SQL Server 2008 Top 10 List for Developers

published 2 months, 11 days ago, submitted by wisemx 2 months, 17 days ago

blogs.msdn.com — Well now that SQL Server 2008 has shipped, Zach and I are starting to put the finishing touches on all of our SQL Server 2008 early adopter initiatives and move on to planning for future releases. Before we do that I have some unfinished business to take care of. read more...

add a comment | category: Database | Views: 430

High Quality Image Resizing with .NET

published 3 months, 9 days ago, submitted by MikeBorozdin 3 months, 10 days ago

mikeborozdin.com — Even though you just shrinks images, the quality of produced images is usually worse than the quality of original images. Learn how to use interpolation to resize images with a better quality. read more...

add a comment | category: ASP.NET | Views: 417

Roland WeigeIt's GhostDoc for Visual Studio

alvinashcraft.com — I have been using Roland WeigeIt’s GhostDoc 2.1.3 for both Visual Studio 2005 and 2008 for about six months, and I am hooked. Here's a quick tutorial to get up and running with this free tool. read more...

add a comment | category: Visual Studio | Views: 363

Don't Use SELECT *

dotnethitman.spaces.live.com — I've seen many developers actually using and abusing SELECT * FROM queries. SELECT * query not only returns unnecessary data, but it also can force clustered index scans for query plans because columns in the SELECT clause are also considered by the optimizer when it identifies indexes for execution plans. read more...

1 comment | category: Tips & Tricks | Views: 361

Tree Surgeon 2.0 Release

weblogs.asp.net — A tool to automatically generate Visual Studio solutions with proper directory structure read more...

1 comment | category: Visual Studio | Views: 374

A .NET Cryptography Primer, part 2

published 7 months, 23 days ago, submitted by yesthatmcgurk 7 months, 24 days ago

statestreetgang.net — How to store passwords securely in your application. With lots of salt/hash puns. read more...

3 comments | category: Tips & Tricks | Views: 7

SharpOS - An operating system written only in C# (no assembly or C)

published 8 months, 14 days ago, submitted by w3stfa11 8 months, 14 days ago

sharpos.org — SharpOS is an open source effort to write a operating system using C#. A very informative interview here http://lab.obsethryl.eu/content/sharpos-stream-c-sharp-c-kernels read more...

7 comments | category: C# | Views: 34

Hotfix to Correct Visual Studio 2008 Performance Issues Released

chadgreen.com — Microsoft has released the hotfix to correct the Visual Studio 2008 performance issues. read more...

2 comments | category: Visual Studio | Views: 4