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Microsoft Announces Visual Studio 2010. Developers Respond.

Mon, 29 Sep 2008 17:01:13 GMT

Microsoft's development environment offers new tools for Agile development, software testing enhancements and improved support for cloud computing. Microsoft showed CIO.com a sneak peek, and the author invited developers to chime in with their feedback.

Getting Started with ASP.NET Ajax

Sat, 23 Aug 2008 15:35:17 GMT

Learn the various set of technologies that make up Ajax, the key ingredients of ASP.NET Ajax, the major goals of ASP.NET Ajax, and why Ajax has become indispensable in web application development communities worldwide. Book chapter from Sams Teach Yourself ASP.NET Ajax in 24 Hours.

Embarcadero to Upgrade Windows RAD Tools

Sat, 23 Aug 2008 15:33:34 GMT

Products bring together CodeGear and Embarcadero's DatabaseGear functionality into a single offering featuring support for Microsoft's Silverlight.

Using Parallel LINQ

Sun, 17 Aug 2008 17:11:42 GMT

At the skunk works in Redmond, they're working on extensions to Language Integrated Query (LINQ) referred to as Parallel LINQ (PLINQ). PLINQ makes it easy to use multiple threads and all that processing power. This article shows you how and provides some parameters and guidelines for when you can get some extra horsepower out of multithreading your LINQ queries.

Microsoft's Silverlight Draws Patent Suit

Mon, 07 Jul 2008 13:39:07 GMT

Video software developer Gotuit Media has sued Microsoft, claiming that its Silverlight multimedia software infringes several of the company's patents.

A Quick Tour of Visual Studio 2008

Sun, 22 Jun 2008 15:40:49 GMT

This book chapter, from Microsoft Visual Studio 2008 Unleashed, shows what to expect as a first encounter with Visual Studio 2008, including a run-through of the tool to help you get your bearings and a review of the Visual Studio product line.

Silverlight Book - Apress Silverlight 2 Visual Essentials

Sat, 21 Jun 2008 18:37:48 GMT

Apress Silverlight 2 Visual Essentials is the last published book for Silverlight. Download Link: Apress.Silverlight.2.Visual.Essentials.Jun.2008.pdf I'm sharing this book for all silverlight developers. If you like the book, buy a printed copy from book store. If you need any book related help, send mail to books@amconlinebd.com

10 reasons why SQL Server 2008 is going to rock

Mon, 23 Jun 2008 14:01:12 GMT

Just like its predecessor, SQL Server 2008 is taking its sweet time to actually ship. However, unlike its predecessor, it won't just be a "worthwhile upgrade". It will kick ass. Here are the top 10 reasons why.

Weeklong chat with big names in open source

Mon, 02 Jun 2008 16:30:49 GMT

CIO.com is hosting a blog-based "panel discussion" this week about the challenges of getting business acceptance for open source. Anyone can comment and ask questions of these folks. A *small* subset of the participants include Mike Milinkovich (of the Eclipse Foundation), Marten Mickos (former CEO of MySQL), Dominic Sartorio (president of the Open Solutions Alliance), Joe 'Zonker' Brockmeier (Novell SUSE Evangelist), Wikipedia's Doman Mituzas, Ron Gula (developer of Dragon IDS). Nobody specific to Microsoft (they declined) but should be of interest to anyone developing/using open source in business.

The ReaderWriterLockSlim Synchronization Primitive

Mon, 26 May 2008 13:22:29 GMT

.NET 3.5 introduced a new synchronization primitive called ReaderWriterLockSlim in the System.Threading namespace, which provides synchronized access to a resource for multiple readers, or one writer. Conceptually, ReaderWriterLockSlim does the same thing as ReaderWriterLock. But ReaderWriterLockSlim performs much better and is less prone to deadlocks. The .NET team recommends ReaderWriterLockSlim for all new development. Jim Mischel shows how it works.

