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Late Binding in C# using Dynamic Compilation

Tue, 30 Sep 2008 19:16:02 GMT

Steve goes through his approach to using reflection, making the code easier to read, making it easier to maintain, discusses the "middle-class multiple inheritance", and provides a zipped project of the AdapterCompiler.

$("Microsoft").append("excitement");

Tue, 30 Sep 2008 20:46:14 GMT

Right now is honestly the most excited that I have ever been about the .net platform. With IronRuby and ASP.NET MVC on the horizon and jQuery being integrated as part of the official Microsoft development platform, I think that Microsoft is finally "getting" web development.

ASP.NET MVC Request Flow

Tue, 30 Sep 2008 02:46:02 GMT

I looked all over the net for a good diagram that outlined the major classes involved an ASP.NET MVC request. I couldn't find one, and so I created this one. If you want to get a very high level overview, then check it out.

How Do Locks Lock?

Tue, 30 Sep 2008 12:31:02 GMT

A detailed explanation of how a locks like ReaderWriterLockSlim really work.

What is your strategy for becoming a better developer?

Mon, 22 Sep 2008 15:31:19 GMT

Let me know what your best habits, tricks, info sources, etc.... that you have which make you a better developer. And the top three are going to get a copy of "The Pragmatic Programmer" in order to make themselves a better developer.

SQL - Step By Step Installation of SQL Server 2008

Mon, 22 Sep 2008 20:01:04 GMT

Step by step installation of Microsoft SQL server 2008.

Searching for files using LINQ

Mon, 22 Sep 2008 13:16:05 GMT

An LINQ example

ASP.NET MVC Beta1 in a few weeks and v1 by end of year

Fri, 19 Sep 2008 11:01:07 GMT

A tweet in the morning, straight from Remix08 UK, where ScottGu is doing a presentation on ASP.NET MVC: ScottGu says feature complete MVC beta "in a few weeks". final v1 by end of year

It is BDUF, not DUF

Mon, 15 Sep 2008 19:16:03 GMT

A lot of developers think that agile development represents doing no design up front. That we will figure out what we want to do and then just jump right into coding it without any concern for what we are going to build. Then we will just come back later, refactor the whole thing, and voila, instant working application. Well, it just doesn't work that way.

Completely Scripting a SQL Server Database

Tue, 26 Aug 2008 19:16:02 GMT

A guide on how to easily script out an entire database (schema and data) using the Database Publishing Wizard. A tool that you may not know you have access to. And if you have Visual Studio 2008, you already have installed!

Creating a binding factory for Ninject

Fri, 22 Aug 2008 23:01:14 GMT

A quick primer on setting up a Ninject factory so that you can easily start using it in your next project.

Learning Ruby via IronRuby and C# Part 7

Thu, 14 Aug 2008 16:16:02 GMT

In this post we talk about one of the best features of Ruby... duck typing. We show you what it is, and how it affects the way that you interact with objects in Ruby.

Learning Ruby via IronRuby and C# Part 6

Tue, 05 Aug 2008 08:01:03 GMT

In part 6 we look at Hashes (or Associative Arrays) and how they are used in the Ruby language. We also look at how you can use them in place of explicit method parameters.

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#.

jQuery for ASP.NET MVC unleashed!

Fri, 25 Jul 2008 17:46:05 GMT

jQuery plugins for the ASP.NET MVC framework

Learning Ruby via IronRuby and C# Part 4

Fri, 25 Jul 2008 19:16:03 GMT

Part 4 in a multi-part series on learning Ruby using IronRuby and C#. Justin continues his series using familiar C# code to explain Ruby programming concepts. In this post, he goes over additional functionality of loops and ranges.

nHibernate performance against stored procedures

Fri, 25 Jul 2008 14:01:15 GMT

A 5 part blogpost about the performance of a select statement done with ADO.Net using inline sql, and stored procedures (even some dynamic sql) and then nHibernate to get the same results. But this one has an alternate ending.

Learning Ruby via IronRuby and C# Part 3

Thu, 24 Jul 2008 14:46:09 GMT

Part 3 in a multi-part series on learning Ruby using IronRuby and C#. Justin continues his series using familiar C# code to explain Ruby programming concepts. In this post, he goes over static methods (class methods in Ruby), parameters, conditionals and loops.

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.

Interfaces vs. Concrete Classes

Thu, 24 Jul 2008 17:01:12 GMT

When designing architectures in .NET, I frequently use interfaces for parameter types in my method signatures. This post will help to explain why I choose to do this and the benefits of coding in this manner.

Learning Ruby via IronRuby and C# Part 1

Tue, 22 Jul 2008 10:16:15 GMT

Part one of many in migrating your C# skills over to Ruby

Running Applications in IronRuby

Fri, 18 Jul 2008 14:46:03 GMT

Simple as that. Shows you how to get a Ruby app running in IronRuby. Who doesn't want to write Ruby on .net!?

Your Software Can't Heal Itself

Sun, 13 Jul 2008 14:46:03 GMT

Stop pretending that you can guess how a 100k line application is going to fail, and stop putting in tons of code to account for failures that you don't know are going to happen. How come we often ignore YAGNI in the face of writing robust software?

Efficient Paging in SQL Server 2005

Sat, 05 Jul 2008 17:46:11 GMT

Sure, SQL Server 2008 is getting ready to drop, but are you familiar with all of the new features that 2005 gave you? Or maybe you haven't used 2005, well, this is a good article to introduce to you several of the new features in SQL Server 2005.

Dime Casts - Great Ten Minute Development Tutorials

Wed, 25 Jun 2008 02:01:11 GMT

Derik Whittaker has started a great video tutorial site called Dime Casts. The tutorials are just the right length to fit into a busy day.