NDev website moved!

The previous webhosting seems to have disabled my website without notifying me. So I decided t swtich to tripod.com instead.
Here is the new website URL:
http://ndev-app.tripod.com/

NDev 1.5.12 Released

A lot of minor fixes, performance updates and feature enhacements has been put into this version.
Change log-
Bug fixes:
- Fix bug where NDev crashes on startup during Windows startup.
- Fix bug in Redirect tab where machine.config are being modified without user knowledge.
- Fix bug where the Dependent Assembly's "Fix" button is disabled when the assembly is not found inside the GAC.
- Fix bug where NDev stops Windows from shutting down.
Feature enhancements:
- Handling of managed services that are missing. Previously, NDev will automatically remove Windows services that cannot be found when it starts up.
- Double-clicking on a tab will refresh the tab.
- Added the "Refreshing..." label to the top right corner to provide better indication that refreshing of UI is in progress.
- Add ability to detect and manage custom web paths (similar to custom machine.config redirects).
- Customizable Plugin path via app's config file.

NDev website almost there

The NDev website (http://ndev.xtreemhost.com) has been launched. However, there are still alot of work to be done for it to get to where I want.

At the moment, it serves its purpose allows users to keep track of NDev development, downloads and plugins. My next goal is to add more info into the features section to provide better documentations on the funtionalities NDev provides. E.g. Drag-n-drop.

NDev 1.5.2 Released

Change log:
- Update the UIMessageHandler so it can better handle high frequency of messages coming in.

NDev 1.5.1 Released

This is a minor update to fix several minor bugs.

Change log:
- The Options tab will always stay as the last tab, before any other plugins.
- Better plugin error handling.
- Fix a bug where if "TopMost" is set, dialogs such as the "Edit Service List" are hidden under the main NDev app window.
- Minor code refactoring.

NDev 1.5.0 Released

This release includes a lot of changes and new features. I highly recommend you to update to this version to get the latest and greatest.

Change logs:
- New pluggable architecture.
- Broken Altiris-based functionality into its own plugin.
- Ability to resize the application windows and remembers it.
- Added link to GAC under the Redirect tab.
- UI for users to select/de-select Windows services to manage.
- Drag-n-drop to add dependent assemblies.
- Fixed drag-n-drop dependent files functionality so it works properly.
- Added ability to Run at Windows startup.
- Better error handlings.
- Minor bug fixes and code refactorings.

NDev 1.4.0 Released

Change log:
- Add ability for each solution to define the version of its debug assemblies. Previously, assemblies needed to have a debug version of 7.0.9999.0. A new XML attribute 'redirectVersion' is added for user to customize the version to whatever he wants.

NDev 1.3.9 Released

Change log:
- Update the Redirect tab. The "Redirect" button has been removed and changes redirects are done the moment the radio button is clicked. This design allows the UI to work properly of having "Custom" machine.config redirects.

NDev 1.3.8 Released

Change log:
- Changed the Redirect tab to display machine.config redirect to a non-debug version (i.e. To whatever the latest version in the GAC).

NDev 1.3.7 Released

Change log:
- Add ability to access for dependent files with another credentials if the current user does not have access to the path.

NDev 1.3.6 Released

This release includes bug fixes from all over the places. I have done some extensive testing on a VM and found a lot of bugs.
Change log:
- Handling of non-existing working folder to fail gracefully.
- Fix bug in dependent assemblies located in a folder with space within the name (e.g. Program Files).
- Fix bug in machine.config redirection if no assemblyBinding node is found.
- Fixes dependent files double-clicking error if the directory does not exist.
- Minor UI update.
- Updated the error dialog.
Known issue:
- On the dependent files list, if a network path is provided, it'll failed to authenicate unless user browse to the folder via Windows Explorer already.

NDev 1.3.5 released

Update log:
- Add new feature 'Dependent Files' which allow users to easily check files they are dependent on based on their file creation date.
- Fix bug in the Options tab's links where clicking them does not open the URLs.

NDev!

Woohoo! Alright, this is the blog where I am going to keep track of my work on my personal project NDev.

NDev is a tool that makes development of .NET apps easy. I developed this tool as I was getting a bit sick of doing repetitive tasks, such as .NET assemblies redirections, external dependencies updates, all the time. FYI, this tool is really for development of complex, cross-team apps. But if you're doing a small app and still find this useful, that would be great too =)