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Don't use Response.End() with OutputCache

Fri, 22 May 2009 15:33:05 GMT

Very good post about OutputCache in APS.NET

Castle Windsor 2.0 RTM Released!

Tue, 05 May 2009 13:46:04 GMT

Some would say that it is about time, I would agree. Windsor might not be the OSS project in pre release state for the longest time (I think that the honor belong to Hurd), but it spent enough time at that state to at least deserve a honorary mention. f you will look, you won't find Windsor 1.0, only release candidates for 1.0. As I believe I mentioned, Windsor has been production ready for a long time, and for the full release we decided to skip the 1.0 designator, which doesn't really fit, and go directly to 2.0

Kona: Continuous Integration and Better Unit Testing

Mon, 13 Apr 2009 13:01:02 GMT

In this screencast Rob Conery and Brad Wilson talk about continuous integration with TeamCity, Unit Testing with xUnit and TDD in general. "This screencast went from a simple idea - talking to Brad Wilson about better Unit Testing - to some pretty broad topics such as source control, unit testing, and continuous integration. I seriously could have written a whole book based on the stuff flying through my mind. I reigned it in a bit and decided to focus on two things that I don't think get enough press: writing a good Unit Test coupled with Continuous Integration."

10 Best Libraries for generating PDF Files

Tue, 31 Mar 2009 21:16:17 GMT

Today we are presenting collection of 10 best libraries for generating PDF files.

5 Useful SQL Server Scripts

Tue, 31 Mar 2009 07:01:05 GMT

Collection of 5 useful scripts for SQL Server.

Introducing TFSPlus

Tue, 03 Mar 2009 02:44:49 GMT

TFSPlus is an Addin for Visual Studio that provides developers with useful extensions for performing Source Control operations against Team Foundation Server.

DDD: Specifications, Language, and Locality

Thu, 25 Dec 2008 00:30:31 GMT

A good article about a "where to put this code?" situation that comes very often in our programs.

10 Programming Proverbs Every Developer Should Know

Wed, 08 Oct 2008 07:01:02 GMT

Proverbs are used to express universal truths or life lessons in a short and memorable fashion. I find that they are a great way to keep things in perspective, both in life and in work. Because of this, I have assembled 10 programming proverbs that every developer needs in their arsenal.

ASP.NET gets no Respect

Fri, 15 Aug 2008 21:16:11 GMT

Poor ASP.NET! Is it really that bad? I say No!

Static Singletons for ASP.NET Controls

Fri, 11 Jul 2008 14:23:09 GMT

When building generic ASP.NET Server controls that also provide a sort of API service to other custom controls or page level code, it's often necessary to ensure that only a single instance of a control exists, and that only that single instance of this control or component can be accessed in the context of an ASP.NET request. Using HttpContext and it's Item collection makes it easy to create reusable, cacheable instances and ensure you're only running a Singleton instance of it.

Some concepts to know before you use an IoC tool

Thu, 03 Jul 2008 04:01:09 GMT

The baseline understanding required to effectively implement dependency injection

Quick Notes About My Exprience with LiveMesh

Fri, 06 Jun 2008 16:02:33 GMT

Some quick observations about LiveMesh from a user's perspective

Levels of Enthusiasm

Wed, 04 Jun 2008 17:31:04 GMT

A good summary on the various manic states of development.

The Open Closed Principle

Fri, 30 May 2008 21:16:10 GMT

The first installment of a new MSDN Magazine column by Jeremy Miller.

ASP.NET MVC Preview 3 Release

Wed, 28 May 2008 06:16:07 GMT

From ScottGu's weblog - "This morning we released the Preview 3 build of the ASP.NET MVC framework. I blogged details last month about an interim source release we did that included many of the changes with this Preview 3 release. Today's build includes some additional features not in last month's drop, some nice enhancements/refinements, as well as Visual Studio tool integration and documentation."

Non ASPX Extensions and Authentication in IIS 7 Integrated Pipeline

Fri, 23 May 2008 19:33:17 GMT

Ran into an issue where IIS 7's integrated pipeline exhibits different behavior authenticating non ASPX extensions. Looks like IIS 7 only authenticates mainline files resulting in Context.User==null or Context.User.Identity.IsAuthenticated==false on all other extensions. For example hitting CustomHit.axd doesn't provide user credentials where an CustomHit.aspx does.

Generic types and IDisposable, the "using" trick

Wed, 21 May 2008 16:46:03 GMT

This is another one in the series "heck, I never thought of that"... Like most of these articles, if you already knew this trick, ignore me...

SharpTemplate.NET pre-release on CodePlex

Wed, 21 May 2008 23:31:02 GMT

Introducing SharpTemplate.NET, a lightweight general-purpose template engine for .NET 2.0. It allows you to incorporate template parsing in your .NET applications. Perfect for code generators, reporting tools, mass-mailing applications, etc.

Frans Bourma comparing OR mappers to Entity Framework.

Tue, 20 May 2008 22:01:03 GMT

Frans Bourma details what an OR mapper is about and how that compares to Entity Framework.

Feedback on Danny Simmons' Why use Entity Framework

Tue, 20 May 2008 13:46:07 GMT

Useful feedback on Danny Simmons' "Why use Entity Framework"

Why do we Refactor?

Mon, 19 May 2008 20:57:18 GMT

Jeremy D. Miller talks about the benefits of refactoring

7 tricks to simplify your programs with LINQ

Mon, 19 May 2008 17:31:03 GMT

Ever since I learned about LINQ, I keep discovering new ways to use it to improve my code. Every trick makes my code a little bit faster to write, and a little bit easier to read. This posting summarizes some of the tricks that I came across. I will show you how to use LINQ to: initialize an array, iterate over multiple arrays in a single loop, generate a random sequence, ...

Why Pluggable Applications Fails in NUnit?

Fri, 16 May 2008 22:01:02 GMT

I am currently working on a project with a pluggable application. Although, the code was functioning very well it always failed during the NUnit tests, always!

Query Composition using Functional Programming Techniques in C# 3.0

Fri, 16 May 2008 01:01:02 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.

Trivial Projections Are (Usually) Optimized Away

Thu, 15 May 2008 02:26:16 GMT

The usual deep stuff about C# from Eric Lippert. This time about degenerate query expressions in LINQ.