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XNA Game Studio 3.0 is Here

Thu, 30 Oct 2008 17:33:13 GMT

XNA Game Studio 3.0 expands on all the offerings of earlier iterations to include additional functionality to appeal to game developers of every level and enable them to create games to distribute through Xbox LIVE Community Games on the Xbox 360 as part of the New Xbox Experience.

SVN-Monitor is finally out for free download!

Sun, 26 Oct 2008 19:31:02 GMT

A full-featured .net application that integrates SubVersion, TortoiseSVN and all your checked-out folders and repositories. Use it to perform all your svn commands and monitor all your projects' activities in a single place. Access all commands from the tray menu or from the main window. This is a must-have tool for every windows+svn user!

Silverlight Organisational Chart Demonstration

Wed, 22 Oct 2008 12:29:21 GMT

I've been producing a Silverlight Organisational Control that dynamically arranges controls from a hierarchy. Here is a demo of the work so far and includes, drag drop, animations etc.

ASP.NET MVC Pro's and Con's

Thu, 23 Oct 2008 16:16:06 GMT

Some of the main pro's and con's of the new style for building web applications (ASP.NET MVC).

Developing with Source Code Control Best Practices Part 1

Sun, 19 Oct 2008 08:01:05 GMT

Peter details some first principles about SCC, and some very basic developing with SCC practices that every dev should follow.

Tinyject - IoC in an Afternoon

Thu, 09 Oct 2008 18:32:45 GMT

Oh, not another IoC/DI container, you might think. Well, this one is tiny, and can be a good source for newbies to read code and understand how a container works.

Validation in WPF using PostSharp/AOP

Thu, 09 Oct 2008 09:31:12 GMT

A example of how PostSharp could be used to simplify validation in WPF

C# Conditional Methods

Tue, 07 Oct 2008 20:35:51 GMT

Applications developed using C# and the .NET framework can include conditional methods. These methods are called only when specified compiler symbols have been defined. This makes them ideal for code used for tracing and debugging purposes.

How To Use The SVN Client and Start Working With Your SubVersion Versi

Wed, 08 Oct 2008 06:31:03 GMT

how to use the Tortoise SVN client and work with your svn version control server

Which Open Source License to select -"With Comparison Chart!"

Tue, 07 Oct 2008 02:06:55 GMT

A simple comparison of different open source licenses. Lets you have an idea on thier features and have preview for selection of a license for your open source project.

What's new in .NET Framework 4.0?

Fri, 03 Oct 2008 18:59:25 GMT

Good question. There are a few things we know about Microsoft's managed application runtime and class library: There will be major updates to the Windows Communication Foundation (WCF) and Workflow Foundation (WF). According to this announcement along with this post by Steven Martin we are going to see "better support for Web 2.0 technologies like REST, POX and ATOM" and a 10x performance increase in WF.

A very simple C# interview question that most developer fails

Wed, 01 Oct 2008 16:29:39 GMT

This is a very simple C# question that most developer fails in the interview. Do you know the answer?

All UML diagrams explained

Wed, 01 Oct 2008 04:13:16 GMT

Class diagram, object diagram, sequence diagrams , use cases , state chart diagrams , collaboration diagrams , activity diagrams, package diagrams , component diagrams , stereo types and deployment diagrams.

The Unit of Work Pattern

Sat, 27 Sep 2008 23:02:48 GMT

Discussion and examples on the Unit of Work pattern.

6 Ways to Optimize C# Code

Mon, 15 Sep 2008 22:42:34 GMT

Discover six simple ways to improve the readability and performance of C# source code and applications.

Have you seen the new ANTS profiler?

Mon, 15 Sep 2008 14:07:13 GMT

Red-Gate has put out a new version (4.0) of their ANTS profiler. The updates to the performance profiler blew me away.

TDD Tips: Unit Test Namespace considerations

Mon, 15 Sep 2008 10:37:35 GMT

There's a debate and poll going on about where you should put your tests.

Inversion of control and Dependency injection basics

Mon, 15 Sep 2008 07:42:00 GMT

In this section we will discuss about how IOC and DI can help us build loosely coupled software architecture. I am not sure should we call this a design pattern or more of a approach. If you search around the web you will see lot of controversy on whether IOC is a design pattern or not. From my point of view it is a design pattern as it solves a problem context

CodePlex launches support for TortoiseSVN

Mon, 15 Sep 2008 11:01:03 GMT

No longer do you need to host SvnBridge yourself, or use the Team Foundation Client or the CodePlex client. Now you can use your favorite SVN client and connect directly to your repository!

Another Stack Overflow review

Sun, 14 Sep 2008 14:40:49 GMT

Review of http://www.stackoverflow.com

Are .net interfaces required

Sun, 14 Sep 2008 05:06:47 GMT

A discussing on the nature of Interfaces in a .Net TDD world.

StyleCop was just released!

Sat, 13 Sep 2008 12:31:02 GMT

StyleCop was just released! A tool that does all the styling for you in VS 2008 and 2005. It helps you adhere to styling guidelines and standards of your Code. It is a Great tool.

MVC vs. MVP: A Hillbilly's Journey

Fri, 12 Sep 2008 14:46:13 GMT

Yes, I know you've read this before so stop rolling your eyes and skip it if you're not interested. I'm not coming at this from the perspective of an expert imparting knowledge but as a hillbilly who has ignored the question too long. And now that I have to dive into it for the book, all the vagueness that I've been able to shunt aside to a little corner of my brain has surfaced like a long-lost brother beggin' for college money.

Get xUnit.net Working with ReSharper 4.1

Fri, 05 Sep 2008 12:41:06 GMT

How to get your xUnit.net ReSharper integration going again after you install ReSharper 4.1 (and before xUnit is officially updated).

Mini IOC and Static gateway logging - Andrew Stopford's Weblog

Thu, 04 Sep 2008 02:54:42 GMT

Quickly add logging using "static gateway logging example" and a mini IoC.