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I finally get the point of inversion of control

Wed, 11 Jun 2008 21:31:02 GMT

A quick overview of IoC (with diagrams!).

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."

ReSharper 4.0 beta for Visual Studio 2008 is out!

Fri, 23 May 2008 13:16:05 GMT

- New code analysis, context actions and quick-fixes; - New refactorings (such as Convert to Extension Method, Convert to Automatic Property, Convert Anonymous Type to Named); - Updated IntelliSense

Entities, Value Objects, Aggregates and Roots

Wed, 21 May 2008 23:46:02 GMT

Basics of DDD

(Better) JQuery IntelliSense in VS2008

Tue, 29 Apr 2008 19:16:03 GMT

If you are like me and you've read the many articles about how to get other javascript libraries to work in VS2008, you'll know that all you really need to do is install the visual studio HOTFIX. This patches your VS and among other things, gets the javascript intellisense working nicely.

A Great Visual Studio Add-on You Must Have

Tue, 29 Apr 2008 14:01:03 GMT

Recently I found out this great add-on for Visual Studio 2008 called PowerCommands. PowerCommands Extends the functionality of Visual Studio 2008 by adding some features which we all want built into Visual Studio. PowerCommands provides the following...

jQuery.ui Sortable

Mon, 28 Apr 2008 14:46:04 GMT

Sortable lists are a common thing to work on and jQuery.ui's Sortable plug in makes it super easy to create very nice looking sortable lists that work consistently even in complex layouts.

ASP.NET MVC CSS Sprite

Sun, 27 Apr 2008 22:16:02 GMT

I build on my last technique of generating CSS Sprites and make a unique solution for the MVC framework using a custom ActionResult.

51+ Best of jQuery Tutorials and Examples

Sat, 26 Apr 2008 14:46:02 GMT

A good summary of jQuery resources

47 ASP.NET MVC Resources to Rock Your Development

Tue, 29 Apr 2008 15:31:02 GMT

Get the grand tour of today's best ASP.NET MVC resources

Performance impact of the readonly keyword

Thu, 24 Apr 2008 08:01:02 GMT

A study of the performance impact of the readonly keyword.

Why Does This Program Keep Crashing?

Thu, 24 Apr 2008 05:46:02 GMT

A lesson in factory methods and humor. Hope you enjoy.

Why you should not place your whole site in an UpdatePanel

Wed, 23 Apr 2008 14:01:04 GMT

Three significant reasons why you should avoid using an UpdatePanel to encapsulate your entire site and provide "navigation" by refreshing content areas.

Subversion visually explained in 30 sec

Mon, 21 Apr 2008 16:16:02 GMT

A simple flash explantion of Subversion with 2 concurrent users. Includes conflict solving.

NSvn Handling of Repository Externals Property Text

Fri, 25 Apr 2008 08:46:03 GMT

NSvn is a managed wrapper for Subversion. It's a DLL included in AnkhSVN and no documentation. It's always good to find information on it...

Correctly disposing using the using()-statement

Fri, 18 Apr 2008 16:16:07 GMT

A nice little article for newbies about how the using()-statement in C# works.

Javascript: Introducing Using (.js)

Thu, 17 Apr 2008 10:16:03 GMT

Clean late loading of scripts using using.js.

IE8 vs Firefox 3.0b5 : Javascript Part1

Thu, 17 Apr 2008 17:46:02 GMT

First Javascript Speed tests of IE8 vs Firefox 3.0b5 using Dromaeo.

Manage your ASP.NET Web.config Files using NAnt

Wed, 20 Feb 2008 22:31:02 GMT

Generate web.config files using a template and property files.

Test Driven Development - our customers couldn't care less

Mon, 28 Jan 2008 20:32:06 GMT

Should we measure software quality in terms on code coverage when our customer's do not care?

Something you probably don't know about enums in C#

Mon, 28 Jan 2008 19:31:02 GMT

Do you think the use of an enum in your code is limiting the possible values that can be used? Think again. Maybe we need to learn to be more careful about checking our enums for valid values.

The Boo Language

Tue, 29 Jan 2008 11:16:02 GMT

Ayende on the Boo language.

Creating an Editable JavaScript Component for Table Editing

Mon, 28 Jan 2008 13:04:35 GMT

Here's a jQuery based implementation of an Editable extender that makes any simple text element editable. You can apply it against simple tags or entire tables or grids and make them editable. Callbacks fire when data changes and there are host of useful features like editing anchor text, limited keyboard navigation, visual change indication and more...

Should I Blog?

Sat, 26 Jan 2008 22:31:01 GMT

Reasons why you should start a blog

Keep your CSS files clean with a tiny HttpHandler

Sat, 26 Jan 2008 11:16:02 GMT

CSS, is the heart of any web application today. Writing cross browser CSS is really a hell of an art and including CSS files selectively and writing CSS hacks that will work out in one browser but wont in other is also a tedious job...