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Open Source or Die - The Real Future of Graffiti?

Tue, 12 May 2009 12:16:02 GMT

Telligent's Graffiti hasn't quite flatlined yet, but the signs aren't looking too good. Could OSS be the way to breathe life back into this once-promising CMS platform?

Kobe - MS New Web 2.0 Resource Kit in ASP.NET MVC and My thoughts

Fri, 17 Apr 2009 09:16:02 GMT

If you recently visited the home page of www.asp.net you will find that Microsoft has released a new Resource Kit for developing Web 2.0 Applications. The resource kit contains a sample reference application that is developed in ASP.NET MVC framework. Since both of these are my area of of interest, I downloaded the codes and give a quick walkthrough. Prior getting to the main discussion, I just want to remind you that it is the second reference application (after Oxite) that is named under Microsoft, so you are suppose to get some quality....

A Challenge to the VB.Net Community at Large on OSS

Fri, 09 Jan 2009 01:46:03 GMT

Title pretty much says it...

Why Windows 7 Will Save Microsoft

Fri, 09 Jan 2009 03:16:02 GMT

I was doing some thinking over the past few weeks and I came to a realization. Windows 7, with all of it's improvements in performance, new features, and more streamlined development process, will actually save Microsoft and redeem them from the whole Vista crash. So I decided to write up WHY Windows 7 will tromp every previous Windows version and why we should pay close attention to it.

Blacklist Extension for Author Names

Fri, 05 Dec 2008 14:04:30 GMT

Getting tired of deleting those darn Busby SEO Test comments on my blog I decided to do something about it. I created a new BlogEngine.NET extension that allows you to generate a blacklist using regular expressions to filter the author names.

Suspicious DNK Accounts

Thu, 06 Nov 2008 23:31:29 GMT

Conclusion There is an incentive for publishers that use DNK to setup phony accounts that will help get stories from certain domains on the front page. So guess what happens ... it would appear that a certain number of people are doing this.

Visual Studio 2010 and .NET Framework 4.0 CTP

Tue, 28 Oct 2008 02:31:13 GMT

"Microsoft Visual Studio 2010 and the .NET Framework 4.0 are the next generation development tools and platform for Windows Vista, the 2007 Office System, and the Web."

IServiceLocator a step toward IoC container / Service locator detente

Fri, 03 Oct 2008 16:46:04 GMT

Today we launched an exciting project on CodePlex, namely the Common Service Locator library. What is it? It's a shared interface that applications and frameworks can reference in order to leverage IoC containers / service location mechanisms without taking hard dependencies.

Subversion Support Comes to CodePlex. Sorta'

Wed, 10 Sep 2008 16:01:02 GMT

A little publicized feature lets you use Subversion to access project hosted on CodePlex - without the need to run SvnBridge locally!

ASP.NET gets no Respect

Fri, 15 Aug 2008 21:16:11 GMT

Poor ASP.NET! Is it really that bad? I say No!

Elegant Invariant Checking with C# 3

Thu, 31 Jul 2008 15:16:03 GMT

Leveraging expression trees and extension methods to build a fluent invariant checking API.

I hate Vista. I'm moving to Windows Mojave.

Wed, 30 Jul 2008 08:31:03 GMT

So I've heard the bad press. I've seen the pc vs. mac ads. I've heard my friends' complaints about crashing, security, and speed. That's why I'm moving to Windows Mojave. It seems Microsoft finally got an OS right.

4 features for C# 4.0

Mon, 21 Jul 2008 21:16:03 GMT

C# 3.0 still hasnt sunk in yet for most, yet there already seems to be some buzz about c# features we would like to see in the future. Here is my take on the 4 language features i would like to see implemented in C#

Vb.Net one better than C#

Sat, 19 Jul 2008 05:31:02 GMT

This is the first time I have envied VB over C#. Here's a thing that is useful and you can do in Vb.Net, but not in C#.

Coding Conventions - Prefix For Class Members

Thu, 17 Jul 2008 04:46:02 GMT

Yes, I will use m_ prefix for class members. I DO NOT NEGOTIATE WITH TERRORISTS. Shut up. Actually, I don't mind which prefix shall be used but in order to make member variables distinct from local variables, we have to give it some prefix. This is a part of a coding convention for C++ adopted by Microsoft called Hungarian notation. Some of you may say that it may be a bit disturbing using C++ naming conventions in C# code, but...

Classes that show up in every project

Thu, 17 Jul 2008 03:16:02 GMT

Jeremy Miller lists classes that show up in also every project is works with.

ASP.NET MVC Tip #20 - How to Unit Test Data Access

Wed, 16 Jul 2008 05:17:29 GMT

In this tip, Stephen Walther demonstrates how you can write unit tests for MVC controller actions that access a database. He shows you how to create a base unit test class that you can use to unit test your LINQ to SQL controller action code.

.Net Extension Method Library

Wed, 16 Jul 2008 22:01:13 GMT

Lots of good extension methods here for C#

Web developers. You suck.

Wed, 16 Jul 2008 01:46:05 GMT

Well, JavaScript developers, specifically. In order to aid in development of my own websites, I enabled JavaScript debugging in Internet Explorer a few weeks back. To my horror, I have quickly experienced what seems to be complete disregard for serving syntactically correct JavaScript on the open internet. No, I'm not just talking about a few niche websites, run by amateur programmers. I am talking about industry-leading nerd-friendly powerhouse websites that should know better.

C# Namespace Alias Qualifier

Wed, 09 Jul 2008 06:03:31 GMT

Namespaces are ideal for organising your classes and structures. As software increases in size, the probability of namespace and class names colliding and causing ambiguity problems increases. The namespace alias qualifier decreases this possibility.

Exploring ShadeTree Features, Part 1: Static Reflection with Reflectio

Sun, 20 Jul 2008 08:31:08 GMT

Some beautiful code.

Inclusion of JavaScript Files

Tue, 08 Jul 2008 04:46:02 GMT

How do you deal with JavaScript inclusion into the page given that you have a fair number of JavaScript files that are bound to change frequently and across multiple projects/applications?

MVC Storefront Part 16: Membership Redo With OpenID

Fri, 04 Jul 2008 22:46:02 GMT

Robs new Screencast - the focus in this screencast is the membership system.

Tree Surgeon 2.0 Release

Wed, 02 Jul 2008 00:16:04 GMT

A tool to automatically generate Visual Studio solutions with proper directory structure

Blog Engine.NET1.4 Upgrade Guide

Tue, 01 Jul 2008 16:01:04 GMT

The upgrade process is fairly easy but there are a few things to be aware of. more....