http://dotnet.dzone.com/news/current en http://dotnet.dzone.com/news/a-very-simple-c-interview-ques We interview a lot of people and usually go through at least 3 interviews to select someone for the organization I work in. A recent trend of new developers is baffling me. The newcomer to development do not seem to know any of the basics. These newcomers might know some Linq, Ajax and famous frameworks but they fail at very simple OOP questions and fairly have very little or no idea about... http://dotnet.dzone.com/news/a-very-simple-c-interview-ques#comments .NET & Windows interviews questions C-Sharp http://dotnet.dzone.com/crss/node/5302 Fri, 03 Oct 2008 09:37:37 -0400 466 1 raasiel http://dotnet.dzone.com/sites/all/files/avatars/picture-259587.jpg Fri, 03 Oct 2008 09:37:37 -0400 raasiel 5302 at http://dotnet.dzone.com http://dotnet.dzone.com/news/extend-wpf-add-your-own-keywor WPF is highly customizable and flexible. Also what makes WPF even better is XAML, the markup based declaration language, which is often associated to WPF but not limited to it. I am pretty sure whoever is reading this post have already wrote few XAML based UI and many of the readers have created a full blown WPF application. We use many XAML extensions in our day to day applications. All of... http://dotnet.dzone.com/news/extend-wpf-add-your-own-keywor#comments .NET & Windows Server-side Windows Presentation Foundation Frameworks http://dotnet.dzone.com/crss/node/5186 Wed, 24 Sep 2008 08:51:55 -0400 221 0 raasiel http://dotnet.dzone.com/sites/all/files/avatars/picture-259587.jpg Wed, 24 Sep 2008 08:51:55 -0400 raasiel 5186 at http://dotnet.dzone.com http://dotnet.dzone.com/news/who-ever-said-linq-predicates- Back in the wonderful world of LINQ. This time I’d like to highlight one of the most important properties of LINQ: its flexibility. On various occasions I’ve already stated that the potential of LINQ is infinity², the reason for it being the infinite fan-in (LINQ though C#, VB, F#, PowerShell, various transport mechanisms, etc) multiplied by the infinite fan-out (LINQ to SQL, Entities, XML,... http://dotnet.dzone.com/news/who-ever-said-linq-predicates-#comments Server-side LINQ Predicates C-Sharp Frameworks VB.NET Data Access http://dotnet.dzone.com/crss/node/5032 Tue, 16 Sep 2008 09:17:45 -0400 712 1 bdesmet http://dotnet.dzone.com/sites/all/files/avatars/picture-301284.jpg Tue, 16 Sep 2008 09:17:45 -0400 bdesmet 5032 at http://dotnet.dzone.com http://dotnet.dzone.com/news/net-mvc-controller-action-secu The latest of Stephen Walther's invaluable ASP.Net MVC Tip series points out a MVC scenario that was previously unknown to me: passing cookies and server variables into controllers as action parameters. While the idea is neat, a comment left by Francois Ward echoed my immediate skepticism over whether this could be safe. After playing around I believe I have confirmed my suspicions that making... http://dotnet.dzone.com/news/net-mvc-controller-action-secu#comments .NET & Windows Server-side mvc Security Frameworks http://dotnet.dzone.com/crss/node/5008 Mon, 15 Sep 2008 05:56:49 -0400 556 0 TroyGoode http://dotnet.dzone.com/sites/all/files/avatars/picture-331393.jpg Mon, 15 Sep 2008 05:56:49 -0400 TroyGoode 5008 at http://dotnet.dzone.com http://dotnet.dzone.com/news/crud-operations-adonet-data-se After we learned how to consume an ADO.NET data service with a .Net client in the previous post, the next thing to learn is how to do CRUD (Create, Update and Delete) operations with the client we built. This post will explain how to use these operations. http://dotnet.dzone.com/news/crud-operations-adonet-data-se#comments .NET & Windows Server-side ADO.NET how-to Frameworks Data Access http://dotnet.dzone.com/crss/node/4958 Thu, 11 Sep 2008 08:52:29 -0400 457 0 gilf http://dotnet.dzone.com/sites/all/files/avatars/picture-301040.jpg Thu, 11 Sep 2008 08:52:29 -0400 gilf 4958 at http://dotnet.dzone.com http://dotnet.dzone.com/news/say-what-vb-90-error-%E2%80%9Cbc36593- What Do VB 9.0 Error “BC36593: Expression of type ‘X’ is not queryable.” And C# 3.0 Error “CS1936: Could not find an implementation of the query pattern for source type ‘X’.” Really Mean? While preparing for another one of my posts, soon to be published, I received the following: http://dotnet.dzone.com/news/say-what-vb-90-error-%E2%80%9Cbc36593-#comments Server-side C-Sharp LINQ Frameworks VB.NET Data Access http://dotnet.dzone.com/crss/node/4903 Tue, 09 Sep 2008 10:01:26 -0400 261 0 bdesmet http://dotnet.dzone.com/sites/all/files/avatars/picture-301284.jpg Tue, 09 Sep 2008 10:01:26 -0400 bdesmet 4903 at http://dotnet.dzone.com