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A Developer's Guide to Preparing for Windows 7

Fri, 08 May 2009 00:27:31 GMT

Good overview of the compatibility tools and and programs available to developers.

Ninject 2 Reaches Beta

Thu, 26 Feb 2009 20:31:03 GMT

Version 2.0 of the Ninject dependency injection framework has reached beta status.

A New Look for Visual Studio 2010!

Wed, 25 Feb 2009 04:46:02 GMT

At the PDC and TechEd EMEA last year we described our new editor support built on the WPF technology in .NET Framework 4.0. Today I'm happy to reveal the new UI for Visual Studio, also built on WPF:

VsDoc for jQuery 1.3.1 now available

Sun, 08 Feb 2009 06:16:02 GMT

John Resig tells us he just uploaded the VsDoc file for jQuery 1.3.1 to jquery.com. This enables IntelliSense for the latest available jQuery.

ASP.NET MVC 1.0 Release Candidate Now Available

Wed, 28 Jan 2009 04:01:18 GMT

Finally Scott Guthrie announced ASP.NET MVC 1.0 RC. Check it out.

A fluent C# library for Twitter

Sun, 11 Jan 2009 18:16:10 GMT

This C# library allows you to compose queries to Twitter easily, as well as serialize responses into data classes, make asynchronous calls, and perform caching and URL shortening automatically. It covers 100% of the Twitter API.

Improve your jQuery - 25 excellent tips

Wed, 24 Dec 2008 04:01:14 GMT

jQuery is awesome. I've been using it for about a year now and although I was impressed to begin with I'm liking it more and more the longer I use it and the more I find out about it's inner workings. I'd call myself an "intermediate" jQuery user and I thought some others out there could benefit from all the little tips, tricks and techniques I've learned over the past year. The article also ended up being a lot longer than I thought it was going to be so I'll start with a table of contents so you can skip to the bits you're interested in.

Extending the Visual-Studio Context-Menu

Wed, 17 Dec 2008 00:16:06 GMT

We can add features to the Visual-Studio context menu, without installing addins. Here is an example showing how to add "Explore" and "Execute" commands to any item in the Solution Explorer.

Introduction to WCF: Creating your first Service

Wed, 17 Dec 2008 01:01:13 GMT

Taking a look at WCF and how to create your first service using this great technology

jQuery and ASP.NET Article Posted

Thu, 04 Dec 2008 01:46:04 GMT

I've posted Part 2 of my jQuery with ASP.NET article series. Part 2 deals almost entirely with making AJAX callbacks to ASP.NET using several different mechanisms to retrieve data from the server for client side consumption. Covered are external content retrieval, same page callbacks, WCF/ASMX and a pluggable custom callback implementation that can be used with any application. Also covered is client side templating for managing HTML in one place.

The Private Life of a Public API

Thu, 04 Dec 2008 16:46:13 GMT

Developing a public API on .NET is hard work, but it can be rewarding. Some reflections on the "Framework Design Guidelines"

Next-Generation Rich Client with Vidyano

Fri, 28 Nov 2008 21:16:14 GMT

The Vidyano team just made the release candidate version of their next-generation in rich client software available. Applications build with Vidyano take advantage of technologies such as WPF, Workflow, LINQ to SQL, Entity Framework, Add-Ins, etc. Vidyano drastically reduces the complexity of these technologies by adding wizards, designers and custom tool generators to the Visual Studio environment.

jQuery Ajax uploader plugin (with progress bar!)

Tue, 25 Nov 2008 04:46:04 GMT

Do you want your HTML file upload controls to show a progress bar during the upload? That's always been tricky. Here's a cool jQuery plugin that gets the job done, along with a demo app written in ASP.NET MVC.

5 Tips for Better jQuery Cod

Fri, 21 Nov 2008 01:46:03 GMT

I've been coding using jQuery since shortly after it came out, and well -- I've been using it almost every work day. Here is a few tips that have saved me time.

Microsoft Announces Visual Studio 2010. Developers Respond.

Tue, 30 Sep 2008 01:01:13 GMT

Microsoft's development environment offers new tools for Agile development, software testing enhancements and improved support for cloud computing. Microsoft showed CIO.com a sneak peek, and the author invited developers to chime in with their feedback.

Not doing TDD is worst than doing it wrong in the beggining.

Wed, 24 Sep 2008 21:16:02 GMT

Check this out, and make a learn from it.

.NET Application Modeling Language (nAML) Specification and Tools

Thu, 11 Sep 2008 23:31:03 GMT

Understanding the architecture and code in software application plays as major factors while building good software products. This free e-book introduces a new visual modeling technique, termed as "nAML" (.NET Application Modeling Language) which overcomes the limitation of typical modeling languages by providing revolutionary way! Nothing much to say, just download it and you can get to know how POWERFUL it is!

Gallio - Automation Platform for .NET

Fri, 12 Sep 2008 23:31:03 GMT

At present Gallio can run tests from MbUnit versions 2 and 3, MSTest, NBehave, NUnit, and xUnit.Net. Gallio provides tool support and integration with CCNet, MSBuild, NAnt, NCover, Pex, Powershell, Resharper, TestDriven.Net, TypeMock, and Visual Studio Team System.

Path to .NET 3.5 Developer Certification

Thu, 11 Sep 2008 11:31:05 GMT

If you are trying to figure out the new certification exams for Microsoft Certified Professional Developer (MCPD) or Microsoft Certified Technical Specialist (MCTS) for .NET Framework 3.5 / Visual Studio 2008 then you may be interested in a diagram that I put together to helped me to visualize the path through the required certification exams.

FFlib.NET released!

Fri, 05 Sep 2008 16:46:02 GMT

Are you web developer? Are you looking for video conversion library for long time? So, be happy! We are pleased to introduce you the first release of our .NET & FFMPEG based video conversion library - FFlib.NET.

F# September 2008 CTP Released!

Wed, 03 Sep 2008 03:16:11 GMT

I'm very pleased to announce the availability of the F# September 2008 CTP Release, launched via the new MSDN F# Developer Center. This release represents an important step in the evolution of the F# language as we progress it towards a fully supported language for the .NET platform. A huge thank you to both the F# team and the community members who've helped us trial earlier versions of this release and given us so much excellent feedback.

250+ .NET Interview FAQ's for Developers

Sat, 30 Aug 2008 00:16:11 GMT

A comprehensive list of 'good' ASP.NET AJAX, ASP.NET and .NET Framework questions for beginners and experienced people. Also a good read for people who want to refresh their memory with .NET concepts or take interviews on a regular basis.

Testing with Team Foundation Server

Thu, 28 Aug 2008 22:46:18 GMT

A short screencast reviewing how to test with Team Foundation Server

New: Microsoft Virtualization Feed aggregates site

Thu, 28 Aug 2008 01:43:56 GMT

The latest news and opinion from virtualization experts worldwide. Posts are updated in real-time without moderation.