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Google Talk (GTalk) Autoreply using .NET

Thu, 16 Jul 2009 14:00:01 GMT

In this article, we will see how you can develop a simple Gtalk client using .NET using which you can notify your users that you are away from your desk.

Object Oriented Design Principles

Tue, 27 Jan 2009 06:01:02 GMT

Quick summary of SOLID, DRY, YAGNI and other useful OO principles.

Using jQuery to search Content and creating custom Selector Filters

Fri, 24 Oct 2008 23:46:02 GMT

jQuery makes it easy to search content of matched elements by using the :content filter which allows for some pretty cool search effects you can implement with a couple of lines of code. Unfortunately :contains is case sensitive though, but never fear jQuery allows creation of custom filters that allow you to provide a custom case insensitive version.

Matt Berseth: Dynamic Data Demos Now Available

Tue, 23 Sep 2008 19:16:05 GMT

Matt now has his dynamic data demos up since discountasp.net is supporting ASP.NET 3.5 SP1. Go take a look. They are pretty cool.

Custom LINQ to SQL code generation templates

Wed, 17 Sep 2008 13:16:07 GMT

Free templates to allow full customization of the DBML to C#/VB.NET code generation phase of LINQ to SQL without additional tool dependencies!

Sending Email in a Development Environment without an SMTP Server

Fri, 12 Sep 2008 02:46:02 GMT

Very handy... I'm forever looking this stuff up :-|

Great Design Pattern Resources

Mon, 01 Sep 2008 15:31:02 GMT

Some common patterns include the Singleton, Facade, Adaptor and Decorator. There are many, many patterns and below are some great resources to learn about them.

Configuring and running ASP.NET 3.5 on Linux

Fri, 25 Jul 2008 04:16:02 GMT

This article is about running, configuring and debugging ASP.NET and AJAX.NET on Linux machine with Mono

C#: Generate WebPage Thumbmail Screenshot Image

Thu, 24 Jul 2008 22:16:08 GMT

There are a few services out there that serve up screenshots of any webpage for you to display on your website. One popular one is Kwiboo; this is the one that DotNetKicks uses. For some time now I've wondered what the easiest way to do this in .NET was, and today I stumbled upon the undocumented WebBrowser.DrawToBitmap method that makes this extremely easy to do.

26 Not To Be Missed .NET Articles - June 2008 - .NET Zone

Wed, 02 Jul 2008 20:32:55 GMT

This month we have even more then in May in fact, we have almost tripple, we cover topics such as Deliver Next-Generation SOA Apps with Microsoft Robotics Development Studio, Get Started Building Silverlight 2 Applications, TypeTransmogrifier, Windows Mobile: Communicating with the Outside World and many more. Enjoy!

Top Developer Podcasts Part II

Wed, 02 Jul 2008 03:24:15 GMT

It's been six months since my previous article "10 Podcasts Every Developer Should Listen To" so I thought I would do a follow up article outlining some of the new quality podcasts available to developers.

The Open Closed Principle

Fri, 30 May 2008 19:16:10 GMT

The first installment of a new MSDN Magazine column by Jeremy Miller.

Using NHibernate (years after I should have been)

Thu, 01 May 2008 18:31:11 GMT

Getting up and running with NHibernate.

ASP.NET MVC Screencast: Model-based client-side validation

Thu, 01 May 2008 21:31:08 GMT

A very sweet and simple way to get validation into an MVC app, just by specifying rules as attributes on model objects (e.g. [ValidateEmail]). Client-side validation happens automatically...

A C# fluent repeater

Fri, 18 Apr 2008 11:01:03 GMT

A fully-featured fluent class used for repeating method calls, handle exceptions, callbacks and more... Just plug-and-play and start repeating stuff!

.NET Obfuscators

Thu, 17 Apr 2008 02:46:13 GMT

Comprehensive list of all .NET obfuscators available today and online reviews.

Why do ASP.NET AJAX page methods have to be static?

Wed, 16 Apr 2008 19:16:03 GMT

A thorough explanation of why ASP.NET AJAX page methods must be static methods, including information about the Page class, ViewState serialization, and what a static method actually is.

Hidden Gem: Singleton Factory in C#

Fri, 07 Mar 2008 03:01:04 GMT

Simple and generic implementation of singleton factory in C#.

What Does It Take To Become A Grandmaster Developer?

Tue, 04 Mar 2008 01:31:02 GMT

Provides an analogy between chess grandmasters and software developers including some C# examples.

Video of Luke Hoban's In-Depth Look at C# 3.0

Tue, 04 Mar 2008 17:16:02 GMT

Last fall in Barcelona, Spain two PM's from the C# team gave talks on key parts of the new technology found in Visual Studio 2008. * Microsoft Visual C# Under the Covers: An In-Depth Look at C# 3.0 * LINQ to SQL: Accessing Relational Data with Language Integrated Query

File System search via LINQ to Objects

Sat, 16 Feb 2008 11:16:02 GMT

LINQ provides a standard way for developers to query data in diverse locations, ranging from in memory objects, XML data, or relational data living in an Oracle Database.Lets take a look at a scenario where we use Linq to objects to query a directory on the local drive for files that match a given extension, and show the results in a Datagrid control.

Top 10 Best Practices for Production ASP.NET Applications

Thu, 14 Feb 2008 03:01:02 GMT

A list of some things to pay attention to when dealing with production ASP.NET applications.

ASP.NET MVC Link collection

Tue, 29 Jan 2008 19:31:02 GMT

Links to get started fast with Microsoft MVC.

Minority Report-like interaction with WPF

Wed, 23 Jan 2008 15:46:03 GMT

The guys at Cynergy built a very cool prototype of a no-touch interface using WPF and Wii controller. Here is a video and some insight of how they developed it.

Attach to ASP.NET process with one keyboard shortcut

Mon, 14 Jan 2008 21:46:04 GMT

Launch attach to process faster with this simple macro to debug your applications.