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Request UAC Elevation for .net Application (Managed Code)

Mon, 29 Jun 2009 15:40:09 GMT

This Article explains, how to request the operating system for UAC elevation for an application that requires administrator priviilege in windows VISTA, or windows 7

22 Visual Studio Short Keys and 6 Short-cut Ways to Custom Jobs

Wed, 10 Jun 2009 09:15:00 GMT

Efficient programmers use short keys in IDE like Visual Studio. This saves time and in many cases makes the work run faster also. I also love short keys. They are smart! And there also go some tricks that help make your visual studio days a party! I have listed here some short cuts and some tips with the hope that this will be helpful to you all.

How to test your multi-threaded code (part 1 of 3)?

Thu, 07 May 2009 01:01:04 GMT

CHESS is the answer. At least this is what we have best right now.

Why Developers are Not Allowed to Work from Home?

Mon, 27 Apr 2009 22:15:17 GMT

I consider Software Engineering a less expensive occupation to start. All you need is a decent machine which is worth a couple of hundred bucks and then you are all set to explore the world of lamdas and goto statements. Software engineering is also one of the fields in which you don't have to physically show up at work. You can wake up and start your job in your pajamas. Strangely, most of the employers don't allow working from home. Employers often relate working from home as watching an action movie on a 27 inch TV instead of a big screen; it just does not have the same effect. Employers also believe that when a developer is working from home he/she is slacking off and not getting any work done. Although there is some weight in their beliefs but these small problems can be resolved easily.

C# Regions are not Useful? Give me a Break

Tue, 21 Apr 2009 10:46:02 GMT

I often see arguments about use of regions in C# code. And this is one of the most annoying things I see on the Internet in my opinion when it pertains to code structure. Whoever says regions are not to be used, I'd love to see your code and know what standards you have established as a team with your code base. I bet you it's a mess and the reason you don't like regions is because the developers on your team has abused use of them and that there is no logical pattern or team standard established.

Exception Handling Basics

Sat, 18 Apr 2009 01:01:02 GMT

The basics of exception handling and getting good stack traces.

Just say No! to C# Regions

Thu, 16 Apr 2009 10:01:02 GMT

You need a language construct so that your IDE can help you hide your big messy code block from you (because it's just so hideous, you don't even want to look at it anymore)?

Where Are The Developer Machines?

Tue, 07 Apr 2009 20:31:04 GMT

Steve Smith posts about PCs for software developers, and how computer companies aren't targeting this section of the market. If a computer manufacturer made development machines, how should these computers be configured?

4 Great Tools to use with Visual Studio

Sat, 04 Apr 2009 03:16:02 GMT

Today was a slow day so I was trying some Visual Studio Add-Ins for our team to help in the development and here are the ones that made the cut.

Resizing images without loss of quality

Thu, 02 Apr 2009 23:31:45 GMT

ASP.NET provides us with System.Drawing namespace where we can find classes we can use to manipulate with images. There are many people out there who mistakenly think that Image.GetThumbnailImage is best choice for image resizing. You can easily create crappy images if you follow the code examples in previously pointed article. In this post I will show you how to resize images without negative side effects.

SubSonic to Acquire NHibernate

Thu, 02 Apr 2009 01:01:18 GMT

Hanalei, HI - April 1, 2009: SubSonic (http://subsonicproject.com), a data access tool and "Super High-fidelity Batman Toolbelt" (according to its owner, Rob Conery), is set to acquire NHibernate, a much larger data access technology built on the .NET platform. The terms of the deal have not yet been announced but the stage has been set for what many see as a hostile transition of ownership.

10 Best Libraries for generating PDF Files

Tue, 31 Mar 2009 21:16:17 GMT

Today we are presenting collection of 10 best libraries for generating PDF files.

Content Stealing Jerks

Sun, 29 Mar 2009 22:01:02 GMT

I've grown somewhat accustomed to seeing my articles regurgitated on some random blogger's site and passed off as their own. Usually I just send content stealing jerk (CSJ for future reference) an e-mail asking that they provide some sort of link back to my original article and leave it at that. Sometimes they comply, oftentimes they don't. In the end, life goes on. After all, it's not like I'm going to press charges over it.

