Get A List Of Installed Applications Using LINQ And C#

onedotnetway.com — To get a list of installed applications we need to look into registry. Microsoft.Win32 namespace contains objects which can be used to work with Windows Registry. In this post I will show you some code where I use the power of LINQ to retrieve and display a list of all applications installed on a machine. read more...

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An Open Letter to Scott Guthrie

elegantcode.com — Thank you for your team’s contributions to the software development industry. ASP.Net, the CLR, and your other significant additions to the .Net platform have genuinely advanced the state of software development. Although it may seem that you are damned if you do and damned if you don’t, most of us developers out here do appreciate your work. read more...

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Refactoring In Visual Studio 2008 | One .Net Way

onedotnetway.com — While there is a lot of talk about refactoring tools such as Resharper and Refactor Pro, not much is said about refactoring features available in Visual Studio 2008 straight out of the box. I think Resharper and Refactor Pro are fantastic tools but they cost money and most of the time our refactoring needs are simple or you maybe in an environment where such tools are not available. So what do you do? Worry not, Visual Studio comes with excellent refactoring support. In this post I will show different refactoring features of Visual Studio. read more...

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Dynamic Sort With LINQ

onedotnetway.com — In this post I will show you how to perform dynamic sorting with LINQ. read more...

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More Details Emerge On Microsoft Master Certification

onedotnetway.com — Few weeks ago Microsoft announced a new certification called Microsoft Certified Master. In an ever growing cluster of Microsoft certification this one allows you to specialise in a particular technology area. So what does this mean? Aren’t other certifications specialising as well? According to Microsoft, Master certification is intended towards candidates who spend most of their time working with one product. This is different than your average developer who needs to know about many technologies such as ASP.NET, SQL Server, WCF, WFP etc. read more...

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First Look At Microsoft Cloud Computing

deepakkapoor.net — Microsoft’s Cloud Computing Initiatives are taking shape. I expect a big bang launch somewhere around PDC 2008. Earlier I blogged about the whiff I got about Microsoft’s offering for developers in the cloud by looking at the list of PDC 2008 sessions. Today I will look at what it takes to get started with Microsoft Online Services. read more...

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Proof: Alexa Does Not Work

deepakkapoor.net — I have always had my doubts on Alexa. I somehow was never convinced about its ranking system. Today I found what could be the mother of all malfunctions. I went to Alex to look at my rankings and I saw this: read more...

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Useful Extension Method On String

deepakkapoor.net — .NET Framework provides String.IsNullOrEmpty() method which return true if the string is null or empty. It does not however take care of a string which only contains spaces. Often while persisting data we do not want to persist just empty strings. In past I have made this check before I let my data pass through. Today I thought of creating an extension method to do the same for me. read more...

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