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ASP.NET: officially unmaintainable

Wed, 21 May 2008 21:16:05 GMT

Immutable Object and Serialization

Sat, 19 Jan 2008 19:04:18 GMT

What's an Immutable Class and how to serialize it?

How to choose the right wiki platform?

Fri, 14 Dec 2007 16:15:26 GMT

If you are looking for a Wiki but having trouble choosing an engine, have a look here

Microsoft Live Labs - Volta

Fri, 07 Dec 2007 01:01:03 GMT

The Volta technology preview is a developer toolset that enables you to build multi-tier web applications by applying familiar techniques and patterns. First, design and build your application as a .NET client application, then assign the portions of the application to run on the server and the client tiers late in the development process. The compiler creates cross-browser JavaScript for the client tier, web services for the server tier, and communication, serialization, synchronization, security, and other boilerplate code to tie the tiers together.

Visual Studio Tip of the Day

Thu, 15 Nov 2007 20:29:16 GMT

Sara Ford's WebLog is a great site for finding information on how to get the most out of Visual Studio.

Frequently Asked Questions in .NET 2.0

Sun, 18 Nov 2007 00:16:02 GMT

The questions and answers discussed in this article are the common questions programmers encounter in interviews. Most of the questions are basic questions of .NET and some of them are from ASP.NET 2.0.

Fast StringReader for .NET

Fri, 16 Nov 2007 01:46:05 GMT

After some experimentation, this is the fastest way I've found to split a string that represents a multi-line text file into individual lines. Still not as fast as doing it in C, but faster than StringReader or String.Split.

ASP.Net MVC Framework Part 1

Tue, 13 Nov 2007 20:31:02 GMT

Scott Guthrie provides some great insight into the upcoming ASP.Net MVC framework.

Microsoft Search Server 2008 Express VHD

Tue, 13 Nov 2007 21:16:04 GMT

A pre-configured VHD to evaluate Microsoft Search Server 2008 Express is now available on Microsoft Download Center.

Windows Live Tools for Microsoft Visual Studio - November CTP

Thu, 08 Nov 2007 20:32:55 GMT

Windows Live Tools for Microsoft Visual Studio are a set of control add-ins to make incorporating Windows Live services into your Web application easier with Visual Studio 2008 and Visual Web Developer 2008. This release (November CTP) of Windows Live Tools provides basic functionality associated with building websites using Windows Live Contacts, Windows Live ID authentication, LoginView and Silverlight streaming. This release also provides a project template for creating Windows Live website.

Microsoft Announces Search Server 2008 Express

Wed, 07 Nov 2007 16:19:42 GMT

Search doesn't have to be complicated. You can deliver Search to your organization quickly and easily for free with Microsoft Search Server 2008 Express.

More than 100 Web 2.0 Online Generators

Sun, 07 Oct 2007 17:31:02 GMT

Here the list of online generators specifically for web 2.0 design: enjoy it!

XMLSerializer: XML Serialization Helper Class

Thu, 04 Oct 2007 16:46:42 GMT

The purpose of XMLSerializer helper class is to simplify the basic serialization tasks, such as the conversion of objects to XML - string or file - and vice versa (deserialization)

An ASP.NET Web Page to view Request Collections

Wed, 26 Sep 2007 14:54:44 GMT

A Web Form to view all collections in the HTTP Request: Forms, QueryString, Headers, ServerVariables, Cookies, Session and Params.

Send Mail through SMTP with SSL Authentication like GMail

Tue, 18 Sep 2007 17:22:25 GMT

This example will help you to send email from ASP.NET using Gmail SMTP (SSL authentication required)

How to bind an enum to a DropDownList

Wed, 05 Sep 2007 14:11:04 GMT

How to bind an enum to a DropDownList (or to a ComboBox) with a couple of line of code

LINQPad: a Free LINQ Query Expression Tool

Wed, 05 Sep 2007 07:59:30 GMT

Can't wait for C# 3.0 and LINQ? Well you don't have to! Dynamically query SQL databases today in LINQ: no more struggling with antiquated SQL. Download LINQPad and kiss goodbye to SQL Management Studio: LINQPad supports LINQ to objects, LINQ to SQL and LINQ to XML-in fact, everything in C# 3.0 and .NET Framework 3.5. LINQPad is also a terrific learning tool for experimenting with this exciting new technology.

Windows Live ID Beta Support for Information Cards and Windows CardSpa

Wed, 29 Aug 2007 08:10:54 GMT

Using CardSpace with Windows Live means you don't use a password to sign-in to websites which accept Live ID credentials; Instead, just send your CardSpace card to Live ID to identify you

ADO.NET Entity Framework Beta 2 & Entity Framework Tools CTP Released

Tue, 28 Aug 2007 08:10:04 GMT

ADO.NET Entity Framework Beta 2 & Entity Framework Tools CTP Released

Ajax View: Remotely Monitoring Web 2.0 Applications

Mon, 27 Aug 2007 16:37:02 GMT

The goal of the Ajax View project is to improve developer's visibility into and control over their web applications' behaviors on end-user's desktops. The Ajax View approach is to insert a server-side proxy (or web server plugin) in-between the web server machines and the end-user's browser. This proxy captures the web application's JavaScript code as it is being sent to a browser and rewrites the code to insert extra instrumentation code. The injected instrumentation code runs with the rest of the web application inside the end-user's browser and can capture performance, call graph, application state and user interaction information, providing visibility directly into the last hop of the user's experience.

Windows Live ID SDK (Alpha Refresh) Released

Thu, 23 Aug 2007 08:40:29 GMT

The Windows Live ID service (formerly known as the Passport Network) is an identity and authentication system that you can use with your own Web site or client application

GAT and GAX July 2007 CTP

Wed, 22 Aug 2007 12:55:27 GMT

Guidance Automation Toolkit (GAT) and Guidance Automation Extensions (GAX) July 2007 CTP released

Microsoft Tafiti: a Silverlight-based search tool

Wed, 22 Aug 2007 10:49:30 GMT

Microsoft just launched a new Silverlight-based search tool built on top of Live Search engine: Tafiti

How to sort a generic List<T>

Tue, 26 Jun 2007 14:31:02 GMT

Sorting a generic List<T> using anonymous methods and the Comparison<T> delegate.

Three Ways to Consume Web Services with AJAX

Thu, 10 May 2007 09:06:10 GMT

This article examines the different ways that web services can be consumed using AJAX: SOAP-based JavaScript library titled soapclient.js, AjaxPro.NET Framework and Microsoft ASP.NET AJAX Framework