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First Steps with MEF

Wed, 19 Nov 2008 14:00:26 GMT

Hello MEF! - discover plugins with mef (inside the assembly) and through a dictionary.

Adobe Flex reaches out to .NET developers

Tue, 18 Nov 2008 09:01:19 GMT

An Adobe partner have today announced a free plug-in to allow .NET developers to write Flex front-ends to their applications entirely within Visual Studio, with full debugging and editing support.

Working With ASP.Net MVC Part 1

Thu, 13 Nov 2008 17:16:04 GMT

a quick look at building an application using the new ASP.Net MVC Beta, part one will handle the database

Cloudship: Membership Provider for the Cloud

Thu, 13 Nov 2008 00:46:02 GMT

Planning to move to the Azure Cloud, but already tied to the Membership API? This article guides you to build a complete Membership provider library which can be leveraged by existing application to link to Microsoft's cloud platform Windows Azure with no friction.

Cloud Computing (and Azure) - Right for your site?

Thu, 13 Nov 2008 02:16:02 GMT

A quick overview of cloud computing options and benefits from a web hosting standpoint.

Vista DWM Hacking - Capture and Stream D3D/WPF Windows Real-Time

Tue, 11 Nov 2008 23:16:09 GMT

This prototype project uses undocumented Vista DWM calls to get reference to a Direct3D surface the Vista DWM uses to paint windows. The D3D surface is then able to be rendered in a WPF application like a "VisualBrush". Because this is done in the GPU, it is very efficient. The sample application will also let you stream a high quality, high fps capture of your video to Silverlight or Windows Media Player.

WPF Model - View - View-Model Screencast

Sat, 08 Nov 2008 18:46:09 GMT

A really helpful screencast from Jason Dolinger showing how to use the M-V-VM pattern in a simple WPF application. He starts off with the code that a Windows Forms developer might use and refactors it to M-V-VM. Also includes a demonstration of how it is nicely unit testable utilising Moq and how to use the Unity IoC container. 1 hour 30 mins long.

WPF Themes Released

Thu, 06 Nov 2008 14:16:05 GMT

A collection of 8 free themes to be used in WPF!

PagedList Sorted Edition

Fri, 07 Nov 2008 14:16:10 GMT

Sorted Edition of PagedList

Setting up Castle Windsor for Auto Registration

Tue, 04 Nov 2008 15:46:04 GMT

A short screencast on how to set up Castle Windsor for Auto Registration by using convention based registration.

Debate: Do We Really Need Three Layer Architecture?

Wed, 05 Nov 2008 21:46:09 GMT

How many of you changed your database vendor (i.e. Sql Server, Access) after developing an application? How many of your data entities include business logic? I could say, less than 10% in both cases for my case. I found the similar statistics for my other known developers. I guess this is true for less that 10% of the developers around the world.

C# 4.0 Dynamic Lookup - Are You Kidding Me?

Tue, 04 Nov 2008 21:46:02 GMT

One of the core features introduced in C# 4.0 is called Dynamic Lookup which allows a unified approach to invoking things dynamically. When you have an object of type dynamic you can do whatever you like with it, those operations are resolved only at runtime. I DON'T LIKE IT, ARE YOU KIDDING ME?

How to run ASP.NET MVC on Windows Azure

Sat, 01 Nov 2008 22:31:02 GMT

A quick how-to on getting ASP.NET MVC up and running on Windows Azure.

Software Tools You Should Be Using and Blogs You Should Be Reading

Mon, 03 Nov 2008 12:01:02 GMT

Advice on how to become a great developer and not just a monkey programmer.

LINQ To SQL is Dead - Read Between the Lines

Fri, 31 Oct 2008 18:46:13 GMT

David Hayden with some great points on the Linq to SQL announcement and some ideas on how the project could be saved.

Microsoft kills Linq to SQL

Fri, 31 Oct 2008 09:01:13 GMT

Ayende (aka Oren) expresses disbelief at Microsoft's decision to effectively kill off LINQ to SQL.

LINQ To SQL Gets Kicked to the Curb... Needs A Good Home!

Thu, 30 Oct 2008 20:16:02 GMT

Great post on why L2S needs to be supported by the community and why a L2S targeted at the community is a good idea.

C# 4.0 New Features Part 2 - default and named parameters

Thu, 30 Oct 2008 17:16:03 GMT

New feature in C# 4.0 number 2, default and named parameters! Look at what they are, and how they are used in C# 4.0.

Do We Need Another Open ID Provider?

Thu, 30 Oct 2008 10:31:07 GMT

Microsoft recently announced that Windows Live ID will be an Open ID provider, but not an acceptor. Does this really do anything to further the Open ID movement?

DatePicker & Calendar released for WPF

Wed, 29 Oct 2008 12:01:12 GMT

The WPF Toolkit has been updated and now also ship the DatePicker & Calendar controls

Lazy Loading with Linq to SQL POCO s

Wed, 29 Oct 2008 09:01:02 GMT

How to achieve Lazy Loading when using POCO s with Linq to SQL

Silverlight Toolkit Overview and Examples

Wed, 29 Oct 2008 09:46:03 GMT

If you've used ASP.NET AJAX then you've likely used controls from toolkits such as the ASP.NET AJAX Control Toolkit in your applications. Microsoft has also released a Silverlight Toolkit with new controls and functionality that can be used in Silverlight 2 applications.

89 Ways for You to Become the Coolest Developer in the World

Tue, 28 Oct 2008 13:31:08 GMT

You can learn how to improve your programming skills, work better and enjoy it from this collection of advice from experienced developers.

Leveraging the power of ActionName and AcceptVerbs in Asp.Net MVC

Tue, 28 Oct 2008 14:16:04 GMT

A short screencast on how to leverage the power of ActionName and AcceptVerbs in Asp.Net MVC

.NET - Some Common Operations using LINQ To XML - Part I

Fri, 31 Oct 2008 06:46:02 GMT

Very good overview of how to query using LINQ to XML