Practical Programming Pearls For .NET Developers
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Documents
Name Version Type Date Size Description
Design Guidelines 2.8 DOC 02/04/2007 774 KB My personal guidelines for .NET development. Derived from Microsoft's own guidelines, Effective C# and other guidelines.
Documentation Guidelines 2.5 DOC 02/04/2007 249 KB My personal guidelines for documenting .NET code.

Kraken
Name Version Type Date Size Description
v3.0.0
Kraken Setup 3.0.0 MSI 12/13/2007 436 KB The Kraken library for .NET v3.5. It will be installed into the GAC.
Kraken SDK 3.0.0 MSI 12/13/2007 5.34 MB The Kraken library SDK for .NET v3.5. Requires the Kraken library. Adds debugging and documentation files for Visual Studio 2005 and Visual Studio 2008.
Release Notes 3.0.0 HTM 12/13/2007 26 KB Release notes.
Kraken Help 3.0.0 ZIP 12/13/2007 4.4 MB The Kraken documentation as a standalone CHM file.
v2.3.0
Kraken Setup 2.3.0 MSI 12/13/2007 443 KB The Kraken library for .NET v2.0. It will be installed into the GAC.
Kraken SDK 2.3.0 MSI 12/13/2007 5.92 MB The Kraken library SDK for .NET v2.0. Requires the Kraken library. Adds debugging and documentation files for Visual Studio 2005 and Visual Studio 2008.
Release Notes 2.3.0 HTM 12/13/2007 26 KB Release notes.
Kraken Help 2.3.0 ZIP 12/13/2007 4.92 MB The Kraken documentation as a standalone CHM file.
v2.2.0
Kraken Setup 2.2.0 MSI 03/18/2007 412 KB The Kraken library. It will be installed into the GAC.
Kraken SDK 2.2.0 MSI 03/18/2007 4.78 MB The Kraken library SDK. Requires the Kraken library. Adds debugging and documentation files for Visual Studio 2005.
Release Notes 2.2.0 HTM 03/18/2007 5 KB Release notes.
Kraken Help 2.2.0 ZIP 04/30/2007 3.8 MB The Kraken documentation as a standalone CHM file.
v2.1.1
Kraken Setup (Older) 2.1.1 MSI 01/25/2007 401 KB The Kraken library. It will be installed into the GAC.
Kraken SDK (Older) 2.1.1 MSI 01/25/2007 2.37 MB The Kraken library SDK. Requires the Kraken library. Adds debugging and documentation files for Visual Studio 2005.

Tools
Name Version Type Date Size Description
Build Ver 4.1.0.0 ZIP 01/25/2007 221 KB A tool to auto-generate an unmanaged VERSIONINFO resource for Win32 applications or a .NET assembly version file.  This tool is used in automated builds to create incremental build numbers.  Source code is included.
Create Guid 1.0.0.0 ZIP 01/25/2007 20 KB Similar to the GuidGen tool in Visual Studio, this tool provides an additional option to create a GUID formatted as a GuidAttribute value.  Source code is included.
Pretty Print XML 1.0.0.2 ZIP 01/25/2007 9 KB Takes an XML file and indents and formats it so it is easier to read.  It can handle any size XML file as it streams the data across.  Useful for converting XML files written on a single line (aka C++) to a more readable (and larger) IE-style display.  Source code is included.
Split File 1.0.0.1 ZIP 04/29/2007 214KB Splits arbitrarily large files into smaller files.  Includes simple tool to join the files back together without requiring external programs or installation.  Source code is included.