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Free Winforms and ASP.NET Chart Controls

Mon, 27 Oct 2008 16:31:02 GMT

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What a developer needs from their manager

Tue, 10 Jun 2008 16:16:03 GMT

I've a read a lot of articles talking about what it takes to be a good development manager. There are also articles about what makes a good developer. I thought it would be a good idea to describe what a developer needs from their manager.

Stop Polluting the UI Thread - Use a ThreadBarrier

Tue, 10 Jun 2008 17:01:10 GMT

A ThreadBarrier is a technique for simplifying the interaction between the UI and a worker thread. No longer do UI Controls need to check InvokeRequired and do the posting of events from a worker thread.

WCF REST Configuration for ASP.NET AJAX and plain REST Services

Wed, 16 Apr 2008 12:31:02 GMT

.NET 3.5 includes WCF REST service functionality that allows for cleaner HTTP access to services. For AJAX applications this means that WCF can now be used both for MS AJAX clients as well as non-MS AJAX clients like jQuery or Prototype. This post focuses on setting up and configuring WCF for REST operation with a focus on AJAX scenarios looking at some of the different configuration options available.

Downgrade a VS 2008 .sln or .csproj to VS 2005

Mon, 25 Feb 2008 18:46:02 GMT

I just had to convert a Visual Studio 2008 Solution and Project to Visual Studio 2005. It is actually pretty straight forward. At least in my case...

Completely free PDF .NET library written in C#

Wed, 09 Jan 2008 14:16:02 GMT

Want to add PDF support to your .NET project. Try this. Open Source library to create/edit PDF files. With unrestricted license to change, sell, sublicense.

LINQPad

Thu, 29 Nov 2007 22:31:02 GMT

Tired of querying in antiquated SQL? Well, you don't have to! LINQPad lets you interactively query SQL databases in a modern query language: LINQ. Kiss goodbye to SQL Management Studio! LINQPad supports everything in C# 3.0 and Framework 3.5: * LINQ to SQL * LINQ to Objects * LINQ to XML LINQPad is also a terrific tool for learning LINQ: it comes preloaded with 200 examples from the recently released C# 3.0 in a Nutshell. There's no better way to experience the coolness of LINQ and functional programming.

VisualSVN Server

Fri, 16 Nov 2007 16:31:11 GMT

The guys that already made VisualSVN, a plugin that integrates into Visual Studio and provides a way to manage your source code changes into Subversion, just realized VisualSVN Server.

Uncommon C# Keywords

Thu, 11 Oct 2007 17:01:02 GMT

Everyone knows the basic C# keywords, but some are more obscure. This article dives into some useful C# keywords that you may have yet to encounter.

Speed up Visual Studio 2005

Thu, 11 Oct 2007 20:46:12 GMT

Nice tricks to speed up Visual Studio 2005

.NET Framework 3.5 Is Shared Source

Wed, 03 Oct 2007 16:46:25 GMT

Microsoft's .NET Framework 3.5 is going to be released open source.

Implementing Silverlight in 21 Days - Miguel de Icaza

Thu, 21 Jun 2007 15:31:02 GMT

Moonlight - Silverlight implementation in Linux

9 things Microsoft should be announcing next week at MIX07 (but won't)

Mon, 30 Apr 2007 07:16:02 GMT

We've heard some good guesses as to what Microsoft will be announcing at MIX07. What do should they be announcing?

WPF/E Community Preview Now Available!

Tue, 05 Dec 2006 06:01:01 GMT

WPF/E" is the Microsoft solution for delivering rich, cross-platform, interactive experiences including animation, graphics, audio, and video for the Web and beyond. Utilizing a subset of XAML (eXtensible Application Markup Language)-based Windows Presentation Foundation technology, "WPF/E" will enable the creation of content and applications that run within multiple browsers and operating systems (Windows and Macintosh) using Web standards for programmability.

Windows PowerShell 1.0 released

Wed, 15 Nov 2006 13:31:01 GMT

Microsoft has officially released Windows PowerShell 1.0, its next generation command-line shell. Fully extensible using .NET.

.NET Framework 3.0 Is Out the Door!

Tue, 07 Nov 2006 03:01:04 GMT

Microsoft officially released .NET 3.0

Google Code Search

Thu, 05 Oct 2006 06:31:02 GMT

Is it the end of the problem with lack of examples in the documentation?

Subtext 1.9 "Daedelus" Released!

Fri, 01 Sep 2006 08:01:01 GMT

A new version of Subtext has been released. The major change is that Subtext is now an ASP.NET 2.0 application, paving the way for many other improvements.

Microsoft XNA (Beta) Released

Thu, 31 Aug 2006 02:01:01 GMT

Microsoft have released Microsoft XNA Game Studio Express (Beta). With all the hype surrounding this release we should be in for a real treat! Are Microsoft going to corner the market by releasing tools which enable developers to write their own games? Should Sony be worried?

Visual Studio 2003 Service Pack 1 Released

Wed, 16 Aug 2006 15:31:01 GMT

From the better late than never department, Visual Studio 2003 Service Pack 1. Oh well, I guess it's the next best thing to 2005 SP1...

Community Server 2.1 Now Available

Thu, 10 Aug 2006 12:31:01 GMT

The latest release is out. Do these guys have a friggin' short development cycle or what?

MSDN library now free on Microsoft.com

Thu, 27 Jul 2006 14:01:02 GMT

need i say more?! Gentelmen: Start your downloaders!

Learn C# 3.0 in 7 digestable pieces

Thu, 22 Jun 2006 06:57:01 GMT

Sahil has broke the new C# 3.0 down into 7 digestable small peices. 5 minutes each, a good definition of what each item is, alongwith what they mean.