MVVM – Lambda vs INotifyPropertyChanged vs DependencyObject(blog.quantumbitdesigns.com)

submitted by QuantumBitDesigns(325) 2 years, 4 months ago

There have been plenty of complaints about INotifyPropertyChanged and how developers do not like using strings, etc. Last year several bloggers presented type-safe alternatives that used either reflection or lambda expressions. Many are quick to point out the poor performance (same for reflection). Unfortunately ‘poor performance’ says little about usefulness of an implementation. The performance needs to be quantified and compared against all implementations so that ‘poor’ can be put in perspective. Speed is not the only issue, as memory should be compared as well.... read more...

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Mindscape WPF Themes released(mindscape.co.nz)

submitted by traskjd(3229) 2 years, 5 months ago

Mindscape have released a suite of WPF themes to help developers deliver attractive applications faster than ever before. All source code is included so that UI tweaks can be made to create your own style or leave them as they are to have an Office 2007 style or Expression Blend look and feel. read more...

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Suspicious DNK Accounts(mattberseth.com)

submitted by jacook11(350) 3 years, 6 months ago

Conclusion There is an incentive for publishers that use DNK to setup phony accounts that will help get stories from certain domains on the front page. So guess what happens ... it would appear that a certain number of people are doing this. read more...

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Writing Visual Studio 2010 Shell In WPF Reflects Confidence(onedotnetway.com)

submitted by deepakkapoor(430) 3 years, 6 months ago

Since its inception as Avalon I have dedicated countless hours to the technology we now know as WPF. I can probably say that I am one of the few people who have worked on WPF at a commercial level at least in Australia. This is because the number of projects using WPF have been scarce. And I was fortunate to get involved because of my community work around WPF. I have also tried to convince clients to go with WPF as the preferred choice over Windows Forms. I will admit that I have not been very successful in doing this. The main reason I believe is that WPF has suffered with lack of confidence. While the push has been there from Microsoft, somehow it has not come across very well. We all know about demos about spinning text boxes and playing videos in buttons. These I must say have not conveyed the benefits of WPF to business gracefully. Even though Microsoft has used WPF for their Expression products, it just has not been enough. read more...

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WPF Toolkit adds Ribbon Control to .NET 3.5 SP1(pietschsoft.com)

submitted by crpietschmann(11.3k) 3 years, 6 months ago

The first release of the new WPF Toolkit was released today. This toolkit includes a new Ribbon control as well as the following: new WPF DataGrid, DatePicker/Calendar, and VisualStateManger. The coolest feature of this Toolkit (IMO) is the new Ribbon control. In .NET 4.0 there will be a ribbon control baked in, but thanks to the WPF Toolkit we have access to utilize the new Ribbon control today in WPF with .NET 3.5 SP1! read more...

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Updated WPFPerf Performance Profiling Tools for WPF(blogs.msdn.com)

submitted by wisemx(8074) 3 years, 8 months ago

The WPFPerf tool comprises of a suite of performance profiling tools that allow you to analyze the run-time behavior of your WPF application and point to potential performance bottlenecks. We now added some new functionality as well as given the tool a major facelift. Below are highlights for some of the exciting improvements that are included in this update. read more...

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Changing Your Garbage Collector Settings on the Fly(atalasoft.com)

submitted by Rickasaurus(1225) 3 years, 8 months ago

.NET 3.5 and 2.0 SP1 jointly included a new feature which lets you programmatically manipulate the way your garbage collector acts. This can be done through changing the value of a new property of the System.Runtime.GCSettings class named LatencyMode. In this article I will walk you through this new property and the different effects of each of it's possible settings. read more...

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The WPF ah-ha Moment(weblogs.asp.net)

submitted by ScottW(320) 3 years, 8 months ago

In nearly every bit of WPF training material or weblog there is some reference to the "ah-ha" moment. The point at which all the new concepts you've been learning gel into a cohesive unit. For me, that moment was one or two months after I started developing WPF in earnest (by which I mean for users other than myself). The task was to display two different indicators of a business metric, a green up arrow and a red down arrow. 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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Future Focus: Document Map Margin(blogs.msdn.com)

submitted by CharlieCalvert(7875) 3 years, 9 months ago

We are continuing our series of posts about proposed features for the next version of Visual Studio. This post focuses on a new feature called Document Map Margins (DMM). Developers frequently work with huge source files that are difficult to navigate. The proposed DMM feature is designed to make it easier for you to find and track important features in your code and to visualize the overall structure of your file. read more...

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ASP.NET gets no Respect(west-wind.com)

submitted by pstatho(670) 3 years, 9 months ago

Poor ASP.NET! Is it really that bad? I say No! read more...

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Visual Studio 2008 Service Pack 1(microsoft.com)

submitted by johnrummell(1321) 3 years, 9 months ago

It's finally here! I haven't seen an official announcement yet, but I did a search for "Visual Studio 2008 Service Pack 1" on Microsoft's Download Center and found the following downloads added today: Microsoft Visual Studio 2008 Service Pack 1 (exe) http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=fbee1648-7106-44a7-9649-6d9f6d58056e&DisplayLang=en Microsoft Visual Studio 2008 Service Pack 1 (iso) http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=27673c47-b3b5-4c67-bd99-84e525b5ce61&DisplayLang=en read more...

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How To Create a WPF Template For a Generic Class (dev102.com)

submitted by razamit(4566) 3 years, 9 months ago

Have you ever tried to create a DataTemplate for a Generic Class? Here is how you do it. read more...

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The Onion Architecture(jeffreypalermo.com)

submitted by terrble(1665) 3 years, 9 months ago

The fundamental rule is that all code can depend on layers more central, but code cannot depend on layers further out from the core. This architecture is unashamedly biased toward object-oriented programming, and it puts objects before all others. read more...

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25 Resources for Tuning Your .NET Application Performance(effectize.com)

submitted by Yura(995) 3 years, 10 months ago

A great list of resources, including MSDN links, guides, .NET blogs and how tos about improving .NET performance. read more...

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New C# and .NET oriented search engine(csharpsearch.com)

submitted by dhervieux(160) 3 years, 10 months ago

A new search engine is available. Created with the Google Custom Search you can: - Search in MSDN forums - Search in Microsoft newsgroup - Search in .NET related sites (including dotnetkicks.com) - Search in everywhere with the standard Google search - Find any .NET tools or components read more...

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