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Survey: Ajax usage among .NET developers in 2009

In December 2007, taking inspiration from a survey promoted by Ajaxian, I created a survey to understand in which environment .NET developers are using Ajax,...

0 replies - 384 views - 05/22/09 by Simone Chiaretta in News

Top 10 .NET Twitterers

Or is that Tweeters? Twitter has become a fantastic tool for me to keep up with what's going around in the developer communities. It all comes down to...

0 replies - 4345 views - 04/28/09 by alashcraft in Articles

Shady Dealing Developers

Let me begin by saying that I’m bad at cars. The whole genre, from the driving of them to the care of them It’s NOT a female thing either, it’s a...

0 replies - 724 views - 04/03/09 by sarajo in News

April’s fool or not? ASP.NET MVC source released under MS-PL

I’m still not convinced completely (the news was announced on April 1st), but seems like ASP.NET MVC source code has been released under MS-PL license, a OSI...

0 replies - 540 views - 04/02/09 by Simone Chiaretta in News

.NET Fireside Chats - Dan Fernandez and Brian Peek

DZone recently had an opportunity to sit down with Brian Peek and Dan Fernandez, authors of 'Coding4Fun: 10 .NET Programming Projects for Wiimote, YouTube,...

4 replies - 1544 views - 03/10/09 by alashcraft in Articles

The Curious Case of Software Quality

Most likely you have heard about the recent debate on technical blogosphere about the importance of software quality in software development cycle. There are...

0 replies - 1512 views - 02/16/09 by keyvan in News

How Do We Measure Maturity In Software?

When I saw a post by Jeffery Palermo entitled “Is Classic WebForms More Mature Than ASP.NET MVC?” I immediately thought “Aha! I know exactly what he...

0 replies - 1109 views - 02/04/09 by justin_etheredge in News

Who the Frag Has Time For Open Source?

The other day I was reading Jeff Atwood's blog post discussing why OO.o couldn't attract people to their open source initiative. He made some great points...

6 replies - 1343 views - 02/01/09 by sarajo in News

Don’t Flaunt Your Best Code, Show Us Your Broken Crap

What is the difference between intelligence and wisdom? Some would venture to say experience, and I would agree to a point. I believe it is our failed...

0 replies - 817 views - 01/26/09 by Maxfield Pool in News

Is Microsoft the New IBM?

Remember in, like, 1993 when it was awesome to work for IBM? I remember hearing about their awesome rockstar offices and how many amenities that they had. This...

3 replies - 1390 views - 01/15/09 by sarajo in News

.NET Zone's Top 10 Articles of 2008

2008 was a year of announcements, some surprising, for the .NET community. Microsoft unveiled Windows Azure & Windows 7 at PDC, development of open source...

0 replies - 2264 views - 12/20/08 by alashcraft in Articles

2008: A Developer's Retrospective

 I have been making New Year's resolutions for a long, long time. I don’t even remember when I actually started making them either. Yes, it has been so...

3 replies - 6434 views - 12/16/08 by Meera Subbarao in Articles

Discussion: Why Web Designers Often Use PHP Over ASP.NET?

Some time ago my colleague asked me "I like to read blogs about webdesign, but why are they mostly PHP-oriented?". Huh, really, why? Ihaven't thought...

4 replies - 2954 views - 12/11/08 by dzovan in News

Dustin Campbell on the Future of VB in VS2010

Dustin Campbell, a self-professed "IDE guy", is speaking at the .NETDeveloper's Association of Redmond this evening, on the future ofVisual Basic in...

0 replies - 1322 views - 11/25/08 by Ted Neward in News

Possibly The Best Way To Be A Great Programmer: Be Brain-Healthy!!

I was watching a television show on PBS (viewer-sponsored educational public broadcasting) about brain health. The speaker was Daniel G. Amen, author of the...

6 replies - 8000 views - 10/28/08 by Jon Davis in News