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strfriend.com | A tool to visualize your regular expressions

Thu, 04 Dec 2008 11:09:50 GMT

You can visualize your regular expressions in this site. It's suitable for presentations and articles because a picture worth 1000 words!

The Book Writing Process

Wed, 03 Dec 2008 22:31:02 GMT

Simone Chiaretta writes about the writing process of a book, especially a programming book, based on his own experiences with Wrox when working on Beginning ASP.NET MVC.

Have you ever wondered why CodePlex is so slow?

Wed, 03 Dec 2008 16:31:21 GMT

Taking a look at one feature on CodePlex that is much slower than it needs to be, due to indiscriminate use of UpdatePanels and bloated ViewState, and then comparing it to similar functionality on Stack Overflow to illustrate how much more efficiently the same feature can be implemented.

Haacked: ASP.NET MVC on IIS 6 Walkthrough

Wed, 03 Dec 2008 19:31:10 GMT

"In this post, I want to provide a definitive guide to getting ASP.NET MVC running on IIS 6. I will walk through using the .mvc or .aspx file extension for URLs first, then I will walkthrough using extension-less URLs."

New ASP.NET Charting Control

Tue, 25 Nov 2008 16:31:03 GMT

From ScottGu's blog. Brand new, Free, ASP.NET 3.5 chart control. It looks very nice!

Lazy Loading with Linq to SQL POCO s

Wed, 29 Oct 2008 09:01:02 GMT

How to achieve Lazy Loading when using POCO s with Linq to SQL

Generic Variance in C# 4.0

Tue, 28 Oct 2008 21:46:12 GMT

A simple description of the new variance support for generics in the yet-to-be-released C# 4.0.

LINQ Farm: Covariance and Contravariance in C# 4.0

Wed, 29 Oct 2008 04:31:02 GMT

This post is designed to help you begin to understand a new feature in the next version of Visual Studio that involves covariant and contravariant support for delegates and interfaces. Eric Lippert's series of posts on this subject are definitely the definitive reference at this time. I'm writing this overview of the subject simply as an appendix to his explanation, and as quick reference for folks who want to get up to speed on this technology.

Silverlight Toolkit Released on CodePlex!

Tue, 28 Oct 2008 18:46:07 GMT

The Silverlight Toolkit is a collection of Silverlight controls, components and utilities made available outside the normal Silverlight release cycle. It adds new functionality quickly for designers and developers, and provides the community an efficient way to help shape product development by contributing ideas and bug reports. This first release includes full source code, unit tests, samples and documentation for 12 new controls covering charting, styling, layout, and user input.

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.

CodeRush Xpress for Visual Studio announced

Tue, 28 Oct 2008 12:46:03 GMT

A free subset of CodeRush and Refactor! Pro is now available.

The Excitement that is C# 4.0

Tue, 28 Oct 2008 12:01:02 GMT

I just got back from the "Future of C#" talk at PDC by Anders Hejlsberg. This was a truly inspiring talk for a geek like me. C# is evolving into a much more dynamic language. I have always been a believer of strong typing. except when I'm not. and I have been wishing for something more dynamic (such as Duck Typing). In C# 4.0, we will be seeing some significant dynamic features.

SubSonic MVC Addin

Tue, 28 Oct 2008 22:31:03 GMT

good work!

Visual Studio 2010 and .NET Framework 4.0 CTP

Mon, 27 Oct 2008 19:31:13 GMT

"Microsoft Visual Studio 2010 and the .NET Framework 4.0 are the next generation development tools and platform for Windows Vista, the 2007 Office System, and the Web."

How and when (not) to use Extension Methods in C# and .NET?

Tue, 28 Oct 2008 15:46:11 GMT

Lets first briefly examine Extension Methods, show some basics usages and then we will tackle some more advanced and concrete examples used to provide fluent, natural DateTime operations (similar to Date and Time operations available in Ruby on Rails).

New .NET logo

Mon, 27 Oct 2008 11:16:13 GMT

Our team decided a while back to bring a fresh new look to the .NET logo, given the old was in need of a refresh to suite our future product positioning (I've been staring at this for a few weeks now and it's totally grown on me)....

SVN-Monitor is finally out for free download!

Sun, 26 Oct 2008 19:31:02 GMT

A full-featured .net application that integrates SubVersion, TortoiseSVN and all your checked-out folders and repositories. Use it to perform all your svn commands and monitor all your projects' activities in a single place. Access all commands from the tray menu or from the main window. This is a must-have tool for every windows+svn user!

Using jQuery to search Content and creating custom Selector Filters

Fri, 24 Oct 2008 17:46:02 GMT

jQuery makes it easy to search content of matched elements by using the :content filter which allows for some pretty cool search effects you can implement with a couple of lines of code. Unfortunately :contains is case sensitive though, but never fear jQuery allows creation of custom filters that allow you to provide a custom case insensitive version.

ScottG:October 22nd Links: ASP.NET, Visual Studio, WPF and Silverlight

Thu, 23 Oct 2008 17:46:09 GMT

Latest quality link collection by Scott

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.

Neptune (personal SMTP testing server)

Wed, 22 Oct 2008 08:46:13 GMT

Neptune is a SMTP Development Server targeted for use in automated testing. It's a SMTP server that does not relay the message and allows you to query for messages and their content.

SQL Server Tips and Tricks

Wed, 24 Sep 2008 05:46:02 GMT

The following are a wide range of tips and tricks I have collected over the years working with various versions or Microsoft's SQL Server. I always enjoy finding little snippets of code which are both simple and powerful. Why write complicated routines when one or two lines of code can do it?

Matt Berseth: Dynamic Data Demos Now Available

Tue, 23 Sep 2008 13:16:05 GMT

Matt now has his dynamic data demos up since discountasp.net is supporting ASP.NET 3.5 SP1. Go take a look. They are pretty cool.

Scaling Long Running Web Services

Mon, 22 Sep 2008 13:52:56 GMT

How to handle web service calls that can take a long time to complete.

SQL - Step By Step Installation of SQL Server 2008

Mon, 22 Sep 2008 20:01:04 GMT

Step by step installation of Microsoft SQL server 2008.