Axial now supports <canvas>

blog.axelby.com — Axial now allows you to write JavaScript code for the <canvas> tag using .NET languages such as C# and VB.NET. read more...

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Visual Studio Theme Generator

published 3 months, 27 days ago, submitted by dengar007 3 months, 27 days ago

frickinsweet.com — A fun little ASP.NET MVC Application I wrote to generate Visual Studio themes based off of 3 given colors. I have always felt that selecting every color to make a decent theme is way too repetitive. This web application automatically chooses complements / contrasts based off your initial color selections (and uses jQuery to let you preview your theme before creating). Check it out and let me know what you think. read more...

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A Practical Review of ASP.NET MVC

joshuamcharles.com — My big project for the summer has been the creation of a content management system for my job. Due to deployment restrictions, I was forced to use the .NET platform for development. After hearing rumors of .NET running Rails via IronRuby, I jumped at the chance to write a Rails application that could be deployed to IIS on Windows. However, after getting a prototype running, I discovered that this would be infeasible for the time table I was looking at. IronRuby simply would not be ready on time. My second choice, then, was the new ASP.NET MVC framework. read more...

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Using The "Using" Statement On a Method Rather Than a Class

dev102.com — Have you ever tried using the "Using" statement with a method and not a class? Why not take the "Using" statement and make it more useful. The Dispose method we want to be called does not have to Dispose of stuff, it can do anything we want! read more...

10 comments | category: Architecture | Views: 485

Choosing the Right Garbage Collector Settings for Your Application

published 6 months, 19 days ago, submitted by Rickasaurus 6 months, 19 days ago

atalasoft.com — In this post I discuss the gcConcurrent and gcServer settings which allow you to exercise some control how the Garbage Collector operates. Tuning the garbage collector to the specific context of the particular application can significantly improve the performance of both non-threaded and multi-threaded applications. read more...

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Comprehensive Comparson of 7 Popular JavaScript/Ajax Frameworks

published 7 months, 13 days ago, submitted by DannyDouglass 7 months, 13 days ago

dannydouglass.com — After four days of ASP.NET AJAX training with Stephen Walther I set out to learn more about my options in choosing a solution for a JavaScript/Ajax framework. If I realized days later I would be writing this comprehensive post on 7 of the most popular frameworks, I may have just went with the "Inny-Minny-Miney-Moe" method! I decided to share my research, analysis, links, resources, and personal grade for each of the frameworks compared - jQuery, YUI, Prototype, Dojo, MooTools, Ext JS, and Script.aculo.us. I put together a comparison matrix to illustrate where many of the frameworks differ... read more...

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Ajax vs. Silverlight and .NET

published 7 months, 25 days ago, submitted by NikhilKothari 7 months, 26 days ago

nikhilk.net — Thoughts on questions along the lines of Ajax vs. Silverlight read more...

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Compile C# to Javascript!

projects.nikhilk.net — Script# enables more productive Ajax application development by allowing you to compile your C# source code into JavaScript. It allows you to use standard .NET tools like msbuild projects, Visual Studio and IDE intellisense, reflector, refactoring tools, amongst various others. read more...

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