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Don't use foreach and for loops in .NET

Mon, 24 Jan 2011 14:27:34 GMT

This article explains various loops and their execution timings. 1. foreach loop vs for loop. 1. foreach loop vs while loop.

Entity Framework: Intro to Database First Design

Tue, 18 Jan 2011 14:41:36 GMT

Taking a look at how to use the Entity Framework via its database first design concepts. When building out an application which is based off of the Entity framework you have multiple options, you can either build your model off of your existing database or build your database of your existing model. This episode will explore how you start with your existing database and build your entity model.

Top 6 Coding Standards & Guideline Documents For C#/.NET Developers

Tue, 16 Nov 2010 12:30:44 GMT

Some time back, I collated a list of 7 Must Read, Free EBooks for .NET Developers, and a lot of people found it useful. So, I thought about putting together my "Top 6" list of Coding Standard guidelines/checklists for .NET /C# developers as well...They are useful not just from a review perspective - going through these documents can definitely help you and me to iron out few hidden glitches we might have in the programming portion of our brain. So, here we go, the listing is not in any specific order.

5 Reasons to be Excited about ASP.NET MVC 3

Wed, 13 Oct 2010 13:30:52 GMT

It's already been 6 months since ASP.NET MVC 2 was released and version 3 is already taking shape. I, personally, am thrilled about that because this version seems to put ASP.NET MVC, in terms of maturity and functionality, on the first line along with other MVC frameworks out there like RoR. I've put together 5 main reasons why I'm excited about this upcoming version. What about you?

Order in Chaos: .NET Collections - Arik Poznanski's Blog

Fri, 08 Oct 2010 14:15:51 GMT

Order in Chaos: .NET Collections This is a review of the current available collection types in .NET Framework 4.0 Note that I don't plan to explain all the history of the different collection. If a class is obsolete, that is enough information. The intention is to use this post as a reference when you need to decide which type of collection you should use. Also, I'm not going to give the complexity of each function. You can find such information in the relevant class documentation on MSDN. Anywa...

Technical Debt Is Like Your Friend, The Mafia Bookie

Wed, 06 Oct 2010 14:15:52 GMT

You've known the guy for years. he's your friend and you've never had any troubles in spite of his job. Then one day, you're hard up for some money to pay rent or get a car repair done. Fortunately your friend is there to help. In spite of your misgivings about taking money from him, he assures you that it's just a friendly loan between people that have known each other for years. It has nothing to do with his professional life, he says. In fact, it was such a small amount of money that he may not even ask you to repay it. You can relax knowing that it's not a big deal and you took care of your needs.

Five Must Have Tools for MVC Developers

Tue, 28 Sep 2010 17:15:52 GMT

5 Must have tools for MVC developers

Are you a project manager? You may need this opensource scrum tools.

Mon, 20 Sep 2010 05:10:33 GMT

We identified 5 best opensource Scrum tools to monitor and track the projects. As Agile methodology is used in most of the projects, expertise in opensource Scrum tools is a must.

.NET 4 Design Guidelines- Classes vs. Structures

Wed, 15 Sep 2010 13:30:52 GMT

My goal is to cover some .NET 4 Platform features through a series of 'guideline' type entries demonstrating some new and existing functionality. In this first entry, I have seen both classes and structures used throughout applications. The following is meant to describe and explain good design considerations.

Easy Email Templates in .NET with FluentEmail

Mon, 13 Sep 2010 18:45:52 GMT

How to send emails using a HTML Template and FluentEmail in C#.NET

Why add Automated Error Reporting to your program?

Sat, 04 Sep 2010 23:15:52 GMT

3 reasons why you should add Automated Error Reporting to your application.

ScottGu: Introducing "Razor" - a new view engine for ASP.NET

Mon, 05 Jul 2010 16:30:51 GMT

"ASP.NET MVC has always supported the concept of "view engines" - which are the pluggable modules that implement different template syntax options. The "default" view engine for ASP.NET MVC today uses the same .aspx/.ascx/.master file templates as ASP.NET Web Forms. Other popular ASP.NET MVC view engines used today include Spark and NHaml. The new view-engine option we've been working on is optimized around HTML generation using a code-focused templating approach. The codename for this new view engine is "Razor", and we'll be shipping the first public beta of it shortly."

