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Explains how to set up SEO-friendly permanent redirects for old URLs to new ones in ASP.NET, covering best practices and code examples for preserving …

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Read more about Solution - SEO permanent redirects for old URL’s?
Agentic Agility

Explains how to implement SEO-friendly permanent 301 redirects for old URLs to preserve search rankings, comparing IIS tools and custom solutions for …

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Read more about Investigation - SEO permanent redirects for old URL’s?
Agentic Agility

Describes a career move from Aggreko to SSW, focusing on software architecture, ALM, TFS migrations, and applying productivity rules in team …

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Read more about A change for the better #2 - Aggreko to SSW
Install and Configuration

Covers the step-by-step process and team effort involved in migrating from TFS 2008 to Visual Studio 2010 Team Foundation Server Beta 2, including key …

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Read more about Deploying Visual Studio 2010 Team Foundation Server Beta 2 - Done
Software Development

Explains how to use a custom NinjectDataProvider in WPF to enable dependency injection for ViewModels, improving flexibility and design-time support …

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Read more about Wpf Ninject Dojo: The Data Provider
Software Development

Learn how to build a flexible data access layer in .NET using Unity for dependency injection, interface mapping, and factory patterns with …

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Read more about Creating a Data Access layer using Unity
Agentic Agility

Learn how to recursively find and disable all Timer controls in an ASP.NET page, even without knowing their IDs, to prevent unwanted UI updates and …

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Read more about Disable a timer at every level of your ASP.NET control hierarchy
Agentic Agility

Shows how to use TFS API calls to list all files changed in a specific iteration, including querying work items and extracting changesets to a text …

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Read more about List all files changed under an Iteration
Agentic Agility

Microsoft releases the first beta of Visual Studio Team System 2010, featuring new tools for architecture, testing, lab management, TFS, and a …

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Read more about Visual Studio Team System 2010 Beta 1 Ships
Software Development

Shows how to create a shared UnityContainer singleton in VB.NET using the “My” namespace, enabling dependency injection across WPF and ASP.NET …

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Read more about My.Unity.Resolve(Of Ninja)
Software Development

Learn how to use a .NET HTTP handler to dynamically adjust CSS file paths, ensuring images and resources load correctly across different web …

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Read more about Reformat your CSS on the fly
Software Development

Provides guidance and code examples for integrating Infragistics XamRibbon with Composite WPF, including custom region adapters for dynamic tab and …

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Read more about Advice on using XamRibbon with Composite WPF
Agentic Agility

Development of TFS Sticky Buddy 2.0 has begun, focusing on modular WPF architecture and new navigation features. Early CTP version and updates are …

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Read more about TFS Sticky Buddy 2.0 development started…
Software Development

Explains how to synchronise two .NET collections by applying differences, with thread safety using locks, ensuring target lists match source lists …

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Read more about Sync extension for Lists/Collections or whatever
Windows

Learn how to build a custom WPF work item control for Visual Studio Team System, enabling WPF UI integration in work item forms using a generic …

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Read more about Creating a WPF Work Item Control
Agentic Agility

Visual Studio 2008, .NET Framework 3.5 SP1, and Team Foundation Server 2008 Beta 1 released, featuring major improvements for developers in data, …

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Read more about Ooooh, RTM Delight
Software Development

Explains how to use a custom IHttpHandler and handler factory in ASP.NET to redirect old URLs to a new site, preserving links and SEO with permanent …

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Read more about IHandlerFactory
Troubleshooting

Explains the MSB4018 "BuildShadowTask" error in TFS when using Accessors in unit test projects, its cause, and how removing .accessor files resolves …

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Read more about TFS Error: MSB4018 The "BuildShadowTask" task failed unexpectedly
Agentic Agility

Follow the development of a .NET 3.5 SharePoint Time Off Management app using WebParts, Workflow, InfoPath, SQL Server, and test-driven development …

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Read more about Creating a SharePoint Solution
Agentic Agility

A critical SharePoint migration project faces urgent deadlines after performance issues, requiring rapid deployment of a new MOSS portal to support …

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Read more about Major deadline
Agentic Agility

Explains issues using ObservableCollection with generic types in .NET, why errors occur, and discusses workarounds and limitations when working with …

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Install and Configuration

Adds two event handlers for TFS: one emails users when assigned a work item, the other notifies users when work is reassigned. Includes setup and …

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Read more about New Event Handlers
Agentic Agility

Bug fixes and updates for the TFS Event Handler Prototype, now supporting .NET 3.5 and Visual Studio 2008. Includes installer refresh and event …

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Read more about TFS Event Handler (Prototype) Refresh
Agentic Agility

Explains how to identify and remove access control entries (ACLs) for deleted Active Directory accounts using .NET, including challenges and code …

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Read more about Removing ACL's for dead AD accounts
Agentic Agility

Explains how to create and use extension methods in VB.NET, with an example for enhancing the XboxInfo class to display and track Xbox Live status …

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Read more about My first Extension method
Agentic Agility

Describes a .NET application that tracks users’ locations via IP, updates Active Directory, and uses LINQ for database queries, aiding internal office …

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Read more about Where am I?
Agentic Agility

A humorous look at unrealistic job requirements for analyst programmers, highlighting the pitfalls of overloaded skill lists and offering practical …

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Read more about Amusing job requirements
Agentic Agility

A personal account of interviewing for a Microsoft Application Developer Consultant role, detailing the process, technical requirements, and lessons …

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Read more about Interviewing for Microsoft
Software Development

Learn how to build a custom proxy class in .NET 3.0 for duplex communication, enabling maintainable code and easy updates when service interfaces …

