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Dennis Forbes Dennis Forbes is a Toronto-based software architect. While focused primarily on the .NET and SQL Server worlds, Dennis frequently ventures outside of this comfort zone into game development and image processing. He has been published in several industry magazines, has been quoted in the Wall Street Journal and has been interviewed by NPR.

He is a vice president and lead software architect at an innovative New York City hedge fund back-office services firm.

Dennis has been working on solutions for the financial, telecommunications, and power generation markets for over 15 years.


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Wednesday, September 07 2005
Visual Studio Quick Tips

Two more Visual Studio.NET quick-tips while I'm doing a flyby (again because I've seen so many developers that don't take advantage of these simple productivity improvements)

  • Use a good font for programming 
  • Use Windows/Auto Hide All (the menu item) in Visual Studio. The additional space for viewing code and laying out designs is incredibly valuable
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