To me, asking "why would I want to use a CodeSmith Project?" is a lot like asking "why would I want to use a Visual Studio Solution?" Well, for starters, it... Saves you time. Takes less effort. Exposes more functionality. Drastically...

The Dallas Day of .NET is coming! http://www.jointechies.com/ This will be a two day event, Friday March 4th through Saturday the 5th, and it will be held at the Microsoft center in Irving, TX. There are going to be a lot of big names and speakers there...

The CodeSmith Tools are hitting the road (and even the skies) to talk about .NET technology all around the US! Want us to speak at your local user group? Just drop me a line! We will post again each month with updates and additional details , so stay...

The .NET community is the best development community ever. How do I know that? Because they ask the best questions! Here are two really important questions that we have been asked concerning PLINQO for Entity Framework that I wanted to call some extra...

There are a lot of simple tasks that we humans can do with little effort, but when put into logic, can often become quite difficult to define. A great example of this is Many To Many Table Associations. So, how do you programatically take a table and...

If customer facing issues are your top priority, then you are already adhere to the primary principle of Exception Driven Development. Exception Driven Development It's a pretty simple concept: Collect application data, especially regarding errors...

The Arkansas leg of the tour went really well. Hey, rest of the US: Arkansas has an amazing .NET community! I don't know what's better, their top notch developers or their gorgeous scenic byways? Either way, I am officially a huge fan of Arkansas...

The CodeSmith Tools (Shannon and Tom) are continuing their PLINQO presentation tour! Second stop: Fort Worth If you or any developers that you know will be in the Forth Worth area on October 20th, you should come see us and learn more about PLINQO, the...

We are very excited about our upcoming CodeSmith Insight Launch Party . We rented out the Addison Convention Center, ordered ten old school arcade machines, bought over $1,000 in prizes, booked flights for the entire CodeSmith Tools team is come in from...

It has been spring now for a few weeks, and while the weather in my home state of Texas still seems to be confused about this, I am just happy to finally have the sun set after the work day ends! With the changing of the seasons also comes (for us) the...

The CodeSmith Tools (Shannon and Tom) are taking their PLINQO presentation on the road! First stop: North Houston If you or any developers that you know will be in the Houston area on October 15th, you should come see us and learn more about PLINQO, the...

On the road again, I just can't wait to get on the road again! The life I love is making code with my friends, and I can't wait to get on the road again! Dates New York July 6th - Fairfield DNUG - Code Generation July 7th - Long Island DNUG -...

The primary goal of CodeSmith Insight is to "unite different forms of communication", and email is a crucial medium with which users communicate with us. This is why Insight is capable of both importing and sending email, and this is why Insight...

One of the top benefits of integrating CodeSmith Insight into your application is that it will automatically catch and report all unhandled exceptions. As quick and easy as it is to just let Insight do all the work, you may want to make customizations...

The CodeSmith Tools (Shannon and Tom) are back on the road and delivering their first presentation of the new decade, in Houston! If you or any developers that you know will be in the Houston area on Thursday, March 11th, you should come see us and learn...