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11 keystrokes that made my jQuery selector run 10x faster

Tue, 09 Jun 2009 21:15:00 GMT

An in-depth analysis of the performance concerns when using a popular jQuery selector and a couple ways to dramatically speed it up, including benchmarks.

LINQ in Action samples available in LINQPad

Sun, 07 Jun 2009 12:15:00 GMT

In addition to being a great LINQ tool and C# and VB snippet IDE, LINQPad now integrates code samples from LINQ books. The first LINQPad-enabled book is LINQ in Action. This allows you to quickly and painlessly discover LINQ.

Linq-to-SQL vs Linq-to-Entities : Revisited

Tue, 12 May 2009 05:31:02 GMT

After 2 months of nothing but L2E, I feel I can give a decent comparison. Linq-to-Entities is fully capable and can do almost everything Linq-to-SQL can do, it just takes a bit more code some times; the almost is for multiple database utilization. L2E is a great ORM, but many of us were spoiled with L2S, so it is now up to Microsoft to live up to the expectations that they put out for us with this framework that they are deprecating. I hope and assume it will become a superior ORM, but that is in Microsoft's hands now; for the time being, it is not.

Top 5 SQL System stored procedures every developer should know

Wed, 13 May 2009 17:31:02 GMT

There are a number of documented and undocumented system stored procedures in MS SQL Server that are helpful for every web developer working with databases. From the developer's perspective, here's a list of 5 System stored procedures that are my favorite.

Where Are The Developer Machines?

Tue, 07 Apr 2009 20:31:04 GMT

Steve Smith posts about PCs for software developers, and how computer companies aren't targeting this section of the market. If a computer manufacturer made development machines, how should these computers be configured?

Updated DotNetKicks button

Tue, 03 Mar 2009 18:16:08 GMT

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A cool puzzle game for programmers, written in Silverlight

Tue, 24 Feb 2009 23:31:13 GMT

The goal of the game is to program a robot to pick up stars. The puzzles are submitted by other users, and ranked by difficulty based on votes.

WPF Disciples

Thu, 22 Jan 2009 00:16:18 GMT

This post list all the WPF Disciples blogs and feeds for easy access. The webfeeds are also supplied as a OPML file for easy consumption into IE7 or outlook

VSTricks Video Blog: Visual Studio Block Select

Thu, 08 Jan 2009 01:01:03 GMT

Block Select, copy, cut, paste. Video is 90 seconds

Visual Studio Debugging Feature - Tracepoints

Sun, 04 Jan 2009 08:31:04 GMT

A tracepoint is simply a breakpoint that will emit a debug trace statement when it is reached. It can emit things like the current function name, stack trace, or the contents of a variable. What's really cool is that you don't have to actually stop execution. This allows you to quickly add debugging statements without the need to check out your code or remember to take the Debug.WriteLine statements out afterwards.

ASP.NET - Correct way of storing c# property in ViewState

Mon, 15 Dec 2008 06:02:29 GMT

Correct way of storing c# property in ViewState. Classic example of null-coalesing operator ??. Property in ViewState code snippet.

I've Left Query Analyzer Hell For LINQPad Heaven

Thu, 04 Dec 2008 13:32:22 GMT

So now that LINQPad has enabled intellisense SQL Server Management Studio, Query Analyzer, and even Joseph Albahari's (LINQPad creator) own QueryEx have all been zapped from my memory. I'll no longer flounder in antiquated ANSI SQL, but instead flourish in fully typed C#/LINQ code. This post explores extension methods that make LINQPad an even more power tool.

Back to Basics: Generics

Tue, 25 Nov 2008 22:01:12 GMT

Introduction There are language features that are nothing more than syntactical sugar. For example, C#'s coalesce operator (??) is a short-handed and specialized if-else. Object initializers make it easier to set properties on a newly created objects. Some features though go beyond mere convenience and add real value. I know it seems like we constantly have to learn new things, while at the same time actually produce code to pay our bills. It can be hard to pick and choose what to learn and what can wait. Let me be straight up though: if you haven't mastered generics yet, you're starting to fall dangerously behind.

Breaking changes to the String class in .NET 4.0

Fri, 14 Nov 2008 20:31:13 GMT

This change will affect the behavior of the String.StartsWith, String.EndsWith, String.IndexOf and String.LastIndexOf methods by changing them to perform an ordinal (byte-for-byte) comparison by default instead of a culture-sensitive comparison using CultureInfo.CurrentCulture. In addition, the default overloads of String.ToUpper, String.ToLower, Char.ToUpper and Char.ToLower will be changed to use CultureInfo.InvariantCulture instead of CultureInfo.CurrentCulture.

Debate: Do We Really Need Three Layer Architecture?

Thu, 06 Nov 2008 04:46:09 GMT

How many of you changed your database vendor (i.e. Sql Server, Access) after developing an application? How many of your data entities include business logic? I could say, less than 10% in both cases for my case. I found the similar statistics for my other known developers. I guess this is true for less that 10% of the developers around the world.

Boy Scout Check-ins

Sun, 09 Nov 2008 06:16:02 GMT

How to leave your code campground cleaner than you found it.

Looking for a Lot of .NET Code Samples - They Are Right Under Your Nos

Fri, 07 Nov 2008 09:16:11 GMT

You have a wealth of code samples on your computer, here is how to find them!!!! An Easter Egg from Microsoft.

Cloning extension method

Mon, 20 Oct 2008 23:58:49 GMT

Cloning without ICloneable

Shortcut Key to Comment code in VS and SQL Server Management Studio

Fri, 17 Oct 2008 12:01:21 GMT

Speed up your development with these simple keystrokes.

Important questions a developer should ask a prospective employer

Wed, 17 Sep 2008 07:01:08 GMT

A list of questions that software developers should ask a prospective employer during their interview process. Similar to the Joel test, but more in-depth.

BlogEngine Flaws

Tue, 29 Jul 2008 22:01:10 GMT

Recently I've been having problems as the site has gotten more popular I've had comments and even posts disappearing randomly, sometimes re-appearing you might have experienced this yourself either on my site or in your own so after divulging into the code to see what was happening found something I thought was shocking. When you add a comment, or Rating, Approving and Remove Comments this is what BlogEngine DbBlogProvider actually does...

The Weird And Wonderful World Of Extension Methods in C#

Wed, 09 Jul 2008 19:46:18 GMT

Extension methods are the most controversial feature that Microsoft has introduced in C# 3.0. Introduced to support the LINQ query framework, extension methods make it possible to define new methods for existing classes. Although extension methods can greatly simplify code that uses them, many are concerned that they could transform C# into something that programmers find unrecognizable, or that C#'s namespace mechanisms are inadequate for managing large systems that use extension methods. Adoption of the LINQ framework, however, means that extension methods are here to stay, and that .net programmers need to understand how to use them effectively, and, in particular, how extension methods are different from regular methods.

Showing some support for LINQ to SQL

Fri, 04 Jul 2008 00:16:02 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.

Creating Visula Studio Keyborad Shortcuts Cheat Sheet

Thu, 12 Jun 2008 22:46:08 GMT

As we all know, there are a lot of keyboard shortcuts in Visual Studio. We mentioned only 21 of them here at Dev102.com but according to this article, there are about 450 shortcuts available.

Linq to SQL Wish List

Thu, 05 Jun 2008 16:46:02 GMT

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