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Introduction to Distributed Source Control

Fri, 06 Nov 2009 20:18:28 GMT

An in-depth introduction to some of the basic concepts needed to understand how distributed source control works. Includes screenshots and definitions.

Massive BlogEngine.Net Security Hole - Fix Provided

Mon, 14 Apr 2008 13:16:02 GMT

A massive security hole in BlogEngine.net was just revealed that allows anyone to see your passwords... Danny Douglass explains the issue and provides a patched BlogEngine.Core assembly to resolve the issue until the next release of BlogEngine is available.

There and Back Again : Lambda, Lambda, Lambda!

Wed, 19 Mar 2008 08:46:02 GMT

Want to get lambdas? This is THE post.

13 Tips to Comment Your Code

Tue, 18 Mar 2008 06:31:02 GMT

Following are 13 tips on how to comment your source code so that it is easier to understand and maintain over time.

ASP.NET Runtime Cheat Sheet: HttpRequest, HttpRuntime, and f

Wed, 20 Feb 2008 02:16:07 GMT

Cheat sheets for retrieving various bits of ASP.NET runtime information, all with live sample values, links to MSDN, and some explanations. Includes source code.

Does Your Code Pass "The Turkey Test?"

Sun, 17 Feb 2008 02:16:02 GMT

How careful are you about using the correct form of string and number formatting? How about your use of String.Compare and String.Equals?

One-Stop-Shop for BlogEngine 1.3 Extensions

Sat, 16 Feb 2008 21:46:02 GMT

I just finished upgrading my blog to BlogEngine version 1.3. While in the process of porting it to the new release, I spent some time experimenting with the extensions and the new BlogEngine 1.3 Extension Manager. I tried to keep track of most of the extensions that get posted on CodePlex and I thought I write a blog post that lists all the extensions that I found and demonstrates them in this post, if applicable. This way BlogEngine fans that don't keep track of all the traffic on CodePlex would get be able to quickly check the availability of a specific add-on for BlogEngine.

ASP.NET MVC: Choosing Your Data Access Method

Sat, 15 Dec 2007 14:16:02 GMT

Rob Conery discusses the pros and cons of using Linq To Sql, SubSonic, and NHibernate with MVC (and ASP.NET in general).

Subsonic Roadmap

Thu, 29 Nov 2007 20:16:03 GMT

Rob describes the state of the Subsonic project and reveils the future plans for SubSonic.

MVC or MVP Pattern - Whats the difference?

Sat, 10 Nov 2007 06:46:02 GMT

This awesome post explains differences between MVP and MVC patterns using VS Class Diagrams

ScottGu VS.net performance tips for machine

Thu, 01 Nov 2007 19:16:02 GMT

Specifically - "what type of machine do you recommend I get for doing development with Visual Studio?"

Caching In 10 Minutes

Wed, 31 Oct 2007 02:46:03 GMT

A quick overview of 4 types of caching available to you in an asp.net application: 1. Viewstate, #2. Context, Session, and Application, #3. Cache API, and #4. HTML Output Caching

Refactoring: Replacing Enums with the Strategy Pattern

Mon, 29 Oct 2007 17:46:07 GMT

Here's a simple way to remove all of those ugly switch statements and enums and to buy yourself a little more flexibility and testability as an added bonus!

Decorator Design Pattern

Mon, 22 Oct 2007 23:46:02 GMT

One of the beautiful patterns in GOF's (Gang Of Four) bucket is a Decorator Pattern. The purpose of Decorator pattern is to add extended functionality to the class without making any change in it. The blog describes architecture and has sample which shows pattern in work.

Ten CSS tricks you may not know | evolt.org

Wed, 10 Oct 2007 16:16:03 GMT

Much better! Just a couple of words of warning: This CSS shorthand version will only work if you're specifying both the font-size and the font-family. Also, if you don't specify the font-weight, font-style, or font-varient then these values will automatically default to a

More than 100 Web 2.0 Online Generators

Sun, 07 Oct 2007 15:31:02 GMT

Here the list of online generators specifically for web 2.0 design: enjoy it!

15+ Free Visual Studio Add-Ins

Tue, 25 Sep 2007 22:16:02 GMT

After some extensive researching (Googling), I've compiled this list of 15+ FREE Add-ins for Visual Studio 2005. Some of these add-ins will help improve the quality of your code, while others will help you code faster, however, none are guaranteed to help you get with the ladies.

Using SingleTagSectionHandler Instead Of appSettings

Thu, 06 Sep 2007 21:31:02 GMT

As an alternative to appSettings you can use SingleTagSectionHandler to store settings in a web.config file. Learn how.

Don't forget about composite primary keys -- many programmers do!

Fri, 24 Aug 2007 08:46:02 GMT

When you define more than one column as your primary key on a table, it is called a composite primary key. And many experienced and otherwise talented database programmers have never used them and may not even be aware of them! Yet, composite primary keys are very important when designing a good, solid data model with integrity.

Tired eyes? You're looking at the wrong part of your computer monitor!

Tue, 21 Aug 2007 10:16:02 GMT

How to look at your monitor without straining or tiring your eyes.

Surrogate vs Natural Primary Keys - Data Modeling Mistake 2 of 10

Mon, 20 Aug 2007 07:16:02 GMT

As obvious as the use of surrogate keys may be to some, there is still a good deal of diversity of opinion on their use as evidenced by the fact that many DBA's continue to not use them. This article will explain why those DBA's are wrong.

Nullable Types in C# and .NET 2.0

Fri, 17 Aug 2007 13:16:03 GMT

Nullable types were introduced in .NET 2.0. This article gives a quick overview of how to use them and some of the things to watch out for.

SubSonic 2.0.3

Wed, 11 Jul 2007 17:46:02 GMT

SubSonic 2.0.3 is primarily a maintenance release, with a few significant enhancements

Regionerate, a Code Layout tool for C#

Sat, 07 Jul 2007 08:01:01 GMT

A cool product for automatically generating and laying out your code into regions.