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Generic Variance in C# 4.0

Tue, 28 Oct 2008 21:46:12 GMT

A simple description of the new variance support for generics in the yet-to-be-released C# 4.0.

Custom Selection Heuristics in Ninject

Mon, 13 Oct 2008 01:52:08 GMT

An explanation of the powerful new selection heuristics in the soon-to-be-released Ninject 1.5.

Ideavine - An open source hosting project

Thu, 09 Oct 2008 11:01:03 GMT

Nate Kotahri and James Alveri has launched a new open source hosting service for .NET. it's currently hosting only two projects, Subtext a famous open source blogging engine and NInject, a dependency injection framework.

jQuery and Microsoft

Sun, 28 Sep 2008 20:01:02 GMT

ScottGu announce that Microsoft will be shipping jQuery with Visual Studio going forward. We will distribute the jQuery JavaScript library as-is, and will not be forking or changing the source from the main jQuery branch. The files will continue to use and ship under the existing jQuery MIT license.

jQuery, Microsoft, and Nokia

Sun, 28 Sep 2008 19:16:03 GMT

news today: Both Microsoft and Nokia are taking the major step of adopting jQuery as part of their official application development platform. Not only will they be using it for their corporate development but they will be providing it as a core piece of their platform for developers to build with.

So, What is Duck Typing?

Mon, 22 Sep 2008 19:16:09 GMT

"I'm going to lay out what I think Duck Typing is, and let you poke holes in it, and tell me where I'm wrong. "

Setting up Continuous Integration for your Application with Team City

Thu, 18 Sep 2008 14:46:04 GMT

A short screencast on setting up Continuous Integration for your Application with Team City

NVelocity Server Control

Tue, 02 Sep 2008 15:31:05 GMT

A light weight server control which wraps the NVelocity implementation.

Entities and Repositories Discussion

Fri, 29 Aug 2008 00:31:02 GMT

Earlier today, there was a great discussion in an IRC channel about entities and whether they should have behaviors or not, and that eventually moved onto Repositories. It's a good discussion and after it was over, several of us felt it would be a good reference for later. Since I have a log of the conversation, I figured I'd repost it for future reference. Hopefully, you'll find it a good read as well.

Alt.NET Podcast Episode 9: The State of IronRuby

Fri, 29 Aug 2008 18:31:13 GMT

Learn about Ruby, why you should check it out, and what the status is on the IronRuby project,

Deep Fried Bytes: A Practical Look at Silverlight 2 Part Two

Mon, 18 Aug 2008 23:40:34 GMT

Keith and Woody wrap up their conversation with Shawn Wildermuth about the past, present and future of Silverlight 2 and get into some of the truths about this exciting technology. They expose some "rusty washers" about Siliverlight and discuss lots of interesting things you probably didn't know about the technology. This is another fun episode of Deep Fried Bytes that covers everything from lawn mowing, the Olympics and Silverlight.

Convenience Kills, or the Case Against RAD Tools

Mon, 18 Aug 2008 18:31:09 GMT

A rather heated discussion erupted last week on Twitter and IRC concerning so-called "drag-and-drop demos" - point-and-click demonstrations of "software development" that just involve dragging controls around on a graphical designer without a lot of actual coding involved. Being entirely unable to resist joining in on debates, I had to chime in and give my two cents.

Subtext 2.0 "Poseidon" Released!

Wed, 13 Aug 2008 08:46:02 GMT

Subtext 2.0 is hot off the CI Server and the new bits are packed with a metric crap-load of bug fixes, new features, and patches.

Skinning the Cat with Fluent NHibernate

Thu, 07 Aug 2008 23:01:02 GMT

As you may have noticed, I have become interested in the concept of Object Relational Mapping and the NHibernate framework. One of the more painful/tedious aspects of using NHibernate is hand writing the xml mapping files. That is why I got excited when I heard that Jeremy Miller was open sourcing his mapping generation libraries.

Visual Studio .NET Platform Target Explained

Wed, 06 Aug 2008 20:46:13 GMT

This article discusses the meaning of the Platform Target setting for Visual Studio projects and gives some tips and links that will be helpful when migrating to 64-bit processing.

Episode 7: Talking Domain-Driven Design with David Laribee - Part 2

Fri, 25 Jul 2008 21:31:02 GMT

Domain-driven design (DDD) is an approach to the design of software, based on two premises. For most software projects, the primary focus should be on the domain and domain logic (as opposed to being the particular technology used to implement the system) and complex domain designs should be based on a model. David Laribee wraps up his discussion with hosts Keith and Woody about the growing design practice and how it can be used with the .NET platform.

SlickEdit Versioning Toolbox Screencast : Visual Studio Hacks

Thu, 24 Jul 2008 20:46:03 GMT

A quick screencast showing off the cooler features in the SlickEdit Versioning Toolbox

Introduction to the Ninject IoC Container

Wed, 23 Jul 2008 13:16:03 GMT

Short screencast that will walk you through how to use the Ninject IoC (Inversion of Control) Container. This episode will also review the basics of the Strategy Pattern as it is critical to IoC.

Introduction to LinqPad - Intermediate Usage

Thu, 17 Jul 2008 14:01:02 GMT

Short screencasts that reviews LinqPad. This is an introduction to LinqPad (Intermediate Usage). This episode we will look at how to execute native .Net code.

Creating an Automated Build for your Application

Wed, 09 Jul 2008 14:01:15 GMT

Short how-to screencast on creating an Automated Build for your Application

Testing Abstract classes with Rhino Mocks

Tue, 08 Jul 2008 14:01:03 GMT

Short how-to screencast showing how to test Abstract classes with Rhino Mocks

Negative Attitudes are a Cancer to Successful Teams

Tue, 08 Jul 2008 16:16:09 GMT

Team members with a negative attitude are thieves, robbing the team of its potential, its moral, and often its success.

Conventions-Based Binding With Ninject

Mon, 07 Jul 2008 05:46:02 GMT

An explanation of how to make your type bindings in Ninject work with a "conventions over configuration" mindset.

How to Generate an RSS Feed with Argotic

Thu, 03 Jul 2008 13:16:03 GMT

A short screencasts walking you through how to generate an RSS Feed with Argotic RSS framework.

Public Speaking - Great Beginnings

Tue, 01 Jul 2008 19:39:27 GMT

With a good opening comes a good closing. All that's left is the stuffing in the middle.