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Visual Studio 2010 Beta 1 for MSDN Subscribers

Tue, 19 May 2009 07:46:09 GMT

Visual Studio 2010 Beta 1 is now on MSDN along with .Net 4 Beta 1. Some highlights from the information: .Net 4.0 Cloud Development - Windows Azure which is basically utility computing where you pay by the hour for your usage. Parallel Development - Not sure if this only means PLINQ for .Net developers or if they are only talking about C++ devs. TDD Improvements - Editor changes for building test cases first, and then writing the code. ASP.NET - CSS grids and design surfaces changes, more Javascript debugging improvements. C++ Compiler - Lots of changes for C++ development, including MFC. Sharepoint templates New Project Templates Windows 7 - MFC updates for Ribbon UI, and WPF changes. Application Model Changes - Reverse existing codebases, and lots of changes in Architect Edition to support more model types (including Class Libraries finally). Test Runner - This is potentially huge as it allows testers to submit bug reports complete with callstacks and traces that you can actually use to resume an app at the error point to avoid the dreaded No Repro on bug reports. I have seen this demo and it is quite impressive. We will see how it actually works though.

My New Favorite Tool: OneNote

Wed, 29 Apr 2009 07:01:15 GMT

Review of Microsoft OneNote 2007 relating to the developer.

Who Thinks Like Database Professionals?

Wed, 01 Apr 2009 11:52:29 GMT

Interesting article that kinda hit home for me .. "..I was talking to my team this morning and we were wondering about some design decisions. One of the things that came out of the discussion was: Database professionals think differently. .."

6 Things Developers Should Know By 2010

Wed, 11 Mar 2009 18:16:02 GMT

A list of 6 things I think asp.net developers should know by 2010

12+ open source projects for .NET you probably didn't know about.

Sat, 07 Mar 2009 01:01:02 GMT

Here's a few of the better .NET open source projects which are making a difference to .NET developers worldwide, and it just shows that the open source .NET community is alive and well.

All Microsoft SDKs in one place!

Mon, 26 Jan 2009 06:16:02 GMT

Here's an almost complete list of all Microsoft SDKs for Azure Services Platform, Windows Desktop, Server Technologies, etc. along with their links in one place.

Why Windows 7 Will Save Microsoft

Fri, 09 Jan 2009 03:16:02 GMT

I was doing some thinking over the past few weeks and I came to a realization. Windows 7, with all of it's improvements in performance, new features, and more streamlined development process, will actually save Microsoft and redeem them from the whole Vista crash. So I decided to write up WHY Windows 7 will tromp every previous Windows version and why we should pay close attention to it.

BlogCumulus.NET - A flash based tag cloud.

Tue, 11 Nov 2008 19:45:41 GMT

A BlogEngine.NET extension called BlogCumulus.NET that adds a flash based tag cloud to your blog.

Chrome didn't survive long...

Thu, 04 Sep 2008 11:31:07 GMT

I uninstalled Google Chrome after considering the potential threads for privacy

Top 10 Things That Annoy Programmers

Fri, 29 Aug 2008 04:46:03 GMT

Programmers all have their personal pet peeves. Whether it's scope creep, Hungarian notation, or smelly coworkers, there are certain nuisances that we must put up with in our line of work. The following is a list of the top 10 things that annoy programmers, compiled from the results of my recent question on StackOverflow along with some of my own experiences as a programmer:

Scraping, or Programatically Accessing, a Secure Webpage

Wed, 27 Aug 2008 16:46:11 GMT

There are many secure websites out there that provide useful information but do not have a public API to access it's data. A prime example of this is the LinkedIn website. You might love to gather some info from LinkedIn, but their promise to deliver a public API has yet to come to fruition. The problem is, the pages with all the good data are secure, requiring the user to log in before accessing these pages. Let's say we want to scrape this data from these pages programatically? We need to authenticate to access these pages. We can do that by reusing the authentication cookie from the site that we receive when we log in with a browser.

