Visual Studio Graphics Debugging
Information about the Visual Studio Graphics Debugger feature in Visual Studio by Ian Huff, one of the developers on the Graphics Debugging team
Basic Command Line Profiling
Hey all, It's been a little while since my last post as things have been (and continue to be) pretty...
Author: IanHuff - MSFT Date: 11/15/2005
Drawing Boxes and Line with the DataSet designer
One of the neat things about working on Visual Studio is that it is such a big and rich product that...
Author: IanHuff - MSFT Date: 10/21/2005
Team System MSDN Public Chat
Do you have questions about the profiler in Visual Studio Team System? Or perhaps you want to know...
Author: IanHuff - MSFT Date: 10/18/2005
The X05 event & Xbox360 co-op games
If you will permit me to back away from profiler talk for just a minute, I saw a lot to excite me at...
Author: IanHuff - MSFT Date: 10/05/2005
Impressed by Static Analysis
For the last two days we had a chance as a team to pick up a pre-release version of Team System and...
Author: IanHuff - MSFT Date: 09/30/2005
The F1 Profiler vs. .NET string comparisons
Recently I was working through some of our codebase working on converting some existing string...
Author: IanHuff - MSFT Date: 09/15/2005
Rico’s Performance Quiz Vs. The F1 Profiler
The Quiz: Recently Ricom posted a performance quiz on his blog asking about the performance scenario...
Author: IanHuff - MSFT Date: 08/25/2005
John Carmack on the Next Generation of Gaming
I’ve never been one to join in the cult worshiping of the various ID programmers, especially since...
Author: IanHuff - MSFT Date: 08/15/2005
Reviewing Data Display Websites and Programs: Harmony Central
It’s been a little while since my last entry about reviewing data display websites (Football...
Author: IanHuff - MSFT Date: 08/15/2005
Microsoft’s Ladybug system
One of the recent jobs that I have taken on for my team is being the point man for dealing with bugs...
Author: IanHuff - MSFT Date: 08/08/2005
Profiler improvements in the July CTP release of Visual Studio Team System
So if you are a customer and you are currently running on the Beta 2 release of Visual Studio Team...
Author: IanHuff - MSFT Date: 08/02/2005
How to profile signed assemblies in instrumentation mode
If you have tried to profile signed binaries in instrumentation mode you may have seen the following...
Author: IanHuff - MSFT Date: 07/25/2005
Get scroll bar information from autoscroll controls in Managed C++
One of the early problems that I needed to solve when I started working at Microsoft was how to get...
Author: IanHuff - MSFT Date: 07/18/2005
Xbox 360 info
A week or two ago I got to attend a pretty nifty internal presentation on the Xbox 360. Now, almost...
Author: IanHuff - MSFT Date: 07/07/2005
Extensions for MSN desktop search
One of my favorite new tools to come out of Microsoft is the new desktop search tool. I keep this...
Author: IanHuff - MSFT Date: 06/30/2005
Getting version and company information in an interop DLL created with tlbimp
Recently at work I was called on to fix a bug regarding primary interop assemblies created with...
Author: IanHuff - MSFT Date: 06/16/2005
Public chats for Team Developer and Team Test editions of Visual Studio Team System
Every third Wednesday of the month at 10am PST there will be public chats for the Team Developer and...
Author: IanHuff - MSFT Date: 06/14/2005
Profiling a Unit Test
At our recent TechEd event, one of the most common questions that we are asked it if it is possible...
Author: IanHuff - MSFT Date: 06/10/2005
A few more hits
A few older articles that I forgot to include with my first post. Other Posts: What are Exclusive...
Author: IanHuff - MSFT Date: 06/09/2005
The Profiling Team’s Greatest Hits: Volume One
I’ve pulled together all of the technical articles and walkthroughs from the various team member...
Author: IanHuff - MSFT Date: 06/09/2005
Ars Technica on the XBox 360
Ars Technica has some of the best hardware coverage online. Here is part one of what looks to be an...
Author: IanHuff - MSFT Date: 06/01/2005
Buying an LCD Monitor / HDTV
Over the last week I’ve shopped for and purchased an LCD TV to use as both a computer monitor and as...
Author: IanHuff - MSFT Date: 05/31/2005
Hello Code Coverage! – Part 2
In my last walkthrough on code coverage I showed how to get code coverage data for a simple function...
