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Visual Studio 2010 and .NET Framework 4.0

Fri, 10 Oct 2008 13:01:10 GMT

On Sept. 29, 2008, Microsoft announced the next generations of Visual Studio and .NET Framework. Visual Studio 2010 and .NET 4.0 are meant to simplify application's life-cycle management by make it easier for all contributors of the software team (core programmers, UI designers, testers and project managers), to participate throughout the life-cycle.

Using tuples in C# functions and dictionaries

Tue, 30 Sep 2008 17:46:05 GMT

Using tuples (just like tuples in F#) can improve your C# code and reduce number of classes and code-lines you write for some common mundane tasks. Code snippets are attached

Dynamite: High Performace Dynamic Sorting Using Expressions

Sun, 28 Sep 2008 13:45:37 GMT

Easy-to-use and high performance dynamic sorting library with support for most type of sequences, multiple fields, nested properties and SQL-like syntax, developed using System.Linq.Expression classes. Also discusses performance issues with sorting and how to improve performance of sorting in Windows Presentation Foundation collection views.

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Wed, 24 Sep 2008 23:08:21 GMT

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Some performance issues and caveats of LINQ

Wed, 24 Sep 2008 20:32:15 GMT

Linq to collections generally performs worse, than the hard-coded approach. In the high-stress scenarios (i.e.: in heavy math calculations) improper Linq usage could become a problem. Let's write a couple of micro-benchmarks and compare the performance of hand-written loops with the Linq.

Some tips on writing event handling code in C# .NET

Tue, 23 Sep 2008 13:38:39 GMT

You can drop a lot of repetitive code in C# event declaration and raising (including some EventArgs declarations, defining custom delegates, checking for nulls) if you follow these tips.

BFG: DSL configuration syntax for Autofac IoC Container

Mon, 22 Sep 2008 19:32:57 GMT

This might be interesting for people that use popular IoC container for .NET - Autofac. Now it is possible to configure this container with the custom DSL syntax that is more flexible and efficient than plain XML configuration.

Implementing Exception Handling Application Block with Photon.NET

Thu, 18 Sep 2008 03:36:53 GMT

Let's implement lightweight EntLib Exception Handling with the Autofac IoC and Boo DSL

nAML: A New Revolutionary Way to Model Your .NET Applications!

Fri, 12 Sep 2008 14:42:29 GMT

Having an easy to understand visual notation, not only helps architects to model the system efficiently, but also helps developers to quickly implement that, as well as it helps the re-engineering process to easily adopt the architectural model with respect to new requirement. nAML illustrates real world samples, from user interface experience, .NET specific language (such as C#) classes to database level SQL commands, to let software architects and developers to have a clean model for the future system. One of it's the most powerful objectives of this new visual language is the besides an easy way to model the system, the target model will require near to zero knowledge on notation semantics from reader aspect.

How to Create a Gantt Control in WPF

Tue, 09 Sep 2008 11:41:48 GMT

Describes the first baby step towards creating a Gantt Control in WPF. That is, creating a new WPF panel that allows controls to be laid out by date.

How to iterate thought all properties of a class

Sun, 07 Sep 2008 18:30:52 GMT

The purpose of this article is to describe some of the practical uses of the Reflection.

ASP.NET - Connecting asp.net to mysql database

Sat, 30 Aug 2008 22:16:52 GMT

This article wil tell you how to create a database in mysql and how to connect that database to an ASP.NET application. :)

30 Common String Operations in C# and VB.NET - Part II

Wed, 27 Aug 2008 08:01:02 GMT

In the previous article, 30 Common String Operations in C# and VB.NET - Part I, we explored 15 common String operations while working with the String class. In Part II of the article, we will continue with the series and cover 15 more.

