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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Why I'm Unimpressed With Rawness Of Skillz(jondavis.net)

submitted by stimpy77(1271) 3 years, 9 months ago

Since forever, geeks who take themselves seriously have loved to brag such things as, "I use Notepad to edit web pages". Carrying this over to actual programming, "I never click into the designer when editing my ASPX", or "I never design a database using designer tools, I always design it all using raw T-SQL," or "I always update my SVN from the command line". (Someone in a local tech user group bears the post signature, "Real men use Notepad.") Puhleeze. I'm not impressed, and frankly I think anyone who brags like this should get a swift kick in the pants. read more...

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Forgot that connection string?(connectionstrings.com)

submitted by ccook(320) 3 years, 10 months ago

Provides connection strings to many databases by many methods. An essential reference. 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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Is Managed Code Slower Than Unmanaged Code?(grimes.demon.co.uk)

submitted by terrble(1665) 3 years, 10 months ago

Ask anyone the question above and they will say that managed is slower than unmanaged code. Are they right? No they are not. The problem is that when most people think of .NET they think of other frameworks with a runtime, like Java or Visual Basic; or they may even think about interpreters. They do not think about applications, or what they do; they do not think about limiting factors like network or disk access; in short, they do not think. read more...

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Update to: Microsoft cracking down on community extensions(lovethedot.blogspot.com)

submitted by Ragoczy(655) 3 years, 10 months ago

The original story (http://www.dotnetkicks.com/csharp/Microsoft_cracking_down_on_community_extensions) got quite a bit of traffic from here. There've been some clarifications and updates from Microsoft and the StyleCop team that, I think, make their position clear and reasonable -- also, the original how-to that had been taken down "at Microsoft's request" is back up. A lot of people kicked the original story, so I hope you'll all take the opportunity to read Microsoft's responses and give them fair consideration. 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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Learning To Drive a Stick Shift(codingthewheel.com)

submitted by terrble(1665) 3 years, 10 months ago

Ruby. Java. C#. VB.NET. And yes, even Haskell. Whatever you program in: C++ will make you better at it. read more...

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Evolution of C# delegate syntax from .NET 1.x to 3.5(silverlighthack.com)

submitted by rev4bart(420) 3 years, 10 months ago

Evolution of C# delegate syntax from C# 1 - C# 3. read more...

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Meet the C# 4.0 team(blogs.msdn.com)

submitted by yesthatmcgurk(4063) 3 years, 10 months ago

... and some dude from the VB team. Anders and the guys in room 2543, building 41 (where C# was born) talk about the new features that will be in the next version of C#. I so wanted to blogspam this one. Enjoy your direct link. read more...

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What you don't know about Copy & Paste in Visual Studio(vkreynin.wordpress.com)

submitted by vkreynin(1424) 3 years, 10 months ago

This post explains how to use clipboard ring and some other tricks with Ctrl-C/Ctrl-X. read more...

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Captcha the Flag(jeffblankenburg.com)

submitted by pmontgomery(125) 3 years, 10 months ago

Jeff Blankenburg shows what Microsoft has up its sleeve for a new generation of CAPTCHA. read more...

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IE on Acid (flickr.com)

submitted by mdopp(856) 3 years, 10 months ago

Cool wallpaper for those who like IE. more.. read more...

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Jump between braces in Visual Studio.(vkreynin.wordpress.com)

submitted by vkreynin(1424) 3 years, 10 months ago

Move fast between open and close braces. No more scrolling to find beginning of that illusive if statement. read more...

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Foundation of Programming FREE EBook - CodeBetter.Com(codebetter.com)

submitted by crpietschmann(11.3k) 3 years, 10 months ago

The Foundation Of Programming Series Free ebook By Karl Seguin read more...

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The Weird And Wonderful World Of Extension Methods in C#(gen5.info)

submitted by paul_houle(435) 3 years, 10 months ago

Extension methods are the most controversial feature that Microsoft has introduced in C# 3.0. Introduced to support the LINQ query framework, extension methods make it possible to define new methods for existing classes. Although extension methods can greatly simplify code that uses them, many are concerned that they could transform C# into something that programmers find unrecognizable, or that C#’s namespace mechanisms are inadequate for managing large systems that use extension methods. Adoption of the LINQ framework, however, means that extension methods are here to stay, and that .net programmers need to understand how to use them effectively, and, in particular, how extension methods are different from regular methods. read more...

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