What Gives? Microsofts Code Generation Tool

spoiledtechie.com — In a world of Microsoft and third party applications, out comes t4. t4 is a code generation tool that can compete with CodeSmith, but its FREE and built right into Visual Studio. It has been years since the first edition with very little publication of the actual application. t4 is a free code generation engine from Microsoft that underpins the Domain Specific Languages and Software Factory toolkits. read more...

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ScottG:Styling a Silverlight Twitter Application with Expression Blend

published 21 days ago, submitted by Jemm 21 days, 4 hours ago

weblogs.asp.net — "One of the things that makes Silverlight so powerful is the ease with which developers and designers can collaborate together on projects. Developers can use Visual Studio to open and edit Silverlight 2 projects and get a powerful code-focused .NET development environment, and designers can use Expression Blend 2 SP1 to open and edit the exact same project and use a creative tool to sculpt and create optimal user experience designs." read more...

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C# 4.0 New Features Part 1.1 - dynamic keyword second look

published 1 month, 5 days ago, submitted by justin_etheredge 1 month, 6 days ago

codethinked.com — A second look at the dynamic keyword and an update on the performance statistics that we looked at in Part 1. read more...

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Essential Visual Studio Tips & Tricks that Every Developer Should Know

weblogs.asp.net — In this blog entry, Stephen Walther lists the essential tips and tricks that every developer who uses Visual Studio 2008 should know. The list is kept brief. The list focuses on only those tips and tricks that can be used on a daily basis. Almost all of these tips and tricks are just as useful regardless of whether you are building an ASP.NET Web Forms or ASP.NET MVC application. read more...

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Important questions a developer should ask a prospective employer

published 2 months, 18 days ago, submitted by SuperJason 2 months, 18 days ago

ytechie.com — A list of questions that software developers should ask a prospective employer during their interview process. Similar to the Joel test, but more in-depth. read more...

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Tips & Tricks: Use DebuggerDisplayAttribute for easier debugging

published 2 months, 19 days ago, submitted by CraigStuntz 2 months, 22 days ago

gregbeech.com — When debugging, it's common to hover over an object to get a quick view of what its properties are. This is where DebuggerDisplayAttribute comes in. The format string looks similar to normal .NET format strings in that the values to replace are between curly braces, but instead of being told what to substitute the debugger treats these values as expressions and attempts to evaluate them using the current context. read more...

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NDepend 2.10 Released - Interactive Code Dependencies Graph

published 2 months, 25 days ago, submitted by dcarr 2 months, 26 days ago

codebetter.com — This is indistinguishable from magic! read more...

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Creating Vista Style Login Screen With Silverlight 2 Beta 2

windowsclient.net — I was trying to create Vista style Login screen using Silverlight. I've seen couple of excellent custom Vista style UI designed in WPF by the known WPF gurus. Seeing their example I thought It's also possible to try something Vista style in Silverlight. Since Silverlight has many things common with WPF. So I started to get my feet wet to create a Vista style Login Screen using Silverlight 2 Beta 2. read more...

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