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Programming Language Rankings

Mon, 13 Feb 2012 19:14:32 GMT

RedMonk has released a ranking of programming languages based on their popularity on StackOverflow and GitHub. The buzz seems to be focused on Java, which is surprising since C# left it in the dust on features...

Kinect for Windows Now Available

Wed, 01 Feb 2012 19:07:01 GMT

On January 9th, Steve Ballmer announced at CES that Microsoft would be shipping Kinect for Windows on February 1st. Today version 1.0 of the SDK and runtime were made available for download, and distribution partners in twelve launch countries are starting to ship Kinect for Windows hardware.

Converting Nullable Values to Their Default, Non-Nullable Values

Tue, 13 Sep 2011 21:47:05 GMT

If you've ever needed to convert a Nullable<T> type to a its default, non-nullable value when its nullable value is null, here's a handy extension method to help you out.

ASP.NET MVC JavaScript Routing

Tue, 21 Dec 2010 05:34:34 GMT

I introduce a small utility that will allow generation of routes and controller actions into JavaScript to allow URL generation on the client side using ASP.NET MVC routing.

Microsoft Visual Studio - From Past to Present

Wed, 08 Dec 2010 12:15:38 GMT

Recently I've been working at a client site where they are using Visual Studio 2005 for their main project. I've gotta say that I was a bit surprised since I haven't come across VS2005 for a few years. I immediately became nostalgic and decided to share. So I'm proud to present, Visual Studio - from past to present!

Embedding pre-compiled Razor views in your dll

Mon, 22 Nov 2010 21:27:06 GMT

Inspired by David Ebbo's blog post 'Turn your Razor helpers into reusable libraries' I wanted to be able to embed compiled Razor views in a dll. This would allow for easy distribution of asp.net mvc 'modules' that have their default views embedded, but allowing you to place files in your 'views' folder to override those default views

Lucene.Net needs your help (or it will die)

Mon, 01 Nov 2010 21:00:52 GMT

The Apache Foundation wants to kill Lucene.net. If you use it please chime in and help. This post explains a bit more in detail why this is happening

wcf.codeplex.com is now live

Wed, 03 Nov 2010 21:45:52 GMT

The WCF Team have been busy building a variety of projects which bring better support for HTTP based services, and better support for JavaScript/jQuery based clients. These projects have all been collected together and are being hosted on CodePlex.

Asynchrony in C# 5, Part One

Fri, 29 Oct 2010 15:00:52 GMT

New async features for C# 5.

Practical jQuery Mobile with ASP.NET MVC

Fri, 22 Oct 2010 20:15:52 GMT

I wanted to write a post about creating a basic jQuery Mobile app but as I started putting the code together MVC became more and more involved so I combined the 2.

jQuery Mobile alpha and jQuery 1.4.3 released

Wed, 20 Oct 2010 16:30:52 GMT

A quick preview of the releases by the jQuery Team

Microsoft is late to the game ??? Stop the Joke and see the Reality

Sun, 17 Oct 2010 15:45:52 GMT

Ever since the announcement of the Windows Phone 7 was made, I have been noticing that in some of the articles or views of the people telling that Microsoft is too late to the game . ....

5 Reasons to be Excited about ASP.NET MVC 3

Wed, 13 Oct 2010 13:30:52 GMT

It's already been 6 months since ASP.NET MVC 2 was released and version 3 is already taking shape. I, personally, am thrilled about that because this version seems to put ASP.NET MVC, in terms of maturity and functionality, on the first line along with other MVC frameworks out there like RoR. I've put together 5 main reasons why I'm excited about this upcoming version. What about you?

Scott Hanselman - Introducing NuPack Package Management for .NET

Thu, 07 Oct 2010 02:15:52 GMT

Microsoft's been filling out the Web Stack with more and more right-sized LEGO pieces lately. NuPack is a package management system for .NET. The goal of NuPack is to make the process of incorporating third party libraries into your solutions as simple as possible.

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

Getting Started with Lucene.NET

Sun, 19 Sep 2010 00:00:52 GMT

Have you ever built a search using a SQL LIKE statement, only to have your users complain about functionality? A simple SQL-based search doesn't handle synonyms, misspellings, prefixes, suffixes, result rankings, weighting, and so on and so forth. Fret no longer, you can spend a little more time and build a "smart" search using Lucene and get all of these features as well as the ability to tweak the search as much as you like.

What is an MVP? - How to become an MVP?

Thu, 16 Sep 2010 09:45:52 GMT

A Direct Answer to Famous Question!

CryptoLicensing For MFC 2010 R2 released

Mon, 13 Sep 2010 11:05:44 GMT

CryptoLicensing For MFC is a licensing management and copy protection software featuring trials, activation, floating/leased licenses, hardware-locking, domain-locking and more. It supports all your MFC, ATL or C++ applications, libraries, components and controls. CryptoLicensing uses the latest military strength, state-of-the-art cryptographic technology to generate secure and unbreakable licenses to ensure that your software and intellectual property is protected. The new versions supports leased/borrowed floating licenses, domain-locked licenses, support for MySQL and SQLLite database in license service, Date Rollback Detection, verifying local time with license service, new API, UI features and more. * Protect your intellectual property, increase sales and maximize ROI. * Variety of licensing rules for the most common licensing scenarios. * Cryptographic licenses for full versions of your software. * Evaluation or trial versions. * Online or manual activation and hardware locking. * Network Floating licenses. * Leased licenses * On-demand licenses. * Subscription licenses. * And more! * Flexible and adaptable licensing to suit your exact needs. * Secure and unbreakable cryptographic licenses offer maximum protection to your software. * User friendly activation and hardware locking scheme. * Fast, reliable, light-weight and simple API to integrate in your software.

Four Methods Of Simple Caching In .NET

Mon, 30 Aug 2010 18:00:52 GMT

Four ways to manage objects that expire in their container.

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.

HTML5 Support In Visual Studio 2010

Mon, 09 Aug 2010 12:45:52 GMT

I was trying to play around with HTML5 assuming that VS 2010 had shipped with HTML5 support but to my dismay it was not the case. Bummer! So I did a bit of homework and came up with an easy workaround.

Introduction to BINARY_CHECKSUM and Working Example

Wed, 04 Aug 2010 09:00:52 GMT

If any row has any value changed, this function can be used to figure out if the values are changed in the rows. However, if the row is changed from A to B and once again changed back to A, the BINARY_CHECKSUM cannot be used to detect the changes. Let us see quick example of the of same. Learn the trick!

Entity Framework 4 - POCO Code Only

Sun, 25 Jul 2010 23:15:52 GMT

How to use Entity Framework 4 Code First

.NET 4.0 has 2 Global Assembly Cache (GAC)

Tue, 29 Jun 2010 12:45:52 GMT

While reading an article on Understanding The CLR Binder, I found out that .NET 4.0 has 2 distinct GAC's (Global Assembly Cache).In previous .NET versions, when I installed a .NET assembly into the GAC (using gacutil.exe), I could find it in the 'C:\Windows\assembly' path. With .NET 4.0, GAC is now ....

5 jQuery Calendar Plugins that can be used on Websites

Tue, 06 Jul 2010 18:00:51 GMT

Online calendars can be very useful to share and publish your schedules. One of the most common requests I receive from my jQuery readers is for of a good, free-to-use, jQuery Calendar control, similar to the Google Calendar, which can be added to a website or blog. Here are some of the freely available jQuery Calendar plugins, worth trying out