http://dotnet.dzone.com/news/aspnet-caching-improving-perfo What is ASP.NET caching mechanism? When to use caching? and how can I use it in order to improve my site performance? are the questions this post series is going to answer. In today’s post I’ll introduce the output cache. You can read the previous posts in the subject: http://dotnet.dzone.com/news/aspnet-caching-improving-perfo#comments .NET & Windows Server-side caching ASP.NET Performance http://dotnet.dzone.com/crss/node/4878 Mon, 08 Sep 2008 12:18:21 -0400 876 0 gilf http://dotnet.dzone.com/sites/all/files/avatars/picture-301040.jpg Mon, 08 Sep 2008 12:18:21 -0400 gilf 4878 at http://dotnet.dzone.com http://dotnet.dzone.com/news/secretaries-make-best-scrummas Okay... so my writing is slowing down again. http://dotnet.dzone.com/news/secretaries-make-best-scrummas#comments agile development scrum Project Mgmt. Agile http://dotnet.dzone.com/crss/node/4875 Sun, 07 Sep 2008 22:32:53 -0400 2139 0 mcottmeyer http://dotnet.dzone.com/sites/all/files/avatars/picture-329138.jpg Sun, 07 Sep 2008 22:32:53 -0400 mcottmeyer 4875 at http://dotnet.dzone.com http://dotnet.dzone.com/news/agile-project-status-reporting A little while ago I wrote about agile project management and how agile http://dotnet.dzone.com/news/agile-project-status-reporting#comments agile project management reporting Reporting Project Mgmt. Agile http://dotnet.dzone.com/crss/node/4805 Tue, 02 Sep 2008 21:04:30 -0400 986 0 kswaters http://dotnet.dzone.com/sites/all/files/avatars/picture-222612.jpg Tue, 02 Sep 2008 21:04:30 -0400 kswaters 4805 at http://dotnet.dzone.com http://dotnet.dzone.com/news/managed-synchronization-primit The managed synchronization mechanisms, including Monitor, WaitHandle.WaitAny, ManualResetEvent, ReaderWriterLock, Thread.Join, GC.WaitForPendingFinalizers and the rest of the family are not just a thin platform adaptation layer on top of the Win32 API. The CLR needs to know exactly which threads are currently waiting for a synchronization mechanisms for a variety of reasons.  To mention two... http://dotnet.dzone.com/news/managed-synchronization-primit#comments .NET & Windows Server-side synchronization Thread Apartment States Win32 & COM http://dotnet.dzone.com/crss/node/4753 Wed, 27 Aug 2008 07:20:43 -0400 398 0 sashag http://dotnet.dzone.com/sites/all/files/avatars/picture-295327.jpg Wed, 27 Aug 2008 07:20:43 -0400 sashag 4753 at http://dotnet.dzone.com http://dotnet.dzone.com/news/agile-development-why-it-rocks The Agile method was the best thing that happened to me in my career as a developer. Before I came across Agile, one of my biggest frustrations was the difficulty I had with getting large assignments and breaking them down in little pieces. Usually, in the beginning, I'd be at full steam, really motivated, really excited, and rearing to go. This would last for a little while then the... http://dotnet.dzone.com/news/agile-development-why-it-rocks#comments .NET & Windows agile development process project success Agile http://dotnet.dzone.com/crss/node/4749 Wed, 27 Aug 2008 01:34:58 -0400 1393 2 sarajo http://dotnet.dzone.com/sites/all/files/avatars/picture-287218.jpg Wed, 27 Aug 2008 01:34:58 -0400 sarajo 4749 at http://dotnet.dzone.com http://dotnet.dzone.com/news/lean-software-development While working in London for TrafficBroker I had the opportunity to try out Fred George's Lean process. To date, it's absolutely my favorite way to deliver software.Stories http://dotnet.dzone.com/news/lean-software-development#comments agile development lean development process Project Mgmt. Agile http://dotnet.dzone.com/crss/node/4715 Tue, 26 Aug 2008 01:25:11 -0400 3082 0 jaycfields http://dotnet.dzone.com/sites/all/files/avatars/picture-246163.jpg Tue, 26 Aug 2008 01:25:11 -0400 jaycfields 4715 at http://dotnet.dzone.com http://dotnet.dzone.com/news/a-theory-everything-software-d If there's one thing that all software development experts agree on, it's that the other experts are not always right. There are so many points of view in our industry, it makes the Rocky Mountains look like a tennis court. http://dotnet.dzone.com/news/a-theory-everything-software-d#comments agile development holistic overview lean development Trends Opinions http://dotnet.dzone.com/crss/node/4586 Fri, 22 Aug 2008 00:53:15 -0400 600 0 jurgenappelo http://dotnet.dzone.com/sites/all/files/avatars/picture-284687.jpg Fri, 22 Aug 2008 00:53:15 -0400 jurgenappelo 4586 at http://dotnet.dzone.com 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 790 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 827 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