How I Would Design a Programming Degree(www.kodefuguru.com)

submitted by KodefuGuru(2818) 2 days, 5 hours ago

Yesterday, I attended ECPI Columbia’s Spring Advisory Board meeting. I was involved in the panel discussion regarding their IT degrees, and I viewed it as an opportunity to explain what I consider lacking in developer education. read more...

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Developer Productivity Tools and Visual Studio Extensions(www.mehdi-khalili.com)

submitted by dpeterson(4397) 6 days, 8 hours ago

Mehdi Khalili shares what's in his toolbox for Visual Studio. It's a curated list of some of the best productivity boosters available. read more...

1 comment |category: Visual Studio |Views: 407

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Post-increment Operator and Precedence(www.kodefuguru.com)

submitted by KodefuGuru(2818) 11 days, 2 hours ago

int i = 0; i = i++ + i--; Console.Write(i); What is written to the console? read more...

2 comments |category: C# |Views: 143

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Ten features I like about Coffeescript(openmymind.net)

submitted by dpeterson(4397) 11 days, 8 hours ago

Karl Seguin shares ten features he likes in Coffeescript. A great list for anyone learning Coffeescript, or anyone who isn't yet familiar with Coffeescript. read more...

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EF5 Release Candidate Now Available(blogs.msdn.com)

submitted by dpeterson(4397) 11 days, 8 hours ago

The release candidate for Entity Framework 5.0 is now available on Codeplex. There have been several new improvements since beta 2. read more...

4 comments |category: Database |Views: 276

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Windows Dedicated Servers vs. Virtual Private Servers(www.epicwinhosting.com)

submitted by bsenoff(1583) 17 days, 18 hours ago

Our friends of Epic Win Hosting spell out all of the differences you need to know about. read more...

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Introducing: Workspace Reloader by Scott Hansleman(www.hanselman.com)

submitted by dpeterson(4397) 24 days, 8 hours ago

Scott Hansleman has thrown together a nifty Visual Studio extension that allows you to reload your workspace without losing all your open windows. Very handy for anyone using distributed version control with Visual Studio. read more...

1 comment |category: Visual Studio |Views: 174

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Persisting Enumeration Classes with nHibernate(lostechies.com)

submitted by dpeterson(4397) 26 days, 7 hours ago

Jimmy Bogard shares an example of persisting enumeration classes to the database, and reading them back out with the correct representation. read more...

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How to create custom forms in Orchard CMS with Email and reCaptcha(devdirective.com)

submitted by RobertTheGrey(447) 27 days, 9 hours ago

Forms should be easy right? Well, forms have a habit of making life difficult for web developers. But now finally, we can see how Orchard CMS can help make this easy with its rich extensibility model. read more...

2 comments |category: MVC |Views: 113

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Compilify: Compile and run your .Net code in the browser(www.compilify.net)

submitted by dpeterson(4397) 1 month, 1 day ago

Compilify is a new website that lets you compile and run your .Net code right from the browser. Built on the Rosyln CTP, Compilify lets you write, compile, and observe the output of your code right from your browser. Now you can write and test code from anywhere, without the need for Visual Studio. It's fast too! read more...

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Lazy Programming for Smarties(blogs.dotnetkicks.com)

submitted by bsenoff(1583) 1 month, 7 days ago

As a programmer, I can honestly say that I am lazy. Forget the menial job of repeating tasks… if it takes me an hour to complete an iteration, I would rather spend 3 hours automating the process. You never know when you might need to do it again, and the click of a button is much more satisfying than an hour of processing data. I know I’m not the only one who feels this way either, otherwise Andy Hunt and Dave Thomas wouldn’t have codified the DRY principle in The Pragmatic Programmer…. Don’t Repeat Yourself. read more...

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Reclaiming memory from Metro-style apps(blogs.msdn.com)

submitted by dpeterson(4397) 1 month, 9 days ago

Steven Sinofsky gives us the scoop on the new memory management techniques found in Windows 8 for Metro apps, and how it effects system stability and performance as well as your application. read more...

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Free DotNetNuke Month(www.epicwinhosting.com)

submitted by bsenoff(1583) 1 month, 10 days ago

Sign up today and get a free month with your DotNetNuke instance. read more...

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Top 5 Memory Management Gotchas(www.red-gate.com)

submitted by bsenoff(1583) 1 month, 10 days ago

Unmanaged memory is often leaked when you forget to write code to deallocate it; however this can also happen because references are retained to the managed object which is responsible for deallocating it. read more...

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Announcing the Windows 8 Editions(windowsteamblog.com)

submitted by dpeterson(4397) 1 month, 10 days ago

Microsoft has now formally introduced the official versions of Windows 8 and their respective feature sets, including the ARM-only Windows RT. read more...

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What's new in Razor v2?(vibrantcode.com)

submitted by dpeterson(4397) 1 month, 16 days ago

Check out some of the new features and changes in the upcoming Razor view engine v2.0. Don't forget the source code is also now available on Codeplex! read more...

1 comment |category: ASP.NET |Views: 621

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