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11 keystrokes that made my jQuery selector run 10x faster

Tue, 09 Jun 2009 21:15:00 GMT

An in-depth analysis of the performance concerns when using a popular jQuery selector and a couple ways to dramatically speed it up, including benchmarks.

What's new in Beta 1 for the Task Parallel Library? (Part 1/3)

Mon, 30 Mar 2009 10:29:16 GMT

Some of the changes that are coming for the Task Parallel Library in Beta 1 of .NET 4.0 (no dates to announce) .

Visual Studio 2010 Architecture Edition

Mon, 30 Mar 2009 16:01:02 GMT

Some screenshots and descriptions from the Visual Studio 2010 CTP, Architecture Edition, including Architecture Explorer, UML Support, and the Layer Diagram.

Mix 09 Quick Video Link List

Wed, 25 Mar 2009 16:01:20 GMT

Mix 09 Quick Video Link List in a format allowing easy search & download

Going parallel.

Sat, 28 Mar 2009 00:16:05 GMT

The so-called "many core shift" is happening. It's not a thing of the future, it's not "just around the corner", it has already begun. And it will change our developers' life.

LINQ Your Typed DataSets

Fri, 06 Mar 2009 08:31:02 GMT

Ever needed to perform an INNER JOIN on a pair of DataTables? Would you like to do so in a completely type-safe manner? Boy do I have the technique for you using Typed DataSets and LINQ!

A New Look for Visual Studio 2010!

Wed, 25 Feb 2009 04:46:02 GMT

At the PDC and TechEd EMEA last year we described our new editor support built on the WPF technology in .NET Framework 4.0. Today I'm happy to reveal the new UI for Visual Studio, also built on WPF:

Fun with extension-methods

Tue, 24 Feb 2009 22:46:12 GMT

Having some fun linking extensions-methods.

SVN-Monitor is going Open-Source

Tue, 24 Feb 2009 05:31:04 GMT

You can start downloading the latest beta version and it's source-code (C#).

Pimping your Win7 Taskbar - Extending the Win7 Taskbar with Managed Co

Fri, 23 Jan 2009 22:01:04 GMT

While the project is still in alpha, but with all the coolness (and hype) around the new Win7 Taskbar, when Hüseyin tweeted me a link to this I thought it was pretty cool. I think the Progress Bars in the new Taskbar is going to be one of those "what did we ever do without this" features of Win7. A small thing, but all big things are really just lots and lots of small things. The new Win7 Taskbar is pretty neat, as is its programmability, but without a Managed wrappers (COM? cough. we're about to enter the 10's. cough ;) the bar is pretty high for most of us. Projects like this one will come in very handy in the coming years.

Visual Studio 2010 == Visual Studio 2008 + ReSharper

Mon, 19 Jan 2009 23:31:04 GMT

o you want the next gen of next-gen applications? Get the Visual Studio 2010 CTP! Which is - according to Microsoft itself - really just Visual Studio 2008 with ReSharper installed.

Time released content in ASP.NET

Fri, 16 Jan 2009 01:01:17 GMT

"While working on the PDC2008 website, we had several time-critical updates. There were some announcements that needed to go live on the website at specific times to coincide with other marketing, there were updates to the list of of software being given to attendees that needed to go live right after the keynotes in which they were announced, etc."

How to Calculate Network Utilization in .NET

Thu, 15 Jan 2009 00:16:24 GMT

How to calculate utilization of a particular network interface in .NET using performance counters and a bit of math.

PhotoSuru released!!!

Fri, 09 Jan 2009 00:16:05 GMT

PhotoSure, a photo-viewing application created by the WPF team is finally released! This is a excellent example of how rich client applications should look!!!

There is More Content than Just the Front Page on DotNetKicks

Wed, 07 Jan 2009 01:01:03 GMT

Are you tired of going to DotNetKicks and finding the same stories on the front page for days in a row? Trust me, there is some great content out there that never makes the front page. You just have to look a little deeper. When you do, you can help put some of that great new content in front of the masses. Even if you don't submit stories yourself, you can still help out by giving the initial votes that push a story to the front page.

Filtering List Items - The Yield Return Solution

Tue, 06 Jan 2009 01:46:06 GMT

Here we are talking about filtering list items again :).

Why Windows 7 Will Save Microsoft

Fri, 09 Jan 2009 03:16:02 GMT

I was doing some thinking over the past few weeks and I came to a realization. Windows 7, with all of it's improvements in performance, new features, and more streamlined development process, will actually save Microsoft and redeem them from the whole Vista crash. So I decided to write up WHY Windows 7 will tromp every previous Windows version and why we should pay close attention to it.

Generic Method Overloading Selection Pitfall

Sat, 03 Jan 2009 01:01:02 GMT

Recently I ran into a very unexpected behavior when working with an overloaded generic method. Basically, the selection process for overloaded versions of generic methods is different than their non-generic counterparts. Please be aware of this issue!

DimeCasts.NET - Free education vidoes.

Sat, 03 Jan 2009 22:01:02 GMT

DimeCasts.NET offer free education vidoes in field of various Microsoft related technologies. Advantage is most of these vidoes are 10 minutes or less in length.

Tired Of Working With Big Visual Studio Solutions?

Tue, 30 Dec 2008 01:01:06 GMT

a simple trick to make working with big Visual Studio solutions much more bearable

Addicted To MEF - Part 2

Wed, 03 Dec 2008 01:49:52 GMT

Tutorial which goes over how to dynamically load exports from a "plugins" folder with preview 3 of the Managed Extensibility Framework.

MEF + Factories Using an Export Provider

Sun, 30 Nov 2008 00:27:41 GMT

Taking a different approach to resolving factory exports within MEF by using an ExportProvider (new in preview 3 drop) over using a part catalog. This approach ultimately leads to a cleaner and simpler solution.

.NET Framework 3.5 Is Shared Source

Thu, 04 Oct 2007 00:46:25 GMT

Microsoft's .NET Framework 3.5 is going to be released open source.

LINQPad, SQL Query Analyzer with LINQ

Wed, 05 Sep 2007 18:16:02 GMT

Ever used SQL Management Studio and wished you could type your queries in LINQ, rather than antiquated SQL? Well now you can! LINQPad lets you dynamically query SQL databases in a real query language-you'll never need struggle with a correlated subquery again! Can't wait for C# 3.0 and LINQ? Well you don't have to! Dynamically query SQL databases today in LINQ: no more struggling with antiquated SQL. Download LINQPad and kiss goodbye to SQL Management Studio: LINQPad supports LINQ to objects, LINQ to SQL and LINQ to XML-in fact, everything in C# 3.0 and .NET Framework 3.5. LINQPad is also a terrific learning tool for experimenting with this exciting new technology.

New .NET Framework 3.0 Community Website

Wed, 21 Jun 2006 00:01:01 GMT

NetFx3.com is a new developer community that focuses on the four new technologies included in the Microsoft .NET Framework 3.0 (the technologies formerly known as WinFx): * Windows Communication Foundation * Windows Presentation Foundation * Windows Workflow Foundation * Windows CardSpace