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Extract properties to style

Tue, 17 Mar 2009 02:31:04 GMT

A article on how to use the "Extract properties to Style" feature of the new XAML Power Toys

Don't use Delete Links because they create Security Holes

Thu, 22 Jan 2009 07:46:02 GMT

Reasons why you shouldn't use a Delete link in your web application

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.

Writing Tests to Catch Memory Leaks in .NET

Thu, 13 Nov 2008 00:16:02 GMT

Although Microsoft will claim that it is "not possible to have a memory leak in managed code", most seasoned .NET developers will laugh at that statement. It turns out that it is very easy to leak memory -- just keep a referencing object around longer than the referenced object, and you can leak. Here is a way to write tests to catch leaks.

Boy Scout Check-ins

Sun, 09 Nov 2008 06:16:02 GMT

How to leave your code campground cleaner than you found it.

Empty try blocks

Fri, 11 Apr 2008 19:01:02 GMT

The article explains why you might see functions that do nothing in the "try" block.

There's some darkness in your silver light.

Fri, 14 Mar 2008 00:16:05 GMT

Rob voices his complaints about Silverlight 2.0 from the perspective of a developer of WPF and Flash applications.

free e books

Tue, 01 Jan 2008 04:01:04 GMT

Microsoft has opened 3 MS Press books completely FREE for public.

Free ebook : Threading in C#

Thu, 20 Sep 2007 12:16:01 GMT

It has been updated since the last time it was posted here. Available in HTML and PDF.