http://www.dzone.com/links/queue/tag/.net.html DZone: fresh links for developers en-us Copyright (c) 2006 DZone, Inc. Thu, 24 Jul 2008 07:28:31 GMT The DZone community 2008-07-24T07:28:31Z en-us Copyright (c) 2006 DZone, Inc. http://www.dzone.com/links/feed/queue/.net/rss.xml http://www.dzone.com/images/std/dzone.com_258x55.gif http://www.dzone.com/links/ http://www.dzone.com/links/rss/connecting_drupal_and_silverlight_by_matt_serbins.html Drupal is an open source content management system (CMS) that allows users to add modules to their sites for great flexibility. These modules are typically written in PHP and use drupal’s API to connect themselves with the framework. Silverlight (version 2.0 and greater) is a cross-platform browser plugin that allows users to write managed .NET code for the back end and use XAML as the front end. Since silverlight is a browser application and drupal is a framework for hosting data in browsers there can be data that is shared between the two using HTTP as the transport. In this example, I have chosen to use XML-RPC as drupal uses xml-rpc natively and silverlight can easily take advantage of this. .net frameworks xml Thu, 24 Jul 2008 06:27:32 GMT http://www.dzone.com/links/97667.html bloid 2008-07-24T06:27:32Z Drupal is an open source content management system (CMS) that allows users to add modules to their sites for great flexibility. These modules are typically written in PHP and use drupal’s API to connect themselves with the framework. Silverlight (version 2.0 and greater) is a cross-platform browser plugin that allows users to write managed .NET code for the back end and use XAML as the front end. Since silverlight is a browser application and drupal is a framework for hosting data in browsers there can be data that is shared between the two using HTTP as the transport. In this example, I have chosen to use XML-RPC as drupal uses xml-rpc natively and silverlight can easily take advantage of this.]]> 97667 2008-07-24T06:27:32Z 1 0 0 0 http://www.dzone.com/links/images/thumbs/120x90/97667.jpg bloid http://www.dzone.com/links/images/avatars/111696.gif http://www.dzone.com/links/rss/comparing_objects_for_equality_in_net.html Understanding the mechanics of object equality is essential for programming logical expressions and is important when implementing operator overloads and casts. The mechanisms of object equality are different depending on whether you are comparing reference types (instances of classes), or value types (the primitive data types, instances of structs or enums). This article explains the equality of reference and value types independently. .net Thu, 24 Jul 2008 03:14:17 GMT http://www.dzone.com/links/97629.html jamesling 2008-07-24T03:14:17Z Understanding the mechanics of object equality is essential for programming logical expressions and is important when implementing operator overloads and casts. The mechanisms of object equality are different depending on whether you are comparing reference types (instances of classes), or value types (the primitive data types, instances of structs or enums). This article explains the equality of reference and value types independently.]]> 97629 2008-07-24T03:14:17Z 1 0 2 0 http://www.dzone.com/links/images/thumbs/120x90/97629.jpg jamesling http://www.dzone.com/links/images/avatars/290279.gif http://www.dzone.com/links/rss/creating_an_xna_project_for_both_windows_and_xbox.html This week I’ve started a new XNA project and I had some troubles trying to configure the solution with Visual Studio, until I figured out how easy it was. The point was creating a single solution with both Windows and XBOX projects on it. I also want a single shared folder for the sources. .net frameworks games how-to Wed, 23 Jul 2008 21:47:40 GMT http://www.dzone.com/links/97579.html Helius 2008-07-23T21:47:40Z This week I’ve started a new XNA project and I had some troubles trying to configure the solution with Visual Studio, until I figured out how easy it was. The point was creating a single solution with both Windows and XBOX projects on it. I also want a single shared folder for the sources.]]