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Introduction to MapReduce for .NET Developers

Thu, 07 May 2009 04:59:15 GMT

An introduction to MapReduce and a naive implementation in C#.

ASP.NET MVC DeveloperZen Feed Action Result

Mon, 12 Jan 2009 13:30:16 GMT

Describes an easy way to expose RSS feeds as a controller's action result in ASP,NET MVC.

99 Ways to Become a Better Developer

Sun, 07 Dec 2008 23:52:27 GMT

I encountered this post on my weekend reading. 91 Surefire Ways to Become an Event Greater Developer contain a comprehensive guide linking to all sort of blog posts providing insights on improving your skills as a developer. While the list is very long and sometimes debatable it does have some interesting pointers. If you do nothing else, delve into item #8: Learn Programming by Not Programming referring to the following post by Jeff Atwood...

Visual Studio 2008 and .NET Framework 3.5 Service Pack 1 Beta

Tue, 13 May 2008 01:46:04 GMT

public beta of upcoming .NET 3.5 SP1 and VS 2008 SP1 releases is published

dasBlog 2.1 Released!

Tue, 13 May 2008 12:16:02 GMT

dasBlog 2.1 has been released from its new home at CodePlex.

NET 2.0 To Create A Windows Service

Mon, 31 Mar 2008 22:15:28 GMT

Download code Windows Services The .NET Framework is said to run atop of the Windows operating system, despite the fact it is a system program. At the highest level, it performs type-safety checks, code access security, lays out objects in memory, activates those objects, executes, and the...

Developing a Robust Data Driven UI Using WPF - Stock DataModel Sample

Mon, 31 Mar 2008 02:06:27 GMT

A concrete example for a DataModel as discussed in the previoud posts in the series....

Integrate PayPal Checkout Button with ASP.NET 2.0

Tue, 01 Apr 2008 01:01:02 GMT

I recently posted a solution to the eternal PayPal / ASP.NET form submission problem using Jeremy Schneider's custom GhostForm class. Since then, several people have made mention of a problem of a problem that I came across myself when coding this, namely getting your project to recognize the reference to the new custom form class.

Developing a Robust Data Driven UI Using WPF - The DataModel

Tue, 25 Mar 2008 20:31:05 GMT

In the first post in the series I gave an overview of the pattern we'll be using. This post will go deeper into the DataModel, as defined in the previous post: The DataModel is defined exactly as the Model in MVC; it is the data or business logic that stores the state and does processing of the problem domain. The DataModel abstracts expensive operations such as data fetching without blocking the UI thread. It can keep data "alive" fetching it periodically from source (example: stock ticket), merge information from several sources etc. The DataModel is completely UI independent and pretty much straightforward to unit test. The DataModel exposes data in a way that makes it easily consumable by IBF.

Developing a Robust Data-Driven UI Using WPF - Introduction.

Wed, 19 Mar 2008 11:31:02 GMT

First post in a series. Discusses patterns for data-driven UI development in WPF.

Sexy Enterprise Software?

Mon, 17 Dec 2007 04:31:57 GMT

Robert Scoble started a debate over the weekend when he wrote that enterprise software isn't sexy. I guess Scoble struck a nerve as his post caused a frenzy in the enterprise blogsphere, and on a Sunday...

Introduction to LINQ

Mon, 17 Sep 2007 19:27:05 GMT

An Introduction to LINQ presentation

What's wrong with this code? #2

Sun, 02 Sep 2007 06:43:06 GMT

Second code snippet in the series...

Duet Behind the Scenes: Bounded Items

Thu, 19 Jul 2007 04:43:37 GMT

Binding to Outlook item (Mail, Task, Contact, etc.) is one of the main features that differentiates Duet's user experience from other OBA products such as Snap-Ins, Extensio etc. What exactly are bounded items? and how is binding implemented?

What's wrong with this code? #1 - Discussion

Mon, 16 Jul 2007 13:46:01 GMT

Discussion over the thread-safe singleton snippet presented in "What's wrong with this code? #1"

Regex Cheat Sheet

Sat, 14 Jul 2007 10:01:01 GMT

Great Regular Expression Cheat sheet and a bit of description of how to use it well for those who know little about regular expressions.

Advantages of multi processor, multi monitor and multi gigabyte ram sy

Fri, 13 Jul 2007 15:16:02 GMT

So, multi processor, multi monitor, mulit GB RAM machines are not just for geeks any more. why should developers have machiens like these now?

Duet Behind the Scenes: Metadata Driven Solutions

Wed, 11 Jul 2007 20:34:35 GMT

The Duet applications are built using metadata definitions that are interpreted during runtime and drive the different application's workflow and UI. How is Duet's metadata defined and used? What are the advantages of this model? This is the first article in a series on the Technology behind Duet's Office business applications.

What's wrong with this code?

Sat, 14 Jul 2007 11:31:01 GMT

First post in a series of "What's wrong with this code" snippets...

WPF Control: Balloon comments

Thu, 12 Jul 2007 18:16:01 GMT

WPF Balloon comments

Age of empowered individuals: People power behind robust computing

Tue, 13 Feb 2007 19:01:01 GMT

Web 2.0, XAML and all the recent technology chnages are all part of a deeper trend empowering the end users...

Some More Thoughts About the NY Times Reader

Mon, 16 Oct 2006 13:52:25 GMT

It may be the first released WPF application

Overview of .NET 3.0 Through Demos

Mon, 16 Oct 2006 19:01:01 GMT

I recently had to give an overview presentation of Microsoft's new .NET 3.0 technologies at work. Since I don't like writing or giving long PowerPoint presentations I decided to cut down as much as possible on slides and talk my way through a bunch of demo applications demonstrating the various aspects of .NET 3.0. So, here's a bunch of good demos to demonstrate .NET 3.0 capabilities.

UML presentation

Mon, 14 Aug 2006 10:45:57 GMT

sorry

A dasBlog Content Filter for Amazon Links

Mon, 31 Jul 2006 18:49:01 GMT

A dasBlog Content Filter for displaying links to products at Amazon.