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So, What is Duck Typing?

Mon, 22 Sep 2008 19:16:09 GMT

"I'm going to lay out what I think Duck Typing is, and let you poke holes in it, and tell me where I'm wrong. "

What is your strategy for becoming a better developer?

Mon, 22 Sep 2008 15:31:19 GMT

Let me know what your best habits, tricks, info sources, etc.... that you have which make you a better developer. And the top three are going to get a copy of "The Pragmatic Programmer" in order to make themselves a better developer.

Step by Step on how to start with new MS Technology

Wed, 13 Jun 2007 09:33:31 GMT

Interesting article

MSR Asirra: A Human Interactive Proof

Fri, 13 Apr 2007 05:50:51 GMT

Pretty interesting CAPTCHA using animal pictures.

Executing a Query Asynchronously in .NET 2.0

Mon, 16 Apr 2007 04:16:01 GMT

This is a pretty slick idea.

Just Released! Enterprise Library 3.0 - April 2007

Fri, 06 Apr 2007 06:31:01 GMT

If you've been keeping up with the Community Technology Preview releases, there shouldn't be anything too surprising in the final release, although the overall quality should be much higher. All of the major new features have already been described on this blog or in other places, but here is a quick summary of the most significant changes:

.NET Framework Posters

Mon, 09 Apr 2007 07:16:02 GMT

This is a PDF of the .NET Framework poster included in the VS2005 retail box.

Gmail Paper

Sun, 01 Apr 2007 16:33:24 GMT

Introducing GMail Paper

Sandboxie

Tue, 27 Mar 2007 05:01:02 GMT

"When you run a program on your computer, data flows from the hard disk to the program via read operations. The data is then processed and displayed, and finally flows back from the progam to the hard disk via write operations. Sandboxie changes the rules such that write operations do not make it back to your hard disk by using a transient storage system."

Top 10 Things I've Learned About Computers From The Movies

Fri, 23 Mar 2007 18:58:47 GMT

Humorous article about technology in movies.

Create High Quality Thumbnails with .NET

Mon, 26 Mar 2007 02:46:02 GMT

A fine replacement for the poor built-in thumbnail image script in .NET

SQLMesh

Fri, 23 Mar 2007 06:38:25 GMT

SQLMesh Personal is a tool for extracting/searching through your Microsoft SQLServer (v6.5-2005) and Sybase ASE (v11.x-15.x) database objects. It will extract table schemas, triggers, views, and stored procedure information (footnote:so long as the text is not encrypted) and enable developers and DBAs alike to search their code for any combination of keywords.

Koders.com Makes Microsoft Visual Studio SDK Searchable

Thu, 22 Mar 2007 06:46:01 GMT

The entire SDK is now searchable at Koders.com.

PolyDictionary

Thu, 22 Mar 2007 08:16:01 GMT

Put multiple types in a single dictionary without losing type safety

Some C# Coding Guidelines at patrick.veverka.net

Wed, 21 Mar 2007 13:31:01 GMT

Some friends and I have compiled a list of C# coding guidelines from many sources.

New Orcas Language Feature: Extension Methods

Wed, 14 Mar 2007 12:01:01 GMT

Extension methods allow developers to add new methods to the public contract of an existing CLR type, without having to sub-class it or recompile the original type. Extension Methods help blend the flexibility of "duck typing" support popular within dynamic languages today with the performance and compile-time validation of strongly-typed languages.

Scott Hanselman's 2006 Ultimate Developer and Power Users Tool List for Windows

Wed, 30 Aug 2006 03:31:01 GMT

Scott Hanselman, that uber technologist, updates his must have list of power tools for developers.