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Linq Framework Design Guidelines - evolve into optimized frameworks

Wed, 30 Jul 2008 16:08:03 GMT

This is from the team that brought you 'Framework Design Guidelines' led by Krzysztof Cwalina, an individual we are not shy to recognize as an amazing mind. Look for this content (as shared here from their internal work) in the next of the book For example : defer execution of query operator implementations. The expected behavior of most of the Query Pattern members is that they simply construct a new object which, upon enumeration, produces the elements of the set which match the query. The evaluation time is, then, at enumeration.

Quick and dirty reporting with the Google Chart API

Fri, 09 May 2008 14:01:02 GMT

A quick example of how to quickly create a graphical report using the Google chart API, and driven off of your database.

GDI+ painting basics

Wed, 16 Apr 2008 18:21:20 GMT

The core of GDI+ is the Graphics class which draws all the needed lines, curves, shapes, text and images. The Graphics class encapsulates a GDI+ drawing surface, which can be a window or print document. You paint on this drawing surface using a combination of the methods the Graphics class provides.

GDI+ Windows rendering API

Sun, 06 Apr 2008 17:24:15 GMT

Microsoft GDI+ is a part of Windows XP/Server 2003 operating system that provides 2D vector-based graphics, imaging and typography. GDI+ is an improved version of the old GDI (Graphics Device Interface), which is part of previous Windows versions. The GDI+ programming model has been revised to make graphics programming easier and more flexible.

FriendFeed API now available!

Wed, 26 Mar 2008 07:02:47 GMT

"All requests to the FriendFeed API are simple HTTP GET and POST requests. For example, you can fetch the JSON version of the most recent 30 public entries published to FriendFeed by fetching http://friendfeed.com/api/feed/public. All of the API requests that output feeds are available in four formats: JSON, a simple form of XML, RSS 2.0, and Atom 1.0. JSON is the default output format. "

Add System Menu Items to a Form using Windows API

Wed, 05 Mar 2008 01:43:07 GMT

This is something I used to have a code snippet for in VB6, but I haven't needed to do this in a while so I never wrote up an example in .NET. So, here's the simple code necessary to add some custom menu items to your applications System Menu. If you're not familiar, the System Menu is the menu that shows up if you click on the apps icon in the upper left or if you right click the app in the taskbar.

New and Updated Live API's for Web Developers

Mon, 03 Mar 2008 23:16:02 GMT

A series of new or updated API's that developers can use for building web applications are available from the Windows Live Dev site. The new services and API's are listed below. Go to Dave Treadwell's post to read about them in more detail.

Google Chart C# API

Mon, 04 Feb 2008 18:01:03 GMT

Simple example of using the excellent Google Chart C# API Wrapper, includes code for using on a WinForm app.

Using the Flickr.net Api on a medium trust server

Mon, 31 Dec 2007 14:01:18 GMT

I noticed a lot of people are having trouble running the Flickr.net Api from Codeplex on a medium trust host. Here's the answer

Querying YouTube using C# and Google Data Client Libraries

Sat, 22 Dec 2007 14:16:02 GMT

Querying YouTube using C# and Google Data Client Libraries with example code to download.

Another Asp.Net Control for Google Charts

Sun, 09 Dec 2007 08:45:53 GMT

I realize that I am not the first or only one to get the idea to create a Google chart Asp.Net control, but since my approach is so different, I figured I would go ahead and submit my own. Plus, this has many more features.

Google Charts API: an ASP.NET 2.0 Server Control

Sat, 08 Dec 2007 15:46:03 GMT

I decided to code up a small ASP.NET Server Control that uses the Google Chart API to put simple line graph charts on a page. This control exposes a subset of the Google Chart API to create Line Graph charts.

Windows Live API Poster

Fri, 07 Dec 2007 17:31:39 GMT

Windows Live API Poster

Free Google Charts API Released

Fri, 07 Dec 2007 12:46:05 GMT

I'm not sure if this is .NET related enough, but it's got the potential to be very useful for any web development. You just pass the data and chart parameters on the QueryString and it returns a PNG with your chart. Pretty nifty.

More Facebook Application Development Tips

Wed, 10 Oct 2007 13:14:45 GMT

When making service calls in Facebook.NET, leave the "field" specification null, Get a Facebook Application Test Account, Improve Response Time with Facebook Modal Dialogs by 99%, Experiment with Facebook JavaScript (FBJS), and Create "Debugging" and "Live" Versions of your Application.

How To: eBay API (German)

Thu, 07 Jun 2007 03:56:45 GMT

A simple description how to use the eBay API. In dt.: Eine einfache Beschreibung wie man mit der eBay API arbeitet. Es gibt noch weitere 2 Teile, welche jeweils eine eBay Anfrage beschreiben.

Avoid Using a Database as an API Integration Point

Wed, 25 Apr 2007 23:46:01 GMT

Haacked discusses why using the Database as an Integration point is generally a bad practice, and even gives a real world example from the OSS community.

C# Latitude and Longitude Class using Google Maps API

Tue, 13 Mar 2007 09:46:01 GMT

Retrieve the Latitude and Longtitude of any addresses in the United States, Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Spain and Japan with this class. Its easy, just call one static method and get the latitude and longitude ...

Google Apps API released

Tue, 27 Feb 2007 12:46:01 GMT

Google Apps and its APIs open up a wide variety of new opportunities to integrate and extend Google's communication and collaboration services. Domain adminstrators can use the APIs to migrate from and integrate with existing IT infrastructure. Application developers can use the APIs to extend Google's growing offering of services.

YouTube.NET API

Mon, 19 Feb 2007 13:31:01 GMT

A .NET component for interfacing with YouTube's API.

YouTube.NET API

Mon, 19 Feb 2007 13:31:01 GMT

A .NET component for interfacing with YouTube's API.

Word 2007, Metaweblog API and newMediaObject

Sat, 06 Jan 2007 08:05:37 GMT

Word 2007 implements the Metaweblog API but has a small quirk. This article investigates how to work around it if implementing the API yourself.

Windows Vista - Registry programming tip: RegDeleteTree

Sat, 16 Dec 2006 05:56:57 GMT

How to delete a whole subtree in the registry (using a new vista api)

Introduction to C#, starting an object model for the Digg API

Thu, 16 Nov 2006 10:55:20 GMT

This attempts to serve as an introduction to C# from an object-oriented perspective, using Digg's API as an example.

Introduction to C# using Digg's API as an example

Thu, 16 Nov 2006 10:52:33 GMT

This is an introduction to C#, using Digg's API as an example. Digg's very popular, so hopefully this will give anyone who reads it, and is interested in C# but a beginner, something to relate to in which they're interested.