paul.vargas

I just downloaded Visual Studio 2012 Ultimate from my MSDN Subscription. After 2 system restarts (yes, the installer will ask you to restart twice), I was surprised to see a very bright purple-grayish IDE. Despite of all the cool features that it offers like Code Analyzer, Performance Diagnostic, integration with Application Lifecycle Management (ALM) tools, and the faster connection with TFS, I am disappointed that MS guys decided to change the theme just to suit their “Metro” look-and-feel. To be honest, I love the VS 2010 color hues. It’s just so sad that I have to use this flat bright color. But hey, Microsoft is not stupid! They should have allowed the users to change the colors to personalize their IDE!. So I eagerly checked the settings and I know it should be located at TOOLS > OPTIONS menu. Sorry, I’m not shouting. It’s just that the Visual Studio 20120 menus are in CAPITAL letters. I found the option to change the Color Theme under the Environment > G

I just compared the Terms of Service of these two giants. It was quite surprising to know that they have this contrasting Terms of Service: Google’s GoogleDrive “When you upload or otherwise submit content to our Services, you give Google (and those we work with) a worldwide licence to use, host, store, reproduce, modify, create derivative works (such as those resulting from translations, adaptations or other changes that we make so that your content works better with our Services), communicate, publish, publicly perform, publicly display and distribute such content." Microsoft’s SkyDrive "Except for material that we license to you, we don't claim ownership of the content you provide on the service. Your content remains your content. We also don't control, verify, or endorse the content that you and others make available on the service." In choosing between these two services you have to consider all factors like platform dependence and support, cost, sec

I just attended a Microsoft seminar held at NTUC Centre at Marina Bay. They talked about the new Visual Studio 2012 and a bit of Windows 8. Visual Studio 2012 is not just an IDE. It’s an integrated tool that helps you throughout the Application Lifecycle. You can even create storyboard! One of the most interesting things about this product is the Code Analysis, Unit Testing and Load Testing feature. Take a look of their very cool presentation slide. Opening Remarks Ziriad Saibi, Director Developer and Platform Evangelism Developer Collaboration with Team Foundation Server 2012 Ervin Loh, Visual Studio ALM MVP, K365LABS Sdn Bhd Agile Project Management with Visual Studio 2012 Colin Nah, Co-Founder, Biz Era.Net Pte Ltd From Unit Testing to Load Testing: Visual Studio – Your Complete Testing Tool Ervin Loh, Visual Studio ALM MVP, K365LABS Sdn Bhd Ensure Code Quality in Your Project Sandeep Joshi, Visual Studio ALM MVP Building on Windows 8 using Visual Studio