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Lazy Loading with Linq to SQL POCO s

Wed, 29 Oct 2008 16:01:02 GMT

How to achieve Lazy Loading when using POCO s with Linq to SQL

Silverlight 2 Released

Wed, 15 Oct 2008 00:16:25 GMT

Today we shipped the final release of Silverlight 2. You can download Silverlight 2, as well the Visual Studio 2008 and Expression Blend 2 tool support to target it,

Achieving POCO s in Linq to SQL

Tue, 14 Oct 2008 16:01:02 GMT

How to get rid of Persistence Related code and making L2S Still work !

Is it important to write good code?

Mon, 13 Oct 2008 23:31:11 GMT

Its not only important, its vital.

Localizing Linq to SQL Entities

Mon, 18 Aug 2008 17:31:10 GMT

Sidar shows a possible strategy to localize Linq to SQL entities

Building a Configuration Binder for MEF with POCO Support

Mon, 14 Jul 2008 18:16:12 GMT

MEF doesn't support POCO injection and XML Configuration off the shelf. Sidar implements an XML congiguration binding mechanism on top of MEF, and the article gives an insight about what to expect from MEF Extensibility models in detail.

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.

Top 100 Best Software Engineering Books, Ever

Fri, 20 Jun 2008 21:16:02 GMT

In this post I proudly present the Top 100 of Best Software Engineering Books, Ever. I have created this list using four different criteria: 1) number of Amazon reviews, 2) average Amazon rating, 3) number of Google hits and 4) Jolt awards.

Linq to SQL Wish List

Thu, 05 Jun 2008 16:46:02 GMT

What do we want to see in the next version of Linq to SQL ?