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Combine Multiple JavaScript and CSS Files and Remove Overheads

Wed, 25 Jul 2007 11:01:02 GMT

Learn how to combine multiple resource file and remove overheads from server.

Principles of simplicity

Tue, 24 Jul 2007 14:01:03 GMT

Simplicity is about removing everything that can complicate the process of writing and maintaining software.

SubSonic Forums Begins

Mon, 23 Jul 2007 11:46:04 GMT

Rob announces the new subsonicproject redesign and the latest news regarding the new Forums project.

Support Open Source .Net Project - place this code on your site

Sat, 21 Jul 2007 09:31:01 GMT

The Lounge is a new ad network which is making its first initiative to support open source .net projects. Grab the code and place it on your site to help support these projects as well!

But WHY Must That Column Be Contained in an Aggregate Function or th

Mon, 23 Jul 2007 06:31:02 GMT

Column 'xyz' is invalid in the select list because it is not contained in either an aggregate function or the GROUP BY clause. Arggh!! There it is, yet again .. that annoying error message. Why is SQL so picky about this? What's the deal!?

Creating a Data Driven ASP.NET Localization

Mon, 23 Jul 2007 14:46:01 GMT

Find out how to build an ASP.NET 2.0 Resource Provider that uses database data for its localization storage rather than Resx files. Database resources can be much more flexible and this article demonstrates how to build a powerful ASP.NET resource editing front end that allows editing of resource data in a live ASP.NET application in a context sensitive manner.

Google Analytics Reports for DotNetKicks.com

Fri, 20 Jul 2007 07:16:02 GMT

Interested in seeing some google analytics stats for DotNetKicks.com?

Orcas JavaScript Intellisense

Tue, 24 Jul 2007 10:16:02 GMT

A few quick tests to see what JavaScript features show up with Intellisense in the new Orcas Intellisense features. Unfortunately it looks like at least in Orcas Beta 1 a number of common JavaScript scenarios either don't produce proper Intellisense or actually break Intellisense altogether.

The real reason SELECT * queries are bad: index coverage

Thu, 19 Jul 2007 14:46:02 GMT

Are SELECT * queries bad? Sure, everyone know that. But, why?

jQuery: An open letter to non-Believers...

Thu, 19 Jul 2007 15:31:02 GMT

I'm sold. Be sure to check out the many jQuery plugins : http://jquery.com/plugins/.

What ASP.NET Developers Should Know About JavaScript

Thu, 19 Jul 2007 20:46:02 GMT

This article approaches JavaScript from the perspective of an ASP.NET developer who is comfortable with the paradigms and patterns of either C# or Visual Basic. The article doesn't look at how to use JavaScript from ASP.NET exactly, but it does look at why JavaScript is so different from the two languages we commonly use with the .NET CLR.

Referential Integrity - Data Modeling Mistake 1 of 10

Thu, 19 Jul 2007 17:01:02 GMT

Every decision you make before you write a line of code will significantly affect your project's duration and the performance and maintainability of your application. Can your project afford one of these all too common data modeling mistakes? The first post in this series addresses reasons architects don't use referential integrity. And why they're wrong.

Getting with it: Test-Driven Development

Thu, 19 Jul 2007 20:01:02 GMT

Introduction to Test-Driven Development, from a developer who should have learnt sooner.

Become a Better Developer in 6 months. How?

Thu, 19 Jul 2007 05:01:02 GMT

Yes, I was tagged too. however only one things i'm going to do is acctually technical

BlogEngine.NET: Creating Themes Webcast

Wed, 18 Jul 2007 16:16:02 GMT

A really cool video tutorial on how to make custom themes for BlogEngine.NET. Good stuff

Interoperability Between WCF and WSE 3.0

Thu, 19 Jul 2007 16:16:02 GMT

Windows Communication Foundation(WCF) services are wire-level compatible with Web Services Enhancements 3.0 (WSE) client. This theory is correct however it's not such easy as one can expect. This article presents issues on interoperability between WCF and WSE 3.0.

Programming Handbooks and Cheatsheets

Thu, 19 Jul 2007 17:46:02 GMT

Cheat sheets are useful one page document which you should print out and post it on the wall from of your eyes. It helps you to learn the subject more quickly, and saves your time.

SubSonic: MVC Templates Available And A Security Update

Wed, 18 Jul 2007 05:01:02 GMT

Rob announces some new SubSonic templates to help integrate SubSonic into your MVC architected application.

SQL SERVER - Insert Multiple Records Using One Insert Statement

Wed, 18 Jul 2007 11:46:02 GMT

How can I insert multiple values in table using only one insert? Now this is interesting question. When there are multiple records are to be inserted in the table following is the common way using T-SQL.

Snooping WPF applications

Thu, 19 Jul 2007 05:46:02 GMT

Short Introduction to Snoop - a utility to browser WPF applications at runtime.

19 Eponymous Laws Of Software Development

Wed, 18 Jul 2007 12:31:02 GMT

My favourite - Hofstadter's Law: "A task always takes longer than you expect, even when you take into account Hofstadter's Law."

ASP.NET Orcas: Quiet Revolution

Wed, 18 Jul 2007 13:16:02 GMT

What's new in ASP.NET Orcas and Visual Studio 2008

Developing ASP.NET AJAX Controls with Silverlight

Thu, 19 Jul 2007 06:31:02 GMT

This video is from MIX 2007, where Nikhil Kothari demonstrates how to buidl a cool AJAX Server Control, that uses Silverlight for it's presentation

SubSonic, ObjectDataSource, Paging, and you!

Tue, 17 Jul 2007 19:16:02 GMT

How to implement paging with the Controllers generated by SubSonic. Corrected URL

Ruby.NET moves to open source community model

Fri, 20 Jul 2007 19:16:02 GMT

"As heralded previously, we are now ready to move to a new open source community model. While we at QUT will continue to be heavily involved in the project, we plan to transfer full control and ownership of the project to the open source community. To signify this new beginning, the new project will be named simply "Ruby.NET" (rather than "Gardens Point Ruby.NET") and a new licence agreement will be developed (by the community). A source code repository will be created external to QUT that will be directly assessable to developers in the community to make contributions."