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ASP.NET Browsers Filter!!

Tue, 12 Aug 2008 21:16:03 GMT

Yesterday .NET SP1 released and many new features for ASP.NET where added. But yesterday i also discovered a feature that ASP.NET has from version 2.0 Let's say we have a button. We can decide what value will the properties have for different browsers!!! And we can do that with this way...

Elegant Invariant Checking with C# 3

Thu, 31 Jul 2008 15:16:03 GMT

Leveraging expression trees and extension methods to build a fluent invariant checking API.

Learning Ruby via IronRuby and C# Part 1

Tue, 22 Jul 2008 18:16:15 GMT

Part one of many in migrating your C# skills over to Ruby

4 features for C# 4.0

Mon, 21 Jul 2008 21:16:03 GMT

C# 3.0 still hasnt sunk in yet for most, yet there already seems to be some buzz about c# features we would like to see in the future. Here is my take on the 4 language features i would like to see implemented in C#

Lambdas

Thu, 03 Jul 2008 05:31:03 GMT

Lambdas are a simple technology with an intimidating name. They sound like they are going to be difficult to understand, but in practice prove to be relatively trivial. Read this post to get an easy to understand overview of a topic is not really so terribly difficult to understand.

Windows Live Writer PlugIn for DotNetKicks on CodePlex

Thu, 05 Jun 2008 02:31:03 GMT

Windows Live Writer PlugIn for DotNetKicks is now on CodePlex

What's Wrong with this?

Thu, 29 May 2008 22:46:03 GMT

Every time I read a C# book or an article or just a code sample in MSDN I can't stop wondering why don't people use this qualifier unless it's absolutely required? What do we sacrifice code readability for?

Visual Studio 2008 and .NET Framework 3.5 Service Pack 1 Beta

Tue, 13 May 2008 01:46:04 GMT

public beta of upcoming .NET 3.5 SP1 and VS 2008 SP1 releases is published

Using a Windows Service just to run a scheduled process is Wrong!

Sun, 11 May 2008 01:46:02 GMT

A classic post by Jon Galloway: A Windows Service is the wrong solution to scheduling one-off custom processes. The right solution for scheduling simple processes is the Windows Task Scheduler.

10 Tips to improve your LINQ TO SQL Application Performance

Fri, 02 May 2008 22:46:03 GMT

Sidar gives performance tips on developing linq 2 sql

Why I'm a better software developer than you

Thu, 01 May 2008 01:46:03 GMT

What makes one developer better than another? Shouldn't we all be performing at the same level? Of course not, we're not sewing buttons on an assembly line. We're using every bit of our intelligence to create something that we can only being to understand.

LINQFarm: Understanding IEnumerable<T>, Part I

Tue, 29 Apr 2008 22:46:03 GMT

The IEnumerable<T> interface is a key part of LINQ to Objects and binds many of its different features together into a whole. This series of posts explains IEnumerable<T> and the role it plays in LINQ to Objects. If you hear people talking about IEnumerable<T>, and sometimes wished you better understood its significance, then you should find this text helpful.

ASP.Net MVC Framework 2 - A step by step guide

Thu, 17 Apr 2008 03:16:13 GMT

If you're just getting started with ASP.Net MVC you should read this article; it goes step by step and explains how to use MVC in a quite simplistic (yet clear) example.

SQL SERVER - 15 Best Practices for Better Database Performance

Tue, 15 Apr 2008 10:01:02 GMT

I have written 14 best practices here, read them all and let me know what is as per your opinion should be the 15th best practice.

PTOM: The Open Closed Principle

Wed, 26 Mar 2008 02:50:19 GMT

Covers the open closed principle of Object Oriented Design.

ASP.NET MVC Framework Road-Map Update

Wed, 13 Feb 2008 05:31:02 GMT

Scott gives an update to where ASP.NET MVC is going

ASP.Net MVC Framework Part 1

Tue, 13 Nov 2007 20:31:02 GMT

Scott Guthrie provides some great insight into the upcoming ASP.Net MVC framework.