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Using System.Web.Abstractions in Your WebForms Apps

Thu, 04 Dec 2008 19:31:14 GMT

Check out how to use the System.Web.Abstractions assembly in your ASP.NET WebForms applications!

What Gives? Microsofts Code Generation Tool

Wed, 19 Nov 2008 01:31:12 GMT

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.

Update on Silverlight 2 - and a glimpse of Silverlight 3

Mon, 17 Nov 2008 14:16:21 GMT

ScottGu unveils the plans for Silverlight 3, shipping next year

ScottG:Styling a Silverlight Twitter Application with Expression Blend

Fri, 14 Nov 2008 16:31:02 GMT

"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."

C# 4.0 New Features Part 2 - default and named parameters

Thu, 30 Oct 2008 17:16:03 GMT

New feature in C# 4.0 number 2, default and named parameters! Look at what they are, and how they are used in C# 4.0.

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

Wed, 29 Oct 2008 17:16:11 GMT

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

C# 4.0 New Features Part 1 - dynamic keyword

Tue, 28 Oct 2008 15:01:14 GMT

A quick look at the new "dynamic" keyword in C# 4.0 and its implications for application development.

Essential Visual Studio Tips & Tricks that Every Developer Should Know

Tue, 21 Oct 2008 23:01:02 GMT

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.

C# vs Ruby

Wed, 17 Sep 2008 15:31:15 GMT

Interesting observation

Important questions a developer should ask a prospective employer

Tue, 16 Sep 2008 23:01:08 GMT

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.

Three Rules That ASP.NET Developers Should Know About SEO

Tue, 16 Sep 2008 20:01:05 GMT

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

Tips & Tricks: Use DebuggerDisplayAttribute for easier debugging

Tue, 16 Sep 2008 08:01:02 GMT

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.

Measuring Programming Progress By Lines Of Code

Wed, 10 Sep 2008 05:46:02 GMT

Software Managers all around the globe, need to have some metric to estimate their workers. Sometimes the management event wants to create a precise and measurable way to know the programming progress and the developers productivity and performance. One of those methods is called SLOC - Source Lines Of Code. This metric is used measure the size of the software by counting...

NDepend 2.10 Released - Interactive Code Dependencies Graph

Wed, 10 Sep 2008 07:16:02 GMT

This is indistinguishable from magic!

Fluent NHibernate - Working with NHibernate without configuration file

Sat, 06 Sep 2008 05:46:10 GMT

"I believe that the most important reason why NHibernate is not more widely adopted by general DEV population is exactly the "Java XML configuration" PIA feeling you have while working with it. Great news for all of us from that group: NHibernate is possible to be used WITHOUT configuration files! "

Creating Vista Style Login Screen With Silverlight 2 Beta 2

Wed, 27 Aug 2008 13:16:14 GMT

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.

I hate Vista. I'm moving to Windows Mojave.

Wed, 30 Jul 2008 00:31:03 GMT

So I've heard the bad press. I've seen the pc vs. mac ads. I've heard my friends' complaints about crashing, security, and speed. That's why I'm moving to Windows Mojave. It seems Microsoft finally got an OS right.

Overview about Adobe Air vs Silverlight

Wed, 11 Jun 2008 07:43:18 GMT

Nikola Malovic attended presentation "Adobe Air 2008" organized in Prague with purpose to get information about what Silverlight competitor "Adobe Air" offers to developers. I am recommending this blog post to people who would like to have a picture about how upcoming Adobe Air product compares to Silverlight.

Joins, Grouping, Aggregating w/ Linq2Sql

Thu, 12 Jun 2008 02:46:02 GMT

Short video showing how to use Linq2Sql to perform various tasks such as joins, grouping and aggregating w/ Linq2Sql

Design for testability - Microsoft Unity (part 7)

Thu, 22 May 2008 10:33:32 GMT

Design for testability - Microsoft Unity

Structure Map intro

Mon, 03 Mar 2008 11:13:17 GMT

DFT story goes on - this time giving an overview of StructureMap IoC framework

Silverlight 2.0 (beta 1) Controls Screenshot

Wed, 27 Feb 2008 19:31:05 GMT

SilverlightShow has a nice post up detailing the controls that will be available in the Silverlight 2.0 beta 1 release. The news was originally posted on Shawn Burke's blog, but it appears that the he was forced to take down the screen shot. Thanks to SilverlightShow that graphic is still visible and is also now posted on my blog. Exciting stuff!

Adobe Responds To Silverlight

Wed, 27 Feb 2008 23:16:02 GMT

The move that Adobe is making is to include the ability in include C, C++, Java, Python, and Ruby code into Flash that will get comiled into ActionScript. This is a smart move by Adobe which will strengthen Flash and remove the major reason a developer might decide to switch to Silverlight.

Creating IN queries with Linq

Wed, 27 Feb 2008 16:31:02 GMT

Rob Conery presents the ins-and-outs of the 'in' query in Linq To Sql.

Design Fro Testability - Castle Windsor (Part 5)

Thu, 21 Feb 2008 13:31:03 GMT

Thisblog post is covering the Castle Windsor IoC container usage with a couple of key HowTo points usefull to anyone considering starting using it