Scott Mitchell begins a series which will explore techniques for using Master Pages in an ASP.NET application. In the first three tutorials, learn how to create a...

Converts C# code to VB.NET. Features include: - Converts entire C# projects, solutions, entire folders, or ASP.NET web sites - Command line option - Allows configuring...

I got an interesting question recently emphasis mine: I am regular reader of you blog. I need some help in single instance winform. I have to open application when a...

Many of today (and tomorrow’s) development projects lend themselves nicely to RIA application patterns. Silverlight offers a compelling RIA development experience that...

After writing some NUnit tests with the Assert.That constriant syntax my code file was looking a bit messy so I ran R# 'cleanup' and it threw...

I really like the new LINQ to XML direct language support in VB9. However, while it's cool, I'm not ready (or willing) to dump C# and start using VB. But, if I could...

As I mentioned in my last blog post, our researchers and engineers in the Microsoft Malware Protection Center have been focusing their efforts on protecting customers...

Are you addicted to ReSharper? Can’t code without it?   Tell everyone what a really good addiction is like - put a ReSharper banner on your website to show you...

A quiet day on the net yesterday, but we did get some Christmas lights up. Padarn Web Server for CE - Now you can run ASP.NET on Windows CE. UMLet 8...

Off to the Red Cross to hand over another unit of platelets today. FlexWiki 2.0 Release Candidate 1 Available - .NET-based wiki software. SiteVault -...

One of the things I like to track are book sales on Amazon.com, which provides a useful data point to monitor what developers are interested in on any given day.  I...

Next on my agenda: Merb and DataMapper. But not here. Explorer Shell Context Menu - In C#. Snippet Compiler Live 2008 Ultimate Edition for Developers (Alpha)...

Full disclosure: I had a length conversation with Xeni Jardin (the Boing-Boinger part of the controversy). I don't know anything more about the mystery reason than I did...

Tutorials #6, #7, and #8 in my Master Pages Tutorial series on www.asp.net have been published. These tutorials examine the interaction between the master page and its...

WPF is fully capable of running a stand-alone XAML file.  You simply create a XAML file similar to the following listing and view it in Internet Explorer, Kaxaml or...

Dime Casts. Net - # 25 - Introduction to LinqPad - Intermediate Usage “In this episode we will learn how to use the LinqPad expression evaluator. LINQPad is more...

Dime Casts. Net - # 22 - Introduction to LinqPad “In this episode we will learn how to use the LinqPad expression evaluator. LINQPad is more than just a LINQ...

One thing that I've never liked about JavaScript is that it's not a strongly typed programming language.  I get the arguments around dynamic typing but I've never...

After a few years in the oven, we are ready to announce the first release of MonoDevelop. Lluis has put together a set of in-depth release notes that covers the...

The use of Visual Basic, one of the most popular computer languages throughout the last fifteen years, is eroding dramatically according to Evans Data's Fall 2006 North...