This is a sample Image Organizer application. Technologies : Sql Server CE, WPF

When doing code reviews or when working with code that was developed by someone else, once in a while I come across keywords that are rarely used. Some of them are forgotten keywords that are not considered a good practice and hence are not promoted by the community. Some of them could be handy and ...

Why you shouldn’t learn MVC Earlier today Rob Connery posted about why he thinks You Should Learn MVC. Rob is a great guy and we always have lively discussions whenever we meet at conferences. I was in the middle of writing a long comment on his blog when I decided it might be better as it’s ow...

David Hayden with some great points on the Linq to SQL announcement and some ideas on how the project could be saved.

Ayende (aka Oren) expresses disbelief at Microsoft's decision to effectively kill off LINQ to SQL.

Great post on why L2S needs to be supported by the community and why a L2S targeted at the community is a good idea.

Why software engineering is fading away.

. . . what Mindscape has done is really quite impressive. To evaluate, accept, and incorporate feedback that quickly into the product and to have the installer ready that afternoon is impressive – for anyone.

Most of the time code reviews are a meaningless ritual. Everybody pays lip service to the importance of code reviews and a lot of people, especially in the management, are convinced that code reviews very effectively reduce the number of shipped bugs. The problem is… most developers hate code revie...

I’ve been having mixed feeling for quite some time now regarding LINQ. Sure it can make working with data sources a lot easier and it can definately save a lot of code but it also has the potential of creating cryptic complex code...

We have strong opinions against stock photography for a corporate website, and went with an unconventional strategy for a software development firm. We've just revamped our website home page and wanted to invite you to visit it and let us know what you think.

The author claims that AOP-assisted Dependency Resolution, where dependencies are resolved on-demand without plumbing code and use of factories, can supersede Dependency Injection... at least in some scenarios. A refreshing view on a topic that tends to become sanctified and therefore undiscussed in...

I’ve been thinking about the state of the programmers coming into our industry recently. It seems to me that many of the college students who graduate today understand the syntax, but few know how to apply true object oriented principles to the real world.

Roger Jennings, eagle-eyed reporter of all things LINQ/ADO.NET/EF, describes why LINQ to SQL appears to be approaching legacy product status, with promised features unlikely to ever ship.