F# September 2008 CTP Released!

published 2 days, 10 hours ago, submitted by cls2deg 3 days, 9 hours ago

blogs.msdn.com — I’m very pleased to announce the availability of the F# September 2008 CTP Release, launched via the new MSDN F# Developer Center. This release represents an important step in the evolution of the F# language as we progress it towards a fully supported language for the .NET platform. A huge thank you to both the F# team and the community members who've helped us trial earlier versions of this release and given us so much excellent feedback. read more...

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Alt.NET Podcast Episode 9: The State of IronRuby

published 6 days, 10 hours ago, submitted by javery 7 days, 12 hours ago

altnetpodcast.com — Learn about Ruby, why you should check it out, and what the status is on the IronRuby project, read more...

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Dear Asp.Net Developers: Stop Making Our Technology Look Bad

keithelder.net — Have you ever tried to use one browser and one browser only? This article outlines how impossible it can be even in 2008 to do. There are countless public facing Asp.Net web sites that require Internet Explorer. The perception and impact this has on the non Asp.Net community is something developers need to think about. It is an interesting read that provides a lot of insight into the problem and some ways to fix it. read more...

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Lutz Reflector now owned by Red Gate

published 15 days, 12 hours ago, submitted by JudahGabriel 15 days, 14 hours ago

simple-talk.com — Lutz Reflector, the free .NET disassembler every developer developer should have, has been purchased by Red Gate software. Red Gate has stated they will continue to provide the tool for free. read more...

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Clone Detective for Visual Studio

codeplex.com — Clone Detective is a Visual Studio integration that allows you to analyze C# projects for source code that is duplicated somewhere else. Having duplicates can easily lead to inconsistencies and often is an indicator for poorly factored code. read more...

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Why I Am No Longer Supporting IE6

ryanfarley.com — In the recent relaunch of this site, I created a new custom skin for Subtext. Since this is just a personal site, I threw things together fairly quickly, testing along the way with Firefox3 and IE7. Once I was getting closer to complete, I took a look at my new site in all the usual browsers, including IE6. Ugh, it looked terrible. I gave it some thought and made some decisions about supporting IE6. I'm not going to support it. Not on this site and not on others that I have a say in. I'm not talking about leaving my site unusable for IE6 users - they just won't get as good of an experience. I'm not alone with this decision. Read on to see why I am no longer supporting IE6. read more...

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Create apple.com-like breadcrumb using simple CSS

published 20 days, 21 hours ago, submitted by RyanFarley 21 days, 6 hours ago

jankoatwarpspeed.com — Janko shows an extremely simple and nicely polished way to create graphical breadcrumbs like on apple.com. read more...

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Filters in ASP.NET MVC Preview 4

published 20 days, 13 hours ago, submitted by CraigStuntz 21 days, 13 hours ago

haacked.com — In CodePlex Preview 4 of ASP.NET MVC, we split out our action filters into four types of filters, each of which is an interface. To write a custom filter, you simply need to create an attribute that also implements one of the four interfaces I mentioned. read more...

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