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Presentation at Microsoft Day @ Dhaka - Tanzim Saqib on .NET discovery

Wed, 01 Jul 2009 10:45:00 GMT

Presentation slide for the "Development in ASP.NET [WebForms, LINQ, Dynamic Data]" session on Microsoft Day @ Dhaka

Visual Studio 2010: Web.config transforms

Mon, 22 Jun 2009 15:15:00 GMT

Recently I wrote about Visual Studio 2010 and multiple web.config files support. Let's see how to play with web.config transformation so we can use one configuration on development environment and the other for production environment.

LINQ to SQL is NOT dead!

Sun, 07 Jun 2009 19:00:03 GMT

Ever since Microsoft announced that the Entity Framework was their ORM of choice, people everywhere have been saying, "LINQ to SQL is dead!" A lot of people feel like they're not allowed to use LINQ to SQL anymore and that they have to use Entity Framework instead. In fact, LINQ to SQL is not only alive and well, Microsoft has even announced LINQ to SQL improvements in .NET 4.0, including finally adding using ITable<T> for tables instead of Table<T>, which makes it much easier to test. Combine that with this open source tool that will create an IDataContext interface for you and you're on your way to testable LINQ to SQL. So no, LINQ to SQL is not dead!!

Overview of .NET 4.0 features - C# 4.0 Named and Optional Parameters

Mon, 08 Jun 2009 13:45:05 GMT

The concept of Optional parameters is not new and exists in other languages such as C++. Infact, the functionality is a part of the .NET framework and exists is in VB.NET. Optional parameters will be introduced in C# 4.0 and can be used to call a method without having to specify all the arguments. The intent of this feature is to assist in writing concise code and in COM interoperability.

5 Quick Steps to Get Introduced with VSTS and TFS 2010 Beta 1

Thu, 04 Jun 2009 06:15:00 GMT

As the Beta 1 releases is pretty infant, there are very limited resources available in the web and community, so I just wanted to gather all of the useful resources with respect to these two tool in one places, so that anyone can move forward from installation to first "Hello VSTS/TFS" excitement smoothly.

My Dot Net Developer's tools list, and more.

Wed, 27 May 2009 04:00:01 GMT

I gave a brownbag presentation at my current client recently about the common tools (in addition to Visual Studio), that I use on a regular basis for working with .NET or web development in general. I also threw in some non-development tools that are a part of my day to day life and make things easier. Here's the complete list:

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.

Kona 3: Learning Behavior Driven Development (BDD)

Fri, 15 May 2009 22:46:26 GMT

Holy cow! Another *DD - man I really must have an IV with that Alt.NET Punch just coursing like a train in my veins! I ask for your patience with this one - cause I think BDD is a really good tool to know - whether you use it or not - knowing the workings of it will allow you to have some intelligent conversation the next time you're in Austin :).

How Do You Deal With Exceptions?

Fri, 15 May 2009 04:01:09 GMT

A little post on my ideas about handling exceptions within applications. How do you handle them?

Windows 7 Tricks and Keyboard Shortcuts

Mon, 18 May 2009 13:01:03 GMT

A summary of Windows 7 keyboard shortcuts and tips.

ASP.Net - Never again fear publishing your website with debug=true

Fri, 24 Apr 2009 17:31:02 GMT

What makes the deployment element special is that it is a machine level configuration element. When its retail attribute is set to true, it will disable the <compilation debug="true"> for ALL ASP.Net applications running on that machine. In addition, it turns of detailed errors messages being sent to remote machines and disables the ability to trace output.

Perform batch inserts in sql server 2005 using XML

Mon, 20 Apr 2009 21:16:05 GMT

My current project requires me to download huge amounts of data from a remote server in the form of XML and save them to our local database. Lets see if we can do this using just one simple T-SQL stored procedure.

Code Snippets in Visual Studio

Sat, 11 Apr 2009 15:30:40 GMT

Brief intro to Code Snippets in Visual Studio

Aggregator Provider Pattern: White Paper and Samples

Fri, 10 Apr 2009 22:01:02 GMT

Provider Aggregator Pattern is an extension of Provider Pattern, which enables us to create and utilize multiple instance of the class having the same provider interface. In this pattern, there is an Aggregator class which implements the provider interface and contains a collection of instances of classes having the same provider interface.

