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Is WPF Data Binding thread safe?

Thu, 03 Apr 2008 14:01:03 GMT

We wanted to check weather WPF data binding is thread safe, and made a little test (using .NET 3.5).

Great Little Silverlight Tool Every .Net Developer Need

Thu, 03 Apr 2008 12:31:02 GMT

A light and handy Silverlight utility which allows you to select through all the possible String.Format options. And provides you with a code snippet to paste into your code.

UI design patterns library

Fri, 21 Mar 2008 15:46:02 GMT

Very cool site which shows give you ideas about visual presentation for misc elements of user interface

Retaining Good Developers - 10 Things To Keep Them Happy

Sun, 09 Mar 2008 21:46:02 GMT

This is a great article. I just wish some of my previous employers would have done just a few of these things. I probably would have stuck around longer.

How Super Mario Bros Made Me a Better Software Engineer

Mon, 03 Mar 2008 17:16:05 GMT

Playing NES video games does have some advantages!

How to follow DotNetKicks.com efficiently

Fri, 22 Feb 2008 05:16:02 GMT

I'll show here a little tip how I follow my favorite .NET-community, DotNetKicks.com (DNK). It is one of the best .NET-resources and it gets lot's of quality content daily so staying up to speed with the site requires some effort.

The Sweet Sound of a Million Microsoft Haters Heads Exploding

Thu, 21 Feb 2008 21:01:02 GMT

Ensuring open connections; promoting data portability; enhancing support for industry standards; fostering more open engagement with customers and the industry, including open source communities... this isn't your daddy's Microsoft

Patrick Smacchia on metrics for Coupling, Dead Code, and Design Flaws

Fri, 15 Feb 2008 21:01:02 GMT

Patrick shows us how to use NDepend to spot dead code and other design flaws in our code

Exploring the Code for the New .NET 3.5 Classes

Fri, 15 Feb 2008 10:31:02 GMT

I often use the free and awesome decompiler Reflector to peer into the source code of Microsoft's .NET Framework. It's an indispensable tool. However, I had a little difficulty viewing the underlying source code for some of the new .NET 3.5 classes. In particular, for a recent article I was interested in looking at what was happening underneath the covers when the DataPager control was rendered. The DataPager is a new control in ASP.NET 3.5 used to render a paging interface for the ListView control (also new to 3.5).