> 97579 2008-07-23T21:47:40Z 1 0 5 0 http://www.dzone.com/links/images/thumbs/120x90/97579.jpg Helius http://www.dzone.com/links/images/avatars/297891.gif http://www.dzone.com/links/rss/visual_studio_namespace_resolution.html Sometimes when coding you will type the name of a class or structure that is not recognised because the name is not fully qualified and the appropriate using statement is missing. This can be a particular problem when copying sample code from web sites. .net how-to microsoft Wed, 23 Jul 2008 21:09:06 GMT http://www.dzone.com/links/97566.html BlackWasp 2008-07-23T21:09:06Z Sometimes when coding you will type the name of a class or structure that is not recognised because the name is not fully qualified and the appropriate using statement is missing. This can be a particular problem when copying sample code from web sites.]]> 97566 2008-07-23T21:09:06Z 1 0 2 0 http://www.dzone.com/links/images/thumbs/120x90/97566.jpg BlackWasp http://www.dzone.com/links/images/avatars/210593.gif http://www.dzone.com/links/rss/stevex_compiled_string_formatting_in_c.html The best site for understanding String Formatting in C# .net Wed, 23 Jul 2008 17:33:40 GMT http://www.dzone.com/links/97521.html gregsmith104 2008-07-23T17:33:40Z The best site for understanding String Formatting in C#]]> 97521 2008-07-23T17:33:40Z 2 0 9 0 http://www.dzone.com/links/images/thumbs/120x90/97521.jpg gregsmith104 http://www.dzone.com/links/images/avatars/316649.gif http://www.dzone.com/links/rss/tall_skinny_data_columns_using_improved_wrappanel.html When it comes to presenting data, there is a lot of emphasis on grids that present data in a single wide column, showing lots of fields horizontally. However, some data tend to be presented in narrow columns, such as address lists and book indices. Instead of complex navigation, they have letter buttons, so you can quickly get to everybody whose name starts with “K”. .net frameworks gui Wed, 23 Jul 2008 16:35:16 GMT http://www.dzone.com/links/97496.html bloid 2008-07-23T16:35:16Z When it comes to presenting data, there is a lot of emphasis on grids that present data in a single wide column, showing lots of fields horizontally. However, some data tend to be presented in narrow columns, such as address lists and book indices. Instead of complex navigation, they have letter buttons, so you can quickly get to everybody whose name starts with “K”.]]> 97496 2008-07-23T16:35:16Z 2 0 0 0 http://www.dzone.com/links/images/thumbs/120x90/97496.jpg bloid http://www.dzone.com/links/images/avatars/111696.gif http://www.dzone.com/links/rss/source_code_analysis_for_c_to_find_critical_softw.html Coverity Prevent™ for C# automatically analyzes large, complex C# code bases and detects critical, must-fix defects that could lead to system failures, memory corruption, unpredictable behavior, and performance degradation. Coverity Prevent for C# offers the deepest and most accurate C# source code analysis available with the lowest false positive rate, enabling development teams to ensure superior code quality at the earliest stage in the development life cycle. .net tools Wed, 23 Jul 2008 16:32:45 GMT http://www.dzone.com/links/97491.html bloid 2008-07-23T16:32:45Z Coverity Prevent™ for C# automatically analyzes large, complex C# code bases and detects critical, must-fix defects that could lead to system failures, memory corruption, unpredictable behavior, and performance degradation. Coverity Prevent for C# offers the deepest and most accurate C# source code analysis available with the lowest false positive rate, enabling development teams to ensure superior code quality at the earliest stage in the development life cycle.]]> 97491 2008-07-23T16:32:45Z 2 0 9 0 http://www.dzone.com/links/images/thumbs/120x90/97491.jpg bloid http://www.dzone.com/links/images/avatars/111696.gif http://www.dzone.com/links/rss/mstest_why_i_hate_you_you_cause_me_too_much_frict.html Yesterday I spent 4+ hours trying to tackle a bug that should not have been a bug in the first place, and the culprit was MSTest. Please keep in mind that I have never really used MSTest in any real form. I am a NUnit guy through and through. .net microsoft opinion tools Wed, 23 Jul 2008 16:29:29 GMT http://www.dzone.com/links/97488.html AlvinAshcraft 2008-07-23T16:29:29Z Yesterday I spent 4+ hours trying to tackle a bug that should not have been a bug in the first place, and the culprit was MSTest. Please keep in mind that I have never really used MSTest in any real form. I am a NUnit guy through and through.]]