Really cool project ... something Microsoft should provide with the OS.

Webinar on Software Best Practices and ROI by Steve McConnell. Author of several books, such as "Software Estimation: Demystifying the Black Art"

This post shows how to validate a sophisticated architecture requirement by writing a LINQ query!

We need abstraction, but the amount of abstraction we really need depends, and should be assessed on a case-by-case basis. It seems advisable to grow abstractions, and to introduce them gradually. That being said, in this post I want to talk about an architecture that tries to limit abstractions ...

This is not a trial version, but the Entire EntitySpaces Studio and Profiler which we have made 100% Free. The Download.com link says 45 day Trial but that is wrong and will be corrected tomorrow, it's 100% free and under the BSD license.

Here are some tips on why it is beneficial to learn Assembly language from http://www.refactorthis.net

This post explains the main difference between POCO (plain old CLR objects) entities and entity framework dependent entities.

quick overview and example of using the implicit keyword to make keep client code tidy.

Code reviews are known for having a number of undeniable benefits. At the same, code reviews are known as time consuming and tedious processes. However, asynchronous reviews can help to avoid those problems and rip benefits of code reviews and dramatically improve code quality.

Recently I was asked by one of my colleagues to explain to a customer of his about signing assemblies, putting them into GAC etc. So I’ve decided to put some terms in order, for you to understand what it’s all about. I’ll try to make it as short as possible saving you allot of technical details ...

A different take on whether you should use the "var" keyword or not in your code.

You’ve started your own company and currently have 2 other employees. You anticipate that you will need no more than 5 employees during the first several years of operation. Do you: a) rent office space that can accommodate 5 employees plus yourself or b) buy a 20,000 square foot building?

Code analyzing is an amazing thing. It helps you see your code quality, matrix, design, dependency, naming conversion, purity, visibility, architecture, layering and even the dead codes in your application.

"Barbarian Meets MEF (Managed Extensibility Framework)... And There Are Evil Wizards Too" Blog post that introduces the Managed Extensibility Framework.