Googleman - Quite possibly the best WPF application ever(james.newtonking.com)

submitted by JamesNK(3020) 3 years, 3 months ago

Googleman is a fun and pointless application for launching Google.com in the style of the Batman 60s TV show, complete with spinning Google logo and sound effects. Now when a friend or co-worker says “To Google!” you can open your favourite search engine in style. Googleman uses WPF and is written using the MVP pattern. read more...

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10 reasons why SQL Server 2008 is going to rock(angryhacker.com)

submitted by crpietschmann(11.3k) 3 years, 11 months ago

Just like its predecessor, SQL Server 2008 is taking its sweet time to actually ship. However, unlike its predecessor, it won't just be a "worthwhile upgrade". It will kick ass. Here are the top 10 reasons why. read more...

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Keep your .config clean with external config files(blog.andreloker.de)

submitted by aloker(1810) 3 years, 11 months ago

The web.config (or app.config for non-web applications) file is the central place to configure your web application, starting from connection strings, over application settings to ASP.NET specific topics like caching, authentication & authorization, sessions as well as HTTP handlers and modules. Normally the web.config starts as a neat little pet you can easily manage. But as soon as your project grows mature, web.config turns out to be a huge beast. This article shows you a way to tame the beast. read more...

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Webforms is dead. Long live MVC!(graysmatter.codivation.com)

submitted by yesthatmcgurk(4063) 4 years, 1 month ago

WebForms are now legacy. Enjoy your MVC koolaid! read more...

3 comments |category: ASP.NET |Views: 149

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Why asp.net MVC is so awesome.(codethinked.com)

submitted by justin_etheredge(8539) 4 years, 2 months ago

The number one reason why asp.net MVC is the best thing ever. read more...

20 comments |category: ASP.NET |Views: 104

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Link to Everything: A List of LINQ Providers(blogs.msdn.com)

submitted by CharlieCalvert(7875) 4 years, 2 months ago

I've recently updated the list of LINQ Providers found on my Links to LINQ page, accessible from the News section on the left of my blog. I'm sure there are other providers available. Feel free to write me or append a comment if you want to add to this list. read more...

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10 ASP.NET Performance and Scalability Secrets(codeproject.com)

submitted by superghost(2260) 4 years, 3 months ago

ASP.NET 2.0 has many secrets, when revealed, can give you big performance and scalability boost. For instance, there are secret bottlenecks in Membership and Profile provider which can be solved easily to make authentication and authorization faster. Furthermore, ASP.NET Http pipeline can be tweaked to avoid executing unnecessary code that gets hit on each and every request... read more...

2 comments |category: ASP.NET |Views: 69

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Essential Graphic Design Tools for .NET Developers(ajaxninja.com)

submitted by Aaronontheweb(1140) 4 years, 3 months ago

Use Paint.NET, BluePrint CSS Framework, and the ASP.NET 2.0 CSS Friendly Adapters to quickly chalk up an ASP-Driven user interface. read more...

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5 Reasons why SubSonic is Better than Sliced Bread(bloodyflux.com)

submitted by wvdominick(480) 4 years, 7 months ago

Toast your bread before you put gravy on it. Use SubSonic in your applications. read more...

4 comments |category: ASP.NET |Views: 58

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SubSonic - Migrate Me(blog.wekeroad.com)

submitted by zowens(988) 4 years, 7 months ago

Rob demonstrates the early code samples for a GREAT upcoming feature in SubSonic - MIGRATIONS. read more...

2 comments |category: Open Source |Views: 40

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Open source .NET libraries you should be already using(plentyofcode.com)

submitted by bayarsaikhan(830) 4 years, 10 months ago

As we know, there are many good, enterprise level, open source libraries, frameworks and projects implemented in Java. Most of them are being ported into different platforms like .NET and PHP, so developers are migrating to the these platforms with their familiar tools. For example, i have been using Ant, JUnit, Log4J, iText and many mores when i was developing in Java, but now i am still using Log4Net and Nunit in my current read more...

4 comments |category: Open Source |Views: 25

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Visual Studio 2008, Hands on Labs Released(blogs.msdn.com)

submitted by CharlieCalvert(7875) 4 years, 10 months ago

Visual Studio 2008 Beta 2 was released to the web for download today. The releases are available both as regular installs and as VPC images. If you choose the regular installation, you should run this script to "ensure that the installation of .NET Framework 3.5 Beta 2 will not affect the development of ASP.NET AJAX 1.0 applications." read more...

1 comment |category: C# |Views: 176

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15 Visual Studio .NET Add-Ins you won’t live without(fabiopedrosa.info)

submitted by mrlinx(580) 4 years, 11 months ago

From the console compiler to the powerful Visual Studio IDE, .NET is just about coding as much as the tools. For that matter, here’s a list of 15 indispensable VS.NET add-ins. read more...

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New RSS Toolkit Released(weblogs.asp.net)

submitted by jgaylord(475) 4 years, 11 months ago

The RSS Toolkit version 2.0 was released on Monday. read more...

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Programmatically resolving ~ URL's to the Virtual Root(geekzilla.co.uk)

submitted by phayman(3550) 4 years, 11 months ago

The base WebControl class exposes a method named ResolveURL(). This method accepts a url such as "~/Customers/Profile.aspx" and returns the real url, starting from your site's virtual root. read more...

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Tip: Put Connection Strings in Their Own Configuration File(stevenharman.net)

submitted by simonech(10.1k) 4 years, 11 months ago

This post explain how to split the connection string out into a new configuration file, user.config. Doing this should make day to day development easier for our development team by reducing the number of merge conflicts in web.config. read more...

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