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Visual Studio 2008 Service Pack 1

Mon, 11 Aug 2008 16:16:07 GMT

It's finally here! I haven't seen an official announcement yet, but I did a search for "Visual Studio 2008 Service Pack 1" on Microsoft's Download Center and found the following downloads added today: Microsoft Visual Studio 2008 Service Pack 1 (exe) http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=fbee1648-7106-44a7-9649-6d9f6d58056e&DisplayLang=en Microsoft Visual Studio 2008 Service Pack 1 (iso) http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=27673c47-b3b5-4c67-bd99-84e525b5ce61&DisplayLang=en

Link blogs. do yourself a favor

Sun, 10 Aug 2008 21:31:02 GMT

I'm currently subscribed to 110 feeds and everyday the number of unread posts is going up. It seems like i just can't catch up anymore. Of all those unread posts, a lot will be very interesting, but there will also be quite a few that won't interest me that much. So i'm going to cut back on the number of feeds i'm subscribed to, and i'm going to rely on some fantastic links blogs to point me to the best posts.

What's up with SQL Server 2008 Express editions

Sat, 09 Aug 2008 11:46:02 GMT

Microsoft has announced the release of SQL Server 2008 and that means it time for another post about SQL Server Express. The press release indicated that SQL Express is already available, but those of you who have followed the link have found that it is not actually there. Nothing to worry about, has a dependency on the .NET Framework 3.5 SP1 and we need to coordinate the release to the web for both of these which will take a few more days. I'll blog about it when we release it and you can watch the Express web site for updates; when we release it, it will be available from that site. There will be three editions of SQL Express, each one adding to the functionality of the previous one; you simply pick the edition that includes the set of functionality you need and install it. The information I posted about SQL Express RC0 is still valid, but I'm reproducing the feature comparison table here to include the third edition:

Unused code is the worst of the 7 Wastes of Software

Thu, 07 Aug 2008 15:14:07 GMT

Today I was having another round of conversations with a buddy of mine about the concept of waste and unused code. In agile there is a concept called YAGNI (You Ain't Gonna Need It) that basically states that you should not add code that is not immediately needed as it is waste.

Visual Studio Theme Generator

Thu, 07 Aug 2008 13:16:02 GMT

A fun little ASP.NET MVC Application I wrote to generate Visual Studio themes based off of 3 given colors. I have always felt that selecting every color to make a decent theme is way too repetitive. This web application automatically chooses complements / contrasts based off your initial color selections (and uses jQuery to let you preview your theme before creating). Check it out and let me know what you think.

C# Search: The .NET Developer's Search Engine

Thu, 07 Aug 2008 09:31:14 GMT

C# Search is a new .NET search site, powered by Google, which allows developers to further refine their search on anything related to .NET.

Animated Collapsible/Expandable BlogEngine.NET Widgets

Wed, 06 Aug 2008 20:01:03 GMT

A sample solution for Animated Collapsible or Expandable Widgets in BlogEngine.NET

Wild Nature - Wild, wild BlogEngine.NET theme

Tue, 05 Aug 2008 16:16:02 GMT

If you have wild spirit and you like nature then this might be a right theme for your blog. Wild Nature reflects pure, untouched nature washed in rain. Shades of green dominate the theme, but a touch of yellow and light brown make it looks more live. Take a look at the screenshots and download it for your blog.

How to migrate dasBlog to BlogEngine.NET

Mon, 04 Aug 2008 17:46:04 GMT

Reasons and migration steps from dasBlog (old and handy) to BlogEngine.NET (new and shiny)

BlogEngine.NET 1.4.5 Upgrade Guide

Mon, 04 Aug 2008 15:31:03 GMT

Al Nyveldt: BlogEngine.NET 1.4.5 Upgrade Guide

IntelliSense for Expression Blend

Mon, 04 Aug 2008 13:16:05 GMT

An add-in for Expression Blend 2.5 that adds IntelliSense for editing of XAML files.

Collapsible Widgets Extension

Mon, 04 Aug 2008 07:01:47 GMT

Allow your widgets to be collapsed and expanded

Are You A Good Developer?

Mon, 04 Aug 2008 16:16:02 GMT

'Good' means having qualities that are desirable and distinguishing. From a developer's perspective, these qualities are both technical as well as non-technical. Here are some qualities that a developer should possess if he/she aims at becoming a 'good' developer.

Shelfari Widget for BlogEngine.NET

Mon, 04 Aug 2008 06:45:23 GMT

Add a Shelfari Widget to your BlogEngine.NET blog to show off your books.

BreakPost-Extension breaks XHTML-Validation

Sun, 03 Aug 2008 21:53:40 GMT

The BreakPost-Extension delivered with BlogEngine.NET 1.4.5 is causing some XHTML validation errors because it doesn't close the last <p>-Tag. This posting gives a small description to avoid this error.

5 Ways to Know If Your Software Sucks

Fri, 01 Aug 2008 17:18:18 GMT

Learn why software sucks from .NET professor David Platt. David's colorful and thought-provoking insights will have you looking at your applications with a new perspective.

BlogEngine.net 1.4.5 released.

Fri, 01 Aug 2008 15:13:53 GMT

Only a month after 1.4 was released, we are making an update. Today, we have published BlogEngine.NET 1.4.5 which has a bunch of fixes, improvements, and new features. If the fixes and performance improvements aren't enough to get you to upgrade maybe some of these features we'll encourage you.

Outlook Programming: how to find the parent message for a reply or...

Fri, 01 Aug 2008 10:22:16 GMT

I'm currently involved in developing Outlook add-in. During that I've faced the problem how to find the parent message for a reply or forward message. The idea is that all messages in a conversation have the same ConversationTopic value, while the ConversationIndex is increased by 5 bytes with each change.

Software I can't work without

Fri, 01 Aug 2008 14:46:10 GMT

I'm about to configure a new development machine this week. It's going to be my 3rd install from scratch in the last 12 months, which I know is not all that much, but certainly more than I wish I had to.

BlogEngine.NET 1.4.5 released

Thu, 31 Jul 2008 23:42:16 GMT

BlogEngine.NET 1.4.5 released.

How not to cache a page output in ASP.NET

Thu, 31 Jul 2008 17:58:47 GMT

Sometime you have requirement like the page should never be cached. Every time user request a particular url it should give you fresh version of the page or file. To achieve this simply added Location="None" to the OutputCache directives.

Advanced Usages of LinqPad

Thu, 31 Jul 2008 14:01:02 GMT

A short screencast that will walk you though how to use some of the advanced features of LinqPad.

Using CSS to Do Anything: 50+ Creative Examples and Tutorials

Wed, 30 Jul 2008 12:31:03 GMT

"CSS can powerfully open the doors to a lot of rich and unique techniques. Today we are presenting a round-up of CSS coding, creative approaches and techniques."

Enhance your input fields with simple CSS tricks

Mon, 28 Jul 2008 22:16:02 GMT

We're all trying to build an effective and good looking web forms. But there are always a new challenges. If you read my previous articles on how to build a better web forms, you could have noticed there are so many details about it. This article will show you how you can make a usual, boring web forms more effective and exciting with just a few simple CSS tricks.

Simple BlogEngine.NET Download Counter Extension

Sun, 27 Jul 2008 15:30:01 GMT

A great download counter extension for BlogEngine.NET