There is More Content than Just the Front Page on DotNetKicks

beckelman.net — Are you tired of going to DotNetKicks and finding the same stories on the front page for days in a row? Trust me, there is some great content out there that never makes the front page. You just have to look a little deeper. When you do, you can help put some of that great new content in front of the masses. Even if you don’t submit stories yourself, you can still help out by giving the initial votes that push a story to the front page. read more...

add a comment | category: Community | Views: 227

Fun With Named Formats, String Parsing, and Edge Cases

published 3 days, 8 hours ago, submitted by johnsheehan 3 days, 14 hours ago

haacked.com — Recently I found myself in a situation where I wanted to format a string using a named format string, rather than a positional one. Ignore for the moment the issue on whether this is a good idea or not, just trust me that I’ll be responsible with it. read more...

add a comment | category: C# | Views: 229

Username Availability Validator AJAX Control, Release Demo

published 4 days, 2 hours ago, submitted by mosessaur 4 days, 10 hours ago

mosesofegypt.net — Back in September last year (2008), I posted a demo about Username Availability Validator Control. This control developed by the community on a contest initiated by Dave Ward on August 2008 as I remember. At that time the control was in beta. On October 2008 the control was released to public on its first version. And finally I wrote a a very simple documentation on the project Wiki. read more...

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jQuery Intellisense Updates from Microsoft

published 1 month, 29 days ago, submitted by rstrahl 1 month, 30 days ago

west-wind.com — With Microsoft's recent releases of the jQuery Intellisense file plus the hotfix released this week using jQuery in Visual Studio has become a lot easier and more convenient. Here is a little more detail on what you need and how it works. read more...

1 comment | category: jQuery | Views: 349

Suspicious DNK Accounts

mattberseth.com — Conclusion There is an incentive for publishers that use DNK to setup phony accounts that will help get stories from certain domains on the front page. So guess what happens ... it would appear that a certain number of people are doing this. read more...

8 comments | category: Other | Views: 333

C# Structs

dotnetperls.com — What are the benefit of structs in C#? When can they improve performance and memory use? See examples and benchmarks as well as screens from CLRProfiler and the Visual Studio debugger. Is this is the best struct article in the world? Maybe! read more...

11 comments | category: C# | Views: 928

7 of my favorite jQuery plugins for use with ASP.NET

published 2 months, 19 days ago, submitted by gt1329a 2 months, 19 days ago

encosia.com — Seven of my favorite jQuery plugins to use with ASP.NET and ASP.NET AJAX, based on my own successes and failures using them over the past year and a half. read more...

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Are your applications ‘legacy code’ before they even hit production?

richarddingwall.name — When a business has custom software developed, it expects that software to last for a long time. To do this, software must A) continue operating — by adapting to changing technology needs, and B) continue be useful — by adapting to changing business needs. read more...

add a comment | category: Architecture | Views: 214