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: 914

High Quality Image Resizing with .NET

published 3 months, 9 days ago, submitted by MikeBorozdin 3 months, 9 days ago

mikeborozdin.com — Even though you just shrinks images, the quality of produced images is usually worse than the quality of original images. Learn how to use interpolation to resize images with a better quality. read more...

add a comment | category: ASP.NET | Views: 417

Lutz Roeder's Weblog: The Future of .NET Reflector

published 3 months, 14 days ago, submitted by crpietschmann 3 months, 14 days ago

blog.lutzroeder.com — After more than eight years of working on .NET Reflector, I have decided it is time to move on and explore some new opportunities. I have reached an agreement to have Red Gate Software continue the development of .NET Reflector. Red Gate has a lot of experience creating tools for both .NET and SQL Server. They have the resources necessary to work on new features, and Reflector fits nicely with other .NET tools the company offers. Red Gate will continue to provide the free community version and is looking for your feedback and ideas for future versions. read more...

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Over 60 Free Controls from DevExpress

published 3 months, 22 days ago, submitted by jamesewelch 3 months, 23 days ago

devexpress.com — Once you register, you will be forwarded an Email with your login credentials to our product download portal. With this information in hand, you will be able to download and install all the controls and tools listed above free of charge. The applications you create with these controls can be distributed royalty free (see the EULA that accompanies the products for more information). Note that the installation you download will include evaluation versions of our entire product line. You can install these trials if you wish during the setup process. Visual Studio 2005 and Visual Studio 2008 are fully supported. read more...

3 comments | category: Products | Views: 663

Scale Cheaply - Sharding

codebetter.com — There are a lot of expensive ways to scale your database – all of which are highly touted by the big three database vendors because, well, they want to sell you all types of really expensive stuff. Despite what an “engagement consultant” might tell you though, most of the high-traffic websites on the web (google, digg, facebook) rely on far cheaper and better strategies: the core of which is called sharding. read more...

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The 5 types of poor software architects

buunguyen.net — The types of software architects you never want to meet in your career read more...

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Working in Opposite Land - The Logic of a Debuggin Strategy

published 6 months, 1 day ago, submitted by tomdog 6 months, 2 days ago

atalasoft.com — "There are a number of interesting things that come up in computer science and computer engineering where reasoning suddenly jumps into opposite land. It seems that the more human the operation, the more likely we are to go to opposite land. For example, it has been measured that it is more efficient to send your engineers home at a reasonable hour when a project is late than it is to have them work long hours. Efficiency doesn't scale with time spent, but exhaustion sure does." read more...

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Writing code that you’re proud of

published 6 months, 18 days ago, submitted by SuperJason 6 months, 18 days ago

ytechie.com — Are you proud of the code you write? Take some extra time now and save yourself time down the road. read more...

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