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Development Environment and Tools Used 

A very common question that I get asked by people is; what tools do you use to complete your development and what type of system do you use.  Now, I believe I have written a bit about this in the past, but I thought I would take some time to go through and give a bit of a detailed overview of what I use for development and why I have selected the hardware and software that I have.  I will cover this in detail from both the hardware and software point of view.

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Review of SourceGear Vault Source Control Provider 

My last blog article "Selecting the Right Source Control Provider" touched on the evaluation criteria that I use when looking for a source control system. This article is a review of sorts of SourceGear's Vault product, my preferred source control system. I'll start by reviewing vault as it relates to the criteria from the previous article, I will then provide my overall feedback on my experience with Vault.

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SQL Formatter/Colorizer 1.0 Update 

I have just released a new version of the SQL Formatter/Colorizer utility.  This release is used to resolve issues caused by changes to the parent web service used for formatting!  You may download it for free from the "Software" section of this site.

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SQL Formatter/Colorizer 1.0 Released 

As I mentioned on Friday I have just released my SQL Formatter/Colorizer application.  This is a helpful utility application for formatting and HTML'izing SQL Scripts.  The application is free to download and use.  You can find more information on the application under the "Software" section of this site!

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MSDN Namespace/Class Search Google Gadget 

Today I created a new public Google Gadget to provide streamlined access into the MSDN documentation for specific namespaces or classes. With my Google Gadget you can enter any namespace name or fully qualified object name and be taken DIRECTLY to the overview page for that namespace or class on MSDN. To add this gadget to your Google homepage di...

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