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January's Toolbox Column Now Online
08 January 10 09:57 AM | Scott Mitchell | with no comments

My (final) Toolbox column in the January 2010 issue of MSDN Magazine is available online and includes the following reviews: Balsamiq Mockups For Desktop - Balsamiq Mockups is a lightweight, easy-to-use UI mockup tool that combines the speed, simplicity...

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December's Toolbox Column Now Online
01 December 09 12:52 PM | Scott Mitchell | with no comments

My Toolbox column in the December 2009 issue of MSDN Magazine is available online and includes the following reviews: Huagati DBML/EDMX Tools - a Visual Studio Add In that improves the LINQ to SQL and Entity Framework Designers, allowing you to quickly...

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November's Toolbox Column Now Online
05 November 09 12:18 PM | Scott Mitchell | with no comments

My Toolbox column in the November 2009 issue of MSDN Magazine is available online and includes the following reviews: BI Documenter - point BI Documenter to the schema of your database and select which database objects to include. Then, with the click...

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October's Toolbox Column Now Online
02 October 09 10:10 AM | Scott Mitchell | with no comments

My Toolbox column in the October 2009 issue of MSDN Magazine is available online and includes the following reviews: nukeationMachine - nukeationMachine is a Visual Studio Add In that streamlines implementing WPF, WinForms, and ASP.NET user interfaces...

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September's Toolbox Column Now Online
10 September 09 08:12 AM | Scott Mitchell | with no comments

My Toolbox column in the September 2009 issue of MSDN Magazine is available online and includes the following reviews/discussions: Improving Web Application Performance With Distributed Caching - provides an overview of distributed caching for web applications...

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August's Toolbox Column Now Online
30 July 09 11:33 AM | Scott Mitchell | with no comments

My Toolbox column in the August 2009 issue of MSDN Magazine is available online and includes the following reviews: SQL Sets - SQL Sets is a neat tool that allows you to save database queries in a self-contained, portable file format. In a nutshell, you...

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July's Toolbox Column Now Online
30 June 09 03:03 PM | Scott Mitchell | with no comments

My Toolbox column in the July 2009 issue of MSDN Magazine is available online and includes the following reviews: ApexSQL Enforce - I've reviewed source code static analysis tools in previous issues, such as Microsoft's FxCop and StyleCop programs. ApexSQL...

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June's Toolbox Column Now Online
28 May 09 02:20 PM | Scott Mitchell | with no comments

My Toolbox column in the June 2009 issue of MSDN Magazine is available online and includes the following reviews: ProjectLocker - ProjectLocker lets you outsource source control, defect tracking, and other common project management tasks to the cloud...

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May's Toolbox Column Now Online
24 April 09 10:18 AM | Scott Mitchell | with no comments

My Toolbox column in the May 2009 issue of MSDN Magazine is available online and includes the following reviews: SyncBack Pro - backups are an important part of any IT strategy. For large corporations with established IT departments, backups are automatically...

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April's Toolbox Column Now Online
21 March 09 03:13 PM | Scott Mitchell | with no comments

My Toolbox column in the April 2009 issue of MSDN Magazine is available online. The March issue of MSDN Magazine has a focus on the Web and my reviews in Toolbox follow suit and include: The Microsoft Chart Controls - Did you know that Microsoft has released...

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March's Toolbox Column Now Online
26 February 09 10:00 AM | Scott Mitchell | with no comments

My Toolbox column in the March 2009 issue of MSDN Magazine is available online. The March issue of MSDN Magazine has a focus on the Web and my reviews in Toolbox follow suit and include: The Ajax Data Controls Project - The Ajax Data Controls (ADC) project...

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February's Toolbox Column Now Online
24 January 09 09:01 AM | Scott Mitchell | with no comments

My Toolbox column in the February 2009 issue of MSDN Magazine is available online. The February issue examines two frameworks for implementing design patterns: Castle ActiveRecord - the active record pattern is a common design pattern employed by data...

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October's Toolbox Column Online
13 October 08 10:28 AM | Scott Mitchell | with no comments

My Toolbox column in the October 2008 issue of MSDN Magazine is avaiable online. The October issue examines: SQL Data Generator - Quickly generate unbounded amounts of real-world test data for your database with a few points and clicks of the mouse. Blogs...

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September's Toolbox Column Online
09 September 08 09:47 AM | Scott Mitchell | with no comments

My Toolbox column in the September 2008 issue of MSDN Magazine is avaiable online. The September issue examines: LINQPad - A free stand-alone LINQ editor/tester created by Joseph Albahari, author of C# 3.0 in a Nutshell . LINQPad is like SQL Query Analyzer...

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August's Toolbox Column Online
29 July 08 12:16 PM | Scott Mitchell | with no comments

My Toolbox column in the August 2008 issue of MSDN Magazine is avaiable online. The July issue examines: FileHelpers - .NET includes XML serialization capabilities, which makes it easy to load an XML file into a collection of objects and to save object...

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