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Going Faster: How not to suck at serving web content

Wed, 21 Dec 2011 18:25:30 GMT

We've noticed some performance issues here on the DNK site. Check out our findings and read about how we're going to fix it! These are problems anyone running a website can run into, do yourself a favor and learn from our mistakes.

DNK .Net Dog Pile 12-16-2011

Mon, 19 Dec 2011 16:23:30 GMT

Here's 4 articles recently that Drew and Paul think are worth some discussion. So we're sending them out for everyone to join in and give their 2 cents worth.

Best of DNK - November 2011 - What's All the Hubbub, Bub?

Fri, 09 Dec 2011 06:01:58 GMT

We're closing in on the new year; it's hard to believe the next time we put together a best-of it will be 2012! It's been a fantastic year thus far and November was no exception. We've had a lot of fresh blood join the ranks lately, as well as a few familiar faces who've come back for more, hot .Net action! Check out our picks after the jump!

.NET code or SQL - where's the performance problem?

Thu, 08 Dec 2011 20:31:33 GMT

Identifying an application's performance bottlenecks is all about understanding how the application is spending its time. Only with the most complete understanding of how an application is operating is it possible to understand what it is doing wrong, as this article describes.

Responsive Web Design: A Means To Something

Wed, 07 Dec 2011 16:33:33 GMT

A designer's take on responsive web design.

Why We Don't Support IE6, IE7, and (Mostly) IE8

Mon, 05 Dec 2011 19:27:07 GMT

Interesting perspective on dealing or not dealing with web site support of different browsers.

5 Tips for Avoiding Automatic Garbage Collections

Thu, 24 Nov 2011 07:53:21 GMT

The garbage collector is a brilliant piece of software engineering, but sometimes collections occur at inconvenient times. If you need to write high performance, real-time code, you generally want to avoid GC collections during times where execution speed is critical.

Code First? What about Code Second?

Thu, 17 Nov 2011 17:00:33 GMT

What if your application must work with an existing database, perhaps with 300 tables or more? While you may want to write and maintain your entity model in Code First style, you're not looking forward to writing 300 entity classes by hand. Fortunately, you don't have to. You can jump-start your code base by generating the initial classes from the database schema and then continue Code First from there. We call this approach "Code Second".

Closing the feedback loop

Fri, 11 Nov 2011 19:41:29 GMT

Red Gate's Mark Wightman and Kevin Boyle discuss feedback mechanisms in software development at Agile Cambridge.

Windows 8 Metro apps in JavaScript

Mon, 07 Nov 2011 14:58:37 GMT

I'm having a blast exploring Windows 8 Metro app development and poking around in the preview bits shipped at the 2011 BUILD conference. Last weekend, I presented on Metro app development using JavaScript at the Silicon Valley Code Camp.

Best of DNK - .Net Articles of October 2011 - Fresh Off the Presses!

Thu, 03 Nov 2011 13:39:35 GMT

We've been seeing fantastic growth, month after month at DNK. October was no different with great articles and even more participation from the community. We've seen an increase in the number of comments on articles, as well as an increase in authors coming to DNK to join in on the discussion on their work.

A look at Dependency Injection and Inversion

Thu, 20 Oct 2011 15:25:53 GMT

There seems to be a fair amount of confusion around this topic, a particularly useful tool in the SOLID toolbox, but in the wrong hands can go horribly wrong. Let's try and set the record straight now...

Devops at Adzerk

Wed, 19 Oct 2011 20:46:32 GMT

From our sister company, Adzerk, James Jeffers speaks about how the company has designed it's software process to get around the dev/production bottleneck inherent in most companies.

HTML5 Takes on the King of Plugins

Mon, 17 Oct 2011 13:56:53 GMT

Is HTML5 the new kid on the block? Is Flash just an old man telling HTML5 to "get off my lawn"? Here on this installment of DotNetKicks Jump-In, HTML5 takes on the King of the plugins, Adobe's Flash. Will HTML5 usurp the throne? Only one way to find out. Moderators! To your corners!

Best .Net Articles for September 2011 - Get 'em while they're hot!

Tue, 04 Oct 2011 04:46:11 GMT

September brought us another 500+ submissions, and once again we've put a number of our community members to the task of picking the very best. This time, in addition to sharing 8 of the top articles from last month, we're going to also share some of this month's hot topics.

What would it take to make IE a web developer's default browser?

Tue, 27 Sep 2011 14:26:12 GMT

We sent Rob Greyling out to figure out what would need to change in order for him to use IE as his main browser for development. Rob finds a number of good surprises along with a couple interesting rants.

Being Skeptical About Node.js - My first steps

Tue, 27 Sep 2011 14:35:12 GMT

Drew Peterson is writing for us about learning and using Node.js. Here's the first entry on his journey.

Why would anyone use MSTest over NUnit?

Wed, 21 Sep 2011 07:56:00 GMT

So we've caged up two of our moderators - Drew and Vijay - had them takes sides and completely investigate everything in preparation for battle. Now it's time to let them loose! And you're welcome to the melee!

Best .Net Articles for August 2011 on DNK - Posts you must read

Tue, 13 Sep 2011 16:16:15 GMT

So we've been through all of the submissions for August and here's the best stuff from that we found from over 500 submissions last month that you have to read. If you have the chops and want to help find the best stuff with us next month let us know and we'll put you on the discussion list.

IE9 Pinning Analytics Results

Wed, 03 Aug 2011 18:01:25 GMT

Come and find out if it's worth setting up IE9 Pinning on your site from a visitors and loyalty point of view.

Data received through automated error reports - online demonstration

Tue, 07 Jun 2011 13:52:07 GMT

View this online demo of tracking automated error reports.

Free webinar: 5 misconceptions about .NET memory management - June 1st

Thu, 19 May 2011 09:17:46 GMT

Join us June 1st for a free webinar about .NET memory management.

How to synchronize SmartAssembly automated error reports with JIRA

Thu, 05 May 2011 14:34:29 GMT

This post covers a new, full-circle integration between SmartAssembly and JIRA, making error reporting, issue tracking, and customer communication easy.

Video: How to obfuscate .NET code

Fri, 29 Apr 2011 09:37:09 GMT

An introduction to why obfuscating .NET applications is important, and how they can be protected using SmartAssembly.

Integrating performance profiling into the build process

Thu, 21 Apr 2011 14:47:33 GMT

With ANTS Performance Profiler, performance profiling can be integrated directly into the build process to form part of the automated test suite, alerting you to performance problems every time you build.