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Experimental LINQ to SQL template

Fri, 04 Jul 2008 14:15:17 GMT

Damien shows a very nice way of customizing code generation of Linq to SQL

Exploring MEF Extensibility Points

Fri, 04 Jul 2008 11:46:03 GMT

The ways of extending Managed Extensibility Framework is discussed in this post, Custom Binders and Value Resolvers dug deeper.

Microsoft cracking down on community extensions

Thu, 03 Jul 2008 17:01:02 GMT

Microsoft released a tool called Microsoft Source Analyzer, or StyleCop. It analyzes source code for standards violations. It's a 1.0 release, so it doesn't do some things ... like have a published API for custom rules or MSBuild integration. So the community dug in and figured out how to do these things and now MS is firing off license-violation emails. Don't they get it? The community wants to use the product, but it's too limited ... these extensions help make it better.

Showing some support for LINQ to SQL

Thu, 03 Jul 2008 16:16:02 GMT

Great article detailing why LINQ to SQL deserves some attention particularly if you buy into the object oriented style of development or are currently working with an ORM such as NHibernate.

Which .NET Blogger Do Girls Like Better?

Fri, 27 Jun 2008 23:46:09 GMT

Find out which .NET blogger is more popular with the ladies. Scott Hanselman, Phil Haack, Jeff Atwood, or Joel Spolsky I received an invite to Google Ad Planner. As I was playing around with this new tool, I was really blown away by how much information Google has collected on specific websites. So much so that I wanted to share this tool with my readers, but I couldn't come up with an interesting way to demonstrate the capabilities. Until I started looking up some of my favorite bloggers and saw the almost embarrassing balance between females and males.

The 20 most kicked "top-10 stories" for Developers

Fri, 27 Jun 2008 14:46:04 GMT

A compilation of the 20 stories dealing with top-10 links or advices that were kicked most in 2008

The criticism of the Entity Framework - not just around DDD

Thu, 26 Jun 2008 17:01:10 GMT

Describing the historical context for the criticism for EF>.

Using C# 3.0 (.Net 3.5) syntax in a .Net 2.0 application

Tue, 17 Jun 2008 01:16:02 GMT

An overview of using C# 3.0 syntax in a .Net 2.0 application.

Managed Extensibility Framework (MEF) at a Glance

Mon, 16 Jun 2008 09:31:02 GMT

A Hands-On overview to Dependency Injection Managed Extensibility Framework and the first CTP.

Unit tests are for functionality, not code!

Fri, 13 Jun 2008 00:31:02 GMT

Unit tests are meant to test functionality, NOT code! That means if you write your unit tests after the fact, you're probably not focusing on the functionality.

Alt.NET Podcast Episode 4: Agile Kaikaku

Mon, 16 Jun 2008 18:31:03 GMT

Owen Rogers discusses Agile Kaikaku, or a radical process change event within an organization. Owen is an Agile coach and has helped many teams adopt Agile practices.

Dependency Injection in WCF Services Part 4

Sun, 08 Jun 2008 18:20:15 GMT

In this post, Javi shows how to apply parameter validation in WCF services using Castle WCF facility and the Enterprise Library Validation Block.

BooLangStudio, a Boo VS2008 Plugin Announced

Thu, 05 Jun 2008 16:06:12 GMT

From Oren Eini's blog post: "A few days ago, the BooLangStudio was announced in the Boo mailing list, bringing Boo support into Visual Studio. Below you can see several screen shots."

LINQ to SQL Audit Trail

Thu, 05 Jun 2008 00:39:19 GMT

a yummy way to create audit trail histories

Linq to SQL Wish List

Thu, 05 Jun 2008 08:46:02 GMT

What do we want to see in the next version of Linq to SQL ?

Windows Live Writer PlugIn for DotNetKicks on CodePlex

Wed, 04 Jun 2008 18:31:03 GMT

Windows Live Writer PlugIn for DotNetKicks is now on CodePlex

Linq to SQL with WCF in a Multi Tiered Action - Part 2

Mon, 02 Jun 2008 11:01:02 GMT

Second Part of Sidar's multi tiered walkthrough with Linq and WCF - Presentation issues and Data Layer implementation covered, source code is available to download too.

How to Find Memory Leaks With CLRProfiler

Fri, 30 May 2008 14:01:07 GMT

Track down, discover and eliminate memory leaks in your applications with this free open source tool.

Introducing TextBox Limiter Control Ajax Control Toolkit Extender

Thu, 29 May 2008 19:16:08 GMT

An extender that overcomes the inability to limit the multiline textboxes

alvin's latest version of dew drop

Tue, 27 May 2008 22:04:18 GMT

alvin's latest version of usual link listings

ASP.NET MVC Preview 3 Release

Tue, 27 May 2008 22:16:07 GMT

From ScottGu's weblog - "This morning we released the Preview 3 build of the ASP.NET MVC framework. I blogged details last month about an interim source release we did that included many of the changes with this Preview 3 release. Today's build includes some additional features not in last month's drop, some nice enhancements/refinements, as well as Visual Studio tool integration and documentation."

Linq to SQL with WCF in a Multi Tiered Action - Part 1

Tue, 27 May 2008 10:16:03 GMT

Is it true that you can not develop multi tier applications with LINQ ? Sidar answers this question by defining concepts and developing a trivial distributed application step by step, using Windows Communication Foundation as the host communication technology.

Microsoft Pex - 0.5 Released

Wed, 28 May 2008 14:01:11 GMT

Great post into the new Microsoft Pex Unit Testing framework. Demostrates how what gets executed, the results and some on the initial cool features.

Unique Index Schema Information in SQL Server

Thu, 22 May 2008 21:28:11 GMT

Javi shows how unique index information can be retrieved from SQL Server catalog in order to determine the relationship type (One-To-One or One-To-Many) in a code generation scenario.

Linq To Sql in real word Web applications

Wed, 21 May 2008 14:46:08 GMT

This post presents an implementation of a DataContext per Conversation pattern in ASP.NET and Linq To Sql.