I was frustrated by this error when I am trying to reinstall Visual Studio 2017 after my visual studio got corrupted/failed during upgrade to 15.1 ( or after a previous installation failed due to low disk space). There is a file called ‘state.json’ , in below mentioned path, which is creating this particular issue. %ProgramData%\Microsoft\VisualStudio\Packages\Instances\<instance> … Continue reading
Category: .NET Framework 4.5.2
Visual Studio 2015 Update 3 – Download
Today Microsoft has released Update 3 for Visual Studio 2015. Visual Studio 2015 Update 3 includes a variety of capability improvements and bug fixes. To find out what’s new, see the Visual Studio 2015 Update 3 Release Notes. For a list of fixed bugs and known issues, see the Visual Studio 2015 Update 3 MSDN… Continue reading
Back to Basics : Singleton Design Pattern using System.Lazy type
This article takes you to a simpler/alternative approach in making a Singleton Design Pattern implementation using System.Lazy class rather that using our traditional approach. Singleton Design Pattern implementation without lazy initialization: This code is thread safe enabled [code language=”csharp” padlinenumbers=”true”] /// <summary> /// Singleton class /// </summary> public class AppConfig { private AppConfig() { }… Continue reading
Visual Studio 2013 Update 5 (2013.5) RC–Released
Microsoft has released an release candidate version for VS2013 Update 5 (short: 2013.5). This update is the latest in a cumulative series of technology improvements and bug fixes for Visual Studio 2013. What’s new in Visual Studio 2013 Update 5 Current iteration query token Team Project Rename support for Local Workspaces : – [ability to… Continue reading
NuGet Package – Unity.WebAPI
Today I came across this interesting Nuget Package for creating ASP.NET Web API project with Microsoft Unity Dependency Injection container. It is pretty simple to configure and install on your existing Web API project or new ones. Inorder to use it, use the respective NUGET package from below links: ASP.NET Web API v1.0 – Unity.WebAPI… Continue reading
Get – Visual Studio 2013 – Update 4
Microsoft has released an update for Visual Studio 2013, this update is the latest in a cumulative series of feature additions and bug fixes for Visual Studio 2013. Download VS2013.04.exe (Online/Web Install) Download VS2013.04.iso (Offline Install) For more information, For more information: Soma’s blog Brian Harry’s blog Visual Studio team blog Slides Also see Visual… Continue reading
Visual Studio 2013 – Update 2 is available
Microsoft has released the latest update for Visual Studio 2013 with major improvements including support for developing Universal apps for Windows 8.x, Win Phone, and XBOX. Here are the list of improvements included as part of the release(lending from Visual Studio team blog): Visual Studio 2013 Update 2 has many new capabilities as well as… Continue reading