Re: Training/Mentoring a developer who doesn't seem to use many modern development productivity tools

2016-07-19 Thread Wallace Turner
>>Yeah I reckon I must be bombarding her - I'll ease up a bit. I don't know all the details but someone (especially as a programmer) should know their own shortcomings (eg, oh i can't believe i was doing it that way!) and be doing everything possible to get up to speed otherwise I would question t

Re: Training/Mentoring a developer who doesn't seem to use many modern development productivity tools

2016-07-19 Thread Preet Sangha
Thankyou. I'm giving her the benefit of the doubt for the time being. But I'll take your advice for my self too. Funny I can't recall the last time I used a toolbar in vs but for some reason I've never switched them off. On 19/07/2016 7:10 pm, "Wallace Turner" wrote: > > > >>Yeah I reckon I mu

Re: Training/Mentoring a developer who doesn't seem to use many modern development productivity tools

2016-07-19 Thread Tom Rutter
I must be the only one that uses the toolbars still. Never used resharper either. I may be missing out On Tuesday, 19 July 2016, Preet Sangha wrote: > Thankyou. I'm giving her the benefit of the doubt for the time being. > But I'll take your advice for my self too. Funny I can't recall the last

Re: Training/Mentoring a developer who doesn't seem to use many modern development productivity tools

2016-07-19 Thread David Rhys Jones
In the last few contracts that I have done, they all used resharper, and in this current one they don't. The only thing that I am missing is the rename function, it's much harder to use the stock visual studio one. Codemaid has become my favorite productivity tool, if you can convince your team t

Re: Training/Mentoring a developer who doesn't seem to use many modern development productivity tools

2016-07-19 Thread Stephen Price
Not really much to add, but I do acknowledge you for taking an interest in your teams skill development. Its a rare trait. Sure you have a self interest in productivity, nothing wrong with that. Unfortunately theres a saying, you can lead a horse to water but you can't make it drink. Keep encou

Re: Training/Mentoring a developer who doesn't seem to use many modern development productivity tools

2016-07-19 Thread Tony Wright
In the early days of ReSharper there seemed to be a lot of benefit out of using it, but the pain was increased instability when it was added to Visual Studio - it used to crash Visual Studio frequently. Nowadays, it does seem to be more stable, but with much less benefit. Many of the more commonly

Re: Training/Mentoring a developer who doesn't seem to use many modern development productivity tools

2016-07-19 Thread DotNet Dude
You hit the nail on the head mate On Wednesday, 20 July 2016, Tony Wright wrote: > In the early days of ReSharper there seemed to be a lot of benefit out of > using it, but the pain was increased instability when it was added to > Visual Studio - it used to crash Visual Studio frequently. Nowada