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Creating a MVVM "Hello World" application in 30 seconds

Fri, 08 May 2009 17:31:02 GMT

A example of how to create a hello world MVVM application using the MVVM toolkit!

Is Nick Stakenburg Bullying His Open-Source 'Competitor'

Tue, 10 Mar 2009 12:16:02 GMT

This is obviously a scare tactic used by a vendor to frighten a 'competitor' who is encroachinig on his sales. Nick (the vendor) is jarred by the fact that someone has released a comparable (better?) product that his and it is free. It behaves somewhat the same, so obviously it was copied... This is a serious issue, we can't let companies push around open-source with threats like this.

Why ++ operator is not thread safe

Fri, 13 Feb 2009 01:46:14 GMT

Here is a quick hint on how to make your software thread safe.

Comparing ORMs - LINQ-to-X, LightSpeed, EntitySpaces and OpenAccess

Wed, 11 Feb 2009 15:16:02 GMT

How do LINQ-to-SQL, LINQ-to-Entities, LightSpeed, EntitySpaces and OpenAccess stand up when compared to each other? This post discusses what to consider when selecting your O/R Mapper and links to a feature matrix comparing the features provided by each of these products.

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.

Mono 2.0 Released

Tue, 07 Oct 2008 04:01:15 GMT

The Mono Project has released version 2.0 of Mono, enabling developers to run their .Net 2.0 applications on Linux and OSX.

Expression Tree vs Reflection.

Mon, 06 Oct 2008 19:46:11 GMT

Expression Trees can be used to avoid Reflection poor performance when you need to invoke methods in object that you deos not know at runtime. In this post I show you how you can access to property of objects building and compiling an expression tree.

How Do Locks Lock?

Tue, 30 Sep 2008 20:31:02 GMT

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

Delayed execution and "yield return"

Wed, 11 Jun 2008 01:46:02 GMT

A quick look at "yield return" focusing on arguably the most important aspect...delayed execution.

Stop Polluting the UI Thread - Use a ThreadBarrier

Wed, 11 Jun 2008 01:01:10 GMT

A ThreadBarrier is a technique for simplifying the interaction between the UI and a worker thread. No longer do UI Controls need to check InvokeRequired and do the posting of events from a worker thread.

Google AdSense Advertising - eeech...

Sun, 06 Apr 2008 01:46:02 GMT

Rick Strahl has a great post questioning how much fraud Google actually lets through with AdSense.

Moq: Why do we need yet another NET mocking framework?

Wed, 26 Mar 2008 18:16:02 GMT

"I've already argued in the past why I think forcing regular developers to learn and understand the difference between a stub, a fake, a "true" mock and a dynamic mock is unproductive and largely irrelevant for their TDD needs. Also, even though quite common in the mocking community, the typical record/replay model is alien to developers and introduces yet another new concept that makes the learning curve steeper than needed. "

MVP vs MVC

Tue, 18 Dec 2007 22:46:02 GMT

With all the noise around MVC.NET this days, question what is the difference between MVC and MVP is asked quite frequentlly. Check out this blog post for some answers on that question

15 -hot- tools that made me a coding Paris Hilton.

Thu, 15 Nov 2007 23:31:03 GMT

Look good while doing things the easy way. 15 tools I use every day that make me a "hot" coder. You sling code every day. So do I. You sit down at your box, throw on those noise canceling headphones, fire up some mp3s, and get jiggy wit' it. That's hot. But could it be hotter?