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FileHelpers 2.0 Released

Tue, 10 Apr 2007 08:01:01 GMT

A big step in the library roadmap. A lot of performance enhaces (more than 65% in .NET 2.0) and new features, with a pulished API. The FileHelpers are and open source library with this simple idea: "Strong type your flat file (fixed or delimited) simply describing a class that maps to each record and later read/write your file as an strong typed .NET array"

Got 15 minutes? Give Ruby a shot right now! (Online emulator)

Thu, 15 Mar 2007 06:01:02 GMT

A simply and useful tutorial to play with ruby Online =) Just click the link and begin to program in RUBY

FileHelpers Development Blog

Tue, 16 Jan 2007 13:31:01 GMT

A place to discuss the changes for the 2.0 version of this open source library for flat file processing (CSV or Delimited) written in C#, get involved =)

.NET Format String Quick Reference/Cheat Sheet

Fri, 05 Jan 2007 19:31:01 GMT

All standard and custom DateTime and number format strings (for use with String.Format(), .ToString(), etc) in one handy document.

What is Windows PowerShell?

Tue, 02 Jan 2007 06:01:32 GMT

A good look at Windows PowerShell. The author explains why PowerShell is different than any other shell around and how it will make your life easier.

LINQ Farm: LINQ Sets

Tue, 02 Jan 2007 07:31:10 GMT

This is the sixth in a series of articles on LINQ. In this post the focus will be on the LINQ Set operators. Near the end of the post I include a short section on the importance of choosing the best operator for a particular task. Please see the links at the bottom of this post to retrieve the code.

VS2005 PowerShell VB & C# Templates (Project, Cmdlet & PSCmdlet)

Tue, 26 Dec 2006 19:41:08 GMT

?This Visual Studio template adds a C# and/or VB.NET project template for building Windows PowerShell Cmdlets and item templates in both languages to build CmdLet derived and PSCmdLet derived Windows PowerShell Cmdlets

The baby version of CLR via C#

Sun, 31 Dec 2006 10:31:02 GMT

It's free! It's on-line! It's 267 pages! It's .NET Book Zero: What the C or C++ Programmer Needs to Know about C# and the .NET Framework and you can download it here

Types of confusion

Sat, 23 Dec 2006 15:01:01 GMT

When I began programming in my early teens, I was very excited to learn about programming and also excited to become a "real" programmer. I remember picking up a book from the library that purported to teach what real programmers were like. I absorbed the material and enjoyed every page. I can only remember a handful of things from that book which I now realize was not very serious material, but I do remember one quote: "Strong typing is for people with weak minds." I thought to myself, "I don't want to have a weak mind" and I didn't want people to think that I have a weak mind so I thought that I should definitely not embrace strong typing. But what was "strong typing" anyway, I wondered. After much reflection on my (brief) programming experience, I decided that strong typing was using the keyboard a lot. So I decided that people with weak minds wrote overly verbose code. I then applied my new found principle.

Visual Studio 2005 Service Pack 1 RTM

Fri, 15 Dec 2006 09:01:02 GMT

Service Pack 1 of the development platform includes user reported fixes and more than 70 improvements for common development scenarios, including new processor support for code generation and profiling, as well as performance and scale improvements in Microsoft's TFS (Team Foundation Server). Although Microsoft has released the Visual Studio 2005 SP1 bits to manufacturing, official news of the release is not expected until Monday [18.12.2006], sources close to the company said.

Subversion on a stick

Thu, 14 Dec 2006 09:01:02 GMT

Use Subversion from a portable hard disk or flash drive to synchronize your documents between various computers. There's no need to run the Subversion daemon -- all you need is portable storage and a Subversion client.

DDD - Repositories & Factories

Thu, 14 Dec 2006 10:31:01 GMT

Nice example of using repositories and factories for persisting and retrieving your domain objects.

Implicit and Explicit Interface Implementations

Wed, 13 Dec 2006 12:01:02 GMT

A discussion of the subtleties of implicit and explicit interface implementations in C#.

Tipping TDD

Wed, 13 Dec 2006 15:01:01 GMT

In this post I share some thoughts on how to increase the chance of an organization adopting TDD.

The Problem of Open Source in the Microsoft World

Mon, 11 Dec 2006 03:01:01 GMT

A concise and insightful description of the state of open source on the .NET platform.

A csharp image enhancement filters library

Wed, 06 Dec 2006 19:31:01 GMT

This project started from a need. A need to have a simple image/photo .Net filters functionality to style and enhance pictures to be displayed on the web (or any other place for that matter). True, there are some filter libraries scattered around the web for doing stuff like a WaterMark or a GrayScale or even a collection of those (ImageMagick) , in most of the times they are very basic or unhelpful for styling images. Furthermore the .NET System.Drawing.* namespace doesn't provide any basic or sophisticated capabilities, for example there isn't a proper rotate or resize functionality .So the goal was to collect all of the nice .NET filters that are out there into a single package and to extend it by providing more useful and styled filters.

Upload an Excel File and Display In a Grid

Wed, 06 Dec 2006 09:01:02 GMT

Rob Conery shows how to create a quick page that allows users to upload an Excel file and display it in a Grid.

Wonders of Immediate Window

Wed, 06 Dec 2006 04:31:02 GMT

An article showing how far you can go with the Immediate Window

How to Solve a Beasty COM Interop

Tue, 05 Dec 2006 07:31:01 GMT

Sam Gentile presents an interesting COM Interop problem, the issues of Runtime Callable Wrappers and how to solve the problem.

Data Generator

Mon, 04 Dec 2006 10:31:02 GMT

"This little program lets you generate large volumes of random, custom data for use in testing software. Try messing around with it: you'll soon figure it out! I've had to limit it to a maximum of 5000 results, since server resources are limited."

Amaizing Topnotch .NET Videos from a lot of gurus (all for free)

Wed, 22 Nov 2006 22:31:01 GMT

dnrTv is a fusion of a training video and an interview show. Training videos are typically sterile and one-way. Let's face it, you can only take so much. But you need to see the code! In this format, you get the spontaneity of an interview talk show, and the detail of a webcast or training video.

Smashing Magazine - Online Generators (An amaizing list)

Tue, 14 Nov 2006 04:31:01 GMT

Links to a lot of great on-line resource for web developers !!!

TFS From a VSS User's Perspective... (via Greg Blog)

Mon, 30 Oct 2006 19:08:27 GMT

Steve has made available a 25 Page PDF where he introduces TFS to the VSS user (Think "TFS Introduction for VSS Users 101"). It's a well written document and one that you should take a look at if your making the VSS to TFS move...

Ascend.NET - Nice and FREE WinForms Controls

Fri, 27 Oct 2006 05:01:01 GMT

The Ascend.NET controls are a collection of Windows Forms controls written in C# targeting Visual Studio 2005 and .NET 2.0. The intent is to provide controls that are flexible but easy to use that will hold up well under heavy usage.

MS Vista vs Xgl Linux ( my vote for the linux world )

Thu, 19 Oct 2006 05:01:02 GMT

After see Xgl it in action in a real box I can't belive it, a frined run it on an Athlon 64 3000+ with an Nvidia Fx5200 the Linux performance is OUTSTANDING !!!! and check out all that effects, the 3D interface add a lot of usability to virtual desktops... I don't like Vista too much, I think that is too much over design and that promise more things that it really deliver =)