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Wanna see ASP.NET MVC RTM-ed? Help test MVC RC2

Wed, 04 Mar 2009 11:16:03 GMT

ASP.NET MVC RC2 has just been released, and it includes a pretty big change in the installation process. Before it is RTMed they want to make sure it doesn't break anything, so, help test the installation procedure in as many machine as you can, and report problems.

ASP.NET MVC Release Candidate 2

Wed, 04 Mar 2009 08:16:03 GMT

Release Candidate 2 for ASP.NET MVC is now available

15 Most Interesting jQuery Tutorials

Wed, 04 Mar 2009 15:01:04 GMT

This time we collected the most interesting jQuery tutorials.

JQuery 1.3.2 Released with much better performance

Sun, 22 Feb 2009 12:01:02 GMT

The benefits of the new Sizzle selector engine are really starting to come to light as contributions from the larger JavaScript community come in. A number of additions have landed that have helped to improve the performance of the engine - especially in Internet Explorer.

Introduction to WCF: Creating your first Service

Wed, 17 Dec 2008 00:01:13 GMT

Taking a look at WCF and how to create your first service using this great technology

Building a simple multiplayer game with ASP.Net MVC and jQuery

Mon, 15 Dec 2008 08:16:17 GMT

Last weekend I had presented a small multiplayer-game built in MVC and jQuery as a sample for a speaking engagement. There isn't much to the "game", as you currently can only move around, but it helps illustrate how easy it is to use jQuery and MVC together to make something interesting. Who knows, maybe the source could kick-start development on your own game?

How To Guarantee That Your Software Will Suck

Mon, 08 Dec 2008 22:31:10 GMT

Do you bad software and unhappy developers? Well, it isn't that hard...

Becoming a ReSharper Samurai - Part 2

Fri, 05 Dec 2008 06:46:05 GMT

This is the second in a multi-part series were we will guide you through various features of ReSharper.

5 Tips for Better jQuery Cod

Fri, 21 Nov 2008 00:46:03 GMT

I've been coding using jQuery since shortly after it came out, and well -- I've been using it almost every work day. Here is a few tips that have saved me time.

Emergent Complexity

Fri, 21 Nov 2008 01:31:04 GMT

Why is it that our well designed systems seem to fall into chaos so easily?

What Gives? Microsofts Code Generation Tool

Wed, 19 Nov 2008 07:31:12 GMT

In a world of Microsoft and third party applications, out comes t4. t4 is a code generation tool that can compete with CodeSmith, but its FREE and built right into Visual Studio. It has been years since the first edition with very little publication of the actual application. t4 is a free code generation engine from Microsoft that underpins the Domain Specific Languages and Software Factory toolkits.

Functional .NET 4.0 - Tuples and Zip

Tue, 18 Nov 2008 00:46:02 GMT

F# vs .NET 4.0

C# 4.0 New Features Part 4 - Generic Contravariance

Thu, 20 Nov 2008 00:01:13 GMT

A simple and easy to follow example of Contravariance in C# 4.0

Breaking changes to the String class in .NET 4.0

Fri, 14 Nov 2008 19:31:13 GMT

This change will affect the behavior of the String.StartsWith, String.EndsWith, String.IndexOf and String.LastIndexOf methods by changing them to perform an ordinal (byte-for-byte) comparison by default instead of a culture-sensitive comparison using CultureInfo.CurrentCulture. In addition, the default overloads of String.ToUpper, String.ToLower, Char.ToUpper and Char.ToLower will be changed to use CultureInfo.InvariantCulture instead of CultureInfo.CurrentCulture.

Working With ASP.Net MVC Part 1

Thu, 13 Nov 2008 23:16:04 GMT

a quick look at building an application using the new ASP.Net MVC Beta, part one will handle the database

Writing Tests to Catch Memory Leaks in .NET

Wed, 12 Nov 2008 23:16:02 GMT

Although Microsoft will claim that it is "not possible to have a memory leak in managed code", most seasoned .NET developers will laugh at that statement. It turns out that it is very easy to leak memory -- just keep a referencing object around longer than the referenced object, and you can leak. Here is a way to write tests to catch leaks.

XNA Game Studio 3.0

Tue, 18 Nov 2008 21:01:20 GMT

The good folks who put together our gaming tools have released XNA Game Studio 3.0.

Becoming a ReSharper Samurai - Part 1

Thu, 06 Nov 2008 21:01:02 GMT

Part 1 of Becoming a ReSharper Samurai - A short video on how to use various features of ReSharper to make you a better, faster coder.

Grouping Controllers with ASP.NET MVC

Thu, 06 Nov 2008 06:01:02 GMT

question that often comes up is how do you group controllers when building a large application with ASP.NET MVC. Often, the question is phrased as whether or not ASP.NET MVC supports "Areas", a feature of Monorail. According to the Monorail documentation, MonoRail supports the concept of areas, which are logical groups of controllers. All controllers belong to an area. The default area is an empty (unnamed) one

C# Structs

Mon, 10 Nov 2008 23:16:02 GMT

What are the benefit of structs in C#? When can they improve performance and memory use? See examples and benchmarks as well as screens from CLRProfiler and the Visual Studio debugger. Is this is the best struct article in the world? Maybe!

A first look at Duck Typing in C# 4.0

Tue, 04 Nov 2008 22:31:03 GMT

A complete end-to-end C# 4.0 example with source code using IDynamicObject and MetaObject in order to generate a fully dynamic type using a Dictionary as storage. It also shows how a dynamic type can enter the static typed world and act just like a typed class - dynamically. :)

C# 4.0 Dynamic Lookup - Are You Kidding Me?

Wed, 05 Nov 2008 03:46:02 GMT

One of the core features introduced in C# 4.0 is called Dynamic Lookup which allows a unified approach to invoking things dynamically. When you have an object of type dynamic you can do whatever you like with it, those operations are resolved only at runtime. I DON'T LIKE IT, ARE YOU KIDDING ME?

http://riderdesign.com/articles/Build-a-file-tree-explorer-with-jQuery

Fri, 07 Nov 2008 09:01:02 GMT

Create a file tree explorer with the jQuery File tree plugin and asp.net. With this plugin and a little server side logic, it is very easy to create a great looking client side file tree explorer. This article explains how to set up, configure and customize jQuery File Tree and use ASP.NET to retrieve the file structure.

Ian talks about L2S Being killed

Mon, 03 Nov 2008 23:16:13 GMT

great post from Ian on the choice of EF over L2S decision from Microsoft.

Best of the web - my pick for October 2008

Mon, 03 Nov 2008 21:01:02 GMT

There were a lot of high quality articles dawned in my Google Reader last month. Chris Spooner (Blog.SpoonGraphics) posted two awesome tutorials on how to create a modern blog design. Angie and Robert Bowen (Arbenitng) launched Social Media Directory for Designers. Dave Ward (Encosia) shared & of his favorite jQuery plugins for use with ASAP.NET. I published Handycons, free hand-drawn social media icon set, and I'm working on Handycons II.