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How to convert a kick into a goal?

Fri, 16 Mar 2007 16:46:58 GMT

You are a soccer goalkeeper, staring at an opponent about to take a penalty kick. You've got a big space to defend, and you know the odds of blocking the kick are slim-typically less than 20 percent. Wouldn't it be great if you could influence the kicker's decision about which side of the net to aim at, so you'd be prepared to lunge in that direction?

HOWTO: Debugging Javascript In Visual Studio using "debugger;"

Fri, 16 Mar 2007 03:16:01 GMT

Visual Studio offers the developer the ability to utilize the IDE to debug, just like you would debug if you are debugging .NET code. How? Very simple, the "debugger;" keyword...

http debugging proxy

Fri, 16 Mar 2007 13:46:04 GMT

A Very useful tool that I have been introduced to. Helps improve web application performance by showing you everything you need to know about your application.

Object-oriented database programming with db4o

Fri, 16 Mar 2007 14:31:02 GMT

db4o at The Code Project. Very interesting discussion between the author and Carl Rosenberger (db4o's architect) can be found in the message board.

Dot Net Pulse: How to capture the form and save it to a bitmap

Thu, 15 Mar 2007 22:46:01 GMT

How to capture the form and save it to a bitmap

Sorting System.Collections.Generic.List<T>

Thu, 15 Mar 2007 23:31:01 GMT

This post shows the sorting techinque using anonymous delegate that can be implemented in any custom type generic lis based on the selected property.

LINQ Samples Update for Orcas March CTP

Tue, 13 Mar 2007 04:01:01 GMT

Here are a set of updated LINQ samples for the Visual Studio Orcas March CTP. These samples replace all the LINQ and LINQ to XML samples that shipped with the March CTP.

Behavior Driven Development Using NUnit-Next Steps

Mon, 12 Mar 2007 22:46:01 GMT

Oren Eini left a comment on a recent post I did on Behavior Driven Development. At first the questions seemed very easy and I thought I would be able to answer it within 15 minutes but as pondered the different possibilities of answering the question, I wanted to make sure that I gave an answer that was true to BDD as it relates to C#. A day later, I finally came up with one but in the process I learned a great deal about the value of "context" and "behavior", so I wanted to take this time to share what I have learned.

Podcast: Design Patterns Bootcamp: Model View * Patterns

Mon, 12 Mar 2007 23:31:01 GMT

Learn about the Model View Controller and Model View Presenter design patterns.