Why I Am No Longer Supporting IE6

Tue, 19 Aug 2008 16:46:03 GMT

In the recent relaunch of this site, I created a new custom skin for Subtext. Since this is just a personal site, I threw things together fairly quickly, testing along the way with Firefox3 and IE7. Once I was getting closer to complete, I took a look at my new site in all the usual browsers, including IE6. Ugh, it looked terrible. I gave it some thought and made some decisions about supporting IE6. I'm not going to support it. Not on this site and not on others that I have a say in. I'm not talking about leaving my site unusable for IE6 users - they just won't get as good of an experience. I'm not alone with this decision. Read on to see why I am no longer supporting IE6.

How to run a software development company (INTO THE GROUND)

Sun, 17 Aug 2008 02:31:02 GMT

The series will cover the things you *shouldn't* do if you hold some sort of managerial stake in a software project. Sadly these tales will be from my own personal experience working for companies that have drifted into disarray. These examples will be embellished somewhat to drive the points home, but by and large, everything you will read in these posts will be true.

Microsoft Releases SQL Server 2008

Thu, 07 Aug 2008 03:16:02 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 08:31:02 GMT

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

Sysinternals, now easier to get than ever

Sat, 31 May 2008 22:01:07 GMT

The sysinternals team has placed all their tools on a network share... on the internet. Now you can copy and run any of their tools from the command line. Anywhere. With no installs, website googling, unzipping or anything. \\live.sysinternals.com\tools\

BlogEngine.NET - Powerful, open source blog engine written in ASP.NET

Thu, 15 May 2008 03:16:12 GMT

When I decided to run a new blog, I was in a dilemma whether to write engine from scratch or to use some existing solution. Since I wanted to do it fast, I started to search and BlogEngine.NET grabbed my attention. It is an open source project written in ASP.NET 2.0, which was a good starting point for me. Since I use Microsoft technologies in my everyday work it was easy to customize the solution.

Using iTextSharp To Watermark/Write Text to Existing PDF's

Tue, 13 May 2008 02:31:02 GMT

This tutorial shows you how to write text to an existing PDF by using iTextSharp. Learn how to write text on top of the document, below the document and at various locations through the code and full solution provided.

Why WPF Rocks (Custom Layout Panel showcase)

Wed, 16 Apr 2008 00:16:08 GMT

This article discuss why WPF Layout model is great... The attached code of some of the best layout panels available on the net is also included (ie. FishEyePanel, FanPanel, TimelinePanel, AnimatingStackPanel, etc)!

Official BlogEngine.NET Security Patch

Tue, 15 Apr 2008 22:46:04 GMT

Over the weekend, we were alerted to a security flaw in BlogEngine.NET 1.3.0.0. We have created a new release 1.3.1.0 which corrects this issue and are making a patch available here for users running 1.3.0.0. For those people running development version of BlogEngine.NET (from the source tab on CodePlex), please note that the latest release 1.3.0.29 has the security fix as well.

Massive BlogEngine.Net Security Hole - Fix Provided

Mon, 14 Apr 2008 15:16:02 GMT

A massive security hole in BlogEngine.net was just revealed that allows anyone to see your passwords... Danny Douglass explains the issue and provides a patched BlogEngine.Core assembly to resolve the issue until the next release of BlogEngine is available.

Declaration of National BackUp Day, April 2, 2008

Mon, 31 Mar 2008 19:32:16 GMT

Not .NET related AT ALL, but important none-the-less. The Declaration of National BackUp Day, April 2, 2008 .."We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all data shall be archived, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Retrievability and the Pursuit of 2.0-ness. That to secure these rights, BACKUP Programs are instituted among Men,"..

Dotnetkicks Penance

Thu, 27 Mar 2008 16:01:02 GMT

Sometimes this feeling of guilt comes over me. A little voice in my head says: "Why haven't you visited the upcoming section of Dotnetkicks.com lately..." How guilt can lead you to support your fellow Dotnetkickers...

Windows Communication Foundation - 65 Links to make you an expert!

Mon, 17 Mar 2008 11:31:02 GMT

Windows Communication Foundation - 65 Links to make you an expert!

IE8, Microsoft and the Reverse Fanboys

Sun, 09 Mar 2008 06:16:02 GMT

As the beta test of IE8 recently became available we are quickly approaching the release of another version of Internet Explorer. Much frustration has been expressed about the issues (or supposed issues ) in this beta. Some of this concern is definitely understandable, however, I think some of the negativity is present just because IE is a Microsoft product.