In recent posts, you've found that I've been harping on immutability
and side effect free functions. There is a general theme emerging from
this and some real...
0 replies - 963 views - 05/30/08 by podwysocki in News
In this presentation, recorded at a recent Skills Matter event, Gojko Adzic, who is a member of the FitNesse Community and author of the
recently published...
0 replies - 466 views - 04/30/08 by kevinscott in Articles
Jon Skeet has worked with C# since 2002, and has been a
Microsoft C# MVP since October 2003. Jon Skeet is also the author of the latest book by Manning called...
0 replies - 1413 views - 04/28/08 by Meera Subbarao in News
What if you could run a single webapp with Java, PHP, and ASP.NET AJAX in one webapp? Stay with me for a minute, because I think there might be a powerful...
1 replies - 5166 views - 04/10/08 by Matthew Schmidt in News
Recently I received a press announcement from Waggener-Edstrom,
Microsoft's PR company, about their latest move in the interoperability
space; I reproduce it...
0 replies - 672 views - 04/04/08 by Ted Neward in Articles
Windows Management Instrumentation, or WMI for short, is a very powerful and often under used technology. I am simply fascinated by how much you can accomplish...
0 replies - 2956 views - 03/27/08 by Boyan Kostadinov in News
As per the O'Reilly press release, now you can design rich Internet applications (RIAs) for the Web
using Silverlight 2, Microsoft's second release of the...
0 replies - 1230 views - 03/24/08 by Meera Subbarao in News
While working on a video content management system, I was in need of capturing frames from video files so they can be used as a preview for video. The system...
0 replies - 4284 views - 03/04/08 by Boyan Kostadinov in News
My friends in college always made fun of my keyboard obsession. At the time, I knew all the Windows 98 specific shortcut keys and often had no need for the...
0 replies - 10526 views - 03/04/08 by Boyan Kostadinov in News
You may not realize that System.IO.File.Move() doesn't support overwriting of an existing file. In fact, it will throw an IOException if a file with the same...
1 replies - 3885 views - 02/28/08 by Ttt Ddd in Tips and Tricks
NAnt is a great tool for automating many computer tasks. For a quick introduction, check my previous articles Automating Your Computer Tasks with NAnt and Use...
2 replies - 1699 views - 02/21/08 by Boyan Kostadinov in Tips and Tricks
Over my course of .NET development, I have compiled a list of essential free tools for .NET applications. This is not a the alpha or the omega of tools, just a...
0 replies - 4745 views - 02/19/08 by Boyan Kostadinov in News
Dreamspark is the name of the Microsoft initiative to give students free developer tools so "you can chase your dreams and create the next big...
1 replies - 1176 views - 02/19/08 by Boyan Kostadinov in Tips and Tricks
It is no secret that people who write in VB.NET are often looked down upon. Sometimes that can be without merit but sometimes there is a good reason as folks...
1 replies - 1505 views - 02/07/08 by Boyan Kostadinov in News
Often while writing a Windows application, it can be helpful to capture a combination of keys such as Ctrl-F1 or Alt-F2. This can be a requirement when...
0 replies - 1024 views - 02/05/08 by Boyan Kostadinov in News
