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Learning to use Fluent NHibernate: Getting started w/ your 1st Mapping

Thu, 05 Feb 2009 23:31:14 GMT

Learning to use Fluent NHibernate: Getting started w/ your first mappings

Developer Productivity - 5 Ways To Kill It

Sat, 24 Jan 2009 02:31:03 GMT

In keeping with the sarcastic tone of my How To Be The Worst Developer Ever post I'm going to explore several ways for managers to systematically destroy productivity among their developers. Unfortunately I am writing some of these from experience, then again, I'm sure we have all experienced some of these at one time or another.

How to iterate a C# dictionary

Sun, 11 Jan 2009 06:11:13 GMT

This post shows an easy way to iterate a C# dictionary

How to run a website in partial trust

Mon, 29 Dec 2008 18:13:44 GMT

"A little while ago I discovered how to run just a site as partial trust. It involves putting the hostedtrust.config file in the same directory as the web.config file. This works well for us, as it means we can add all the files we require to a project, which are all then added to SourceSafe. When we get the latest version, we also get all required files to run in partial trust."

Is F# faster than C#

Fri, 12 Dec 2008 06:16:11 GMT

I had a bet with a co-worker that C# would out perform F# for a simple counting exercise. This turned out to be quite a surprise for many reasons. In this blog post I will try to explain why.

Adapter Design Pattern

Wed, 03 Dec 2008 02:26:12 GMT

The adapter pattern is a design pattern that is used to allow two incompatible types to communicate. Where one class relies upon a specific interface that is not implemented by another class, the adapter acts as a translator between the two types.

How to fix the unauthorized error when using Integrated Security

Tue, 02 Dec 2008 04:24:46 GMT

This article describes how to fix the common unauthorized error when using Integrated Security on IIS.

HowTo Get Current Online Users Count and Infos with ASP.NET

Mon, 01 Dec 2008 07:19:56 GMT

Getting current online users count and informations about them using ASP.NET and HttpModule.

Debugging gac assemblies

Sun, 30 Nov 2008 22:17:33 GMT

An easy description on how to debug your assemblies when they are put in gac

Back to Basics: Delegates, Anonymous Methods and Lambda Expressions

Sat, 29 Nov 2008 01:46:10 GMT

Great article on .NET basics

Continuous Integration Display Wall

Thu, 27 Nov 2008 06:16:16 GMT

Awesome 4 monitor display wall for visualizing a CruiseControl.NET build process.

10 Ways To Programaticly Shoot Yourself In The Foot - Part B

Thu, 27 Nov 2008 19:46:13 GMT

This is part B of the 10 Ways To Programaticly Shoot Yourself In The Foot article. In this article I will talk about another 5 issues that even the best developers have to be aware of. In other words, I will try to prevent you from programaticly shooting yourself in the foot.

Preventing Double Form Posts

Mon, 17 Nov 2008 04:01:09 GMT

Most posts on this topic focus on disabling the submit button that causes the post. This works fine when you only have one submit control. But, if you have multiple buttons and/or link buttons that can cause a post and want to avoid potential conflicts if a user clicks a second submit control before the first one has been processed then this is really simply approach.

Completely Scripting a SQL Server Database

Wed, 27 Aug 2008 03:16:02 GMT

A guide on how to easily script out an entire database (schema and data) using the Database Publishing Wizard. A tool that you may not know you have access to. And if you have Visual Studio 2008, you already have installed!