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Refactoring for VB.Net 2005 (Beta 2)

When MS announced they were dropping refactoring support in VS.Net 2005 for VB.Net I was disappointed. But, MS partnered with a company called Developer Express and they have put out a plug in that will do this for you! You can download it now and try it out with your VS.Net 2005 install.

Indigo woes...

I had downloaded the new VS.Net Beta 2 and, after reading some blogs, found that the latest (April) Indigo CTP is not compatible. :( I was hoping to do some work with it. They say that another CTP for Indigo will be out soon that will be compatible with Beta 2. Hopefully really soon.

New attribute suggestion for .Net Framework

I have entered a suggestion on the MSDN Product Feedback Center (a service I had previously talked about). You can search for the suggestion using the phrase “Attribute to provide Compiler Warning/Error other than Obsolete”. The suggestion is based on the following scenario: During development you may have multiple developers working on several assemblies in parallel. Some developers may be creating APIs to use by other developers but their tasks are such that they need to stub the implementation until they get around to finishing everything.