Using the CCR to Provide Robust Interaction With WCF Services

thevalerios.net — This post provides a complete implementation of a WinForms client calling a WCF service using Microsoft Concurrency and Coordination Runtime (CCR). We were able to write clean code that correctly interacted with the UI thread giving us a fully-responsive UI, were able to cache the service requests by posting them into the wrapper’s input port, we NEVER blocked a thread while waiting for asynchronous I/O, and handled all failure conditions cleanly. read more...

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Getting Started with Subversion - VisualSVN and TortoiseSVN

thevalerios.net — A step-by-step guide (with lots of screenshots) showing how to easily set up a Subversion server using VisualSVN Server and a Subversion client using TortoiseSVN. Great for beginners. read more...

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LINQ To SQL is Dead - Read Between the Lines

codebetter.com — David Hayden with some great points on the Linq to SQL announcement and some ideas on how the project could be saved. read more...

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LINQ To SQL Gets Kicked to the Curb... Needs A Good Home!

codebetter.com — Great post on why L2S needs to be supported by the community and why a L2S targeted at the community is a good idea. read more...

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Pavel Nikolov's blog: Visual Studio 2010

pavkata.blogspot.com — My first look at Visual Studio 2010 codename "Rosario". I showed some screen shots and and some new features of the new visual studio. read more...

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Functional C# Recap

published 1 month, 23 days ago, submitted by Jemm 1 month, 24 days ago

weblogs.asp.net — "Here are some resources that will be helpful in covering functional programming aspects as well as other topics covered." (Link collection) read more...

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5 Ways to Know If Your Software Sucks

submitted by craigshoemaker 4 months, 1 day ago

getpixel8ed.com — Learn why software sucks from .NET professor David Platt. David’s colorful and thought-provoking insights will have you looking at your applications with a new perspective. read more...

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Different Ways Of Retrieving Data From Collections

onedotnetway.com — C# as a language has matured over years. We have come a long way from the first version of C# to the current which incorporates LINQ. Here is an example I recently used in a training session. My objective was to show students how we can retrieve items from a collection based on a certain criteria in different ways. read more...

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