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ASP.NET gets no Respect

Fri, 15 Aug 2008 13:16:11 GMT

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

Elegant Invariant Checking with C# 3

Thu, 31 Jul 2008 07:16:03 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 00:31:03 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 13:16:03 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#

Fri, 18 Jul 2008 21:31:02 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

Wed, 16 Jul 2008 20:46:02 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

Wed, 16 Jul 2008 19:16:02 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

Tue, 15 Jul 2008 21:17:29 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 14:01:13 GMT

Lots of good extension methods here for C#

Web developers. You suck.

Tue, 15 Jul 2008 17:46:05 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

Tue, 08 Jul 2008 22:03:31 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 00:31:08 GMT

Some beautiful code.

Inclusion of JavaScript Files

Mon, 07 Jul 2008 20:46:02 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 14:46:02 GMT

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

Tree Surgeon 2.0 Release

Tue, 01 Jul 2008 16:16:04 GMT

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

Blog Engine.NET1.4 Upgrade Guide

Tue, 01 Jul 2008 08:01:04 GMT

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

Scale Cheaply - Sharding

Mon, 30 Jun 2008 19:16:05 GMT

There are a lot of expensive ways to scale your database - all of which are highly touted by the big three database vendors because, well, they want to sell you all types of really expensive stuff. Despite what an "engagement consultant" might tell you though, most of the high-traffic websites on the web (google, digg, facebook) rely on far cheaper and better strategies: the core of which is called sharding.

What's missing from C#

Fri, 20 Jun 2008 23:31:40 GMT

In my humble opinion, it'd be nice to have a few things in C# that current don't exist: generic indexers, C's typedef, static local variables, full support for variable declarations in statements, and non-integral enums.

Another Use for C# Using

Mon, 16 Jun 2008 22:16:02 GMT

If you are a C# developer you're familiar with the using directive. It appears at the top of every one of your class files informing the compiler what namespaces should be looked at while compiling this code page so that you don't have to fully qualify every object. (This isn't the interesting bit)

WPF: Reducing CPU consumption for animations « C# Disciples

Sat, 14 Jun 2008 11:46:02 GMT

Lately I've been working on a project at work and the application was performing pretty well. The CPU Usage was below 2% and I was quite happy with it. Then I decided to add a simple animation that continues executing forever. the results 15% CPU consumption . I was amazed at how much CPU was being wasted. Yet I am a stubborn guy and if I want an animation to execute forever, I will do it no matter what..

Introduction to Moq

Mon, 23 Jun 2008 17:01:04 GMT

In this post, I provide an introduction to Moq which is the newest of the Mock Object Frameworks. Moq is promoted by its creators as easier to learn and use than other Mock Object Frameworks such as Rhino Mocks and TypeMock Isolator.

A jQuery Client Status Bar

Fri, 13 Jun 2008 17:46:03 GMT

Status bars are very useful in client applications to display well status information and having a reusable and easily callable and configured status component to display messages is extremely handy. Here's an implementation that uses jQuery plus a bit of CSS to make short work of displaying status content.

BlogEngine.NET 1.4 - Status Update??

Mon, 09 Jun 2008 21:31:11 GMT

It has been a while since we have heard anything on the release of BlogEngine.NET 1.4. I don't know about you, but I know I'm craving an update since the tentative release was earmarked for the end of May. =]

Gravatar Supports PNG Transparencies Again!

Mon, 09 Jun 2008 20:01:02 GMT

Gravatar has added support for transparencies back. You'll need to go to their website and reup your avatars: http://gravatar.com

Review: Umbrella project

Thu, 05 Jun 2008 06:51:44 GMT

The Umbrella project from nVentive. I had the chance of sitting with Francois Tanguay in DevTeach and he showed me a bit about it. I was impressed. Umbrella is the ultimate utility library, using all the advantages C# 3.0 can give it. In fact, I think of it a bit like boost for C#.