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250+ .NET Interview FAQ's for Developers

Fri, 29 Aug 2008 16:16:11 GMT

A comprehensive list of 'good' ASP.NET AJAX, ASP.NET and .NET Framework questions for beginners and experienced people. Also a good read for people who want to refresh their memory with .NET concepts or take interviews on a regular basis.

Top 10 Things That Annoy Programmers

Thu, 28 Aug 2008 20:46:03 GMT

Programmers all have their personal pet peeves. Whether it's scope creep, Hungarian notation, or smelly coworkers, there are certain nuisances that we must put up with in our line of work. The following is a list of the top 10 things that annoy programmers, compiled from the results of my recent question on StackOverflow along with some of my own experiences as a programmer:

Completely free PDF .NET library written in C#

Wed, 09 Jan 2008 14:16:02 GMT

Want to add PDF support to your .NET project. Try this. Open Source library to create/edit PDF files. With unrestricted license to change, sell, sublicense.

Dynamic LINQ (Part 1: Using the LINQ Dynamic Query Library)

Tue, 08 Jan 2008 15:46:03 GMT

While writing type-safe queries is great for most scenarios, there are cases where you want the flexibility to dynamically construct queries on the fly. For example: you might want to provide business intelligence UI within your application that allows an end-user business analyst to use drop-downs to build and express their own custom queries/views on top of data.

How to Open Containing Explorer Folder in Visual Studio

Tue, 08 Jan 2008 04:13:06 GMT

The command File.OpenContainingFolder allows you to create a shortcut to open the containing explorer folder for the current item in the editor. Works with Visual Studio 2005 and 2008.

Automated GUI testing - Is it worth it?

Thu, 03 Jan 2008 20:21:29 GMT

Unit tests no. Acceptance and Integration testing yes with great success.

Visual Studio 2008 / .NET Framework 3.5 Certification

Tue, 01 Jan 2008 14:32:23 GMT

Join the Microsoft Certification team to find out what is new, and what you need to know, for your next step in developer certification. In this meeting, we will introduce our plans for Visual Studio 2008 training and certification, review the Visual Studio 2005 certifications, and have plenty of time to answer questions about your individual path or scenario.

640K Is Enough For Anyone, 64 Cores is Enough For Anyone,

Fri, 28 Dec 2007 16:34:00 GMT

640K Is Enough For Anyone It is déjà vu all over again, someone decided that 64 cores is enough for everyone

Using Google Analytics with rich (managed) web applications in Silverl

Mon, 01 Oct 2007 17:01:02 GMT

Microsoft Silverlight 1.1 and the HTML DOM bridge can easily interface with Google Analytics to help you analyze, track, and better understand your web site visitors. Already a common activity for Flash and Flex developers, the concept of tracking within a rich web application may be new to traditional client application developers, and probably not something done with common WPF applications, but it's simple to add and very useful to advertisers.

StringBuilder is not always faster - Part 2

Tue, 02 Oct 2007 01:16:03 GMT

n a previous article ("StringBuilder is not always faster), I provided some quick benchmark data and gave "rules of thumb" for when to use StringBuilder and when to use traditional string concatenations. In this follow-up article, I will attempt to provide a more detailed analysis.

Effective user interface testing

Tue, 02 Oct 2007 17:46:02 GMT

User interface tests are a bit tricky - it is easy to get carried away and waste quite a lot of time, without getting any real benefits. However, if planned properly, automated UI tests can have a great effect on the project. Here are a few tips on how to make the most of automated user-interface tests.

The Power of the Predicate<T>

Thu, 20 Sep 2007 07:16:02 GMT

The very flexible generic collection List<T> contains several methods that take a predicate as it's parameter. Coupled with Anonymous Methods this provides powerfully concise code for filtering, searching and sorting your collections.

StringBuilder is not always faster

Tue, 18 Sep 2007 05:01:02 GMT

Here is something you may not know about string concatenation: StringBuilder is not always faster.