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Domain Driven Design - The full link list

Tue, 21 Aug 2007 10:03:48 GMT

A long list of usefull articles about alot of DDD dilemma's.

Speedup Vista

Tue, 27 Feb 2007 10:58:52 GMT

An dutch post that links to an english site about how to speed up vista. I've tried it and it works like a charm!

Windows Vista, prices!

Wed, 06 Sep 2006 12:44:19 GMT

Finally, Microsoft has posted the price in dollars for Windows Vista. This price is different, depends on the version. See here a small list of versions and prices.

The ASP.NET Singleton-per-Request pattern

Mon, 21 Aug 2006 14:31:01 GMT

Implementing the Singleton pattern applied to the Request-Response pair in ASP.NET

ADO.NET Entity Framework Layering

Mon, 21 Aug 2006 23:31:01 GMT

Explaining the 4 layers of the ADO.NET Entity Framework: the Storage Provider, the Mapping Layer, Object Services & LINQ to Entities.

Visual Studio .NET 2003 SP1 - Released!

Wed, 16 Aug 2006 14:51:11 GMT

And here it is! The Visual Studio .NET 2003 Service Pack 1

ADO.NET vNext released! - link list

Wed, 16 Aug 2006 08:12:06 GMT

The next ADO.NET is arived! Because there is a lot of basic information in the blogosphere... here is not a long story but just a link list! As you like it!

An Abstract Factory using the app.config and Reflection

Tue, 15 Aug 2006 17:31:01 GMT

An Abstract Factory is a method that allows us to dynamically load a set of custom functionally that conforms to a well defined interface, usually at runtime.

Use your C# skills to code for the Xbox 360

Mon, 14 Aug 2006 17:31:01 GMT

Use your C# and .NET programming skils to code games for the Xbox 360 and PC. The beta is due the 30th August - until then check out my guide on which tools, API's and documentation to get started with at http://www.damieng.com/blog/archive/2006/05/17/PiecingTogetherMicrosoftsXNAGamingPlatform.aspx

Vista speech recognition, it works!

Thu, 10 Aug 2006 13:01:02 GMT

And how this works! Painting in MSPaint with your voice, playing Solitare with your voice.. no problem! It's a dutch post, but just click on the great screenshot of the movie to see it.

Threading - Never Lock This Redux

Wed, 09 Aug 2006 08:31:02 GMT

Why locking on "this" can be a bad idea -- and how to lock in a safer manner.

Visual Studio 2005 Sandcastle Add-In

Tue, 08 Aug 2006 10:01:01 GMT

From the author blog: "After I found the SandCastle project via the site of Scott Hanselman, I had the idea to make a nice add-in based on it, well here it is, it is a pretty alpha, but common handy anyway." Check the demo movie at: http://www.overnight.nl/download/sandcastleaddin.html

Software Downloads, Versions & Coupling

Mon, 07 Aug 2006 02:31:01 GMT

You'd be surprised how some of the biggest companies drive their customers nuts by failing to clearly version their software or needlessly packaging software.

?? Operator

Fri, 04 Aug 2006 12:58:44 GMT

Dutch post about the advantage of the ?? operator that is available since C# 2.0

Impersonation helper class

Thu, 03 Aug 2006 17:31:02 GMT

A full working, easy to use class to Impersonate (run code within other windows user account).

Microsoft's Web2.0-ready website preview!

Mon, 24 Jul 2006 13:53:41 GMT

A blogpost about the new upcomming Microsoft website, full Web2.0 ready and with a new fresh look!

Firefox Myths - Myths Regarding The Firefox Web Browser

Mon, 24 Jul 2006 12:43:11 GMT

I know that a lot of people don't agree with this article, the web developers much less, but I found it interesting and some things that he saids are true. I use the Maxthon Browser (based on IE) and sometimes Opera. Some new features of Firefox 2.0 are in Maxthon and Opera from a lot of time now =)

MSBuild in Visual Studio

Mon, 24 Jul 2006 11:31:01 GMT

A summary a series of posts on the MSBuild Team Blog regarding MSBuild and Visual Studio integration

[DUTCH] Delegates vs. Events

Sun, 16 Jul 2006 08:51:50 GMT

WARNING: Dutch language! Een geweldige blogpost over het werkelijke verschil tussen delegates en events.

A new day, two new browsers compared - Firefox 2.0 Beta 1 and IE 7.0 B

Sat, 15 Jul 2006 08:11:01 GMT

Like a schmuck, I can't resist installing beta software, especially REALLY beta software, especially on computers that I really shouldn't be installing beta software on like my computer or my wife's, especially at 2am. After some painful installation chaos/debugging...I got Firefox 2.0 Beta 1 and IE 7.0 Beta 3 installed. Here's my thoughts.

Breng de Office 2007 UI naar je applicatie

Mon, 26 Jun 2006 10:18:37 GMT

Een easy-to-use .NET 2.0 control waarmee je je applicatie gelijk de look geeft zoals je van Office 2007 gewend bent. Gustavo Arranhado heeft zijn control online gezet op gotdotnet, inclusief de volledige source-code is beschikbaar en wat sample code.

Mentas Ribbon - Controls like the ones in the MS Office 2007 UI

Sat, 24 Jun 2006 22:53:01 GMT

Basic and easy .NET 2.0 controls to make your application feel like MS Office 2007 UI experience. You must check this out. Full source included.

15 Great ASP.NET 2.0 Data Tutorials Published

Fri, 23 Jun 2006 13:49:03 GMT

The data series begins by creating a DAL using the built-in data TableAdapter designer in Visual Web Developer Express and Visual Studio. All of the samples then use the ASP.NET 2.0 ObjectDataSource control to bind against the business class layer, and show how to perform common binding operations against it. Note that if you want you can easily substitute the table adapter DAL for your own DAL implementation with the business class layer -- all of the 39 other data tutorials will then work against it the same way.

Learn C# 3.0 in 7 digestable pieces

Thu, 22 Jun 2006 14:57:01 GMT

Sahil has broke the new C# 3.0 down into 7 digestable small peices. 5 minutes each, a good definition of what each item is, alongwith what they mean.

Next-Generation Data Access: Making the Conceptual Level Real

Wed, 21 Jun 2006 16:05:01 GMT

Eliminate the impedance mismatch for both applications and data services like reporting, analysis, and replication offered as part of the SQL Server product by raising the level of abstraction from the logical (relational) level to the conceptual (entity) level. (31 printed pages)