An Introduction to .NET for Beginners

Sun, 27 Apr 2008 21:34:38 GMT

Starting with a brief historical overview, in this book chapter from "Start-to-Finish Visual Basic 2005: Learn Visual Basic 2005," Tim Patrick explains all about .NET, from the concept of objects to typical development processes.

Adobe Responds To Silverlight

Wed, 27 Feb 2008 23:16:02 GMT

The move that Adobe is making is to include the ability in include C, C++, Java, Python, and Ruby code into Flash that will get comiled into ActionScript. This is a smart move by Adobe which will strengthen Flash and remove the major reason a developer might decide to switch to Silverlight.

A useful job interview question for developers

Thu, 07 Feb 2008 13:54:11 GMT

IT managers rarely know what to ask when a programmer is led into their office during a job interview. Here's one that can separate the true subject matter experts from the tyros.

Getting Clueful: 7 Things CIOs Should Know About Agile Development

Wed, 06 Feb 2008 22:41:35 GMT

Agile methodologies for software projects can help organizations create better software faster. Yeah, yeah, you've heard that before. Here, experienced programmers explain the key ingredients to make those goals achievable.

Scotts new Linklist - ASP.NET, WPF, AJAX, VS, .NET

Wed, 06 Feb 2008 13:31:02 GMT

A new linklist from Scott.

TDD Proven Effective! Or is it?

Fri, 01 Feb 2008 21:46:02 GMT

So when Phil Haack announced that Research Supports the Effectiveness of TDD I was more than a little interested in seeing what the linked report actually contained.

Agile's Dark Side

Fri, 30 Nov 2007 20:10:22 GMT

"Being a self-proclaimed Agile Advocate I seem to find myself in discussions regard the bad points about agile. Books, articles, and talks on the subject of agile always paint the rosy happy story about using agile. I'm no fool, and I realize that things aren't quite as happy as some people make it out to be..."

Getting Your Boss Off Your Back with Team System's Reporting Features

Thu, 08 Nov 2007 13:53:43 GMT

New features in Microsoft's Visual Studio 2008 Team System enhance managers' view of software development projects, promises the company. Or more to the point: if you automate the status reports, you don't need to have as many useless meetings. Wouldn't <em>that</em> be nice!

Five Things IT Managers Should Know About Software Requirements

Tue, 06 Nov 2007 22:28:59 GMT

CIO Magazine posed a single question to professional programmers and testers: If you could get your CIO to understand just one thing about software requirements, what would it be? These are the five things at the top of their minds.

Microsoft Unveils Sync Framework to Improve Collaboration Technologies

Wed, 07 Nov 2007 21:01:03 GMT

New data synchronization components from Microsoft are designed to ease the process of connecting applications across both computing devices and services.

New site using DotNetKicks. ConservativeKicks.com

Thu, 08 Nov 2007 15:01:02 GMT

I've set up a site using the DotNetKicks open source project. Its called ConservativeKicks.com. Its a place were you can find politically conservative news, articles and stories. Please visit if the subject interests your or you'd just like to see this great software being used for other topics. I hope you enjoy the site and thanks again to Gavin and everybody else helping with DotNetKicks.

My favorite interview questions

Sat, 03 Nov 2007 07:31:03 GMT

These are some of the questions that I ask when I'm interviewing a new applicant for a developer position.

Hackers and Suits: 10 Tips for Managers to Bridge the Gap

Mon, 29 Oct 2007 16:13:56 GMT

Managers and software developers live in two separate worlds. An expert programmer shares his advice about how managers should motivate, communicate with and (maybe) understand the strange people who build the software solutions upon which they rely.

Getting Started with Silverlight

Mon, 29 Oct 2007 16:00:13 GMT

This is a sample book chapter from Silverlight 1.0 Unleashed, which covers how to get started with Silverlight, including using the Silverlight Control and hosting options.

New LINQ provider for Flickr

Mon, 29 Oct 2007 07:31:04 GMT

LINQ provider for Flickr gives an easy way to query , add and delete Flickr photos. Here, I will give some sneak preview about how to use the provider to do different operations on Flickr, as if doing queries with SQL objects....