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5 Useful SQL Server Scripts

Tue, 31 Mar 2009 07:01:05 GMT

Collection of 5 useful scripts for SQL Server.

Exponentially Improve Performance to Start ASP.net 2.0, 3.0, 3.5 Debug

Fri, 06 Mar 2009 19:46:05 GMT

Stop the waiting when debugging your ASP.Net Web Applications! Here's a complete RAM Disk solution to save your sanity.

SQL SERVER 2008 Interview Questions and Answers - PDF Download

Sat, 21 Feb 2009 01:01:02 GMT

I have listed all the series in this post so that it can be easily downloaded and used. All the questions are collected and listed in one PDF which is here to download. If you have any question or if you want to add to any of the question please send me mail or write a comment. Must Bookmark!

C# Structs

Tue, 11 Nov 2008 00:16:02 GMT

What are the benefit of structs in C#? When can they improve performance and memory use? See examples and benchmarks as well as screens from CLRProfiler and the Visual Studio debugger. Is this is the best struct article in the world? Maybe!

7 of my favorite jQuery plugins for use with ASP.NET

Mon, 20 Oct 2008 22:46:04 GMT

Seven of my favorite jQuery plugins to use with ASP.NET and ASP.NET AJAX, based on my own successes and failures using them over the past year and a half.

Avoid this tricky conflict between ASP.NET AJAX and jQuery

Mon, 29 Sep 2008 23:31:03 GMT

One example of how ASP.NET AJAX can conflict with jQuery's plugins, due to its modification of some JavaScript base types, and how to fix the problem in this particular case.

Getting rid of spaghetti code in the real-world: a Case Study

Fri, 03 Oct 2008 01:46:10 GMT

A case study of cleaning up entangled code by reducing dependencies. Tips of how to avoid more entangled code to be added. Plugs NCover.

SQL Server Tips and Tricks

Wed, 24 Sep 2008 13:46:02 GMT

The following are a wide range of tips and tricks I have collected over the years working with various versions or Microsoft's SQL Server. I always enjoy finding little snippets of code which are both simple and powerful. Why write complicated routines when one or two lines of code can do it?

jQuery.position() on Invisible Elements fails

Sun, 21 Sep 2008 16:41:20 GMT

Rick has found a solution how to get object position when it is hidden

StackOverflow

Tue, 16 Sep 2008 00:16:04 GMT

StackOverflow - - is in public beta.

Google Browser: Chrome

Wed, 03 Sep 2008 01:01:03 GMT

has a good comic book to explain their design and features.

Json.NET 3.0 Released

Tue, 26 Aug 2008 04:46:02 GMT

The latest version of Json.NET brings lots of new features including Silverlight support.

Fast Serialization

Tue, 26 Aug 2008 04:01:03 GMT

We use ALOT of serialization in the current system I work with. Serializing/deserializing 100,000,000 objects in a day is pretty common. For a long time we knew that the binary formatter was fat and slow but never rationalized writing something custom as we were always fast enough. Unfortunately our data throughput has raised 400% in the last year (when you start with gigs and gigs of messages this is a huge gain) and our little three or four year old dual xeon 2.2 has turned into the little engine that could during peaks lately so we finally bit the big one and threw something together quickly.

SubSonic Scaling

Tue, 19 Aug 2008 23:31:11 GMT

Rob runs some tests with millions of records to see how SubSonic holds up with respect to speed and memory use.

Handling "GO" Separators in SQL Scripts - the easy way

Mon, 18 Aug 2008 16:46:02 GMT

use SMO to run SQL scripts on .NET

The Complete Reference for Any jQuery Developer

Mon, 25 Aug 2008 08:31:02 GMT

If you ever to do something with jQuery, you should find it in this extensive list.

UpdatePanels and ClientScript in custom Controls

Thu, 14 Aug 2008 01:50:32 GMT

This is story is 1 year old but it is a good post with ClientScriptProxy code which is needed if you have control which renders some JavaScript and is placed in UpdatePanel. The code provided uses Page.ClientScript object if MS.Ajax lib is not present and ScriptManager if it is

Visual Studio 2008 Service Pack 1

Tue, 12 Aug 2008 00:16:07 GMT

It's finally here! I haven't seen an official announcement yet, but I did a search for "Visual Studio 2008 Service Pack 1" on Microsoft's Download Center and found the following downloads added today: Microsoft Visual Studio 2008 Service Pack 1 (exe) http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=fbee1648-7106-44a7-9649-6d9f6d58056e&DisplayLang=en Microsoft Visual Studio 2008 Service Pack 1 (iso) http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=27673c47-b3b5-4c67-bd99-84e525b5ce61&DisplayLang=en

ASP.NET AJAX Development Approach Part 1

Thu, 07 Aug 2008 21:12:43 GMT

The ASP.NET AJAX framework, along with the AJAX Control Toolkit that adds additional controls, extenders, and other client and server objects, provides a new unique way to develop .NET controls. It leverages the existing structures in JavaScript to create a wide array of add-ons that make developing JavaScript code easier than what it was.

Visual Studio Theme Generator

Thu, 07 Aug 2008 21:16:02 GMT

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.

10 principles of agile project time management

Tue, 22 Jul 2008 01:01:21 GMT

A nicely written post with references on project time management.

Five Common ASP.NET SEO Mistakes

Fri, 11 Jul 2008 00:16:06 GMT

Here's a checklist of five common mistakes that ASP.NET and the Viewstate/Postback model of development make it far too easy for unsuspecting developers to make:

Cheat Sheets for Front-end Web Developers

Wed, 09 Jul 2008 16:46:11 GMT

Cheat sheets are helpful to have around because they allow you to quickly remember code syntax and see related concepts visually. Additionally, they're nice decorative pieces for your office. In this article, you'll find 23 excellent, print-ready cheat sheets for HTML/HTML, CSS, and JavaScript (including MooTools and jQuery).

Call Virtual Functions From Constructors?

Wed, 09 Jul 2008 13:01:02 GMT

Be aware of this matter because it is not a trivial issue and apparently, there are no errors or warnings generated by the compiler. So, the rule to remember is to never call virtual methods from constructors.

Top 100 Best Software Engineering Books, Ever

Fri, 20 Jun 2008 21:16:02 GMT

In this post I proudly present the Top 100 of Best Software Engineering Books, Ever. I have created this list using four different criteria: 1) number of Amazon reviews, 2) average Amazon rating, 3) number of Google hits and 4) Jolt awards.