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.NET Framework 3.5 Is Shared Source

Thu, 04 Oct 2007 00:46:25 GMT

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

Dynamically Inject Validation Controls From A Base ASP.NET Page

Thu, 27 Sep 2007 02:35:45 GMT

How to dynamically attach asp.net validation controls programatically from a base page using recursion.

Basic but effective .NET interviews questions

Sat, 28 Apr 2007 04:46:01 GMT

Some interesting .NET interview questions which can eliminate quite a number of candidates

DotNetKicks to be Open Sourced

Tue, 20 Mar 2007 21:16:01 GMT

As the community on DotNetKicks.com has grown in size over the past year, I have received received many offers of help with adding features and many requests for the source code. Due to other top secret commitments, I have recently not had as much time as I would have liked to continue the development of DotNetKicks.com. A discussion on DotNetKicks last week re-highlighted the issue of feature stagnation (the community is continuing to grow just fine). We are in the business of solving problems, and the best solution here is to open source the project. I had planned to release some code this past weekend, but some of the current dependencies include code that I don't wish to release. I am currently refactoring the dependencies, and I will be able to release some code very soon. Please shout it from the roof tops, we need all the contributers we can get.

Help Save Internet Radio

Sat, 17 Mar 2007 16:30:56 GMT

Off topic, but internet radio is in big trouble and needs your help. Please read for information on what you can do to help save your favorite streaming internet station.

VB.Net Equivalent to C# 'As' Keyword -- TryCast

Sat, 10 Mar 2007 03:24:44 GMT

VB 2005 gets an equivalent to the C# 'As' keyword. Nothing too in depth, but a nice addition nonetheless.

Wrap Your Name Value Variables

Mon, 26 Feb 2007 21:16:01 GMT

ASP.NET gives a developer a lot of loosely typed key-value collections in which to stash stash variables, depending upon persistence needs. The short list includes ViewState, Session, Application and HttpContext.Items. These collections can come in very handy when one needs to keep an object around outside of a single request or shuttle things between different bits of the http pipeline. But it comes at a price-these collections are loosely typed, just returning Objects. Moreover, there is no compile-time checking to ensure that you are requesting the right key in the right place. Errors can lead to crashes at best, and interesting data corruption at worst. Here is a handy technique to avoid such issues.

Microsoft Releases SQL Server 2005 Service Pack 2

Mon, 19 Feb 2007 22:46:01 GMT

SQL Server 2005 Service Pack 2 has been released

YouTube.NET API

Mon, 19 Feb 2007 20:31:01 GMT

A .NET component for interfacing with YouTube's API.

Community Server Beta 1 Available

Fri, 16 Feb 2007 21:16:01 GMT

Telligent has announced that Community Server Beta 1 was released earlier today (2/15/07). Scott has all the details on his blog.

Using Anonymous Methods For Control.Invoke/Control.BeginInvoke

Fri, 16 Feb 2007 10:01:01 GMT

Brief overview of using anonymous methods for Control.Invoke and Control.BeginInvoke scenarios using the built in MethodInvoker delegate provided by the BCL.

Community Server back on the right track

Mon, 12 Feb 2007 23:31:01 GMT

Community Server "fixed" the new license for the new version. Now more friendly with non-commercial sites

Subtext v1.9.4 "Windward" Edition Released

Mon, 12 Feb 2007 16:01:01 GMT

subText v1.9.4 has been released, and Steve Harman has all the details.

Ruby.NET Compiler 0.6 Beta Released

Wed, 14 Feb 2007 17:31:01 GMT

"We are pleased to announce the release of a new Beta (version 0.6) of the Gardens Point Ruby.NET compiler. Implementation is not yet complete but we have now implemented the vast majority of Ruby's builtin classes and modules. We have fixed large numbers of existing bugs, but many still remain. We have not yet implemented continuations or Ruby threads but support most other language features."

Cache as cache can!

Thu, 08 Feb 2007 20:31:01 GMT

What should be cached when and how?

Creating Network Aware Applications -- System.Net.NetworkInformation

Fri, 26 Jan 2007 14:31:01 GMT

A quick overview of some of the classes in the new System.Net.NetworkInfo namespace in .Net 2.0

How to Write a Custom Workflow Activity

Fri, 26 Jan 2007 18:16:01 GMT

In first part of his post series about writing a custom workflow, Keyvan discusses about writing a custom workflow activity by giving a simple example.

.NET Languages

Fri, 26 Jan 2007 17:31:01 GMT

This is complete list of .NET Languages and .NET language projects. You can look up a reference to any .NET language alphabetically by major language classification. For example, look up Basic to find Basic language implementations and variants including Visual Basic.NET. To find a particular implementation by name-e.g. F#-, type "F#" in the site search box and click the site search button (navigation column at left). If you do not find the language you are looking for in this list of .NET languages, then-please-add it.

Connect to Sage in C#

Wed, 24 Jan 2007 22:44:42 GMT

Connect to Sage using a native C# component. Works with sage up to version v11.

Cheat Sheet: ASP.NET Page Life Cycle & Common Events

Thu, 25 Jan 2007 01:01:01 GMT

We've all seen Leon Andrianarivony's excellent ASP.NET Page Life Cycle diagram. This one-page cheat sheet is the perfect compliment to that diagram, providing descriptions for each of the common stages and events.

Paging Implementation With SQL

Fri, 02 Feb 2007 21:16:01 GMT

When you see how the paging is a piece of cake now in .NET server controls (fro example, GridView), you can imagine how much amount of work was needed to do paging if you haven't these server controls. You can for example fetch all thr data block and put them on the session and just do your paging in you business layer! Ok..I heared someone say what are saying. Ture. This is really a miss when you working on huge data blocks. So, the best way is to do you paging inside the datalayer...

Day 1: Introduction to Managed Code and the .Net Infrastructure

Wed, 24 Jan 2007 17:05:08 GMT

A good overview of the CLR and why managed code exists.

Inside MySpace

Thu, 25 Jan 2007 13:46:01 GMT

Read the story of the MySpace and how it has grown from "only" few hundred thousands of users to over one hundred million. In the middle they switched from ColdFusion to ASP.NET. The scalability issues with web servers and databases are interesting to read.

Being a responsible open source developer

Sat, 23 Dec 2006 01:01:02 GMT

I've been following the Office 2007 UI for quite some time, ever since I got my hands on early dog food alphas from the Office team. While some might not call it innovation, it just makes sense to me and I think it's a well designed and thought out piece of work. Yes, there are those that are not going to get it and require gobs of training and scream and kick and moan and want their beloved File menu and toolbar back. There is the other group where we embrace it and actually like it. I'll be the first to *** and complain when I'm building presentations where the freakin' buttons are as I'm still getting used to it, but in the end that's it. I'll get used to it, just give it time. I like the look and think it's a good way to go and frankly, Microsoft made that decision long ago and like or not, we have to adapt and live with it (or not, but that's a different blog post).

Some Handy Links -- .Net Debugging And IIS Resources

Tue, 10 Oct 2006 14:31:01 GMT

A list of links for .Net and IIS debugging/performance tuning.