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Two WPF features I wish were coming in 4.0

Wed, 03 Jun 2009 18:23:15 GMT

Why is ObservableCollection<T> and INotifyCollectionChanged in WindowsBase.dll and not System.dll?

The Greatest Exception Handling WTF?!? of All Time

Thu, 28 May 2009 10:00:00 GMT

The Exception object has ONE purpose and ONE purpose only - to represent a runtime error, nothing more. Exceptions should never be used for purposes for which they were not intended -- or you could end up with this monstrosity...

Much Faster Browsing For MSDN

Sun, 19 Apr 2009 00:43:23 GMT

There is a new MSDN Low Bandwidth Beta, that isn't cluttered with junk.

Extract properties to style

Tue, 17 Mar 2009 02:31:04 GMT

A article on how to use the "Extract properties to Style" feature of the new XAML Power Toys

Updated WPFPerf Performance Profiling Tools for WPF

Fri, 26 Sep 2008 19:51:04 GMT

The WPFPerf tool comprises of a suite of performance profiling tools that allow you to analyze the run-time behavior of your WPF application and point to potential performance bottlenecks. We now added some new functionality as well as given the tool a major facelift. Below are highlights for some of the exciting improvements that are included in this update.

A Programming Job Interview Challenge - The End

Tue, 12 Aug 2008 01:27:34 GMT

I think that this is the end of our series. I have no questions left in the bank. if you have any ideas for new questions and you want them to be published here at www.Dev102.com, don't hesitate to contact us.

A Programming Job Interview Challenge #14 - 2D Geometry

Thu, 07 Aug 2008 01:46:09 GMT

The fourteenth post of the series of programming job interview challenge is out, 83 readers provided an answer to job interview challenge #13. Your input is a list of points in a 2D space. If you draw lines between one point to the next one, a closed polygon is created (can be either concave or convex)...

IntelliSense for Expression Blend

Mon, 04 Aug 2008 21:16:05 GMT

An add-in for Expression Blend 2.5 that adds IntelliSense for editing of XAML files.

Using Regions in Code Files

Sat, 02 Aug 2008 05:31:03 GMT

Recently I have been confronted with a movement that seems to hate using #Regions in source code files. Personally I really like using regions and I absolutely like the ability to collapse sections of code I am not directly working with.

A Programming Job Interview Challenge #10 - The Missing Number

Tue, 01 Jul 2008 16:46:09 GMT

Here comes the 10th question in our job interview challenge series, the answer to the ninth one is also attached, good luck

A Job Interview Challenge - A Needle in a Haystack

Mon, 16 Jun 2008 22:46:17 GMT

You are writing a software component that receives a binary record every 20 millisecond. Your component function as a pipe, meaning it can't store the binary records, it should do whatever needed on the current record and than pass it to the next component in the pipeline

Software Startup Lessons (Part 1): The Basics

Tue, 11 Mar 2008 23:31:02 GMT

A few simple software startup lessons.

What Does It Take To Become A Grandmaster Developer?

Tue, 04 Mar 2008 02:31:02 GMT

Provides an analogy between chess grandmasters and software developers including some C# examples.

Everything the Immediate Window Can Do the Watch Window Can Do Better

Fri, 29 Feb 2008 21:56:25 GMT

Details a few differences between the debugger's watch window and the immediate window.

Douchebaggery

Thu, 28 Feb 2008 20:31:02 GMT

To imply that programmers using Windows "don't care enough about their tools to get the best"? I have a pretty thick skin based on the psychic scars of the thousands of petty internet religious wars I've participated in, and this one even ruffles my feathers a little. I

Quick and Dirty Memory Utility Methods

Thu, 28 Feb 2008 22:46:03 GMT

Ever curious how much memory that suspect object is hogging on the heap? Find out quickly and easily with a few lines of code.

I Repeat: Do Not Listen to Your Users

Thu, 28 Feb 2008 04:01:03 GMT

Listening to users is a tricky thing. Users often don't know what they want, and even if they did, the communication is likely to get garbled somewhere between them and you.

The DotNetKicks Effect

Thu, 14 Feb 2008 02:31:02 GMT

An overview of traffic coming from DotNetKicks when an article makes it to the front page.

Put Down the XmlNode and Step Away From the StringBuilder

Tue, 12 Feb 2008 23:31:02 GMT

Demonstrates the easiest way of generating and parsing Xml available in the .net framework. No more XmlNodes and no more CleanStringForXml custom utility functions.

The Most Useful VS Feature No One Seems To Use

Fri, 08 Feb 2008 01:46:02 GMT

Speed up your debugging time by using the Exceptions dialog box.

The .Net DLR makes building a new language implementation ridiculousl

Fri, 08 Feb 2008 01:01:04 GMT

Leverage the CLR, the DLR, and new parsing technologies makes it a lot more practical to design and implement a new language than ever before.

Tell Me Your Unit Testing Pains

Thu, 07 Feb 2008 04:01:02 GMT

... Unfortunately, by most definitions of Unit Test, most of these tests are really integration tests.

.Net Performance Optimizations

Thu, 07 Feb 2008 13:01:02 GMT

There are some good ones in here. Keeping javascript business logic off the client-side and on the server side... caching AJAX requests... etc.

Naming Guidelines for Generic Dictionaries

Wed, 23 Jan 2008 23:07:01 GMT

Save tons of time by following this incredibly simple naming guideline for generic dictionaries.

Free Copy of VS 2008, SQL 2008 and Windows Server 2008

Sat, 19 Jan 2008 22:01:02 GMT

Want a lot of free software from our friends at Microsoft?