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A somewhat performant networking library for .NET

Tue, 08 May 2012 14:21:02 GMT

Griffin.Networking is a networking library inspired by Netty for Java. It should be somewhat perfomant and provide the infrastructure required to rapidly create networking applications.

SimpleExcelExport: export your object list to excel without problems

Thu, 03 May 2012 13:54:27 GMT

For a requirement where i work, i needed to make a export to excel feature in every screen of an application, that's why and created a small library to create a excel file using NPOI(a c# library to create excel files without excel) that receive a list of any object and create the excel file. Give it a try and let me know your ideas or comments.

Having fun with ImpressJs and WebSockets, creating real-time presentat

Thu, 03 May 2012 13:50:28 GMT

So a friend of mine showed me ImpressJs today. He was going to have notes on another screen (well actually on an iPad) and I thought it would be cool if the presentation could be synced with notes on another screen as well. Fired up Visual Studio and put together a small socket server as well as a simple java script client and created a Presenter-Attendee solution with ImpressJs and WebSockets.

Bundler.NET

Sat, 28 Apr 2012 17:44:37 GMT

An API for combining, minifying, compressing, and caching CSS and JavaScript for .NET websites.

Herding Code 142 - Scott Guthrie on the open source announcement

Tue, 24 Apr 2012 05:19:04 GMT

The Herding Code guys talk to Scott Guthrie about the recent open source announcement for ASP.NET MVC, Web API, and Razor.

Stack Exchange Open Source Projects

Wed, 22 Feb 2012 15:04:33 GMT

As Stack Overflow is one of the most prominent Microsoft .NET-created sites for software developers in the world, we feel that it's part of our mission to help lead fellow .NET developers - and the most effective way to do that is by contributing some of the code that we use to build Stack Overflow and Stack Exchange back to the greater .NET developer community as reusable open source packages. This isn't just a fundamental part of every Stack Exchange developer's "be more awesome" plan, it's an explicit goal embedded in the very DNA of the company.

In .NET, open source does not beget open source

Wed, 11 Jan 2012 05:10:26 GMT

Ruby, Python, Perl, Node, and Clojure all have, to varying degrees, a unified story for defining a project, translating its source code into runnable code, running a test suite, building distributable packages, and resolving and installing a project or package's dependencies. These stories just work across all supported platforms. Setting up a cross-platform open source .NET project is non-trivial. ...

If You Can't Beat 'Em, Join 'Em: Microsoft and Open Source

Fri, 16 Dec 2011 05:18:28 GMT

It's in Microsoft's best interest to see next generation technologies like Node.js and Hadoop run on its platforms. Although its .NET languages have large, dedicated developer communities, Microsoft has seen the writing on the wall. Open source programming languages from Java to PHP to Ruby to Scala are becoming the norm. JavaScript in particular is quickly becoming ubiquitous...

Nocco: Generating documentation for your project using code comments

Thu, 15 Dec 2011 15:14:31 GMT

Check out the Nocco project, a .Net port of the Docco tool for generating project documentation in HTML format based off code comments in Markdown. Now you can comment your code and generate your documentation at the same time. The Github page includes an example of the documented code that is output by the tool, on its own source code.

Cleaning Up Your Git Repository For NuGet 1.6

Tue, 13 Dec 2011 23:50:08 GMT

Provides an article detailing how to clean up the packages directory to get your project and repository ready for NuGet 1.6.

Declarative Threading: You're the Boss Now

Wed, 23 Nov 2011 15:36:07 GMT

Codeproject author "gossd" shares with us a new library which supports declarative threading. This new approach allows you to decorate your class and functions with attributes determining on what thread the functions may be called. The class takes care of all marshaling and spins off its own thread, meaning no one has to concern themselves with invoking the call on the right thread.

Doing the Time Warp with .Net, Daylight Savings, and Noda Time

Fri, 18 Nov 2011 15:54:30 GMT

Daylight Savings time and wreak havoc on business systems. Converting between local and UTC time can result in local times that never actually exist due to DST changeover. Jesse Taber shares with us a solution: using the C# port of the Joda time library, Noda Time.

