http://dotnet.dzone.com/articles/current en http://dotnet.dzone.com/news/why-data-as-a-service-isnt-a-b Early this week I encountered the post "Why the Database as a Service is a Bad Idea" written by Arnon Rotem-Gal-Oz in DZone. The title caught my eye and I read the post. http://dotnet.dzone.com/news/why-data-as-a-service-isnt-a-b#comments .NET & Windows Server-side ADO.NET LINQ SOA Data Access http://dotnet.dzone.com/crss/node/4645 Thu, 21 Aug 2008 11:53:41 -0400 80 0 gilf http://dotnet.dzone.com/sites/all/files/avatars/picture-301040.jpg Thu, 21 Aug 2008 11:53:41 -0400 gilf 4645 at http://dotnet.dzone.com http://dotnet.dzone.com/news/selectmany-probably-the-most-p Hi there back again. Hope everyone is already exploiting the power of LINQ on a fairly regular basis. Okay, everyone knows by now how simple LINQ queries with a where and select (and orderby, and Take and Skip and Sum, etc) are translated from a query comprehension into an equivalent expression for further translation:from p in products where p.Price > 100 select p.Namebecomes http://dotnet.dzone.com/news/selectmany-probably-the-most-p#comments .NET & Windows C# Client-side LINQ Data Access http://dotnet.dzone.com/crss/node/4626 Wed, 20 Aug 2008 11:14:15 -0400 76 0 bdesmet http://dotnet.dzone.com/sites/all/files/avatars/picture-301284.jpg Wed, 20 Aug 2008 11:14:15 -0400 bdesmet 4626 at http://dotnet.dzone.com http://dotnet.dzone.com/news/im-thinking-using-agile-softwa This question is one I've run into a few times recently. It's not a question I can answer quickly as the question is based on a false premise about the relationship between lean and agile. So first I need to go into some history to help explain that relationship. http://dotnet.dzone.com/news/im-thinking-using-agile-softwa#comments agile development choice of approach lean development Industry Opinions http://dotnet.dzone.com/crss/node/4585 Tue, 19 Aug 2008 02:13:53 -0400 289 0 martinfowler http://dotnet.dzone.com/sites/all/files/avatars/picture-323432.jpg Tue, 19 Aug 2008 02:13:53 -0400 martinfowler 4585 at http://dotnet.dzone.com http://dotnet.dzone.com/news/practical-concurrency-patterns Another very simple pattern builds on the foundation of the Safe-Unsafe Cache pattern.  What is the easiest way to protect data from multi-threaded access and to incur the minimal performance cost while doing so?  Making it read-only! http://dotnet.dzone.com/news/practical-concurrency-patterns#comments .NET & Windows Architecture C-Sharp Patterns http://dotnet.dzone.com/crss/node/4583 Mon, 18 Aug 2008 17:28:09 -0400 317 0 sashag http://dotnet.dzone.com/sites/all/files/avatars/picture-295327.jpg Mon, 18 Aug 2008 17:28:09 -0400 sashag 4583 at http://dotnet.dzone.com http://dotnet.dzone.com/news/curry-dummies Introduction Functional programming concepts aren’t that hard but sometimes a little abstract. In this post I’ll try to demystify the concept of currying, or - in simple words – partial function application. If you wonder where the name “curry” comes from, it’s named after Haskell Curry, one of the creative minds behind functional programming, and indeed as the name implies it adds... http://dotnet.dzone.com/news/curry-dummies#comments Architecture Blueprints C-Sharp Languages http://dotnet.dzone.com/crss/node/4582 Mon, 18 Aug 2008 17:08:33 -0400 87 0 bdesmet http://dotnet.dzone.com/sites/all/files/avatars/picture-301284.jpg Mon, 18 Aug 2008 17:08:33 -0400 bdesmet 4582 at http://dotnet.dzone.com http://dotnet.dzone.com/news/linq-folding-left-right-and-th A few days ago I blogged about Curry for Dummies, outlining one of the typical techniques employed in functional programming. What I didn't say back then is I'm about to reuse the "Curry" function with formal substitution mechanism for this subsequent blog post. Just as a quick refresher:LambdaExpression Curry(LambdaExpression func, params Expression[] parameters);used like this: http://dotnet.dzone.com/news/linq-folding-left-right-and-th#comments .NET & Windows Server-side Functional Programming LINQ Data Access http://dotnet.dzone.com/crss/node/4571 Mon, 18 Aug 2008 12:12:48 -0400 81 0 bdesmet http://dotnet.dzone.com/sites/all/files/avatars/picture-301284.jpg Mon, 18 Aug 2008 12:12:48 -0400 bdesmet 4571 at http://dotnet.dzone.com http://dotnet.dzone.com/news/why-database-a-service-a-bad-i Microsoft recently released SP1 for .NET. Database service SOA Mon, 18 Aug 2008 04:04:25 -0400 2659 0 arnonrgo http://dotnet.dzone.com/sites/all/files/avatars/picture-290666.jpg Mon, 18 Aug 2008 04:04:25 -0400 arnonrgo 4556 at http://dotnet.dzone.com http://dotnet.dzone.com/news/low-latency-gc-net-35 GC flavors are a static performance optimization for the .NET garbage collector.  Under various circumstances, applications can opt-in (before runtime) to a runtime mode that affects the GC’s behavior to better suit the specific application in question.  