Just 1 AddItem extension method which works for 5 controls to make the code a lot simpler and cleaner :-) Cheers to object inheritance and cheers to Extension Methods ;-)

You must have come across plenty of articles on the internet which talk about using the StringBuilder class when computing large strings for performance gains. Nothing wrong with that. However I have not seen many coders using the Initial Capacity constructor of the StringBuilder class which can fur...

18 cool Extension Methods to for cleaner data access using the DataReader class. Cut down your data access code by using these 18 Extension Methods. Full source code available for download :-)

Excellent hack to make Non Themeable properties of ASP.NET controls Themeable. After learning this hack, you would be able to set the Display and the ValidationExpression properties of the RegularExpressionValidator control directly from a Skin file !!! Even the MaxLength property of a TextBox. Woul...

Excellent post which explains how to write bug free and clean code to handle ASP.NET sessions variables efficiently

The first in a serie of must-read articles.

Compendium of the best posts from Jeremy Miller about many topics, from Testing through IoC to Agile.

Productivity is the magic word after which all tools, practices and patterns are heading. This article gives hints on how to enhance the productivity of a developer. Recommended for every IT Manager

JP @ CodeBetter shows us how...

There are reasons for either of the three choices, but we technologists often fail to actually make a choice as much as we choose not to choose for not being even aware of our choices. How do you know that you're using the best, most productive tools?

Oldy but a goody from Jeremy D. Miller

Jeremy Miller of CodeBetter blogs writes that you may end up with more unit test code than production code, but that's fine. Remember, production code is way harder to write than test code. Test methods are each isolated units that don't have dependencies on each other, like production methods do.

This article presents both an introduction to WF as well as in-depth discussion of the issues I faced in trying to apply it's model to a real-world application

Composite keys (multi column primary keys) make any kind of Object/Relational mapping and persistence in general harder. Life is so much easier with surrogate keys. You can always make unique constraints where it's necessary.