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An excellent Introduction to Microsoft F# by Luca Bolognese (PDC 2008)

Tue, 18 Nov 2008 09:20:32 GMT

Learn about Microsoft's new language, F#, a typed functional programming language for the Microsoft .NET Framework. F# combines functional programming with the runtime support, libraries, tools, and object model of .NET. Understand how F# asynchronous workflows help tame the complexity of parallel and asynchronous I/O programming and how to use F# in conjunction with tools such as Parallel Extensions for .NET

Silverlight Toolkit Released on CodePlex!

Tue, 28 Oct 2008 18:46:07 GMT

The Silverlight Toolkit is a collection of Silverlight controls, components and utilities made available outside the normal Silverlight release cycle. It adds new functionality quickly for designers and developers, and provides the community an efficient way to help shape product development by contributing ideas and bug reports. This first release includes full source code, unit tests, samples and documentation for 12 new controls covering charting, styling, layout, and user input.

89 Ways for You to Become the Coolest Developer in the World

Tue, 28 Oct 2008 13:31:08 GMT

You can learn how to improve your programming skills, work better and enjoy it from this collection of advice from experienced developers.

How and when (not) to use Extension Methods in C# and .NET?

Tue, 28 Oct 2008 15:46:11 GMT

Lets first briefly examine Extension Methods, show some basics usages and then we will tackle some more advanced and concrete examples used to provide fluent, natural DateTime operations (similar to Date and Time operations available in Ruby on Rails).

SVN-Monitor is finally out for free download!

Sun, 26 Oct 2008 19:31:02 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!

Crack.NET - A runtime debugging and scripting tool for .NET

Tue, 21 Oct 2008 19:16:15 GMT

Crack.NET is a runtime debugging and scripting tool that gives you access to the internals of any .NET desktop application running on your computer. If you love Snoop and Mole for Visual Studio, you'll love Crack.NET, too. Crack.NET allows you to "walk" the managed heap of another .NET application, inspect all kinds of values on objects, and even manipulate those objects via IronPython scripts.

Fluent NHibernate - Working with NHibernate without configuration file

Sat, 06 Sep 2008 05:46:10 GMT

"I believe that the most important reason why NHibernate is not more widely adopted by general DEV population is exactly the "Java XML configuration" PIA feeling you have while working with it. Great news for all of us from that group: NHibernate is possible to be used WITHOUT configuration files! "

Visual Studio Tip: Split Views

Tue, 19 Aug 2008 20:01:08 GMT

There are a couple of ways to get a split view in Visual Studio. Both are incredible time savers that I use daily. The first is one that most developers will be aware of, but the second seems to be one that many do not seem to know about.

ASP.NET gets no Respect

Fri, 15 Aug 2008 13:16:11 GMT

Poor ASP.NET! Is it really that bad? I say No!

The WPF DataGrid is finally here

Tue, 12 Aug 2008 20:01:02 GMT

The CTP of the WPF DataGrid is finally released!!!

ASP.NET Browsers Filter!!

Tue, 12 Aug 2008 13:16:03 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...

How to add startup JavaScript code from Content Page to Master Page?

Sun, 10 Aug 2008 10:12:49 GMT

If you are creating a website that has Master and Content Pages and if you need to add some JavaScript code from your Content pages that should run when the page is loaded you fill find out that its not straightforward. Content page do not have all the elements of HTML page like BODY tag that you could hook up to and add your script code to its onload event...

Recent SQL Injection Attacks against Server

Sat, 09 Aug 2008 09:04:03 GMT

"For the last couple of days I've noticed that my server's been inundated with a huge number of unwanted requests." -Article shows how Rick Strahl solved the problem with IIS7.

Learning Ruby via IronRuby and C# Part 6

Tue, 05 Aug 2008 08:01:03 GMT

In part 6 we look at Hashes (or Associative Arrays) and how they are used in the Ruby language. We also look at how you can use them in place of explicit method parameters.

How to control ASP.NET Validators ClientSide validation from JScript?

Sun, 03 Aug 2008 15:10:03 GMT

Recently I needed to disable some ASP.NET RequiredFieldValidator controls on one page depending on the user input. This is trivial you say. But the problem was that this needed to occur instantly on Client Side based on the state of one CheckBox control and not after a full page PostBack. There is a simple way to do this...

Delicious 2.0 is alive!

Fri, 01 Aug 2008 20:27:08 GMT

YAY! The long awaited, much promised, never delivered Delicious 2.0 will launch in the next few minutes, just like they promised again last week. The new Delicious is just like the old Delicious, except for the way it looks. They're also promising that it will be "faster, easier to learn," and "hopefully more desirable."

Get country from a browser in ASP.NET

Thu, 31 Jul 2008 15:31:07 GMT

A simple and pretty accurate method of retrieving a visitor's country and language from the browser.

Silverlight 2.0 - Concepts To Become A Silverlight Master (Part 3)

Tue, 05 Aug 2008 04:16:03 GMT

Part 3 of the Silverlight Master Series focuses on Expression Blend and its importance in the Silverlight design process.

Foundation of Programming FREE EBook - CodeBetter.Com

Wed, 09 Jul 2008 14:46:05 GMT

The Foundation Of Programming Series Free ebook By Karl Seguin

Using .NET for Mobile Applications

Thu, 10 Jul 2008 13:16:11 GMT

30 .NET mobile applications done in 30 days.

How To Write Testable ASP.NET WebForms

Mon, 07 Jul 2008 10:16:15 GMT

Microsoft's upcoming ASP.NET MCV framework makes it easy to write tests for your application layer logic. But what about those of us who are stuck with ASP.NET WebForms? You can still write highly testable ASP.NET WebForms with only a little bit of extra effort. But that extra effort really pays off in the long run. In this post, i'll give a detailed description of one approach that has worked for me really well.

How to wrap the ASP.NET session state

Mon, 19 May 2008 13:16:16 GMT

A handy C# code snippet for accessing ASP.net session state data. Exceptions are handled, usage is intuitive.

Comparing Multiple SQL Server Datasets with the INTERSECT and EXCEPT

Wed, 14 May 2008 21:43:43 GMT

With SQL Server 2005, Microsoft introduced the INTERSECT and EXCEPT operators to further extend what you could already do with the UNION and UNION ALL operators...

Query Composition using Functional Programming Techniques in C# 3.0

Thu, 15 May 2008 17:01:02 GMT

This stuff is easy. It's also really fun. You don't have to read academic papers to learn about, enjoy, and benefit from functional programming in C# 3.0. There are about half a dozen concepts you need to learn, each one easy. Concepts like just a new way to write a method (that has no name), or a new way to write a static method for a class. Then you put them all together, and the result is more than the sum of the parts.

Google Doctype

Wed, 14 May 2008 23:01:10 GMT

Google Doctype is an open encyclopedia and reference library. Written by web developers, for web developers. It includes articles on web security, JavaScript DOM manipulation, CSS tips and tricks, and more.