Popular .NET Web Content Management Systems (CMS) - Open Source

Thu, 08 Jul 2010 02:15:52 GMT

Here are some good Open Source ASP.NET Web CMS that are popular in the community

IIS Express

Thu, 01 Jul 2010 14:15:51 GMT

If like me you are sick to death of Cassini (whats that then? its the built in web server that visual studio uses) and also sick to death of playing around with IIS 7 then relief is at hand.

5 jQuery Calendar Plugins that can be used on Websites

Tue, 06 Jul 2010 18:00:51 GMT

Online calendars can be very useful to share and publish your schedules. One of the most common requests I receive from my jQuery readers is for of a good, free-to-use, jQuery Calendar control, similar to the Google Calendar, which can be added to a website or blog. Here are some of the freely available jQuery Calendar plugins, worth trying out

5 Tips to get the most out of your coding time

Thu, 11 Mar 2010 18:00:00 GMT

I remember seeing an add from Microsoft I believe for hiring programmers and the jist of it was "We give you an office with a door". Why you might wonder?

.NET Generics - What's all the fuzz about?!

Tue, 09 Mar 2010 22:14:44 GMT

The .NET Framework provides some pretty neat possibilities with generic classes. This small blog post takes a beginners look at the subject.

ASMX ScriptService mistake: Installation and configuration

Tue, 09 Mar 2010 19:30:00 GMT

Continuing my series of posts about ASMX services and JSON, this post will cover two common mistakes that plague the process of getting a project's first ASMX ScriptService working: Installing System.Web.Extensions into the GAC and configuring your web.config.

Disable All or Selective Controls on a Page using jQuery

Thu, 04 Mar 2010 15:45:00 GMT

Disabling controls on a Page using jQuery is a cakewalk, thanks to the wonderful Selector API. Here's an example.

Rounded Corners with the Cornerz jQuery plugin

Sun, 28 Feb 2010 15:00:00 GMT

I found a useful plugin to create rounded corners with ease. The output looked consistent in most of the latest browsers I tested it on. Here's a post introducing you to the plugin

Stored Procedure Optimization Tips - Best Practices

Thu, 18 Feb 2010 06:45:06 GMT

Key Points discussed in the articles are : 1. Include SET NOCOUNT ON statement 2. Use schema name with object name 3. Do not use the prefix "sp_" in the stored procedure name 4. Use IF EXISTS (SELECT 1) instead of (SELECT *) 5. Try to avoid using SQL Server cursors whenever possible 6. Keep the Transaction as short as possible 7. Use TRY-Catch for error handling

Dynamic option-elements in ASP.NET select

Thu, 11 Feb 2010 11:45:45 GMT

I'm a n00b .NET programmer which has started the transition fra classic ASP to ASP.NET. I've started a blog where I document the problems I encounter and how I solved them. This first post is about dynamically creating the option elements ind a select box.

First look at C# .Net 4.0: Optional and Named Parameters

Wed, 10 Feb 2010 19:52:02 GMT

With the Release Candidate of Visual Studio 2010 released this week and an official release slated for April, I thought I'd take some time and explore some of the new features we'll be working with in C# 4.0. So over the course of a couple of weeks I expect to be posting my thoughts and findings on each, starting with Optional and Named parameters.

Creating a monster: The DataTable meets dynamic

Tue, 09 Feb 2010 13:40:12 GMT

In this article I combine the good old DataTable with the new fancy dynamic types found in .Net 4. The result is a terrible monster, but a fun one!

Query Optimization - Interesting Observation of Compute Scalar before

Mon, 08 Feb 2010 07:30:09 GMT

SQL SERVER - Stream Aggregate Showplan Operator - Reason of Compute Scalar before Stream Aggregate February 5, 2010 by pinaldave | Edit I keep a check on the questions received from my readers; when any question crosses my threshold, I surely try to blog about it online. Stream Aggregate is a quite commonly encountered showplan operator. I have often found it in very simple COUNT(*) operation's execution plan. If you like to read an official note on the subject, you can read the same on Book Online over here. The Stream Aggregate operator groups rows by one or more columns and then calculates one or more aggregate expressions returned by the query. Click more for further story.