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RubyMicrosoft - Martin Fowler talks about RoR and .Net

Fri, 01 Jun 2007 10:46:01 GMT

"So with JRuby pretty much here, the spotlight moves onto the other common managed code runtime - .NET. Microsoft's intentions for Ruby are currently much less clear..."

Using LINQ to SQL (Part 1)

Mon, 28 May 2007 08:41:35 GMT

"LINQ to SQL is an O/RM (object relational mapping) implementation that ships in the .NET Framework "Orcas" release, and which allows you to model a relational database using .NET classes. You can then query the database using LINQ, as well as update/insert/delete data from it. LINQ to SQL fully supports transactions, views, and stored procedures. It also provides an easy way to integrate data validation and business logic rules into your data model."

Does Web Software Need a 'Check Engine' Light?

Mon, 28 May 2007 02:31:01 GMT

All software has bugs, and web applications are no exception. Is it time to add auto-update or at least a warning light to web applications so users will keep them updated?

Evolution of a C# Query-Step by step from C# 1.1 to LINQ

Sun, 27 May 2007 05:31:01 GMT

This article takes you step-by-step from C# 1.1 to LINQ.

.Net Adventures : View Source Reflector Plugin for Silverlight

Fri, 25 May 2007 20:31:01 GMT

Ernie Booth has wrote plugin for Lutz Roeder's Reflector that takes a URL to a Silverlight host page and locates the assembly for that page.