30 Common String Operations in C# and VB.NET - Part I

Mon, 25 Aug 2008 11:01:08 GMT

This article compiles some common String operations that we encounter while working with the String class. In Part I, 15 common string operations have been covered .

what's latest in the .NET 3.5 Framework SP1

Thu, 14 Aug 2008 09:48:10 GMT

The .NET Framework 3.5 Service Pack 1 delivers more controls, a streamlined setup, improved start-up performance, and powerful latest graphics features for client development and rich data scaffolding, and other improvements for Web development.

LINQ ElementAt and ElementAtOrDefault

Wed, 13 Aug 2008 15:18:41 GMT

We can use the ElementAt extension method of LINQ to return the element at a specified index (zero based) in a sequence. However the ElementAt extension method would throw the System.ArguementOutOfRangeException when the specified index is a negative value or not less than the size of the sequence. In such a scenario, we can use the ElementAtOrDefault extenion method which would return the default value of a type instead of throwing the System.ArguementOutOfRangeException. Read this article for code example (both in C# and VB.NET) with comments

Photshop style layer blending in WPF

Tue, 12 Aug 2008 21:31:04 GMT

Pixelshader code for Photshop style layer blending in WPF.

Undocumented Linq! .NET 3.5 SP1 Gold Forgot to mention you might break

Tue, 12 Aug 2008 01:59:11 GMT

Undocumented Linq! .NET 3.5 SP1 Gold Forgot to Mention these Critical Changes that might Break your Code BREAKING CHANGE: Cast<T> Behavior Also, a new implementation recognizes queries that apply Where and/or Select to arrays or List<T> and fold pipelines of multiple enumerable objects into single specialized enumerables. According to Dinesh Kulkari at Microsoft this enhancement: "..produces substantial improvement in base overhead of common LINQ to Objects queries (at times 30+%)."

How to: Use a Dictionary to Store Event Instances (C# Programming Guid

Mon, 11 Aug 2008 09:35:51 GMT

Describes using accessor-declarations to store a number of events in a dictionary instead of allocating a variable for each event.

Reduce ASP.NET Page size and complexity using JQuery-Part 2

Wed, 06 Aug 2008 10:16:02 GMT

This is part 2 of my series for ASP.NET AJAX and JQuery comparison. You can read part 1 here. In my last 2 articles (Dynamically create ASP.NET user control using ASP.NET Ajax and Web Service and Dynamically create ASP.NET user control using JQuery and JSON enabled Ajax Web Service), I explained how to access JSON data from ASP.NET AJAX script service using ASP.NET AJAX client side framework and JQuery. In this post I will compare response/ request for these two implementations.

Convert Your VS 2008 Website to a Web Application

Mon, 04 Aug 2008 10:49:47 GMT

You can use the workaround of converting a VS 2008 website to a web app, even though the option exists only for web applications.

My Favorite .NET Link Blogs

Thu, 31 Jul 2008 23:01:09 GMT

Link blogs are one of the common types of blogs that are actually a list of links to other resources in a specific field. At first glance, it seems easy to collect some links and present them in a blog post and somehow this statement is right but there are some people who don't take it easy and put a good effort to present great link blogs.

Dynamically create ASP.NET UserControl using JQuery & Ajax Web Service

Tue, 29 Jul 2008 13:16:03 GMT

Few thing you need to consider when you are accesing ASP.NET webservice through JQuery. * Request verb Type * Content- length with IIS6+ * Default contentType * JSON object formatting * Maximum length exceed exception I am explaining these issues and workaround to make JQuery work fine with ASP.NET Ajax enabled web service.

Wave Reflection Effect

Fri, 25 Jul 2008 20:01:05 GMT

Reflection effect using Pixel Shader in WPF 3.5 Sp1

ASP.NET AJAX 4.0 Template Example

Wed, 23 Jul 2008 13:25:35 GMT

Yesterday was released the first preview of ASP.NET 4.0. Lot's of cool stuff come with this release and with this article i will try to demonstrate the use of templates. The example is available for download Let's start...