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LINQ To SQL is Dead - Read Between the Lines

Fri, 31 Oct 2008 18:46:13 GMT

David Hayden with some great points on the Linq to SQL announcement and some ideas on how the project could be saved.

Microsoft kills Linq to SQL

Fri, 31 Oct 2008 09:01:13 GMT

Ayende (aka Oren) expresses disbelief at Microsoft's decision to effectively kill off LINQ to SQL.

LINQ To SQL Gets Kicked to the Curb... Needs A Good Home!

Thu, 30 Oct 2008 20:16:02 GMT

Great post on why L2S needs to be supported by the community and why a L2S targeted at the community is a good idea.

Handling "GO" Separators in SQL Scripts - the easy way

Mon, 18 Aug 2008 08:46:02 GMT

use SMO to run SQL scripts on .NET

Linq To Sql Schema

Thu, 10 Jul 2008 11:31:39 GMT

A new library to let you access database structures from c#. Helpful when generating code or writing migrations.

Jump between braces in Visual Studio.

Thu, 10 Jul 2008 17:01:09 GMT

Move fast between open and close braces. No more scrolling to find beginning of that illusive if statement.

Foundation of Programming FREE EBook - CodeBetter.Com

Wed, 09 Jul 2008 14:46:05 GMT

The Foundation Of Programming Series Free ebook By Karl Seguin

Visual Studio Smart Tag Expansion Tip

Thu, 26 Jun 2008 02:01:02 GMT

I used to find the smart tag really annoying in Visual Studio because it is such a small target to hit with the mouse. Silly me, trying to expand a smart tag with a mouse. When you highlight the tag with your mouse, it tells you that the keyboard combination of ALT + SHIFT + F10 will expand the menu.

OMeta#: Who? What? When? Where? Why?

Mon, 30 Jun 2008 13:16:03 GMT

Introducing a new open source project whose aim is to bring the OMeta language to .net.

Give Your ASP.NET Applications Velocity

Fri, 06 Jun 2008 07:16:03 GMT

Scaling ASP.NET Application just got easier with a new technology that Microsoft has just released that they have dubbed codename "Velocity". This product is still in the early stages of development, but it is meant as a direct competitor against memcache.

Try-catching in a single line of code

Wed, 04 Jun 2008 17:01:07 GMT

Just another silly extension method hack :)

Scripting changes to Linq To SQL DBML files

Mon, 12 May 2008 15:16:55 GMT

Its very annoying if your generator overwrites all the changes you made using the designer. I've described a process you can use for scripting the changes in order to avoid this problem.

Store viewstate in memcached

Fri, 02 May 2008 18:10:42 GMT

A memcached viewstate store I knocked up using a couple of other useful projects. here's the sales pitch! "Does your httpmodule only move your ViewState to the end of your page? Try memcachedviewstatehttpmodule! Save $$$ by reducing traffic to and from your clients!" :)

Link to Everything: A List of LINQ Providers

Thu, 28 Feb 2008 21:01:03 GMT

I've recently updated the list of LINQ Providers found on my Links to LINQ page, accessible from the News section on the left of my blog. I'm sure there are other providers available. Feel free to write me or append a comment if you want to add to this list.