For a succinct yet complete description of GC flavors, Maoni’s blog is a great source of information. http://dotnet.dzone.com/news/low-latency-gc-net-35#comments .NET & Windows Server-side .NET Internals Low Latency Performance http://dotnet.dzone.com/crss/node/4524 Thu, 14 Aug 2008 16:27:18 -0400 622 0 sashag http://dotnet.dzone.com/sites/all/files/avatars/picture-295327.jpg Thu, 14 Aug 2008 16:27:18 -0400 sashag 4524 at http://dotnet.dzone.com http://dotnet.dzone.com/announcements/smartinspect-30-revolutionary- We are excited to announce the immediate availability of our advanced .NET logging, Java logging and Delphi logging tool SmartInspect 3.0. The new release makes SmartInspect even more suitable for debugging and monitoring high-performance production systems, for working with test systems and for end-user scenarios. http://dotnet.dzone.com/announcements/smartinspect-30-revolutionary-#comments debugging logging tracing http://dotnet.dzone.com/crss/node/4468 Thu, 14 Aug 2008 10:53:28 -0400 561 0 dgurock http://dotnet.dzone.com/sites/all/files/avatars/picture-172104.png Thu, 14 Aug 2008 10:53:28 -0400 dgurock 4468 at http://dotnet.dzone.com http://dotnet.dzone.com/articles/the-undercover-adventure-part--3 In my time here on the oil mine I have had a lot of time to think and observe and one thing is for certain, perspective on something makes a big difference in its execution and acceptance. Whether a difference exists between planners and specialists, procedure writers and planners or the leads and the journeyman, it doesn't matter. What is clear is that people are quick to judge something... http://dotnet.dzone.com/articles/the-undercover-adventure-part--3#comments agreement consequences contracts legal perspectives Trends Industry Opinions Legal http://dotnet.dzone.com/crss/node/4504 Thu, 14 Aug 2008 01:02:36 -0400 762 0 AnneBotha http://dotnet.dzone.com/sites/all/files/avatars/picture-311818.jpg Thu, 14 Aug 2008 01:02:36 -0400 AnneBotha 4504 at http://dotnet.dzone.com http://dotnet.dzone.com/news/how-ie8-enables-silverlight-de One of new features in the next version of Internet Explorer (IE8) was created specifically for AJAX applications and can add significant functionality to Silverlight applications as well.  Here is the description of the feature (from Better AJAX Development): http://dotnet.dzone.com/news/how-ie8-enables-silverlight-de#comments .NET & Windows Client-side IE8 Silverlight HTML & XHTML Ajax & Scripting http://dotnet.dzone.com/crss/node/4462 Tue, 12 Aug 2008 06:39:12 -0400 480 0 synergist http://dotnet.dzone.com/sites/all/files/avatars/picture-324567.jpg Tue, 12 Aug 2008 06:39:12 -0400 synergist 4462 at http://dotnet.dzone.com http://dotnet.dzone.com/news/build-your-subsonic-dal-with-n SubSonic is a .NET ORM (object relational mapping) tool with plenty of extras. In the ORM market, it can be compared to other tool such as Linq and NHibernate. I chose SubSonic over NHibernate, because of the ease of configuration or Linq, because I am still programming for .NET 2.0. That being said, there are three different ways to generate your data access layer using SubSonic: http://dotnet.dzone.com/news/build-your-subsonic-dal-with-n#comments Server-side NAnt subsonic Frameworks Data Access ASP.NET http://dotnet.dzone.com/crss/node/4434 Mon, 11 Aug 2008 12:58:16 -0400 226 0 boyan http://dotnet.dzone.com/sites/all/files/avatars/picture-246156.jpg Mon, 11 Aug 2008 12:58:16 -0400 boyan 4434 at http://dotnet.dzone.com http://dotnet.dzone.com/announcements/csharp A C# MVP since 2003, Jon Skeet wrote this reference card for use in whatever type of C# project you're working on, and whichever version of C# you're using. It covers many topics, from the basics of string escape sequences to the brave new world of query expressions and LINQ in C# 3. Features include String Literals, Delegates, Declaring Events, Generics, Extension Methods, Query Expressions (C#... http://dotnet.dzone.com/announcements/csharp#comments http://dotnet.dzone.com/crss/node/4378 Sun, 10 Aug 2008 22:00:00 -0400 849 0 jill http://dotnet.dzone.com/sites/all/files/avatars/picture-11.jpg Sun, 10 Aug 2008 22:00:00 -0400 jill 4378 at http://dotnet.dzone.com http://dotnet.dzone.com/news/visual-studio-2008-and-net-35- TechEd Developers with Soma Somasegar, Corporate Vice President, Developer Division - details the news announced for developers in today’s keynote. Soma encourages developers to get prepared for Visual Studio 2008 and the .NET Framework 3.5. He also talks about the new opportunities for partners and explains how developers and end users will benefit from the Microsoft Sync Framework. http://dotnet.dzone.com/news/visual-studio-2008-and-net-35-#comments .NET & Windows Server-side Client-side keynote interview ASP.NET http://dotnet.dzone.com/crss/node/4403 Sat, 09 Aug 2008 16:00:37 -0400 187 0 Volume4 http://dotnet.dzone.com/sites/all/files/avatars/picture-71517.jpg Sat, 09 Aug 2008 16:00:37 -0400 Volume4 4403 at http://dotnet.dzone.com http://dotnet.dzone.com/news/net-internals-guaranteed-final As part of our ongoing quest to categorize all finalization-related problems, I'd like to present another honorable mention in the series.  This time, it's finalization order (or the lack thereof). http://dotnet.dzone.com/news/net-internals-guaranteed-final#comments .NET & Windows Server-side .NET Internals Finalization Order Testing http://dotnet.dzone.com/crss/node/4398 Sat, 09 Aug 2008 06:33:11 -0400 480 0 sashag http://dotnet.dzone.com/sites/all/files/avatars/picture-295327.jpg Sat, 09 Aug 2008 06:33:11 -0400 sashag 4398 at http://dotnet.dzone.com