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Speeding up ASP.NET with the Runtime Page Optimizer

Mon, 20 Oct 2008 00:31:08 GMT

An great new tool to automatically optimize your ASP.NET website.

FFlib.NET released!

Fri, 05 Sep 2008 08:46:02 GMT

Are you web developer? Are you looking for video conversion library for long time? So, be happy! We are pleased to introduce you the first release of our .NET & FFMPEG based video conversion library - FFlib.NET.

JSON.NET DataTable Serializer

Wed, 03 Sep 2008 21:57:47 GMT

I've been thinking about replacing the JSON serializer in my internal codebase for some time and finally put a little effort into allowing JSON.NET from James Newton King to be plugged into my Ajax framework as a replaceable engine.

Free Visual Studio File Explorer Add-in

Wed, 13 Aug 2008 09:31:03 GMT

The Visual Studio File Explorer Add-in (sexy name we know, but hey, it's self documenting) is a free Tool Window add-in for VS 2008 that provides a Windows Explorer style file system view. It's particularly useful for performing routine file system tasks without the need to "context switch" away from Visual Studio, which can be time-consuming over the course of days and weeks. It is shell-enabled so extensions like TortoiseSVN work too.

Elegant Invariant Checking with C# 3

Thu, 31 Jul 2008 07:16:03 GMT

Leveraging expression trees and extension methods to build a fluent invariant checking API.

Unit Test Code Coverage - What Is A Good Number?

Sat, 14 Jun 2008 09:47:23 GMT

Should you be aiming for 100% code coverage from your unit tests? Why I don't think it matters.

LightSpeed 2.0 Released

Thu, 05 Jun 2008 04:16:02 GMT

LightSpeed 2.0 has been released. It includes a full, round-tripping Visual Studio designer and support for LINQ!

Seach for text anywhere in WPF document

Tue, 13 May 2008 05:17:29 GMT

This article explains two approaches, can used to enable full text search anywhere in WPF application window visible content

Using the unit of work-per-request pattern in ASP.NET MVC

Tue, 13 May 2008 08:01:03 GMT

Describe a simple, efficient and testable approach to implementing the unit of work-per-request (a.k.a session-per-request) pattern in Microsoft's new ASP.NET MVC framework.

Slice - Collection Slicing Extension Method

Tue, 13 May 2008 08:46:02 GMT

A recreation of Python collection slicing in .NET using extension methods.

Domain model validation with LightSpeed

Wed, 29 Aug 2007 19:16:02 GMT

Details on how to create rich domain model validation with Mindscape LightSpeed including why validation at the domain model level is advantageous over existing approaches.

Arrays UNDOCUMENTED

Wed, 29 Aug 2007 06:31:02 GMT

An excellent article about arrays by Wesner Moise: "This is an in-depth look at the arrays in the Common Language Runtime and the .NET Framework. This study details the implementation of arrays and describes efficient ways of using them."

LightSpeed Mats' Challenge Sample Download

Tue, 07 Aug 2007 04:16:02 GMT

A sample download illustrating how LightSpeed passes Mats Helanders ORM challenge.

LightSpeed 1.0 Released!

Sun, 05 Aug 2007 18:31:02 GMT

LightSpeed is a new domain modeling framework that really empowers developers to work more efficiently. No code generation is needed, no mapping files - it all just works. Supports heaps of database engines, takes care of sql generation and a lot more. The focus of LightSpeed is to help developers work faster and more effectively.