IE8 has been released

Thu, 19 Mar 2009 23:46:48 GMT

Running Windows Server 2003, it auto-detected my system and downloaded the appropriate file.

How .NET Regular Expressions Really Work

Mon, 16 Mar 2009 22:46:04 GMT

A very deep dive into the source code for how .NET Regular Expressions really work

Free ASP.NET MVC eBook Tutorial - ScottGu

Wed, 11 Mar 2009 09:16:02 GMT

There has been a lot of excitement in the community about the new ASP.NET MVC framework that is about to ship (literally any day now - announcement coming soon). As with anything new, people are also asking for more tutorials/samples/documentation that cover how to get started and build applications with it. Over the last few months I've been helping to contribute to an ASP.NET MVC book that Scott Hanselman, Rob Conery, and Phil Haack have been writing for Wrox. The book is now in production, and will be available to buy in stores soon

Software Developer and Software Engineer are not opposite, they are th

Mon, 09 Mar 2009 01:11:12 GMT

Of course, Software engineering is defined as: Software engineering is the application of a systematic, disciplined, quantifiable approach to the development, operation, and maintenance of software, and the study of these approaches. This term was created in 1968 in the hope of bringing a more "civilized" way of coding. What is interesting however, is that most of the time, people and companies won't make a difference between the developer and the engineer.

Back to Basics: Interfaces

Thu, 05 Mar 2009 01:46:09 GMT

When it comes to object-oriented programming there are few concepts as basic and important as interfaces. Only recently though, and at a snails pace, have .NET developers started to take advantage of the simple benefits interfaces have to offer. This interest stems from the core role interfaces play in some pretty hot topics, including: dependency injection, unit testing and mocking (to name a few).

Security Vulnerability of the Week #1: SQL Injection

Wed, 04 Mar 2009 01:01:13 GMT

This article begins a semi-regular series that will explores the most common vulnerabilities and the mind-set of the developers that create them and also explore how to deal with them. The first post in the series takes a look at the OWASP top number 2 vulnerability, Injection (specifically SQL Injection) - which has been a known and solved problem for over 10+ years, yet for some reason, it's still as common as ever.

Ruby inspired C# Extension Methods for natural DateTime operations

Tue, 24 Feb 2009 18:16:02 GMT

FluentDateTime is a open source library of Ruby inspired C# Extension Methods for easier and more natural DateTime handling and operations in .NET that allows you to write code like this: DateTime.Now + 1.Week() + 3.Days + 14.Minutes(); 3.Days().Ago(); 5.Days().After(new DateTime(2000, 1, 1)); DateTime.Now.NextDay(); DateTime.Now.WeekAfter(); DateTime.Now.Midnight(); DateTime.Now.SetTime(11, 55, 0);

Today I've Realized How Far We Have To Go

Thu, 12 Feb 2009 07:01:02 GMT

A call to climb on the shoulders of giants within the software develeopment industry.

BackgroundWorker complete example

Fri, 13 Feb 2009 00:16:03 GMT

Cancellation support, progress report and error handling. Example project in C#

8 ways to be a better programmer in 6 minutes.

Tue, 10 Feb 2009 17:31:06 GMT

It's always nice to read a post where you already follow some of the suggestions but find the odd useful nugget, I dislike seeing literals in my source code and the hint about making them stand out with nasty color coding is something I'll be giving a go!

SQL SERVER - Quickest Way to - Kill All Threads - Kill All User Sessio

Tue, 10 Feb 2009 01:46:02 GMT

More than a year ago, I wrote how to kill all the processes running in SQL Server. Just a day ago, I found the quickest way to kill the processes of SQL Server. While searching online I found very similar methods to my previous method everywhere. Today in this article, I will write the quickest way to achieve the same goal. Make sure to bookmark it.

Named arguments, optional arguments, and default values

Wed, 04 Feb 2009 13:34:20 GMT

C# 4.0 introduces the concept of optional parameter values into the language. Now, this has been a controversial subject in the past, and we have had many requests for the feature, but have traditionally stayed away from it. So, why now? Well, before we get into the philosophy of why we decided to add it this time (which we will! I promise!), first lets discuss the feature itself.