First steps with Lightweight Test Automation Framework and ASP.NET MVC

Tue, 31 Mar 2009 07:46:02 GMT

Microsoft's newly-Codeplexed Lightweight Test Automation Framework lets you test UI behaviors in ASP.NET applications. But what does it actually do? How does it work behind the scenes? How do you use it with ASP.NET MVC? This post explains the architecture and provides a downloadable demo project.

Business for geeks: Naming your software company

Wed, 25 Mar 2009 02:31:03 GMT

A second post in the series about starting a software development tools company covering the process undertaken in picking the name of the company. Covers points to consider when picking a name for your own software brand. This isn't strictly code but might be interesting for entrepreneurial .net geeks out there.

The State of ALT.NET

Thu, 19 Mar 2009 03:16:02 GMT

Over the past 6 months I have been trying to really quantify what it means to be using ALT.NET practices. And I can honestly say that I still honestly don't know what it means to be an ALT.NETer. But I have come to a number of conclusions about the state of the ALT.NET community, that I wanted to share. (1) The ALT.NET Community is fractured among itself. (2) Take the religious zealotry out of ALT.NET (3) Craftsmanship with out Engineering is no way to program software.

Aspect Oriented Programming in C#.NET: Part II

Wed, 18 Mar 2009 12:16:02 GMT

This article is the continuation of the Part I. We will continue with the same problem of the Customer Sales application discussed in Part I.

KOBE - Web 2.0 Service Development Resource Kit

Wed, 11 Mar 2009 16:49:54 GMT

Kobe is a "getting started" resource kit on planning, architecting, and implementing Web 2.0 applications and services using the Microsoft Platform. I am sure all of you who are interested in this area would be really benefitted with it.

Joe Stagner: Email Reporter: VSTS 2008 Load Test Plug-in

Mon, 09 Mar 2009 20:33:44 GMT

The ASP.NET Community Rocks !!!! ASP.NET MVP Mohammad Ashraful Alam just released a cool Plug-In for VSTS ....... An "Email Reporter" for VSTS..... "Email Reporter: VSTS 2008 Load Test Plug-in" enables users to send the load test reports to one or more pre-configured email addresses automatically, once a VSTS Load Test is completed. This open-source load test plug-in also provides supports for customization by which you can customize the reported performance data. " Check it out here..... http://code.msdn.microsoft.com/erep

Email Reporter: VSTS 2008 Load Test Plug-in

Mon, 09 Mar 2009 21:16:04 GMT

Microsoft's Visual Studio Team System Test Edition provides a powerful platform to perform high volume load testing. It also provides high end flexibilities to write and utilize external plug-in for extended functionalities. "Email Reporter: VSTS 2008 Load Test Plug-in" enables users to send the load test reports to one or more pre-configured email addresses automatically, once a VSTS Load Test is completed. This open-source load test plug-in also provides supports for customization by which you can customize the reported performance data.

Smoke, Sanity and Regression Testing: The River Analogy

Wed, 04 Mar 2009 19:41:57 GMT

In the world of testing, Smoke Testing, Sanity Testing and Regression Testing are very similar to each other: to ensure the quality running the test cases of an existing application with respect to a new feature being added/dropped/modified. We can consider a River Analogy to understand the difference between Smoke Testing, Sanity Testing and Regression Testing better.

Use jQuery to catch and display ASP.NET AJAX service errors

Wed, 04 Mar 2009 22:46:05 GMT

An example of how to detect errors that occur when requesting ASP.NET AJAX web services and page methods with jQuery, how to handle them, and how to more attractively present errors to the user.

Wanna see ASP.NET MVC RTM-ed? Help test MVC RC2

Wed, 04 Mar 2009 12:16:03 GMT

ASP.NET MVC RC2 has just been released, and it includes a pretty big change in the installation process. Before it is RTMed they want to make sure it doesn't break anything, so, help test the installation procedure in as many machine as you can, and report problems.

15 Most Interesting jQuery Tutorials

Wed, 04 Mar 2009 16:01:04 GMT

This time we collected the most interesting jQuery tutorials.