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The NEW DotNetKicks front page is in beta

Wed, 21 Jul 2010 21:45:52 GMT

We are working on totally reworking how the front page of DotNetKicks works and the new version is now in public beta. Check it out, use it, and give us your feedback!

Free Visual Studio 2010 Wallpapers

Thu, 03 Jun 2010 06:08:02 GMT

Now I just found some wallpapers for Visual Studio 2010. Very nice and clean! If you want you can go and set your desktop wallpaper.

Toughest Developer Puzzle Ever 2

Tue, 01 Jun 2010 13:30:52 GMT

You may recall giving the "Toughest Developer Puzzle Ever" a try last year, and they created a new one for this year. There's 100 levels, and they've got prizes for the first 100 people to finish it!

Going Lazy<T> with System.Lazy

Tue, 25 May 2010 19:30:52 GMT

Taking a look at the how to use the System.Lazy namespace in .Net 4.0. One of the pretty cool new nuggets inside the .Net 4.0 framework is System.Lazy and System.Lazy. What System.Lazy brings to the table is a way to create objects which may need to perform intensive operations and defer the execution of the operation until it is 100% absolutely needed.

Learn to Code WatiN: Browser Test your Web Site with WatiN

Thu, 08 Apr 2010 01:15:03 GMT

This coding exercise is designed to give you an introduction to browser-based testing using the WatiN framework, or Web Application Testing in .NET. The framework allows developers to create integration tests (using a unit testing framework like MbUnit, NUnit, or MSTest) to test and assert their application within a browser window. The framework interacts with the browser DOM much like and end-user, producing reliable results that mimic the real world. In this sample, we will write a few WatiN tests against the Google search engine.

Welcome to the new DotNetKicks

Mon, 11 Jan 2010 15:00:14 GMT

Welcome to the new DotNetKicks - Lots of improvements and even more on the way!

Mastering jQuery now available at TekPub | Encosia

Wed, 16 Dec 2009 15:00:05 GMT

Dave and I launch a new series on TekPub about Mastering JQuery.

Tekpub: Concepts - Lambdas

Tue, 27 Oct 2009 16:15:00 GMT

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

Hello Tekpub

Sun, 25 Oct 2009 23:00:00 GMT

Rob Conery introduces his new venture into tutorial screencasts for .NET and associated technologies. He provides some background detail to his decision to start the venture with James Avery and his aims for it's future.

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.

Table Per Class Hierarchy Inheritance Mapping with Fluent nHibernate

Tue, 04 Aug 2009 20:36:23 GMT

This is the second in a short series of posts I am working on. While reading through NHibernate in Action I thought to my self that I should create these same examples of Inheritance mapping using Fluent nHibernate to show how simple these mappings can be. The three types of Inheritance mappings that are mentioned on page 92 of NHibernate in Action are :Model * Table Per Concrete Class * Table Per Class Hierarchy * Table Per Subclass I will be using the example from NHibernate in Action to illustrate the mappings. This post covers the Table Per Class Hierarchy example.

Table Per Class Inheritance Mapping with Fluent nHibernate

Tue, 04 Aug 2009 16:57:41 GMT

This is the first in a short series of posts I am working on. While reading through NHibernate in Action I thought to my self that I should create these same examples of Inheritance mapping using Fluent nHibernate to show how simple these mappings can be.

ASP.NET MVC V2 Preview 1 Released - ScottGu's Blog

Sat, 01 Aug 2009 02:45:00 GMT

The Gu walks through the first look at ASP.NET MVC V2!

Zen is Live!

Tue, 07 Jul 2009 14:00:02 GMT

Zen, the lean project management tool, is now open to the public!

Profiling the Memory Usage of a .NET Application

Mon, 29 Jun 2009 14:45:02 GMT

Automatic memory management in .NET makes development a lot easier; however, it's still easy to introduce memory leaks into your application. For example, in a complex application, it's easy to forget to unregister event handlers, and these are notorious for holding on to objects which you don't need to keep in memory any more. This typically leads to an increase in memory usage which, if it remains unchecked and unresolved, can lead to your application exhibiting poor performance, or even running out of memory and crashing. This is where a memory profiler becomes necessary.

Automagic Time Localization

Mon, 15 Jun 2009 18:30:00 GMT

A trick to localize timestamps without requiring users to pick their time zone manually.

Zen and the Art of Project Management

Wed, 10 Jun 2009 01:15:00 GMT

Nate Kohari, the developer of Ninject, announces Zen, a project management system based around lean/kanban.

Open Source or Die - The Real Future of Graffiti?

Tue, 12 May 2009 10:16:02 GMT

Telligent's Graffiti hasn't quite flatlined yet, but the signs aren't looking too good. Could OSS be the way to breathe life back into this once-promising CMS platform?

Kalamazoo X Conference Recap and Slide Deck

Mon, 27 Apr 2009 03:27:07 GMT

Thanks and congratulations to Mike Eaton and the all the organizers and staff for creating, organizing and hosting this one-of-a-kind event. All the talks were great, but I want to especially single-out two that I thought we absolutely incredible...

Talking with Jeremy Miller about Alt.Net

Tue, 07 Apr 2009 19:16:17 GMT

As a follow up to the last podcast that featured Mike Moore and Scott Bellware discussing Alt.Net I spoke with Jeremy Miller to put out a vision for what he feels Alt.Net should represent and how it can be a positive thing in the community. This will be the last episode here on this topic, I promise to get back to normal technology discussions (next episode is about BDD and TDD).

A conversation with the CTO of I Can Has Cheezburger

Thu, 02 Apr 2009 22:16:03 GMT

In this podcast I talk with Scott about the technologies they use to build one of the funniest sites on the web. We talk about ASP.NET, PHP, application architecture, the cost of using Microsoft tools and technologies, hiring at a startup, startup strategy, and much more.

Fluent NHibernate new style mappings - powerful semantics

Thu, 19 Mar 2009 23:01:06 GMT

So today I updated to the latest build of Fluent NHibernate. As any of you who might have done the same have discovered there are some breaking changes. I wasn't sure I liked the new class based conventions at first, especially since it wasn't clear at first how to tackle altering my mappings. Then it dawned on me how powerful the conventions would end up being while also promoting DRY.

Ninject and the Ms-PL

Fri, 13 Mar 2009 20:01:10 GMT

Ninject is now dual-licensed under the Apache license and the Microsoft Public License.

Alt.Net Podcast Episode 17: The State of Alt.Net

Sat, 07 Mar 2009 21:01:04 GMT

Mike Moore talks with Scott Bellware about the state of Alt.Net

Cache-and-Collect Lifecycle Management in Ninject 2.0

Sat, 07 Mar 2009 22:31:11 GMT

An explanation of a new solution to an old problem with inversion of control.