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In programming, clever != smart.

Tue, 11 Nov 2008 09:20:47 GMT

You ever have one of those days where you think you are the smartest man in the world and the best programmer at your place of work? Then some clever kid comes along and does something that speeds up your code by a few seconds/minutes? Ease your self. Just because that person just solved your problem, doesn't mean they are smart.

Building an RSS Ticker in C# using WPF and LINQ

Tue, 11 Nov 2008 07:12:22 GMT

Create an application that downloads RSS, RDF and ATOM data and displays it in a ticker that scrolls using WPF animations.

Are all .NET developers going to be BizTalk developers

Tue, 11 Nov 2008 05:31:58 GMT

Some thoughts about OSLO and DUBLIN's resemblance to BizTalk

Silverlight Game Programming Tutorial - Getting Started

Tue, 11 Nov 2008 03:23:40 GMT

A Silverlight development tutorial that shows you how to create your own 2D web based games. This series attempts to recreate a game originally developed with Flash, and can be used to highlight the differences between the two platforms.

.NET Language Integrated Query for XML

Mon, 10 Nov 2008 09:58:38 GMT

This is the overview of .NET Integrated Language Query for XML. This Article explains some of the features of XLINQ with example.

Building applications with DLinq Designer

Fri, 07 Nov 2008 12:01:02 GMT

DLinq designer is the visual design surface to create the entity objects and bound the controls to the dlinq objects with relationships. We can easily create the windows form using the designer. The developer need not take more time to design the User Interface. The designer itself suggests you the controls suitable for the selected fields.

Think in LINQ: Yahtzee Score Calculator Using LINQ Technology

Tue, 04 Nov 2008 11:16:04 GMT

This article revisits the yahtzee program I wrote in 2002 and reimplements scoring using LINQ technology. It compares the old way of scoring with LINQ and shows you the advantages of using LINQ.

Convert a LINQ Query Resultset to a DataTable

Tue, 07 Oct 2008 07:46:46 GMT

After a long struggle I find out the way to convert a Linq Query resultset to DataTable object. The attached source code shows how to do it. I am sharing this article with my developer friends and make their life easier.