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In praise of Beyond Compare

It's a shame that Beyond Compare isn't listed in more "favorite tool" lists. This amazing little folder and file differencing tool has earned its spot in my core toolset a dozen times over. Here's a screenshot of it in action: I'

By Jeff Atwood ·
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Search: If It Isn't Incremental, It's Excremental

After I discovered the CTRL+I incremental search function in Visual Studio [http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/f27e8wzh], I never used the standard find dialog again. Incremental search is so good that it makes traditional search dialogs completely obsolete. If you think that's hyperbole, consider that Chris

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