How to Use the Facebook Developer Toolkit 2.0

socialsnippets.com — The Facebook Developer Toolkit project has just released version 2.0 of their ASP.NET API into the wild, so let's go over the basics. In this article, we focus on creating an absolutely bare bones FBML application that leverages the API. Enjoy! read more...

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Writing Tests to Catch Memory Leaks in .NET

brian.genisio.org — Although Microsoft will claim that it is "not possible to have a memory leak in managed code", most seasoned .NET developers will laugh at that statement. It turns out that it is very easy to leak memory -- just keep a referencing object around longer than the referenced object, and you can leak. Here is a way to write tests to catch leaks. read more...

2 comments | category: C# | Views: 505

Crack.NET - A runtime debugging and scripting tool for .NET

cracknetproject.com — Crack.NET is a runtime debugging and scripting tool that gives you access to the internals of any .NET desktop application running on your computer. If you love Snoop and Mole for Visual Studio, you’ll love Crack.NET, too. Crack.NET allows you to “walk” the managed heap of another .NET application, inspect all kinds of values on objects, and even manipulate those objects via IronPython scripts. read more...

3 comments | category: Windows Presentation Foundation | Views: 370

UK Software Consultant Nightmare: The IT Recruiting Agents

published 2 months, 1 day ago, submitted by adamtibi 2 months, 2 days ago

adamtibi.net — The definite guide to the tricks and tactics employed by some IT recruting agents that made the UK software consultant's recruting process a nightmare. read more...

add a comment | category: Other | Views: 418

Reflecting the entire layout panel in Silverlight 2 Beta 2

windowsclient.net — After my post on creating reflection with Silverlight 2 Beta . I was asked several times by couple of Silverlight enthusiasts questions like this : is there any way i can reflect an entire grid?, is it possible to make a reflection of lets say a grid with multiple buttons since there is no VisualBrush in Silverlight?, is there any chance to reflect some generic Control(Framework element etc)?. So I started to think about how entire Layout Panels like Grid,Canvas,Border etc. can be reflected. In WPF I did this stuff so easily. But in Silverlight I didn't find any any way till last night. The idea behind Layout reflection is , creating a mirror effect of a Container Control, which means child controls placed inside the container will also be reflected. read more...

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Chrome didn't survive long...

published 2 months, 29 days ago, submitted by aloker 2 months, 29 days ago

blog.andreloker.de — I uninstalled Google Chrome after considering the potential threads for privacy read more...

8 comments | category: Other | Views: 842

Silverlight Particle Generator

published 3 months, 11 days ago, submitted by Jemm 3 months, 12 days ago

blog.nerdplusart.com — Cool particle effects live demo done with Silverlight. Sources are available, too! read more...

1 comment | category: Silverlight | Views: 336

How To Create a WPF Template For a Generic Class

dev102.com — Have you ever tried to create a DataTemplate for a Generic Class? Here is how you do it. read more...

4 comments | category: Windows Presentation Foundation | Views: 147