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Microsoft cracking down on community extensions

Thu, 03 Jul 2008 17:01:02 GMT

Microsoft released a tool called Microsoft Source Analyzer, or StyleCop. It analyzes source code for standards violations. It's a 1.0 release, so it doesn't do some things ... like have a published API for custom rules or MSBuild integration. So the community dug in and figured out how to do these things and now MS is firing off license-violation emails. Don't they get it? The community wants to use the product, but it's too limited ... these extensions help make it better.

Give Your ASP.NET Applications Velocity

Fri, 06 Jun 2008 07:16:03 GMT

Scaling ASP.NET Application just got easier with a new technology that Microsoft has just released that they have dubbed codename "Velocity". This product is still in the early stages of development, but it is meant as a direct competitor against memcache.

30 Websites to follow if you're into Web Development | Six Revisions -

Sat, 24 May 2008 00:29:14 GMT

I've made it a goal to learn at least one useful thing each day so that I can stay sharp and well-versed on the topic of web development and design. To that end, here's some of the websites I keep track of to find new techniques, resources, and news about building websites.

Query Composition using Functional Programming Techniques in C# 3.0

Thu, 15 May 2008 17:01:02 GMT

This stuff is easy. It's also really fun. You don't have to read academic papers to learn about, enjoy, and benefit from functional programming in C# 3.0. There are about half a dozen concepts you need to learn, each one easy. Concepts like just a new way to write a method (that has no name), or a new way to write a static method for a class. Then you put them all together, and the result is more than the sum of the parts.

Lazy instantiation one-liner with the coalesce operator

Wed, 14 May 2008 09:31:33 GMT

The one-liner for lazy instantiation of instance fields using the coalesce-operator

Visual Studio 2008 and .NET Framework 3.5 Service Pack 1 Beta

Mon, 12 May 2008 17:46:04 GMT

public beta of upcoming .NET 3.5 SP1 and VS 2008 SP1 releases is published

best programming jokes

Thu, 08 May 2008 17:46:05 GMT

a very big good collection of programming jokes, WOWwwwwwww

Using an smtp pickup directory during ASP.NET development

Sun, 27 Apr 2008 21:16:54 GMT

Instead of sending mail from your development environment over the net like normal, why not have all that email sent during development saved to a local folder. It makes debugging much easier, you won't have to wait for your email client to download your messages and means you won't accidentally email any 'dummy' recipients.

.NET Event Techniques

Thu, 20 Mar 2008 22:31:02 GMT

A very simple technique to avoid the need for a null check prior to raising an event

There's some darkness in your silver light.

Thu, 13 Mar 2008 17:16:05 GMT

Rob voices his complaints about Silverlight 2.0 from the perspective of a developer of WPF and Flash applications.

Microsoft Big Ass Table (Surface)

Wed, 12 Mar 2008 01:52:41 GMT

Do you know Microsoft codename BAT ? Big Ass Table, sometimes presented as Surface... At the MIX08 VIP pre-conference a member of Microsoft SUX Team (Surface User Experience...) shown us this...

Top 5 Attributes of Highly Effective Programmers

Wed, 30 Jan 2008 12:46:02 GMT

Just an essential article. I would like to add "discipline" to this list.

.NET Framework Library Source Code now available

Thu, 17 Jan 2008 00:46:02 GMT

Scott Guthrie announces that the .NET framework source code can now accessed in Visual Studio

Visual Studio Express 2008 Versions Download for everyone!

Tue, 20 Nov 2007 12:46:02 GMT

Here anyone can download the express versions!

Speed up inserting records into database with SqlBulkCopy class

Wed, 14 Nov 2007 22:31:02 GMT

When you need to insert a great deal of rows into database...

.NET Framework 3.5 Is Shared Source

Wed, 03 Oct 2007 16:46:25 GMT

Microsoft's .NET Framework 3.5 is going to be released open source.

11 Visual Studio 2005 IDE Tips and Tricks to Make More Productive

Sun, 23 Sep 2007 08:01:02 GMT

Here are 11 tips and tricks for getting things done faster with the Visual Studio 2005 IDE (without using third-party add-ins or upgrading hardware...). Yes, some of these tips and tricks may fall into the "obvious" category, but I think they are worth repeating. Thee are too many .NET developers not taking advantage of even the basic time-saving techniques.

Use DebuggerDisplay attribute for Easier Debugging

Fri, 31 Aug 2007 00:31:02 GMT

Did you know that you can appply DebuggerDisplay attribute to a class or member to determine how it is displayed in the watch window. It's quick, it's easy, and it really works!

Descriptive Enumerations

Thu, 30 Aug 2007 09:48:51 GMT

Using .NET 2.0 generics to allow for enum like classes with human readable descriptions.

.NET Managed Library for the Nintendo Wiimote

Thu, 15 Mar 2007 03:01:02 GMT

Use the Nintendo Wiimote from your .NET applications! Full source code in C# and VB.