Focus on One Platform, Contribute to Open Source, and Unit Test
It's easy for a programmer to get excited about the plethora of languages that developers have now to build all sorts of applications,... more »
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.NET heading to Android in the form of MonoDroid
Novell announces upcoming MonoTouch port for Android devices, limited preview open now, full release coming soon.
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Developing Reports for ASP.NET Web applications Using SQL Server 2008 Reporting Services
Crystal Report was the most recommended reporting tool used with ASP.NET web application before SQL server reporting service (SSRS) was... more »
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Measure the Amount of Data to Serialize with a Null Stream
A tip on how to measure the amount of data you're going to serialize with a null stream.
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Custom Authorization with ASP.Net MVC
Lately, I've been doing a lot of work with the ASP.Net MVC framework. One of the greatest attributes of MVC over WebForms is its... more »
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Generate PDF documents on the fly using ASP.NET and iTextSharp
As part of a project I'm working on, I have the need to generate PDF documents "on the fly" and then render them back to the... more »
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Styles in Silverlight: Inheritance, Precedence & Other Advanced Topics
This article focuses on some more advanced topics that are handy when building more complex applications: re-using the same styles for... more »
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C# interop with Flash AS3 – simple communication
Communication between Flash movie and C# application can be done trough COM component AxShockwaveFlash. This communication was much... more »
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Unpack and Transform Tuples with CPS
The tuple class made its debut in the .NET framework along with a language that supports it well: F#. But being a first-class citizen of... more »
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Sending Mails in .NET Framework
This lesson focuses on how to send mail messages in .NET Framework via a SMTP server. It firstly discusses the techniques which .NET... more »
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.NET Framework Data Provider for SQL Server
Currently a very rapidly growing application is the application that made associated with the database, one of the technology that almost... more »
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50 Tips to Boost ASP.NET Performance
When we are looking to optimize the performance of web applications we should keep in mind about Memory Load, Processor Load and Network... more »
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How to measure application response times
Measurement is the most central concept in any performance-related activity. If you are not measuring you are blind. As important as... more »
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Creating a simple notes app with Silverlight Part 3
Currently our application can display a list of notes, and create and save a new note. The last piece of the puzzle is to allow the user... more »
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View Engine Razor – MVC 3 preview – and how to get it in WebMatrix…
WebMatrix is back – sort of. There used to be Web Matrix in the early days of ASP.NET. Now, it’s back again, and it’s ready with some... more »
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Reporting on 64 bits of awesomesauce
There have been a few updates on the Language Interface Pack front that I want to communicate out to all of you....
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Parallel QuickSort using CCR
Since there was some requests to get the code for the parallel QuickSort mentioned here I decided to post the code I used. This is not a... more »
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Use inline XAML with clr-namespace to create a Styled Treeview
Writing WPF code is made easier in VB because of the built in XML features (XAML is really XML). Here is a sample that creates a... more »
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Sample code to transcode a .wmv into a Smooth Streaming set of files using the smooth streaming default profile settings
The following sample code demonstrates transcoding a .wmv file to a default set of Smooth streaming files. Thanks again to my colleague... more »
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GPGPU programming with C# and F#
People often ask me about GPGPU (General Purpose GPU) programming with F#.
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Aggregated Web Services Pt I
I’ve been working through an architecture scenario recently. This is what I have so far.
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Visual Studio 2010 Trace Options for WPF 4.0
Visual Studio is one of the most popular and interesting IDE that Microsoft has build to enhance the productivity of Developers. The... more »
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Create CAPTCHA Image in Asp.net with C#
A CAPTCHA is a test question and answer format used in the computer to determine if the user is human or not. "CAPTCHA" is a form of... more »
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Converting System.Func> to FSharpFunc>
Interop of delegate style types between F# and other .Net languages is a pain point that results from a fundamental difference in how... more »
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A Custom jQuery Selector to Retrieve Labels for Inputs
One of the great features of jQuery extensibility is the ability to create custom selectors. This is how the jQuery Sizzle selector... more »
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