The List of LINQ to SQL and Entity Framework Providers

submitted by MikeBorozdin 1 day, 9 hours ago

mikeborozdin.com — The list of LINQ to SQL and the Entity Framework providers that tries to be comprehensive read more...

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Thinking only of the Junior Developer

published 3 days, 10 hours ago, submitted by cwbrandsma 5 days, 11 hours ago

elegantcode.com — How do you treat Junior developers, what code do you give them, and do you let their presence change your architecture? read more...

4 comments | category: Community | Views: 492

What is Microsoft waiting for providing a decent path API?

published 9 days, 10 hours ago, submitted by johnsheehan 9 days, 13 hours ago

codebetter.com — I was recently browsing the code source of Managed Extensibility Framework and realized that this future part of .NET 4, full of tricky and advanced ideas, was naively relying on strings to describe files and directories paths. It seems that the version 4 of .NET will miss the need for a descent path API. There is the class System.IO.Path but it is feature limited, full of flaws and pitfalls (to not say bugs) and it fosters users to encode their paths into raw strings. It seems to me that using strings to encode paths is as primitive as using String.IndexOf("<tag>") to parse some XML. read more...

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TheBeerHouse MVC Beta Now on CodePlex

published 8 days, 12 hours ago, submitted by leedumond 10 days, 8 hours ago

leedumond.com — Tired of bitching about Oxite? Here's a new MVC sample application to sink your teeth into -- an MVC version of the famous TheBeerHouse Starter Kit. read more...

1 comment | category: MVC | Views: 361

Learning Entity Framework

submitted by MikeBorozdin 13 days, 20 hours ago

mikeborozdin.com — I suppose you have already heard about the Entity Framework, but probably didn’t have a chance to try it in action. So, you want to learn it. Of course, you can start with MSDN that is indeed is the number one resource .NET developers, you can also find a dozen of tutorials on the Net, but you know it’s always pleasant to have a paper book or perhaps its electronic versions that you can read everywhere, not only in front of your computer. read more...

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EntitySpaces 2009 Beta Available for Public Download - No Registration

entityspaces.net — We are pleased to make the EntitySpaces 2009 Beta available for public release. The EntitySpaces 2009 Trial version is fully integrated with Visual Studio 2005 or 2008. There is also a stand alone executable for those not using Visual Studio. If you are looking at starting a new project in 2009 take a look at EntitySpaces 2009. It's a great architecture and we no longer rely on a third party code generator. To get started, simply install and switch to the "Settings" tab and connect to your database and click the "Save" icon and you're off and running. We will be publishing a series of video's on how to use ES2009 soon. Watch for these on our blog. read more...

1 comment | category: Architecture | Views: 219

CarTrackr on Windows Azure - Part 2 - Cloud-enabling CarTrackr

blog.maartenballiauw.be — This post is part 2 of my series on Windows Azure, in which I'll try to convert my ASP.NET MVC application into a cloud application. The current post is all about enabling the CarTrackr Visual Studio Solution file for Windows Azure. read more...

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What Constitutes Ethical SEO?

published 24 days, 4 hours ago, submitted by dengar007 26 days, 15 hours ago

frickinsweet.com — As a web developer / someone who has a blog, I understand dealing with spam is one of the necessary evils of having a comments enabled on my site. Too often, SEO companies use unscrupulous tactics in the name of website optimization. What is the best way to prevent link spammers from overrunning your site? read more...

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