Articles filed in category 'Third-Party Tools'

Create Your Own SQL Compare Utility Using GetSchema()

By: Paul Sheriff

Last updated: Friday, February 24, 2023

Published in: CODE Magazine: 2023 - March/April

Learn how to use the GetSchema() method on the DbConnection class to retrieve tables, views, columns, index, stored procedures, and more from any database system. Create an instance of the SqlConnection or OracleConnection, or your own provider's implementation of the DbConnection class, and pass a valid connection string to the constructor to use the GetSchema() method.

• Data
• Data Warehousing
• Database
• SQL Compare
• SQL Server
• SQL Server 2016
• Stored Procedures
• Third-Party Tools

From MSTest to xUnit, Visual Studio, MSBuild, and TFS Integration

By: Punit Ganshani

Last updated: Monday, June 28, 2021

Published in: CODE Magazine: 2016 - January/February

Punit explores the necessary detail of testing and a useful collection of tools that you can employ. His advice ensures not only that your code runs as designed, but that the testing process is as painless as possible.

• Agile Development
• Techniques
• Testing and Quality Control
• TFS
• Third-Party Tools
• xUnit

Building a Weather App using OpenWeatherMap and AFNetworking

By: Jason Bender

Last updated: Wednesday, June 30, 2021

Published in: CODE Magazine: 2015 - November/December

Take a look at third-party applications and code before sitting down to develop because the tools you need to build your masterpiece might already be available. Jason shows us some clever shortcuts as he builds a weather app.

• Best Practices
• IOS
• Mobile Development
• Open Source
• Third-Party Tools
• Tips