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Microsoft deprecating Oracle client in Dot Net 4

Tue, 16 Jun 2009 21:30:00 GMT

Microsoft has announced through a blog that the ADO.NET 4 spec will mark the Oracle client as deprecated with plans for removal. They are also recommending that users go to a third party Oracle provider. Stop Helping the Competition? Wow, this will mark the first time an ADO.NET provider has been removed from the .Net framework. Is this a case of Microsoft trimming the fat, or pushing Oracle? I always thought it a bit of a free ride that Microsoft was helping Oracle by building their provider for them...

jQuery and Microsoft

Mon, 29 Sep 2008 02:01:02 GMT

ScottGu announce that Microsoft will be shipping jQuery with Visual Studio going forward. We will distribute the jQuery JavaScript library as-is, and will not be forking or changing the source from the main jQuery branch. The files will continue to use and ship under the existing jQuery MIT license.

MySQL versus SQL Server

Sat, 12 Jul 2008 04:16:02 GMT

"We were recently in a review where the ISV was using both SQL Server and MySQL. Of course working for Microsoft my first question was to ask why they had chosen to use MySQL."

55 Free High Quality Icon Sets

Mon, 07 Jul 2008 14:01:02 GMT

A lot of freebie icons. Another great article from Smashing Magazine

Microsoft cracking down on community extensions

Thu, 03 Jul 2008 23:01:02 GMT

Microsoft released a tool called Microsoft Source Analyzer, or StyleCop. It analyzes source code for standards violations. It's a 1.0 release, so it doesn't do some things ... like have a published API for custom rules or MSBuild integration. So the community dug in and figured out how to do these things and now MS is firing off license-violation emails. Don't they get it? The community wants to use the product, but it's too limited ... these extensions help make it better.

Using jQuery with ASP.NET MVC

Sat, 15 Dec 2007 00:01:02 GMT

For the sake of this article, I'm going to assume you're already at least basically familiar with jQuery. My goal here is not to teach how to use jQuery, but rather how jQuery might be used against the new ASP.NET 3.5 MVC Extensions. For this post, I'm going to work with the Edit In Place tutorial by Jack Born.

Sorting for Humans : Natural Sort Order

Thu, 13 Dec 2007 23:16:02 GMT

This is a good article on the importance of human-oriented sorting and difficulty in implementing such a routine succinctly it in .NET and LINQ.

XNA 2.0 has been Released

Fri, 14 Dec 2007 02:16:04 GMT

Well it has been a late night, early Morning, or a nice evening for some... but the XNA Game Studio 2.0 has finally been released.

If you attended an InstallFest -- VS2008Offer.com site is online!

Wed, 19 Dec 2007 21:46:04 GMT

The registration site to take your Trial version of VS2008 to Professional is now online (for those that registered and attended an InstallFest event)!

Dependency Injection Objection

Wed, 12 Dec 2007 03:01:04 GMT

"The amount of heat I anticipate receiving is so disproportional to the probable light gained that it makes me hesitate."

Programming is a Noble Profession, Be Proud, Be Strong

Sat, 15 Dec 2007 03:01:02 GMT

"No one will ever take you seriously unless you're willing to risk something to prove you're right." This post from Chad Myers hits the nail right on the head!

Microsoft Volta - oh my oh my

Fri, 21 Dec 2007 10:31:04 GMT

Microsoft uses the "live labs" to release all sorts of test balloons. Sometimes we get really nifty stuff like Photosynth or SeaDragon. Unfortunately, sometimes we get not so bright ideas like Volta. here is why..

More Silk-style icons

Tue, 04 Dec 2007 21:46:05 GMT

Everybody's heard of the fantastic silky-smooth "Silk Icons" set from FamFamFam. This new set complements that original 1,000 png icon set with over 450 more of the same for use in Windows or Web applications.

Extend your application by creating a Plugin System

Mon, 03 Dec 2007 07:31:05 GMT

A quick overview of a simple plug-in architecture to allow for future extensibility.

What's Ailing ASP.NET Web Forms

Sat, 01 Dec 2007 01:31:03 GMT

Rick Strahl summarises the disadvantages of the current ASP.NET WebForms model, and how the new ASP.NET MVC framework might address some of these issues.

Get a free copy Visual Studio 2008 Pro - REALLY!

Thu, 29 Nov 2007 00:46:03 GMT

Its not very straightforward and not everyone may be able to get it, but MS is going to give full Visual Studio 2008 Pro licenses to those who attend any of the events that it is organizing. Its that simple.

C# WebCam User Control

Wed, 28 Nov 2007 12:32:10 GMT

Control WebCams right from C#. The author of this post explains how, and even provides source code.

A Physics Engine for XNA, Silverlight and .NET

Tue, 27 Nov 2007 03:01:04 GMT

Farseer is a free 2D physics engine to use in your XNA, Silverlight or.NET projects. It allows you to easily add multiple collision algorithms as well as a number of dynamic interactions from joints to fluid drags.

Ruby.NET 0.9 released (first community OS version)

Sun, 25 Nov 2007 22:31:02 GMT

Ruby.NET is a compiler that translates Ruby source code into .NET intermediate code. They are close to a release (I think Msft licensed some of their code for IronRuby) and it might be worthwhile investigating if you can't wait for the DLR and IronRuby.

VisualSVN Server

Fri, 16 Nov 2007 22:31:11 GMT

The guys that already made VisualSVN, a plugin that integrates into Visual Studio and provides a way to manage your source code changes into Subversion, just realized VisualSVN Server.

Add automatic updates to your application

Thu, 15 Nov 2007 21:46:02 GMT

Automatic updates system for client-side, distributed applications.

Three CSS Roll Over Techniques You Might Not Know About

Tue, 13 Nov 2007 02:16:05 GMT

When it comes to rollover effects in web design the most common way to accomplish the effect has traditionally been with JavaScript. The reason this method is used so commonly is because it is simple to implement and, more importantly, avoids the "lag" on the first mouseover that comes when using a CSS background-image switch on an selector:hover rule due to the delay required to download the rollover image. One thing that a lot of people don't realize is that there are methods to accomplish this effect in CSS without the initial rollover lag.

Dean Edwards: Using Google To Serve Faster JavaScript

Fri, 09 Nov 2007 17:24:16 GMT

Cool idea for serving static website contents leveraging the power of Google network by hosting static files on a Google Code project Subversion's repository.

Procedural Trees in XNA

Fri, 09 Nov 2007 07:10:21 GMT

Klasker has released an awesome new library for generating procedural trees in XNA. This library should open up many possibilities for your games and will definately be of use to me.

"Click to Activate" in IE going away!

Fri, 09 Nov 2007 06:01:03 GMT

Update for IE to be included in Vista SP1, XP SP3 and standalone update available starting in December.