> 97488 2008-07-23T16:29:29Z 1 0 4 0 http://www.dzone.com/links/images/thumbs/120x90/97488.jpg alashcraft http://www.dzone.com/links/images/avatars/285573.gif http://www.dzone.com/links/rss/aspnet_cookies_client_side_state_management.html In this post I'm going to explain what are cookies and how to use them as a part of the ASP.NET client side state management. A cookie is a piece of data that is saved in the client web browser. The cookie is saved either in the memory of the web browser or as a text file in the file system of the client. Cookies are used to identify a user, to store state information, preferences of the user and etc. The ASP.NET use the cookies mechanism to track users session. .net how-to web design Wed, 23 Jul 2008 14:56:41 GMT http://www.dzone.com/links/97475.html Volume4 2008-07-23T14:56:41Z In this post I'm going to explain what are cookies and how to use them as a part of the ASP.NET client side state management. A cookie is a piece of data that is saved in the client web browser. The cookie is saved either in the memory of the web browser or as a text file in the file system of the client. Cookies are used to identify a user, to store state information, preferences of the user and etc. The ASP.NET use the cookies mechanism to track users session.]]> 97475 2008-07-23T14:56:41Z 3 0 4 1 http://www.dzone.com/links/images/thumbs/120x90/97475.jpg Volume4 http://www.dzone.com/links/images/avatars/71517.gif http://www.dzone.com/links/rss/aspnet_render_hidden_fields_at_the_top_of_a_form.html I just came across a nice feature in ASP.NET 3.5 SP1 (currently in Beta) that I didn’t realize was included. It’s always nice to discover hidden gems from time to time. With ASP.NET 1.0, 1.1, 2.0 and 3.5 applications if a user or JavaScript function tried to do a postback before all of the ViewState and EventValidation data was loaded in the browser, a ViewState MAC validation error could be raised by the server. .net frameworks Wed, 23 Jul 2008 14:44:37 GMT http://www.dzone.com/links/97470.html mswatcher 2008-07-23T14:44:37Z I just came across a nice feature in ASP.NET 3.5 SP1 (currently in Beta) that I didn’t realize was included. It’s always nice to discover hidden gems from time to time. With ASP.NET 1.0, 1.1, 2.0 and 3.5 applications if a user or JavaScript function tried to do a postback before all of the ViewState and EventValidation data was loaded in the browser, a ViewState MAC validation error could be raised by the server.]]> 97470 2008-07-23T14:44:37Z 1 0 0 0 http://www.dzone.com/links/images/thumbs/120x90/97470.jpg mswatcher http://www.dzone.com/links/images/avatars/225256.gif http://www.dzone.com/links/rss/aspnet_locale_stateprovince_country_linq_user_con.html I just published my "Locale LINQ" user control... Here are the basic features: - Displays the corresponding States/Provinces based on the selected Country - Includes a pretty exhaustive list of Countries & their associated States/Provinces - Allows for an initial Country or State/Province to be selected via markup or server side code - Caches the list of States/Provinces & Countries for great performance - Based on an XML file containing the list of States/Provinces & Countries - Uses LINQ for all of the data access & queries .net database methodology web design Wed, 23 Jul 2008 14:42:27 GMT http://www.dzone.com/links/97466.html mswatcher 2008-07-23T14:42:27Z I just published my "Locale LINQ" user control... Here are the basic features: - Displays the corresponding States/Provinces based on the selected Country - Includes a pretty exhaustive list of Countries & their associated States/Provinces - Allows for an initial Country or State/Province to be selected via markup or server side code - Caches the list of States/Provinces & Countries for great performance - Based on an XML file containing the list of States/Provinces & Countries - Uses LINQ for all of the data access & queries]]> 