Author: IanHuff - MSFT Date: 05/23/2005
Interesting article on VSTS’s place in the Visual Studio lineup
With the recent pricing announcements for Visual Studio Team System there has been a lot of...
Author: IanHuff - MSFT Date: 05/04/2005
Hello Code Coverage! - Part 1
What can I say…I’m a big fan of hello world type walkthroughs. With new technology you often just...
Author: IanHuff - MSFT Date: 04/26/2005
Analyzing a performance report in Visual Studio Team System 2005 Part 4: Fixing the performance issue and analyzing the results.
The last three installments of this walkthrough have helped show you how to use the new profiler in...
Author: IanHuff - MSFT Date: 04/08/2005
Analyzing a performance report in Visual Studio Team System 2005 Part 3: The Object Allocation and Object Lifetime views.
In this installment of my walkthroughs for using the new profiler in Visual Studio Team System, I’ll...
Author: IanHuff - MSFT Date: 03/31/2005
Visual Studio Team System Webcasts
Interested in finding out more about the upcoming Visual Studio Team System 2005? Then check out...
Author: IanHuff - MSFT Date: 03/30/2005
Reviewing Data Display Websites and Programs: ESPN.com’s NCAA Tournament Challenge
This is the third entry in my series of reviews of websites and programs that have to display a...
Author: IanHuff - MSFT Date: 03/22/2005
Improving .NET Application Performance and Scalability
Hidden in one of the many nooks and crannies on MSDN is this massive (1120 Printed pages) guide to...
Author: IanHuff - MSFT Date: 03/16/2005
Analyzing a performance report in Visual Studio Team System 2005 Part 2: The Function, Caller / Callee and Calltree views
This is the second part of my walkthrough of using the profiler in Visual Studio Team System 2005 to...
Author: IanHuff - MSFT Date: 03/15/2005
Rico Mariani has a perf wiki up on Channel 9
Interested in writing application that perform well? If you’re not just messing around in your...
Author: IanHuff - MSFT Date: 03/09/2005
Second part of Channel 9 interview is live
The second part of my interview about the new Visual Studio Team System 2005 profiler is now posted...
Author: IanHuff - MSFT Date: 03/09/2005
Analyzing a performance report in Visual Studio Team System 2005 Part 1: The Summary View
In my previous series of blog posts I’ve outlined how to create and configure a new profiling...
Author: IanHuff - MSFT Date: 03/08/2005
Channel 9 Demo is live!
The video demo of our profiler that I blogged about earlier has been posted to Microsoft’s Channel 9...
Author: IanHuff - MSFT Date: 03/07/2005
Reviewing Data Display Websites and Programs: Football Outsiders
This is my second entry in my series of reviews of websites (and a few programs) that are good or...
Author: IanHuff - MSFT Date: 03/01/2005
Performance Tools demo filmed for Channel 9
On Tuesday of this week I got a chance to demo our performance tools for Microsoft’s Channel Nine...
Author: IanHuff - MSFT Date: 02/24/2005
Using the new Visual Studio Team System Profiler in the IDE - Part 3: Using the Performance Explorer
For those of you who are new to these walkthroughs, I am detailing how the new profiler in Visual...
Author: IanHuff - MSFT Date: 02/21/2005
Reviewing Data Display Websites and Programs: Social Security Administration's Index of Popular Baby Names
At a very general level, the main issue of my job is how to take a large amount of profiling data...
Author: IanHuff - MSFT Date: 02/16/2005
Using the new Visual Studio Team System Profiler in the IDE - Part 2: Configure settings for a profiling run
Welcome back to my walkthrough of how to use the new profiler in Visual Studio Team System 2005. If...
Author: IanHuff - MSFT Date: 02/11/2005
Using the new Visual Studio Team System Profiler in the IDE - Part 2: Configure settings for a profiling run
Welcome back to my walkthrough of how to use the new profiler in Visual Studio Team System 2005. If...
Author: IanHuff - MSFT Date: 02/11/2005
Using the new Visual Studio Team System Profiler in the IDE - Part 1: Starting a new performance session
When I started working at Microsoft this past June, I was excited about two main aspects of my job....
Author: IanHuff - MSFT Date: 02/07/2005
Using the new Visual Studio Team System Profiler in the IDE - Part 1: Starting a new performance session
When I started working at Microsoft this past June, I was excited about two main aspects of my job....
Author: IanHuff - MSFT Date: 02/07/2005