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

submitted by dpeterson(4397) 6 days, 1 hour ago

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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C#/.NET Little Wonders: Select() and Where() with Indexes(www.blackrabbitcoder.net)

submitted by BlackRabbitCoder(661) 9 days, 14 hours ago

We’ve talked about the Select() and Where() LINQ extension methods before. The Select() method lets you project from the source type to a new type, and the Where() method lets you filter the list of items to the ones you are interested in. Most people know of these methods in their simplest form, where they simply take a projection and predicate respectively that operates on just an element. However, there are overloads for both of these methods that take a delegate that operates on both the element and the index of the element. read more...

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Ten features I like about Coffeescript(openmymind.net)

submitted by dpeterson(4397) 11 days, 1 hour 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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Creating Type Aliases in C#(www.blackwasp.co.uk)

submitted by BlackWasp(4212) 11 days, 16 hours ago

The using directive of the C# programming language is often used to create namespace aliases, allowing types with matching names that appear in separate namespaces to be easily accessed. A lesser known use of the directive is to create aliases for types. read more...

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An Introduction to NuGet(codersbarn.com)

submitted by Bognit(2125) 16 days, 21 hours ago

Getting started with NuGet can be very confusing because there are really four parts to it with separate downloads. This post is an effort to make it easier to grasp and get started. read more...

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Visual Studio 11 User Interface Updates Coming in RC(blogs.msdn.com)

submitted by tom103(161) 18 days, 16 hours ago

The Visual Studio team has taken into account some of the feedback about the beta, and presents the changes in the user interface of VS 11 RC read more...

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C#/.NET Little Wonders: The Enumerable.Repeat() Static Method(www.blackrabbitcoder.net)

submitted by BlackRabbitCoder(661) 23 days, 14 hours ago

The Enumerable.Repeat() method performs the simple task of creating a sequence by repeating an element a specific number of times. While this is, in of itself, a trivial need, it can also be used to drive more useful results such as repeating a generator delegate, or creating sequences out of single items. read more...

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Open Tabs to the Right in Visual Studio 2011 Beta(www.codersbarn.com)

submitted by Bognit(2125) 29 days, 2 hours ago

I've previously shown how to set this in VS 2010. In the new VS 2011 beta, it's a little harder to find. read more...

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Take a Walk on the Client Side with WebAPI and WebForms(blogs.telerik.com)

submitted by Telerik(388) 1 month ago

In my last blog I introduced the basics of using ASP.NET AJAX and WebAPI together in the same project. In addition, I showed how to bind results from WebAPI to a Telerik’s ASP.NET AJAX Grid. In this blog I will continue down this path and implement insert, update, and delete operations using WebAPI and RadGrid! read more...

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String Matching in LINQ(blogs.telerik.com)

submitted by jnpetrov(95) 1 month, 3 days ago

Performing simple string equality tests is often not enough when application user convenience is key. Often only a fragment of a string is known to the user, or many of them. Sometimes there is a need to search for a fragment in multiple columns. Which options does OpenAccess and LINQ provide to perform string matching? Into which SQL is the LINQ expression translated? read more...

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Lazy Programming for Smarties(blogs.dotnetkicks.com)

submitted by bsenoff(1583) 1 month, 7 days ago

As a programmer, I can honestly say that I am lazy. Forget the menial job of repeating tasks… if it takes me an hour to complete an iteration, I would rather spend 3 hours automating the process. You never know when you might need to do it again, and the click of a button is much more satisfying than an hour of processing data. I know I’m not the only one who feels this way either, otherwise Andy Hunt and Dave Thomas wouldn’t have codified the DRY principle in The Pragmatic Programmer…. Don’t Repeat Yourself. read more...

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The Future of ASP.NET Web Forms(www.codersbarn.com)

submitted by Bognit(2125) 1 month, 8 days ago

We've all seen the growing popularity of ASP.NET MVC over recent years and the most common reaction is to want to play with it but when it comes time to making the switch, we often experience the "don't move my cheese" syndrome. read more...

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10 illustrated examples of Visual Studio 11(www.troyhunt.com)

submitted by troyhunt(831) 1 month, 8 days ago

Visual Studio 11: it’s new and it’s grey but there’s more to it than just a dour monotone veneer. Here are 10 things that make it a step forward from the old. read more...

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

submitted by dpeterson(4397) 1 month, 16 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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Migrating from NUnit to xUnit(www.tomdupont.net)

submitted by tdupont(1259) 1 month, 18 days ago

If you are currently using NUnit to write your unit tests, then it is not at all difficult to migrate to using xUnit. The philosophical difference between the two is simply this: with xUnit you need to think of your tests as objects, rather than of methods. Here is a visual representation of equivalent test setups between NUnit and xUnit... read more...

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From Legacy to Dependency Injection(blogs.telerik.com)

submitted by KodefuGuru(2818) 1 month, 21 days ago

We’ve all encountered tightly-bound code, and our first instinct is to correct it. However, there are only so many hours in a sprint, and it’s not always convenient to go on a large refactoring spree when the backlog is filling up. With JustMock, you can still ensure the code works, and it will set you up for the cleaning that will take place at a ... read more...

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