Developer Productivity Tools and Visual Studio Extensions(www.mehdi-khalili.com)

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Mehdi Khalili shares what's in his toolbox for Visual Studio. It's a curated list of some of the best productivity boosters available. read more...

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Ten features I like about Coffeescript(openmymind.net)

submitted by dpeterson(4397) 10 days, 23 hours ago

Karl Seguin shares ten features he likes in Coffeescript. A great list for anyone learning Coffeescript, or anyone who isn't yet familiar with Coffeescript. read more...

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EF5 Release Candidate Now Available(blogs.msdn.com)

submitted by dpeterson(4397) 10 days, 23 hours ago

The release candidate for Entity Framework 5.0 is now available on Codeplex. There have been several new improvements since beta 2. read more...

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Introducing: Workspace Reloader by Scott Hansleman(www.hanselman.com)

submitted by dpeterson(4397) 23 days, 23 hours ago

Scott Hansleman has thrown together a nifty Visual Studio extension that allows you to reload your workspace without losing all your open windows. Very handy for anyone using distributed version control with Visual Studio. read more...

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Persisting Enumeration Classes with nHibernate(lostechies.com)

submitted by dpeterson(4397) 25 days, 22 hours ago

Jimmy Bogard shares an example of persisting enumeration classes to the database, and reading them back out with the correct representation. read more...

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Compilify: Compile and run your .Net code in the browser(www.compilify.net)

submitted by dpeterson(4397) 1 month ago

Compilify is a new website that lets you compile and run your .Net code right from the browser. Built on the Rosyln CTP, Compilify lets you write, compile, and observe the output of your code right from your browser. Now you can write and test code from anywhere, without the need for Visual Studio. It's fast too! read more...

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Reclaiming memory from Metro-style apps(blogs.msdn.com)

submitted by dpeterson(4397) 1 month, 8 days ago

Steven Sinofsky gives us the scoop on the new memory management techniques found in Windows 8 for Metro apps, and how it effects system stability and performance as well as your application. read more...

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Announcing the Windows 8 Editions(windowsteamblog.com)

submitted by dpeterson(4397) 1 month, 9 days ago

Microsoft has now formally introduced the official versions of Windows 8 and their respective feature sets, including the ARM-only Windows RT. read more...

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What's new in Razor v2?(vibrantcode.com)

submitted by dpeterson(4397) 1 month, 15 days ago

Check out some of the new features and changes in the upcoming Razor view engine v2.0. Don't forget the source code is also now available on Codeplex! read more...

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Increase Metro App Performance With 2 Lines of Code!(ryanlowdermilk.com)

submitted by dpeterson(4397) 1 month, 20 days ago

Did you know you can improve Metro application performance by 46% with just two lines of code? It's true! read more...

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Tackling Metro Performance Killers(blogs.msdn.com)

submitted by dpeterson(4397) 1 month, 20 days ago

Dave Tepper, the Program Manager for Windows, shows us how to take care of common performance problems that pop up in Metro-style applications. Some of these performance problems extend to normal web development as well. read more...

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Async/Await Could Be Better(www.codeproject.com)

submitted by dpeterson(4397) 1 month, 23 days ago

I think just about everyone is excited about the new async/await features in C#5. They make for cleaner code and easier multithreading. However, Paulo Zemek has thought of a few ways in which they could be better. read more...

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Making your ASP.NET Web API's secure(codebetter.com)

submitted by dpeterson(4397) 1 month, 23 days ago

Johny Petersen walks us through what it takes to secure your ASP.NET Web API's using tokens. read more...

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Windows 8 does not make .NET developers obsolete(www.simple-talk.com)

submitted by dpeterson(4397) 1 month, 27 days ago

Simon Cooper reports the good news straight from DevWeek that Windows 8 is not going to leave us out in the cold, and that .Net applications are fully supported on the Windows 8 desktop. read more...

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WinRT Samples: Running Background Tasks(www.srtsolutions.com)

submitted by dpeterson(4397) 1 month, 27 days ago

Bill Wagner has thrown together an example of running background tasks under WinRT. Background tasks allow your application to be woken by the OS in response to certain events or conditions. read more...

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Asynchronous and synchronous flexibility with jQuery.when()(lostechies.com)

submitted by dpeterson(4397) 1 month, 28 days ago

Derick Bailey shows us how you can use jQuery to support both synchronous and asynchronous code, with the `$.when` function, and your code doesn’t have to care whether or not it’s async. read more...

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