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StyleCop Compliant Visual Studio 2010 Code Snippets & Templates

Tue, 02 Nov 2010 17:06:32 GMT

Doug Holland highlights the October 2010 release of the Visual Studio Snippets library which is a library of snippets and template which conform to StyleCop rules, meaning that the use of them will not trigger warnings in StyleCop (unlike the default VS ones)

Attributes Every .NET Developer Should Know About

Fri, 08 Oct 2010 12:00:52 GMT

Here's a list of important .NET attributes that is commonly used in projects and proves very useful if you about them beforehand

Google Cannot Solve your Coding Problems

Mon, 27 Sep 2010 12:45:52 GMT

I imagine 80/90% of programmers, myself included, are guilty of this everday form of insanity.

Your Software Can Learn A Lot From ATMs

Sat, 25 Sep 2010 03:45:52 GMT

When it comes to ATMs, failure isn't really an option. But how do they accomplish their high reliability? And how can you leverage that in order to make your software better?

7 Freely available E-Books/Guides I found essential for .NET Programme

Mon, 20 Sep 2010 21:00:52 GMT

Freely available E-Books/Guides I found essential for .NET Programme

Schedule a daily backup with SQL Server Express

Sat, 14 Aug 2010 15:03:50 GMT

As you know MS SQL Server Express Edition hasn't Agent Service, which can be used to schedule daily backups or other periodic administrative tasks. But you can use for this standard Windows Schedule tool.

Why SQL Server is better than any other RDBMS Applications?

Mon, 16 Aug 2010 06:45:52 GMT

I strongly suggest that you bookmark this post as this post can be used in future when you might want to write why SQL Server is better than any other RDBMS application.

SHRINKDATABASE For Every Database in the SQL Server

Thu, 12 Aug 2010 17:15:52 GMT

This article is an interesting story of Shrinking the Database. Do you Shrink your database - learn the story today!

Open Source .NET report printing library released

Sat, 29 May 2010 01:30:52 GMT

Using this report printing library, you'll be able to print professional reports with multiple sections fast and easily, with only a few lines of code.

Get Latest SQL Query for Sessions

Fri, 07 May 2010 18:00:52 GMT

This is number one request from any developer regarding how to see what was the latest query for that session.

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!

Differences in Vulnerability between Oracle and SQL Server

Fri, 08 Jan 2010 03:45:00 GMT

In the IT world, but not among experienced DBAs, there has been a long-standing myth that the Oracle database platform is more stable and more secure than SQL Server from Microsoft. This is due to a variety of reasons; but in my opinion, the main ones are listed below: Read the whole article

Is String.IsNullOrEmpty Good or Bad?

Thu, 29 Oct 2009 08:16:11 GMT

In this post I express my thoughts about the String.IsNullOrEmpty method and if it's good or bad for your application.

Windows 7 Runtime Libraries Available for Vista and Windows Server 200

Mon, 02 Nov 2009 18:45:00 GMT

Microsoft has just released a set of runtime libraries to support some Windows 7 features on Vista and Windows Server 2008. This means that developers can add Windows 7 features to applications that run on Vista and Windows Server 2008.

A serious Outlook style Navigation Pane Control

Thu, 22 Oct 2009 11:25:26 GMT

Who doesn't know the Outlook Navigation Pane on the left side of the Outlook screen? Do you want to use the Navigation Pane in your project for free? Read on.

Authenticate a user against the Active Directory

Thu, 22 Oct 2009 16:15:00 GMT

This article serves as a guide to using System.DirectoryServices (SDS) ADSI to access user and group in the Windows Active Directory. Authenticate a user against the Active Directory using the user ID and password.

C# Identify Crisis, You Have To Know Your Identity

Fri, 04 Sep 2009 11:45:00 GMT

Marking the beginning of the end of C# as language and its ongoing identity crisis.

Look at Code Definition Window in Visual Studio 2008

Tue, 25 Aug 2009 05:00:00 GMT

This article explains about Code Definition Window and its features in Visual Studio 2008.

12 Tips To Speed-up Your Windows Forms Applications

Sun, 16 Aug 2009 20:45:00 GMT

Here is the list of my top suggestions and further reading recommendations on how to speed up your Windows Forms applications...

.NET continues to DoS attack me, seriously!

Wed, 05 Aug 2009 20:45:00 GMT

Yeah, it does! And I don't necessarily mean denial of service - that would mean that I couldn't get any programming done. Nope, far from it - but it sure is denial of sleep attacking me. Come one, I am struggling to keep up with all the new runtimes, features, frameworks and best practices coming out of Redmond. It's awesome and actually fun; no doubt about it - but sometimes it is excruciating as well. And today I am going to talk about the excruciating experience of seeing another reinvented wheel hobble out of Microsoft.

Branch-Per-Feature Source Control. Part 2: How (Theory)

Fri, 07 Aug 2009 02:00:03 GMT

Great high level description of merging in changes from different features as they are being developed.

Get Countries Name in .Net

Mon, 27 Jul 2009 15:30:09 GMT

In this post, I will explain you how can we get the countries name filled in any collection using .net without using any database. It is a regular task, which we all as developers did some past day but the difference is we used database table or xml file to hold the country names. But .net framework provide us with all the countries information in Globalization namespace.

Request UAC Elevation for .net Application (Managed Code)

Mon, 29 Jun 2009 13:40:09 GMT

This Article explains, how to request the operating system for UAC elevation for an application that requires administrator priviilege in windows VISTA, or windows 7

22 Visual Studio Short Keys and 6 Short-cut Ways to Custom Jobs

Wed, 10 Jun 2009 07:15:00 GMT

Efficient programmers use short keys in IDE like Visual Studio. This saves time and in many cases makes the work run faster also. I also love short keys. They are smart! And there also go some tricks that help make your visual studio days a party! I have listed here some short cuts and some tips with the hope that this will be helpful to you all.

How to test your multi-threaded code (part 1 of 3)?

Wed, 06 May 2009 23:01:04 GMT

CHESS is the answer. At least this is what we have best right now.