Programming

Finds of the Week – 10/17/2007

As an attempt to make this blog appears more busy:-), I will begin my "Finds of the Week" series. Each…

18 years ago

My Silverlight 1.1 Hello World Application

Update 1/27/2009: I posted an updated version of this article targeted for Silverlight Runtime 2.0 here Imagine being able to…

18 years ago

StringBuilder is not always faster – Part 2 of 2

In a previous article ("StringBuilder is not always faster), I provided some quick benchmark data and gave "rules of thumb"…

18 years ago

11 Visual Studio 2005 IDE Tips and Tricks to Make You a More Productive Developer

Here are my top 11 tips and tricks for getting things done faster with the Visual Studio 2005 IDE (without…

18 years ago

Optimizing/Building Your Baseline Win XP Virtual PC Image

I am getting ready to check out all the neat tools in Scott Hanselman's 2007 Ultimate Developer and Power Users…

19 years ago

It’s OK to Be Lazy

At least when it comes to instantiating objects. Even in today's environment, when the typical amount of RAM on each…

19 years ago

A New Way to Measure Lines of Code

Is Lines of Code a good way to measure programmer output? Background First, some background: several studies (Sackman, Erikson, and…

19 years ago

System.Transactions: New and Improved Transaction Management Model for .NET 2.0

Ok, so System.Transactions is not new to many .NET developers but it's new to me. We have just started to research…

19 years ago

StringBuilder is not always faster – Part 1 of 2

How often have you been told to use StringBuilder to concatenate strings in .NET? My guess is often enough. Here…

19 years ago

Google Co-op

Google Co-op allows you to create customized search engines to fit your search interests. .NET developers, you may want to…

19 years ago