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2015

Joining Microsoft

1 minute read

It's been over 7 years since I joined RealDolmen, one of Belgium's larger consultancy firms. I got to meet many interesting folks and had a wide variation in...

2014

Using MyGet as a OneGet package source

3 minute read

At the Build conference, Microsoft announced the Windows Management Framework 5.0 Preview which includes Windows PowerShell 5.0, updates to the PowerShell IS...

2013

Awarded MVP Visual Studio ALM

less than 1 minute read

I was quite thrilled and surprised yesterday to receive an email notification with the subject "Congratulations 2013 Microsoft MVP!".

Install-NuSpec with IntelliSense

less than 1 minute read

If you have quite a few projects you want to get out on NuGet for the first time, it can be a little confusing to find a good starting point. My recommendati...

Warm Crocodile Conference slides

less than 1 minute read

I'm really happy I got the opportunity to talk at the Danish Warm Crocodile Conference this week. I loved the enthousiasm and interactivity with the audience...

Team Foundation Services Binaries folder

2 minute read

In order to add some custom post-build steps to a TFS Build process, it usually comes in handy - might sound as a surprise - to get a hold on the produced ou...

Exit 2012, Enter 2013

2 minute read

I'm usually not the guy who spends too much time looking at the past, but 2012 has been so much fun I can't resist the temptation of summing up what I've enj...

2012

Install-Package NuSpec

1 minute read

If you are like me and regularly produce NuGet packages, then you often deal with NuSpec files. I always found it annoying that I had to leave my Visual Stud...

NuGet $version$ token explained

1 minute read

Many questions related to creating NuGet packages are related to versioning. One question in particular I’d like to discuss here because it’s easier to poin...

Hidden gem: the NuGet package manifest XSD

2 minute read

If you are automating the creation of NuGet packages (through CI for instance), you most likely touched a .nuspec file somehow. The .nuspec file is an XML fi...

Slides for UGIALT.NET - NuGet

less than 1 minute read

Whilst I've been sharing this wonderful EasyJet experience with Maarten Balliauw (flight delayed for 4hrs because they had to fly in a new plane with spare p...

2011

An overview of the NuGet ecosystem

3 minute read

Many people are starting to realize what an awesome tool NuGet really is. If you don't believe me, just take a look the statistics. Looking at the NuGet ecos...

A word on using and abusing NuGet

3 minute read

One thing I really like about using NuGet is the fact that it creates a window of opportunities: you can use it in different ways, you can abuse it in differ...

Silverlight Advanced ToolTips v2.2.0 released

less than 1 minute read

This release mainly contains bugfixes for issues reported by users of the library (and a big thanks to all those who even bothered supplying me with a patch!...

Announcing MyGet: NuGet-as-a-Service

1 minute read

Ever since the announcement of NuGet I've been intrigued by the potential it could bring to enterprises building software on the .NET platform (one could cal...

2010