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What Gives? Microsofts Code Generation Tool

Wed, 19 Nov 2008 01:31:12 GMT

In a world of Microsoft and third party applications, out comes t4. t4 is a code generation tool that can compete with CodeSmith, but its FREE and built right into Visual Studio. It has been years since the first edition with very little publication of the actual application. t4 is a free code generation engine from Microsoft that underpins the Domain Specific Languages and Software Factory toolkits.

Episode 23: Phil Haack on the ASP.NET MVC Beta Release (part 1)

Tue, 28 Oct 2008 20:16:12 GMT

Phil haack interviewed about ASP.NET MVC Beta 1, answering questions like: will it make it this solar year? what's about components? And more...

Speed up Visual Studio 2005

Thu, 11 Oct 2007 20:46:12 GMT

Nice tricks to speed up Visual Studio 2005

Argotic Syndication Framework 2007.2 Released

Fri, 12 Oct 2007 10:16:02 GMT

The Argotic Syndication Framework is a Microsoft .NET class library framework that enables developers to easily consume and generate web content syndication services from within their own applications. The latest release now includes ASP.NET controls to make it easier than ever to serve syndicated content in your ASP.NET applications.

Creating a Vista like Search Box

Tue, 02 Oct 2007 23:01:02 GMT

In this post we are going to go over what it takes to create a control, and more specifically a Vista Search Box like control.

Silverlight is Here: But Who Should Really Care About It?

Sat, 15 Sep 2007 14:46:01 GMT

In this short writeup Dino Esposito introduces Silverlight, the new Microsoft platform for creating RIAs.

Essential resources for all .net developers

Fri, 09 Mar 2007 12:46:02 GMT

Lots of useful resources for .net developers

Integrating Google Maps with your App!

Fri, 09 Mar 2007 14:16:01 GMT

How to integrate Google Maps and get the lat/long of an address.

WPF 2D Physics

Fri, 09 Mar 2007 07:31:02 GMT

Harnessing a C++ 3D physics engine for 2D physics in WPF.

.NET samples

Sun, 04 Mar 2007 06:01:01 GMT

Mike Woodring has an interesting collection of .Net samples covering almost everything from remoting to security.

5 podcasts that every .net developer should be listening to

Tue, 27 Feb 2007 15:46:01 GMT

A list of the best .net podcasts on the web

Types of confusion

Sat, 23 Dec 2006 15:01:01 GMT

When I began programming in my early teens, I was very excited to learn about programming and also excited to become a "real" programmer. I remember picking up a book from the library that purported to teach what real programmers were like. I absorbed the material and enjoyed every page. I can only remember a handful of things from that book which I now realize was not very serious material, but I do remember one quote: "Strong typing is for people with weak minds." I thought to myself, "I don't want to have a weak mind" and I didn't want people to think that I have a weak mind so I thought that I should definitely not embrace strong typing. But what was "strong typing" anyway, I wondered. After much reflection on my (brief) programming experience, I decided that strong typing was using the keyboard a lot. So I decided that people with weak minds wrote overly verbose code. I then applied my new found principle.

Using the Ping class

Tue, 12 Dec 2006 18:01:02 GMT

I've written a very small and easy to use method that returns the ping time of a given URL

MSDN is jealous of developers

Mon, 11 Dec 2006 07:31:02 GMT

was reading some stuff on MSDN and when my mouse accidentally hit the top bar of the article and I found this....

113 Professional Looking 10x10 Icons

Sun, 10 Dec 2006 18:01:02 GMT

"Here are 113 10x10 greyscale icons in .gif format to fill up your stocking with - the next instalment of my mini icon collection, which has been steadily growing over the last year."

Wonders of Immediate Window

Wed, 06 Dec 2006 04:31:02 GMT

An article showing how far you can go with the Immediate Window

Run ASP.NET applications on Ubuntu

Wed, 06 Dec 2006 10:31:05 GMT

The ASP.NET development environment on Ubuntu Linux is called XSP. This is a simple webserver written in C# that can be used for either ASP.NET 1.0 or 2.0 applications. You can install both environments side by side if need be.

Submit and get code snippets for Visual Studio

Thu, 16 Nov 2006 03:01:01 GMT

An interesting source of code snippets for Visual Studio. When you download the code snippets, it generates a visual studio community content installer witch is very quick to install.

patterns & practices Guidance Explorer

Fri, 17 Nov 2006 04:31:02 GMT

patterns & practices Guidance Explorer is a tool that enables discovery, composition and consumption of high quality development guidance.

Software Development Top 30 Mistakes

Sun, 12 Nov 2006 22:31:02 GMT

I have been developing software and web applications for nearly 11 years now. Software development has come along way since the days of Binary, Cobol, etc. What still fascinates me however about software development however is the same mistakes made before, are still made today.

10 Great Free Tools for ASP.NET Developers

Sat, 11 Nov 2006 15:01:01 GMT

Ten of the most useful free tools for ASP.NET developers

Top .NET Blogs

Fri, 10 Nov 2006 12:01:01 GMT

A list of top .Net blogs.

Tip For Working With ASP.NET Web Projects

Thu, 09 Nov 2006 16:31:01 GMT

A simple tip showing that you don't need to always use Visual Studio to test your sites.

Using Active Directory for Authentication and Authorization in ASP.NET

Wed, 08 Nov 2006 13:31:01 GMT

How to use Active Directory as your data store for authentication and authorization information in ASP.NET 2.0 applications.

.NET Framework 3.0 Is Out the Door!

Tue, 07 Nov 2006 03:01:04 GMT

Microsoft officially released .NET 3.0