Open Source ASP.NET Ajax Polls (for Umbraco and any ASP.NET 4.0 Web Ap

Tue, 15 Nov 2011 14:56:32 GMT

MAP Teams has just released open source Polls Widget for Umbraco 4.7 and any ASP.NET 4.0 Web Application Site. The new things: 1. Mustache/Nustache Templating engine for the server side and client side. 2. Umbraco package automation using Ruby Rake.

NHibernate Video Tutorial

Thu, 06 Oct 2011 09:20:10 GMT

A beginning Fluent NHibernate screencast.

Nancy v0.8 Released - Not your granddaddy's Sinatra

Tue, 04 Oct 2011 14:08:10 GMT

Nancy, the Sinatra-inspired web framework for ASP.NET has just released version 0.8 with loads of cool features. This latest release is the work of 19 contributors over 186 commits, and includes highly requested features such as basic authentication and CSRF protection. Check it out!

NHibernate Code-Based Mappings vs. FluentNHibernate

Fri, 30 Sep 2011 16:20:34 GMT

Kazi Manzur Rashid shows us some side-by-side comparisons between the new code-based mappings in NHibernate and FluentNHibernate. Code-based mappings are built in to the lastest release of NHibernate; FluentNHibernate is compatible with the latest release as well.

Automapper 2.0 released: Now with twice the mapping goodness

Fri, 23 Sep 2011 14:01:07 GMT

Automapper, your favorite object mapping framework, has just released version 2.0. Check it out today!

Why Do "Not Windows Store"?

Mon, 19 Sep 2011 19:14:35 GMT

On Friday we released an open source alternative to the Windows Store for Windows 8 Apps called the "Not Windows Store". Why? Will people even want unverified apps? Aren't multiple app stores a detriment to end users?

Customise Subtext Core Pages - Part 1

Wed, 14 Sep 2011 16:54:11 GMT

I wanted to take time out from subtext themes for a moment and go over a topic that I think will be of some use to such webmasters that use subtext on a multi-blog platform. Customising Subtext core pages.

Microsoft Sync Framework now open source!

Wed, 14 Sep 2011 16:54:11 GMT

Microsoft's Sync framework is now open source under an Apache license. The Sync Framework allows you to build disconnected applications with ease, and allows offline clients to run in Silverlight, Windows Phone 7, Windows Mobile, Windows Embedded Handheld, and Windows Slate.

Open Source Command & Conquer game clone in C#

Mon, 12 Sep 2011 15:47:05 GMT

OpenRA is an open source clone of the Command & Conquer/Command & Conquer: Red Alert video games. This is a fun little project, and a good bit of code to look over for any C# programmers aspiring to create video games.

hOOt - A new full text search engine for .Net

Wed, 07 Sep 2011 19:03:25 GMT

hOOt is a extremely small size and fast embedded full text search engine for .net built from scratch. It was created in response to concern from the community over the lack of maintenance on the .Net Lucene port. This article will introduce you to using hOOt and explain what's going on under the hood.

Nuget 1.5 released

Wed, 31 Aug 2011 15:47:04 GMT

Nuget 1.5 released! Highlights include: Project Templates with Preinstalled NuGet Packages; Explicit Assembly References; Added ability to exclude files in the NuSpec; Removing packages using the dialog prompts to remove dependencies; Support for Proxies that require authentication; Support for Repositories that require authentication; Performance improvements to the NuGet.org repository; Solution dialog project filtering; Package Release Notes;

Introducing Minibuss: the lightweight micro service bus

Wed, 31 Aug 2011 15:46:12 GMT

Check out Minibuss on Codeplex. Minibuss is micro service bus built on top of MSMQ. Minibuss provides a low barrier to entry so that you can concentrate on why you're using it, rather than how. Using a service bus system like Minibuss can help improve your applications design and function by reducing tight coupling of components.

Python tools for visual studio now available

Wed, 31 Aug 2011 15:46:12 GMT

Python tools aims to be a modern, featureful IDE for Python developers built on the Visual Studio Isolated Shell. Some key features include: Support for CPython, IronPython, Jython, and PyPy; Advanced editing capabilities, including IntelliSense; Multiple refactorings, such as "Extract Method"; A built-in REPL (read-eval-print loop) window; Debugging and profiling capabilities;