Tackling Metro Performance Killers(blogs.msdn.com)

submitted by dpeterson(4397) 1 month, 21 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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Rx - Join(blogs.microsoft.co.il)

submitted by bnaya(431) 1 month, 22 days ago

this post is an advance one so you haven't yet master the Rx basic practice you might want to start in here. the post will focus on the Join and GroupJoin operators and we will try to get a solid understanding of what does it really means to join multiple data streams. the Rx notion of join is quit different than the join we has used to know in SQL queries. read more...

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Token Based Asynchronous Socket Server On .NET 4(mbrnd.net)

submitted by mabovykin(50) 2 months, 7 days ago

An asynchronous token based socket server, which means that server and client will use token exchange as a handshake to confirm that all of the messages were correctly delivered. read more...

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C#/.NET Little Wonders – The DateTimeOffset struct(www.blackrabbitcoder.net)

submitted by BlackRabbitCoder(661) 2 months, 18 days ago

While the DateTime is a powerful structure for parsing, manipulating, and comparing date-times, it becomes problematic when handling times from different time-zones. The DateTimeOffset is much more portable in that it preserves the offset from UTC. read more...

2 comments |category: C# |Views: 163

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INotifyPropertyChanged, The .NET 4.5 Way(danrigby.com)

submitted by CodeM0nkey(96) 2 months, 25 days ago

Included in the .NET 4.5 Beta comes a handy new feature, the CallerMemberName attribute. It is one of three new Caller Information attributes that have been added in this .NET Framework release. With this new functionality we can code such things a logging & tracing routines and INotifyPropertyChanged implementations without having to use string literals, slow reflection code, complex expression tree logic, or code weaving. read more...

1 comment |category: C# |Views: 467

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Add a visual Linq expression builder to your app today!(www.codeproject.com)

submitted by dpeterson(4397) 3 months, 24 days ago

Rabb Moshe Plotkin has created and open-sourced a control for creating Linq queries visually. Using this control, you can give your users the power to query data, rather than writing canned reports or queries. read more...

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New tools for your TDD arsenal(www.beletsky.net)

submitted by dpeterson(4397) 3 months, 24 days ago

Alexander Beletsky shares a list of sweet new TDD tools to retrofit into your current load-out, including a tool to automatically re-run tests as you make changes to source code, a replacement for Moq, and some awesome fluent assertions. read more...

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Stay out of the JIT's way(www.smelser.net)

submitted by JoeGeeky(364) 4 months, 11 days ago

This is a nice reminder on how to let the JIT make your code just a little faster. read more...

1 comment |category: C# |Views: 159

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.Net's Sort Is Not Secure. Don't Use It. Here's a better one.(zimbry.blogspot.com)

submitted by pwhe23(972) 4 months, 21 days ago

.Net's Array.Sort (up to at least version 4.0) has serious weaknesses read more...

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Attaching Continuation Tasks to the UI Thread(www.blackwasp.co.uk)

submitted by BlackWasp(4212) 4 months, 23 days ago

Parallel tasks can be used in Windows Forms and Windows Presentation Foundation applications to run slow processes without blocking the user interface thread. However, this presents a problem, as both systems prevent other threads from updating controls. read more...

2 comments |category: C# |Views: 95

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Simple Producer Consumer with Tasks and .Net 4(geekswithblogs.net)

submitted by dpeterson(4397) 5 months, 21 days ago

Alois Kraus walks us through implementing a producer/consumer pattern using Tasks in .Net 4 read more...

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I, Interface(garymcleanhall.wordpress.com)

submitted by gurhall(85) 6 months, 10 days ago

The wonderful things that decorating a trivial interface can produce. read more...

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.Net Client profile annoyance, and how to get rid of it(www.bassetassen.com)

submitted by bassetassen(50) 6 months, 14 days ago

How to change project templates so it defaults to the full .Net framwork instead of .Net Client Profile read more...

3 comments |category: Visual Studio |Views: 247

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5 Tips and Techniques for Avoiding Automatic Garbage Collections(www.simple-talk.com)

submitted by dpeterson(4397) 6 months, 24 days ago

We've seen a few articles lately on ensuring that your memory is properly cleaned up during garbage collection, but today Michael McLaughlin comes in with tips to avoid automatic collection of your objects. Generally speaking, this is for performance reasons. Garbage collection in .Net 4 and earlier happens automatically and blocks program execution, which can be disastrous for certain types of applications (games, real-time analysis, etc). read more...

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Three .NET "tools" that I use every day and you want to know about(dotnet.dzone.com)

submitted by Noldorin(829) 6 months, 24 days ago

Dror Helper introduces us to three handy pieces of software that he uses in his daily .NET software development. He explains the utility of these three tools, which many .NET developers may not be aware of. read more...

4 comments |category: Other |Views: 1032

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What's new in .Net Framework 4.5(msdn.microsoft.com)

submitted by dpeterson(4397) 8 months, 12 days ago

MSDN article on what's new in .Net 4.5 read more...

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