What Gives? Microsofts Code Generation Tool

spoiledtechie.com — In a world of Microsoft and third party applications, out comes t4. t4 is a code generation tool that can compete with CodeSmith, but its FREE and built right into Visual Studio. It has been years since the first edition with very little publication of the actual application. t4 is a free code generation engine from Microsoft that underpins the Domain Specific Languages and Software Factory toolkits. read more...

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Using Active Directory to authenticate users to your ASP.NET Web Site

blog.evonet.com.au — ASP.NET membership provides the ability to authenticate users to your web application using forms based authentication against a database of users or directory services. This article explains the steps required to provide authentication against Active Directory, either for new sites with no authentication, or for existing sites using database authentication. read more...

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Downloadable Hotfix: False C# compilation errors for ASP.NET code-behi

published 29 days, 16 hours ago, submitted by johnsheehan 1 month, 1 day ago

blogs.msdn.com — In SP1 for Visual Studio 2008 and Visual Web Developer 2008, C# introduced a new feature to provide 'live' reporting of compilation errors. Unfortunately, the introduction of this functionality also introduced a bug where in certain cases, false C# compilation errors appear in the Error List for ASP.NET Website projects. The C# team just published a downloadable hotfix that addresses the issues. read more...

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The Excitement that is C# 4.0

brian.genisio.org — I just got back from the “Future of C#” talk at PDC by Anders Hejlsberg. This was a truly inspiring talk for a geek like me. C# is evolving into a much more dynamic language. I have always been a believer of strong typing… except when I’m not… and I have been wishing for something more dynamic (such as Duck Typing). In C# 4.0, we will be seeing some significant dynamic features. read more...

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Zip Compressing ASP.NET Session and Cache State

hanselman.com — Scott Hanselman discusses a recent podcast with the team from StackOverflow where it was mentioned that they compress the Cache or Session data in ASP.NET, enabling them to store about 5-10x more data. read more...

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7 of my favorite jQuery plugins for use with ASP.NET

published 1 month, 12 days ago, submitted by gt1329a 1 month, 12 days ago

encosia.com — Seven of my favorite jQuery plugins to use with ASP.NET and ASP.NET AJAX, based on my own successes and failures using them over the past year and a half. read more...

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Top 10 Windows Forms Articles You Must Read

published 2 months, 9 days ago, submitted by crpietschmann 2 months, 10 days ago

dotnetcurry.com — If you have missed on some top articles of WinForms on dotnetcurry.com, then this is a must read for you. The Top 10 articles have been decided by our editorial panel based on the popularity of the article, user rating and top views of the articles. The articles have been arranged based on the total views from top to bottom. I hope you enjoying reading them, as much as we did while compiling them!! read more...

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StyleCop was just released!

published 2 months, 19 days ago, submitted by cheetahtech 2 months, 20 days ago

spoiledtechie.com — StyleCop was just released! A tool that does all the styling for you in VS 2008 and 2005. It helps you adhere to styling guidelines and standards of your Code. It is a Great tool. read more...

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