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ASP.NET MVC 1.0 released

Wed, 18 Mar 2009 22:01:26 GMT

ASP.NET MVC 1.0 RTM is released

Ora - Alternative to #region

Wed, 14 Jan 2009 02:31:11 GMT

An interesting Visual Studio add-in for those who looking beyond regions for access/grouping. It's kind of like the Class Diagram but on steroids * 10. And one of cooler things is that sample code is provided so you can add your own grouping. So you're not tied to how the author decided to group the methods. Oh yeah, it works for VB projects too.

VisualSVN 1.6 Released

Fri, 21 Nov 2008 16:46:11 GMT

VisualSVN team released the new and improved version of the professional Subversion integration for Microsoft Visual Studio - VisualSVN 1.6. This release brings significant usability improvements such as Quick Revert, editor-aware status and Hot Switch features.

Adobe Flex reaches out to .NET developers

Tue, 18 Nov 2008 16:01:19 GMT

An Adobe partner have today announced a free plug-in to allow .NET developers to write Flex front-ends to their applications entirely within Visual Studio, with full debugging and editing support.

SubSonic MVC Addin

Wed, 29 Oct 2008 05:31:03 GMT

good work!

New .NET logo

Mon, 27 Oct 2008 18:16:13 GMT

Our team decided a while back to bring a fresh new look to the .NET logo, given the old was in need of a refresh to suite our future product positioning (I've been staring at this for a few weeks now and it's totally grown on me)....

Free Winforms and ASP.NET Chart Controls

Mon, 27 Oct 2008 23:31:02 GMT

Directly from Microsoft

SVN-Monitor is finally out for free download!

Mon, 27 Oct 2008 02:31:02 GMT

A full-featured .net application that integrates SubVersion, TortoiseSVN and all your checked-out folders and repositories. Use it to perform all your svn commands and monitor all your projects' activities in a single place. Access all commands from the tray menu or from the main window. This is a must-have tool for every windows+svn user!

Developing PHP On Your Visual Studio 2008/2005

Wed, 17 Sep 2008 09:16:03 GMT

check out this great add on for visual studio which will allow you to develop PHP websites.

TimeZone vs. TimeZoneInfo in .Net

Mon, 25 Aug 2008 20:31:04 GMT

Understanding the TimeZoneInfo classin .Net 3.5 and how it compares to the standard TimeZone class.

SQL Server 2008 Express with Management Tools

Sat, 23 Aug 2008 19:01:02 GMT

SQL Server 2008 Express database was released last week; but now Microsoft just released the Management tools and the Advanced Services additions that give you SQL Server 2008 Express Reporting Services

40 CSS/JS Styling and Functionality Techniques

Fri, 22 Aug 2008 03:16:02 GMT

Designing effective web forms isn't easy, as we need to figure out more practical styling and functionality techniques to provide a great user experience. Recently there have been a number of noteworthy techniques such as styling different form fields, live validation, Context highlighting, trading options from field to another, slider controls and more - using CSS and different Javascript libraries. Below we present findings of search to more than 40 tutorials and demos to showcase the capabilities and robustness of CSS and Javascript.

10 Invaluable CSS Resources

Tue, 19 Aug 2008 01:01:13 GMT

First things first. I'm an application (middle tier) developer. My design skills while adequate, are not by any means what I'd like them to be. Like a good geek girl, I've been working on this. I've put together a list of very helpful CSS resources I've stumbled upon in my quest to improve my presentation layer skills. I thought I'd share them:

Visual Studio 2008 Service Pack 1

Tue, 12 Aug 2008 00:16:07 GMT

It's finally here! I haven't seen an official announcement yet, but I did a search for "Visual Studio 2008 Service Pack 1" on Microsoft's Download Center and found the following downloads added today: Microsoft Visual Studio 2008 Service Pack 1 (exe) http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=fbee1648-7106-44a7-9649-6d9f6d58056e&DisplayLang=en Microsoft Visual Studio 2008 Service Pack 1 (iso) http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=27673c47-b3b5-4c67-bd99-84e525b5ce61&DisplayLang=en

SQL Server 2008 RTM available from MSDN/TechNet

Thu, 07 Aug 2008 02:31:08 GMT

Finally it is done and ready for download for MSDN/TechNet -subscribers.

Microsoft Releases SQL Server 2008

Thu, 07 Aug 2008 03:16:02 GMT

Customers and partners worldwide confirm mission-critical applications, enterprise-class data warehousing support.

The Work-at-Home Developer's Guide to Happiness

Tue, 05 Aug 2008 02:31:02 GMT

As a long time work-at-home developer, I've come to realize over the years how important it is to have the right work routine and balance to remain happy in both your professional and personal life. I've worked from my home 100% of the time for the last 6-7 years and had often worked from my home in spurts before that. Without question, it requires the right mindset and dedication. There's an upside as well as a downside to working from home, but with the right routine you can be successful at it.

Forgot that connection string?

Fri, 25 Jul 2008 12:16:03 GMT

Provides connection strings to many databases by many methods. An essential reference.

.NET 3.0 Partial Methods

Tue, 22 Jul 2008 03:16:03 GMT

No, not partial classes, partial methods. Read on if you did a double take like I did.

Using Generics to Copy Data Between Classes of Different Types

Mon, 21 Jul 2008 23:44:41 GMT

The latest in a series of posts exploring how we can reduce the grunt work in copying data between the data layer classes and the user interface classes. This uses a fluent interface to copy all of the data in one line of code rather than property by property.

MySQL versus SQL Server

Sat, 12 Jul 2008 06:16:02 GMT

"We were recently in a review where the ISV was using both SQL Server and MySQL. Of course working for Microsoft my first question was to ask why they had chosen to use MySQL."

Method to Copy Data Between Objects of Different Types

Thu, 10 Jul 2008 01:37:30 GMT

One thing that I find tiresome when using the various Model/View patterns is the constant copying of data between the model and the view. This is the first post in a series on a possible easier way to do this. In this post I write a method that copies the data from one interface to another based on the names and types of the properties. Over the next few posts, I will extend the code to use generics and extension methods.

subsonic 2 1 released

Thu, 10 Jul 2008 04:46:02 GMT

the title says it all

Tree Surgeon 2.0 Release

Wed, 02 Jul 2008 00:16:04 GMT

A tool to automatically generate Visual Studio solutions with proper directory structure

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.