Michael Sorens 11 September 2012

TortoiseSVN and Subversion Cookbook: Part 8: Log Messages

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There should always be a reason for a commit to source control, so why not make a log message mandatory when you commit, and make it easy add a link to a record in a bug-tracking system, or to another Log message? Michael Sorens explains how.… Read more

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Michael Sorens 09 August 2012

Practical PowerShell for SQL Server Developers and DBAs – Part 2

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Having shown just how useful PowerShell can be for DBAs in executing queries, Michael Sorens now takes us through navigating SQL Server space and finding meta-information - valuable information for anyone looking to be more productive in SQL Server.… Read more

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Michael Sorens 23 July 2012

Practical PowerShell for SQL Server Developers and DBAs – Part 1

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There is a lot of confusion amongst DBAs about using PowerShell due to existence the deprecated SQLPS mini-shell of SSMS and the newer SQLPS module. In a two-part article and wallchart, Michael explains how to install it, what it is, and some of the excellent things it has to offer.… Read more

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Michael Sorens 30 May 2012

TortoiseSVN and Subversion Cookbook Part 7: Managing Revisions

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Here are recipes to manage Subversion source control revisions effectively, such as managing revisions, working out the current revision, whether it is up to date, working with more than one revision at a time, and getting notifications when certain files change.… Read more

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Michael Sorens 23 April 2012

Practical PowerShell: Pruning File Trees and Extending Cmdlets

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One of the most radical features of PowerShell is amongst the least known. It is possible to extend the buit-in Cmdlets to provide extra functionality. One can add or remove parameters to make subsequent scripting simpler. Michael shows how this is done to meet a practical requirement:, excluding entire subtrees from a recursive directory trawl for automating source control. … Read more

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Michael Sorens 19 March 2012

TortoiseSVN and Subversion Cookbook Part 6: Snapshots

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Moving backwards in time in Subversion is like time travel in science fiction. It's fine to look around, but If you change anything it can have unforseen consequences, and you always have to return to the present. Snapshots enable you to navigate in source control to examine or compile the code as it existed at a point in time; to access a particular build.… Read more

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Michael Sorens 21 February 2012

TortoiseSVN and Subversion Cookbook Part 5: Instrumenting Files with Version Information

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Subversion lets you embed, and automatically update, information within source-controlled files to make it easy to see who did what, and when they did so. It is not entirely straightforward to get it working, though; unless of course you read, and follow, Michael's easy guide.… Read more

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Michael Sorens 13 February 2012

TortoiseSVN and Subversion Cookbook Part 4: Sharing Common Code

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Michael Sorens continues his series on source control with Subversion and TortoiseSVN by describing several ways one can use to share code among several projects.… Read more

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Michael Sorens 16 January 2012

TortoiseSVN and Subversion Cookbook Part 3: In, Out, and Around

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Subversion doesn't have to be difficult, especially if you have Michael Sorens's guide at hand. After dealing in previous articles with checkouts and commits in Subversion, and covering the various file-manipulation operations that are required for Subversion, Michael now deals in this article with file macro-management, the operations such as putting things in, and taking things out, that deal with repositories and projects.… Read more

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Michael Sorens 21 November 2011

TortoiseSVN and Subversion Cookbook Part 2: File Operations and Subversion Filtering

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The second part of Michael's series of articles gives more recipes for Subversion Source Control. This time he explains how to add files, highlights tools and techniques for determining what to include in source control and shows how to quickly and efficiently filter out the "noise".… Read more

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Michael Sorens 03 November 2011

Subversion and TortoiseSVN Cookbook Part 1- The Basics

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If you have more than zero developers in your team, then you need Source Control. In this article Michael starts a series that aims to provide clear and complete recipes for using Subversion, mainly through its simple, elegant, graphical interface: TortoiseSVN.… Read more

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Michael Sorens 24 August 2011

Further Down the Rabbit Hole: PowerShell Modules and Encapsulation

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Modules allow you to use standard libraries that extend PowerShell's functionality. They are easier to use than to create, but if you get the hang of creating them, your code will be more easily-maintained and re-usable. Let Michael Sorens once more be your guide through PowerShell's 'Alice in Wonderland' world.… Read more

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Michael Sorens 14 July 2011

Down the Rabbit Hole- A Study in PowerShell Pipelines, Functions, and Parameters

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For an experienced programmer to learn a new language can be a journey quite like Alice's in wonderland. Paradoxes, unexpected twists, blind tangents, bafflements and nice surprises. Michael comes to the rescue of anyone learning PowerShell with an explanation of how to use PowerShell functions.… Read more

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Michael Sorens 07 June 2011

Harnessing PowerShell’s String Comparison and List-Filtering Features

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When you are first learning PowerShell, it often seems to be an 'Alice through the looking-glass' world. Just the simple process of comparing and selecting strings can seem strangely obtuse. Michael turns the looking-glass into wonderland with his wall-chart of the PowerShell string-comparison operators and syntax.… Read more

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Michael Sorens 04 April 2011

XPath, CSS, DOM and Selenium: The Rosetta Stone

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Some programming conventions are best represented in a chart. Nobody will claim that XPath or CSS are entirely intuitive, as they are terse, economical ways of identifying elements in a hierarchy. However, a chart with recipes and examples is a different matter. Suddenly, apps like Selenium IDE are made easier. … Read more

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Michael Sorens 09 February 2011

Web Testing with Selenium Sushi: A Practical Guide and Toolset

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How does one test the user-interface of a web application? Too often, the answer seems to be 'clumsily, slowly, and not very well'. The technology of automated, repeatable, testing of websites is still developing, but it exists; and Michael Sorens is here to describe an even better approach based on Selenium … Read more

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Michael Sorens 05 January 2011

LINQ Lycanthropy: Transformations into LINQ

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LINQ is one of the few technologies that you can start to use without a lot of preliminary learning. Also, it lends itself to learning by trying out examples. With Michael's help, you can watch as your conventional C# code changes to ravenous LINQ before your very eyes. … Read more

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Michael Sorens 01 December 2010

LINQ Secrets Revealed: Chaining and Debugging

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LINQ has the capabilities of providing a great productivity boost. LINQ Chaining is particularly powerful magic, giving your code greater clarity and brevity. Using it, and debugging it, can be tricky without the right tools and techniques, but Michael is on hand to explain and make suggestions. … Read more

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Michael Sorens 04 November 2010

Creating Tray Applications in .NET: A Practical Guide

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It isn't widely known that you can use both WPF and Winforms with VS2010 to create a system tray application in .NET. Michael gives you a practical guide, illustrated by an example that is so effective it can be put to immediate practical use. HostSwitcher comes complete with source code and can be downloaded.… Read more

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Michael Sorens 13 September 2010

Taming Sandcastle: A .NET Programmer’s Guide to Documenting Your Code

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The most effective way to document .NET code so that others can understand it and use it, is to use XML Documentation and SandCastle. It isn't that easy. Michael Sorens produces the easy guide to the process that Microsoft never managed, and introduces several applications that help.… Read more

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