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FREE Technical E-Book Previews, Magazines and other Technical Material

Thu, 25 Sep 2008 07:08:21 GMT

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Why you REALLY need to think about your interfaces

Thu, 25 Sep 2008 04:46:02 GMT

When you write your interfaces in C#, you might be casting them in stone. You REALLY need to think about how you write your interfaces. Avoid interfaces with concrete parameters such as Dictionary<> and List<> and prefer interfaces such as IDictionary<> and IList<>. Here is why!

JQuery, the very very basics - Lesson 2

Thu, 18 Sep 2008 16:01:12 GMT

So it is nice to be able to use a combination of JQuery selectors to grab an array of elements, however, it would be better if we know how to inspect them one by one and operate on them.

Three Rules That ASP.NET Developers Should Know About SEO

Wed, 17 Sep 2008 04:01:05 GMT

Focuses on three important rules (with code snippets) that ASP.NET developers should follow to do their part of the SEO process.

101 Free Silverlight Controls

Fri, 19 Sep 2008 02:31:10 GMT

Awesome collection of FREE silverlight controls.

JQuery, the very very basics - Lesson 1

Sat, 13 Sep 2008 16:46:02 GMT

JQuery is the star among the growing list of JavaScript libraries. A few of its characteristics are light-weight, cross-browser compatibility and simplicity. A task that would take 10 lines of code with traditional JavaScript can be accomplished with JQuery in just 1 line of code. I write to record the series of very basic lessons I learned about JQuery (my study source is the very readable book JQuery in Action).

MSDN Social Bookmarks

Thu, 11 Sep 2008 04:46:02 GMT

MSDN Social Bookmarks was released today. This is a candid look at what it's all about and why you should consider using it.

5 Useful Tips for ASP.Net Application

Thu, 11 Sep 2008 15:16:02 GMT

There are so many tasks or operations that are repeatedly used in ASP.Net applications. This article will list some of the useful tasks that we can use in our asp.net application extensively.

List of countries, cities, languages

Wed, 03 Sep 2008 17:31:03 GMT

You will find in the following links list of countries, cities, and their languages in CSV format, you can import into any database:

250+ .NET Interview FAQ's for Developers

Sat, 30 Aug 2008 00:16:11 GMT

A comprehensive list of 'good' ASP.NET AJAX, ASP.NET and .NET Framework questions for beginners and experienced people. Also a good read for people who want to refresh their memory with .NET concepts or take interviews on a regular basis.

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!

30 Common String Operations in C# and VB.NET - Part I

Mon, 25 Aug 2008 19:01:08 GMT

This article compiles some common String operations that we encounter while working with the String class. In Part I, 15 common string operations have been covered .

The Complete Reference for Any jQuery Developer

Mon, 25 Aug 2008 08:31:02 GMT

If you ever to do something with jQuery, you should find it in this extensive list.

Create a Picture Album using ListView in ASP.NET 3.5

Fri, 18 Jul 2008 00:06:41 GMT

In this article, we will see how to create a Picture Album using the ListView control. We will explore the GroupTemplate of ListView and explore how we can group multiple images together in the ListView, thereby creating an album effect.