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Windows Phone 7 Series Development Tools CTP Available for Download

Sat, 20 Mar 2010 08:00:00 GMT

Hot of the press after MIX2010 the CTP for Windows Phone 7 Development tools is now available for download, the installer includes VS2010 Express for Windows Phone 7 CTP, the Windows Phone 7 Emulator CTP, Silverlight for Windows Phone 7 CTP and XNA 4.0 Game Studio. It took about 4 minutes to install and you need about 4 GB space

Why is Add Reference Still Horribly Broken in VS2010?

Fri, 19 Mar 2010 12:38:58 GMT

A quick discussion around the changes to the Visual Studio 2010 Add Reference dialog, and why they fall short of the mark.

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!

Tekpub: Mercurial with Codeplex

Wed, 17 Mar 2010 14:45:02 GMT

A free TekPub episode about working with Codeplex and Mercurial.

The Kayak Framework: An easy way to speak HTTP with .NET

Sat, 27 Feb 2010 16:30:00 GMT

Kayak is a lightweight HTTP server for the CLR, and the Kayak Framework is a utility for mapping HTTP requests to C# method invocations.

PostSharp Going Commercial. Introducing Commercial.

Thu, 25 Feb 2010 15:00:00 GMT

Gael Fraiteur warmly thanks the PostSharp community for its support and announces the launch of SharpCrafters, the new company behind PostSharp. He explains the reasons behinds this choice and the new licensing/pricing model.

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.

JSON Performance in .NET with Binary Data (testing...)

Mon, 08 Feb 2010 18:00:32 GMT

Binary data and text file formats (JSON, XML) don't tend get along. To be included in JSON or XML binary data has to be encode into a text friendly format, generally base64, which creates overhead both in the time spent encoding/decoding binary, and the extra size of the text encoded data in the message. In our test we'll compare serializing a message with binary data using common .NET serialization methods and compare the result.

Reporting in NoSQL

Mon, 08 Feb 2010 14:15:02 GMT

One question that comes up a lot in conversation, however, is "dude what about reporting - you can't do that with NoSQL very well now can ya?" and the answer is "yes, correct. You can't". As with all things programming: right tool for the right job.

Working with Partials in Spark: Part 2

Wed, 20 Jan 2010 00:00:01 GMT

We continue to take look at how to use Partials within the Spark View Engine. In this episode we will take a deeper look at partials and learn more about their _undocumented_ features. We will also be learning how partials will allow us to create clean, compartmentalized and well organized code.

Write C# instead of JavaScript - gain the productivity of C# dev.

Thu, 14 Jan 2010 20:15:07 GMT

SharpKit is a Web Toolkit that enables you to write C# and convert it to JavaScript during compilation. Writing and maintaining JavaScript code can be very expensive. Migrating from JavaScript to C# enables you to: *Leverage Visual Studio C# productivity *Maximize cross-browser compatibility *Streamline client-side code review

LightSpeed 3.0 released!

Tue, 15 Dec 2009 03:45:00 GMT

Mindscape have released LightSpeed 3.0 - the third version of their .NET O/R Mapper with Visual Studio Integration. LightSpeed 3.0 includes a new migrations framework baked into the visual designer to save developers writing SQL schema migrations, improved querying and LINQ capabilities, testing enhancements and much more.

Generating Images with .Net

Fri, 11 Dec 2009 08:07:06 GMT

An article on generating images from text with the .Net framework as well as writing the image out to the response stream.

Siesta: Painless REST via ASP.NET MVC

Tue, 11 Aug 2009 03:30:01 GMT

A simple and easy-to-use REST system for ASP.NET, based on the API from the Zen project management system.

Asp.Net MVC Membership Starter Kit Released

Fri, 07 Aug 2009 12:30:06 GMT

Almost six months after the official release of Asp.Net MVC 1.0 and nearly a year after the last release of the starter kit, I've finally rewritten and released the Asp.Net MVC Membership Starter Kit.

Creating Custom Functions w/ NAnt

Tue, 30 Jun 2009 14:00:03 GMT

Taking a look at how to create a custom function for your NAnt script. After you have the basics of NAnt down you may quickly find out that there are features you need, but they are not part of the core library. The good news for you is that in very little effort or coding you can create your own custom assembly which will expose your newly created NAnt functions

Mocking LINQ To SQL Repositories

Sat, 27 Jun 2009 08:09:03 GMT

By using the Repository pattern and mocking the DataContext, we can use LINQ To SQL but still get the benefits of unit-testing an in-memory data source.

Silverlight 3 - Create a nice Navigation Flip

Tue, 21 Apr 2009 08:21:17 GMT

Here is a sample we made at RunAtServer using Silverlight 3 Perspective 3D feature and the new Navigation API to create a nice navigation flip!

A 3 minute guide to embedding IronPython in a C# application

Tue, 21 Apr 2009 03:53:17 GMT

A guide, that takes about 3 minutes on how to wrap your IronPython code in a C# application. :-)

Keep Your IQueryable In Check

Mon, 20 Apr 2009 07:16:02 GMT

There is a good chance that you have seen Oren's recent "Repository Is The New Singleton" post. I wanted to have a quick discussion of his approach, and discuss why I don't 100% agree with it. Let me first say that I don't have a problem with the repository pattern. I do have some issue with the way that it is implemented sometimes, but overall I think it provides a good layer in which to encapsulate the queries of your application.

Content Stealing Jerks

Sun, 29 Mar 2009 20:01:02 GMT

I've grown somewhat accustomed to seeing my articles regurgitated on some random blogger's site and passed off as their own. Usually I just send content stealing jerk (CSJ for future reference) an e-mail asking that they provide some sort of link back to my original article and leave it at that. Sometimes they comply, oftentimes they don't. In the end, life goes on. After all, it's not like I'm going to press charges over it.

A New Look for Visual Studio 2010!

Wed, 25 Feb 2009 03:46:02 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:

100% Unit Testable Linq To Sql Repository - Kazi Manzur Rashid's Blog

Fri, 20 Feb 2009 22:31:47 GMT

In this post, I will show you how you can architect your Linq To Sql repository which will have 100% code coverage. I will use our favorite Northwind database along with my ongoing UnityCommonServiceLocatorMVC project. First, lets add a Linq To Sql diagram in our project and drag n drop the Category and Product table that will look something like foll...

Announcing my book: ASP.NET MVC 1.0 Quickly

Wed, 18 Feb 2009 15:01:02 GMT

Maarten Balliauw announces his new book and provides a large retrospective on the writing process itself. Must read for everyone thinking about writing a tech book!

Posting data to a REST service using C#

Wed, 18 Feb 2009 00:46:08 GMT

Taking a look at how you can post data to a REST service using C#.