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Visual Studio Express - 2008 or 2010?
VS2010 is a very stable product so I would imagine the Express Version is too, so try to go with the latest where possible. The Express versions have a lot taken out so I would be very surprised if it ran like a 'dog' on reasonable hardware. The limitations are testing and debugging tools etc... -
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Developing for Android
I've just started Android development using the Eclipse IDE and Android Toolkit. It's very intuitive. I recommend the following Hello, Android: Introducing Google's Mobile Development Platform Pragmatic Programmers: Amazon.co.uk: Ed Burnette: Books -
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Andriod Phone
Well, there is no chance of my apps compiling when I cannot even spell it correctly !!!. :laugh Thanks everyone for the advice -
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Andriod Phone
I am currently looking at development for the Andriod O/S. I have the toolkit / emulator etc on the PC but am looking for a cheap Pay As You Go Andriod based phone. Obviously cheaper the better. Has anybody got any recommendations. I've done the usual Google searches etc but they all seem to... -
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Code Coverage in Visual Studio 2010
Hi, I have the following error when trying to set code coverage on VS2010: Cannot find any coverage data (.coverage or .coveragexml) files. Check test run details for possible errors. I have done numerous searches on the Web and followed all instructions yet still get the above error. I... -
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Oh dear - I am going to suffer
And...ensure you put the the Toilet Roll in the Freezer the night before! -
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New Gig and short Bench Time
Well, I'm a happy man :happy. Last project I was working on got cancelled so us contractors were out the door last Friday, but... secured a new contract today, I expected to be on the bench longer. Less daily rate but longer term and so I guess I'm very lucky in this climate. -
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You land on your feet and then....
Oh, those Halcyon Days, **** I'm sounding like Alan Partridge... "I'm off to a BP garage for a mushroom slice" -
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You land on your feet and then....
Thanks all, I let the Agency know and first thing they said, send an updated CV to us, include Company A on CV as they are Microsoft Gold Partner / Regional etc and they only recruit "talented individuals" etc. Blah, blah... But all credit, from interview stage until this day, I will praise... -
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You land on your feet and then....
No receptionist, but a very nice Senior Tester (excuse the pun) -
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You land on your feet and then....
B*gger, you land on your feet and then the rug gets pulled. Landed a nice, local contract, five weeks in and then, whoosh, client we're developing for goes into administration, owing software house 300K, and then bye bye contractors, ah well bench time again and start looking. 20 Permies at... -
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Spring.Net Framework
Many thanks for the replies. Some useful info. Yes, I do apologise; IoC and not IoV (typo...). I though along the lines of ApplicationContext so will investigate this further -
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Spring.Net Framework
Hi, Has anybody got experience in this, IoV/DI. I've been tasked with replacing some XML with bootstrap code using Spring, as the client wants to Obfuscate code but the obfuscation software renames the public methods and therefore IoV in the XML will not correlate to the methods. I dont how...
