5:01 developers are visionless hacks(debuggerdotbreak.wordpress.com)

submitted by JudahGabriel(814) 1 month, 7 days ago

5:01 developers -- those developers who punch out at 5:01 and never think about technology again until 9am, the people who don't read programming blogs or attempt to advance their craft, these developers have neither vision for technology, nor ambition in their field. Where the 501 Manifesto errs. read more...

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Opened web FTW! How I used opened APIs to build a beautiful HTML5 app(debuggerdotbreak.wordpress.com)

submitted by JudahGabriel(814) 3 months, 10 days ago

It’s a great time to be a web developer. HTML5, KnockoutJS, MVC3, RavenDB, and opened web APIs and services like Google Docs, IfThisThenThat, and RSS are combined to build a beautiful, useful web app. The opened web is coming to fruition. read more...

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The Sick, Sad State of Windows Apps(debuggerdotbreak.wordpress.com)

submitted by JudahGabriel(814) 5 months, 24 days ago

People are afraid to install Windows apps. Windows app development is becoming irrelevant. Here's why, and how to fix it in Windows 8. read more...

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The bell tolls for Flash, and Silverlight isn't far behind(debuggerdotbreak.wordpress.com)

submitted by JudahGabriel(814) 6 months, 13 days ago

Flash and Silverlight developers: now is the time to reinvest your skills in another platform. The Great Browser Plugin War of the 21st century has come to a close, and the plugins have lost. Long live HTML5. read more...

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Building a Pandora clone in Silverlight 4(www.codeproject.com)

submitted by JudahGabriel(814) 1 year, 6 months ago

Shows how to build a clone of the popular music site Pandora using Silverlight 4. read more...

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FxCop 1.36 released(blogs.msdn.com)

submitted by JudahGabriel(814) 3 years, 9 months ago

Microsoft released FxCop v1.36, the tool that helps find place in your code where you're breaking with standards. FxCop is also useful for finding bugs, for example, incorrect implementations of IDisposable. read more...

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Lutz Reflector now owned by Red Gate(simple-talk.com)

submitted by JudahGabriel(814) 3 years, 9 months ago

Lutz Reflector, the free .NET disassembler every developer developer should have, has been purchased by Red Gate software. Red Gate has stated they will continue to provide the tool for free. read more...

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Using WinForms to build a sexy WMP 11 look-alike(componentfactory.com)

submitted by JudahGabriel(814) 3 years, 11 months ago

Windows Forms doesn't get a lot of attention these days thanks to WPF, but you can still do some pretty amazing things with it. I used the free WinForms Krypton Toolkit to build a sleek-looking Windows Media Player 11 look alike. read more...

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The insanely scalable ReaderWriterGate lock(msdn2.microsoft.com)

submitted by JudahGabriel(814) 4 years, 1 month ago

Wintellect's Jeffrey Richter, the Win32 threading guru, has written a library containing a new kind of lock: the ReaderWriterGate. Unlike other locks, this lock is highly scalable and fast with very few thread context switches. Works well with ASP.NET web apps as well. read more...

4 comments |category: C# |Views: 78

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Bill Gates last day at MS - video from CES 2008(gizmodo.com)

submitted by JudahGabriel(814) 4 years, 4 months ago

A humorous look at the geek who's run MS for decades as he gears up for retirement. Appearances by U2's Bono, actor George Clooney, directory Steven Spielberg, rapper Jay-Z, and others. read more...

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Microsoft Volta redefines web development(blogs.msdn.com)

submitted by JudahGabriel(814) 4 years, 5 months ago

Microsoft's Wes Dyer shows you how to take your plain C# code and make Volta divide it into server and client, and spit out cross-browser compatible Javascript that runs in regular old browsers. read more...

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F# to become 1st class .NET language(blogs.msdn.com)

submitted by JudahGabriel(814) 4 years, 7 months ago

F#, the functional programming language born from ML and incubated by Microsoft Research,, is ready for prime time. Full Visual Studio support, a commercial development team, official support, the whole bit. F# becomes the first functional language to get 1st class support on the CLR. read more...

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Programming in the Age of Concurrency (C9 video)(channel9.msdn.com)

submitted by JudahGabriel(814) 4 years, 7 months ago

C# creator Anders Hejlsberg and Parallel LINQ architect Joe Duffy talk about ParallelFx: the .NET library that helps developers more easily write parallel programs to take advantage of the multiple cores in today's machines. read more...

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Microsoft Acropolis CTP released for Orcas(microsoft.com)

submitted by JudahGabriel(814) 4 years, 11 months ago

.NET desktop client apps unite! Microsoft Code Name “Acropolis” is a set of components and tools intended to make it easier for developers to build and deploy .NET client apps. read more...

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Microsoft Surface is built with .NET 3 + WPF(weblogs.asp.net)

submitted by JudahGabriel(814) 4 years, 11 months ago

Scott Guthrie reveals on his blog that the amazing, futuristic Microsoft Surface appliance uses .NET 3 and WPF under the hood. (However, the Surface website is built with Flash instead of Silverlight. :-)) read more...

2 comments |category: Windows Presentation Foundation |Views: 11

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ScottGu on extension methods in C# 3 and VB 9(weblogs.asp.net)

submitted by JudahGabriel(814) 5 years, 2 months ago

Scott provides numerous examples of extension methods and how they are useful when dealing with in-memory data, XML data, and database data. read more...

1 comment |category: C# |Views: 12

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