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Quake 3 Arena Ported to .NET Managed C++ VS 2008!

Thu, 24 Jan 2008 23:16:02 GMT

Quake III Arena has been ported to Managed C++ .NET under Visual Studio 2008. Check out article for source code download.

A good list of opensource apps

Wed, 23 Jan 2008 21:46:30 GMT

I agree with the list totally

How to make incremental DB update script in VS2008

Sun, 20 Jan 2008 11:21:56 GMT

One of the most tedious tasks in database-driven software development is to make database change scripts. In the latest release of Visual Studio there is new type of database projects that helps maintaining your database scripts significantly. From the first sight it seems that VS can generate only create scripts, which it places in /sql folder by default. Hopefully, it also can generate change script, although this feature not so easy to discover

Associating String values with enums in C#

Thu, 17 Jan 2008 21:52:33 GMT

Ever wanted to have an enum which has a value that is a string rather than just an numeric type? Well, now you can have your cake and eat it too!

Create an Access Database in C#

Thu, 17 Jan 2008 19:15:21 GMT

I wrote some code last year to create an Microsoft Access Database, fill in some data and email it out. It never made it out to production so I thought I would share part of it here.

Visual Studio 2008 New Multi-Threaded Debugging Feature

Fri, 18 Jan 2008 02:16:02 GMT

An overview of some of the new multi-threaded debugging features in VS2008.

Why automated testing matters

Thu, 17 Jan 2008 10:22:36 GMT

This blog post discusses a couple of the author's experiences with automated testing, and takes an honest look at how well it worked out. It then goes on to cover how to jump into automated testing of your own projects, suggesting tools and some best practices.

685 of the best programming links

Tue, 08 Jan 2008 22:06:45 GMT

Links sorted by category and popularity. Includes: .net, ajax, c, c#, c++, flash, java, javascript, perl, php, python, ruby, sql and xml.

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.

ADO.NET 2.0: The Data Access Classes Nobody Learned About

Wed, 15 Mar 2006 12:35:18 GMT

The release of ADO.NET 2.0, as part of the Visual Studio 2005 launch and the refresh of the .NET Framework and Common Language Runtime, passed relatively unnoticed. That's understandable. With so much going on in the Microsoft tools domain, with the new Visual Studio Team System, SQL Server 2005, and previews of Office 12 and Windows Vista, that some little database connectivity stuff could easily be overlooked

A CAPTCHA Control for ASP.NET 2.0

Sat, 11 Mar 2006 05:41:00 GMT

CAPTCHA is short for "completely automated public Turing test to tell computers and humans apart" and is the most popular technique used to prevent computer programs from sending request to Web servers. This can be for meta-searching search engines, doing dictionary attacks in login pages or sending spam using mail servers. You may see CAPTCHA images in Google register page when you do availability check on too many usernames or in Yahoo, PayPal and many other big Web sites.

ASP.NET In Page Progress Bar with Cancel Example

Wed, 08 Mar 2006 03:25:00 GMT

Example of an asp.net page with progress display and a cancel button. A single page starts a long running process, shows the progress and shows the process completion message.

Introduction to Anthem.NET

Sat, 04 Mar 2006 15:19:54 GMT

Anthem.NET is an AJAX library with these features: # support ASP.NET 2.0 # work as seamlessly as possible with VS2005, ideally without having to hand-code client JavaScript and # support ASP.NET functionality as closely as possible. Anthem is so easy to use it's almost a crime. It has a number of built-in AJAX-enabled controls. It supports viewstate so you can get control states and page info back in callbacks. It works seamlessly with web usercontrols, and master pages. Best of all, you won't need to write any JavaScript (or XMLscript).

Visual Studio 2005 Fast Tips

Sat, 04 Mar 2006 09:24:12 GMT