My Blog Hiatus

I can't believe it's been almost 2 months since I posted anything. Where does the time go? It's probably been even longer since I did a photography post...

I've been busy at work and have kind of neglected this blog. I've actually been kind of working on a blog sort of thing at work - a Tech Tip that I send out. I'm going to start posting them here too since they apply. Here's the first one:



1.       Microsoft Visual Studio 2017
a.       This is the newest version of Microsoft Visual Studio and it is approved and available to ADE IT staff.
                                                               i.      You can download and install it through the Software Center which should be installed on your PC, typically at Start > All Programs > Microsoft System Center > Configuration Manager > Software Center. It is displayed with the name “Visual Studio 2017 Professional”.
                                                             ii.      It does take a while to install. You might want to start the installation just before leaving work for the night.
                                                            iii.      The current version is Visual Studio 2017 version 15.3, released August 29, 2017.
                                                           iv.      You can view release notes at: https://www.visualstudio.com/en-us/news/releasenotes/vs2017-relnotes

  1. Microsoft C# 7
    1. Throw Expressions
                                                               i.      Here’s a way to shorten your code and reduce braces. It is easy to throw an exception in the middle of an expression: just call a method that does it for you! But in C# 7.0 Microsoft is directly allowing throw as an expression in certain places, as shown in the constructor and the GetFirstName method below:

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                                                             ii.      Reference: https://blogs.msdn.microsoft.com/dotnet/2017/03/09/new-features-in-c-7-0/


3.       JetBrains ReSharper 2017
a.       ReSharper is a plugin for Visual Studio which provides various coding tools including over 2,300 on-the-fly code inspections. It offers tips for refactoring code to use organizational best practices to improve decoupling and decreasing complexity.
b.      Tutorial Plugin
                                                               i.      ReSharper has its own plugin functionality and one of the plugins available is a tutorial feature. If you’ve never used ReSharper you can start with the ReSharper Essentials tutorial, estimated to take 20-30 minutes.
                                                             ii.      To install the tutorials, inside of Visual Studio go to ReSharper > Extension Manager. Search for “tutorials” and click Install on the extension followed by Install on the dialog.
c.       To install ReSharper (per Naren Garapaty’s email, sent 7/17/2017 3:30PM):
                                                               i.      Go to: https://account.jetbrains.com/a/2t2asryj
                                                             ii.      Sign up using your azed.gov email
                                                            iii.      Install the latest version of ReSharper Ultimate fromhttps://www.jetbrains.com/resharper/download/
                                                           iv.      Register the product using your ReSharper User Name

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