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Microsoft Research's DOLOTO Makes AJAX Twice as Fast

Thu, 22 May 2008 14:01:15 GMT

Microsoft Research has released some exciting information about a new tool being worked on by Ben Livshits and Emre Kiciman. DOLOTO promises to greatly speed the loading of web applications. It does this by automatically making parts of the application load in the background or lazy load when they are needed. The results look extremely impressive. They tried it on a bunch of websites and saw around a fifty percent improvement in loading time on all of them. These included such content rich sites as Live.com, Live Maps and Google Spreadsheets.

My "Better Know a Framework" Talk at IndyCodeCamp

Wed, 30 Apr 2008 10:16:02 GMT

Today at the IndyCodeCamp I gave a talk in much of the same spirit as the "Better Know a Framework" series on ".NET Rocks!" The talk had no slides, but featured me in the debugger highlighting a few of my favorite (but lesser known classes). This code is included. As part of my preparation, I researched every topic covered on each show and included a brief summary as part.

6 Great Ways To Rid Yourself of Good Developers

Thu, 22 Mar 2007 07:31:01 GMT

Are you sick of intelligent developers who understand the business, show initiative and promote positive and efficient practices? Do those snarky programmer analysts constantly demonstrate their ability to take abstract requirements and turn them into detailed designs? Don't let developers turn your projects into a success! Here are 6 great ways to make sure they run away and never look back.

DotNetKicks.sql - Download the SQL schema

Wed, 21 Mar 2007 02:16:02 GMT

Here is the first portion of the DotNetKicks source code that will soon be released in full open source glory. Please note that I have not yet decided on which open source license to use for this project, so please don't sell it to google for billions just yet.

XBAP 2D Physics

Thu, 08 Mar 2007 05:16:01 GMT

Simple 2D physics engine and WPF in your browser.

The Three Faces of ASP.NET AJAX

Sun, 04 Mar 2007 06:46:04 GMT

A comprehensive introduction into ASP.NET AJAX 1.0.

Self-executing SQL scripts

Thu, 01 Mar 2007 06:01:01 GMT

A neat trick for embedding SQL scripts into a batch file for simple double-click style execution.

Finding the name of your calling method

Wed, 28 Feb 2007 09:46:01 GMT

Here's an easy way to find out the name of the method who called you, or the method who called that one, or the method who called that one....

Interview Questions for DotNet, C#, OOP, ASP.net ... etc

Tue, 27 Feb 2007 06:46:02 GMT

These are the most important 20 interview questions, which should be like 1+1 for any developer.

How To Find Out Which Columns Have Defaults And What Those Default Val

Fri, 23 Feb 2007 10:31:02 GMT

You created a bunch of columns with default values, how do you list all those columns and how do you see what those default values are? Solutions for SQL Server 2000 and 2005 are included

ASP.NET page event lifecycle cheat sheet

Fri, 23 Feb 2007 11:16:01 GMT

Don't put all your love into Page_Init... Learn about the page event lifecycle and what each can be used for.

Create reusable user controls in ASP.NET

Thu, 22 Feb 2007 12:01:02 GMT

By adhering to the principles of object oriented programming when designing user controls, you can maximize the maintainability and reusability of the controls. The key is to remember that despite ASP.NET looks very different from C#/VB code libraries, it is still programming and in programming you code using well proven principles. ASP.NET is no different.

Host Windows Forms Controls in WPF

Thu, 22 Feb 2007 09:01:01 GMT

In this post Keyvan describes a simple process to host traditional Windows Forms controls in Windows Presentation Foundation applications.

C# 3.0 - An Introduction

Mon, 19 Feb 2007 07:31:02 GMT

Lets take a look at some of the language enhancements in C# 3.0

.NET Format String Quick Reference/Cheat Sheet

Fri, 05 Jan 2007 19:31:01 GMT

All standard and custom DateTime and number format strings (for use with String.Format(), .ToString(), etc) in one handy document.