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Create PDF with C#

Fri, 25 Jul 2008 08:01:02 GMT

Create PDF with C# on the fly

Find semantic links in a web page

Tue, 15 Jul 2008 18:42:54 GMT

Imaging a visitor that enters his website URL into a textbox and when he clicks the submit button, you are able to retrieve all kinds of information from the guy. His name, company info, online profiles, interests etc. all this from just a URL. It's actually pretty easy if the website contains information about FOAF, APML or SIOC documents.

StringBuilder Secrets

Thu, 10 Jul 2008 12:31:02 GMT

Article goes beyond the basics and looks at some more detail of StringBuilder in C#, and a benchmark that can help you improve your code that already uses StringBuilder. With graph

Using .NET for Mobile Applications

Thu, 10 Jul 2008 13:16:11 GMT

30 .NET mobile applications done in 30 days.

Cheat Sheets for Front-end Web Developers

Wed, 09 Jul 2008 08:46:11 GMT

Cheat sheets are helpful to have around because they allow you to quickly remember code syntax and see related concepts visually. Additionally, they're nice decorative pieces for your office. In this article, you'll find 23 excellent, print-ready cheat sheets for HTML/HTML, CSS, and JavaScript (including MooTools and jQuery).

Software Development and Programming Podcasts

Sun, 22 Jun 2008 05:46:03 GMT

I couldn't find a good list of software development and programming podcasts so I created my own. Feel free to chime in with any you recommend!

How to create web application user interface that looks like Outlook

Mon, 23 Jun 2008 08:01:02 GMT

How many times have you heard form a client that they want "outlook-like" web user interface for their application? Me, probably a hundred of times. In this article I'll explain how to create a web application user interface that looks like Outlook. You can see the live demo and download source code with images.

ASP.net The Community

Mon, 09 Jun 2008 20:01:06 GMT

On this page you will find links to help you stay connected with the ASP.NET community. Read what people are saying about ASP.NET and see what people are doing with ASP.NET. You can also view a list of helpful books, check out an extensive gallery of free and commercial controls, and much more.

Guide to the semantic web

Thu, 08 May 2008 23:01:02 GMT

The calm after the storm: Mads explain what is semantic web and why it matters. And how we can get ready for it when Web 3.0 arrives.

39 Free Microsoft eLearning Courses

Fri, 18 Apr 2008 20:46:02 GMT

39 Free Microsoft eLearning Courses

Create a video player Silverlight 2 - Part 1

Mon, 14 Apr 2008 20:46:02 GMT

"Creating a video player in Silverlight is pretty simple. The MediaElement does all the heavy lifting, all you need to do is wire up a UI and you have a basic Video player. Here is a tutorial on how to create a simple video player from scratch using Silverlight 2."

Handy list of all JavaScript KeyCodes

Fri, 04 Apr 2008 23:46:05 GMT

Very often when programming in ASP.NET and ASP.NET AJAX we have to write JavaScript code. When writing JavaScript that interacts with user we have to deal with keyboard events. Here is the list of (almost) all JavaScript KeyCodes we could find:

LightReader - Open Source Silverlight RSS Reader

Wed, 02 Apr 2008 16:16:12 GMT

Michael Eaton is working on an open source Silverlight RSS Reader

Mike Snow's Silverlight Blog

Tue, 01 Apr 2008 17:01:02 GMT

Blog containing a tutorial series on developing a game using Silverlight. Hot!

Using aliases for better code readability

Tue, 01 Apr 2008 17:46:02 GMT

Here's a quick way to reduce overall code bloat while making your code even more readable.

How to grayout an image in .Net

Mon, 31 Mar 2008 21:31:02 GMT

This article shows how to gray out an image in .net programmatically. This can be useful for making "Disabled" versions of images, etc.

C# DateTime.MinValue is not the same as SqlDateTime.MinValue

Sun, 30 Mar 2008 23:01:02 GMT

Working with non-nullable types in C# can be a bit of a pain. For instance when I have a date as a string and need to parse it into a DateTime what should the value be if the parse fails? I can't use null because DateTime is not a nullable type.

Building an API with .NET

Fri, 14 Mar 2008 22:31:02 GMT

This article walks through setting up a simple REST API in C# by creating a custom HttpHandler.

Building a LinkedIn Style Address Book with the ListView and LinqDataS

Tue, 26 Feb 2008 17:16:02 GMT

Another great article from Matt Berseth about building a LinkedIn style address book

C# .NET Gmail Tools

Thu, 21 Feb 2008 18:01:02 GMT

Gmail class library for getting gmail atom feeds and for sending emails through gmail.

T-SQL Query to Find the Second Highest Column Value in a Table

Mon, 25 Feb 2008 19:31:02 GMT

One of my favorite technical interview question on SQL Server is "What query would you write to find the second highest column value in a table?" The question seems easy, however most developers fail to answer to this. Read this post for the answer.

New BlogEngine.NET Extension - SlideShow Photo Gallery

Mon, 11 Feb 2008 21:01:02 GMT

I've wanted to build a BlogEngine.NET extension to display a photo gallery since I first starting using this product. Vertigo has made my job easier with Slide.Show, a rich Silverlight application that provides an elegant and simple photo sharing user experience. It also supports direct Flickr integration that I have included as a part of this extension. All you have to do is change one configuration value in the configuration.xml and you are all set to hook into your Flickr account. A live demo can be found at http://dannydouglass.com/page/photogallery.aspx. My website offers a popup version of this gallery (click the "photos" tab above) that I would be glad to explain in a follow-up post if there is any interest. [Requires Silverlight 1.0]

Chaining the C# ?? Operator

Tue, 29 Jan 2008 09:01:02 GMT

The C# 2.0 ?? operator makes it easy to assign a default value to nulls. Nothing new here, but did you know that you can also chain the operator to quickly check many value and find the first non-null value?

Stopwatch Writer - Simplify Your Performance Testing

Wed, 16 Jan 2008 02:16:03 GMT

A small utility class that makes it easy to quickly analyze code time performance

The Stopwatch Class

Tue, 15 Jan 2008 12:46:02 GMT

Stop using DateTime to time long sections of code. The 2.0 framework introduced the System.Diagnostics.Stopwatch class to do the dirty work for you.