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Expression Trees + Generic Static Constructors
A great thing about .NET Expression Trees is you can compile them at runtime, and they’ll execute as fast as any .NET code. However, while building and compiling a tree is pretty quick, it’s best if you only need to do it once. Here's a way to do that with a generic class and static constructor.
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Concurrency, Performance, Arrays and when Dirty Writes are OK
This article will show how to increase the performance of a rather simple algorithm up to 80%, by showing how we can accept a loss in absolutely accuracy, and also taking advantage of how processors work.
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Backing up SVN to Amazon S3 in Five Easy Steps
Learn how to backup your Subversion repos to Amazon S3 using a simple batch file to automate the process on a Windows Server.
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A very simple Jasmine runner for ASP.NET Applications
I made a very simple Jasmine test runner using ASP.NET WebPages. It automatically detects and executes your specs.
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How to launch Git Extensions from Git Bash on Windows
Typically when I’m working on a piece of software, I leave an msysgit bash prompt open in the current project directory.
What I want is to be able to launch Git Extensions just like gitk, from the git bash shell. Fortunately, this is relatively simple to accomplish...
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How to help yourself when NuGet goes down
Today will be remembered as the day that NuGet.org went down and broke quite some builds. While many people would love to see the NuGet team wearing a pink sombrero, there is something to say about wearing it yourself if you did not manage to work around this. Let me explain…
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My thoughts on conducting technical interviews…
As a software consultant, I’ve both gone through and conducted a fair share of technical interviews. By conducting interviews, being interviewed and watching others interview I’ve learnt a few things myself. Below are some tips on what works and what doesn’t when interviewing software developers…
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IIS 500 errors leave clues in the log
How IIS logs can help troubleshoot 500 internal server errors.
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How to Use dhtmlxGrid with ASP.NET MVC
The tutorial explains how to use dhtmlxGrid, open source JavaScript grid component, with ASP.NET MVC. Implement an editable datagrid with sorting and filtering capabilities, bind the grid data to the database and update it on the server side when user makes changes in browser.
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Root Solution Command Prompt Access in Visual Studio
Load your msysgit-integrated command prompt within your root solution directory via external tool and keystroke on demand. No more keeping the additional command prompt open for repetitive commits during development.
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8 Most Popular jQuery Plugins of January 2012
Last month developers were busy with jQuery and it is time to go through some of the most popular jQuery plugins they created in January 2012.
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Going Faster: Sexy numbers and full post-mortem
In a followup to my article on how not to suck at serving web content, I go over what we did to improve page performance at DotNetKicks and why it worked. Read the first post if you haven't already: http://blogs.dotnetkicks.com/dnk-jump-in/2011/12/21/going-faster-how-not-to-suck-at-serving-web-conte...
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Using Git with Subversion
Do you love Git? Are you working on a project that’s using Subversion? Well, did you know that Git actually integrates quite nicely with Subversion right out of the box? I’ll show you what you need to know to get started with Git and Subversion, and I’ll show you the workflow I use for keeping my...
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.Net's Sort Is Not Secure. Don't Use It. Here's a better one.
.Net's Array.Sort (up to at least version 4.0) has serious weaknesses
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Crystal Reports error in .NET 4.0
Shows how to fix a strange error when using Crystal Reports in .NET 4.0 with an ADO.NET data source