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Blog Engine.NET1.4 Released

Tue, 01 Jul 2008 17:01:03 GMT

Blog Engine.net 1.4 has been released. more...

Use jQuery and ASP.NET AJAX to build a client side Repeater

Thu, 26 Jun 2008 13:16:04 GMT

An example of one way of using ASP.NET AJAX and jQuery to implement client-side Repeater functionality. Using this technique on one of my own sites, I realized an over 400% performance gain.

IE Sends Mozilla a New Cake for Firefox 3

Wed, 18 Jun 2008 15:31:02 GMT

Sean from Microsoft came by just a few minutes ago to drop off a cake for the Internet Explorer team. As people may recall, the IE team sent Mozilla a cake after Firefox 2 shipped and it seems that they wanted to continue the tradition.

Matt Berseth: Creating Reusable JavaScript Components

Thu, 12 Jun 2008 04:15:12 GMT

Hello Sys.Component...

SubSonic 3.0: IQueryable Update

Wed, 11 Jun 2008 19:16:03 GMT

News from Rob on SubSonic: One thing I've learned is I can't stay quiet for too long on this stuff :), so here's an update on what I'm working on...

Silverlight 2 Beta2 Released

Sat, 07 Jun 2008 06:31:02 GMT

Silverlight 2 Beta2 was released today. Silverlight 2 Beta2 supports a go-live license that allows you to start using and deploying Silverlight 2 for commercial applications. There will be some API changes between Beta2 and the final release, so you should expect that applications you write with Beta2 will need to make some updates when the final release comes out. But we think that these changes will be straight-forward and relatively easy, and that you can begin planning and starting commercial projects now.

SubSonic: Using Migrations

Mon, 09 Jun 2008 17:01:02 GMT

Rob Conery has a nice post (and video!) of the new Migrations support that will be included in SubSonic 2.1 (Pakala)

Getting started with Migrator.net

Thu, 05 Jun 2008 17:57:55 GMT

"Database refactoring, [..] this is one area that they Ruby crowd has gotten in right (not saying that they haven't got other things right), but with Migrations, it is amazingly easy to create objects in your database and then easily version your database."

.NET Database Migration Tool Roundup

Thu, 05 Jun 2008 14:46:17 GMT

A overview of all the available DB Migration tools available on the .NET platform

Test with multiple IE Rendering Engines

Thu, 29 May 2008 20:01:03 GMT

IETester is a free WebBrowser that allows you to have the rendering and javascript engines of IE8 beta 1, IE7 IE 6 and IE5.5 on Vista and XP, as well as the installed IE in the same process.

ASP.NET MVC Preview 3 Release

Tue, 27 May 2008 22:16:07 GMT

From ScottGu's weblog - "This morning we released the Preview 3 build of the ASP.NET MVC framework. I blogged details last month about an interim source release we did that included many of the changes with this Preview 3 release. Today's build includes some additional features not in last month's drop, some nice enhancements/refinements, as well as Visual Studio tool integration and documentation."

How to handle Themes in wpf

Thu, 22 May 2008 16:16:02 GMT

This article explain how to load a theme at runtime and apply it to wpf controls. This permits to personlize the interface even after the application is deployed.

Generic types and IDisposable, the "using" trick

Wed, 21 May 2008 08:46:03 GMT

This is another one in the series "heck, I never thought of that"... Like most of these articles, if you already knew this trick, ignore me...

ASP.NET: officially unmaintainable

Wed, 21 May 2008 13:16:05 GMT

A Basic Hands on Introduction to Unity DI Container

Thu, 15 May 2008 09:31:03 GMT

Sidar gives a basic introduction on how to utilize Unity and Strategy Pattern.

BlogEngine.NET - Powerful, open source blog engine written in ASP.NET

Wed, 14 May 2008 19:16:12 GMT

When I decided to run a new blog, I was in a dilemma whether to write engine from scratch or to use some existing solution. Since I wanted to do it fast, I started to search and BlogEngine.NET grabbed my attention. It is an open source project written in ASP.NET 2.0, which was a good starting point for me. Since I use Microsoft technologies in my everyday work it was easy to customize the solution.

Using AjaxRepeater Control, ASP.NET AJAX

Tue, 13 May 2008 14:01:11 GMT

Recently after reading blog post Ajax Templates by Nikhil Kothari I really liked the idea, the source code is great, and the control is huge help for AJAX development. In this blog post I want to share what I learned after investigating sample more carefully, and in what scenarios I feel this control is doing it's job quite well.

CSS sliding doors technique

Mon, 12 May 2008 14:01:04 GMT

This article will show you how to create fancy buttons using CSS sliding doors technique. It is much better to use this technique than to use image buttons because you can apply the style to any link and at the same time you don't have to create an image for each button.

best programming jokes

Thu, 08 May 2008 17:46:05 GMT

a very big good collection of programming jokes, WOWwwwwwww

Spolsky's Paradox

Mon, 05 May 2008 22:16:04 GMT

What do you think will change in the way we hire software engineers in the next decade?

Five recommendations for starting a startup with ASP.NET

Tue, 22 Apr 2008 16:16:03 GMT

Here are five practical pieces of advice for developers who want to build a web startup, and use ASP.NET to do it.

Should you judge a software engineer based on their hygiene?

Tue, 22 Apr 2008 10:16:02 GMT

"Although you may have landed on this page thinking you'd get clever insights on how to tell a coworker that bathing is not optional, I'm actually talking about their computer desktop hygiene."

A C# fluent repeater

Fri, 18 Apr 2008 05:01:03 GMT

A fully-featured fluent class used for repeating method calls, handle exceptions, callbacks and more... Just plug-and-play and start repeating stuff!

StackOverflow.COM

Thu, 17 Apr 2008 17:01:03 GMT

JA and Joel Spolsky join forces to kick the s*t out of Experts Exchange. I didn't know anybody else hated them as much as I did. I even toyed with the idea of creating a google frontend to append -experts-exchange to any search....

10 Visual Studio Shortcuts You Must Know

Thu, 17 Apr 2008 12:31:02 GMT

A great list of 10 Visual Studio Shortcuts any software developer must know and use.