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Incubator - ASP.NET Web App for Building Custom Newegg PCs

Wed, 09 Jul 2008 21:41:01 GMT

Online PC-building tool using Newegg's most popular hardware items. Interface is similar to Apple or Dell, and allows users to add all their parts to their Newegg cart at once. It even keeps product histories so users can track price changes and buy at the right time. Built with ASP.NET/C#/LINQ.

MSDN Ramp Up and Certification Exam Discount

Wed, 09 Jul 2008 18:30:57 GMT

MSDN has a developer learning program called Ramp Up. The award for finishing the program is a 50% discount on certification exam 70-536 and other discounts.

ASP.NET Hacks

Mon, 07 Jul 2008 22:46:08 GMT

At LessThanDot, we've decided to release a series of articles, tips and tricks which will be known as the "Hacks" series. The first instalment was the popular SQL Server Programming Hacks and this week sees the release of the ASP.NET Hacks. These hacks have been split up into the following categories: 1 Applications 2 Caching 3 Controls 4 Database 5 Dates 6 Debugging 7 Email 8 Encryption 9 Files 10 Images 11 Javascript 12 Objects and Classes 13 Pages 14 Sessions 15 Strings 16 Validation 17 Visual Studio 18 Web We've decided to release these in the wiki so that anyone can contribute to them, so feel free to add anything else that you find useful.

Newspaper - a free theme for BlogEngine.NET

Thu, 03 Jul 2008 22:01:03 GMT

Newspaper is a free, lightweight, high-contrast, black&white theme for BlogEngine.NET. The name "Newspaper" comes from the fact that theme looks like real newspapers. You can see how does it looks like and download a free copy.

Blog Engine.NET1.4 Released

Wed, 02 Jul 2008 01:01:03 GMT

Blog Engine.net 1.4 has been released. more...

ASP.NET Performance Tips

Tue, 01 Jul 2008 17:31:03 GMT

The article lists few of some of the many performance tweaks that can be implement to boost up ASP.NET performance.

Regular Expressions: Now You Have Two Problems

Sat, 28 Jun 2008 03:37:09 GMT

If you've ever talked about regular expressions with another programmer, you've invariably heard this 1997 chestnut: 'Some people, when confronted with a problem, think "I know, I'll use regular expressions." Now they have two problems.'

An Introduction to Using Patterns in Web Design

Fri, 27 Jun 2008 01:46:50 GMT

A nice essay from 37signals on designing UIs.

Full text: An epic Bill Gates e-mail rant

Fri, 27 Jun 2008 06:16:05 GMT

Internal email from Bill Gates detailing his difficulties with Microsoft.com, Windows Update, and more.

Using "var" to simplify code and avoid redundancy

Thu, 26 Jun 2008 03:35:19 GMT

You've probably already heard of the new "var" keyword that you can use to declare variables in your .NET code. I wanted to clear up some quick myths and give a quick overview of when it's most valuable.

VS2008 Web Server Here Shell Extension

Thu, 26 Jun 2008 08:31:02 GMT

This shell extension adds a right click menu on any folder that will start WebDev.WebServer.exe (aka Cassini) pointing to that directory.

Recommendations From My Developer Toolbox (June 2008)

Thu, 26 Jun 2008 11:31:03 GMT

This is an updated version of my January 2008 list of must have software for your developer toolbox. Kudos to Scott Hanselman for the inspiration.

The 5 types of poor software architects

Fri, 20 Jun 2008 23:31:06 GMT

The types of software architects you never want to meet in your career

Nice VS 2008 Code Editing Improvements

Fri, 13 Jun 2008 18:16:02 GMT

Good improvements to take notice of when utilizing VS 2008

Good SQL Articles To Read If You Can't Afford Books

Thu, 12 Jun 2008 07:01:02 GMT

You have only $50 left and you can buy two DVDs or one SQL book, what do you do? I would buy the book but not every person has the same idea of a fun time. This is the reason why I present you with a bunch of links to articles which will give you very good info. some of this you won't be able to find in a book anyway.

Visual Studio Team System 2008 + MSDN giveaway contest

Wed, 11 Jun 2008 23:31:02 GMT

Alvin is giving away 3 license for Visual Studio Team System. 2008 with MSDN subscription

Setting the DefaultButton property for a PasswordRecovery control

Sun, 08 Jun 2008 00:05:30 GMT

great how-to on solving an issue with the PasswordRecovery control

LINQ To SQL and the Web.Config ConnectionString Value

Wed, 11 Jun 2008 15:16:02 GMT

This saved me a lot of time. Great post.

Huge Giveaway on Devlicio.us Over $10K in Developer Goodness

Fri, 06 Jun 2008 20:47:35 GMT

Sergio announces a huge giveaway over at Devlicio.us. 7 great books + a VS 2008 Team System + MSDN Premium Subscription are up for grabs.

How To Become a Better Programmer by Not Programming

Tue, 16 Oct 2007 22:10:20 GMT

Last year in Programmers as Human Beings, I mentioned that I was reading Programmers At Work. It's a great collection of interviews with famous programmers circa 1986. All the interviews are worth reading, but the interview with Bill Gates has one particular answer that cuts to the bone: