Slash your ASP.NET compile/load time without any hard work(blog.lavablast.com)

submitted by EtienneTremblay(5008) 1 year, 5 months ago

Tips & tricks to make your ASP.NET development more enjoyable (cut down compilation time / first load time). read more...

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Measuring the Performance of Asynchronous Controllers(blog.codeville.net)

submitted by desmond(2014) 2 years, 4 months ago

It's easy enough to start using Asynchronous Controllers with ASP.NET MVC 2.0. But how do you know whether it's giving you any benefits? You might be surprised to learn that, in many default scenarios, you won't get any benefit unless you also make some crucial configuration changes. In this blog post you'll see a simple way to load test your asynchronous controllers, and find a rundown of important configuration options that will dramatically affect their behavior. read more...

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Selective Unit Testing – Costs and Benefits(blog.codeville.net)

submitted by desmond(2014) 2 years, 6 months ago

Test Driven Development is widely regarded as a hallmark technique of professional software development, but should you really do it all the time? Steve Sanderson argues that unit tests yield significant practical business value only for certain kinds of code. This blog post suggests what might be the underlying forces that determine whether unit tests will justify the long-term expense of creating and maintaining them. These ideas are then applied to structuring an ASP.NET MVC application. read more...

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Why Linq2NHibernate is not production ready(codeofrob.com)

submitted by robashton(384) 2 years, 6 months ago

An opinion on why you shouldn't be using Linq2Nhibernate in production systems read more...

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Tekpub: Concepts - Lambdas(tekpub.com)

submitted by javery(5523) 2 years, 7 months ago

A new episode in the concepts series at TekPub covering Lambdas. read more...

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NHibernate and Execution Plans(objectreference.net)

submitted by Vort3X(1335) 2 years, 7 months ago

Lately we have been investigating ORM’s (Object Relational Mapping) frameworks for use on a large enterprise level website which we been given the rare opportunity to rebuild from the ground up in Microsoft MVC. We decided to go ahead with NHibernate until stumbled across a major issue causing queries run by NHibernate not re-using SQL Server execution plans. read more...

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NHibernate and Execution Plans(objectreference.net)

submitted by Vort3X(1335) 2 years, 7 months ago

Lately we have been investigating ORM’s (Object Relational Mapping) frameworks for use on a large enterprise level website which we been given the rare opportunity to rebuild from the ground up in Microsoft MVC. We decided to go ahead with NHibernate until stumbled across a major issue causing queries run by NHibernate not re-using SQL Server execution plans. read more...

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NHibernate and Execution Plans(objectreference.net)

submitted by Vort3X(1335) 2 years, 7 months ago

Lately we have been investigating ORM’s (Object Relational Mapping) frameworks for use on a large enterprise level website which we been given the rare opportunity to rebuild from the ground up in Microsoft MVC. We decided to go ahead with NHibernate until stumbled across a major issue causing queries run by NHibernate not re-using SQL Server execution plans. read more...

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Getting Started with IronPython(blogs.msdn.com)

submitted by CharlieCalvert(7875) 2 years, 7 months ago

I recently spent some time getting IronPython up and running on my system; I will review what I learned in this post. read more...

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Channel 9 Learning Center – Just Launched!(blogs.msdn.com)

submitted by jbarnes(3479) 2 years, 7 months ago

The Channel 9 Learning Center is the destination for free technical training on emerging Microsoft products and technologies. The Learning Center consists of a set of courses with each course including a set of videos, hands-on labs, and source code samples to get you up-to-speed quickly. read more...

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Exclusive Interview With Steve Ballmer: Products, Competition, The Roa(techcrunch.com)

submitted by bobfamiliar(3648) 2 years, 8 months ago

Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer visited Silicon Valley on Thursday for his annual meeting with top venture capitalists to talk about Microsoft product strategy. This was his first visit to Silicon Valley since announcing the search partnership with Yahoo in July. I had a chance to sit down with him just after that event for a hour-long one-one-one interview. In the first 10+ minutes of the interview Ballmer gives his high level thoughts on major Microsoft products and strategies (including Windows, Windows Mobile, Internet Explorer, Bing, Azure, Mesh, Natal and others), competition, the future of search and search marketing, Microsoft’s “three screens and the cloud” strategy, the recent acquisition of Interactive Supercomputing and, yes, even his thoughts on Twitter. read more...

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ReSharper Discount & Extended Trial(web2asp.net)

submitted by sedgey(1728) 2 years, 8 months ago

I have had a few emails recently asking if I am still able to obtain the 10% discount coupons and 60 day extended trial for ReSharper read more...

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xVal v1.0 is now released(blog.codeville.net)

submitted by desmond(2014) 2 years, 8 months ago

In case you’re not aware, xVal is a validation helper for ASP.NET MVC that lets you use your own choice of server-side validation framework (e.g., Microsoft’s DataAnnotations attributes, or Castle Validator, or NHibernate Validaion) and dynamically generates client-side validation code from your rules. Version 1.0 adds new features including dynamic client-side validation summaries and remote (ajax) validation rules. read more...

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Fun With Method Missing and C# 4.0(haacked.com)

submitted by developmentalmadness(730) 2 years, 9 months ago

Ruby has a neat feature that allows you to hook into method calls for which the method is not defined. In such cases, Ruby will call a method on your class named method_missing. I showed an example of this using IronRuby a while back when I wrote about monkey patching CLR objects. Typically, this sort of wild chicanery is safely contained within the world of those wild and crazy dynamic language aficionados, far away from the peaceful waters of those who prefer statically typed languages. Until now suckas! (cue heart pounding rock music with a fast beat) read more...

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Writing Great Unit Tests: Best and Worst Practises(blog.codeville.net)

submitted by desmond(2014) 2 years, 9 months ago

A suite of good unit tests is immensely valuable: it documents your design, and makes it easier to refactor and expand your code while retaining a clear overview of each component’s behaviour. However, a suite of *bad* unit tests is immensely painful: it doesn’t prove anything clearly, and can severely inhibit your ability to refactor or alter your code in any way. How can you be sure to write unit tests that contribute positively to your project and don't end up being a liability? read more...

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Pay Attention to the Foreach Implicit Casting (dev102.com)

submitted by shaharyr(4325) 2 years, 9 months ago

In order to reduce an explicit conversion effort using the foreach statement, the C# developers decided to do an automatic conversion for us. We must pay attention to it... read more...

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