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Can't think of a good class name?

Mon, 17 Mar 2008 23:16:02 GMT

Try this

Implement an Option Strict on Checkin Policy

Fri, 14 Mar 2008 16:59:01 GMT

Code examples on how to force your VB using friends to use Option Strict or not check in using VB9 LINQ to XML language features.

Using .NET XSLT Extension Objects

Thu, 20 Dec 2007 23:14:04 GMT

How to leverage the CLR from your XSL Transformations.

Expresso - a Great Regular Expression Tool

Thu, 20 Dec 2007 22:48:18 GMT

This one is for all you guys who are tired of pressing F5 over and over in Visual studio just to see if you got the Regular expression right, I know got tired of it and that's how i found this tool.

Learn Model-View-Presenter in ASP.NET Screencast

Thu, 20 Dec 2007 13:40:23 GMT

Learn how to implement Model-View-Presenter in ASP.NET. The screencast discusses two Model-View-Presenter QuickStarts shown in the MVP Bundle from Microsoft Patterns & Practices, focusing on view-presenter communication, depenency injection, and mock frameworks.

Why you shouldn't upgrade to VS 2008

Thu, 20 Dec 2007 12:02:23 GMT

Top 10 excuses for not upgrading. You've probably heard a few yourself.

ASP.NET MVC: Prevent XSS with automatic HTML encoding

Thu, 20 Dec 2007 10:31:02 GMT

Tired of having to remember to HTML-encode all your strings to prevent cross-site-scripting? Here's a way to change the ASPX page compilation process so that output is correctly encoded by default.

Playing Jazz with Test-Driven Development

Sun, 09 Dec 2007 00:06:10 GMT

Test Driven Development is NOT about just making it up as you go along. Here's why...

Upgrading to Team Foundation Server 2008 Workgroup Edition

Sun, 02 Dec 2007 23:15:15 GMT

The Code assassin warns of potential SQL collation dramas when upgrading to the latest Team Foundation Server.

Writing Testable Code Is About Managing Complexity

Thu, 15 Nov 2007 05:16:02 GMT

One of the key benefits of the new ASP.NET MVC framework is improved testability of web applications. Phil Haack talks about why improved testability is good and how it helps to manage complexity and separate concerns.

Windows Live Writer: Out of Beta

Fri, 09 Nov 2007 03:46:02 GMT

This great free product from Microsoft comes out.....of beta.

Understanding ASP.NET Ajax Callbacks, Delegates and DomEvents

Thu, 08 Nov 2007 18:01:02 GMT

Great article by Darren explaining some of the potential gotcha's with ASP.NET Ajax development for the uninitiated.

Announcing Microsoft Search Server 2008 Express

Tue, 06 Nov 2007 18:46:03 GMT

Ever wanted to index your intranet, external sites, documents etc but didn't know how.....well there are various alternatives (.net flavours of lucene), solr, nutch but now Microsoft have just announced they are releasing an Express edition of their search server with no document limits. Sounds good and worth a look. Original blog post here: http://blogs.msdn.com/enterprisesearch/archive/2007/11/06/announcing-microsoft-search-server-2008-express.aspx John

Working with Virtual Earth Part 2 - Persisting and Retrieving Location

Tue, 06 Nov 2007 10:17:40 GMT

Darren Neimke walks us through the Live Maps API describing how to store, retrieve, and then display saved locations in Virtual Earth.

Model View Presenter - Passive view

Mon, 05 Nov 2007 18:46:14 GMT

Second part of the Model View Presenter blog post series covering the details of passive view type of MVP pattern, its pros and contras comparing with supervising controller type of MVP etc...

Visual Studio 2008 to RTM in Movember

Mon, 05 Nov 2007 20:16:02 GMT

Mary Jo Foley published the big news - Visual Studio 2008 RTM - early this morning. It follows the Microsoft press release. This is big news and I'm forced to believe that Microsoft aligned this historical release to coincide with Movember.

The Gospel of the GUID - And Why It Matters!

Mon, 05 Nov 2007 23:16:03 GMT

There is only one commandment in the Gospel of the GUID: Thou shalt always use a GUID to uniquely identify a row in a table.

SubSonic: MVC Preview Video

Mon, 05 Nov 2007 18:46:02 GMT

Rob Conery has created a short screencast showing ASP.MVC and SubSonic.

.NET Framework 3.5 Namespace poster

Mon, 05 Nov 2007 13:31:03 GMT

The .NET Framework 3.5 Commonly Used Types and Namespaces poster

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.

3 hot uses for HttpContext.Current.Items "They" won't tell you about.

Fri, 02 Nov 2007 17:16:02 GMT

HttpContext.Current.Items, arcane enough to give you guru-cred to the mid-range noobs, simple enough that it can be leveraged for good and / or evil. Awesome. 3 Tips for using it that aren't entirely obvious.

Dangers of the new ASP.NET MVC framework

Fri, 02 Nov 2007 01:31:13 GMT

Will the new MVC framework split the ASP.NET community in 2? One following the "stardard" WebForm paradigma and one following the more "strict" approach?

I'm Really Digging F#

Thu, 01 Nov 2007 21:46:04 GMT

An article that shows the elegance, power and brevity of Microsoft's F# language.

Use caution with Strongly Typed Resources

Thu, 18 Oct 2007 14:46:02 GMT

Some words of caution/warning for using Strongly Typed Resources generated by VS2005+

OSI Approves Microsoft License Submissions

Wed, 17 Oct 2007 19:16:02 GMT

The Microsoft Public License (Ms-PL) and the Microsoft Reciprocal License (Ms-RL).