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12+ open source projects for .NET you probably didn't know about.

Sat, 07 Mar 2009 01:01:02 GMT

Here's a few of the better .NET open source projects which are making a difference to .NET developers worldwide, and it just shows that the open source .NET community is alive and well.

23 amazing JQuery Photo/Gallery Plugins

Tue, 10 Mar 2009 07:01:03 GMT

A collection of 23 JQuery Plugins to prepare your site for the use of photos.

Sending Domain Objects Across the Wire

Fri, 06 Feb 2009 23:31:03 GMT

or Using NHibernate and WCF

How to Calculate Network Utilization in .NET

Thu, 15 Jan 2009 00:16:24 GMT

How to calculate utilization of a particular network interface in .NET using performance counters and a bit of math.

Monitoring HTTP Output with Fiddler in .NET HTTP Clients and WCF Proxi

Thu, 15 Jan 2009 01:01:18 GMT

Http debugging is immensely useful and Fiddler is a nice tool that provides many options and an easy to use interface to monitor HTTP requests to get maximum information about each request. In order to monitor requests of .NET clients like WebClient, HttpWebRequest or WCF or Web Service proxies you need a little additional configuration to get Fiddler to monitor these requests.

Beyond SoundEx - Fuzzy Searching in MS SQL Server

Mon, 19 Jan 2009 19:01:20 GMT

In this post see how you can perform fuzzy deduping operations and fuzzy string matching by bringing the power of an open source string metric library (SimMetrics) into sql server

Why you should not use the ADO.NET Entity Framework

Mon, 12 Jan 2009 04:01:12 GMT

Reasons to why the ADO.NET Entity Framework is not mature enough for real business application.

Most Interesting .NET StackOverFlow Questions

Sun, 04 Jan 2009 22:46:02 GMT

Today a short list of My Personal Most Interesting .NET Questions to me asked on StackOverFlow I founded.

Suspicious DNK Accounts

Thu, 06 Nov 2008 23:31:29 GMT

Conclusion There is an incentive for publishers that use DNK to setup phony accounts that will help get stories from certain domains on the front page. So guess what happens ... it would appear that a certain number of people are doing this.

Development Tools I Use & Recommend

Mon, 29 Sep 2008 06:16:03 GMT

Eventually I will get to some technical code Posts. But for now, I'm a bit delayed with some other things at work lately. I will be blogging about Code Generation, OOP, and other topics very soon though. In the meantime, I wanted to share a list of tools I regularly use now or have used in the past as a C# / ASP.NET Engineer listed below:

Top 10 Things That Annoy Programmers

Fri, 29 Aug 2008 04:46:03 GMT

Programmers all have their personal pet peeves. Whether it's scope creep, Hungarian notation, or smelly coworkers, there are certain nuisances that we must put up with in our line of work. The following is a list of the top 10 things that annoy programmers, compiled from the results of my recent question on StackOverflow along with some of my own experiences as a programmer:

ASP.NET gets no Respect

Fri, 15 Aug 2008 21:16:11 GMT

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

How to run a software development company (INTO THE GROUND)

Sun, 17 Aug 2008 02:31:02 GMT

The series will cover the things you *shouldn't* do if you hold some sort of managerial stake in a software project. Sadly these tales will be from my own personal experience working for companies that have drifted into disarray. These examples will be embellished somewhat to drive the points home, but by and large, everything you will read in these posts will be true.

Cheat Sheets for Front-end Web Developers

Wed, 09 Jul 2008 16:46:11 GMT

Cheat sheets are helpful to have around because they allow you to quickly remember code syntax and see related concepts visually. Additionally, they're nice decorative pieces for your office. In this article, you'll find 23 excellent, print-ready cheat sheets for HTML/HTML, CSS, and JavaScript (including MooTools and jQuery).

ASP.NET Hacks

Mon, 07 Jul 2008 22:46:08 GMT

At LessThanDot, we've decided to release a series of articles, tips and tricks which will be known as the "Hacks" series. The first instalment was the popular SQL Server Programming Hacks and this week sees the release of the ASP.NET Hacks. These hacks have been split up into the following categories: 1 Applications 2 Caching 3 Controls 4 Database 5 Dates 6 Debugging 7 Email 8 Encryption 9 Files 10 Images 11 Javascript 12 Objects and Classes 13 Pages 14 Sessions 15 Strings 16 Validation 17 Visual Studio 18 Web We've decided to release these in the wiki so that anyone can contribute to them, so feel free to add anything else that you find useful.

55 Free High Quality Icon Sets

Mon, 07 Jul 2008 16:01:02 GMT

A lot of freebie icons. Another great article from Smashing Magazine

7 free online editors for your asp.net site (part 2)

Wed, 30 Apr 2008 02:31:02 GMT

This is second part of a two-part article about free online editors for you Asp.Net(Web) projects

A Great Visual Studio Add-on You Must Have

Tue, 29 Apr 2008 22:01:03 GMT

Recently I found out this great add-on for Visual Studio 2008 called PowerCommands. PowerCommands Extends the functionality of Visual Studio 2008 by adding some features which we all want built into Visual Studio. PowerCommands provides the following...

47 ASP.NET MVC Resources to Rock Your Development

Tue, 29 Apr 2008 23:31:02 GMT

Get the grand tour of today's best ASP.NET MVC resources

Move ASP.Net ViewState to SQL Server

Wed, 30 Apr 2008 00:16:03 GMT

ViewState is a great feature, but it can get really bloated with data, especially if you have loads of controls on a page, repeaters etc. You could think about setting enable viewstate to false, but you'll need it for posting pages back. This tutorial moves the viewstate to a SQL database, by implementing a simple class that all your pages will inherit from.

Software Startup Lessons (Part 3) - Marketing, Sales

Wed, 26 Mar 2008 01:46:05 GMT

A few software startup lessons concerning marketing, sales and growth.

UI design patterns library

Fri, 21 Mar 2008 22:46:02 GMT

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

A Set of Useful Extension Methods for DateTime

Wed, 19 Mar 2008 06:16:02 GMT

Presenting 11 time-saving (oh, the pun!) extension methods for the DateTime class.

Can't think of a good class name?

Tue, 18 Mar 2008 06:16:02 GMT

Try this

Over 250 High Quality Royalty Free icons set

Wed, 12 Mar 2008 20:31:02 GMT

Free Icon Download Offers High Quality Royalty Free icons for Windows, Mac and Linux.