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Intro To Microsoft Unity - Configuring the Container through XML

Mon, 26 May 2008 03:43:55 GMT

Learn how to configure Microsoft Unity through manual registration and XML registration. A full sample application is included for download.

Using iTextSharp To Watermark/Write Text to Existing PDF's

Mon, 12 May 2008 18:31:02 GMT

This tutorial shows you how to write text to an existing PDF by using iTextSharp. Learn how to write text on top of the document, below the document and at various locations through the code and full solution provided.

The Linq SelectMany Operator

Mon, 12 May 2008 16:16:02 GMT

A quick look at the SelectMany operator, what it does, and how you use it.

The Importance of Unit Testing WCF Attributes

Wed, 07 May 2008 18:26:35 GMT

What happens when you don't test certain WCF Attribute values in your unit tests? Sometimes nothing - and sometimes all hell breaks loose. I'm scared of the latter. :) This is a quick and easy intro into how to unit test your operation contract attribute values.

Day-to-day with Subversion

Wed, 07 May 2008 14:46:03 GMT

A good post that highlights some of the functionality of Subversion

NUnit 2.4.7 Released w/ RowTest Attribute (example included)

Tue, 01 Apr 2008 15:29:40 GMT

NUnit now includes the RowTest extension, written by Andreas Schlapsi, in it's extension assemblies. This extension allows you to write test methods that take arguments and to provide multiple sets of argument values using the RowAttribute. To use RowTest, your test must reference the nunit.framework.extensions assembly. This post covers how to utilize this attribute.

Phil Haack to join ASP.NET team

Tue, 18 Sep 2007 07:16:01 GMT

Only good things can come from this

You're Probably Storing Passwords Incorrectly

Tue, 18 Sep 2007 08:01:01 GMT

The web is nothing if not a maze of user accounts and logins. Almost everywhere you go on the web requires yet another new set of credentials. Unified login seems to elude us at the moment, so the status quo is ...

Watermarking Images in ASP.NET with an HttpHandler

Mon, 17 Sep 2007 18:58:10 GMT

Learn how to easily watermark images with a simple HttpHandler. Apply custom text that will overlay the image. The the text can be transparent or non-transparent.

The VB.NET Salary Gap

Mon, 17 Sep 2007 11:46:01 GMT

Have you ever wondered what the salary difference is between a VB.NET and a C#, C++ or Java job? I did a little research on this tonight, courtesy of Indeed.com, the job listing aggregation site. What I found really wasn't all that surprising but it was interesting none the less.

Automated Form Posting with .NET / ASP.NET's CURL

Thu, 13 Sep 2007 06:18:30 GMT

Learn how to use the HttpRequest object and Fiddler to create web requests and post values to forms in a runtime environment.

CodeSmith Screen Cast

Wed, 12 Sep 2007 03:31:02 GMT

Learn how to utilize the DatabaseSchema and ExportToFile methods of a template to create files based upon your database schema.

Returning XML Column Data As a Set of Data from SQL

Tue, 31 Jul 2007 13:20:05 GMT

I needed to write something like this ... SELECT * FROM CustomerTest WHERE Customer_Id = 1; The data returned needed to return the row as well as the data inside of the XML Column in that row, in the same set. (The data in the XML column needed to be returned as sets of records as well.) The XML Contained was simple XML that looked like this...

HTML 5 vs. HTML 4 The Differences (my bits)

Mon, 25 Jun 2007 14:01:01 GMT

An interesting look into HTML 5 and some of its changes from the previous version (HTML 4). Including new input types such as "datetime", 'time", "email", "url"

Complexity and Staying Up To Speed

Sun, 27 May 2007 13:44:05 GMT

The author covers the complexity of software development and presents tips on how to stay up to speed with emerging technologies.

Simplifying Database Modeling in Visio 2002/2003 through SQL Generatio

Thu, 10 May 2007 11:42:09 GMT

If you're like me you're still probably using Visio 2002/2003. If you're also like me, you don't have the Enterprise Architect version of Visio that allows you to forward engineer the database from the ERD Diagram that you've created. This post helps you by providing a way to simulate a forward engineering of the SQL Code.

Temporary Projects in Visual Studio 2005

Thu, 10 May 2007 08:46:01 GMT

How to enable temporary projects in Visual Studio 2005.

C# Microsoft MapPoint 4.5 Geocode (Latitude and Longitude) Class

Tue, 08 May 2007 05:46:01 GMT

A class using the Microsoft MapPoint 4.5 Webservices to obtain Geocoding information about an address. Very easy to implement.

Bulk Loading XML into SQL Server 2005 using .NET

Mon, 07 May 2007 08:46:02 GMT

With a number of clients, I have been provided a sample format for a transactions along with instructions to develop a process to load it into a database as quickly and painlessly as possible. This usually comes with the requirements that the XML data file can have any number of records from 1 to n. This example demonstrates the most efficent and scalable way that I have found to solve this. Not to mention that it can be maintained without rebuilding the solutions each time the data format changes.

Forcing users to provide a message when committing to SVN/TortoiseSVN

Mon, 30 Apr 2007 09:31:02 GMT

A quick tutorial on how to require your developers to provide a message when committing a change to your Subversion respository.

Search .NET - The developer Search Engine

Fri, 13 Apr 2007 05:28:44 GMT

Dan Appleman has created a .NET search engine to help with discoverability of the .NET technology. This is a brief explanation of what and why with links to the site.

HOWTO: Create Key Board shortcuts for TestDriven.NET

Sat, 07 Apr 2007 16:16:01 GMT

A real quick and easy way to save hours of your life by enabling keyboard shortcuts for TestDriven.NET.

New home and new owner for Tree Surgeon

Tue, 03 Apr 2007 05:46:01 GMT

Have you ever spent a few days setting up a new development tree? Have you ever spent several days setting up several development trees? Have you even spent weeks trying to perfect all your development trees using a set of best practices? If the answer to any of the above answers is 'yes', then you'll like Tree Surgeon! Tree Surgeon is a .NET development tree generator. Just give it the name of your project, and it will set up a development tree for you in seconds. More than that, your new tree has years worth of accumulated build engineering experience built right in. Tree Surgeon has a new home and new owner on CodePlex.

The launch of BlogEngine.NET

Tue, 03 Apr 2007 05:01:01 GMT

BlogEngine.NET is a full featured blog engine targeted at .NET developers. It is light weight and very simple to modify and extend.

HOWTO: Enable Default Enter Button in ASP.NET 2.0

Fri, 30 Mar 2007 06:31:01 GMT

A problem that existed in ASP.NET 1.x was that you could not specify a default enter button unless you provided some custom code. In ASP.NET 2.0 you can do this very easily, unfortunately its not that widely used, much less known. The best part is, IS SUPER SIMPLE...