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Read more about Creating a custom proxy class
Agentic Agility

Practical steps for improving as a developer, including ongoing learning, project work, community involvement, blogging, and embracing neurodiversity …

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Read more about Becoming a better developer
Agentic Agility

Explains how to configure Team Foundation Server to create SharePoint 3.0 project portals as sub-sites, including manual and automated setup steps and …

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Read more about Solution to sub sites in Sharepoint 3.0 with Team Foundation Server
Software Development

Learn how to create custom event handlers for Team Foundation Server by inheriting from AEventHandler, implementing IsValid and Run methods, and …

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Read more about Creating your own Event Handler
Agentic Agility

The first Community Technology Preview of the TFS Event Handler is delayed, with updates on framework enhancements, current progress, and pending …

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Read more about TFS Event Handler: CTP 1 Delayed
Agentic Agility

Explains how Team Foundation Server process templates enable custom workflows, highlights their flexibility, and offers advice for effective …

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Read more about TFS Process Templates
Software Development

Explains how to programmatically create and configure a WCF Service Host in .NET, including base addresses, endpoints, bindings, and service …

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Read more about Creating WCF Service Host Programmatically
Software Development

Explains how to handle non-serialisable Team Foundation Server exceptions in WCF by creating custom serialisable exceptions for reliable cross-service …

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Read more about TFS Gotcha (Exception Handling)
Troubleshooting

Advice on diagnosing and resolving Team Foundation Server speed issues, including network checks, server specifications, and common causes of slow …

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Read more about TFS Speed Problems
Agentic Agility

Update on TFS Event Handler project progress, focusing on resolving security issues, improving error handling in WCF services, and finalising the …

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Read more about TFS Event Handler Progress
Agentic Agility

Refactoring a TFS Event Handler to use MSMQ, splitting it into modular services for event queuing and handling, improving maintainability and …

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Read more about TFS EventHandler: MSMQ Refactor
Agentic Agility

Team Foundation Server EventHandler is now available on CodePlex, with ongoing updates to use Message Queuing and a Windows Service. Source code and …

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Read more about TFS EventHandler: Now on CodePlex
Agentic Agility

Explains a simple way for power users to create, upload, and manage custom event handlers for Team Foundation Server events using an admin interface …

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Read more about Team Server Event Handlers made easy
Agentic Agility

Explains using message queues in Team Foundation Server EventHandler to manage events reliably, ensuring no data loss during handler updates or …

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Read more about TFS EventHandler: Message Queuing
Agentic Agility

Insights on adopting .NET 3.0 for new applications, its features like WPF, WF, WCF, CardSpace, and comparisons with BizTalk, plus upgrade …

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Read more about Some thoughts on .NET 3.0 from LinkedIn
Agentic Agility

Explains the benefits of .NET Framework 3.0, focusing on WCF for cleaner, more efficient code and improved developer productivity in service-oriented …

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Read more about .NET Framework 3.0
Agentic Agility

Assessment of Windows Communication Foundation (WCF) for enterprise web services, focusing on security, compatibility, and benefits over previous .NET …

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Read more about Windows Communication Framework Evaluation
Miscellaneous

Explores how AI boosts workplace productivity and creativity by automating tasks, aiding idea generation, and empowering professionals to work more …

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Read more about How AI is Revolutionising Our Work: Embrace the Future of Productivity and Creativity
Agentic Agility

Explore how Agile 2023 in Scotland brings together tech professionals to share insights, foster collaboration, and highlight Agile’s impact on the …

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Read more about Agile Scotland 2023: Why does this matter to you and why should people come to the event?
Ethos

Explores how organisations adopt SAFe for agility but risk rigid bureaucracy, highlighting the need for genuine business evolution over prescriptive …

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Read more about Many organisations are lured to SAFe by the song of the Sirens
Agentic Agility

Martin Hinshelwood answers questions on integrating UX into Scrum teams, sharing practical advice from his experience teaching Professional Scrum with …

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Read more about Live Webcast: Q&A with Martin Hinshelwood on 27th March 2020
Agentic Agility

This podcast discusses the role of precise language and transparency in Agile, highlighting how word choice impacts communication, delivery, and team …

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Read more about Continuous Delivery
Agentic Agility

Explains project management’s origins, key tools like the Gantt chart, and its evolution into a vital method for planning and delivering work in …

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Read more about What is Project Management?
Agentic Agility

Explains how Taylorism shaped project management through standardised processes, command-and-control structures, and its impact on efficiency, …

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Read more about What is Taylorism and how did it influence project management?
Agentic Agility

Get a quick timelapse overview of a four-session Professional Scrum Product Owner training, plus links to free live-streamed Scrum workshops for …

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Read more about Live Virtual Professional Scrum Product Owner in 5 minutes!
Beta Codex

Examines how rigid, hierarchical Alpha organisations struggle and waste resources in fast-paced red markets, highlighting the need for agile, …

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Read more about A Titanic Misfit: The Alpha Organization's Wasteful Endeavor in Red Markets
Personal

Scrum developers find the most reward in creating meaningful, impactful solutions that matter to people, driving passion, creativity, and purpose in …

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Read more about Most Rewarding Part of Being a Scrum Developer?
Agentic Agility

Experience Scrum hands-on by collaborating in Minecraft Education Edition, simulating real-world product development complexity for all skill levels …

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Read more about Learn Scrum with Minecraft Education Edition
Install and Configuration

Step-by-step guide to uploading, configuring, and deploying multiple training virtual machines in Azure using PowerShell, including troubleshooting …

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Read more about Creating training virtual machines in Azure

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