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Introduction to the Standard Annotation Language (SAL) for VC++

Wed, 24 Oct 2007 02:09:32 GMT

SAL is a powerful mechanism to help find real bugs in your code. MSDN Reference http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms235402(VS.80).aspx

Pretty cool AJAX DataSource Extender

Fri, 19 Oct 2007 22:57:38 GMT

Most of you must have heard about Astoria. Read More about it here.

An introduction to bitwise operators

Thu, 22 Feb 2007 00:46:01 GMT

A brief tutorial on how to use bitwise operators

Tips and Tricks for Bitwise Arithmetic

Thu, 22 Feb 2007 01:31:02 GMT

This is a collection of useful tips and tricks for bitwise arithmetic, useful in any programming language.

Long Paths in .NET

Tue, 20 Feb 2007 13:31:01 GMT

Let's start by looking at one of the more interesting exception messages in the BCL.

Properties vs Public Fields redux...

Fri, 16 Feb 2007 18:05:58 GMT

If you are wondering on whether to go with properties or public fields, this one is for you. I like the comments section of the blog.

.Net Application Extensibility

Fri, 16 Feb 2007 17:59:34 GMT

A great article on extensibility of .Net 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

Simulating "Weak Delegates" in the CLR

Wed, 14 Feb 2007 09:01:01 GMT

Its about life time management in the CLR!!!

GC Performance Counters

Tue, 13 Feb 2007 06:46:01 GMT

Perfmon counters - Guidelines to interpret and correlate the counter data

Track down managed memory leaks

Thu, 15 Feb 2007 17:16:01 GMT

7 steps to help you find GC leak

First Look at Orcas - Nice cool feature

Thu, 15 Feb 2007 18:01:01 GMT

Build your app to target a framework version.

Search Engine Optimisation (SEO) Checklist

Mon, 12 Feb 2007 19:31:02 GMT

Search engine optimisation is pretty much part and parcel of creating websites these days. Getting the basics right don't require a large amount of work, but can make all the difference. Many of these also improve the general usability and accessibility of your site too - so you get three major benefits rolled into one.

How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love WCF

Thu, 08 Feb 2007 08:16:02 GMT

If you thought the WCF duplex channel is for long running services, you'd be wrong. But that's OK once you understand the model WCF is building on.

Anders Hejlsberg on LINQ and Functional Programming

Mon, 29 Jan 2007 10:31:01 GMT

In this video interview, Anders Hejlsberg, the chief architect of C#, describes features in the next release of C#, code named Orcas. Anders first describes how LINQ solves the impedance mismatch between the code that lives on a database server and the code we write with standard programming languages such as C# or VB. He then outlines the new capabilities that functional programming will bring to developers.

MCTS/MCPD Requirements Simplified

Tue, 29 Aug 2006 13:02:57 GMT

Illustrates the requirements for MCTS/MCPD certification with the help of a graphical format

Asynchronous WebService calls

Wed, 26 Jul 2006 05:01:01 GMT

The Truth behind the Begin. End. functions

FolderSize for Windows

Mon, 24 Jul 2006 17:01:01 GMT

Folder Size for Windows adds a new column to the Details view in Windows Explorer. The new column shows not only the size of files, but also the size of folders. It keeps track of which folders you view, and scans them in the background so you can see complete size of all files within the folder. It's very useful for cleaning up your disk. Once you get used to having that information available, a directory listing simply looks incomplete without it!

Using the Web Browser Control in C# Application

Fri, 21 Jul 2006 16:39:22 GMT

Learn how easy it is to display dynamic HTML in your C# application

Refactoring your code with VS.NET 2005

Thu, 20 Jul 2006 17:01:01 GMT

An excellent guide on how to use the Refactoring Features of Visual Studio 2005!

Microsoft Acquires SysInternals

Wed, 19 Jul 2006 14:01:01 GMT

"From the standpoint of someone working at Microsoft and responsible for the Windows SDK, this is incredible news. We are basically acquiring some of the best tools for that space (low-level, hard-core devs) as well as the services of two very talented people in Mark Russinovich and Bryce Cogswell. (I actually had the pleasure of meeting Mark some years ago when I ran CodeGuru and on top of being extremely intelligent he's also a very cool person)."

Top 10 reasons to use Windows XP 64bit

Mon, 17 Jul 2006 22:21:01 GMT

1. Premier performance. 2. Vast memory support. 3. Optimized platform and improved collaboration. 4. Increased reliability and security for your most important data. 5. Opportunity for innovation. 6. Greater flexibility. 7. Multiprocessing and multicore processor support. 8. Advantages for specialized, technical applications. 9. Single desktop for technical and business applications. 10. Familiar programming model.

Tip/Trick: Custom formatting HTML in Visual Web Developer and VS.NET

Sat, 08 Jul 2006 01:21:02 GMT

Problem : You receive an HTML or ASP.NET page from another developer you work with whose html source formatting standards are different from your own (bad use of casing, inconsistent indenting, etc). You want to quickly clean-up and format the HTML "the right way" - where "the right way" is naturally defined as own your personal preference (and naturally every developer thinks their preference is "right" <g>). Solution : Visual Web Developer and Visual Studio 2005 include a rich HTML source formatting rules engine that enables you to configure exactly how you want HTML markup to look.

WPF basic examples

Mon, 19 Jun 2006 01:17:01 GMT

This article describes some basic knowledge on ContentControls in XAML/WPF

Handling Dynamic Business Rules

Fri, 16 Jun 2006 08:05:01 GMT

Short intro, that discusses the topic of how to manage business rules that can change in the domain layer.