.  He was also sharing with me that his company is using Scheme as another major development language. However, since Scheme is not supported in VS, they used another Scheme editor. Was thinking he will definitely like the language enhancements in C# 3.0 (e.g lamda expressions/tree).

I have always enjoyed the informal and insightful chats featured on Channel 9. So was surfing around, and incidentally, a day later, I found the following Channel 9 video on  VC++ 2005: IDE Tips and Tricks.
Quite an interesting video. Check it out if you are interested to learn about some productivity tricks.

Hope to be on Channel 9 one of these days

Project Glidepath

Was looking at frankarr (an aussie blogger) and chanced upon an entry about an interesting project to help developers create applications for Vista .

Check out
   http://www.projectglidepath.net/

"Project Glidepath delivers the workflow-based guidance, sample code, content and custom tools you need to create successful applications for Windows Vista including .Net 3.0 right inside Visual Studio 2005.

Project Glidepath includes:

• The Project Glidepath Repository Manager - a freely available VS2005 add-in that provides a platform for delivering guidance, content, custom tools and templates for building applications for Windows Vista including .NET 3.0.
• A web-based repository of software factories and packages containing workflow-based guidance regarding all aspects of being in the software business.  This includes everything you need regarding the technical and non-technical aspects of starting and succeeding as a MicroISV. The Project Glidepath Repository Manager downloads this over an RSS feed right to your development workstation. Being RSS-based means you can synchronize with the master repository on a regular basis for updates and new additions. 

IE7 for Windows XP

Is available for download at

   http://www.microsoft.com/windows/ie/

 For those who have not try it out yet, check out the exciting list of features

• Simplified User Experience
  The Internet Explorer 7 frame is reorganized to make it noticeably simpler, more streamlined, and less cluttered with unnecessary items. This maximizes the area of the screen devoted to the webpages that you want to see and makes performing the most common browsing tasks easy.
• Advanced Printing
  Automatically scales a printed webpage so that it's not wider than the paper it will be printed on. Internet Explorer 7 also includes a multi-page print preview with live margins, resizing text to avoid document clipping, and an option to print only selected text.
• Instant Search Box
  Web searches using your favorite search provider can now be entered into a search box within the toolbar, eliminating the clutter of separate toolbars. You can easily choose a provider from the dropdown list or add more providers.
• Favorites Center
  Offers easy and fast access to Favorites, Tab Groups, Browsing History, and RSS Feed subscriptions. Expands when needed, and can be anchored in place for even easier access.
• RSS Feeds
  Automatically detects RSS feeds on sites by illuminating an icon on the toolbar. A single click on the icon allows you to preview and optionally subscribe to the site's RSS feed, and then be automatically notified as content is updated. Read RSS feeds directly in the browser, scan for important stories, and filter your view with search terms or site-specific categories.
• Tabbed Browsing
  View multiple sites in a single browser window. Easily switch from one site to another through tabs at the top of the browser frame.
• Quick Tabs
  Provides easy tab selection and navigation by displaying thumbnails of all open tabs in a single window.
• Tab Groups
  Tabs can be grouped and saved into logical categories, allowing you to open multiple tabs with a single click. A Tab Group can easily be set as the Home Page Group so the entire Tab Group opens every time Internet Explorer is launched from the Start menu.
• Page Zoom