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#Nose 1.1

Thu, 29 Apr 2010 06:07:05 GMT

#Nose is just like Python-Nose test discovery tool for .NET: Automating unit test run in a specific directory using simple command line tool.

Say Goodbye to NAnt and MSBuild With IronRuby

Thu, 29 Apr 2010 06:45:52 GMT

Tired of writing tons of XML in order to create automated .NET builds? Well, look no further... IronRuby, Rake, and Albacore are here to rescue you!

Handle JSON Exceptions Gracefully in ASP.NET MVC 2

Mon, 26 Apr 2010 11:15:52 GMT

The following article demonstrates how to handle exceptions gracefully when calling Ajax methods using ASP.NET MVC 2.

[Mono-list] Announcing DbLinq 0.20.1

Wed, 21 Apr 2010 11:45:00 GMT

An open source implementation of Linq2SQL that runs against most popular databases.

Microsoft Will Contribute to the Development of the jQuery JavaScript

Thu, 18 Mar 2010 09:10:17 GMT

[...] Scott Guthrie announced that Microsoft is investing resources to contribute to the development of the jQuery JavaScript Library to help improve the development process of standards-based Web applications. [...] In addition, Microsoft will actively promote and distribute versions of the jQuery JavaScript Library by packaging it with popular products such as Microsoft Visual Studio 2010 and ASP.NET MVC 2

ASP.NET MVC 2 Released

Thu, 18 Mar 2010 11:00:00 GMT

Today Scott Guthrie announced on his blog the release of ASP.NET MVC 2.

PlantUML Editor: A fast and simple UML editor using WPF

Tue, 16 Mar 2010 14:45:00 GMT

A WPF client to design UML diagrams at the speed of coding. Forget all mouse based designers. This is the future of UML diagram design.

Clone a project on Codeplex to your own Codeplex repo (ala Github)

Wed, 03 Mar 2010 03:51:26 GMT

Github and Bitbucket allow you to clone a repository from inside the site. Codeplex doesn't offer that just yet but there is an alternative.

Announcing: TinyIoC - An Easy to Use, Hassle Free, Inversion of

Tue, 02 Mar 2010 06:00:34 GMT

Announcing TinyIoC - an easy to use, hassle free, Inversion of Control Container. TinyIoC has been designed to fulfil a single key requirement - to lower the "level of entry" for using an IoC container; both for small projects, and developers who are new to IoC who might be "scared" of the "big boys"!

The Kayak Framework: An easy way to speak HTTP with .NET

Sat, 27 Feb 2010 16:30:00 GMT

Kayak is a lightweight HTTP server for the CLR, and the Kayak Framework is a utility for mapping HTTP requests to C# method invocations.

Ninject 2.0 Released!

Fri, 26 Feb 2010 12:45:01 GMT

Nate Kohari announces the release of Ninject 2.0, and welcomes Ian Davis as co-maintainer of the project.

PostSharp Going Commercial. Introducing Commercial.

Thu, 25 Feb 2010 15:00:00 GMT

Gael Fraiteur warmly thanks the PostSharp community for its support and announces the launch of SharpCrafters, the new company behind PostSharp. He explains the reasons behinds this choice and the new licensing/pricing model.

Sharpy - an ASP.NET MVC view engine based on Smarty

Mon, 22 Feb 2010 12:29:06 GMT

Are you also one of those ASP.NET MVC developers who prefer a different view engine than the default Webforms view engine available? You tried Spark, NHaml, .? If you are familiar with the PHP world as well, chances are you know Smarty, a great engine for creating views that can easily be read and understood by both developers and designers. And here's the good news: Sharpy provides the same syntax for ASP.NET MVC!

AutoMapper: the Object-Object Mapper

Thu, 18 Feb 2010 19:17:39 GMT

Awesome framework for mapping between software layers (DAL, Object Model, Presentation Model)

F# book

Wed, 17 Feb 2010 08:19:49 GMT

An excellent resource for learning F#

Ramblings on Windows Mobile 7 Development

Wed, 17 Feb 2010 05:30:35 GMT

Ramblings on Windows Mobile 7, Microsoft, and possible future development.

60+ .Net libraries every developer should know about

Wed, 17 Feb 2010 12:45:03 GMT

Every good developer knows never to re-invent the wheel, especially if there is software out there that has been tested by others, and has an established track record. As a developer using the .NET framework I've found some of these libraries invaluable, so I'm sharing them for some of the other dev's out there with a brief outline of how to use.

Buy Anders' Pascal 4 dev laptop

Wed, 17 Feb 2010 07:30:03 GMT

Ebay auction for Anders Hejlsberg's (lead architect at MS on the .NET platform) old laptop on which he developed Turbo Pascal 4. Proceeds go towards Haiti relief. Pretty damn cool, and (at least right now) cheap!

Learning resources for F#

Fri, 12 Feb 2010 10:13:57 GMT

I put together a list of tutorials I found very helpful

Deep Fried Bytes 44: Soft Skills Every Developer Needs w/ Brian Prince

Wed, 10 Feb 2010 13:33:12 GMT

According to Wikipedia the definition for Soft skills is a sociological term relating to a person's EQ (Emotional Intelligence Quotient), the cluster of personality traits, social graces, communication, language, personal habits, friendliness, and optimism that characterize relationships with other people. Soft skills complement hard skills (part of a person's IQ), which are the occupational requirements of a job and many other activities.In this episode, In this episode Keith and Woody sat down with Brian Prince, Developer/Architect Evangelist for Microsoft, to discuss the soft skills developers and software engineers need. Brian has been speaking at conferences about soft skills for many years. In true Deep Fried fashion this show is chalk full of stories. The guys discuss tips for handling one's career as well as life work balance, sales and communication.

Top Podcasts for .NET Developers

Wed, 10 Feb 2010 11:29:58 GMT

Stefano Ricciardi's personal hit parade of podcasts for .NET developers.

C# 4.0 New Features, Videos, Articles and Books

Mon, 08 Feb 2010 15:45:00 GMT

I was collecting some learning material on C# 4.0 and stumbled across some useful videos, articles and documents available on C# 4.0. I am just listing a few of them. Check them out!

ASP.NET MVC 2 - ScottGu's Blog

Fri, 15 Jan 2010 15:45:00 GMT

Over the last six months the ASP.NET team has been steadily releasing preview, then beta, and now release candidate builds of ASP.NET MVC 2. Given that the final release is not too far away, I thought it was a good time to start a new multi-part ASP.NET MVC 2 blog series that discusses the new features and how best to take advantage of them.

Visual Studio 2010 Tip of the Day Returns!

Wed, 13 Jan 2010 15:45:04 GMT

Sara Ford passes the torch on to Zain Naboulsi: The plan is to have a tip a day posted on this blog with a few extra items thrown in for good measure. What you will see is a healthy mix of new tips in Visual Studio 2010 and some of the old favorites as well (tested to make sure they still work). To be absolutely clear: These are Visual Studio 2010 Tips and Tricks so what you will see are the details on how to leverage old and new content with our latest product.

How to not suck at a techincal interview

Wed, 13 Jan 2010 21:00:03 GMT

CORRECT LINK THIS TIME. Tips to improve your marketability during a technical interview. Mostly a rant :)