Locate Dll deployed through sharepoint solution in GAC

A sharepoint solution can have dll files which can either be deployed to the bin folder of IIS web site or to GAC.

Sharepoint 2013 solution dlls deployed to GAC can be found at “c:\windows\microsoft.net\assembly\GAC_MSIL” if dll build platform is Any CPU
and at “c:\windows\microsoft.net\assembly\GAC_64” if dll build platform is 64 bit

More information can be found at http://www.ashokraja.me/post/Locating-custom-assemblies-built-for-SharePoint-2013-in-GAC.aspx

Database schema reader

Very often we need to read information about database schema such as column data type, table names, and convert them to poco classes.

The library available at http://dbschemareader.codeplex.com/ has many of the most commonly used features for such a purpose, this can reduce coding efforts to generate poco classess for EF. It can also be customized to a new data access layer in our project.


Also, there is a utility available on codeproject to view database schema in windows application at http://www.codeproject.com/Articles/23053/View-Database-Structure-Using-C