Monthly Archives: May 2013

EfGen.exe – a command line tool for automatic generation of Entity Framework DLL

Download EfGen.exe is a command line tool to automate the EDM Wizard in Visual Studio. While working with Entity Framework, I consider it a best practice to create a stand-alone dll that contains all the code Entity Framework (EF) generates … Continue reading

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MSBuild Notes

Use .rsp file to pass command line arguments to msbuild from a file (similar to the way .config files work) PropertyGroup contains properties. A property is a key-value pair. The value is a scalar. Properties are referenced using the $(PropertyName) … Continue reading

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Programming TFS

References: http://blogs.msdn.com/b/buckh/archive/2012/03/10/team-foundation-version-control-client-api-example-for-tfs-2010-and-newer.aspx http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/magazine/jj553516.aspx http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/magazine/jj883959.aspx Common Tasks: Download all files under a directory: Check if a file exists in TFS: Enumerate all the workspaces:

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What if it’s all been a big fat lie?

http://www.nytimes.com/2002/07/07/magazine/what-if-it-s-all-been-a-big-fat-lie.html?pagewanted=all&src=pm also read rebuttal at http://www.cspinet.org/nah/11_02/bigfatlies.pdf If the members of the American medical establishment were to have a collective find-yourself-standing-naked-in-Times-Square-type nightmare, this might be it. They spend 30 years ridiculing Robert Atkins, author of the phenomenally-best-selling ”Dr. Atkins’ Diet Revolution” and … Continue reading

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Good Calories, Bad Calories

I am not endorsing this book. Just bookmarking the summary. In this groundbreaking book, the result of seven years of research in every science connected with the impact of nutrition on health, award-winning science writer Gary Taubes shows us that … Continue reading

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