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New: Microsoft Virtualization Feed aggregates site

Wed, 27 Aug 2008 17:43:56 GMT

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

Json.NET 3.0 Released

Mon, 25 Aug 2008 20:46:02 GMT

The latest version of Json.NET brings lots of new features including Silverlight support.

SQL SERVER - 2008 - Configure Database Mail - Send Email From SQL Data

Sun, 24 Aug 2008 17:46:02 GMT

First and Complete article of SQL Server 2008 Database Mail configuration. From start to end - Complete article. Bookmark it!

SQL Server 2008 Express with Management Tools

Sat, 23 Aug 2008 11:01:02 GMT

SQL Server 2008 Express database was released last week; but now Microsoft just released the Management tools and the Advanced Services additions that give you SQL Server 2008 Express Reporting Services

Lutz Roeder's Weblog: The Future of .NET Reflector

Thu, 21 Aug 2008 07:16:02 GMT

After more than eight years of working on .NET Reflector, I have decided it is time to move on and explore some new opportunities. I have reached an agreement to have Red Gate Software continue the development of .NET Reflector. Red Gate has a lot of experience creating tools for both .NET and SQL Server. They have the resources necessary to work on new features, and Reflector fits nicely with other .NET tools the company offers. Red Gate will continue to provide the free community version and is looking for your feedback and ideas for future versions.

SubSonic Scaling

Tue, 19 Aug 2008 15:31:11 GMT

Rob runs some tests with millions of records to see how SubSonic holds up with respect to speed and memory use.

ASP.NET gets no Respect

Fri, 15 Aug 2008 13:16:11 GMT

Poor ASP.NET! Is it really that bad? I say No!

Enabling Javascript Intellisense In External Libraries

Sun, 17 Aug 2008 05:01:10 GMT

To get JavaScript IntelliSense working in VS 2008 SP1, you need to tell IntelliSense the location of the libraries that you're using. You do that by adding a special comment at the top of the .js file. Here's How..

The Complete Reference for Any jQuery Developer

Mon, 25 Aug 2008 00:31:02 GMT

If you ever to do something with jQuery, you should find it in this extensive list.

ASP.Net Load Testing and Optimization Toolkit

Tue, 12 Aug 2008 05:46:02 GMT

A discussion of 9 types of tools every developer should have when stressing and optimizing applications.

Visual Studio 2008 Service Pack 1

Mon, 11 Aug 2008 16:16:07 GMT

It's finally here! I haven't seen an official announcement yet, but I did a search for "Visual Studio 2008 Service Pack 1" on Microsoft's Download Center and found the following downloads added today: Microsoft Visual Studio 2008 Service Pack 1 (exe) http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=fbee1648-7106-44a7-9649-6d9f6d58056e&DisplayLang=en Microsoft Visual Studio 2008 Service Pack 1 (iso) http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=27673c47-b3b5-4c67-bd99-84e525b5ce61&DisplayLang=en

Microsoft Releases SQL Server 2008

Wed, 06 Aug 2008 19:16:02 GMT

Customers and partners worldwide confirm mission-critical applications, enterprise-class data warehousing support.

How to Send Trackbacks and Pingbacks in ASP.NET

Wed, 06 Aug 2008 21:31:02 GMT

This is an excellent article from Keyvan Nayyeri showing how to create trackbacks and pingbacks in ASP.NET.

Simple Static Tooltip Widget using jQuery.UI

Sun, 03 Aug 2008 18:11:31 GMT

Simple Static Tooltip Widget using jQuery.UI.

13 reasons for UML's descent into darkness

Sun, 03 Aug 2008 17:01:03 GMT

UML lost the programmers. There is no doubt about it. in my mind. And when a software design technology loses the programmers it fades away no matter what the academia thinks. This happened because UML was pushed in a direction that most code writers don't like: it started to look a lot like bureaucratic paper work.

Software I can't work without

Fri, 01 Aug 2008 14:46:10 GMT

I'm about to configure a new development machine this week. It's going to be my 3rd install from scratch in the last 12 months, which I know is not all that much, but certainly more than I wish I had to.

Learning Ruby via IronRuby and C# Part 5

Tue, 29 Jul 2008 14:46:15 GMT

In part 5 of the IronRuby versus C# series, we talk about Arrays in Ruby and how they are a different beast from what we are used to in C#.

Are you Throwing Exceptions correctly?

Wed, 30 Jul 2008 02:01:02 GMT

Discuss practices to throw exceptions to intact the exception stack trace

25 Resources for Tuning Your .NET Application Performance

Sat, 26 Jul 2008 08:46:02 GMT

A great list of resources, including MSDN links, guides, .NET blogs and how tos about improving .NET performance.

Dynamically create ASP.NET user control using Ajax and Web Service

Tue, 22 Jul 2008 15:31:09 GMT

To make web UI dynamic and more responsive to the various situations and modes, several techniques are used by the developers like making irrelevant controls invisible, disabling unused controls. This technique makes you page complex and heavy in size. Dynamic user control is another story. With dynamic control creation you will get the unmatched flexibility and innovation with robustness. Using this technique you can add any usercontrol to any page as per demand without postback or update panel.

C#: Enhance Enums using Extension Methods

Thu, 17 Jul 2008 11:01:02 GMT

Extension Methods are one of the coolest features that have been added in .NET 3.5. I've heard arguments that there is no reason to use them, and the only reason Microsoft added them is to enable the ability to buid LINQ. Well, I do not entirely agree with that statement; in fact, I have found a cool way to use Extension Methods to enhance the System.Enum object since it cannot be inherited. Even though Enum can not be inherited, it can be extended using Extension Methods. Here's the code to an Extension Method that extends the LocalizationMarket Enum with the ToDescriptionString() method that returns the DescriptionAttributes value for the given enum value.

.Net Extension Method Library

Wed, 16 Jul 2008 14:01:13 GMT

Lots of good extension methods here for C#

Web developers. You suck.

Tue, 15 Jul 2008 17:46:05 GMT

Well, JavaScript developers, specifically. In order to aid in development of my own websites, I enabled JavaScript debugging in Internet Explorer a few weeks back. To my horror, I have quickly experienced what seems to be complete disregard for serving syntactically correct JavaScript on the open internet. No, I'm not just talking about a few niche websites, run by amateur programmers. I am talking about industry-leading nerd-friendly powerhouse websites that should know better.

The Future of ASP.NET AJAX

Tue, 15 Jul 2008 14:46:16 GMT

My analysis of the ASP.NET Team's tentative road map for ASP.NET AJAX v.Next and beyond, followed by a few additional recommendations.

How to Scale with Memcached on .NET

Thu, 10 Jul 2008 07:16:08 GMT

Though .NET apps scale well thanks to caching, you can always use Memcached to scale further.