97466 2008-07-23T14:42:27Z 1 0 0 0 http://www.dzone.com/links/images/thumbs/120x90/97466.jpg mswatcher http://www.dzone.com/links/images/avatars/225256.gif http://www.dzone.com/links/rss/generic_classes_in_net.html We've all used generic classes without thinking much about it. I use List> extensively (perhaps abusively). I really only discovered the power of these classes when I started defining my own. I was looking at my code and shaking my head over the duplication between my controller classes. I finally decided to use inheritance and a template method to rid myself of this duplication. I also introduced a base interface for my view that the base controller would interact with. With a non-generic implementation, all of the subclasses would have to cast the view to the interfaces they each used. With generics, no casting is necessary. Just like List>, all of the properties and methods become strongly typed. .net frameworks Wed, 23 Jul 2008 14:36:57 GMT http://www.dzone.com/links/97462.html mswatcher 2008-07-23T14:36:57Z We've all used generic classes without thinking much about it. I use List> extensively (perhaps abusively). I really only discovered the power of these classes when I started defining my own. I was looking at my code and shaking my head over the duplication between my controller classes. I finally decided to use inheritance and a template method to rid myself of this duplication. I also introduced a base interface for my view that the base controller would interact with. With a non-generic implementation, all of the subclasses would have to cast the view to the interfaces they each used. With generics, no casting is necessary. Just like List>, all of the properties and methods become strongly typed.]]> 97462 2008-07-23T14:36:57Z 2 0 2 0 http://www.dzone.com/links/images/thumbs/120x90/97462.jpg mswatcher http://www.dzone.com/links/images/avatars/225256.gif http://www.dzone.com/links/rss/more_polygon_physics_with_silverlight.html I’ve souped up my previous demo on Polygon Physics using Silverlight and Farseer to include two improvements. First, I’ve added a utility function to create an approximate Farseer Polygon Geometry from any Silverlight Path object. Also, I’ve added the ability to manipulate the polygons using the mouse (turns out this is pretty easy thanks to Farseer). In this blog post, I’ll explain how I made these enhancements. .net gui microsoft Wed, 23 Jul 2008 14:34:23 GMT http://www.dzone.com/links/97460.html mswatcher 2008-07-23T14:34:23Z I’ve souped up my previous demo on Polygon Physics using Silverlight and Farseer to include two improvements. First, I’ve added a utility function to create an approximate Farseer Polygon Geometry from any Silverlight Path object. Also, I’ve added the ability to manipulate the polygons using the mouse (turns out this is pretty easy thanks to Farseer). In this blog post, I’ll explain how I made these enhancements.]]> 97460 2008-07-23T14:34:23Z 1 0 8 0 http://www.dzone.com/links/images/thumbs/120x90/97460.jpg mswatcher http://www.dzone.com/links/images/avatars/225256.gif http://www.dzone.com/links/rss/does_silverlight_cross_domain_security_make_sense.html Adam Kinney has post some articles in the past showing a Silverlight application for displaying gamer cards. When the Playstation 3 finally caught up and created a "Portable ID", I thought this would be a decent chance to demonstrate some Silverlight chops. Yes, I have a PS3 and not an XBox360. I thought maybe I'd make an application with unnecessary animations and sounds for fun, perhaps allow you to sort friends and setup notifcations that are not available from the PSN. .net gui microsoft Wed, 23 Jul 2008 14:10:17 GMT http://www.dzone.com/links/97449.html mswatcher 2008-07-23T14:10:17Z Adam Kinney has post some articles in the past showing a Silverlight application for displaying gamer cards. When the Playstation 3 finally caught up and created a "Portable ID", I thought this would be a decent chance to demonstrate some Silverlight chops. Yes, I have a PS3 and not an XBox360. I thought maybe I'd make an application with unnecessary animations and sounds for fun, perhaps allow you to sort friends and setup notifcations that are not available from the PSN.]]