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April 30, 2008, 10:00AM
Apr 30, 2008, 12:00AM ASP.NET includes a variety of tools for displaying and editing XML documents. A previous article, Working with XML Data Using LINQ, a TreeView, and a ListView :: Displaying Data, showed how with a TreeView control, a ListView control, an XmlDataSource... [#]

Apr 27, 2008, 7:21AM I've officially been blogging for six years this week. Yikes! It didn't all suck, but it was pretty rough there early on and I've finally found my blog's heartbeat.Here's a little about me if you're interested, but more importantly, here's some posts... [#]

Apr 28, 2008, 10:23PM                                                Scott Hanselman has recently put up a new hanselminutes of an interview with the spec# team. This interview was done at altdotnet; one of the key points of discussion both in general and in the interview was ... [#]

Apr 29, 2008, 11:20AM Live Mesh is a new Microsoft offering (actually it's still beta) that combines several technologies, like: Remote Desktop, File Synchronization across multiple devices, File Sharing over the web, and more into one fully integrated offering. [#]

Apr 29, 2008, 5:35AM Here is the latest in my link-listing series .  Also check out my ASP.NET Tips, Tricks and Tutorials page and Silverlight Tutorials page for links to popular articles I've done myself in the past. ASP.NET Displaying the Number of Active Users... [#]

Apr 28, 2008, 3:09PM  Make the simple things simple and hard things possible IMHO, this tenet applies perfectly in how UI should be designed. Typically, the most direct way to use a UI control should result in the most awaited feature from a user perspective (make... [#]

Apr 29, 2008, 10:47PM I just got in my desk and 22" monitor today. Got an awesome chair and peripherals. I am getting some kick-(I know, I know, language) speakers so I can rock out whilest I code. Sorry, kind of excited. [#]

Apr 29, 2008, 7:54AM A simple 9 peice puzzle using ImageBrush. [#]

Apr 27, 2008, 11:08PM Mock object is basically a mirage of the real object as they posses the same qualities by don't do anything. Mock objects really shines when working with some entity that continuously changes like time, temperature, air speed etc. [#]

Apr 28, 2008, 10:00AM Continuing with the newly added notepad tool from Friday’s tip, you can use the External Tools dialog to sort your list of external tools as they will appear on the Tools menu.  To the right you’ll find the Move up and Move down. [#]

Apr 25, 2008, 10:21AM "Great logging, terrible name" Long time readers of this blog are probably aware that I'm a big fan of logging and instrumentation. The keen eyed of you may have even spotted the subject of this post in my recent post Xaml for config. [#]

Apr 23, 2008, 1:24PM Just a quick update on stuff because I got a lot of questions about StoryTeller over the weekend.  I'm currently focusing my attention on StructureMap.  I'm giving it the Python 3000 treatment and pretty well gutting some of the internals to... [#]

Apr 23, 2008, 12:04PM Just jotting down my notes from the MVP Summit (so I can get on with ALT.NET commentary).  I haven't seen anything revolutionary, but the conversations are always the best thing anyway.  I'll sum up the entire summit in one word:  positive. [#]

Apr 27, 2008, 3:33PM I am excited to announce that I am hosting a new WPF competition!! This contest allows you to create and submit your own skin for Podder, the WPF podcast player application. Since Podder was built to support “structural skinning” it can use any UI that ... [#]
Linking: C# Disciples

Apr 24, 2008, 4:59PM Craig Shoemaker takes you on a tour of the best ASP.NET MVC resources available today.Listen to the Show HerejQueryHow have I missed jQuery all this time? I am really loving the support jQuery can provide for all kinds of things like AJAX and controls,... [#]

Apr 24, 2008, 2:36PM The ASP.NET 3.5 Extensions Preview is a new release that provides new functionality being added to ASP.NET 3.5 and ADO.NET in 2008. This release delivers a set of new features that target: Enabling High Productivity Data Scenarios - including MVC, Entity ... [#]

Apr 24, 2008, 1:37AM Greg Young convened an interesting fishbowl about moving architectures into the future. A number of "-ilities" are brought up in the course of this varied and good discussion.Watching this I wonder if there is an architectural future or if it's ... [#]

Apr 25, 2008, 5:58AM Not surprisingly the Producer/Consumer relationship is the single most important concept in messaging. Let's take a look at those interfaces and how they work. The first we will look at is the interface that an object must meet in order to consume a... [#]

Apr 25, 2008, 8:27PM IntroductionWe used ActiveRecord migrations at Eleutian for a number of months. Everything was right with the world and we had no major complaints until we started running into a problem with our more complex migration scenarios. [#]
Linking: DevHawkr

Apr 25, 2008, 5:32AM Here is the video from the altdotnet talks... There are many good points brought up through out this fishbowl; the one that I really wish was answered better was the question from Adam on introducing stuff to a team who is not familiar with messaging... [#]