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Use Twitter To Stay On Top Of The .NET Programming News

Thu, 17 Apr 2008 18:31:02 GMT

Do you use twitter? If you don't you should, it is a great way to find out what is happening in the programming world. Here is a list of some well known programmers and their twitter URL. Phil Haack, Jeff Atwood, Scott Hanselman, Dare Obasanjo, John Lam and many more are on this list

Database Refactoring Interview With Scott W. Ambler

Wed, 02 Apr 2008 16:39:18 GMT

Database Refactoring Interview With Scott W. Ambler, Scott Ambler discusses Agile and Refactoring for the DB world

640K Is Enough For Anyone, 64 Cores is Enough For Anyone,

Fri, 28 Dec 2007 16:34:00 GMT

640K Is Enough For Anyone It is déjà vu all over again, someone decided that 64 cores is enough for everyone

The Sad State Of Programmers Part 3: General Tips

Fri, 28 Dec 2007 14:04:51 GMT

some practical advice specifically targeted to tech geeks in search of a job. Make sure to check out part 1 and 2 also

Quake 2 .NET Port with Visual Studio 2008 (v9.0) and Managed C++

Wed, 19 Dec 2007 22:31:02 GMT

Vertigo Software's old Quake II .NET port updated to Visual Studio 2008 / New Managed Extensions for C++.

Interview With Joe Celko About The Forthcoming Book Thinking In Sets

Tue, 18 Dec 2007 11:37:37 GMT

Interview With Joe Celko About The Forthcoming Book Thinking In Sets

10 lessons from 35K tps

Mon, 17 Dec 2007 17:49:46 GMT

high transaction database design lessons/tips

Sick of Opera

Mon, 17 Dec 2007 17:16:05 GMT

Simone provides some insite and opinion on the Opera open letter.

Exists Vs. Count(*) - The battle never ends...

Sun, 16 Dec 2007 21:01:03 GMT

Exists Vs. Count(*) - The battle never ends... why you should use exists and not count(*)

Amazon SimpleDB

Sun, 16 Dec 2007 20:16:05 GMT

Amazon SimpleDB is a web service for running queries on structured data in real time.

Optimize Your Code For Multi-Core Machines

Sun, 16 Dec 2007 21:46:03 GMT

Use the Task Parallel Library (TPL) to easily benefit from multiple processor cores. This introduction gives great examples of how easy it is to rewrite your code for multiple cores and what performance gains await you afterwards.

SQL Server Indexes: The Basics

Tue, 18 Dec 2007 01:31:06 GMT

Indexes directly affect the performance of database applications. This article uses analogies to describe how indexes work. The estimated execution plan feature of the Query Window is utilized to compare the performance of two queries in a batch.

The Sad State Of Programmers Part 2 : The In Person Interview

Tue, 11 Dec 2007 17:11:02 GMT

The Sad State Of Programmers Part 2 : The In Person Interview

Programming is a Noble Profession, Be Proud, Be Strong

Fri, 14 Dec 2007 21:01:02 GMT

"No one will ever take you seriously unless you're willing to risk something to prove you're right." This post from Chad Myers hits the nail right on the head!

Three Ways To Return Null If A Value Is A Certain Value

Tue, 13 Nov 2007 18:01:02 GMT

Described are three ways to return null if a value is a certain value

SQL Sort Values Ascending But NULLS Last

Fri, 19 Oct 2007 15:03:29 GMT

Two techniques that show how to sort the values from a database ascending but the NULLS at the bottom not at the top

Interview With Kalen Delaney About SQL 2005 Query Tuning

Mon, 15 Oct 2007 15:53:01 GMT

Interview With Kalen Delaney About Inside Microsoft SQL Server 2005 Query Tuning and Optimization

What if null if null is null null null is null?

Tue, 02 Oct 2007 16:16:02 GMT

I'll discuss some well-known and some less well-known functions and keywords that are specifically created to deal with NULL values

Increase Your Productivity With Query Analyzer/SQL Server Management S

Wed, 26 Sep 2007 06:31:02 GMT

2 tips to make you more productive with Query Analyzer/SQL Server Management Studio

Microsoft Releases .NET Micro Framework 2.0 Service Pack

Tue, 18 Sep 2007 05:51:25 GMT

Microsoft Releases .NET Micro Framework 2.0 Service Pack 1, Announces New Partner Deployments

Do You Know How Between Works With Dates?

Thu, 13 Sep 2007 06:58:14 GMT

Do You Know How Between Works With Dates?

How Are Dates Stored Internally In SQL Server?

Tue, 11 Sep 2007 06:04:43 GMT

Article explaining how dates are stored internally in SQL Server

SQL Gotcha: Do you know what data type is used when running ad-hoc que

Mon, 10 Sep 2007 07:47:55 GMT

SQL Gotcha: Do you know what data type is used when running ad-hoc queries? You will be surprised, it is not always what you think it is

LINQ to the rescue?

Thu, 06 Sep 2007 09:28:47 GMT

I heard someone state that LINQ was going to rescue developers from having to know TSQL. Well if that's true then who will rescue us from LINQ?

Microsoft Delivers Silverlight 1.0, Extends Support to Linux

Wed, 05 Sep 2007 05:09:43 GMT

Microsoft Delivers Silverlight 1.0, Extends Support to Linux