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FFlib.NET released!

Fri, 05 Sep 2008 08:46:02 GMT

Are you web developer? Are you looking for video conversion library for long time? So, be happy! We are pleased to introduce you the first release of our .NET & FFMPEG based video conversion library - FFlib.NET.

Top 10 Things That Annoy Programmers

Thu, 28 Aug 2008 20:46:03 GMT

Programmers all have their personal pet peeves. Whether it's scope creep, Hungarian notation, or smelly coworkers, there are certain nuisances that we must put up with in our line of work. The following is a list of the top 10 things that annoy programmers, compiled from the results of my recent question on StackOverflow along with some of my own experiences as a programmer:

Launch Firefox Instead Of Internet Explorer When Debugging

Sat, 19 Jul 2008 05:46:02 GMT

This article tells you how to launch Firefox instead of Intenet Explorer when running an ASP.NET web application in debug mode. This is something I needed to troubleshoot a project that presented a problem only in Firefox.

Running Applications in IronRuby

Fri, 18 Jul 2008 14:46:03 GMT

Simple as that. Shows you how to get a Ruby app running in IronRuby. Who doesn't want to write Ruby on .net!?

Compress WebResource.axd in ASP.NET

Fri, 13 Jun 2008 06:52:23 GMT

A lot have been written about the compression of WebResource.axd over the years, but as far as I know, nobody has come up with a simple solution to it. Miron Abramson does have a very good library for compressing a lot of different file types, but I've never been much in favour of third-party libraries. There are several reasons why you want to compress the WebResource.axd. First of all you want to reduce the size of your website. On this blog ASP.NET inserts two WebResource.axd script with a combined file size of 43.3KB. If I use compression and minify the scripts, the total file size will be 8.1KB. That is a significant gain. The WebResource.axd is cached in the browser until midnight the same day, so the file size might not be that big a deal. Well, if we can make it expire on a much later date it would be much better since it never changes. So, if the WebResource.axd is minified, compressed and set to live longer in the browsers it really adds up.

15 Tools to Help You Develop Faster Web Pages

Fri, 13 Jun 2008 16:16:14 GMT

Response times, availability, and stability are vital factors to bear in mind when creating and maintaining a web application. If you're concerned about your web pages' speed or want to make sure you're in tip-top shape before starting or launching a project, here's a few useful, free tools to help you create and sustain high-performance web applications.

Presenting Expression Blend 2.5 June Preview

Sun, 08 Jun 2008 16:16:02 GMT

Expression Blend 2.5 June Preview is now available which can be downloaded here. Now it's possible to edit the ControlTemplates from Blend using Visual State Manager to change the look and feel of the controls.

Scrum Explained in 5 Minutes

Fri, 06 Jun 2008 02:01:02 GMT

PDF entitled "Scrum in Five Minutes" from http://www.softhouse.se/

Silverlight 2 Beta 2 To be released this week!

Wed, 04 Jun 2008 11:46:10 GMT

Finally!!! This should include a go-live license, increased support for WCF bindings (other than basic), control gallery updates, performance/bug fixes. Beta 2 is probably going to be a "feature complete" or close to the 2.0 release this summer. So, this is an exciting time to be a RIA developer :)

ASP.NET "VaryByCustom" page output caching

Sat, 24 May 2008 13:09:32 GMT

With the VaryByCustom feature of the ASP.NET output cache, you can vary the response by server variables, e.g. the Session ID or the user name, without forcing you to put that into the query string.

Microsoft Source Analysis for C# Released

Fri, 23 May 2008 18:31:14 GMT

From post: "Source Analysis is similar in many ways to Microsoft Code Analysis (specifically FxCop), but there are some important distinctions. FxCop performs its analysis on compiled binaries, while Source Analysis analyzes the source code directly. For this reason, Code Analysis focuses more on the design of the code, while Source Analysis focuses on layout, readability and documentation."

Capture Image Files to the Cloud using Amazon S3

Tue, 20 May 2008 22:16:10 GMT

Amazon has a very inexpensive storage platform called S3 that lets anyone who signs up store data in their cloud for incredibly cheap. Pennies per Gigabyte per Month. After creating your own AWS S3 account, you can use this application to retrieve documents from your own S3 bucket, and capture documents using a scanner directly into the same bucket. Application + Source Code included.

ASP.NET: officially unmaintainable

Wed, 21 May 2008 13:16:05 GMT

Fast ASP.NET web page loading by batching javascripts downloads

Fri, 16 May 2008 17:01:12 GMT

Hack for the .Net script manager to pull all needed javascript files at once and push them to the bottom of the html to speed up rendering.

How to create a virtual machine from a physical one

Mon, 12 May 2008 21:31:02 GMT

P2V options - converting a physical machine to a virtual machine

A C# Operator I would like to see.

Wed, 30 Apr 2008 14:46:03 GMT

You could argue there are too many operators in C# as it is; however, I feel having an acute knowledge of the available operators is like knowing CTRL + B will bold the selected text in most word processing software. To put it simply, it hurts no-one, whilst providing shortcuts to advanced users...

Browser Beta Battle IE8 vs Firefox 3.0b5

Thu, 03 Apr 2008 17:46:02 GMT

A quick comparison of page load times on IE8 vs Firefox 3.0b5

OOXML: Why all the haters?

Thu, 03 Apr 2008 04:16:04 GMT

Apparently Microsoft's OOXML formats recently received ISO certification. . . .

Improving .Net Performance With Ngen: The Native Image Generator

Sun, 30 Mar 2008 11:01:02 GMT

An overview Microsoft's complimentary .NET tool called NGen (Native Image Generator) and how it's used in 1.1 and 2.0

ScottGu tells about the new IIS7 Admin Pack

Wed, 26 Mar 2008 17:16:03 GMT

"Last week the IIS team shipped the first technical preview of some really cool administration modules that I think web developers will find super useful." Database Manager, Log Reports, Configuration Editor, Request Filtering UI, .NET Authorization, FastCGI UI

ASP.NET Security : 2- More Basics

Wed, 26 Mar 2008 12:46:03 GMT

Basic information on how the IIS worker process takes an identity to run within, IIS 5 and 6 process models.

inline asp.net tags... sorting them all out (<%$, <%=, <%, <%#, etc.)

Mon, 31 Mar 2008 17:46:02 GMT

There are all sorts of different inline tags, and I haven't found a place that explains them all in one place, so here is the quick and dirty...

10 things I didn't know about WPF data binding

Tue, 25 Mar 2008 21:46:02 GMT

A article showing the last 10 things I learned about WPF data binding...

VisualSVN Server 1.1 Released

Tue, 25 Mar 2008 12:46:03 GMT

Adds support for Windows Authentication, repository importing and more

Compile C# to Javascript!

Tue, 25 Mar 2008 21:01:03 GMT

Script# enables more productive Ajax application development by allowing you to compile your C# source code into JavaScript. It allows you to use standard .NET tools like msbuild projects, Visual Studio and IDE intellisense, reflector, refactoring tools, amongst various others.