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Setting up and running Subversion and Tortoise SVN

Wed, 08 Aug 2007 14:46:02 GMT

A quick walkthrough of setting up and configuring SubVersion with Tortoise SVN and getting started creating repositories, adding files and folders, creating local copies and working with SVN.

Why should we (not) use .NET for "real" web apps?

Thu, 09 Aug 2007 02:46:02 GMT

If you're building web apps on .NET, what leads you to assume that you should be building on .NET? . While this is a question a technologist might ask, it is a no-brainer for stake-holders.

Monorail Vs Rails Isn't a Meaningful Question

Wed, 08 Aug 2007 08:01:02 GMT

There are reasons for either of the three choices, but we technologists often fail to actually make a choice as much as we choose not to choose for not being even aware of our choices. How do you know that you're using the best, most productive tools?

DotNetKicks Beta 1 Available For Download

Tue, 07 Aug 2007 11:46:02 GMT

I have just tagged and uploaded SVN revision 132 as DotNetKicks Beta 1. Enjoy!

Using LINQ to XML (and how to build a custom RSS Feed Reader with it)

Wed, 08 Aug 2007 05:01:02 GMT

Describes how to use LINQ to XML. Shows an example application (RSS Feed reader) built by using LINQ to XML.

Attempting to Demystify Behavior Driven Development

Wed, 08 Aug 2007 05:46:02 GMT

After receiving several emails and reading Roy Osherove's post on Behave#, I wanted to give more incite and answer some questions that were asked about Behave# and BDD in general.

Announcing MbUnitForms!

Thu, 09 Aug 2007 04:16:02 GMT

I've ported NUnitForms to run against the increasingly popular unit testing framework, MbUnit.

LINQ to SQL Pipeline

Thu, 09 Aug 2007 05:01:02 GMT

C# Principal Architect Matt Warren and Lead PM Luca Bolognese detail the pipeline that hastens your LINQ queries to execution. Matt did most of the design and implementation of this code. His explanations are vivid and useful. The drawings are well organized, well executed, and clearly explained. Matt and Luca have worked together for years, and they make an excellent team.

Reflection performance put in perspective

Tue, 07 Aug 2007 02:01:02 GMT

The web framework I built over the last few years, ProMesh.NET, relies on reflection for a lot of the features it offers. Often though, I am asked if the heave use of reflection doesn't have a significant impact on performance. My answer usually is: YES, but it doesn't matter. Now you probably think that I don't care about performance or that I've had too much too drink. None of the above. I'll explain:

The Null Object Pattern

Tue, 07 Aug 2007 01:16:02 GMT

An alternative way to alleviate yourself from checking for null each time you work with a potentially missing object.

Inversion of Control and Dependency Injection with Castle Windsor III

Mon, 06 Aug 2007 08:46:02 GMT

Third article of a 4 parts series about IoC and DI with Castle Windsor Container. This article tackles configuration properties, includes, type converters, decorators and configuration conditional statements. Any feedback, questions, ratings are welcome and will be answered as soon as possible.

LightSpeed 1.0 Released!

Sun, 05 Aug 2007 18:31:02 GMT

LightSpeed is a new domain modeling framework that really empowers developers to work more efficiently. No code generation is needed, no mapping files - it all just works. Supports heaps of database engines, takes care of sql generation and a lot more. The focus of LightSpeed is to help developers work faster and more effectively.

LINQDataSource and ListView - a Dream Team

Thu, 09 Aug 2007 05:46:02 GMT

Another huge step in productivity and really comfortable, set up a dynamic ASP.NET Page with Update,Insert, Delete and Custom Template Support in seconds - almost out of the box.

WPF Gotcha: Cannot locate Resource "FileName.xaml"

Sun, 05 Aug 2007 06:58:35 GMT

A simple solution for the Cannot locate resource runtime error in WPF.

Setting a Default Browser for Visual Studio

Mon, 06 Aug 2007 09:31:02 GMT

Want to launch a particular web browser when selecting "View in Browser" or debugging your web application from within Visual Studio? Read on to learn how.

Framework to automatically UnitTest your Model

Mon, 06 Aug 2007 06:31:04 GMT

The author "Josh" created a kind of framework to automatically unit test the Model-Classes. "Stuff that nobody ever tests directly because it would be so time consuming." can now be tested with almost no afford. Read his article so you know why you want to test those domain classes

Fixes for Common VS 2008 and .NET 3.5 Beta2 Issues

Mon, 06 Aug 2007 08:01:02 GMT

How to fix some common VS 2008 beta 2 issues

ASP.NET AJAX: Rendering a Gmail-like 'Loading' Indicator

Thu, 09 Aug 2007 06:31:02 GMT

A gmail - like ajax "loading" indicator

NxBRE -The open-source rule engine for the .NET

Sat, 04 Aug 2007 11:34:44 GMT

NxBRE is the open-source rule engine for the .NET platform and a lightweight Business Rules Engine that supports two different approaches

Factoring Web.Config Configuration

Fri, 03 Aug 2007 22:06:09 GMT

There are many things which are there, but you didn't quite know existed! You might not have heard of a little known attribute called configSource, which can be specified on a section which allows the definition of the section to live in another actual file.

Free refactoring tool for ASP.Net and Visual Studio - Must See!

Tue, 07 Aug 2007 05:01:02 GMT

Developer Express released a free version of their refactoring tools for ASP.Net. There are also links to a funny screencast and to an article with many screenshots in the blog entry.

A SiteMapProvider for Static Web Sites

Fri, 03 Aug 2007 11:33:22 GMT

A SiteMapProvider implementation for large web applications with static pages. An alternative to the default SiteMapProvider using a web.stemap file.

Silverlight 1.1 2D Physics source available

Fri, 03 Aug 2007 07:53:31 GMT

The source code for my Silverlight 1.1 (alpha refresh) 2D Physics demo is now available.

I want my teams flat and my team members broad

Fri, 03 Aug 2007 06:19:05 GMT

Jeremy Miller discusses why "over the long run a flat team of generalists with healthy overlap between skillsets will blow the doors off a hierarchical team composed of specialists"

soniccast 6 - Rob shows off Linq2Sql

Sat, 04 Aug 2007 07:16:02 GMT

really, Rob is showing off Linq2Sql