We released CodeSmith Generator 5.1 with the new requirements of the Microsoft .Net Framework 3.5. One of our experiences in upgrading to the .Net Framework 3.5 is issues we have run into like our customers reporting Visual Studio disappearing or closing extremely quick when they try to generate code using CodeSmith’s Visual Studio Integration. The following link Tools - Part 11 - Add-ins - Attempting to work around the “VS Silent Death” bug describes this issue in detail.…

There may come a time when you want to implement some extra features or maybe an Easter egg into your application using keyboard shortcuts. I was recently tasked with creating an Easter egg so we could test some functionality in CodeSmith. After countless searches looking for an elegant solution (I found a few ugly solutions and some nicer ones) I came across Method #3. I’ll First touch on the one I didn’t choose to go with.

So far I have been very impressed with the CTP builds of Microsoft Visual Studio 2010. There are some really welcoming changes that are apart of Visual Studio 2010 like UI Unit tests and a completely new IDE written in WPF. The only area where I thought was lacking was the responsiveness of the application. Last night a few members of the Visual Studio team announced that one of there main goals for Beta 1 and RTM is on Performance. I am very excited to hear this.

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Over the course of the past two years, I have worked on a number of Community Server sites. The goal of these tips are to share useful information about Telligent’s Community platform. There are a few ways you can protect yourself from rouge search bots from stealing your content and bringing down your site.