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Visual Studio 2008 Beta 2 is HERE!

Thu, 26 Jul 2007 23:46:02 GMT

Download it :)

String Formatting in C#

Fri, 27 Jul 2007 00:31:01 GMT

A very handy guide to formatting strings in C#.

SubSonic Video on MVC

Wed, 25 Jul 2007 14:46:02 GMT

The 3rd installment in the SonicCast series is up, and Rob Conery talks about the whole MVC "thing" and how the SubSonic team is trying to emulate that with the SubSonic MVC templates.

Combine Multiple JavaScript and CSS Files and Remove Overheads

Wed, 25 Jul 2007 05:01:02 GMT

Learn how to combine multiple resource file and remove overheads from server.

Sandcastle - Documentation Compilers for Managed Class Library

Thu, 26 Jul 2007 10:16:03 GMT

Sandcastle produces accurate, MSDN style, comprehensive documentation by reflecting over the source assemblies and optionally integrating XML Documentation Comments.

Principles of simplicity

Tue, 24 Jul 2007 08:01:03 GMT

Simplicity is about removing everything that can complicate the process of writing and maintaining software.

Inversion of Control and Dependency Injection with Castle Windsor

Tue, 24 Jul 2007 05:46:02 GMT

First article of a 4 parts series about IoC and DI with Castle Windsor Container. This first part is an introduction to the core concepts and a simple example of how to start thinking in terms of IoC.

SQL Server Interview Questions and Answers Complete List Download

Mon, 23 Jul 2007 14:46:02 GMT

Question I received is do I ask the same questions in interviews which I administrate. Answer is YES. Though, I have few other questions, which I ask. All of them I came up myself and answers are unique to questions and not available on-line. Well, long story short, I have compiled list of questions in one PDF. Please download them and use them in your next interview or just for reading purpose.

Scott Hanselman hired at Microsoft.

Mon, 23 Jul 2007 05:01:02 GMT

I think this is a great news for him and for the community

SubSonic Forums Begins

Mon, 23 Jul 2007 05:46:04 GMT

Rob announces the new subsonicproject redesign and the latest news regarding the new Forums project.

SubSonic: SonicCast #2 - All About Paging

Mon, 23 Jul 2007 06:31:01 GMT

Paging isn't always the easiest thing to figure out - and sometimes not the most performant thing you can do to a we site. Here's a webcast to show you how to set it up both ways: the ASP way, and the SubSonic way.

Introduction to Localization in ASP.NET 2.0

Mon, 23 Jul 2007 08:01:01 GMT

Check out the localization features in ASP.NET 2.0 and understand how they work under the covers. This introduction focuses on the ASP.NET 2.0 specific technology for localization and discusses how Resource Providers are used to provide the various integrated localization features in ASP.NET 2.0 and Visual Studio .NET. The focus of this article is on the technology rather on the deep semantics of localization. Serves as an introduction for the Resource Provider article.

Creating a Data Driven ASP.NET Localization

Mon, 23 Jul 2007 08:46:01 GMT

Find out how to build an ASP.NET 2.0 Resource Provider that uses database data for its localization storage rather than Resx files. Database resources can be much more flexible and this article demonstrates how to build a powerful ASP.NET resource editing front end that allows editing of resource data in a live ASP.NET application in a context sensitive manner.

SubSonic: SonicCast #1

Fri, 20 Jul 2007 00:31:02 GMT

The inaugural SonicCast is all about Code Generation, and how to alter our Code Generation templates to suit your (or your project's) code needs.

Referential Integrity - Data Modeling Mistake 1 of 10

Thu, 19 Jul 2007 11:01:02 GMT

Every decision you make before you write a line of code will significantly affect your project's duration and the performance and maintainability of your application. Can your project afford one of these all too common data modeling mistakes? The first post in this series addresses reasons architects don't use referential integrity. And why they're wrong.

Programming Handbooks and Cheatsheets

Thu, 19 Jul 2007 11:46:02 GMT

Cheat sheets are useful one page document which you should print out and post it on the wall from of your eyes. It helps you to learn the subject more quickly, and saves your time.

SQL SERVER - Insert Multiple Records Using One Insert Statement

Wed, 18 Jul 2007 05:46:02 GMT

How can I insert multiple values in table using only one insert? Now this is interesting question. When there are multiple records are to be inserted in the table following is the common way using T-SQL.

LINQ to SQL (Part 5 - Binding UI using the ASP:LinqDataSource Control)

Tue, 17 Jul 2007 22:16:02 GMT

Binding UI using the ASP:LinqDataSource Control

Banker's Rounding vs. Common Rounding in .NET

Fri, 20 Jul 2007 14:46:02 GMT

Depending on your math background, .NET's rounding functionality MAY NOT work the way you expect!!! Check out the included code to implement an alternative (known as Common Rounding) in addition to .NET's built-in Math.Round() function.

QnA on SubSonic

Mon, 16 Jul 2007 14:46:01 GMT

Rob Conery and Eric Kemp are the main developer force behind SubSonic and interest in the project is gaining momentum. InfoQ editors sent a few questions about the project over and both Eric and Rob responded:

Regex Cheat Sheet

Sat, 14 Jul 2007 02:01:01 GMT

Great Regular Expression Cheat sheet and a bit of description of how to use it well for those who know little about regular expressions.

The "Nested WHERE-IN" Anti-Pattern

Thu, 12 Jul 2007 11:01:01 GMT

There's a fascinating technique that I see many beginners use when writing SQL statements, and I call it the "Nested WHERE-IN" anti-pattern. It is, unfortunately, a common SQL technique used to avoid JOINS at all costs.

LINQ to SQL (Part 4 - Updating our Database)

Thu, 12 Jul 2007 07:16:01 GMT

Updating database using LINQ to SQL by ScottGu

SubSonic 2.0.3

Wed, 11 Jul 2007 11:46:02 GMT

SubSonic 2.0.3 is primarily a maintenance release, with a few significant enhancements

What's wrong with this code?

Sat, 14 Jul 2007 03:31:01 GMT

First post in a series of "What's wrong with this code" snippets...