By default, whenever you have VS2010 generate a new unit test for a web method (an MVC controller in my case), it creates a hard-linked file path in the "AspNetDevelopmentServerHost" attribute. This may work fine if you’re the sole developer and code on only one machine, but what about when you work on a team [...]
Quick tip: if you’re getting errors (e.g. instant disconnect or won’t connect) when connecting to your mac through VNC, try the following: Be sure to specify a password under "computer settings" on your mac. Set the "color level" to full (all available colors) on your VNC client. In RealVNC, these can be found by clicking [...]
If you’re trying to modify the property of an object automagically generated from RIA Services within a Silverlight application and you’re getting a runtime error indicating that the the property is read only, here’s a simple fix. Simply add the attribute “[Editable(true)]” from System.ComponentModel.DataAnnotations at the top of the field that you’d like to be [...]
Can’t seem to find your serial number on your new-ish Dell UltraSharp monitor? On older versions of the UltraSharp line (and probably other Dell monitors), the serial number could always be found on the back of the panel. As it turns out, Dell got fancy with newer models and is now placing the serial on [...]
This is a particularly well-known error (see here, here, and here), but this is the second time that I’ve had to do a search on this error so I thought that I’d post it here so that I can find it more quickly. Anyway, when this error occurs, make sure that the NULL types in [...]