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Deep Fried Bytes: Looking into the Crystal Ball about C# 4.0

Fri, 14 Nov 2008 19:09:29 GMT

One of the most exciting announcements from PDC was the news about C# 4.0 and Visual Studio 2010. With all the excitement and discussion throughout the event about these new developer tools, we reached out to two experts in the fields. Charlie Calvert and Bill Wagner sat down with Keith and Woody to answer some questions and discussed their new books on LINQ and C# . We also have a short talk with Jason McConnell of the Surface team.

Stealing Someone Else's Work

Wed, 01 Oct 2008 20:03:31 GMT

"[A blogger] has clearly taken the Microdesk.Utility.UnitTest.dll and torn it open using Reflector or some other similar MSIL decompiler tool and then posted the actual source code on his blog (interestingly, after of course removing the Microdesk from the class namespace designations in the code he's posted so it looks as though its his own effort). " And the Douchebag of the Year award goes to....

How NOT To Optimize LINQ Statements

Wed, 24 Sep 2008 17:46:03 GMT

About a month ago I was experimenting with different ways to optimize my LINQ queries against the IdeaPipe database, in order to improve the read times. I wanted to improve the read times because our new Facebook Application was being launched and I anticipated an increase in our traffic to the server, which is used to host IdeaPipe and the Facebook Application component. I quickly realized how now to optimize LINQ statements though.

So, What is Duck Typing?

Mon, 22 Sep 2008 19:16:09 GMT

"I'm going to lay out what I think Duck Typing is, and let you poke holes in it, and tell me where I'm wrong. "

Dear Alt.Net Developers: Stop blaming Microsoft and WebForms for crea

Fri, 29 Aug 2008 14:46:02 GMT

I am responsible for every website I create. If I create a site or application that is unmaintainable or that has poorly formed HTML or doesn't render well in all browsers, that is my fault. I chose my development tools/framework, or my employer, who I choose to work for, chose the development tools/framework. Either way, it is my responsibility, as a professional, to do my utmost to create the best possible application that is within my capability to create.

Skinning the Cat with Fluent NHibernate

Thu, 07 Aug 2008 23:01:02 GMT

As you may have noticed, I have become interested in the concept of Object Relational Mapping and the NHibernate framework. One of the more painful/tedious aspects of using NHibernate is hand writing the xml mapping files. That is why I got excited when I heard that Jeremy Miller was open sourcing his mapping generation libraries.

Microsoft Releases SQL Server 2008

Wed, 06 Aug 2008 19:16:02 GMT

Customers and partners worldwide confirm mission-critical applications, enterprise-class data warehousing support.

Microsoft and Open Source...A New Love Story

Fri, 01 Aug 2008 00:31:02 GMT

Brian Prince outlines the latest happenings between Microsoft and the open source community. Including sponsoring the Apache Software Foundation.

4 features for C# 4.0

Mon, 21 Jul 2008 13:16:03 GMT

C# 3.0 still hasnt sunk in yet for most, yet there already seems to be some buzz about c# features we would like to see in the future. Here is my take on the 4 language features i would like to see implemented in C#

Conventions-Based Binding With Ninject

Mon, 07 Jul 2008 05:46:02 GMT

An explanation of how to make your type bindings in Ninject work with a "conventions over configuration" mindset.

What's Changed in Silverlight 2 Beta 2?

Sat, 07 Jun 2008 07:16:02 GMT

A good summary of what's changed in Beta 2.

Getting The Database Schema Using Enterprise Manager

Wed, 23 Aug 2006 09:31:02 GMT

How to use Enterprise Manager to get the database schema? Read on...

Creating a Tag Cloud in C#

Tue, 22 Aug 2006 14:01:01 GMT

I wanted to add a TagCloud to GeekZilla. The first thing I did was look around the web for some examples (or free components). To my supprise none jumped out at me. So, I decided to write my own.

The Secret Life Of NHibernates Caches

Wed, 23 Aug 2006 12:31:01 GMT

Ayende talks about NHibernate caches !

HOW TO: Navigate quickly back and forth between Definitions

Wed, 05 Apr 2006 01:17:00 GMT

How many times have you viewed a defintiion of a class only to have to cycle through all the tabs to find where you previously were? This how to shows how to use the back and forth buttons on the mouse and its hot keys to quickly navigate in your code.

HOWTO: Use aspnet_setreg to encrypt other values in the web.config

Tue, 04 Apr 2006 11:29:00 GMT

Here's a slight hack I came up with to store encrypted connection strings in the registry that mimic the aspnet_setreg utility that comes with the .NET framework.

HOW TO: Using Surrounds with in Visual Studio 2005

Sun, 26 Mar 2006 03:33:00 GMT

Kick guide on how to use the Surrounds with feature in Visual Studio 2005

Day Of Dot Net

Wed, 22 Mar 2006 12:03:14 GMT

Remember http://www.digg.com/technology/_.Net_programmers_are_one_of_the_top_5_most_in-demand_jobs ? Many regions in the US are forming their own community driven conferences. Think Ohio Linux fest, but for .NET instead. Southeastern Michigan is starting off with some excellent speakers (rumored are some DotNetRocks hosts).

ZedGraph: A flexible charting library for .NET

Thu, 16 Mar 2006 13:37:00 GMT

Here's an open source charting library for .NET that provides a high degree of configurability.

Encrypting Configuration Information in ASP.NET 2.0 Applications

Sun, 19 Feb 2006 06:49:00 GMT

When creating ASP.NET 2.0 applications, developers commonly store sensitive configuration information in the Web.config file. The cannonical example is database connection strings, but other sensitive information included in the Web.config file can include SMTP server connection information and user credentials, among others. While ASP.NET is configured, by default, to reject all HTTP requests to resources with the .config extension, the sensitive information in Web.config can be compromised if a hacker obtains access to your web server's file system. For example, perhaps you forgot to disallow anonymous FTP access to your website, thereby allowing a hacker to simply FTP in and download your Web.config file. Eep. Fortunately ASP.NET 2.0 helps mitigate this problem by allowing selective portions of the Web.config file to be encrypted, such as the <connectionStrings> section, or some custom config section used by your application. Configuration sections can be easily encrypted using code or aspnet_regiis.exe, a command-line program. Once encrypted, the Web.config settings are safe from prying eyes. Furthermore, when retrieving encrypted congifuration settings programmatically in your ASP.NET pages, ASP.NET will automatically decrypt the encrypted sections its reading. In short, once the configuration information in encrypted, you don't need to write any further code or take any further action to use that encrypted data in your application.

13 Productivity Tips for ADO.NET 2.0

Fri, 17 Feb 2006 17:01:00 GMT

13 Productivity Tips for ADO.NET 2.0

Tools every C# developer should know about

Fri, 27 Jan 2006 11:21:00 GMT

17 useful tools for C#

MagicAjax.NET available on sourceforge

Thu, 26 Jan 2006 11:21:00 GMT

MacigAjax.NET is now available on sourceforge. It is "a framework that provides AJAX technologies for web pages created with ASP.NET. It allows developers to easily integrate AJAX support into their pages without replacing the ASP.NET controls and/or writing javascript code".

Upcoming Releases of Useful ASP.NET 2.0 Things

Thu, 26 Jan 2006 09:05:00 GMT

Scott Guthrie outlines some of the features that we can expect in downloads and future releases of ASP.NET 2.0.