Introducing Wijmo, a feature-packed jQueryUI based widget library(codeclimber.net.nz)

submitted by simonech(10.1k) 2 months, 27 days ago

A introduction to Wijmo, a jQuery UI based component library, and the rational behind the decision of adopting it vs other component libraries read more...

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The importance of performance testing in a Windows Phone 7 application(codeclimber.net.nz)

submitted by simonech(10.1k) 1 year, 1 month ago

Simone Chiaretta highlights the importance of performance testing your applications on the Windows Phone 7 platform (where devices are not as powerful as desktops and server), illustrating with an example of an issue which caused him performance problems. read more...

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Lucene.Net needs your help (or it will die)(codeclimber.net.nz)

submitted by simonech(10.1k) 1 year, 6 months ago

The Apache Foundation wants to kill Lucene.net. If you use it please chime in and help. This post explains a bit more in detail why this is happening read more...

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Hand picked sessions from PDC2010(codeclimber.net.nz)

submitted by simonech(10.1k) 1 year, 6 months ago

If you are not living under a rock, probably you know that yesterday (October 28th) the PDC2010 started. If you missed the keynote of PCD 2010 here is a brief description of what I found interesting, the links to sessions I consider to be interesting (at least for me) and some considerations about SL vs HTML5. read more...

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Has Visual Studio caused the end of The World yet?(stevenharman.net)

submitted by ussherm(5285) 2 years, 3 months ago

If this error dialog is any indication... read more...

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Context and Best Practices(www.lostechies.com)

submitted by ussherm(5285) 2 years, 4 months ago

The Right Way versus the Better Way; Default Architectures; Starting Small read more...

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Best of 2009: the 5 most popular posts(codeclimber.net.nz)

submitted by simonech(10.1k) 2 years, 4 months ago

Simone looks at the last year's stats and lists the most popular posts we wrote in 2009. And also writes his overall top 10 read more...

1 comment |category: MVC |Views: 527

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Thoughts on ASP.NET MVP – A Framework That Wants To Be MVC(blog.wekeroad.com)

submitted by simonech(10.1k) 2 years, 4 months ago

Rob Conery discusses again why ASP.NET MVC matters now, and how (and why) the concept of productivity changed over the years. read more...

3 comments |category: MVC |Views: 391

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OMG, Better Rake (for .net)!(stevenharman.net)

submitted by ussherm(5285) 2 years, 6 months ago

If you ask me, when it comes tools for writing automated build scripts nothing packs more bang for the buck than Rake. Until recently, using Rake to build .net solutions required a magic concoction of hacked together scripts which rarely exhibited Ruby’s appreciation for beauty nor Rake’s spirit of simplicity. ... and then came Albacore... read more...

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Reading Code is Key to Writing Good Code(stevenharman.net)

submitted by ussherm(5285) 2 years, 6 months ago

Software product development is a creative activity taking place in the midst of that complex and adaptive world. So let's take a page from other creative professions (musicians, artists, etc.) and study the work of others, both within and outside our field, to help improve our own work. read more...

1 comment |category: Other |Views: 541

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How to create a DropDownList with ASP.NET MVC(codeclimber.net.nz)

submitted by simonech(10.1k) 2 years, 8 months ago

The DropDownList html helper differs a bit from the standard Html helper methods, and, not surprisingly, the way it works is one of the questions I get asked the most. So in this post Simone dissects this helper method, and shows you how to use it. read more...

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Beginning ASP.NET MVC 1.0 – Finally Available(nayyeri.net)

submitted by simonech(10.1k) 2 years, 9 months ago

Kevan announces the availability of the book Beginning ASP.NET MVC by Wrox, and explains in details the contents of the book and the level it is targeting read more...

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LINQ is not LINQ To SQL(codethinked.com)

submitted by simonech(10.1k) 2 years, 10 months ago

Justin writes about a frequent misconception about LINQ: LINQ is not just LINQ to SQL, but it's a general purpose query language read more...

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Ajax survey 2009: jQuery and MS Ajax are almost tied(codeclimber.net.nz)

submitted by simonech(10.1k) 2 years, 11 months ago

Simone posts the results of the survey about ajax adoption among .NET developers. jQuery gained 58% since 2007 and now is almost tied to the MS Ajax stack (Control toolkit and ajax core) read more...

6 comments |category: AJAX |Views: 326

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Being Lazy with Rake(stevenharman.net)

submitted by ussherm(5285) 2 years, 11 months ago

Stop working so hard. Let Rake do the menial stuff for you! read more...

add a comment |category: Tips & Tricks |Views: 15

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Toward a Better Use of Context/Specification(stevenharman.net)

submitted by ussherm(5285) 2 years, 11 months ago

have you hand-rolled your own base class for your Context/Specification style specs? Curious whats different between a Context/Specification base class and a typical unit testing base class? read on... read more...

add a comment |category: Unit Testing |Views: 40

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