> 97449 2008-07-23T14:10:17Z 1 0 1 0 http://www.dzone.com/links/images/thumbs/120x90/97449.jpg mswatcher http://www.dzone.com/links/images/avatars/225256.gif http://www.dzone.com/links/rss/what_new_windows_sdk_features_do_you_want.html How would you spend $100 on NEW Windows SDK features? We're planning our next version and subsequent releases of the SDK. In that spirit, we’re running a quick poll of Windows SDK users to help us keep our "vision" for the SDK aligned with yours. If you had a hypothetical $100 to spend on the list of brainstormed features below, how would you allocate the dollars? .net microsoft research windows Wed, 23 Jul 2008 12:17:13 GMT http://www.dzone.com/links/97425.html AlvinAshcraft 2008-07-23T12:17:13Z How would you spend $100 on NEW Windows SDK features? We're planning our next version and subsequent releases of the SDK. In that spirit, we’re running a quick poll of Windows SDK users to help us keep our "vision" for the SDK aligned with yours. If you had a hypothetical $100 to spend on the list of brainstormed features below, how would you allocate the dollars?]]> 97425 2008-07-23T12:17:13Z 3 0 1 0 http://www.dzone.com/links/images/thumbs/120x90/97425.jpg alashcraft http://www.dzone.com/links/images/avatars/285573.gif http://www.dzone.com/links/rss/25_resources_for_tuning_your_net_application_perf.html A great list of resources, including MSDN links, guides and .NET blogs, about improving .NET performance. .net how-to microsoft Wed, 23 Jul 2008 12:13:40 GMT http://www.dzone.com/links/97424.html Taron13 2008-07-23T12:13:40Z A great list of resources, including MSDN links, guides and .NET blogs, about improving .NET performance.]]> 97424 2008-07-23T12:13:40Z 4 0 12 0 http://www.dzone.com/links/images/thumbs/120x90/97424.jpg Taron13 http://www.dzone.com/links/images/avatars/234332.gif http://www.dzone.com/links/rss/microsoft_windows_live_and_developers.html As part of its software plus services strategy, Microsoft is enabling third-party developers to build applications that access data from its user-facing Windows Live online services and is rolling out online services specifically for application development. These services offer access to valuable data, the chance to attract Microsoft's large base of online consumers, and lower costs through outsourcing. However, the technologies used to tap into each service vary, making it hard for developers to apply their skills across multiple services, and the instability of Microsoft's consumer online strategy and other factors mean an uncertain future for some of the services. .net microsoft trends web services Wed, 23 Jul 2008 12:06:27 GMT http://www.dzone.com/links/97420.html AlvinAshcraft 2008-07-23T12:06:27Z As part of its software plus services strategy, Microsoft is enabling third-party developers to build applications that access data from its user-facing Windows Live online services and is rolling out online services specifically for application development. These services offer access to valuable data, the chance to attract Microsoft's large base of online consumers, and lower costs through outsourcing. However, the technologies used to tap into each service vary, making it hard for developers to apply their skills across multiple services, and the instability of Microsoft's consumer online strategy and other factors mean an uncertain future for some of the services.]]> 97420 2008-07-23T12:06:27Z 2 0 2 0 http://www.dzone.com/links/images/thumbs/120x90/97420.jpg alashcraft http://www.dzone.com/links/images/avatars/285573.gif http://www.dzone.com/links/rss/ms_visual_studio_middle_school_power_toy.html Microsoft Visual Studio Middle School Power Toy 1.0 is a software package particularly designed by Microsoft to help middle school students learn computer programming. .net microsoft tools Wed, 23 Jul 2008 12:02:24 GMT http://www.dzone.com/links/97419.html AlvinAshcraft 2008-07-23T12:02:24Z Microsoft Visual Studio Middle School Power Toy 1.0 is a software package particularly designed by Microsoft to help middle school students learn computer programming.]]