I use the built-in developer tools of Google Chrome whenever I develop web applications. They offer me nearly everything I need for debugging and to solve problems with CSS. However, there is one spot where those tools fall short: Cookies.
You can see the cookies and modify them. But in comparison to the other parts it feels clumsy and complicated.
The 10th edition of the NDC (Norwegian Developers Conference) in Oslo was the best I ever attended. Kjersti and her team made everyone welcome and created a friendly and familiarly atmosphere. This is no easy task, especially not with 2000 attendees. But even at this size you always felt a personal touch and if you needed something, you would always find one of the organizers.
Between the talks you had enough time to meet with old friends and make new ones. Talking in person to people you know from Twitter is a great way to connect on a different level. And let's not forget the food. The NDC has plenty and if you don't like a dish, you have other offerings that should meet your taste.
There are so many podcasts for developers that it is hard to keep up. In the last few months I spent a lot of time listening to podcasts and found 3 that I must share with you.
Google Chrome lets you save your passwords in its password store. While this is a convenient function, it may not be the most trustworthy one. If you trust Google and only use one computer, this may be fine. However, should you try to move your passwords into a service like 1Password, Last Pass or the KeePass application, you will figure out a small problem: The dialog to access your passwords allows you to view only one password at a time:
After updating a simple MVC application I got this error in Visual Studio:
The type or namespace name 'Mvc' does not exist in the namespace 'System.Web' (are you missing an assembly reference?)