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Visual C# IDE Tips Part 2

Tue, 11 Nov 2008 22:14:49 GMT

This post explains the some more tips on using Visual C# IDE to enhance developer productivity.

Some Common Operations using LINQ To XML - Part II

Tue, 18 Nov 2008 11:16:14 GMT

In this article, we will explore some common 'How Do I' kind of examples using LINQ to XML. This article is the Part II of the 3-part LINQ to XML series.

An architect should code. Period

Fri, 28 Sep 2007 17:46:02 GMT

This has been said over and over again, but as long as it keeps happening it just has to be said again. A very common career path in IT "promotes" a coder over the years to a program manager with architect responsibilities. And being an architect they stop writing code themselves. The thing I see over and over again is that these people keep living in the programming environment in which they grew up.

Back To Basics: What is a Clustered and a Non-Clustered index

Tue, 18 Sep 2007 13:16:01 GMT

An explanation of Clustered and Non-Clustered index using a library analogy (plus a visual prop :))

Calculating Baseball Statistics With LINQ

Tue, 18 Sep 2007 11:46:01 GMT

Unfortunately, like most Microsoft-authored samples, they are focused around boring business use cases. Maybe it's just me, but I like seeing innovative language features demonstrating something other than calculating the average price for in-stock products (yawn).

Secret functionality of the "Find" combo in Visual Studio

Wed, 12 Sep 2007 05:01:03 GMT

Quickly open or create files, set breakpoints, or execute commands and/or macros using the "Go To Find" combo in Visual Studio.

ModalPopupExtender for Editing Rows in a GridView (Master/Deta

Mon, 13 Aug 2007 03:31:04 GMT

Example showing how to implement the classic Master/Details scenario using ASP.NET AJAX and the ModalPopupExtender control in the ASP.NET AJAX Control Toolkit.

Refactoring Tools for Java and .NET

Tue, 07 Aug 2007 07:36:25 GMT

Refactoring is the process of changing a software system in such a way that it does not alter the external behavior and result of the code yet improves its readability and internal structure. Object oriented developers recognize the value of refactoring working code. Until recently good tools have not been available. This list contains Refactoring tools and IDEs features Refactoring support.

The Null Object Pattern

Tue, 07 Aug 2007 01:16:02 GMT

An alternative way to alleviate yourself from checking for null each time you work with a potentially missing object.

How to have Silverlight interact with the DOM

Thu, 02 Aug 2007 23:46:02 GMT

This article explains how you can have Silverlight interact with the DOM of the HTML document it is in.

Why Not To Catch General Exception Types

Wed, 01 Aug 2007 04:16:03 GMT

In its best practices guideline, Microsoft specifies that a generic Exception should not be caught. But why is this?

Burning Angels XNA Game

Wed, 01 Aug 2007 05:46:02 GMT

Burning Angels XNA Dream Build Play entry

Good bye NUnit.Behave hello Behave#

Wed, 01 Aug 2007 06:31:02 GMT

Most of you who read my blog know that I have been working on NUnit.Behave which was meant to mirror the functionality of rbehave in .Net. My initial spike was a success but it required that you inherit from an base NUnit Test Fixture. Even I wouldn't use it! So I spent some time decoupling it from NUnit into it's own framework. At the same time my idea caught on and Jimmy Bogard decided to do the same thing. Well to make a long story short we have been collaborating on the differences between our two frameworks over the last week and have decided to go with Behave#. I love OSS, where else could this be possible!

Good bye NUnit.Behave hello Behave#

Wed, 01 Aug 2007 06:31:02 GMT

The Least You Need to Know about C# 3.0 (Beta 2 Edition)

Mon, 30 Jul 2007 08:46:02 GMT

A lot of people (myself included) have written about LINQ in the next version of C#. LINQ is indeed an empowering technology. However, even without LINQ, C# 3.0 would be a compelling upgrade. Now that Beta2 is publicly available, here's my personal list of the most useful features in the next release.

Inversion of Control and Dependency Injection with Castle Windsor

Tue, 24 Jul 2007 05:46:02 GMT

First article of a 4 parts series about IoC and DI with Castle Windsor Container. This first part is an introduction to the core concepts and a simple example of how to start thinking in terms of IoC.

First Look at IronRuby

Tue, 24 Jul 2007 02:46:02 GMT

Over the last few years we've been working to make .NET and the CLR a great environment for dynamic languages. About 14 months ago we formed a dedicated group within my team that has been focused on adding richer CLR runtime support for dynamic languages, as well as delivering first class .NET implementations of popular dynamic languages.

Windsor IoC Container in a Lunch Break

Thu, 26 Jul 2007 09:31:02 GMT

A brief, soup to nuts tutorial designed to get you up and running with the Windsor Container and Inversion of Control within an hour.

SQL Server Interview Questions and Answers Complete List Download

Mon, 23 Jul 2007 14:46:02 GMT

Question I received is do I ask the same questions in interviews which I administrate. Answer is YES. Though, I have few other questions, which I ask. All of them I came up myself and answers are unique to questions and not available on-line. Well, long story short, I have compiled list of questions in one PDF. Please download them and use them in your next interview or just for reading purpose.

Scott Hanselman hired at Microsoft.

Mon, 23 Jul 2007 05:01:02 GMT

I think this is a great news for him and for the community

What ASP.NET Developers Should Know About JavaScript

Thu, 19 Jul 2007 14:46:02 GMT

This article approaches JavaScript from the perspective of an ASP.NET developer who is comfortable with the paradigms and patterns of either C# or Visual Basic. The article doesn't look at how to use JavaScript from ASP.NET exactly, but it does look at why JavaScript is so different from the two languages we commonly use with the .NET CLR.

ASP.NET Orcas: Quiet Revolution

Wed, 18 Jul 2007 07:16:02 GMT

What's new in ASP.NET Orcas and Visual Studio 2008

Banker's Rounding vs. Common Rounding in .NET

Fri, 20 Jul 2007 14:46:02 GMT

Depending on your math background, .NET's rounding functionality MAY NOT work the way you expect!!! Check out the included code to implement an alternative (known as Common Rounding) in addition to .NET's built-in Math.Round() function.

What's wrong with this code? #1 - Discussion

Mon, 16 Jul 2007 05:46:01 GMT

Discussion over the thread-safe singleton snippet presented in "What's wrong with this code? #1"

Associating Tests With Their Target Objects

Fri, 13 Jul 2007 01:16:02 GMT

Here's a simple way to associate your tests with their target objects using MbUnit.