How to determine generic implementers and type parameters at runtime

submitted by dcrenna 26 days, 7 hours ago

dimebrain.com — A few extension methods to help when working with generic interfaces, and the types declared with them, at runtime. read more...

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Reducing the Cost of Change

submitted by dcrenna 1 month, 26 days ago

ayende.com — A philisophical comment on how the biggest hurdle to reducing the cost of change in software is treating change as costly. read more...

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A better JavaScript minifier

submitted by dcrenna 4 months, 3 days ago

dimebrain.com — A complete C# port of Yahoo's YUI Compressor is now available on CodePlex. It also provides complete MSBUILD support. read more...

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Thoughts on building social software in .NET

submitted by dcrenna 5 months, 21 days ago

dimebrain.com — Describes how lack of adoption and existing conventions might cause someone to avoid .NET for social networking projects, with a few ideas on how LINQ's strengths can help separate what makes a social application unique, from everything else we can automate and conventionalize. read more...

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Books vs. blogs: the value of technical books and ideas to improve the

submitted by dcrenna 6 months, 1 day ago

dimebrain.com — Some ideas to raise the value of technical books so that they survive in the face of constant technical change that blogs can adapt to instantly. read more...

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Frictionless data persistence in Silverlight 2

submitted by dcrenna 6 months, 13 days ago

dimebrain.com — This article will show you how to work with plain objects in Silverlight code, and use attributes to have those values automatically persisted in IsolatedStorage, or a compressed version of IsolatedStorage. You can also use this approach to define your own targets, all without writing any plumbing code around your state objects. read more...

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Frictionless data persistence in ASP.NET WebForms

submitted by dcrenna 6 months, 16 days ago

dimebrain.com — This article provides an approach to eliminating boilerplate code for storing state in Application, Cache, Context, Cookies, Session, Hidden Fields, Query Strings, and ViewState (on the client or on the server). Using attributes, you can switch your state persistence from ViewState on the client to an encrypted session variable without writing any code. read more...

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Snoo, a social networking language

submitted by dcrenna 7 months, 2 days ago

dimebrain.com — Describes a social networking DSL concept, and an open call for developers to help make it happen. read more...

1 comment | category: ASP.NET | Views: 11