Welcome!

Check it out, I've got a new blog...
Oh but that's right, you don't even know me... Let's start again.

So... Introductions..

My name is Rory Becker. I'm a .Net developer based out of Poole in the Uk.

For the last few years I've been a member of 'DX-Squad' - "A volunteer group of advanced users supporting DevExpress' tools/component technologies and development community".This means I spent a bunch of time hanging out in the IDE Tools Forums and on Twitter, trying to help people make the most of DevExpress' IDE Tools. (CodeRush, CodeRush Xpress, RefactorPro and the DXCore). I also founded the 'CodeRush and DXCore Community Plugins' site on which you will find a bunch of 3rd party, completely open source plugins for CodeRush (Pro and Xpress). I was even involved in writing some of them.

Just recently, my luck took a serious turn for the better, when I had the amazing good fortune to get hired by DevExpress as a 'CodeRush Community Evangelist'. Now that does sound impressive doesn't it.

Some of you might already be familiar with my personal blog, but now I have this nice shiny new space to play in, my posts are going to look so much more professional. Well that's the plan at least.

So 'What can we expect from this new blog?', I hear you say.

'Good question', says I.

Honestly I'm not entirely sure, but I think it's a fairly safe bet that we'll see some CodeRush, some Refactoring and no doubt some DXCore plugins from time to time.

I want to help you get the most out of our IDE products. I'm going do Videos, Tutorials, Hints and Tips....Did I mention plugins? :).

I'll still be hanging out in the forums and on Twitter, happy to answer questions when I can, and pass them on to the real experts when needed. You can even reach me via my ever-so-shiny-and-new email address (roryb@devexpress.com)

As I said, this is all very new, and I'm not entirely certain what this will evolve into, but do I hope you'll join me in finding out :)

Let's explore the world of CodeRush together, and become more productive in the process.

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