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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.

Performance Optimizations Made By JavaScript Minimizers

Thu, 21 Jan 2010 12:06:37 GMT

In the first post about JavaScript compression and the different levels supported by the three major competitors in the JavaScript minimization, obfuscation, and optimization tools space. I the article I discussed which tool provided the best compression in regards to the resulting byte count. And found that Google took the over all crown with Microsoft following very closely behind. This post will look at the performance optimizations made to the code, after it is run through the JavaScript Minimizers

Yahoo YUI Compressor vs. MS AJAX Minifier vs. Google Closure Compiler

Wed, 20 Jan 2010 15:00:00 GMT

A while back, YUI Compressor was king of the hill, and for the most part the only game in town that was really designed for production use. Since then a number of new competitors have been released by Google and Microsoft, and Nick Berardi checks out how they stacked up against the YUI Compressor.

Lightweight Task Scheduling Library for .NET / Silverlight

Mon, 11 Jan 2010 10:50:41 GMT

A lightweight task scheduling library that allows you to easily schedule the invocation of callback methods at specified times or intervals. Supports both .NET 3.5 and Silverlight.

.NET Serialization Performance Comparison

Sat, 02 Jan 2010 12:00:01 GMT

Comparing the speed and output of the different serializers available in .NET with the latest version of Json.NET.

Free EBook for Developing High Quality Applications using .NET

Wed, 23 Dec 2009 19:30:00 GMT

The Microsoft Application Architecture Guide, 2nd Edition is a Must Have EBook for Developers and Solution Architects

6 Of My Favorite Visual Studio Shortcuts

Mon, 21 Dec 2009 13:30:01 GMT

A few of my favorite Visual Studio Shortcuts to make my life and yours just a bit easier!

5 Very Useful C# Attributes

Thu, 17 Dec 2009 16:30:09 GMT

A look at some of the useful attributes in c#

ARCast.TV - Rocky Lhotka on Development Frameworks

Thu, 17 Dec 2009 20:15:04 GMT

It is difficult to strike a balance between the optimal architecture and over architecting a solution. Joe Shirey sits down with Rocky Lhotka , the creator of the CSLA.NET framework, to discuss how he balances what should and should not be in his framework.

PDC09 - Session Video & PPT List by Greg Duncan

Tue, 01 Dec 2009 21:45:01 GMT

Greg Duncan has cleverly put together a page that lists the PDC09 sessions with links to videos and PowerPoint's. Way to go Greg!

A generic way to find ASP.NET ClientIDs with jQuery

Thu, 15 Oct 2009 13:15:00 GMT

ASP.NET ClientIDs and NamingContainer naming are a nuisance when working with jQuery as these long IDs complicate finding elements on the page. In this post I show a very simple way to retrieve munged ClientIDs by just their ID names with a small helper function that still returns the jQuery wrapped set.

Velocity Administration Console

Tue, 23 Jun 2009 10:07:38 GMT

Lately I've been working on a small administration console project for Microsoft project code named Velocity. If you don't know, Velocity's administration is being done with PowerShell. I decided to build a console that will do the same thing but in Windows Forms.

Common Logging 2.0 has been released

Wed, 13 May 2009 18:17:51 GMT

The 2nd version of the "ultra-thin brigde between different .NET logging implementations" Common.Logging has been released and is free for download. Among various imporvments it features Lambda syntax for logging and Bi-directional log event routing between logging implementations.

Generate custom LINQ-to-SQL Classes yourself with help of T4 Templates

Wed, 06 May 2009 05:01:02 GMT

This video shows how to generate custom LINQ-To-SQL Classes with help of the Open-Source Project T4 Toolbox and the new T4 Editor developed by tangible-engineering. Generating Custom LINQ-To-SQL Classes allows you to fully customize the code e.g. in order to add spezial serialisation or IUpdatebale support.

Installation and Configuration of Microsoft Velocity

Thu, 19 Mar 2009 14:01:18 GMT

David walks us through how to install and configure Microsoft Velocity.

A lap around MIX09 keynote announcements

Thu, 19 Mar 2009 00:31:09 GMT

Simone collects all the big announcements from MIX09 and provides links to get deeper into the new stuff

How .NET Regular Expressions Really Work

Mon, 16 Mar 2009 20:46:04 GMT

A very deep dive into the source code for how .NET Regular Expressions really work

Web Service Optimization

Thu, 19 Mar 2009 13:16:04 GMT

This article gives you 10 tips to optimize web services.

Memory Leak with delegates and workflow foundation

Sat, 14 Mar 2009 13:41:01 GMT

EventHandlers are bi-directional strong ref. Unless they are released properly, they hold reference to objects. Then there's the anonymous delegate holding reference to outside objects problem. See how I diagnosed such leaks and fixed them.

Optimize ASP.NET Membership Stored Procedures for greater speed and sc

Sat, 14 Mar 2009 22:16:02 GMT

ASP.NET Membership stored proc are not fine tuned for high load. So, under heavy load - the major tables like aspnet_Users and aspnet_Membership produces lock contention and transaction deadlocks. Learn how to solve this.

Exponentially Improve Performance to Start ASP.net 2.0, 3.0, 3.5 Debug

Fri, 06 Mar 2009 18:46:05 GMT

Stop the waiting when debugging your ASP.Net Web Applications! Here's a complete RAM Disk solution to save your sanity.

A New Look for Visual Studio 2010!

Wed, 25 Feb 2009 03:46:02 GMT

At the PDC and TechEd EMEA last year we described our new editor support built on the WPF technology in .NET Framework 4.0. Today I'm happy to reveal the new UI for Visual Studio, also built on WPF:

How to only display "This Week" items in a SharePoint List

Tue, 24 Feb 2009 23:08:23 GMT

I have a SharePoint list and would like to create a view that shows me all the items that are modified in this week. SharePoint views can be filtered, so I thought this wouldn't be a big deal. Unfortunatly.

Windows SharePoint Services - first setup

Tue, 24 Feb 2009 19:12:09 GMT

A simple guide on how to setup Windows SharePoint Services for the first time

A cool puzzle game for programmers, written in Silverlight

Tue, 24 Feb 2009 22:31:13 GMT

The goal of the game is to program a robot to pick up stars. The puzzles are submitted by other users, and ranked by difficulty based on votes.