> 97419 2008-07-23T12:02:24Z 2 0 5 0 http://www.dzone.com/links/images/thumbs/120x90/97419.jpg alashcraft http://www.dzone.com/links/images/avatars/285573.gif http://www.dzone.com/links/rss/download_details_biztalk_adapter_pack_20wcf_lob_a.html This poster depicts the functionality, architecture, and usage/hosting scenarios of BizTalk Adapter Pack 2.0 and the WCF LOB Adapter SDK. .net microsoft server Wed, 23 Jul 2008 11:58:02 GMT http://www.dzone.com/links/97417.html AlvinAshcraft 2008-07-23T11:58:02Z This poster depicts the functionality, architecture, and usage/hosting scenarios of BizTalk Adapter Pack 2.0 and the WCF LOB Adapter SDK.]]> 97417 2008-07-23T11:58:02Z 2 0 2 0 http://www.dzone.com/links/images/thumbs/120x90/97417.jpg alashcraft http://www.dzone.com/links/images/avatars/285573.gif http://www.dzone.com/links/rss/a_sneak_peak_at_aspnet_ajax_40s_clientside_templa.html Hot on the heels of the recent ASP.NET AJAX roadmap, Bertrand and team have released a limited preview of the new AJAX functionality coming in ASP.NET 4.0. To see how the new functionality stacks up, I decided to recreate my recent jTemplates example, using only ASP.NET AJAX and its new templating features. Eventually, I settled on using the DataView class, which offers more advanced, repeater-like functionality. .net ajax microsoft trends Wed, 23 Jul 2008 11:49:07 GMT http://www.dzone.com/links/97411.html AlvinAshcraft 2008-07-23T11:49:07Z Hot on the heels of the recent ASP.NET AJAX roadmap, Bertrand and team have released a limited preview of the new AJAX functionality coming in ASP.NET 4.0. To see how the new functionality stacks up, I decided to recreate my recent jTemplates example, using only ASP.NET AJAX and its new templating features. Eventually, I settled on using the DataView class, which offers more advanced, repeater-like functionality.]]> 97411 2008-07-23T11:49:07Z 3 0 1 0 http://www.dzone.com/links/images/thumbs/120x90/97411.jpg alashcraft http://www.dzone.com/links/images/avatars/285573.gif http://www.dzone.com/links/rss/my_thoughts_on_aspnets_mvc.html Like me, you might have been surprised that the foundation series didn't have a chapter on the MVC pattern. I'm no fan of the existing page model (I actually think it's horrible), and I've successfully used MonoRail on a few projects, so it would have made for a good topic. My reasons for not including something on MVC were simple: we were and continue to be flooded with MVC information (as though it's a brand new invention), and I didn't think I could explain MVC using MonoRail effectively (I find it has a steep learning curve). I considered using RoR, but figured that would confuse people even more. .net opinion tools trends Wed, 23 Jul 2008 11:45:59 GMT http://www.dzone.com/links/97407.html AlvinAshcraft 2008-07-23T11:45:59Z Like me, you might have been surprised that the foundation series didn't have a chapter on the MVC pattern. I'm no fan of the existing page model (I actually think it's horrible), and I've successfully used MonoRail on a few projects, so it would have made for a good topic. My reasons for not including something on MVC were simple: we were and continue to be flooded with MVC information (as though it's a brand new invention), and I didn't think I could explain MVC using MonoRail effectively (I find it has a steep learning curve). I considered using RoR, but figured that would confuse people even more.]]> 97407 2008-07-23T11:45:59Z 2 0 4 0 http://www.dzone.com/links/images/thumbs/120x90/97407.jpg alashcraft http://www.dzone.com/links/images/avatars/285573.gif http://www.dzone.com/links/rss/building_a_silverlight_application_a_designers_pe.html RiaPalooza was a fun and engaging event that I had the opportunity to attend back in May of this year. It was focused on exploring and promoting the development of Rich Internet Applications (RIAs), and the best part for me was having the opportunity to meet some really amazing and talented designers and developers working in this space. I also did a co-presentation with Tim Heuer on the designer developer workflow; which was great. We didn't have enough time to cover all of the material we wanted to cover, so I decided to put together a few videos of both the stuff we covered and didn't