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Principles of simplicity

Tue, 24 Jul 2007 08:01:03 GMT

Simplicity is about removing everything that can complicate the process of writing and maintaining software.

Inversion of Control and Dependency Injection with Castle Windsor

Tue, 24 Jul 2007 05:46:02 GMT

First article of a 4 parts series about IoC and DI with Castle Windsor Container. This first part is an introduction to the core concepts and a simple example of how to start thinking in terms of IoC.

Inheritance vs Object Composition

Wed, 25 Jul 2007 15:31:02 GMT

If you pick a developer off the street and ask him what inheritance is, he will more than likely give you the correct answer. If you take that same developer and ask him what object composition is, he may give you a puzzled look and shrug his shoulders.

First Look at IronRuby

Tue, 24 Jul 2007 02:46:02 GMT

Over the last few years we've been working to make .NET and the CLR a great environment for dynamic languages. About 14 months ago we formed a dedicated group within my team that has been focused on adding richer CLR runtime support for dynamic languages, as well as delivering first class .NET implementations of popular dynamic languages.

SQL Server Interview Questions and Answers Complete List Download

Mon, 23 Jul 2007 14:46:02 GMT

Question I received is do I ask the same questions in interviews which I administrate. Answer is YES. Though, I have few other questions, which I ask. All of them I came up myself and answers are unique to questions and not available on-line. Well, long story short, I have compiled list of questions in one PDF. Please download them and use them in your next interview or just for reading purpose.

Preventing automated comment spam in .NET web apps without CAPTCHAs

Tue, 24 Jul 2007 03:31:02 GMT

We all know the problem of automated comment spam, not only for blogs, but for every web site requesting information from the user which is published directly on the website. When you are asked to develop a site where you could encounter this problem, there is a pretty easy way to prevent it, without resorting to authentication or CAPTCHAs. I hope this post doesn't inspire developers of automated spammer software.

Scott Hanselman hired at Microsoft.

Mon, 23 Jul 2007 05:01:02 GMT

I think this is a great news for him and for the community

SubSonic Forums Begins

Mon, 23 Jul 2007 05:46:04 GMT

Rob announces the new subsonicproject redesign and the latest news regarding the new Forums project.

SubSonic: SonicCast #2 - All About Paging

Mon, 23 Jul 2007 06:31:01 GMT

Paging isn't always the easiest thing to figure out - and sometimes not the most performant thing you can do to a we site. Here's a webcast to show you how to set it up both ways: the ASP way, and the SubSonic way.

The First Rule of Software Development

Fri, 20 Jul 2007 16:20:24 GMT

is: Never commit code just before you leave for the day. The CCNET (Continuous Integration) WILL brake and team members who will be in the office will have difficulty progressing with their work for several hours.

Support Open Source .Net Project - place this code on your site

Sat, 21 Jul 2007 03:31:01 GMT

The Lounge is a new ad network which is making its first initiative to support open source .net projects. Grab the code and place it on your site to help support these projects as well!

But WHY Must That Column Be Contained in an Aggregate Function or th

Mon, 23 Jul 2007 00:31:02 GMT

Column 'xyz' is invalid in the select list because it is not contained in either an aggregate function or the GROUP BY clause. Arggh!! There it is, yet again .. that annoying error message. Why is SQL so picky about this? What's the deal!?

VS 2008 JavaScript Debugging

Mon, 23 Jul 2007 07:16:02 GMT

JavaScript debugging in Visual Studio 2008

Introduction to Localization in ASP.NET 2.0

Mon, 23 Jul 2007 08:01:01 GMT

Check out the localization features in ASP.NET 2.0 and understand how they work under the covers. This introduction focuses on the ASP.NET 2.0 specific technology for localization and discusses how Resource Providers are used to provide the various integrated localization features in ASP.NET 2.0 and Visual Studio .NET. The focus of this article is on the technology rather on the deep semantics of localization. Serves as an introduction for the Resource Provider article.

Creating a Data Driven ASP.NET Localization

Mon, 23 Jul 2007 08:46:01 GMT

Find out how to build an ASP.NET 2.0 Resource Provider that uses database data for its localization storage rather than Resx files. Database resources can be much more flexible and this article demonstrates how to build a powerful ASP.NET resource editing front end that allows editing of resource data in a live ASP.NET application in a context sensitive manner.

Orcas JavaScript Intellisense

Tue, 24 Jul 2007 04:16:02 GMT

A few quick tests to see what JavaScript features show up with Intellisense in the new Orcas Intellisense features. Unfortunately it looks like at least in Orcas Beta 1 a number of common JavaScript scenarios either don't produce proper Intellisense or actually break Intellisense altogether.

A Windows Service Monitor that runs in the system tray

Thu, 19 Jul 2007 07:25:03 GMT

This is a small utility that monitors windows services running on the local machine. And notifies you via an icon in the system tray and a balloon popup telling you which services aren't running. You can also Start and Stop services from this utility. And it's Open Source.

Exceptions vs. Error codes with Services

Tue, 24 Jul 2007 05:01:02 GMT

Brief examination of exceptions vs. error codes

Ruby.NET moves to open source community model

Fri, 20 Jul 2007 13:16:02 GMT

"As heralded previously, we are now ready to move to a new open source community model. While we at QUT will continue to be heavily involved in the project, we plan to transfer full control and ownership of the project to the open source community. To signify this new beginning, the new project will be named simply "Ruby.NET" (rather than "Gardens Point Ruby.NET") and a new licence agreement will be developed (by the community). A source code repository will be created external to QUT that will be directly assessable to developers in the community to make contributions."

Banker's Rounding vs. Common Rounding in .NET

Fri, 20 Jul 2007 14:46:02 GMT

Depending on your math background, .NET's rounding functionality MAY NOT work the way you expect!!! Check out the included code to implement an alternative (known as Common Rounding) in addition to .NET's built-in Math.Round() function.

Karma Points System for DotNetKicks?

Sat, 14 Jul 2007 08:46:02 GMT

Please let us know your thoughts on the proposed addition of a 'Karma Points' feature to DNK

ASP.NET Repeater control instead of grid

Fri, 20 Jul 2007 16:16:03 GMT

Simple example on how to tie event handlers to a specific row in a repeater

HDR isn't just a buzzword

Fri, 13 Jul 2007 04:30:33 GMT

This post is the best illustration of what HDR and HDPhoto, with its much wider gamut ranges, has to offer us in adjusting images without losing crucial image data.

Is Open Source an Anathema for .NET?

Fri, 13 Jul 2007 02:01:02 GMT

An anathema is anything laid up or suspended; or in the Greek usage: set apart as sacred or laid up in a temple. Much like the definition of anathema, the Open Source community and the .NET community have been seemingly at odds since .NET's inception. If the past year is proof, the philosophies of Open Source are taking hold in the .NET community.

The "Nested WHERE-IN" Anti-Pattern

Thu, 12 Jul 2007 11:01:01 GMT

There's a fascinating technique that I see many beginners use when writing SQL statements, and I call it the "Nested WHERE-IN" anti-pattern. It is, unfortunately, a common SQL technique used to avoid JOINS at all costs.