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Asynchrony in C# 5, Part One

Fri, 29 Oct 2010 15:00:52 GMT

New async features for C# 5.

Hiring a Community Manager for DNK

Thu, 09 Sep 2010 05:15:52 GMT

We are hiring a community manager for DNK.

IRC.NET Released

Fri, 27 Aug 2010 11:15:52 GMT

IRC.NET is here. Yes, after months of (arduous) labour I have finally created a stable and usable release of my IRC client library for .NET 4.0. You may find the project hosted over at Launchpad, where you can currently download source, binaries, and documentation for all releases up to 0.3.

HTML5 Support In Visual Studio 2010

Mon, 09 Aug 2010 12:45:52 GMT

I was trying to play around with HTML5 assuming that VS 2010 had shipped with HTML5 support but to my dismay it was not the case. Bummer! So I did a bit of homework and came up with an easy workaround.

The NEW DotNetKicks front page is in beta

Wed, 21 Jul 2010 21:45:52 GMT

We are working on totally reworking how the front page of DotNetKicks works and the new version is now in public beta. Check it out, use it, and give us your feedback!

ScottGu: Introducing "Razor" - a new view engine for ASP.NET

Mon, 05 Jul 2010 16:30:51 GMT

"ASP.NET MVC has always supported the concept of "view engines" - which are the pluggable modules that implement different template syntax options. The "default" view engine for ASP.NET MVC today uses the same .aspx/.ascx/.master file templates as ASP.NET Web Forms. Other popular ASP.NET MVC view engines used today include Spark and NHaml. The new view-engine option we've been working on is optimized around HTML generation using a code-focused templating approach. The codename for this new view engine is "Razor", and we'll be shipping the first public beta of it shortly."

No SQL in the Wild

Wed, 19 May 2010 23:50:17 GMT

How we use MongoDB and MySQL for the development of TekPub.

Build Tools Roundup For .NET Systems

Mon, 10 May 2010 16:25:37 GMT

A great breakdown of all the .Net build systems.

Do Androids Dream of Modal :Sheep?

Wed, 05 May 2010 13:05:35 GMT

Rob Conery shares his dream of "knowing a new API, not a new IDE" when new versions of the framework come out. It is related to the resurgence of editors such as Vim or Emacs in the .NET space.

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!

[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.

posh-git Release v0.1

Wed, 31 Mar 2010 11:50:42 GMT

Do you use Powershell and Git? Then check out the 0.1 release of posh-git which gives you great powershell and git integration!

5 Steps Toward jQuery Mastery

Tue, 30 Mar 2010 12:30:00 GMT

Five quick tips that I found valuable while learning jQuery in depth. I learned them the hard way so you don't have to!

Bundler Now Supports Css And .less

Thu, 18 Mar 2010 20:00:02 GMT

New version of (recently renamed) Bundler combines your javascript or CSS to save on server requests. Also adds support for .less!

A Visual Look At The LINQ SelectMany Operator

Tue, 16 Mar 2010 11:00:00 GMT

An inside look at how SelectMany works, along with visuals to help you more easily understand it.

Behavior Driven Development (BDD) with SpecFlow and ASP.NET MVC

Mon, 08 Mar 2010 15:45:03 GMT

How does BDD compare with TDD, and how can you use BDD-style tools such as Cucumber and SpecFlow with ASP.NET MVC? Steve Sanderson considers the options, and provides an example of combining ASP.NET MVC 2, SpecFlow, and WatiN.

.NET 4.0 And Our Parallel Future

Tue, 02 Mar 2010 15:00:00 GMT

A look at .NET 4.0 Parallel features, and how we can use LINQ to make them even easier to use.

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.

Mercurial tutorial - by Joel Spolsky

Thu, 25 Feb 2010 04:30:00 GMT

Mercurial is a modern, open source, distributed version control system, and a compelling upgrade from older systems like Subversion. In this user-friendly, six-part tutorial, Joel Spolsky teaches you the key concepts.

Composition versus Inheritance

Fri, 19 Feb 2010 12:45:00 GMT

Discusses the benefit of Composition versus Inheritance. Touches on IoC Containers and how they can help you achieve more granular bits of code that make your applications more flexible and easier to maintain.

ASP.NET MVC 2 RC 2 Released

Fri, 05 Feb 2010 12:00:00 GMT

After receiving feedback from our last release candidate back in December, we decided it would be prudent to have one more release candidate that incorporated the feedback. You can read the release notes for everything that changed, there's not a whole lot.

Gherkin style specification testing in .NET

Mon, 01 Feb 2010 22:30:06 GMT

Behavior Driven Development is something that has interested me for quite awhile. I have constantly tried to write my tests as clear and concise as possible but once I saw Cucumber for Ruby that became the new standard for what I was trying to achieve in .NET. This is where SpecFlow comes in.

.NET 4.0 and System.Threading.Tasks

Tue, 26 Jan 2010 15:45:00 GMT

Quick look at threading in .NET 4.0 and the new System.Threading.Tasks.

CodePlex adds Mercurial support

Thu, 28 Jan 2010 14:15:06 GMT

Microsoft's open source project hosting site announces the addition of Mercurial to its supported source control systems.