cover; well, actually not all of the material because I primarily focus on the designer aspects here. .net ria trends Wed, 23 Jul 2008 11:43:35 GMT http://www.dzone.com/links/97405.html AlvinAshcraft 2008-07-23T11:43:35Z RiaPalooza was a fun and engaging event that I had the opportunity to attend back in May of this year. It was focused on exploring and promoting the development of Rich Internet Applications (RIAs), and the best part for me was having the opportunity to meet some really amazing and talented designers and developers working in this space. I also did a co-presentation with Tim Heuer on the designer developer workflow; which was great. We didn't have enough time to cover all of the material we wanted to cover, so I decided to put together a few videos of both the stuff we covered and didn't cover; well, actually not all of the material because I primarily focus on the designer aspects here.]]> 97405 2008-07-23T11:43:35Z 2 0 6 0 http://www.dzone.com/links/images/thumbs/120x90/97405.jpg alashcraft http://www.dzone.com/links/images/avatars/285573.gif http://www.dzone.com/links/rss/introducing_xbox_live_community_games.html You’ve played Xbox 360 games with the millions of gamers on Xbox LIVE. You’ve chatted, shared, and dominated in games of all kinds. But what if those millions could be playing your game? Better still – what if you were getting paid for it? Starting Holiday '08, Xbox LIVE Community Games is your ticket to fame – and possibly fortune as millions of Xbox LIVE users now have the opportunity to view, buy, and play games that you create. .net announcement games trends Wed, 23 Jul 2008 11:41:15 GMT http://www.dzone.com/links/97402.html AlvinAshcraft 2008-07-23T11:41:15Z You’ve played Xbox 360 games with the millions of gamers on Xbox LIVE. You’ve chatted, shared, and dominated in games of all kinds. But what if those millions could be playing your game? Better still – what if you were getting paid for it? Starting Holiday '08, Xbox LIVE Community Games is your ticket to fame – and possibly fortune as millions of Xbox LIVE users now have the opportunity to view, buy, and play games that you create.]]> 97402 2008-07-23T11:41:15Z 2 0 2 0 http://www.dzone.com/links/images/thumbs/120x90/97402.jpg alashcraft http://www.dzone.com/links/images/avatars/285573.gif http://www.dzone.com/links/rss/running_a_x64_build_server_challenges_overcome.html We just setup a new build server on my current project and with it came some of those little hiccups which made the setup take longer than planned. .net tools Wed, 23 Jul 2008 11:40:23 GMT http://www.dzone.com/links/97401.html AlvinAshcraft 2008-07-23T11:40:23Z We just setup a new build server on my current project and with it came some of those little hiccups which made the setup take longer than planned.]]> 97401 2008-07-23T11:40:23Z 2 0 9 0 http://www.dzone.com/links/images/thumbs/120x90/97401.jpg alashcraft http://www.dzone.com/links/images/avatars/285573.gif http://www.dzone.com/links/rss/t4_templates_in_visual_studio_for_code_generation.html In this screencast I show how to leverage T4 Templates in Visual Studio 2008 for Code Generation. A sample T4 template is created by hand and then various T4 Templates are shown that generate Entities, Data Access Objects, and Factory Classes for each table in the Northwind Database. We discuss the T4 Editor to help with T4 Template Code Completion as well as various ADO.NET Classes to help pull schema from a SQL Server Database. .net how-to tools trends Wed, 23 Jul 2008 11:32:19 GMT http://www.dzone.com/links/97396.html AlvinAshcraft 2008-07-23T11:32:19Z In this screencast I show how to leverage T4 Templates in Visual Studio 2008 for Code Generation. A sample T4 template is created by hand and then various T4 Templates are shown that generate Entities, Data Access Objects, and Factory Classes for each table in the Northwind Database. We discuss the T4 Editor to help with T4 Template Code Completion as well as various ADO.NET Classes to help pull schema from a SQL Server Database.]]> 97396 2008-07-23T11:32:19Z 2 0 2 0 http://www.dzone.com/links/images/thumbs/120x90/97396.jpg alashcraft http://www.dzone.com/links/images/avatars/285573.gif