Monday, December 8, 2014

5 Incredible Features in the Visual Studio 2015 Preview


http://developer.telerik.com/featured/5-incredible-features-visual-studio-2015-preview

Friday, December 5, 2014

How to solve Invalid Xml syntax error after updated an older Visual Studio project



Error message:
This application has failed to start because the application configuration is incorrect. Review the manifest file for possible errors.
Reinstalling the application may fix this problem. For more details, please see the application event log.

In EventView, the error message is:
Activation context generation failed for XXXXX
XXXX on line 1. Invalid Xml syntax.

The first line in config file is
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="Windows-1252"?>

Solution:
Change to
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>

Wednesday, December 3, 2014

Free browser base UML modelling tool

https://www.draw.io/

How many kind of UML diagrams in total?


Class Diagram
Component Diagram
Deployment Diagram
Object Diagram
Package Diagram
Profile Diagram
Composite Structure Diagram
Use Case Diagram
Activity Diagram
State Machine Diagram
Sequence Diagram
Communication Diagram
Interaction Overview Diagram
Timing Diagram


http://creately.com/blog/diagrams/uml-diagram-types-examples



Tuesday, December 2, 2014

How to install SQL Server management studio only?

On the download page:
http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=29062

Select the file just for SQL Server management studio installation:
ENU\x64\SQLManagementStudio_x64_ENU.exe