My Creative and Budget Friendly Toolbox List
First of all I am not an artistically creative person. However I do aspire to be one, at least, in the digital world. And not being a creative in art, but lovi...
Author: Buck Hicks
C#, WPF & SQL Developer from Three Rivers, MI
Windows Movie Maker Replacement for Windows 10
In the last few years, from time to time, I have been asked to edit some videos for my employer. The edits mostly consisted of trimming off bits and pieces of t...
Windows Application Development Cookbook Error Help
If you, like me, purchased the Windows Application Development Cookbook and are working through the examples you may find that you get an error on the Introduci...
Little ASP.NET Core Book
Every since ASP.Net Core was released I have been chomping at the bit to convert my MVC learning project, Northern Dog Site, to a MVC Core site. I started to do...
Visual Studio Code
So by now I have definitely heard the buzz around Visual Studio Code. I even downloaded and kicked the tires the same day the public beta was released. It’...
Things to do in 2017 (Not a Resolution)
Every year I try to set a few goals around software development that help push my skill set up to the next level. In 2016 it was MVC and ASP.Net Core, which did...
Windows 7 Update Never Stops Checking for Updates
Recently I was tasked with staging some Windows 7 machines that needed to have all the updates, since Service Pack 1 for Windows 7 was released, installed. Howe...
UWP Community Toolkit
The UWP Community Toolkit is a collection of helper functions, custom controls, and app services. It simplifies and demonstrates common developer tasks building...
Happy Anniversary Windows 10
Windows 10 is one year old today. Windows 10 Anniversary update available August 2nd. Follow the link for more information about what is included with the updat...
Developer Productivity in Visual Studio
Microsoft’s Channel 9 just released a video on developer productivity features built into Visual Studio and Visual Studio Next, which is being called V15 ...