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ASP.NET MVC Release Candidate 2

Wed, 04 Mar 2009 09:16:03 GMT

Release Candidate 2 for ASP.NET MVC is now available

15 Most Interesting jQuery Tutorials

Wed, 04 Mar 2009 16:01:04 GMT

This time we collected the most interesting jQuery tutorials.

AnkhSVN 2.0.6310 Released - Subversion Plugin for Visual Studio.

Mon, 02 Mar 2009 23:31:20 GMT

New features include: Experimental support of Visual Studio 2010, Overall performance improvemens, and much more...

ASP.NET - YSlow and ASP.NET: 100 points "A" grade is possible

Mon, 02 Mar 2009 19:46:02 GMT

Just in case if somebody doesn't know what YSlow is? YSlow is Firefox add-on integrated with Firebug. It analyzes web pages and tells you why they are slow. You can run it on you project and see your grade. You can do some easy improvements and maybe even get D grade. However to get higher then D grade becomes a real challenge. Below I will describe how I got A grade (100 points) on my web blog application.

Announcing TeamCity.CodeBetter.com

Wed, 25 Feb 2009 05:31:02 GMT

CodeBetter - in collaboration with JetBrains, IdeaVine, and Devlicio.us - is proud to announce the launch of TeamCity.CodeBetter.com - a continuous integration server farm for open source projects. JetBrains is generously supporting our community efforts by funding the monthly costs of the server farm and providing a TeamCity Enterprise license. Volunteers from CodeBetter, IdeaVine, and Devlicio.us are administering the servers and setting up OSS projects on the build grid.

A New Look for Visual Studio 2010!

Wed, 25 Feb 2009 04:46:02 GMT

At the PDC and TechEd EMEA last year we described our new editor support built on the WPF technology in .NET Framework 4.0. Today I'm happy to reveal the new UI for Visual Studio, also built on WPF:

Fun with extension-methods

Tue, 24 Feb 2009 22:46:12 GMT

Having some fun linking extensions-methods.

Understand closures with JavaScript

Wed, 25 Feb 2009 22:46:04 GMT

Closures are a programming concept that can be a bit intimidating but it shouldn't be this way. Hopefully this short article can clarify how that works and how to avoid problems when using it.

SVN-Monitor is going Open-Source

Tue, 24 Feb 2009 05:31:04 GMT

You can start downloading the latest beta version and it's source-code (C#).

Awful Command Line Parsing API in .NET 4.0

Sun, 22 Feb 2009 17:31:02 GMT

Miguel de Icaza about System.Core's new System.Shell.CommandLine

JQuery 1.3.2 Released with much better performance

Sun, 22 Feb 2009 13:01:02 GMT

The benefits of the new Sizzle selector engine are really starting to come to light as contributions from the larger JavaScript community come in. A number of additions have landed that have helped to improve the performance of the engine - especially in Internet Explorer.

SQL SERVER 2008 Interview Questions and Answers - PDF Download

Sat, 21 Feb 2009 01:01:02 GMT

I have listed all the series in this post so that it can be easily downloaded and used. All the questions are collected and listed in one PDF which is here to download. If you have any question or if you want to add to any of the question please send me mail or write a comment. Must Bookmark!

Using Enums in List Controls

Sun, 22 Feb 2009 19:01:02 GMT

Convert data to and from enums.

Parallel.For(.): A Deeper Dive - Parallel Programming in .Net 4.0

Thu, 26 Feb 2009 19:46:05 GMT

An in-depth look at the Parallel.For() method from the Parallel Extensions coming in .Net 4.0. This article examines the return value and optional parameters of Parallel.For, including local thread initialization, finalization and the ParallelState object. Most of the information also applies to Parallel.ForEach, as well.

Does LINQ StinQ? Not with PLINQO!

Thu, 19 Feb 2009 22:46:19 GMT

PLINQO, which stands for Professional LINQ to Objects, is a collection of CodeSmith templates that are meant to replace and extend the LINQ to SQL designers that are included with Visual Studio 2008.

15 Helpful .NET Extension Methods to Increase Productivity

Tue, 17 Feb 2009 19:01:17 GMT

Alright folks, this is my arsenal of useful Extension Methods for .NET 3.0+ mostly written by me to help with development productivity. Some real time-savers in here such as .ToInt() and .ToDateTime() (with and without a default fallback value), plus...

Programming for Vista, Part 2: Adding Aero Glass in Managed Code

Tue, 17 Feb 2009 16:01:26 GMT

In part 1 of my Vista programming series I discussed how to add CommandLink's to your application. In part 2 this chapter, I wish to discuss how you can enhance your Windows smart client application (primarily targetting Windows Forms in this example) adding a Windows Vista Aero "glass" effect to your application.

Getting Mono and Visual Studio to play nice together

Wed, 18 Feb 2009 03:16:12 GMT

The goal was to get some Mono project templates working with Mono assemblies and the Mono compiler in Visual Studio. The trick was to do it in a way that would be able to survive upgrades of Mono installations.

Domain Driven Design, Business Objects, Datasets and NHibernate

Sun, 15 Feb 2009 21:16:02 GMT

Speed test comparisons between NHibernate and custom BOs and Visual Studio TableAdapters and Datasets

Jeff Atwood Finally Jumps the Shark

Thu, 12 Feb 2009 07:46:04 GMT

Well, we all knew it had to happen eventually. After years of great blog posts and insightful commentary on the programming world, Jeff Atwood has finally jumped the shark in his latest post which essentially says "programming is hard, let's go shopping!"

Today I've Realized How Far We Have To Go

Thu, 12 Feb 2009 07:01:02 GMT

A call to climb on the shoulders of giants within the software develeopment industry.

8 ways to be a better programmer in 6 minutes.

Tue, 10 Feb 2009 17:31:06 GMT

It's always nice to read a post where you already follow some of the suggestions but find the odd useful nugget, I dislike seeing literals in my source code and the hint about making them stand out with nasty color coding is something I'll be giving a go!

JavaScript, 5 wyas to call a function

Tue, 10 Feb 2009 01:01:04 GMT

Get a hold of what can seem confusing when invoking functions in JavaScript.

.NET GoogleReader API

Sun, 08 Feb 2009 20:31:03 GMT

I received some emails last night requesting the source for the console app (download here) that I am using to extract my feeds from google reader, so I figured I would write a quick post about it. Just to be clear, as far as I know the API is still unofficial and I have no idea when or if google plans on making it public. So it goes without saying that it could go away, or change dramatically at anytime. But if you are still interested, here is what you need to know.

"Quality Doesn't Matter That Much" -- Jeff and Joel

Tue, 03 Feb 2009 06:16:02 GMT

I was riding my exercise bike, listening to Stack Overflow #38 when I heard Jeff Atwood and Joel Spolsky say "Quality just doesn't matter that much." I nearly fell off my bike.